I finished the day doing the loop in the sw side. I added Wood Duck
(99), Great Blue Heron (100), Ring-billed Gull (101) and finally
Black-throated Blue Warbler to end at 102. Hoped for cuckoos never
vocalized.
Chris Wood
Ithaca, New York
http://ebird.org
On May 15, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Christopher Wood wrote:
> I decided to see how many birds I could find at Monkey Run South
> today. I walked all the trails on the south side of the river and
> spent quite a bit of time watching from the house. I am now up to 98
> species (22 warblers). I only added a single species in the last THREE
> hours, a Carolina Wren. There are certainly some easier ones like
> Black-throated Blue Warbler (biggest miss by far--had 6 yesterday,
> mostly singing too), Louisiana Waterthrush (Ugh!), Yellow-throated
> Vireo, both cuckoos (unbelievable on an day like this given how much
> they like to sing in the rain), Great Blue Heron, Winter Wren (not
> sure they breed on the south side anymore), maybe a White-crowned
> Sparrow or Field Sparrow. Not to mention raptors and other things that
> fly overhead; I've only had Red-tailed had Broad-winged Hawk today.
> Anyway, this is certainly my highest species total at Monkey Run. It
> is very enjoyable to walk around a relatively small area and see how
> many birds you can find. As Mark Chao has explained to me, you find
> more and more every time you go out on the trails even if you are
> covering the same trails you covered 30 minutes ago.
>
> Hopefully the rain will stop by about 6 or so (or at least not be
> quite so heavy as now). Bird activity was very good through about
> 1:00pm.
>
> The totals below are the highest number of individuals I saw on any
> one of my several (5) eBird entries for the day.
>
> Canada Goose - Branta canadensis10
> Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos2
> Common Merganser - Mergus merganser1
> Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus2
> Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo1
> Green Heron - Butorides virescens2
> Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus1
> Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis1
> American Coot - Fulica americana1
> Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus1
> Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius2
> Rock Pigeon - Columba livia7
> Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura4
> Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio1
> Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus1
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris4
> Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus5
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius4
> Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens6
> Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus2
> Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus1
> Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens1
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris2
> Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii1
> Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus1
> Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe4
> Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus4
> Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus1
> Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius2
> Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus2
> Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus1
> Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus17
> Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata14
> American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos6
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis10
> Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor6
> Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia35
> Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica1
> Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus19
> Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor10
> Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis1
> White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis2
> Brown Creeper - Certhia americana3
> Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus1
> House Wren - Troglodytes aedon9
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula1
> Veery - Catharus fuscescens9
> Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus4
> Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus1
> Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina7
> American Robin - Turdus migratorius13
> Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis33
> European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris7
> Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum25
> Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera6
> Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina6
> Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla1
> Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia9
> Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica17
> Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia11
> Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata5
> Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens1
> Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca5
> Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus11
> Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea5
> Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata1
> Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia3
> American Redstart - Setophag
