Overnight, there was clearly a heavy movement of Vermivoras, as evidenced by the abundance of that genera at the Hawthorn Orchard this morning. Vermivoras were still in movement well into the morning (warblers still flying well above tree-top height, producing "seet" flight notes).
After a not-too-thorough check of the Hawthorns (due to the distraction of the really nice GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in the Northeast corner, singing high frequency, thin, buzzy song "zay-dzee-dzee-dzee"), there were easily 15+ NASHVILLE WARBLERS everywhere and a single TENNESSEE WARBLER (also at the Northeast corner). I was there from about 7:45am to 9:30am. List of notables is as follows: 4-5 GREEN HERONS (calling and flying around the area) 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER 2-3 Warbling Vireos 2-3 Red-eyed Vireos Dozens of flyover Blue Jays (migrating) 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 WOOD THRUSH 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (NE corner, slowly working West, singing constantly - both of my parents got life looks at this bird) 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER (NE corner, great views) 15+ NASHVILLE WARBLERS (everywhere) 1 NORTHERN PARULA (NE corner) 4-5 Yellow Warblers 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 2-3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 1 Black-and-white Warbler 3-4 American Redstarts 1-2 Ovenbirds (NW corner and North ravine edge) 6-7 Common Yellowthroats 1 Scarlet Tanager 3-4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 2-3 INDIGO BUNTINGS (flyovers) 1 BOBOLINK (South of South ball field) 2-3 Eastern Meadowlarks (calling/display flights) 3-4 Baltimore Orioles Good luck and good birding! Hawthorn Orchard info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/hawthorn.htm Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
