I had several very interesting encounters with birds in Sapsucker Woods on Tuesday morning.
* PHILADELPHIA VIREO at the start of the Wilson Trail North and again at the base of the Sherwood Platform - both very bright birds. * NORTHERN PARULA with the second vireo. * NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and a possible MOURNING WARBLER (bright yellow underside and long undertail coverts) by the lone bench south of the Sherwood Platform. * At least five CAROLINA WRENS (a high count for me in the sanctuary), including two that shared a very little tree with the waterthrush. This was surely the first such juxtaposition of species I've ever witnessed. * WOOD THRUSH heard from the lone bench and seen at the north end of the Woodleton Boardwalk. * ROSE-BREASTED GROSBREAK heard also from this lone bench. ** A swirling kettle of 85-90 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, found by Jay McGowan from the knoll by the second staff parking lot, far to the west. This flock proved oddly ephemeral; instead of rising and drifting south, it seemed to move west, disappearing from our view behind the treeline and Kip's Barn. Mark Chao -- 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/ --
