Hi all, Went down to Ithaca this morning to lead bird walks for the Migration Celebration at the Cornell Lab of Orbithology. Before the walks, highlights included: -Fish Crow -Yellow-billed Cuckoo -Yellow-throated Vireo -Nice looks at a Pileated woodpecker -Blackpolls and a few more common Warblers. During the bird walks at Sapsucker Woods our highlights were: -the Great Blue Herons on the nest -Veery and Wood Thrush -Scarlet Tanager -Nashville, Wilson's, Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided and American Redstart among the more common warblers. -great looks at a Sapsucker -Great Crested Flycatchers that did everything except give us a good look -Many Cedar Waxwings -Grosbeaks and Orioles Later in the evening we headed up to Montezuma. The pool at the refuge visitors center had many Shorebirds including Solitary, yellowlegs, least, pectoral, white-rumped, spotted and the highlight was a nice Baird's Sandpiper which was a nice surprise. Many Eagles on the wildlife drive along with Cerulean Warbler. Knox-Marsellus Marsh was good with more Shorebirds that included the same as the visitors center pool along with Dunlin and sanderling (!). Many Herons were present along with a few Great Egrets. We also had GW teal, gadwall, shoveler, wood duck and Trumpeter Swan. However, we were surprised when we heard a Sedge Wren sing from the grass in front of the overlook at Knox-Marsellus. If sang a few times and then flew into the grass a little ways down the hill towards the marsh. Very cool bird. A first for me in Seneca County. Got home and unloaded the car to the tune of night calls of warblers and thrushes and even a Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
A great day of birding and a great day at the Migration Celebration which was a spectacular event. Sent from my iPod -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --