I knew I'd forget something: a singing House Wren heard several times
in the Sheldrake area.
Matthew Medler wrote:
I spent the day today (17 April 2010) birding with Tim Lenz, Alberto
López, and Chris Wiley. We started at Stewart Park, then headed up the
west side of Cayuga Lake, and hit a few spots in the Montezuma area.
Despite the cold, windy conditions, and the occasional rain and sleet,
we had a nice day of birding. Here are some of the highlights:
1 Field Sparrow on the Swan Pen trail
Hundreds of migrant swallows flying north along the west side of the
lake; mostly Tree Swallows, but also a few Barn Swallows, N.
Rough-winged Swallows, and Purple Martins
3+ singing Pine Warblers in the Sheldrake area, singing from white pines
in two different yards; there were also 5+ Yellow-rumped Warblers in the
same area.
2 stunning Long-tailed Ducks and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at
Dean's Cove
1 Red-necked Grebe, ~25 Common Loons (on the water), and a few
Bonaparte's Gulls in Varick
4 Upland Sandpipers at the the Empire Days Fairgrounds in Seneca Falls
1 (early) Solitary Sandpiper at the entrance to Montezuma NWR
13 Lapland Longspurs, 15+ Horned Larks, and 1 Vesper Sparrow, Savannah
Mucklands
3 continuing American Golden-Plovers, 15 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser
Yellowlegs, 1 Dunlin (mostly in breeding plumage), and 60 Wilson's Snipe
at the end of Van Dyne Spoor Road. (The railroad crossing is open again.)
Good birding,
Matt Medler
Ithaca
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