Hello all, I'd like to thank the near 20 people that joined me for this morning's Lime Hollow bird walk --for you Basinites out there, 90% of LH is in the Cayuga Lake Basin. :-) Lime Hollow bird walks take place throughout May every Saturday at 7:30. While things weren't amazing this morning, I will say we had great looks at several very cooperative birds, particularly some of the warblers. The highlights were good to great looks at CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK- THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLUE-WNGED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER ( a bit brief), Common Yellowthroat and a few of us also had good looks at Yellow-rumped Warbler --all these warblers nest at LH. Good looks at crowd-pleasing BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and several others were also had. Three vireo and thrush species were heard with VEERY and RED-EYED VIREO providing great looks. Catbird and GREAT-CRESTED and Least Flycatcher were seen and we all got a chance to hear the differences between Chipping Sparrow, Dark- eyed Junco and Swamp Sparrow. The highlights for me were confirming nesting COMMON RAVENS (begging calls heard and several agitated calls were given by adults) and seeing really fresh SHOWY ORCHIS (Galearis spectabilis) in bloom!! As for the nesting ravens, these are rather urban compared to most breeding ravens in the east--LH is basically just beyond the west edge of the city of Cortland at less than a mile off of Rte 13. They should fledge any day now. A very nice day to be out with everyone for sure!
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