Hi all, This morning was the birdiest I have ever experienced at our property on Hunt Hill Rd. I awoke at 5:30 to hear a Redstart singing outside my window. By 6 am the amount of bird song outside was incredible. There was quite a flock of warblers singing away, which included 3 Northern Parulas, 2 Chestnut Sided, 1 Cape May, 1 Bay-breasted, 3 Blackburnian, 1 Magnolia and 1 Black-throated Blue warbler, 2 Blue-headed Vireos, at least 4 Yellow-rumped warblers and many more birds over the course of the morning. In addition, I got a killer look at a Yellow-billed Cuckoo which perched in a tree with the sun shining on it. This was a first-of-the-year bird, as were Great-crested Flycatcher, Magnolia and the Bay-breasted Warblers. I took a break around 8 for some coffee and breakfast and from our deck, saw a very cooperative Swainson's Thrush pop up into one of the white pines. It posed for a moment while I got a good look before disappearing into the bushes. The list for the yard as of 8 am, as submitted to eBIRD , is below. It was truly an amazing morning! It is now 11 am, and that first Redstart is still singing from the same tree. Maybe he'll stay around.... Cheers! Laura
Laura Stenzler [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 11:12 AM To: Laura Stenzler Subject: eBird Report - Hunt Hill Rd. 147 , 5/16/10 Location: Hunt Hill Rd. 147 Observation date: 5/16/10 Number of species: 54 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 2 Wild Turkey 1 Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Blue-headed Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 3 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Magnolia Warbler 1 Cape May Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4+ Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Blackburnian Warbler 3 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Chipping Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 Purple Finch 3 American Goldfinch 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
