Early Saturday morning (6:00 - 7:15), I walked the northern portions of the Wilson Trail in Sapsucker Woods, from the service driveway to the lone bench by the pond. I saw at least one male and one female BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (one male holding, beating, and eventually subduing a probable Common Green Darner), a female CAPE MAY WARBLER, one male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, female BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS; many MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and a female NORTHERN PARULA (to my knowledge, this species was not reported here yesterday). I also heard a few migrant NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, and probable CANADA WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and MOURNING WARBLER (all heard once but not reconfirmed). A few other birders found species I missed.
Counting the once-heard birds, the warbler tally for today is again at least 21 species. Note, however, that at least for me, finding these birds was much more difficult than yesterday, requiring some rapid coverage to find flighty mixed flocks. Note also that birding in Sapsucker Woods throughout the spring, including yesterday, has been much, much more difficult in the afternoon and evening than in the morning. 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/[email protected]/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/ --
