I didn't have the number of birds Mark saw. I saw Wilson's, Magnolia (more than one), Black-throated Green (6+), and a Tennessee Warbler. There were a couple extra warblers, but I did not have the luck to see them. The first flock was at the beginning of Wilsons Trail, then I ran into a flock that goes around the curve of the small bridge that is on the main trail. The flock moving included the above warblers, 2 Red-eyed Vireos, a Downey Woodpecker, a Pewee, Tennessee Warbler, two White-breasted Nuthatches, and strangely enough a Swainson's Thrush. I don't think the thrush was with them, but just happened to be there. Maybe it reacted to the flock passing by. Anyway, that was quite a surprise - to see a thrush among the flock. Good Birding, Ann Mitchell
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Mark Chao <[email protected]> wrote: > I visited Sapsucker Woods on Friday morning, entering via the Winston > Court apartments and the West Trail. South of the Sherwood Platform, I met > Sahas Barve, who has just come here from Bombay to pursue a Ph.D. in biology > (bird population studies). Then, for the next 20 minutes, Sahas and I could > hardly keep up with the frenetic bird activity, triggered by direct sunlight > incident on the edge of the cold shadowy woods. We saw BAY-BREASTED, > MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE (1 M, 1 F), BLACK-THROATED GREEN (1 M, 1 F or > subadult), and WILSON’S WARBLER, plus a couple of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and a > lot of Red-eyed Vireos and Eastern Wood-Pewees. I feel that we probably > missed many other birds in this flock. **** > > ** ** > > I also visited the east side of the sanctuary alone. There I heard a few > scattered birds that I think were warblers, but I saw only one AMERICAN > REDSTART. On my way back out again, I saw a migrating COOPER’S HAWK and the > morning’s biggest surprise, a flock of at least 9 WILD TURKEYS crossing the > road.**** > > ** ** > > Mark Chao**** > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- 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/ --
