Well, not quite nothing. The list for our SFO group for the morning comes to 48 species, plus 4 more leader-only species, but it's true we had a long wet walk around the pond with little to show for it. Then we went inside to dry off a bit as the rain subsided. Clearly we would have done well to have walked another loop south and east through Sapsucker Woods at that point, but we went to Stewart Park and Fuertes Sanctuary instead.
Highlights at Sapsucker Woods included a couple of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a couple of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS. Hearing and communication were hampered by rain & raingear, so I think the BELTED KINGFISHER, FIELD SPARROW, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW were leader-only birds.
At Stewart Park and Fuertes Sanctuary highlights included YELLOW WARBLER and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS at the Swan Pond, a surprising male AMERICAN KESTREL which flew over and landed atop a tree, an adult BALD EAGLE which flew off with a fish, a hovering OSPREY, several DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, a COMMON LOON, a pair of WOOD DUCKS perched in the woods, great looks at HOODED and COMMON MERGANSERS, two nestling GREAT HORNED OWLS, and the list goes on.
Nonetheless I am tremendously envious of Mark Chao.
--Dave Nutter
On Apr 23, 2011, at 09:05 AM, Laura Stenzler <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Mark et al,
So, Dave Nutter and I led a group of intrepid birders for Spring Field Ornithology along the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods this morning, between 7:30 and 9 Am, in the TEEMING RAIN! And, we saw next to NOTHING in the way of birds! So, Mark, good for you! And ....... aaarrrggh! How frustrating is that!
Laura
Laura Stenzler
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Chao [[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 11:59 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 4/23
Sapsucker Woods was teeming with exciting birds on Saturday morning as the
rains cleared. I missed the Northern Waterthrushes that Jay found, but
found the following species, among many other expected birds.
* 100+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (one big flock between Wilson Trail North and Route
13, another by 91 Sapsucker Woods Road)
* 12+ HERMIT THRUSHES (6+ between gated trailhead and Woodleton Boardwalk,
6+ at "Hermit Thrush spot" between this boardwalk and egg cairn)
* BLUE-HEADED VIREO (one near second group of Hermit Thrushes)
* EASTERN TOWHEE (one near second group of Rusty Blackbirds)
* multiple Purple Finches, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Yellow-rumped Warblers
throughout
I also heard a WINTER WREN singing once by the Woodleton Boardwalk last
night.
Also, my kids and I found a singing PINE WARBLER in the Newman Arboretum on
Thursday afternoon.
Mark Chao
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