My plan was to bird Hawthorn on the way to work - quick 30 minute stop to see what was in town. 2 hours later I emerged trying to figure out how to make up for lost time.
Just to reiterate the great birds at Hawthorn today, especially the nice mix of warblers. I ran into Evan, and his post described most of what was there except for a Hooded Warbler that was at the edge near the tennis courts, aggressively chasing away any and every bird that came within reach. I ended up getting nice looks at the Orange-crowned Warbler feeding and singing faintly near the Mitchell Street entrance after Evan had departed. Warblers were dropping into the orchards until at least 9:30, including a Blackburnian that literally dropped out of the sky and sat in the treetops around 9 AM. Seems like nothing that was there yesterday has left, and many more birds have arrived. Great early May birding! Cheers, Chris Dalton Ithaca, NY ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:25 AM Subject: eBird Report - Hawthorn Orchard, May 2, 2012 To: [email protected] Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY May 2, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Birding "on the way" to work became a much longer affair when birds were abundant. Birds moving, arriving until at least 9:45 54 species Canada Goose 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 3 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Barn Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Hermit Thrush 2 1 chucking; other seen and silent American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 8 Blue-winged Warbler 4 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Presumably same bird as found by Jay McGowan. Dull yellow/olive underside, through to undertail coverts. Sharply pointed bill with flat head. Very dull grey streaking on sides of chest and belly; hint of an eye line. No wing bars. Also heard singing faintly Nashville Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Bright adult. Aggressively chasing other birds along edge of orchard close to tennis courts American Redstart 1 Northern Parula 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Palm Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 50 Easily could have been more. Exhausting just to try to see them all Prairie Warbler 2 Heard singing simulataneously Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 10 Seems like big #'s from earlier in week have left Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Bobolink 2 Flyovers; singing Red-winged Blackbird 5 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Singing and seen by courts Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Baltimore Oriole 5 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
