Thanks for all the tips on finding a Mourning Warbler for our out-of-region guests (Department of Defense Partners in Flight group). Given our time constraints, I went with 8-yr old intel from my Atlasing days, and headed up to the top of Tehan Rd. at the edge of Yellow Barn State Forest. Sure enough, a MOURNING WARBLER was singing along the power-line cut as soon as we got out of the van. With just a little coaxing from my iPhone, the warbler flew up into a small tree and sang in the open -- a life bird for folks as far away as Arizona and Alaska.
On a short walk into Yellow Barn on Signal Tower Rd. we had other common forest breeders, but many things are still not in -- no Wood Pewees, only 1 Veery,etc. Yesterday evening, we took the group up to the top of Mt. Pleasant to listen for night flight calls, and although it was surprisingly quiet after dusk, we did hear 2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS and a nice AMERICAN BITTERN that called 4 times as it flew directly overhead. Back at home later in the evening, I heard a few thrushes and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS in 30 minutes of listening. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) [email protected] -- 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/ --
