Last night at my house on Shindagin Hollow Rd I had my first BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and a couple of NORTHERN PARULAS. I went into the forest at sundown and sat quietly under a tree for about a half hour while a male RUFFED GROUSE strutted around me, a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER explored the ground and low branches about 15 feet away, and two WOOD THRUSHES dueled in song on either side of me. Pretty heavenly.
This morning I went out to Arnot Forest and saw CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, VEERY, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, KINGFISHER, ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, and heard the following: SCARLET TANAGER (1); BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, RED-EYED VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, YELLOW WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS and OVENBIRDS seemed to predominate. There may have been other warblers that my still-learning ear could not identify. I stalked a singing WINTER WREN along a steep incline for a half hour, but never got an eye on it. That is my nemesis bird and favorite singer. If anyone comes across a cooperative one, please let me know! I also found a ROBIN settling into a very photogenic nest. Such a beautiful day out there! Melissa Groo -- Melissa Groo Photography melissagroo.com Follow me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/melissa.groo <http://melissagroo.com> -- 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/ --
