Sounds like a wonderful morning. Glad you were out there. Interestingly we did not hear any Northern Waterthrush along the Woodleton Boardwalk yesterday either and they are so reliably persistent, usually.
Linda Orkin Ithaca, NY On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:47 PM Mark Chao <[email protected]> wrote: > I walked around much of Sapsucker Woods with visiting scientist Martin > Stervander. It was by far the best morning of the spring for me, probably > a top-ten day for me ever in the sanctuary, all the more so because we > picked up many lifers for Martin. The treetops from Sherwood Platform past > the Charley Harper Bench all the way to the road were teeming with great > numbers of at least 19 warbler species, including CAPE MAY (4+ M, 1 F), > BAY-BREASTED (3+), TENNESSEE (3+, one confirmed by sight), BLACKBURNIAN > (8+), NORTHERN PARULA (7+), PINE (1 M, surprising to see by Fuller > Wetlands, not near any pines – confirmed by photo), BLACK-THROATED BLUE (4 > M, 1 F), BLACK-THROATED GREEN (6+), CHESTNUT-SIDED (6+), NASHVILLE (2, > heard only), BLACK-AND-WHITE (1 seen, 1+ heard only), WILSON’S (seen by > Martin, missed by me), and one HOODED (heard only, but I feel sure). > Northern Waterthrush would have made 20 warbler species for the morning, > but somehow we didn’t hear any along the Woodleton Boardwalk. We also > found a couple of YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. > > > > 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/>!* > -- > -- "For the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and the light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy" Plutarch If you permit this evil, what is the good of the good of your life? -Stanley Kunitz... -- 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/ --
