Hooded Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Canada Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Prairie Warbler, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
Just back from a quick trip out to the Finger Lakes in New York. Sherri had a conference to go to and I was along to help out and bird when she was in the conference. Although I have made several trips out to the area I still had a few warblers in the general area I had a decent chance of tracking down. My targets included Mourning Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Prairie Warbler and Canada Warbler and I found all four.
Hooded Warbler, Cayuta Lake Boat Launch, Alpine, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Blackburnian Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Blackburnian Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Chestnut sided Warbler feeding juvenile, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Chestnut sided Warbler feeding juvenile, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Chestnut sided Warbler feeding juvenile, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Magnolia Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Hooded Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Hooded Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Hooded Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Black throated Green Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Black throated Green Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
American Redstart, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Ovenbird, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Black throated Blue Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Common Yellowthroat, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Hooded Warbler and Black throated Green Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Canada Warbler, Shindagin Hollow State Forest, Brooktondale, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Ovenbird, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 12, 2025
Saturday I headed nearby spot before I had to go back to our Airbnb to pick up Sherri to get her to the conference in Ithaca. I decided Cayuta Lake to try for a few of my targets. I walked the entrance road and added two target for the trip with Canada Warbler and Hooded Warbler. My next stop was to Shindagin State Forest where I spent about two and a half hours exploring the area. The area featured a decent showing of warblers with a lucky 13 species of warblers including my first Mourning Warbler for New York. Multiple species of warblers had evidence of breeding from adults carrying food, adults feeding juveniles and juvenile birds. My next stop was to Lindsey Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, arriving around 11:30 and then spending about an hour there despite the heat. There was some bird banding taking place as part of the MAPS program that looks at breeding species in a particular area. I got to see some warblers up close as they banded an Ovenbird and American Redstart during my brief stop checking out the banding station. Despite the heat of the day with temps pushing 90 I did add a Prairie Warbler to my New York list and checked off my fourth target warbler species for the trip. At this point it was really hot so headed back to the house for a late lunch. I picked up Sherri in the mid afternoon and we then spent the remainder of the afternoon stopping at wineries. The day produced 17 species of warblers.
Yellow Warbler, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
Blue winged Warbler, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
Common Yellowthroat, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
Chestnut sided Warbler, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
American Redstart, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
Prairie Warbler with leg band, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Spenser, NY, Jul 13, 2025
I was up before dawn on Sunday with temps already in the upper 70’s with high humidity…very tropical. I headed south to Connecticut Hill WMA and walked a small loop trail and battled hordes of deer flies. The stop produced just three species of warblers although one was a new one for the trip with a singing Yellow rumped Warbler. With the bugs too bad to stay and a few hours free I had to decide where to go and settled on a return trip to Lindsey Parsons where I arrived around 6:30 and stayed for about an hour and a half. I got a number of photos of the eight species of warblers I found. I then headed back to the house to pick up Sherri and we headed down south of Watkins Glen to check out a few waterfalls before headed to a few wineries. I ended the day with nine species of warblers.
Yellow Warbler, Taughannock Falls SP, Ulysses, NY, Jul 14, 2025
Taughannock Falls, Taughannock Falls SP, Ulysses, NY, Jul 14, 2025
On the last day I stayed fairly close to the house with a trip off to the north to Taughannock Falls SP. Not much for warblers to report from that location with just two species. I then headed back to the house to pack up and start the long drive back.
I had a total of 18 species of warblers overall for the short trip. Of these four were new for me in the state (Canada Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Mourning Warbler and Prairie Warbler), moving my New York state total to 23 species.
