Finally!!! I caught up with my biggest nemesis on the planet, Coccyzus americanus!!!!! Stunning views of at least one Yellow-billed Cuckoo, singing, sitting in plain view, and even flying past me twice! Saw the bird at three seperate times today. What an amazing bird, so bizzare! Not particularly beautiful, but one of the coolest birds I've ever had the opportunity to (finally) set eyes on!!
Thank god you caught up with the swallow and the YB Cuckoo because I was really worried you'd have to read my post. In short I saw 2 C. americani today, and heard 2 C. erythropthalmus.
In short I had one of the best songbirding days ever (dispite rain for the first half of the day!) upstate slightly at Doodletown and Mine Torne Road.
Highlights:
Black Vulture (Doodletown)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2, Mine Torne)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Doodletown, 2 Mine Torne)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Doodletown)
Cliff Swallow (Mine Torne, nesting)
Red-eyed Vireo (singing EVERYWHERE! Must have been at least 25)
Warbling Vireo ( a couple singing at the foot of the Doodletown trail)
Yellow-throated Vireo (lifer! Doodletown and Mine Torne)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (collecting nesting materials at Mine Torne, also Doodletown)
Veery (1 singing!!)
Blue-winged Warbler (many at both sites! All but one sang regular - one sang hybrid song, also heard a Golden-winged Warbler song)
Yellow Warbler (not too many)
Magnolia Warbler (2, Doodletown)
Black-throated Green (singing, Doodletown)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Mine Torne)
Cerulean Warbler (lifer! Many singing, few observed!)
Common Yellowthroat (a couple observed and singing, mostly Doodletown, some Mine)
American Redstart (many singing whatever they felt like singing!!)
Canada Warbler (Doodletown)
Hooded Warbler (lifer! A couple singing at both spots)
Scarlet Tanager (I think about 3 at both locations)
White-crowned Sparrow (Iona Island)
Baltimore Oriole (very common)
A really awesome day! I recommend anyone who lives near this place visit!