Date: 5/4/25 6:45 am From: Diane Morton <dianegmorton...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 5/2 and 5/3
Thanks, Chris,
I went birding at the Hawthorn Orchard yesterday, mid-afternoon, and it was
still very active: https://ebird.org/checklist/S232669946.
Thanks for the trail clearing you did last year!
Waterproof boots are a must, and I recommend rain pants. Mine got a lot of
mud on them from an hour on the wet trails.
Diane
On Sun, May 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <
<cth4...> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Conditions are shaping up for this spring to potentially be one of the
> better spring migrations at the Hawthorn Orchard in East Ithaca in recent
> years. This past Friday morning and Saturday morning may be a tell of great
> things to come this week as spring migration advances ahead of schedule.
>
> A few notes:
>
> — Tortricid moth larvae are already chowing down on the hawthorn leaves
> and rolling themselves up into their namesake leaf-rolled daytime harbors.
> Flying insects abound, including already present mosquitoes. These food
> resources are why birds descend into this location for the day.
>
> — The area is lush and wet, making some effort quite muddy and drenching,
> so wear appropriate mud boots and even rain pants to avoid any unfortunate
> soakings.
>
> — There are NO deer ticks at this location—one hypothesis being that it’s
> too wet for their hosts (white-footed deer mice) or the ticks themselves,
> and there are few oaks in the main Hawthorn Orchard.
>
> — This is the first year in well over a decade that this area has not
> experienced a pre-migration hard freeze, and that has afforded the plants
> and insects here to flourish this year—and in turn provide great cover and
> food for neotropical migrants passing through our area.
>
> — The Hawthorn Orchard hawthorns are already in near full bloom, and the
> recent rains have been hugely beneficial.
>
> Please submit any sightings to eBird and please share sightings here or,
> if you are on Discord, to the Cayuga-Lake-Basin-Chat channel. I will be
> unable to make regular visits this week, unfortunately, but look forward to
> reading about what people are seeing.
>
> Here are two checklists to skim, one from Friday morning (5/2)
> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S231956365> and from Saturday morning (5/3)
> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S232469646>.
>
> Enjoy and good birding!!
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H
> 607-351-5740
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
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