Well, darners were not heading north but south. My brain is still confused in spite of 17 years in US. At the beginning of my arrival in US, I always felt north was south and south was north!
Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf<http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf> From: bounce-6292472-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-6292472-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 1:14 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu; neo...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Raptors and Odonates Hi all, I saw some black dots in the sky, so looked at them in the binoculars, an Osprey, a couple may be TVS and one hawk, but the most surprising thing was there were hundreds of Darners heading north. Even now they are going! At least three or four in the binocular view any given time! That would mean 10 or so per sec in the limited location I am watching. They are about 300 to 500 meter from the ground level. Because I used 7X25 I could see the darners if I had used 10x45 to focus on birds I would have missed darners! Several Pantala flavescens are hanging outside my window. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf<http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
