Hi Guys, I took a slow trip to the Trust Company today (.4 miles), but no vultures appeared. I am off tomorrow morning and will head to the compost before I have to meet the demands of work. I will keep you posted. Best, Ann On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:31 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg <jg...@cornell.edu>wrote:
> Hi all, > Some days the birding is short but sweet. I left work this afternoon > and made a quick loop around fantasizing about Black Vultures. No Vultures > appeared, but the resident RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the lab flew in front of > me and landed on the power lines letting be check him out for a while. > Then when making a quick stop to gaze at food scrapes in the compost > piles a very large white-winged gull, flying around, caught my eye. The > adult GLAUCOUS GULL landed on the piles with the Herring Gulls and allowed > some good viewing at binocular distance before they all got up to fly, > maybe, back to the lake. > I decided to quit when I was ahead and have dinner. > Gary > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > Hi all, > I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several > times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a > second-cycle ICELAND GULL: > http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 > On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find > anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the > students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were > greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark > wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a > Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an > abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins > here: > http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 > Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the > hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out > anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that > had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an > adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and > probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head > taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a > slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow > eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: > http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 > > As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a > pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was > walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the > pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately > include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock > of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. > > Good birding. > Jay McGowan > Dryden, NY > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES<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/ > > -- > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES<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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
