I also had high-flying birds over my house in Ithaca this afternoon -- 5 BROAD-WINGS, 1 OSPREY, 1 TV, 15 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, and 1 COMMON LOON. The raptors were all streaming towards the NE but the cormorants and loon started out due north and then veered visibly towards the west -- it seems that I get birds that have headed over Mt. Pleasant perhaps and then see the lake and head NW -- that's what the geese and gulls and previous loon I've seen seem to be doing.
Also a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER passing through my yard. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> On Apr 20, 2011, at 7:45 PM, wrevans wrote: Steady flight of migrating raptors this afternoon over Danby (50+ in 2 hours): Birds were high and mostly singles headed straight NE. Red-taileds, Broad-wingeds and unid. buteos predominated. Notable were three Bald Eagles, two adults and one Imm. (2-3 yr old). I was amazed at how high birds were late in the day - the two adult balds were kettling ~2000 ft above ground level at 5:30PM. Bill E -- 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/ --
