Two Red-headed Woodpeckers at same location as yesterday. Gary
On May 21, 2011, at 11:00 PM, "wroberts" <wrobe...@wells.edu> wrote: > I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan > Danskin, and others as they > were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar > Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in > Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active > flying back and forth in the > nearby woods; it was first located on the west side of 90 in a yard > immediately north of Paynes Creek. > > After Bob, Dave and Susan and friends left for Montezuma I continued > searching > for the bird as it was the > first RhW I have observed in Aurora in over twenty years. With the help of a > friend I located the RhW in the > large Sycamore east of 90 and south of Poplar Ridge. After about 30 minutes I > discovered that there were > two RhWs moving in the tree tops and flying back and forth over Rt. 90. It > seems that this is a breeding > pair which adds to the excitement of having this magnificent species finally > return to the Aurora area. > > I did manage to photograph the bird at some distance. Bill Roberts > > Aurora, N.Y. > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
