Tuesday evening Ken and I went over to Burdick Hill Rd with the hope of finding Eastern Meadowlarks. We ran into Bob Horn who pointed us to a section of the road where he had just photographed a Savannah Sparrow. There were many Song Sparrows flying between the shrubs and the edge of the road, but we also saw the white tail flashes of a Vesper Sparrow and then heard one singing. At one point there were Vesper, Savannah, Song and Tree sparrows all pecking in the grit next to the blacktop on the roadside-- very nice for comparisons.
We didn't hear Meadowlarks at Burdick Hill Rd, but we went home via Snyder Road where we heard several Eastern Meadowlarks and saw them flying over the airport fields. -Diane -- 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/ --
