Tonight after dinner in the main building here at Kendal (7:05), I walked to the small hill to the south of "campus" that we call Mt. Kendal to see if I could find the Woodcock that was reported by Nelly Farnum last night.
Finally, after it was almost dark (~7:40), I heard a relatively faint peenting from the southeast side of the hill near the bushes by the houses on Spruce Lane, Cayuga Hts. this is more towards Triphammer Road. I walked that direction to get closer and was across an overgrown grassy area from where the bird was peenting. Then peenting stopped &I saw nothing due to bad eyes and darkness, but soon I heard the twittery sounds the Woodcock makes as it descends from high in the sky! I heard this several times before it seemed to be done about 7:55. I was very cold by then, so I left to go home to 377. Nelly Farnum and I will go there tomorrow at 7:30 to see it we can find the bird again! Nelly 3 years ago convinced the grounds crew here to stop mowing "Mt. Kendal" except for a few grassy trails; it has grown into a nice grassy place with goldenrod, asters, tall grass, teasels, etc. And now it has a Woodcock! Just down the road from all the malls. Build it and they will come! Donna L Scott 377 Savage Farm Dr Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/ --
