Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd
It may be disheartening to think we are barely past the solstice, yet people are already talking about fall migration, but it's true. Shorebirds are already starting south, or at least dispersing after breeding. Other birds are as well, but the shorebirds are more obvious. I think it was generous of Ken to include the word "early" to try to make you feel more comfortable.--Dave NutterOn Jul 05, 2011, at 05:15 AM, Stephanie Greenwood stgreenw...@ev.ithaca.ny.us wrote: part of the same early fall movement." PuLLEASE! -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd
You also have to remember that spring migration begins in the heart of winter...February... for what it is worth. From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 12:30:28 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd It may be disheartening to think we are barely past the solstice, yet people are already talking about fall migration, but it's true. Shorebirds are already starting south, or at least dispersing after breeding. Other birds are as well, but the shorebirds are more obvious. I think it was generous of Ken to include the word early to try to make you feel more comfortable. --Dave Nutter On Jul 05, 2011, at 05:15 AM, Stephanie Greenwood stgreenw...@ev.ithaca.ny.us wrote: part of the same early fall movement. PuLLEASE! -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd
part of the same *early* *fall* movement. PuLLEASE! -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd
I had a very similar experience on Saturday evening, July 2, but over in Presque Isle SP on Lake Erie -- while vacationing with my family I spotted a WILLET with some Ring-billed Gulls on one of the swimming beaches. I'm pretty sure mine was an adult bird, so not the same individual but part of the same early fall movement. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Jul 4, 2011, at 1:53 AM, Mickey Scilingo wrote: While spending the day with my family at Fair Haven Beach State Park on Lake Ontario in Cayuga County, I had the good fortune of spotting a WILLET flying with a group of Ring-billed Gulls that had just been flushed off the swimming beach at around 6:30. The group of birds flew around over the water for a few minutes before settling back down on the beach. Unfortunately, a group of small children were chasing the gulls around, causing them to flush repeatedly, and sometime during the ensuing confusion, the Willet disappeared. As we were leaving just before 8 PM, the WILLET was back on the beach foraging near the waters edge. This time I was able to see that it was an immature plumaged bird. I did snap a few photos of it through my binoculars, but they came out worse than I expected. The Willet was still at the water's edge when we left. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.netmailto:mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
