Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers, Fri 5/24 PM

2013-05-24 Thread nutter.dave
This morning at 8:50am, I was driving on Salt Road in Groton when I saw a flock of shorebirds alight in the southernmost plowed field on the west side, and since I'd already dropped off my passenger, I stopped to count: 29 DUNLIN plus 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER--Dave NutterOn May 24, 2013, at 08:07 P

[cayugabirds-l] Sodus Point today

2013-05-24 Thread Leona Lauster
I stopped by Sodus Point this windy afternoon and found: 30 Common Terns on the pier 4 Caspian Terns usually on the pier but on the beach today 4 Ruddy Turnstones on the beach but they were on the pier earlier in the week when it wasn't windy 1 American Pipit on the beach 4 Killdeer on the beach 2

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers, Fri 5/24 PM

2013-05-24 Thread Anne Clark
FYI--to confirm a trajectory: Broome Co folks, on Bluewing list, reported more than 8 Semi-palmated Sandpipers (and more with time) as well as 6 Dunlin and 4 Semi-palmated Plovers at the Tri-Cities airport this morning. anne On May 24, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Jeff Gerbracht wrote: > After work. I

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers, Fri 5/24 PM

2013-05-24 Thread Jeff Gerbracht
After work. I stopped by the compost piles. 4 Dunlin. A few Least Sandpiper= s and 24 Semi Sands. Biggest count of Semi Sandpipers I've seen in Tompkin= s County. They seem to have appeared en mass today Jeff On Friday, May 24, 2013, Mark Chao wrote: > Wanting to ride our wave of recent luc

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebirds & Glossy Ibis

2013-05-24 Thread M Miller
Friday afternoon was dark and rainy but lots of Dunlin, Semipalmated Plovers, and other peeps around. The Glossy Ibis was in easy viewing at Benning Marsh (directly across from the pull-out). It took off as an adult Eagle flew over, but circled around and landed in the same area. Sent from Win

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers, Fri 5/24 PM

2013-05-24 Thread Jay McGowan
Thanks to a tip from Jeff Gerbracht, Livia and I stopped at the compost off Stevenson Road in Dryden just now to see 4 DUNLIN, 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a surprising 25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS in the second little pond along the side of the piles. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Mark Chao wrote:

[cayugabirds-l] Myers, Fri 5/24 PM

2013-05-24 Thread Mark Chao
Wanting to ride our wave of recent luck a little longer, Tilden and I returned to Myers Park in Lansing on Friday afternoon at about 4:30 PM. We don't think we saw anything particularly rare, but the birding was fun and challenging. Immediately upon arrival, Tilden exclaimed with surprise and

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: URGENT – Cayuga Lake Searchers and/or Supplies Needed - Missing Student

2013-05-24 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Good afternoon, As some of you may not be aware, a search is still underway for Chris Dennis, a Cornell University class of 2013 student, who went missing on Wednesday. Chris was last seen early Wednesday morning by fellow campers after he headed out onto Cayuga Lake by canoe. Later, his canoe

[cayugabirds-l] RFI - swallow sightings in cold weather

2013-05-24 Thread Christopher Dalton
Hi birders, I am working on a research project with Dr. David Winkler on the foraging habits of tree swallows during cold snaps. Like us, many of you who bird around Ithaca have probably observed large foraging aggregations of swallows in places like the Cayuga Lake inlet, Myers Point/Salmon Creek

[cayugabirds-l] Myers, Fri 5/24 (Whimbrel)

2013-05-24 Thread Mark Chao
Thanks to Jay for relaying our message this morning. Here are some details. Having just finished enjoying long, close views of the two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, the DUNLIN, and a clean-lookin' mean-lookin' red-mouthed breeding RING-BILLED GULL out on the windswept spit, Tilden and I decided to spe

[cayugabirds-l] Whimbrel, Myers Point; Aurora birds

2013-05-24 Thread Jay McGowan
Mark Chao just called to say he and Tilden just had a WHIMBREL fly in to Myers Point they fly off again, headed north. I was there 10 minutes before and had two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and a DUNLIN on the spit, but no Whimbrel. They will call again if it reappears, but they thought it might have heade