This afternoon as I was watching a white-winged scoter all by itself on
Cayuga Lake, out from the Harbor Marina at the bottom of Basin St., 2
juvenile bald eagles came into view from near Carr's Cove, south of the
village & headed north towards me.
They did their rolling, chasing fight
Thank you Dave for that summary. Let me add a few more details that may
be interesting for everyone to hear.
We had 159 participants, well above our 10-year average of 131. Notably,
we had 125 last year when we broke many records.
We had record low counts of several species that have been seen
Flock of about 800 just passed overhead in Interlaken heading south
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Sorry, I think that’s 84 for the count plus at least 3 for the week.
- - Dave Nutter
> On Jan 2, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Dave Nutter wrote:
>
> Despite a high turnout of birders to count Ithaca-area birds, the number of
> species found and the number of individual birds counted were both
>
Despite a high turnout of birders to count Ithaca-area birds, the number of
species found and the number of individual birds counted were both
substantially down.
By my unofficial count (see below) there were 85 species observed within the
count circle during count day (unless I screwed up as
That makes it a count week bird!
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 8:19 AM Jody Enck wrote:
> A peregrine falcon swooped by low and fast between Caldwell Hall and
> Martha van Rennselaer Hall on the Cornell campus at about 8:10 this
> morning. It was chasing another bird unsuccessfully as it was
A peregrine falcon swooped by low and fast between Caldwell Hall and Martha
van Rennselaer Hall on the Cornell campus at about 8:10 this morning. It
was chasing another bird unsuccessfully as it was navigating a slalom
course among the construction equipment.
Jody
Jody W. Enck, PhD
