Very interesting Dave. I went out in my backyard (the dog has needs) at about
10 PM and midnight last night, and I heard Canada Geese almost continuously
both times. Amazing to think of how many geese are really migrating!
KEN
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It's interesting to think that our coverage was so good in the Ithaca area that
multiple groups were encountering the same birds. At Mount Pleasant, we had 2
NORTHERN PINTAIL in a large Canada flock shortly after 1 PM, and these were
likely the same birds that passed over Hammond at 12:50.
Here too in Northeast Ithaca. Over 7,000 CANADA'S in a 1 hour skywatch with 3
CACKLINGS picked out. Also a nice low ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 3 PINE SISKINS and
thousands of blackbirds. With the first raptors, I'll be heading up to mt
Pleasant soon.
Ken Rosenberg
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On Mar 10,
Thanks Brad and Tim for spotting and RBAing the G White-fronted Goose -- made
for some spectacular viewing at Stewart Park in the mid-afternoon, with
(besides great looks at the goose) a 2nd cycle and adult ICELAND GULL and a
remarkable 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (all adult or 3rd-cycle) in a
ah, but if it was banded in July 2011, can it still be a first-cycle??
KEN
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On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Kevin J. McGowan
Tom Schulenberg and I birded up to Triangle Diner area this morning, and like
others, found a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR with HORNED LARKS on Lake Ridge Road --
a dull streaky bird feeding very close to the barn on the west side of the road
(not with most of the larks and SNOW BUNTINGS further
This afternoon, I drove around some open-country areas near Ithaca and Dryden,
hoping to pick up some field birds. I was rewarded right away by a NORTHERN
SHRIKE behind the Ithaca Airport -- the bird (a crisp and frosty adult) was on
top of a thin tree on Snyder Rd. directly across from the
Sorry for the late post (seems to be more the norm), but yesterday I ventured
up the west side of Cayuga Lake to where the ice edge lingers just south of
Lower Lake Road. From a single vantage point, I spent more than 2 hours
counting all the waterfowl and coming up with some spectacular
Hi all,
Although this is not a happy way to acquire such information, if folks are
finding dead or dying redpolls (as often happens late in the winter during
invasion years), all of these specimens would be very valuable additions to the
Cornell collection, and ultimately could help (though
We're there any searches for the Tufted Duck today - successful or otherwise?
I'd like to hear about any leads on Aythya flocks to look through.
Thanks
Ken
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Eared Grebe now nicely visible from East Shore Park. 1:45 pm
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At about 9:00, I heard some soft spontaneous whistled barking from an owl
coming from the spruces in my Northeast Ithaca backyard. It didn't sound
immediately familiar and I whistled a few imitations. It answered a couple of
times, and then broke into a fast tooting trill, almost as fast as a
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Yes, back to the birds (sorry for perpetuating a thread folks were tired of...
but correct information is our most powerful tool)
Yet another NORTHERN SHRIKE appeared briefly at the Lab of Ornithology's north
feeders just before noon today -- possibly nabbing a bird and disappearing into
a
Hi all,
This discussion threatens to escalate quickly and I hesitate to weigh in
but here are a few comments for everyone to consider:
1. One of John Confer's main points is that making the direct connection
between hunting pressure on Cayuga Lake and overall waterfowl populations is
I can finally join the redpolls finally club, as a flock of 10 or so
descended on my paltry feeders in Northeast Ithaca. I've had none in my yard so
far and none downtown on the CBC on the 1st -- they seem to finally be entering
the more urban areas. My birds sampled the black oil sunflower
Wow -- nice find . Another bird I missed on the CBC -- undoubtedly hunkered
down somewhere in the area and not responding to my pishing in the wind..
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Just FYI, the White-winged Scoter I saw on the CBC Jan 1st was an adult male
with a flock of goldeneye far to the north of the red jetty not apparent
today.
KEN
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The viewing conditions were excellent this afternoon from East Shore Park and
Stewart Park. Although waterfowl diversity seemed lower today, it was a good
day for picking out non-waterfowl waterbirds. Highlights included two
RED-THROATED LOONS far to the northwest -- I wasn't sure if I was
Hi all,
Thank you Donna for correctly surmising that my quick late night email did not
convey the message I had intended. I indeed was one of the counters who slogged
through the day counting common birds (and looking for unusual species) --
albeit in the howling winds on the lakeshore rather
Nice!
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On Jan 3, 2013, at 5:02 PM, Teresa Pegan wrote:
Maybe it was an aix murder. Whoever is re-sponsa-ble should be brought to
justice.
Okay that
In talking to Chris Wood some more today, I realized that he had seen several
other species yesterday that were not found by official counters of the CBC --
really shows what kind of diversity a top birder can find when they are
covering the whole area looking for target birds instead of
At dusk I stopped by Stewart park - the churning lakeshore was pretty bird
less, but then I noticed the western sky filled with SNOW GEESE pouring in from
the south. The skeins were flying north but drifting east over the lake, flying
very strongly into the stiff wind. I'm sure I missed the
After whistling hopefully off an on in my yard since October, I finally got a
response from a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL this evening around 11:45 PM. The snow
had stopped and it was extremely quiet -- the distant reverberating toots were
coming from the direction of Muriel St., possibly further to
And still there at noon. I was extremely lucky as it was the first bird I saw
as I drove up and noticed a group of people looking up in a tree!
thanks to Tim Lenz for checking this middle of nowhere spot and finding such
a great bird!
KEN
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A couple more late lingering birds today - an EASTERN MEADOWLARK on King Rd and
a calling Sapsucker at home this morning in NE Ithaca. Also a light phase
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on King Rd.
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To continue my string of late-lingering December birds, the RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET is hanging in there for another week at the swan pen at Stewart Park. I
also saw at least 3 CACKLING GEESE among the 1000+ CANADAs -- these may have
been different from Jay's birds this morning, as mine were all
Late this afternoon, while walking the dog in the fields west of Bluegrass Lane
in Northeast Ithaca, we flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE from a wet grassy area, and at
least 2 (possibly 4 or more) SAVANNAH SPARROWS from the remaining patches of
taller dry grass. These would be exceptional birds on the
Highlight today at Stewart Park was a single adult male BLACK SCOTER fairly far
off the center of the park, and a late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET with chickadees at
the swan pen.
KEN
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There was an interesting full at the compost piles off Stevenson rd this
morning. I suppose it is a first cycle LESSER. BLACK-BACKED GULL but it seemed
to be a bit larger and bulkier than nearby Herrings, which would not be right.
I was fooled by one last year at Stewart park that looked big to
Sorry for the late post... An afternoon (3:30-5) check of Stewart Park
produced a single male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 4 female-plumaged BLACK SCOTERS
on the white-capped lake among the 130+ RUDDY DUCKS and smaller numbers of
BUFFLEHEAD, LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, AMERICAN WIGEON, GADWALL, AM
At 10:30 this evening, I heard a single AMERICAN CROW flying over my house,
calling -- very strange to hear one at night! I suppose it was a bird
disturbed off its roost, but it was flying north to south against a fairly
illuminated overcast sky. Is there any evidence of true nocturnal
I just heard a flock of BRANT migrating over Tareyton Drive in Northeast Ithaca
-- 1:52 AM -- while taking out the garbage and recycling. Like so many barking
dogs in the sky..
KEN
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Jay remains one step ahead of most of us, but the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
continues to show itself into the late afternoon at Stewart Park -- in the
weedy patch off the central pavilion. At least 2 WHITE-CROWNs are in this
patch as well, and a LINCOLNs found by Tim Lenz.
A single SURF SCOTER has
With the passage of this strong front, I headed to Cayuga Lake today around
noon and watched from East Shore Park and then Stewart Park. Not much to
report, actually -- the only possibly new arrivals were a flock of 7 male RUDDY
DUCKS off the east side of Stewart Park. Still 30+ PIED-BILLED
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at far parking lot at Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- just
beyond chain fence -- abut 10:15 this morning. MARSH WREN apparently still
around (near staff entrance) as well.
KEN
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I enjoyed a late lunch hour on my back deck (1-2 PM) today -- birds were
definitely moving on the north winds. I saw at least 6 high-streaming
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS (I'm sure I missed many), plus a migrating AM KESTREL, a low
imm. BALD EAGLE, and a very high v of 30 CANADA GEESE. Anyone at Mount
Olive-sidedFlycatcher on snag right off Sherwood Platform on Wilson Trail at
Sapsucker Woods. 9 am
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Olive-sidedFlycatcher on snag right off Sherwood Platform on Wilson Trail at
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Cattle egret is on top of round low tree at back edge of Puddlers marsh 9:45
am. Also 4 Hudsonian godwits 1 avocet, 1 red-necked phalarope very distant from
towpath.
Ken
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A quick mid-day report from towpath rd. where I spent most of the morning. Not
a tremendous number of birds in the distant shallow flats, but light and
viewing were good. Highlights we're single BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPIER, 4
RED-NECKED and 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 2 BAIRDS SP, 4 AM GOLDEN PLOVERS, 4
They are still there at 4:15 PM.
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The seven juvenile Western Willets were still on the white lighthouse jetty at
10:30. Also, two Forster's Terms were flying around and perched on
I headed to Myer's yesterday evening, hoping for more unusual shorebird
migrants. With a backdrop of one of the more spectacular sunsets I've seen in
Ithaca, complete with double rainbow and light rain drifting over the lake, I
counted more shorebirds than I think I've seen there before -- but
Hi all,
I just heard a YELLOW-BILLED CI|UCKOO high over my house at 10:50 this evening
-- giving the long K'OW K'OW call series.
thanks for all the info and anecdotes on mid-summer calling in cuckoos, I am
aware of the odd mid-summer calling and I have heard (mostly BBCU} on warm
summer
I was surprised to step out in my driveway (Ithaca NY) this evening and hear 4
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS in 15 minutes (3 in the first 5 minutes). Maybe caught the
tail end of a migration burst, but at least some mysterious migrants are
continuing to move at night.
KEN
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There was at least 1 CERULEAN on River Rd. near Mud Lock last year, although I
did not hear one last weekend. They seem to still be numerous in all the
traditional spots around Montezuma Refuge, though the refuge staff have noted
their disappearance from the forest south of Rt. 5/20 west of Mud
I was surprised to hear a PINE SISKIN over my house this morning -- further
evidence perhaps that a few might be breeding in the area.
At Myer's Point, there was a single SEMILPALMATED SANDPIPER on the lakeshore,
and an ORCHARD ORIOLE singing by the park entrance.
I birded up along Salmon
Still there at 9 am, back and forth from willows between camping area and point
across to Salt Point willows. Singing sporadically and softly.
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GRASSHOPPER SPARROW singing loudly fairly close to Cherry Rd. just west of
Ithaca airport. 9:30 am.
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I guess I was too tired to type last night -- sorry about that :) (gotta love
those thrushees)
KEN
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On May 30, 2012, at 12:28 AM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote:
Quite
Quite a bit of birds are still moving overhead tonight. In 30 minutes beginning
at 11:30, I counted 44 Swainson's Thrushees and 6 Gray-Cheekd Thrushrs over my
hose in Northeast Ithaca.
KEN
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HHUDSONIAN GODWIT at Benning Marsh early. Apparently not relocated. Lots of
shorebirds at Towpath. Excellent viewing.
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HHUDSONIAN GODWIT at Benning Marsh early. Apparently not relocated. Lots of
shorebirds at Towpath. Excellent viewing.
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A Yellow- bellied Flycatcher calling 'chu-wee' from the spruces in my backyard
at 1 pm. Also singing Blackburnian W. all morning. Still migrants moving
through.
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Some more yard birds in my backyard in Northeast Ithaca so far today.
The male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (still singing) was chasing another warbler,
which turned out to be a female BLACKPOLL WARBLER. A few raptors are apparently
migrating over -- a subadult BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a high circling
In sycamores at Ithaca city golf course. Same spot. More details later.
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8th time's a charm! With a brief window in downtown Ithaca before an
appointment, I decided to give a listen at the sycamores by the 3rd tee of
Ithaca city golf course (Pier Rd). Arriving at 8:20, I immediately heard the
double-noted song of a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER out my car window -- it was
There are still migrants passing through my yard, so at least some birds are
still moving. Yesterday I heard a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (third one this
spring), and today I had singing MAGNOLIA WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, and
RED-EYED VIREO (none of these nest in my neighborhood). Last night
Yes sorry about that. Empire farm days. I don't know why an early learned name
- even if incorrect - is so easy to stick.
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4 WILSON'S PHALEROPESare together at Puddlers Marsh Montezuma. 2 males 2
females. Otherwise same shorebirds as reported yesterday. KEN
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Besides the 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES (spelled correctly this time), here are some
other highlights from my trip to the Montezuma area today. Shorebird habitat is
the best I've seen it in spring, although it is a shame that viewing conditions
are always too awful - 60X, heat waves, bad light -- to
Thanks for all the tips on finding a Mourning Warbler for our out-of-region
guests (Department of Defense Partners in Flight group). Given our time
constraints, I went with 8-yr old intel from my Atlasing days, and headed up to
the top of Tehan Rd. at the edge of Yellow Barn State Forest. Sure
Hi all,
Another intel question -- has anyone still been seeing the roosting BARRED OWL
in Sapsucker Woods during the past few days? We were not able to see it during
Migration Celebration bird walks on Saturday, and will full leaf out, it is
harder to see into the pines from the trail. If
Enough about ticks and rashes!
Does anyone know the locality of any easily accessible Mourning Warbler
territories in the Hammond Hill/Yellow Barn SF areas? There used to be an easy
one at the power line cut at the top of Tehan Rd. and another along the south
stretch of Yellow Barn Rd. I know
remained out of my sight.
Mark Chao
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I had a lone PINE SISKIN flying north over my house this morning, so maybe
that's the one Mark saw.
There were still the remnants of a migrant flock on Tareyton Drive near my
house this morning -- 6-8 YELLOW-RUMPS, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 NASHVILLE, 1
YELLOW WARBLER, 1 singing RUBY-CROWNED
When I got down to the Ithaca City golf course this evening (6:30-7:15), it was
raining lightly but steadily, and I could not locate the Yellow-throated
Warbler by sight or song. A loose group of 10+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, with
several singing, were moving around the sycamores and foraging in
A quick walk around my yard and close neighborhood this morning turned up 2
male CAPE MAY WARBLERS (not singing but giving continuous high zeeep flight
calls), a singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, SCARLET
TANAGER, and several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, in addition to
This afternoon I studied a first cycle ICELAND GULL on the red lighthouse
jetty. I was at 829 Taughannock blvd (89) so the gulls were in excellent
sunlight although quite distant. It is very late for this species, and although
all the gulls are worn and bleached this time of year, the Iceland
Hi all,
Although this discussion has gone on for awhile and is in danger of getting too
heated for this List, I feel compelled to jump in. I want to thank those who
brought scientific experience and reasoning to the debate, and especially to
Lee Ann for the links to deeper discussion and
I was only out a little on both days, but here are a few weekend highlights:
On Saturday mid-day, there were a lot of birds evident off Stewart Park,
although I only had about 30 minutes to scan. Over 100 BUFFLEHEAD were in
scattered rafts very far out -- there may well have been other ducks
Hi all,
I know it is late, but there is a very interesting gull at Stewart Park Sunday
afternoon. I will post photos later this evening. Very quick description for
now: It is a medium-dark-mantled gull, slightly larger and more massive than
nearby Herrings; 3rd cycle plumage with slaty gray
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I know it is late, but there is a very interesting gull at Stewart Park
Sunday afternoon. I will post photos later this evening. Very
Hmmm. On Friday evening, since I had to drop my daughters for the midnight
opening show of Hunger Games, I decided to take advantage of another warm, calm
night t try for the owls. I was at the Park Preserve parking area at about
11:30 for about 30 minutes. After much silence and someLong-eared
I'l surprised Jay McGowan didn't post this, but around noon, as the tens of
thousands of geese were passing over Mt. Sapsucker: on the slope above the
Fuller Wetlands, a group of 19 TUNDRA SWANS passed overhead in a flock of
geese. I believe these were my first ever at Sapsucker Woods. In the
I had a great afternoon trip up the west side of Cayuga Lake today with Rick
Bonney and Judy Burrill. We started at Hogs Hole at 12:45, and as others
reported were not able to locate the Western Grebe. We did see the 2
RED-THROATED LOONS together -- an adult and a juvenile, solving a two bird
Some incidental birding today produced some excellent birds. At 12:30, in
between errands, I decided to to a quick check from the first pullout on Rt. 89
(#829) above Hogs Hole. I could see only 4 birds in the SW sector of the lake
-- 3 LESSER SCAUP and a WESTERN GREBE. The grebe was fairly
Thanks Jay for posting my sighting so promptly. Here are a few more details.
After getting fairly views of the WESTERN GREBE at East Shore Park (thanks
everyone for the RBA posts), I headed around to Stewart Park to do an
additional scan. While pointing out the grebe to two visiting birders
I'm sorry for not posting the details on this bird earlier, but yesterday
during the Ithaca CBC, I found a fairly bright ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in the
Community Garden south of Farmer's Market in Ithaca. I flushed it initially
with a flock of juncos from the south end of the garden on the east
Actually, at 9:54, he was still sleeping, if you can believe that. But
later in the day he was sorting through geese as well -- at Stewart Park in
preparation for tomorrow's CBC. Not much to be found, and very low numbers and
diversity of waterfowl -- not boding too well for tomorrow. The
In addition to the large numbers of waterfowl at Stewart Park already reported
by Laura and Ton, there were 6 TUNDRA SWANS near the east end of the park late
this afternoon. 500-600 gulls were loafing on the water offshore, but I
couldn't find anything other than the usual 3 species.
KEN
Ken
If anyone is heading downtown in Ithaca, I recommend a stop at Stewart Park -
with the bright sun and calm lake, the thousands of geese, ducks, and gulls,
offer an unusually spectacular view. Many of the birds are in very close. Among
the thousands of CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, and the common 3
Another (or the same?) SNOWY OWL was just reported flying across Tschache Pool
at Montezuma NWR. They're coming
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At about 9:30 this evening as I let our dog out in the backyard, I saw a
ghost-like shape rise up off the ground and cross the yard. With a flashlight I
was able to spot a BARRED OWL hunting actively from the low branches of some
trees. I have heard Barred Owl calling from the yard on only 2 or
Yes, what could be a better way to spend a sunny December Saturday than sorting
through immature gulls on piles of steaming garbage. The THAYER'S was
surprisingly easy to pick out and keep track of, thanks to the excellent photos
posted by Chris Wood on eBird that formed our search image. After
Yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, while we were walking our dog along the fields
off Bluegrass Lane, there were few sparrows, but a flock of at least 200
AMERICAN PIPITS came by -- passing overhead in a loose, constantly calling
flock from west to east. A river of pipits as Anne called it.
KEN
Darn, I saw these emails way too late -- when I went out at 10:45 it had mostly
clouded over to the north and west and couldn't make out any aurora from the
city glow. I did see about the brightest shooting star I've ever seen, though
-- at 10:56 in the eastern sky -- it was so big and bright
I started out this morning at Myer's Point. The lake was surprisingly quiet,
although a small flock of BRANT finally came down the lake about an hour after
I arrived. A BONAPARTE'S GULL circling around the spit and single female
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were about the only
Awesome Tom. I walked my dog there yesterday, but had to avoid the wetter
spots. I had 2 VESPER SPARROWs in the dry area just to the west of the taller
switchgrass.
flyover PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, BLUEBIRD, as well as calling WINTER WREN and
visual HERMIT THRUSH in my yard this morning. Ah,
I'm glad Wes beat me to the punch, but this morning I had at least two PINE
SISKINS flying over my house calling -- I heard them several times and had the
impression they were local birds moving about rather than multiples migrating
overhead, but could have been wrong. So, at least there were
When I finally got outside last night around 11 PM, birds were coming over, but
they were high and faint. In 40 minutes, I counted about 45 thrush calls --
only 3-4 WOOD THRUSH and the rest SWAINSON's; no Gray-cheeked -- and about 60
zeeet notes. I believe I identified several each of Common
,
Mike
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Yet another massive flight over Ithaca tonight -- in fact one of the largest
flight I can remember over my house. I did a 30 minute count BETWEEN 10:30
Thanks Bill. I did hear a few typical Lincoln's/Swamp sparrow dts but
was not confident enough to report. If there were that few Black-throated
Blues, I'm curious what most of the abrupt tsip notes might have been? There
were certainly way fewer of what I would consider typical buzzy
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
This is a strange series of events. Having been a little confused by the
bridges on Armitage Rd myself on Sunday, I wonder if there is the possibility
of these being two separate spots? 3 calling Acadian FCs would seem to be hard
to miss by all the other Prothonotary seekers, and vice versa
I should add that we did observe the north-side male entering a cavity in a
rotted stump about 30 ft. in from the road (and sing from the top of this
snag), so they are definitely thinking about breeding -- of course it will take
a prospecting female to make this happen.
Ken Rosenberg
It seeming a perfect morning for migrating shorebirds, I got out to Myer's
Point at 5:45. The nice and clean gravel spit provides very little cover for
birds now, and nothing of interest was among the sorry-looking over-summering
gulls. I decided to stay and do a watch on the lake, however, and
I guess that means there were 3 or 4 in the flock that I only heard coming over
Myer's.
Ken Rosenberg
Director of Conservation Science
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2412
607-342-4594 (cell)
k...@cornell.edu
On May 27, 2011, at 11:22 AM, D.M.Kennedy wrote:
10:45 New AutoLoop
This evening I drove around behind the Ithaca airport in hopes of seeing COMMON
NIGHTHAWK -- between 8:50 and 9 PM I observed at least 3 calling and feeding
birds over the ponds on Neimi Road. Success!
Back at home today, a singing EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and still 1 singing BLACKPOLL
WARBLER,
Hi Caroline,
First, Orchard Oriole is a good bird at Sapsucker Woods, although there have
been other sightings in recent years -- was this a pair of birds that you
encountered?
Both Alder and Willow Flycatchers breed in the shrubby areas behind the Ithaca
airport, and up towards Lansing and
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