[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

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

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

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