[cayugabirds-l] Lab of O Cackling Goose

Hi all, There is currently what appears to be a CACKLING GOOSE (small, rounded head; short, almost stubby bill, smaller than all the CANG) swimming around near the small island in the front pond at the Lab of Ornithology. I took a video with my phone through one of the scopes to check again and

[cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire continues at Sampson State Pa...

Townsend's Solitaire continues at Sampson State Park says Jessie Barry. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire continues at Sampson State Pa...

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 Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire continues at Sampson State Pa...

Yes, there are birds in the 'middle of nowhere', sometimse also referred to as the west side of 'the lake'. True, this is a bit out of the Cayuga Lake Basin, but as someone who lives in the western part of the Basin, it feels underbirded. Thanks to Tim and others who bird on the west side, or