For the past few nights, I've been recording from my rooftop in Etna, NY,
and either listening real-time or doing a quick browse-through the following
morning, using Raven Pro. If I hear (or see, as is the case when browsing
after the fact) a good clear or interesting flight call, I'll grab it and
I had a vastly entertaining visit to Sapsucker Woods on Tuesday morning -
maybe the most satisfying birding outing I've ever had here in any October.
Here are some highlights.
* GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH near entrance to Wilson Trail south of the Lab
building. I had much the same experience that Kevin
I also had a very good morning at Sapsucker Woods, seeing many of the same birds as Mark although we did not meet. I only have a few additions. I arrived at the parking lot along the Dryden Rd side midway along Sapsucker Woods at 8am and walked north along the trails of the Ithaca side toward the
There were quite a few shorebirds at Pudder's and May's Point Pools this afternoon (4 Oct), but I didn't find any Hudsonian Godwits. I did find: AMERICAN AVOCET - a joy to watch feeding as I scanned for non-existant or at least invisible godwitsBLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 4 or more juveniles at
PS - also 11 GREAT EGRETS at Mays (plus a few uncounted at K-M Puddlers), 3 SANDHILL CRANES together in Knox-Marsellus, and an adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW along EAST RD. It was a good day even without godwits. Now I'll shut up for a few hours.--Dave NutterOn Oct 04, 2011, at 09:05 PM, Dave Nutter
A pair of very handsome winter-plumage HORNED GREBES off the point at Myers at
7:45 am. Otherwise, the usual suspects.
--John Greenly
Ludlowville
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