Mark Chao just called to say he and Tilden just had a WHIMBREL fly in to
Myers Point they fly off again, headed north. I was there 10 minutes before
and had two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and a DUNLIN on the spit, but no Whimbrel.
They will call again if it reappears, but they thought it might have
Thanks to Jay for relaying our message this morning. Here are some details.
Having just finished enjoying long, close views of the two SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, the DUNLIN, and a clean-lookin' mean-lookin' red-mouthed breeding
RING-BILLED GULL out on the windswept spit, Tilden and I decided to
Hi birders,
I am working on a research project with Dr. David Winkler on the foraging
habits of tree swallows during cold snaps. Like us, many of you who bird
around Ithaca have probably observed large foraging aggregations of
swallows in places like the Cayuga Lake inlet, Myers Point/Salmon
Good afternoon,
As some of you may not be aware, a search is still underway for Chris Dennis, a
Cornell University class of 2013 student, who went missing on Wednesday. Chris
was last seen early Wednesday morning by fellow campers after he headed out
onto Cayuga Lake by canoe. Later, his canoe
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
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
Friday afternoon was dark and rainy but lots of Dunlin, Semipalmated Plovers,
and other peeps around. The Glossy Ibis was in easy viewing at Benning Marsh
(directly across from the pull-out). It took off as an adult Eagle flew over,
but circled around and landed in the same area.
Sent from
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
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
