Good morning, I wanted to let this group know that the Owasco Flats Nature
Reserve is hosting their first birding trip of the season this coming Saturday.
We will start at 8:30 AM, so not too early. You should dress for the weather,
bring binocs and/or scope, field guide, and drinks/snacks.
A couple days ago at lunch, my FOY RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET appeared in the trees
behind the lab, only ‘chirring’ one syllable of the song while foraging up high.
Yesterday morning, I set out at around 7am to pick up SWAMP SPARROW in the
field east of the north parking lot and found one easily only
Along dike to the North of the beginning of Towpath. More than a dozen were
already in flight when I looked North, another (at least) 8 remained perched a
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Hermit Thrushes seem quite numerous in my area today, belying the québécois
name: Grive Solitaire.
I glimpsed a chocolate brown butterfly this morning that I presume was a
Mourning Cloak.
At 3:00 this afternoon, as I was hauling rocks with the tractor, I was very
surprised to see a big (3)
Meena's wonderful book (link below) gives some info on migration of odonates
(page 117). Green Darner is one of the long distance migrants. Maybe these
darners that are showing up now hatched in the deep south, or even in Veracruz,
and came north on more-or-less the same timetable as the
Sat. April 18, 10:00 a.m. –11:30 a.m. at the Montezuma Audubon Center
Nature of Montezuma Lecture – Creating a Bird Friendly Yard
Do you enjoy watching birds in your yard? Learn some interesting facts about
some of CNY's favorite backyard birds, such as hummingbirds and chickadees, and
learn how
?Hi all,
Just before sunset, I heard a Hermit Thrush singing from Six Mile Creek side of
the road and the sound coming through closed windows of my home office! I have
heard in the past Wood thrushes. This is the first time I heard a Hermit
Thrush! May be a passing migrant. Once there was a
I was also astounded to see Odonates of various kinds when I visited
Sapsucker Woods on Monday to see the Great Egrets. In fact, I was so
surprised that I thought I was imagining them until several flew by at
very close range. I am going to purchase Meena's book!! I didn't even
realize
