To make sure that my brain is not rusting along with my skis ( ;-)) and of course my car too, now that I don't have to drive it to work, I took a five mile ski route of South Ithaca recreation way.
Most of the part it was very quiet except as I reached the south edge where there are houses and feeders I guess ( :-(), I came across a few chickadees, a couple of Tree Sparrow chips and clicks of two cardinals. But the best sighting was a beautiful male Sharp-shinned Hawk, who was sitting along the trail, on my approach flew across the trail twards houses, I guess to catch some feeder birds. Otherwise it was a beautiful day and snow was very nice! Cheers Meena At 04:35 PM 1/10/2010, bob mcguire wrote: >To make sure my binoculars weren't too rusty after all the rain in >Florida, I went out for a little birding this afternoon. Highlights: > >Myers: COMMON LOON and half a dozen hunters >East Shore Drive: fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD >East Shore Park: 7 HORNED GREBES to the NW, between the park and the >yacht club >Stewart Park: a second fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD >Glenwood Point: COMMON LOON, 10 PIED-BILLED GREBES (and the Horned >Grebes nowhere in sight) > >See you all for the perennially outstanding members slide show, Cayuga >Bird Club meeting, Monday @ 7:30! > >Bob McGuire > > > > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >Archives: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
