Spring Field Ornithology field trip most likely. I'm on Sun trips, and we stopped along Rt 13 to admire AMERICAN KESTRELs hovering effortlessly in one place over a mown field, while an EASTERN MEADOWLARK serenaded us from a wire over the same field. Lots of ducks/teals/ etc in the wet areas.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Catherine Cooke <ccooke...@gmail.com> > Date: April 4, 2011 1:06:23 PM EDT > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Birds on Saturday? > Reply-To: Catherine Cooke <ccooke...@gmail.com> > > I got this e-mail from a friend. Perhaps someone on the list knows what was > going on. > > Thanks! > > Cathy > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rosanne Murphy <re...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:38 PM > Subject: Birds on Saturday? > To: Catherine Cooke <ccooke...@gmail.com> > > > Hi Cathy, > > > If you’re on the bird-sighting email list, can you find out what was going on > in Dryden on Saturday. > > > My friend Cindy sent me this yesterday: > > > “I took 38 to Dryden and just before the high school there were several cars > off the road and a bunch of people with spotting scopes looking out toward > route 13 where the field is mostly under water. I have not idea what they > saw, but it drew a crowd.” > > > So I figured that whatever people saw would have been posted on the bird > sighting email list. I’m not a member of that and thought you might be. > > > I saw a Phoebe this morning trying to catch bugs in the heavy rain. It > probably had just arrived recently and must have been hungry. > > > Thanks, > > Rosanne > > > ______________________ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
