Took a trip to Montezuma today via the west side of Cayuga Lake
on the way up and down the east side on my way back. Below
are my notes from the trip...
Treman Park (on the canal where the rowing teams practice)- 24 BRANT
Lower Lake Road- not much, just several flocks of BLACK DUCKS,
and
My wife and I got a great look at a short-eared owl
from Route 31 near the potato building in the mucklands,
Savannah, NY today (Sunday 1/10).
The bird was perched on a guard rail and remained for
quite some time! Got a nice photo... link is below.
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To: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 6:55:27 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cooperative Short-Eared Owl
Dave, that's a wonderful image. I'm curious about what camera you used and what
settings you used and how far away from the owl you were. What's great
Tremendous day around Cayuga Lake. Started at Stewart Park at 8 am. had the
following:
many bufflehead, few hooded merganser, several common merganser, wood duck,
several american widgeon, two dozen or so green-winged teal, many canada geese,
mallards, few black duck, many common goldeneye,
All,
I am planning a trip up to Lake Ontario this Saturday with my wife.
I will be stopping by Chimney Bluffs in the hopes of seeing the Western
Grebe. I also heard that there are many other great spots up there for
other birds. Does anyone have any suggestions on locations
in that general area
My wife and I took a trip up to Armitage road this afternoon. We saw 9 pectoral
sandpipers
and a lone dunlin that have been found by others. The shorebirds were found
on the north side of the road very close to the dike, initially,where they were
tough to see from Armitage. Eventually they
I had a couple hours to kill today in the Ithaca area so I got
a little birding in.
Highlights: CERULEAN WARBLER singing in Jetty Woods. Also
present were several AMERICAN REDSTARTS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES,
WARBLING VIREOS, and 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO.
At Stewart Park, nothing out of the
This is an almost daily blog that covers the impacts
on bird life due to the massive oil spill in the Gulf.
Caution: It can be really sad and depressing!
http://birding.typepad.com/gulf/
Dave Nicosia
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The shorebird concentration continues in Knox-Marcellus Marsh. Birds were
seen best from Towpath Road with favorable lighting. Most of the shorebirds
today were found in the first impoundment on Towpath.
Got at least 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 6 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS. There were 3 DOWITCHERS
Went to Knox-Marcellus Marsh with my friend Dan Watkins this morning.
We birded Towpath Road from 9 to 11 am. The shorebird concentrations
continue. Unfortunately most of the birds today were far away and not
easy to see, especially with some heat shimmer. There was probably
much more there that
I meant TUESDAY morning at 9 am. not Wednesday. sorry too much excitement here.
From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Cc: Dan Watkins ezbird...@aol.com
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 12:23:10 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Loggerhead
will
post more pics of this bird to my flickr account soon.
Dave Nicosia
Johnson City NY
From: Andy Guthrie guthr...@gmail.com
To: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 3:08:15 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loggerhead Shrike
I uploaded the rest of the photos I took of the Willet on Monday
in Broome County for anyone interested. If there are a few key
field marks for western vs eastern races that you can see in these photos,
I would appreciate anyone's input. You can email me offline.
The photos can be found here:
I agree. these are nice photos of a hard-to-find bird. GREAT find.
From: ConserveBirds conservebi...@gmail.com
To: Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu; Cayugabirds-L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 9:25:58 PM
Subject: Re: Re:[cayugabirds-l]
Got some digiscoped photos of the GLOSSY/WHITE-FACED IBIS at May's today.
Some of these photos capture the tail and back of the bird with one catching the
side of the face. They are fair at best. The photo set is below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157624984341182/
The
A very unusual intense fall storm has been hitting the upper midwest
the last couple days. This storm set an all-time record low atmospheric
pressure reading for USA yesterday for a storm of non-tropical origin
(i.e excluding hurricanes). The barometer dropped
to a record low pressure reading of
There was a short post on a Great Black-Backed Gull that has a history
of killing coots at Cape May Point from the CMBO website View from Cape:
Recent
Sightings link...
.
http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-11-06T23%3A02%3A00-04%3A00
Scroll down to the October
What a great day. Started at Stewart Park around 11 am and found the KING EIDER
immediately and exactly where many others had it the last couple days...between
the Red and White
Lighthouses next to the rocks. Thanks to all for the posts and almost daily
updates. What
a great bird. The bird was
Took a trip around Cayuga Lake today with Nancy Morgan and Courtney Moore.
First stop was Sheldrake. It was windy with choppy waves and not much seen.
A couple greater black backed gulls, 1 ring-billed gull and several mallards.
The horned
grebe that Nancy had here a few days ago was not seen.
Susan,
I had a black vulture last week in Johnson City.
There were also a few reported in spring/summer
in the Ithaca area. This species apparently continues
to spread northward. Neat.
Dave
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To: CAYUGABIRDS
Took my wife around Cayuga Lake today. Weather was nice: lots of
sun, temperatures in the 40s with a moderate south wind. The lake
was choppy in exposed areas with the coves a little more calm.
There was some heat shimmer which hampered distant lake viewing.
First stop was Stewart Park.
SFO group 6 had a really nice day despite the cold. In fact, this likely was
one
of the coldest
days in SFO history (along with Saturday!!). Highlights: Right out the front
door of the lab we
had one COMMON REDPOLL in the top of a bush. Next, on the Wilson Trail in one
of the Willow
Went to Montezuma Wetlands Complex today via the west side
of Cayuga Lake. There were quite a few BUFFLEHEAD all the way
up the lake visible from Rte. 89. Lower Lake Road continues to
have decent numbers of Aythyla species but numbers seems to
be down some from a couple weeks ago. Also I saw no
Had the pleasure of leading the SFO local group this
morning. All of us had no strict time constraints so
we decided to head up the east side of Cayuga Lake so
it really was not that local after all!
We didn't plan on it but we made it all the way up to
Montezuma since the birding was great.
The circular radar echo pattern you see
develop on clear nights after sunset
is indeed bird migration. It is the nocturnal
migrants taking off for the night.
see below for more info on radar ornithology.
http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/
From:
Led SFO group 2 to Derby Hill in the cold, wind
and driving rain. There was even some snow mixed
in at times!! We continued the SFO tradition of
stopping by theSNIPE spot at the intersection of
Route 3 and 104B and found at least 8 WILSON'S
SNIPE (there were probably many more).
Given
Wasn't planning on a trip today but when radar showed that it was
raining from Binghamton and points east, decided to head west.
Getting tired of birding in the rain!!
First stop was Myer's and I had 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES,
1 singing near the entrance and the other across
the Salmon Creek. Even
Took a trip to Montezuma with my birding pal Dan Watkins.
We stopped at Myer's to get the Orchard Orioles for Dan
with success. At first, we did not hear or see them at all. So,
we walked to the point which was flooded and found
a couple GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
COMMON LOONS,
Took another trip to Montezuma Today with Dan Watkins.
Once again we made a quick stop at Myer's before heading
up and we only had 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE
by the entrance today...an adult male. We got great looks
of this guy as he was singing erratically. We also had a singing
NORTHERN PARULA near the
Radar images early this morning suggested fallout conditions
in the southern tier of NY. There were fairly heavy radar bird echoes
across PA with much less returns in NY...especially
north of Binghamton. A cold front dropped south last night
and migrants eventually encountered northerly winds
If anyone is interested, there is a CATTLE EGRET in the field
north of the intersection of Watson Blvd and Country Club Rd
between Johnson City and Endwell NY.
I got a few photos...check out the map feature of
flickr.com to see exactly where we had the bird. Bird was found by
Dan Watkins and has
It is very interesting that shorebirds are already showing up again and it is
late June.
Failed breeders? or did they just halt their northward migration for some
reason
(lack of fat reserves?) and will stage before continuing south again? Could
they
be very
late spring migrants (younger
As some of you may know, my dear wife was in a serious car accident a few weeks
ago.
I am happy to say she is recovering and things are looking up. I really needed
a
day to get
out and go birding with all that has been going on in my life. Birding is VERY
theraputic
to the mind as many of
Bird was present late morning and singing almost constantly. Easy to find
as he was often perched near the top of the blue spruces mentioned below.
These trees are fairly close to the road and made for a decent digi-scope
photo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/5919655744/
Thanks Jeff
Great photos!! Glad to see they are raising young there.
On another note, why is it that we can't walk out on
the trail that goes from Towpath road to east road between both marshes.
This is obviously a GREAT fall staging area for shorebirds
and we birders have to struggle to get views. Those
more potentially bad news on additional wind farm development...see below.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:21 PM
Subject: [bluewing-group] Fw: Wind Turbines Coming
Took a trip up to the Montezuma wetland complex today.
First stop was at the visitor's center for a restroom break
and a quick check...saw many yellowlegs, mostly lesser
but a few greater also. Killdeer also present. Didn't spend
much time here.
Next stop was May's point. Lighting is
really did have a long sort
of droopy bill. Again, lighting was poor and I
could not get any decent digiscope images
(all blurry!!!). So another bird I won't call
for my records.
From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
To: Cayuga Birds posting Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Saturday, September
Listened for one hour this evening
1040 pm to 1140 pm...the flight appears high as skies are clear,
winds light southwesterly. Not ideal. Many calls very high up
and inaudible. But have had some nice fairly low GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
and SWAINSONS THRUSH calls.
Numbers are as follows:
Got up early this morning and listened for 1 hour
between 430 am and 530 am. There was very
little wind and light fog. There was little traffic and
other noise. Great listening conditions. There
was a fairly heavy flight, especially of SWAINSON'S
THRUSH.
Below are my counts:
SWAINSON'S
I heard a Blue-headed vireo singing the other day
too...in the hemlocks where they breed at my dad's
home. Was it a migrant? or the bird that bred there
singing before he leaves for the south? hard to say...
From: Lisa Wood lisa.w...@stewarthowe.com
To:
Took a trip up the east side of Cayuga Lake, stopped at
Montezuma and then went down the west side. It was a long
day but the nice weather and of course all the great birds made
it very enjoyable.
First stop was in Broome County on Edward's Hill Rd in
Lisle, NY where my birding pals Dan
I spoke with Steven Robinson the person who found
the Snowy Owl at the Greater Binghamton Airport
on December 23rd. He took a photo of it with his
cell phone and it is legit. See attached.
Unfortunately, he is out there often and has not seen the
bird since. I asked the airport operations
I definitively will continue to share any unusual birds we see down here in the
southern tier with this list...
like the Loggerhead Shrike that a few of you got to see in 2010. Snowy Owl
still has not be re-found
at the Binghamton airport by the way. Good luck to you all. Take care.
see link below.
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It is apparently inconclusive if there has been 2 or 3
Western-type Grebes on Cayuga Lake. Tom Johnson's
question of Western X Clark's Grebe is
intriguing since one of the two birds he and Jay
had looks similar to the one at the southern end
of the Lake that I photographed on Saturday.
When I
On a different topic...I just received this email
This is very unsettling
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120207/NEWS01/202070375
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Took a trip with my birding pals, Dan Watkins, Jon Weeks
and Rich Youket to the east side of Cayuga Lake.
First stop was Stewart park for the WESTERN GREBE and
we found it pretty quicklydistant...but seen well in a scope.
Also seen well from East Park. We also had 2 RED-THROATED
LOONS with
Took a trip up and around Cayuga Lake today with my father-in-law
and brother-in-law. We also went to the Mucklands. The main goal
was to see large numbers of snow geese and the bald eagle nest at
Mud Lock. In between snow squalls, we succeeded. Great views of
the Bald Eagle pair. One on nest
The more I look at my grebe photo...the head shape seems
to make it a horned grebe to me, it is not peaked toward the front
of the head...also the white is fairly prominent... not enough duskiness
thoughts???
From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
You guys made the news up there.
http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Feedback-Bird-Watchers-141632383.html
From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com
To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 7:57 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] OOB Gray-crowned Rosy
Spent the day birding around Cayuga Lake and Montezuma.
First stop though was Edwards Hill Road in Broome co. where I finally got
the NORTHERN SHRIKE for 2012. I had this guy way back in November.
From my photos in November vs. today's, it could be the same
bird, a first year bird
See
Took a trip to Montezuma today with birding friend Stephen Hill.
It was an awesome March day...totaled 63 species which is pretty
good, but not unexpected given the exceptional warmth.
Some select photos from the trip can be found here:
Got an email request for my bonaparte's gulls photos. Chris Wood,
Jeff Gerbracht and I
also had a nice look at the blue-winged teal found near Renwick Woods after I
finished my SFO.
So I set up a photo group...nothing earth-shatteringjust average quality
digi-scoped images.
I also added
I was doing a little yard work and I heard a VERY loud whsh.
I looked and I saw an adult bald eagle chasing another adult across my
yard into my neighbor's yard BELOW tree top level They must have
been barely 20 feet off the ground. I was afraid they would crash into
something. Then I look
Thanks so much Ann and Dave. This is tremendously helpful for
SFO leaders. I am leading the day trip tomorrow and will definitively
be referencing this stuff. The weather is going to be sunny for
the weekend. Mornings will be cold with afternoon temperatures
in the 50s. But... it will be windy,
Below are total species for our SFO Saturday All Day Trip. Leaders were Ann
Mitchell and I. |
Ann's notes are below. We had a total of 18 students. It was such a great day.
We had
so much fun that, before we knew it, the day was over!! Thanks to all for such
a great birding trip!!
Dave
Had another spectacular SFO field trip. Was planning on
just a short day, 7-11 am, but no one showed up for just the
1/2 day trip. So, I more than willingly, volunteered to lead a group
for the whole day! I had a small group, just 4 of us, including
me so we had one car. What a day! 1 student got
that.
From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
To: Cayugabirds- L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu; Bluewing
bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 7:35 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO Montezuma Sunday April 8, 2012
Had another spectacular SFO field
I think it is because it is an easy fix on the play back
issue. We can all easily stop doing this if someone
proved that it is harmful. This could be done quickly.
That is why it is easy for people to comment and debate.
But the issue of this wetland is much more complex and
is tied to the
What a day. 89 species and some exciting surprises.
Led SFO group 7 and our first stop was Sweedler-Lick
Brook and the fields around. Not much at the brook...
no Louisiana Waterthrushes yet and did not hear blue-headed
vireos yet. We had most of the common birds including
black-capped chickadees,
See http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629469701740/
I posted the exact location of the bird on e-bird. The bird was in the mud flat
on the marsh on the right when you drive in from Route 12. Not sure how
long he/she will stay. I suspect is was an overshoot from the crazy south
You also have to remember that spring migration begins in the heart of
winter...February...
for what it is worth.
From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 12:30:28 PM
Subject: Re:
Here is the link to the photos I took of the
Western Grebe...they are all digi-scoped images.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629174516367/
Dave Nicosia
From: Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu
To: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
Sent
This is the day of the Long-tailed Ducks. We have had them reported in
3 separate locations in Broome County of which there are pretty rare.
We also saw a couple from Myer's Point as well in addition to the
one's Meena and others have had at Dryden lake.
In addition, we have 3 red-necked grebes
I was with Ann, as an SFO co-leader, and I fully agree with her on
this one. I agree that this should not be done
during breeding season even though some researchers
have done it with little issue apparently. But the number
of researchers out there has not exploded like the number
of people with
The Yellow-Throated Warbler that visited a feeder in southern Broome County
last Sunday was never relocated. The bird was there for one day
giving a few birders great looks and photos. The report was entered into
e-bird and Courtney had definitive photos.
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To get to the marsh, you drive down route 26, the google earth address is 1329
union center maine highway, endicott, ny.
You basically drive down route 26 and turn right before you get to the Ann G.
McGuinness Intermediate School.
There is a road which leads up to the soccer fields for the
Melissa Penta and I got great views mainly with the scope
of the YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD almost immediately
when we arrived at West Corners Marsh around 7 am.
I briefly heard the buzz saw sounding call while she was the first
to sight it. The white on the wings in flight is very
distinctive!
Had a meeting between Syracuse and Utica this morning and then had
to teach a weather class in Ithaca at 7 pm...so to kill time I spent
from 130 to 630 pm today birding from Montezuma to Myer's.
For just 5 hours of birding, I totaled 95 species!! I did no birding
in any forested areas so my
All,
We have a warm/stationary front stalled across NY state right now running
roughly
Syracuse to Elmira. A warm humid summery air mass is flowing northeast through
the Ohio Valley and encountering this colder air mass east of the front in NY.
At work,
before I left, I was still detecting
Day 7 of the YELLOW HEADED BLACKBIRD in Broome County
Endicott West Corner's Marsh
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Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 5:30 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird
I
Saw the radar last night after sunset and it was lit
up with very heavy bird echoesthen a large
swath of thunderstorms pushed through central
NY. I watched and right after the storms passed
by, the bird echoes were gonemega fallout!
Dan Watkins and I planned a big Broome County Day
whoops...he's right. it is King Road! sorry.
From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay Colored Sparrow and Prothonotary Warblers
easy finds
The Clay-colored
Got some birding in with Dan Watkins and Capt. Mike Ackeley before storms.
Myer's Point- 2 singing ORCHARD ORIOLES. 1 female RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER hanging around with a male and female common merganser.
Lake Road- 2 singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS as others have had.
Montezuma Wildlife Drive-
Here is small sample of photos from today. Now back to some foraging...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629959515410/
From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
To: Cayugabirds- L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu; Bluewing
bluewing-gr
I did my almost annual census of New Michigan State Forest today.
I drove 7 miles, including 2.2 miles on North Road, 2.5 miles on
CCC Truck Lane, 1 mile on Coy Street, and 1.3 miles on Fred Stewart Road
from 845 am to 1230 pm.
Unfortunately, a swath of mostly spruce forest was leveled by an F2
A friend of mine found two COMMON LOONS Tuesday June 19th
on Whitney Point Reservoir in Broome County while fishing. He said
the birds were yodeling and were black-colored. So apparently
they were in breeding plumage. He often fishes in the Adirondacks
and knows these birds well. He also had a
One Common Loon was re-found yesterday by Bob Grosek.
After checking NY state breeding bird atlas 1980-85
and 2000-05 there were no reports of summering
birds in Broome Co. However, a few other local
birders have stated that occasionally a loon or
two remains at Whitney Point Lake but
apparently
All,
I also re-found the COMMON LOON today at Whitney Point Dam
and I had a good enough view to confirm it was in non-breeding
plumage. I could not find any other loons as my friend indicated
that he saw 2.
The bird was seen well from Keibal Road.
I took some backlight digiscoped images.
Any more reports of the RUFF this evening would be appreciated. Thinking of
making
the 2 hour drive up to find it tomorrow morning.
Thanks,
Dave Nicosia
From: Mickey Scilingo mickey.scili...@gte.net
To: OneidaBirds oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com; CayugaBirds
Finally got a chance to get up to Seneca Wetlands Preserve to
see the DICKCISSELS that have been discovered. I ran
into Wes Hochachka who had just had all three. They were an
easy find. I could hear them singing well before I actually found
them. I actually saw a female first who was flitting
Bird still present as of 1245 pm. Great views from hog hole. Took many digi
scope images. Lighting good. Hope they come out. Was just finishing birding
Towpath road when I finally saw Tim#39;s email. Thanks Tim. I would have
driven right home and missed this great bird. Towpath road continues
Great views from Hog Hole between 1145 and
1245 pm today. I don't have a super telephoto lens camera
so I digi-scoped these images. Lighting was good.
Pictures are just OK but I bet someone with a
super telephoto could get great images with
good lighting from this spot. I hope the bird sticks
I had very good luck today even though it is Friday the 13th.
I wanted to get to Towpath Road in Montezuma early so I could
avoid as much heat shimmer as possible. So I arrived
around 845 am...a little later than I wanted...but early enough.
My target bird was the STILT SANDPIPER. I dipped on
Took a trip today with Renee DePrato and Melissa Penta to Montezuma and
vicinity.
Our first stop was Towpath Road and the highlight was a GREAT HORNED OWL
that first was literally sitting on the road. From a distance we thought it was
a really big cat.
The bird unfortunately had one bad eye
Went to Towpath Road this morning with my friend Dan Watkins and 10 year old son
Thomas. Knox-Marcellus Marsh continues to have a nice concentration of
shorebirds.
We found nothing unusual but nevertheless definitively worth the trip.
There were many peeps fairly close to the road which was a
Just received an ebird alert of both species at Montezuma today. No
details of where or when except that it was today, August 2nd. We certainly
did not have these two species today but it is a huge area. Wish the report
would have had details on when and where in the wetlands complex. Well,
(which we did not
check), or even some part of the Main Pool seen only from the tower which we
did not climb. Please, whoever has actual details to confirm or deny my
speculation, share them!--Dave Nutter
On Aug 02, 2012, at 10:09 PM, david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Just received
I had the privilege today of leading our local bird club to
Montezuma wetlands complex. The focus for this trip
was shorebirds. My goal was to get good looks at
many different species for the group, and point out key
field marks and behaviors. We had 10 people and
saw 12 different species of
Bobolink???
From: Paul pschm...@stny.rr.com
To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 3:43 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting?
I was on van Dyne Spoor Road today about 1 pm when I saw
a mostly white bird perched among about 1/2
Went with Melissa Penta to Montezuma and Vicinity Today.
Started at Knox-Marcellus this morning from Towpath Road.
Overcast skies, light breeze and pleasant temperatures
made for great viewing. Very little heat shimmer. Spent
from 930 am to 1230 pm...where does all the time go when
birding?
We
Went to Montezuma Today with Melissa Penta and her
husband, Diego. Some birds we wanted to see
were the RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN GODWITS
and CATTLE EGRET.
We arrived at Towpath Road and saw Ken Rosenberg.
Of course, he was on the phalarope,
.
From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com
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Nelson's Sparrow reported in Broome County by Bob Grosek.
Must be a pretty big flight of these guys!
Dave Nicosia
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Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:53 PM
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The Nelson's Sparrow is still around at Tri-Cities Airport in Endicott, NY as
of today. It was
relocated this morning by Mike Ackeley and I heard two short whisper like
songs this afternoon, sounds very much like a salt-marsh sparrow! Anyway,
while staking out to get a glimpse of this bird (which
I came home from work today to find one tube feeder of sunflower
chips empty (I have the guard on it so no squirrels get in) and
a bigger diameter tube 1/4 empty. They were full this morning
when I left for work!! I filled both tubes up again and in about 15 minutes
I counted 53 PINE SISKINS!!!
Franklins gull in K M marsh. American
avocet puddlers.
Dave Nicosia.
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First of all I would like to thank Marty Schlabach for his hospitality today!
Thanks
Renee DePrato and I stopped at Marty's on the way to Montezuma and we did as
Marty suggested...go in the backyard and wait by the picnic table. So we arrived
and before I was able to set up my scope and
Interesting article from Connecticut TV station
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/connecticut/invasion-of-western-hummingbirds?hpt=us_bn7#.UIZ-rWeupU2
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