I'm going to give another (this'll be four counting...) try for the
King Eider today -- won't be able to get down to Myers till 4 PM or a
little after, but wondering if anyone else will be out that way
maybe we can pool our efforts?
cheers,
Gordon
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I was at Myers from a little before 4 till sundown, and there were
large flocks of Mallards Coots (plus one Red-breasted Merganser and
three Great Blue Herons) -- no Eider that I could see. I scanned the
large Mallard flocks one bird at a time, and nada. There was one
raft of ducks
, and other usual suspects
Also; in the spruce trees on the corner of the Ithaca Recreation Trail and
Honness Road were two singing male Cape May Warblers. Got 'em finally -- a
life bird after about ten years' looking!
cheers,
Gordon Bonnet
Trumansburg
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Flock of Bohemian Waxwings -- about a dozen birds, as far as I could see -- in
some berry-bearing trees on the north Wilson Trail. Very cooperative (not to
mention beautiful)! I was there at around 4 PM.
cheers,
Gordon Bonnet
Trumansburg NY
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And here’s the second clip.cheers again,Gordon
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Hi y’all…Last week I tried to describe an unknown bird song — a short, steady musical trill with a slight pause and a single higher note, one full step up in pitch. It took us a while — he was really good at avoiding being recorded — but we finally got two recordings of it. In the first he
Thanks so much! It had me really puzzled…
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g
> On Jul 20, 2018, at 10:06 PM, Sandy Podulka wrote:
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> Hi Gordon,
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> It's a Song Sparrow. The first few notes are very quiet and hard to hear,
> and then it bursts into the loud trill with the higher note at the end.
> Perhaps it
nd I can’t find one that’s even close. Does
anyone have any ideas?
I’ll keep trying to see it, but several days and no luck…
Thanks for any help
Gordon Bonnet
Trumansburg NY
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