The SANDERLING and 9 DUNLIN were still on the spit at Myers at noon after I got back to town. Thanks, Bob!
I did not find the Orange-crowned Warbler at Freese Road (Thanks, anyway, Ann!), but I did add a VESPER SPARROW (in the southwest corner of the gardens), a SWAMP SPARROW (in the southeast corner of the gardens), several DARK-EYED JUNCOS (throughout the south half of the gardens) and a WINTER(?) WREN partially hidden low in the goldenrod south of the gardens. I hiked to the lake today in vain hopes of adding a Vesper Sparrow, since I'd found one at Freese and seen 3 in Spencer. I did add a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in the northeast part of the overgrown field, northeast of the bench on the knoll. While I was there Stuart Krasnoff called asking about some shorebirds on the red lighthouse breakwater which he was scoping from the south side of the marina entrace, but didn't have time to get closer. I was able to verify his tentative ID of DUNLIN, 4 total. Today was a ten-sparrow-plus-one-weaver-finch day for me. --Dave On Saturday, October 17, 2009, at 08:58AM, "bob mcguire" <[email protected]> wrote: >Gary, Stu, and I spent an hour this morning observing on and around >the spit at Myers. Highlights included a SANDERLING and a small flock >of DUNLINS on the spit, several hundred DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS >flying by (north), a single CACKLING GOOSE in with the Canadas, three >WILSON'S SNIPE flying over, GREEN-WINGED TEAL in with the Mallards, >and a possible pair of FORSTER'S TERNS flying by. > >A subsequent stop at Stewart Park turned up at least 116 PIED-BILLED >GREBES. The red jetty was clean of unusual birds. > > From there we went up to the Freese Rd gardens where we found no >Lincoln's Sparrows but over a dozen WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS as well as >Chipping, Savannah, Field, White-throated, Song, and House Sparrows. >No buntings. Dozens of goldfinches and a few House Finches. And dozens >of TURKEY VULTURES moving slowly past. > >At home right now I am watching two more groups of TV's numbering >around 40. > >Bob McGuire > > > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >Archives: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
