Needing to stay local this morning while others headed north for
Scissor-tails and fantasy rails, I thoroughly covered Myer's Point,
Stewart Park, Hogs Hole, and Mt. Pleasant -- for all that effort the
most interesting birds of the day were 2 HERMIT THRUSHES in my front
yard at first light, giving their high night flight calls
interspersed with soft "chup" notes from the top of a tree, obviously
just descended from nocturnal migration.
The only other bird of note was a lone LONG-TAILED DUCK off Lagoda on
the south side of Myers. No scoters or Brant anywhere. No interesting
gulls. Morning flight at Portland Point produced a scattering of
PURPLE, HOUSE, and GOLDFINCHES, BLUEBIRDS, ROBINS, AM PIPITS, a flock
of 40 COMMON GRACKLES, 20 high SNOW GEESE, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER,
and a high flying NORTHERN HARRIER. Mt. Pleasant just before noon
also had some flyover PIPITS, about 10 RED-TAILED HAWKS (most of
which could have been locals), and 2 more NORTHERN HARRIERS.
The extensive un-mowed and dogless grassy habitat at Hogs Hole looked
excellent, but I only flushed a few SONG SPARROWS.
I hope others had better luck.....
KEN
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Ken Rosenberg
Director, Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd,
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 254-2412
[email protected]
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