Hi, The only birds of note this morning during a spin around Ithaca with Chris Wiley and Tim Lenz were 23 Brant, 22 of which were feeding on Union Fields at Cass Park (the other was on the red lighthouse jetty in Cayuga Lake). Over 150 Double-crested Cormorants on the lake were also interesting. Frustrating and perhaps worth following up on was a small brownish passerine that I flushed once in the dense grass field at Hog Hole/ Treman Marine State Park and couldn't refind, even with the help of Tim and Chris. Something in the general wren/ sparrow class, but that's all I could tell- the bird flushed and flew about 2 feet before re-entering the dense grass and disappearing... rather peculiar. Cheers, Tom
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