Susan Danskin, Judy Thoroughman and I spent much of today birding around the Town of Dryden. Highlights included:
Field & pond southeast of NYS 38 & George Road: GREEN-WINGED TEAL several pairs RING-NECKED DUCK PIED-BILLED GREBE 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK landed near barn to northeast KILLDEER 1 seen, 1 heard BELTED KINGFISHER 1 female COMMON RAVEN circled over as we left EASTERN MEADOWLARK 1 singing Schug Trail west & east of Springhouse Road: EASTERN PHOEBE 1 SWAMP SPARROW 1 FOX SPARROW 2 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD 2 Schug Trail northwest & southeast of East Lake Road: WOOD DUCK 3M & 2F flying, later 1 pair each in separate locations GREAT BLUE HERON atop tripod nest platform at southeast end of Dryden Lake FOX SPARROW 1 near south end of trail Atop Mount Pleasant for awhile in the midafternoon we saw no convincing migration but TURKEY VULTURE 3 RED-TAILED HAWK several, including dramatic stoops AMERICAN KESTREL 1 male along road near observatory KILLDEER 1 flyby HORNED LARK several in fields Freese Road pond BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1M,1F --Dave Nutter -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
