This morning I was at Myer's Point from about 6:45 AM. It was very un-birdy, with no migrants evident on the light north winds. The most interesting bird was a basic-plumaged RED-THROATED LOON that I first saw very far to the north along the east shore (and difficult to i.d. At 60X) - it was swimming very determinedly out towards the middle of the lake; I then lost it for awhile, when it appeared right off the point, still swimming south; then I lost it again, and later spotted it from Lagoda, still swimming south down the middle of the lake. It never paused or dove, but I got a few decent photos when it was close by.
Other semi-interesting birds were a pair of N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS that flew in from the south, a single SAVANNAH SPARROW that appeared out of nowhere, a singing N. MOCKINGBIRD from Salt Point, and displaying TURKEYS and singing FIELD SPARROWs on Drake Rd. At lunchtime today, Tom Schulenberg and I saw 2 circling BROAD-WINGED HAWKS over the Lab of Ornithology, plus a N. HARRIER flying low towards the airport. Yesterday afternoon, I saw 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS feeding silently in the wet leaf litter at the back edge of the Sapsucker Woods pond - also a silent YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a female HOODED MERGANSER. Finally, a singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was in my yard yesterday and this morning. KEN ********************************************** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
