I wrote Route 36 in my previous mail, I am sorry I meant Route 34/96 and I mixed the two and made it easy by calling it Route 36. Geo Kloppel informs me that this location is in the basin.
Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY http://haribal.org/ From: bounce-5868924-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5868924-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:44 AM To: cayugabirds Cornell Subject: [cayugabirds-l] King Rail OOB (or may be in the basin) Hi All, Yesterday I was out looking for odonates, I was especially interested in some Bluets which I had found a few years ago in this location. I went again there yesterday. I heard the clapping sound coming from the marsh. Immediately I thought of Clapper, but it was more emphatic and loud so it was probably a King Rail. So I kept my ears open while looking for bluets. Then I heard the second call "Kek kerr kek keeer" twice. This was between 5.15 PM to 5.30 PM. I waited for another half an hour and it did not call again. I did have my recorder with me and I had kept it ready in case it called again. But it did not call. I had to get home as some friends from out of town were arriving by about 6.00 PM though they have key to enter the house. Once I got home I did not get chance to check out till today morning, partly I forgot too. Today morning I heard the calls on the web and I pretty sure it was KIGN RAIL. The marsh is on the way to Michigan Hill road from Route 36 via Hillview Road or also know as County road 187, after the road takes a second 90 degree bend. In the past I have heard Virginia Rails. After listening to V. Rails with chicks at Lab of O, I have heard the same calls in the this marsh too. I will go again today evening if I get chance. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY http://haribal.org/ PS: I looked at the topo map and it may be that this marsh drains into Cayuga Inlet. Or it is just sitting on the boundary of the Susquehanna and Cayuga Lake Basin. It is in Spencer, so probably not in the Tompkins County. -- 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/ --
