It is always intriguing to me how many birds are moving around during this mid-summer period. In the last few days I have had some interesting birds in and over my suburban yard - indicating both early fall migration and birds most likely moving around between first and second broods.
On Friday (23rd), a "witting" LEAST FLYCATCHER was most likely a migrant; also a calling ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (does not breed in the neighborhood), and a one-evening only CAROLINA WREN passing through. On Sunday evening, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER flew over, calling. This evening, a SCARLET TANAGER sang briefly (first I've had in the yard this year), and a golden BOBOLINK flew over at sunset, heading north. Also, at Myer's Point Saturday and this morning, up to 30 PURPLE MARTINS (high count by Jay McGowan) have been in evidence, perching on snags on Salt Point and on boat masts and wires around the marina. Six juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on Saturday are the only shorebirds I've seen there so far. 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/ --
