Just for the record, there were NO gulls at the compost piles on Stevenson today, at least between 10:30 and 1:30. Not sure where they were, or where Ken's flyover came from. Wish I knew.
Only other birds of note that I can offer for the day are a HORNED GREBE and calling EASTERN TOWHEE at Stewart Park. The transitional grebe has a brown face and fluffy white butt that made me identify it as Pied-billed at first. But a second look, paying attention to the bill especially, made me change that ID. Towhee was calling (tu-WEE) from Jetty Woods. I thought it was probably a starling the first few times I heard it while watching Common Goldeneye and Hooded Mergansers displaying in Fall Creek by the boathouse. But it finally called loud enough to convince me. Lots of redpolls on Yellow Barn (ca. 50), including 2 very pale, hoaryish ones (1 male, 1 female). Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kenneth Victor Rosenberg Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 6:21 PM To: cb Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sat. PM yard migrants I didn't get outside today until late afternoon (4 PM) but did an hour of skywatching from my back deck -- and caught the tail end of today's migration. Best bird was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL among scattered HERRING and many RING-BILLED GULLS -- not sure if these were migrants or late afternoon commuters from the Stevenson Rd. area. A loose flock of 8-10 smallish passerines flying north over the neighborhood turned out to be HORNED LARKS. Several large flocks of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS with a few GRACKLES, and in a separate flock of GRACKLES I picked out 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. 1 large flock of SNOW GEESE -- no small or dark individuals. No raptors. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) [email protected] -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
