Also of note, there were several Bonaparte's Gulls at Cass Park this morning. Binocular-less, I counted at least 9 Bonaparte's among Ring-billed Gulls, all walking around one of the soccer fields adjacent to the Cayuga Inlet. Later, they dispersed from that location and ended up near where the Willet was seen yesterday, at the mouth of the Treman Marina.
Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:40 AM To: Jay William McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] South End 4May2011 Just had 4 common terns fly by close at Myers. Same birds? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _____ From: Jay McGowan <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:23:50 -0400 To: Cayugabirds-L<[email protected]> ReplyTo: Jay McGowan <[email protected]> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] South End 4May2011 The sound end of the lake was cold this morning but with a few interesting birds. Three male NORTHERN SHOVELERS were swimming in one of the lagoon across Fall Creek from the boat house. Three COMMON TERNS were flying up the west side of the lake, viewed from East Shore Park. Quite a few PALM WARBLERS are still around the swan pen, singing and giving chip notes. A few diving ducks are still around, including Lesser Scaup, Redhead, and Bufflehead, and six small dark ducks (presumably Green-winged Teal) came bombing in over Stewart Park from offshore. Five or more COMMON LOONS were out on the lake, including one in full basic plumage. I saw Barn, Tree, Bank, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows, but I would not be surprised if all six species were present. Finally, I scanned the Treman shore and the jetties but saw no sign of last night's Willet. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
