Hey Marie, but how can I otherwise say I got 154 species of bird in CLB instead of actual 153? But we cant count Trumpeter Swans, though we have evidence that they are breeding. I am another devil or devil's advocate??
I too lead an enthusiastic group of birders for two days in MWC. Most of the species are reported. Our highlights were LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in Tschache, a pair of SANDHILL CRANES in Martens tract and very cute RUDDY DUCKS. We saw three flocks of shorebirds take off. One was smaller sandpiper group of 15 or so in Mucklands, though we knew where they landed we could not relocate them. Second group was when we were at Rail Road Road, a flock flew over our heads but by the time I got my attention on them they were across towards Van Dyne Spoor road. Third flock was seen from MAC, that flew over MAC and disappeared somewhere northeast. These looked more like medium sized dunlins. Otherwise not shorebirds. On Saturday we had a flock of 6 Bonaparte's Gulls at Myers and 10 or so from Tschache pool. It seems that many species have not yet arrived! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marie P Read [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 7:34 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ring-necked Pheasant question Speaking of Ring-necked Pheasants, does anyone know of evidence that they breed successfully in the Basin? Perfect habitat would be in the Rafferty Rd area. but I don't recall any observations of pheasant hens with chicks there. Certainly we hear the males giving their crowing calls during the courting season. Given that Ring-necked Pheasant is an introduced species, we still count as valid our observations of birds seen in the "wild" even though it seems like the populations are maintained by regular reintroduction of those raised for hunting (according to Sibley Guide). So the pheasants raised at the Stevenson Rd Game Farm presumably end up in "wild" populations, but we don't count observations of the species when we see the birds in their pens! Seems a little odd...although all I'm doing is playing devil's advocate here... Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478&pos=0 -- 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/ --
