This last Sunday Ann and I saw a Purple Martin at Myers spit also maybe the same two Dunlin.
Gary On May 24, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Meena Haribal wrote: Day before yesterday, there were two Dunlins feeding at close range from people at Myers spit. I also saw a Purple Martin over water along with Barn and Tree swallows. Later in the evening, a female Merganser with brood of 16 spotted balls came in from the creek, all the chicks were riding on her. I think she thought it was easier to get them all together on the lake rather than making them come on their own. When she dove to look for fish all but two were under the water. The remaining two lazily swam around till she surfaced again. She was rather fast. That made the day for me. On Saturday or may be it was Friday, I got chance to video and photograph a Wood Thrush on Wilson Trail. At one point he was looking at me and swinging. When he did churrr sound, his mouth was so wide open, I almost thought he can gulp me up without any problems. He is dashed cute. Unfortunately my camera mic clipped the sound as he was very close and loud. He was 10 to 15 feet most of the time. I barely managed to keep him full in the frame. I will post the video and photographs when my computer is cured of viruses. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kenneth Victor Rosenberg [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:15 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] PUrple Martin over Ithaca I heard a familiar musical chortling around 5:30 this evening, and stepped outside to see a male PURPLE MARTIN flying north over my house in full song. Seems an odd date for a migrant? Still 2 singing BLACKPOLL WARBLERS in the yard today, along with a female AMERICAN REDSTART. Has anyone been checking Myer's Point for shorebirds? 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 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/ -- -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
