Susie & I walked along Salt Rd (Norway spruce area) this morning. Still several dozen PINE SISKINS. Heard an E. TOWHEE. South of Rt. 90, also on Salt Rd.. we came upon a field full of blackbirds. They covered half the field, then flew up in an amoeba-like mass into the adjacent trees. Their calls sounded like the roar of a swollen stream. We estimated 7000; about 98% GRACKLES.
We saw very little on George Rd. pond, but a PEREGRINE FALCON floated over. Also in our travels we saw 2 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 WOODCHUCKS, and a singing BROWN CREEPER. At Dryden Lake, a man we met reported seeing an EAGLE and an OSPREY earlier in the day. We saw them not. S. & S. Fast Brooktondale -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
