This morning I scoped a CASPIAN TERN on the red lighthouse jetty from Sunset Park in Cayuga Heights. Although this bird is common in Tompkins County from mid-July through September, there are very few records for June.
Sunset Park, Tompkins, US-NY Jun 21, 2012 9:06 AM - 9:17 AM Protocol: Stationary 26 species (+1 other taxa) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 25 Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 12 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1 gull sp. (Larinae sp.) 5 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1 Rare in June. Adult sitting on red jetty Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 2 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 5 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 2 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 3 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) (Sitta carolinensis carolinensis) 1 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2 Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 2 Singing constantly Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2 Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1 -- Tim Lenz [email protected] Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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/ --
