I also saw the Pied-billed Grebe today, and thought it quite odd as well. It was my first campus grebe! It was also nice enough to stay close to the edge of Beebe, for some semi-decent pictures. The Common Merganser seems to have found a friend also, as there will two of them today. Also, it's always nice to see the occasional Great Black-backed Gull on Beebe, which stands out very well. A nice, close-by collection of water birds to start off the month list!
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11696865 On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:36 PM, W. Larry Hymes <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a real surprise on my walk through Mundy Wildflower Garden this > noon. I was looking down at the ground, as I started up the hill on the > south side of the garden. Suddenly I heard of whoosh, and looking up was > startled to see a juvenile RED-TAILED HAWK flying up from the ground 5 feet > in front of me. It landed in a tree about 20 feet away. It had apparently > just freshly killed a gray squirrel just off to the side of the trail, when > I in turn startled it! Don't know which of us was the more taken aback!! > Could this be one of the Tower Road birds?? Do the young stay close to > their nesting site?? > > Another very unusual sighting was a PIED-BILLED GREBE on Beebe Lake. I > can't recall seeing this species on Beebe before. Has anyone else ever > seen pied-billed on Beebe?? > > Larry > -- > > ==============================**== > W. Larry Hymes > 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 > (H) 607-277-0759, [email protected] > ==============================**== > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/**CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat** > ionLeave.htm<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > ARCHIVES: > 1) > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/**maillist.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > 2) > http://www.surfbirds.com/**birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > 3) > http://birdingonthe.net/**mailinglists/CAYU.html<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/**ebird/ <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > > -- > -- *David Jonas Weber Natural Resources, Cornell Class of 2016 *2011 Young Birder Bird Species Life List: 247 -- 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/ --
