Tonight I attended the first hour of the SFO lecture series (We field trippers were invited to the part about eBird which was well presented by Chris Wood), then I headed in the dusky light over to the other side of the Ithaca airport to look & listen for Woodcocks. When I got there, my friend Earl Rose was already there with his brand new binocs. I rolled down the car window and instantly heard a Woodcock peenting!
It was hard to see them, but after Earl left (he was freezing - had been there an hour in the sleet) I walked into the field towards the "peent" and stood still in one spot. Normally, I would sit on the ground, but it was too wet. I was rewarded by seeing a WOODCOCK (faintly) land in the spot where it had been peenting before it took off for the sky. I heard its airborne twittery sounds, too. I saw it zoom by me and land a few times! Too dark to see it on the ground. There was a second one off in the bushes doing its peenting, and twittering in flight, as well. I stayed till it got so dark I could not see him land anymore. Location: Open field at edge of thicket at corner of Mohawk and Etna Roads; there is a little area to park there by the gate that bars access to the part of Mohawk Road that goes to the airport runway area. From Warren Rd. go east down Cherry Road, turn right on Snyder Road, then turn right at the end of Snyder and pull into the gravel area at the corner of Mohawk and Etna Roads. Donna Scott Lansing [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/ --
