Dave and all, Livia and I saw that bird last Saturday (20 July 2013) foraging over the inlet and the west side of the Newman Golf Course as we walked back from jetty woods. I too took it to be a leucistic Northern Rough-winged Swallow. It was very pale but not white, almost the color of a Bank Swallow on the back but with interesting wing- and face- patterns. Overcast skies and swift swallows did not make for good photography, but I felt obliged to document it anyway. My attempts can be found in the link below: https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Summer2013#5905020357517554674
-Jay On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > This afternoon while walking on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail in Ithaca's > Cass Park I saw an entirely BLONDE NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (I think) > foraging over the inlet just south of the Treman boat ramp. It's a > strikingly beautiful bird, and I'd like to know if anyone else sees it, and > where, and if they think it's another species. There were several other > Rough-wings around, but also at least one BANK SWALLOW. I'm sure it wasn't > one of the BARN SWALLOWS, nor do I think it was a Tree Swallow. > > Also of note, I encountered several YELLOW WARBLERS, which I suspect to be > migrants. They were foraging low in bushes, short trees, and tall weeds, > including in my yard, which was new for my lazy year of yard birding: #42. > > --Dave Nutter > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
