Hi all, Last couple of days I have walked East Ithaca recreation way to work. It is comparatively quiet, but for common birds.
Highlights of Thursday walks were a beautiful male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, feeding on Jewel weeds. An insistently calling PLIEATED WOODPECKER. There were many young begging birds that include Am. Goldfinches continuously asking "feed me feed me"; lots of Chipping Sparrows following their parents; Several young Robins begging for food and lastly a cute family of catbirds where the young look so clueless they just blindly followed their parents but were very adorable. Now OT, I decided to go to Cape Cod and spend a day at "South Beach" as Marc pointed out this is a heaven for shorebirds. http://www.capecodbirds.org/SouthBeach/SouthBeach.htm Luckily someone else is arranging a boat trip to this location on August 24 and I am doing that trip. Now I have a question. What are the other locations on Cod for birding? I am also interested in seeing mass migration of dragonflies, I hope it happens one of the days I am at the Cod. Winds as predicted now, seem to be perfect at that time, mostly north. Anyone else interested in joining me? Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
