Thanks, Jay, for your timely and thorough (as always) report from this morning.
I am curious as to when (and by whom) the Lincoln's Sparrows were found at the Freese Road gardens. Nothing has been reported to Cayugabirds, and I know that there are many local birders who follow the listserve and yet are not hooked up to rare or unusual bird alerts. I really miss the days when folks thought it important enough to report interesting sightings to Cayugabirds. Bob McGuire On Sep 23, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > Myers was pretty quiet this morning, as it has been for the last few > mornings. Highlight today was a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER that came flying in > off the lake. I first noticed it because it was giving its high-pitched, > squeaky calls. It circled the spit once but didn't land, then headed back out > over the lake. Other birds included a male GREATER SCAUP heading south, and > one migrant and one local Osprey. > > After Myers and Stewart didn't yield much yesterday morning, I walked around > Hog Hole for a while. The only bird of note was a MARSH WREN that I flushed > from the grass in the northwest corner. Today at the corner of Cherry Road > and Snyder Road at the Ithaca Airport I found a flock of at least 10 EASTERN > MEADOWLARKS. And finally, not sure if it has been posted yet, but LINCOLN'S > SPARROWS are turning up lots of places this past week, including several > sightings at the Freese Road gardens. Later migrants such as Ruby-crowned > Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and > Rusty Blackbird have all been seen in the area within the past few days as > well. > > Good birding, > -Jay > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > [email protected] > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
