Hi Bob and all else, I myself had a Lincoln's Sparrow at the Freese Road gardens yesterday. Jay and Brad found them first on the 14th and 17th. Also, one was seen at Palmer Woods on Campus on the 19th. Looks like now is the time to go out and find them.
Good birding, David Weber On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:12 PM, bob mcguire <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <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/[email protected]/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/> > !* > -- > > > -- > *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/[email protected]/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/> > !* > -- > -- *David Jonas Weber Cornell University, Class of 2016 Natural Resources, Applied Ecology *2011 CLO Young Birder Life List: 522 -- 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/ --
