Hi all, As there was a discussion about posting rare birds to the list. So here is our report. Gary Kohlenberg and I birded Hog's Hole only bird of special note was the Nelson's Sparrow. The bird was seen in the goldenrod/phragmites and grass community which is enclosed in the mowed path around the Hog's Hole, where it is closest to the lake on the north-west side.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=209561237773470893827.0004e8038cd5b12d33821&msa=0&ll=42.46207,-76.518831&spn=0.002144,0.002092 Here is the link, but habitat does not look anything like in the map, but over grown with the above species. All we had glimpses. As Gary put it, every time we looked at it we got an additional feature to prove the identity of the bird. We could not for sure say if it was interior type as for me bird looked darker, but who knows we do not have a whole lot of experience with this species as I have seen a very few individuals and we just got fraction of second views every time except once when the bird flew for more than a second. It Is one of those "dive into grass birds". In case anyone else is on a lookout for it! 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/ --
