Kevin and I went up the east of the lake. I posted most of the highlights already, but on the way back down we followed up on an earlier text from Bob McGuire about longspurs in north Lansing. We found at least 19 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in a flock of several hundred Horned Larks and a couple dozen Snow Buntings. Farther south still, we flushed three SAVANNAH SPARROWS off the side of the road on Davis Road, Lansing, about half a mile before the intersection with Lansingville Rd.
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Susan Danskin <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman and I had two Gray Catbirds at that location > this morning. Unfortunately we failed to find the Field Sparrow, Savannah > Sparrow, or Brown-headed Cowbirds at Bluegrass Lane. > A brisk walk through Lettie Cook Woods in Union Springs did yield 1 Brown > Creeper, 1 Yellow-crowned Kinglet, and 1 Ruby-Crowned Kinglet as well as > the usual suspects. > Susan > > > On Jan 19, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > In the last week or so, I've been having good luck finding or relocating > uncommon winter species from the Christmas Bird Count (or before), not all > of which have been posted here. A GRAY CATBIRD is wintering on Arrowwood > Trail -- the east-west lane that continues east from Arrowwood Drive in > Lansing -- in the understory of the open pine woods, in dense poison ivy > vines with berries and dense shrubs. Detected only a few times, even though > I've been there more frequently. A FIELD SPARROW and a SAVANNAH Sparrow are > on Bluegrass Lane in NE Ithaca, being seen regularly. Also 2-3 BROWN-HEADED > COWBIRDS with Starlings by the Horse Barns. > > Yesterday, I found a WINTER WREN on the trail through Renwick Woods next > to Stewart Park. Today I saw the YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at the Wegmans Canal > in Ithaca -- showing signs of body molt w some black feathers coming in on > the breast. Also, I flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE this morning near the frozen > ponds at the east side of the Ithaca Airport. > > As others have noted, a large (for here) raft of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS > has gathered off Stewart Park (best viewed from East Shore Park or through > the trees from Rt. 89 north of Hogs Hole. Today I counted 47. Also at leaf > 18 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 10 HORNED GREBES in the same vicinity. > > KEN > > Ken Rosenberg > Conservation Science Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 607-254-2412 > 607-342-4594 (cell) > [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/>!* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
