FYI!!! Sincerely, Chris T-H
Begin forwarded message: From: Jeff Bolsinger <jsbolsin...@yahoo.com<mailto:jsbolsin...@yahoo.com>> Subject: [OneidaBirds] WILLOW PTARMIGAN on Pt Peninsula, Jefferson County Date: April 25, 2014 2:11:19 PM EDT To: <northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com>>, <oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com>> Yesterday evening Eugene Nichols found a white bird on Point Peninsula that he eventually came to believe was a Willow Ptarmigan. This morning I met him at the place where he found the bird, and we eventually relocated it. It was immediately obvious that this bird was a winter plumaged Rock or Willow Ptarmigan, and based on the bill size and shape I believe it is a Willow (which I also believe is the more likely of the two). The location is on South Shore Road 3.5 miles south of the intersection with Pine Woods Road (this road is in Point Peninsula Village, known locally as Shangri-La). When you reach the location you will come to a highway sign indicating a sharp curve ahead, with a real estate sign just beyond, and the curve about 100 yards ahead. We saw the ptarmigan in the woods on the lake side of the road opposite the highway sign. During the 90 minutes that we watched it the ptarmigan roosted on a pile of ice at the lake's edge for about an hour, and then flew up into a tree and ate buds. A group from the North Country Bird Club saw the ptarmigan early this afternoon perched in a tree, but I guess it took them a while to find it. All of the land along the road here is private, so please respect private property and stay on the road. Based on the bird's behavior today it seems that if present, it will eventually show itself if you are patient. Jeff Bolsinger Canton, NY __._,_.___ Reply via web post<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/conversations/messages/12350;_ylc=X3oDMTJybHFmdnVvBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxMjM1MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzOTg0NDk0Nzk-?act=reply&messageNum=12350> Reply to sender <mailto:jsbolsin...@yahoo.com?subject=Re%3A%20WILLOW%20PTARMIGAN%20on%20Pt%20Peninsula%2C%20Jefferson%20County> Reply to group <mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20WILLOW%20PTARMIGAN%20on%20Pt%20Peninsula%2C%20Jefferson%20County> Start a New Topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcGs2MzR1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTg0NDk0Nzk-> Messages in this topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/conversations/topics/12350;_ylc=X3oDMTM3anVqbHBiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxMjM1MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTg0NDk0NzkEdHBjSWQDMTIzNTA-> (1) Visit Your Group<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmamFrNGI3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzOTg0NDk0Nzk-> [Yahoo! Groups]<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNWN2YjBsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM5ODQ0OTQ3OQ--> • Privacy<https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe<mailto:oneidabirds-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use<https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
