Thank you! Just wanted to add that we still have one lone RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (male) haunting our feeders. -holly
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Thank you Jay for posting about the recent birds for the benefit of > non-ebirders! > > > Meena > > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > 42.429007,-76.47111 > http://www.haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts > Dragonfly book sample pages: > http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* bounce-118567517-3493...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-118567517-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Jay McGowan < > jw...@cornell.edu> > *Sent:* Saturday, November 29, 2014 1:04 PM > *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L > *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Winter birds, Ithaca area > > Since not many folks are posting these days, I thought it might be nice > to update the group as a whole on Ithaca birding over the last week or two. > > Despite a rash of "first" reports, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS have been > around for a couple of weeks now. I saw my first on October 23 (a bit > early), and they were in most brushy areas in the Northeast Ithaca area by > the end of October, and I've had them on pretty much every list since then. > Maybe they're starting to come in to more feeders now that it's getting > snowier. Several other species of sparrows are still lingering. FOX > SPARROWS are mostly gone, but SWAMP SPARROWS are still present in several > locations, and at least two SAVANNAH SPARROWS continue in the cattail patch > in the field on Bluegrass Lane. Chris Wood and Kevin McGowan had an adult > WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW along the entrance road to the compost on November > 15. Also on the 15th, Ken found two LAPLAND LONGSPURS in the corn field on > Bluegrass Lane SNOW BUNTINGS are still being reported as flyovers, but no > significant numbers have been reported at this end of the lake recently. > > PINE SISKINS continue to be reported in small numbers, still mostly as > flyovers but occasionally at feeders. Despite reports of EVENING GROSBEAKS > around to the east and west of the Basin, I still haven't heard of any > around here except for a flyover by Chris Wood on November 8. Scattered > reports of COMMON REDPOLLS farther north give hope for a redpoll year a > little later on. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS are still scarce, but I did have > one fly over Sapsucker Woods on November 13. > > Duck hunters at Myers Point have reduced waterfowl numbers and diversity > drastically there. A large mixed-species flock off Stewart Park currently > harbors low numbers of all five Aythya, including a single male CANVASBACK, > as well as other expected species and quite a few RUDDY DUCKS. CACKLING > GEESE seem to be passing through right now, with 5-6 in the large goose > flock of Stewart Park on 23 and 24 November. SNOW GEESE are still not > moving through in numbers. > > Interesting gulls have still been fairly scarce. Still the only ICELAND > GULL of the season was an early one at the compost and over campus on > November 3-4. Tim Lenz had an immature GLAUCOUS GULL at Stewart Park on > November 23 but to my knowledge it has not been seen again. I have been > checking the compost regularly and have come up with little of interest, > but an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was present yesterday and a 3rd-cycle > type Lesser was seen by others on the 23-25. BONAPARTE'S GULLS are being > reports off and on from the lake, and observers should keep an eye out for > rarer small gulls. > > RED-NECKED GREBE and RED-THROATED LOON reports are down from a week or > two ago, but I did see an adult of the latter from Myers Point on the 26th. > Two KILLDEER were present on Myers Point on Thanksgiving, and Ken had a > WILSON'S SNIPE at Bluegrass Lane as late as the 21st. > > I haven't heard of any shrikes or interested owls in the area in the > last couple of weeks, but people should keep an eye out for both. Snowy > Owls seem to be making another invasion this winter. > > Good birding, and let's keep those posts coming! > > -- > Jay McGowan > Ithaca, NY > jw...@cornell.edu > -- > *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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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: 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/ --
