FOY Osprey yard bird - one just flew nearby by my yard (giles st in Ithaca) going towards Six Mile Creek. Saw others at Salt Point and Myer's earlier, and a couple around the Ithaca area in recent days, but this is the first time this year I've seen the one (more than one?) that frequents my neighborhood. Gray Catbird made a noisy return to my backyard today, enjoying the birdbath. Yellow-rumped warbler at Salt Point in lansing. Indigo Bunting female on wire, also at Salt Point - drab brown bird, with pale throat and bunting bill - didn't recognize it at first, but fit the descriptions of "drabbest bird" (but beautiful in its own way!)
OOB - well, way, way out of basin, but a couple of weeks ago I was at the Grand Canyon, and saw a California Condor as Steve and I hiked up the Bright Angel Trail :-). Very close in, tagged on both wings, but I couldn't read the tags. Soared nearby for a couple of minutes. Of course, my camera was in my pack, but I savored the sight with my binoculars. Snapped a couple of pictures with the phone before it disappeared into the distance. Definitely a lifer. -liisa Liisa Mobley Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --