I've been corrected: what I saw was a snipe (not a dowitcher) on a telephone wire, and what a cool sight that was to behold (now posted on Facebook bird club page)! Thanks, Chris (and others)!
By the way, I'm doing research on effective herbal bug repellants over the counter and home-made recipes... and would be happy to report back what I find. Please let me know if you have something working well right now (natural and not natural) and for how long it lasts before you have to reapply? When I was leaving Redwood, NY yesterday, they reported that they were going to spray the town and everyone should stay indoors for several hours. I hope there will be a heavy rain shortly thereafter, and that the flycatchers and their young survive. -- 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/ --
