Correction: I meant SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, not "Lesser." Is it obvious that I "misspoke?" If I had said "LESSER YELLOWLEGS" but meant "SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER," then I think a correction is necessary; but if it is a "mis-speak," then what is the listserve protocol: post a correction or let it go?
Corrections always appreciated nevertheless! On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Sandy Wold <sandra.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll add to Dave's highlight...I showed up late as the fog was lifting, > about 9:30am. I arrived as three SAND HILL CRANES flew from behind me, > calling loudly, and over me, exhilarating but too fast for me to get my > camera in position! I then saw 10 LESSER DOWITCHERS and yellowlegs. I > watched swallows and saw a flock fly under a bank out of view and then > heard what sounded like sandpipers peeping from under the bank. Then I > asked the swallows to cooperate and let me get a good picture of one of > them. Shortly thereafter, a swallow started circling me about five feet > away. It was so close I could barely shoot it, but by the fifth time it > circled me I did get two shots that confirmed a Bank Swallow by the neck > marks and non-pointy tail. > > I finally caught up to Dave Nutter's group, about nine of us, including > three visitors from NYC (a dad and two sons, Asher and Isaiah, who made a > special trip to Montezuma at Isaiah's request). Isaiah, age 15, is a > serious long-time birder who told me (I asked) it was a photo of the > Scarlet Tananger that got him into birding at age 9. I hope to meet up > with him to bird Central Park in September. Anyway, the highlights for me > were seeing the feeding behaviors of the RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PTHALAROPE > (skimming for insects) vs. the yellow legs and dowitcher and seeing the > STILT SANDPIPER with its head in the water more of the time than out of the > water. Lastly, we saw about eight GREEN-WINGED TEAL fly in. It was a > great day!!! Thanks again, Dave! > * * * * * * * * * > *"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what > the world needs is people who have come ALIVE." - Dr. Howard Thurman, > American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * > > Sandra (Sandy) Wold > Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author/Originator/Designer/Publisher, > www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/> > Sustainability Educator/Artist, > www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-sandy-wold/a7/114/877 > International Host/Landlord, www.airbnb.com/rooms/446114 > Math/Science Tutor, > www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home > > > > > -- 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/ --
