American Pipits in many locales down here in Broome co too. Many close up. Must have been a big fallout of this species last night. On Apr 3, 2016 10:51 AM, "Paul Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> At Myer's Point just now, where the strong North wind is brutal, there was > a remarkable number of American Pipits on the road along Salmon Creek > leading up to the spit. I estimate at least fifty. > > At Ladoga, where it was more sheltered but still unpleasant, - more > Pipits! Eight on the road in, and another six or so by the shore. South of > the shore was a flock of thirteen Red-breasted Mergansers. A flock of about > twenty Tree Swallows were flying around by the docks. An Osprey was > carrying nesting material. > > I had come from leading the beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods where > four visitors were brave enough to join. We encountered many flocks of > Rusty Blackbirds, but it was impossible for me to tell for sure how many in > total because they were moving around so much. I would guess about 20-30 > individuals. My guests were happy to see their first Sapsucker ever. > > -Paul > > -- > Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. > 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 > Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
