On Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9, I’ll lead bird walks at the Cornell Community Gardens on Freese Road. Both walks will start at 8:30 AM and last for about 90 minutes. This site is one of the best in the area for its abundance of migrant sparrows and other field birds, as well as its excellent viewing conditions. Highlights from this week include one Grasshopper Sparrow, dozens of Song and Savannah Sparrows, a couple of Lincoln’s (found regularly by others, only once in several attempts by me), plus White-throated, White-crowned, Swamp, Chipping, many cooperative Palm Warblers, and probably more that I haven’t heard about. This is also a very good place for insects – countless grasshoppers, many bees, and butterflies aplenty, plus a dazzling White-lined Sphinx Moth yesterday.
Please be prepared to walk among tall, wet weeds, on slippery, uneven ground. Note also that Saturday morning’s weather forecast calls for rain. I’ll go to the site even if it is raining hard, but we might decide to quit early. If we do get completely rained out on Saturday morning, I might announce an impromptu make-up walk on Saturday afternoon or Monday morning. Mark Chao -- 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/ --
