I was just at Ithaca Falls and I can confirm they are Great Egrets. One was at the base of the falls, the other two up on the gorge wall on the north side farther away from the falls. The one from the base flew over to one of the egrets, they had a little squabble and all three remained on the wall. Every once in a while, one would fly down to the water lever and search for food.
Pretty cool to watch wildlife so close to home. (I live two blocks from Ithaca Falls) -- muhammad arif https://www.instagram.com/arif.photos/ http://facebook.com/m.arif.photos/ https://mainetomiami.wordpress.com From: Jay McGowan<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 12:57 PM To: Norm Trigoboff<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] egrets Other observers reported three Great Egrets (the much more expected species, black legs with yellow bills) at this location last night. Interesting spot for them, so cool observation. Jay On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:49 PM Norm Trigoboff <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Three snowy egrets fishing and enjoying the spray at the base of Ithaca Falls. (They had black legs at any rate. If they're another kind of egret, please tell me off list.) -- 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/ -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
