I was just letting my dogs out, and heard a brief bird song that lasted about 5
seconds. I thought it was a junco trill at first, but I was half asleep so I
wasn’t sure. I started “listening” with Merlin in case it sang again, and
luckily it did. It was ID as a swamp sparrow, listed as rare wher
Chris- I concur. With more cloud cover we likely will be able to see the
migrants! I have the feeling that a lot of raptors headed north today and
yesterday but with few clouds they probably went unnoticed and were very high
up. The first local broad winged hawks have returned to a couple nes
Just a heads-up—literally: heads. Up. Tomorrow.
There should be a good push of migrating raptors overhead throughout the day.
Southerly airflow and overcast skies will make for some prime migratory and
viewing conditions. Predominant species should be Broad-winged Hawk.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
C
Bird was still present at 5pm-ish on Warren Rd. just north of the Moakley
House. The bird was favoring the roadside across from the house with a
white picket fence and a realty sign.
On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 3:33 PM Laura Stenzler wrote:
> Hannah Pryor just reported a LARK SPARROW across the roa
Hannah Pryor just reported a LARK SPARROW across the road from bluegrass lane,
Ithaca, on the Rare Bird Alert, with a good photo.
Laura
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Blue headed vireo singing in the yard this morning - Hunt Hill Road, 5 miles
east of Ithaca.
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A live 1-inch-diameter branch was cut off, leaving a 3-foot length when my
screen pergola was built onto the side of my cottage. It is 4 feet above a bird
feeder frequented by chickadees, which is hanging on a lower branch.
I kept noticing a wet spot on the ground near base of tree, then finally
Louisiana Waterthrush is back singing at Six Mile Creek upstream of second
reservoir this morning. I didn't walk the trails the last two days so don't
know if they'd been back, though yesterday's evening walk did not hear any.
Winter wren continues singing in its traditional territory.
Suan
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