>From a vista on the south side of Conn Hill today (10:30-12:30 & 2:00-4:00). ******************************************************** Geese (Snows, Canadas): passage of 1000+ per 15 minutes from 10:30-noon; then a notably denser pulse between noon and 12:30PM. From 2PM-4PM rate was <1000 per hour. Mean flight direction ~NNW. ~Mean altitude est. between 2000-4000 ft agl.
Turkey Vulture: 4 apparent migrants S to N (also 4+ locals) Red-tailed Hawk: 4 apparent migrants SW to NE (also 6+ locals) Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 not migrating Unid. buteo: 3 apparent migrants (one possibly a dark Rough-legged) Cooper's Hawk: 1 (exhibiting display flight) Merlin: 1 migrant S to N Am. Kestrel: 1 migrant S to N Unid. small falcon: 1 migrant S to N note: this site is in the field at the north end of Black Oak Rd. (near met tower). It has excellent visibility to the west but the east vector is limited -- overall perhaps 60% the circumvisibility of the Mt. Pleasant watch site. --Bill E -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
