I had a couple interesting sightings during my morning walk along Mt. Pleasant Rd. today. First was 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (1 light, 1 dark) that appeared flying low from the south. They seemed to be together, showed no inclination to hang around, and disappeared over the trees to the north. Apparently migrating.
Inspired by this, I tried a mini-hawkwatch from the Observatory, hoping for more. After about 10 minutes, I was awakened by buzzing sounds from above, and looked up to see a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS descending. They milled about the building and adjacent fields for a minute, alighting once briefly. Then they were gone. My feeling is that they were migrants looking for a place to stop and eat, but found nothing. I estimated 150 birds. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
