[cayugabirds-l] Presumed Bonaparte's gull with red legs at Armitage plushttp://picasaweb.google.com/booleanquery/BirdsForID# Montezuma miscellany

I posted some frame captures of digivids I took of the black-headed gull (all lower case) that Dave Nicosia found at Armitage Rd. Saturday afternoon (2 April). Please forgive the quality...I picked frames to try to show variation in appearance of the leg color (which I would describe as

[cayugabirds-l] Bonaparte's Gull leg color

Hi All, I've spent many hours looking at hundreds to thousands of Bonaparte's Gulls on Lake Champlain in summer and early fall. When these birds first appear on the lake in late July and early August, most of them are still in full breeding plumage, and the *typical* leg color on these

[cayugabirds-l] winter wrens

Susie I spent most of the early morning picking up trash along Leonard and Bald Hill School Rds. in Caroline. We encountered 2 WINTER WRENS on Leonard, one singing. S. S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run arrivals

Location: Monkey Run--SE loop (Monkey Run Road to river to 13 and back along RR tracks). Observation date: 4/3/10 Notes: A great day with many new arrivals for me. Lots of birds flying overhead (flickers, robins, blackbirds) but mostly in singles. Highlights included VESPER SPARROW

[cayugabirds-l] Two Pectoral Sandpipers George Rd Pond

Birds were on the pond edge nearest to rte 38 with a few killdeer. Nice treat for our SFO group! Time was 1030 am. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] To Freeville and back

I took a late morning bike ride to Freeville and back today. Lots of birds came in! -VESPER SPARROW on West Dryden west of Scofield. -EASTERN MEADOWLARK on West Dryden west of Caswell. -PINE WARBLER and CHIPPING SPARROW at Genung Nature Preserve. -TREE SWALLOWS and one BARN SWALLOW on Etna east

[cayugabirds-l] Two warbler day!

Shawn Billerman and I did a bit of birding this morning (3 April 2010) to enjoy the warm weather. We started at Myers, where the highlight was seeing Tom Johnson and his Spring Field Ornithology group. We then hit Stewart Park, where highlights were a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER by the Swan Pen, a

[cayugabirds-l] SFO field trip

In response to Dave N, We were on George Road around 7:45 and did not see the Pectoral Sandpipers. We did see 2 Rusty Blackbirds (maybe Dave's group also saw them) along the Dryden Lake trail close to Purvis Road. Best, Ann Mitchell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] courting Merlins - Sapsucker Woods (and Cayuga Heights), Ithaca

Cayugabirders, I saw a pair of Merlins taking amorous dives at each other on the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods this afternoon. The male and female were chattering excitedly just like the pair that has been reclaiming its previous territory near my house on the edge of Cayuga Heights on

[cayugabirds-l] What did Kathy miss??

I've read Kathy's list several times at the moment can only think of A. WIGEON that she missed. We saw dozens of them. We counted 30-40 Cormorants at Knox Marcellus. We met a couple at Tschache who later followed us to the Audubon Center. The wife was anxious to get on the road after seeing