Yesterday I stopped at Jennings Pond and right away heard a large raptor
calling. Looked up and there was a Bald Eagle soaring over the pond! Watched it
fly across the pond and land in pines in the south west corner. It stayed there
the whole time I walked around. As soon as I brought my bins
There are a lot of great birds in Shindagin Hollow, but it's outside the Cayuga Lake Basin, so I'm still seeking a 2011 first basin record for Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Of course I'm also interested in any neat bird observations in the region!--Dave NutterOn Apr 24, 2011, at 05:47 AM, Melissa Groo
We've had nets out for a couple of weeks but this morning is the first calm,
rainless day allowing us to band. The birds are streaming in. Many previously
banded
including one Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that missed the longevity record by one
year.
This one was a handsome 6th year male.
Also new
Please see the following link for a new species description of peeps by the
American
Bird Conservancy.
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/botw/peeps.html
--
John and Sue Gregoire
Field Ornithologists
Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Road
Burdett,NY 14818-9626
On Apr 24, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
I'm curious, a Killdeer was doing it's broken-wing fake out
yesterday, would they have eggs to defend already? Or was it just
practicing?
;^)
Eric
First New York egg date for Killdeer is April 3rd (see the NY
breeding season tables
Pat and I just looked out OUR kitchen window, and there's a male ROSE-
BREASTED GROSBEAK, all decked-out for Easter!
-Geo
Geo Kloppel
Bowmaker Restorer
227 Tupper Road
Spencer NY 14883
607 564 7026
g...@cornell.edu
geoklop...@gmail.com
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Sapsucker Woods continues to host various birds that exemplify this brief
window of late mid-April, and also one surprising early arrival. Here are
some highlights, mostly shared with Bill Baker's SFO group.
* 1 silent VEERY just north of the Sherwood Platform. Several others and I
plainly saw
Andy Johnson, Scott Haber and I birded around Ithaca this morning, but saw
very little of note. Two of the most interesting birds were before I picked
up Scott, a singing NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in a yard on Hanshaw Road just west
of Blackstone, and a HOUSE WREN singing near the Pleasant Grove
The white-crowned banded today presented with the very last stages of head molt
from
the first year brown to the adult black and white crown. Photo at
http://johnandsuesphotos.shutterfly.com/pictures/482
Photos from last year are at
http://johnandsuesphotos.shutterfly.com/pictures/165
Please do
I was in Sapsucker Woods this morning too. I saw the Veery, though I
confused it with a Swainson's Thrush at first :-(
I saw probably between 60-80 Rusty Blackbirds first on the Wilson trail,
then possibly the same flock on the Podell boardwalk.
On the East trail was a flock of warblers,
I did some birding and recording around the north end of the lake this
morning. Two passes on the wildlife drive and no shorebirds, except
for two Killdeer. Carncross Road still had the 100-odd yellowlegs, 30
Pectoral Sandpipers, and 10 Dunlin. I did not see the Golden Plover.
An American
About 10am this morning I went to Sapsucker Woods on my own, hoping to find some of the birds which Mark Chao reported yesterday after the rain (and I and my group) had quit. Today I had intermittent light rain, and I was fairly successful, although I wouldn't call the birds teeming today. One of
So far the earliest report I've heard for the Marbled Godwit at Montezuma NWR was Saturday 23 April at 1:30pm, and the latest was myself at 4:55pm. Can anyone extend that either way? (I'm sorry to hear it wasn't there for you today, Bob.)--Dave Nutter
I seldom see Brown Creepers here, so it was a real treat to watch one working
its way around on the old winter pear tree north of the house about 4 this
afternoon.
Kathy Strickland, Union Springs area
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hi ,
I went to Montezuma this morning and two spins around the drive [one at 8:30
and then at 11:00] had no shorebirds or Marbled Godwit. I think the birds had
more sense than I did today!
Diana Whiting
http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/
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Around my yard this morning: lots of gobbling tom Turkeys, Ruffed
Grouse thumping from various directions, several Hermit Thrushes,
numerous Ruby-crowned Kinglets, one Blue-headed Vireo, one Black and
White Warbler, one Louisiana Waterthrush, several Field Sparrows, at
least six Fox
I just had a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER sing off my deck on Yellow Barn. It
didn't stay. Must be following the BLUE-HEADED VIREO that called twice a few
hours ago.
Kevin
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We have had male wood ducks about 4 times today (as well as a mallard
male/female pair). Not sure whet their deal is but they are beautiful.
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Hi all,
Ton and I spent a wonderful day today birding around the Cayuga Lake Basin. We
started around our property on Hunt Hill Rd. east of Ithaca. The first thing we
noticed were three Hooded Mergansers on our pond – two first spring males
(black bills, light eyes) and one adult female. They
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