[cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no

John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and

[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve

After leaving Armitage Road, John and I drove to the Preserve and spent a few hours (mostly in the dark) walking a long loop. First of all, it was buggy - mainly mosquitoes - but nowhere nearly as bad as you get on Howland Island in the summer! As the evening progressed, the chorus of tree

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontaries -- Yes

There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time,

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Mississippi Kite

Hello, On the way home yesterday I spotted what looked like a very buoyant light gray colored raptor flying over Fall Creek on Fall Creek Rd near Red Mill Rd --the bridge is out at Red Mill Rd. Unfortunately it was one of those deals where I'd look up, look at cars in front of me, look up, look

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Mississippi Kite

If not mistaken, that area had a report of a mississippi Kite last year. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:42 AM, grosb...@clarityconnect.com grosb...@clarityconnect.com wrote: Hello, On the way home yesterday I spotted what looked like a very buoyant light gray colored raptor flying over Fall

[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers, Armitage Rd., 11:30AM June 1st

Prothonotary Warblers were singing, one on each side of Armitage about half way between the two bridges, West of the Seneca River. Easily heard and eventually a clear unobstructed view of one. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 1Jun11

This morning I attempted to do a better survey of the shorebirds at Tschache Pool than I had been able to the last few times I had been up. Unfortunately, diversity was down from Monday, but there were still good numbers of peeps, with the concentration being in the southeast part of the pool (to

[cayugabirds-l] Found camera attachment

I found a camera attachment in Aurora. Please contact me off-list if you think it may be yours. Suzanne smb4...@aol.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Acadian Flycatcher - Armitage Rd

To defend my (granted slight) reputation as an ear-birder, the birds John and I encountered yesterday evening about 100 yds west of the green bridge over the barge canal were (I feel strongly) Acadian Flycatchers. We arrived there around 7:30 PM and spent about a half hour walking up and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Found camera attachment

Might I make a suggestion? Most of us receive return address labels from various organizations. They can be put to really good use by sticking them on all parts of your equipment. Hopefully, if something is lost, dropped or inadvertantly left behind, someone finding it will take the

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Acadian Flycatcher - Armitage Rd.

I was at the Prothonotary spot Tuesday for a while, and don't recall hearing Acadian Fly. Eastern Phoebe has fooled me in the past, where I was sure I was hearing Acadian but tried to get a look just to see it was an Empid but found a Phoebe instead. Later I discovered the sound was on the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontaries -- Yes

Yesterday at 6:30 pm I was able to hear and then see both Prothonotary warblers. I recorded video of one to have the singing. They are LOUD at close range. This area is amazingly birdie. Gary On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Matthew Medler m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: There

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontaries -- Yes

This is a strange series of events. Having been a little confused by the bridges on Armitage Rd myself on Sunday, I wonder if there is the possibility of these being two separate spots? 3 calling Acadian FCs would seem to be hard to miss by all the other Prothonotary seekers, and vice versa

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Mississippi Kite

Hello, I think last year's Mississippi Kites were seen by Jessie and Chris over near the Monkey Run area of Fall Creek? I think it was a Mississippi Kite, but it was just tooo quick to know for sure. In the 10 seconds I saw the bird just over treetops over the car, I first went gull,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontaries -- Yes

When I plugged-in the provided coordinates the other day, Google Earth landed me out in the open, hundreds of yards to the east. But Matt Medler's description of the one-lane green bridge made it clear that these birds are in just about the same spot where Prothonotary Warblers were found

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary Warbler Spot

Yes, the two Prothonotary Warblers that I heard yesterday are in the same general area that Geo describes below. However, they were not singing from right along the canal, as they did back in the 1990s. Instead, they were a bit west of that, away from the canal. Looking at Google Earth, the