At 4:45 as I drove south along Tripphammer past the mall I noticed a medium
sized raptor perched on snags across from the car wash. I pulled into the car
wash and with my binoculars ID'ed it as a merlin (bluish-gray back, weak
mustache). When I switched from binoculars to camera it flew away.
S
Shirley and I stopped by Marty Schlabach's place in Interlaken about noon
today in hopes of seeing the rufous hummer that has been there for a week.
We were not disappointed. The hummer made three appearances between 12:40
and 1:20. The rufous sides were clearly visible as the bird hovered around
Drew Weber and I found 9 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in Knox-Marsellus Marsh
this morning. Also 16 SANDHILL CRANES, a number of CACKLING GEESE and numerous
PIPPITS. All the DUNLIN, about 30, had moved to Puddlers as had 9 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS and 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. FYI Bill Purcell repor
Yesterday afternoon we birded the upper end of the lake and around Montezuma.
On our way home we checked the Mudlock Bald Eagles and saw an adult and a
juvenile sitting in a tree at the point. After a bit the adult took off and
gathered nesting materials which it carried to a tree just north o
We stopped to visit friends at their cottage and had this great show. Mike
East Bay, Wayne, US-NY
Oct 20, 2012 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
6 species
Pied-billed Grebe 7
Great Blue Heron 2
Golden Eagle 1 Immature circled low over the wooded edge where imm
Balds had been huntin
Hello all,
Yesterday I went birding with Nat Taylor and Conor Jameson (author from UK
who wrote book Silent
Spring revisited and is now working on a book on Goshawks).
At Heiberg ESF Environmental Forest in Tully: FOX SPARROW, 2 RB Kinglets,
lost of GC Kinglets, 3 BALD
EAGLES ( 1 adult and 2 i
Hi all,
What a treat. We have 9 Evening Grosbeaks at the feeders. One male and 8
females.
Good birding,
David McCartt
Tubbs Hill Rd.
Richford
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