[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper, Myers Point

2014-10-22 Thread Jay McGowan
A few minutes ago a PURPLE SANDPIPER tried to land on the spit at Myers Point on Cayuga Lake. It circled a half dozen times as it was harried by airborn gulls, finally managed to land at the tip, but was gone a moment later. I'm not sure if it headed back out on the lake or might be hiding on one

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper, Myers Point

2014-10-22 Thread Jay McGowan
Purple is back on north shore of spit. On Oct 22, 2014 8:07 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: A few minutes ago a PURPLE SANDPIPER tried to land on the spit at Myers Point on Cayuga Lake. It circled a half dozen times as it was harried by airborn gulls, finally managed to land at the

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper, Myers Point

2014-10-22 Thread RICHARD WOOD
I can still remember getting my legs splashed by the cold Atlantic Ocean while I was looking at my first ever Purple Sandpiper in Ocean City, Maryland in 2006. Richard Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:29:49 -0400 Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper, Myers Point From: jw...@cornell.edu To:

[cayugabirds-l] Black Scoter, East Shore Park

2014-10-22 Thread Jay McGowan
A nice female-type BLACK SCOTER was visible a few minutes ago from East Shore Park, swimming steadily south. The immature BRANT that has been around for several days was visible on the lake off the east end of Stewart Park. Last I heard, the Purple Sandpiper was still showing well on the spit at

[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper

2014-10-22 Thread Ann Mitchell
It was still at Myers when I left. Watched it for an hour. Good Birding, Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper

2014-10-22 Thread Ann Mitchell
It was still at Myers when I left at 4:50. I watched for an hour. Good Birding, Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Scoter, East Shore Park

2014-10-22 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
After watching the wonderful Purple Sandpiper this afternoon I thought of going back to Ithaca and chasing the Black Scoter. I stopped first to the Marina and was pleasantly surprised to see 7 Black Scoters flying in tight formation up the lake past the point. There were also 9 Surf Scoters, 3

[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper

2014-10-22 Thread Ann Mitchell
Sorry about double posts. My phone told me that they didn't go threw. So much for that info! A Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES