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
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
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:
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
It was still at Myers when I left. Watched it for an hour.
Good Birding, Ann
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It was still at Myers when I left at 4:50. I watched for an hour.
Good Birding, Ann
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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
Sorry about double posts. My phone told me that they didn't go threw. So much
for that info! A
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