Just a heads-up: My co-worker, Fred Channell, came in this morning and clearly described an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, which he observed flying across the road in front of him around 8:45am. The bird was flying from right to left across Route 13 North-bound, just after but very near the intersection of Decker Road and Route 13. The bird was headed in a Northwesterly direction. This is located in the very NE corner of the Town of Newfield. He described the bird as having a "bright ruby-read tomato for a head" (completely red head) with a distinct and bright white wing patch at the base of the wings (secondaries) – contrasting against the black outer half of the wings (primaries) – giving a "blinking or flashing black-and-white" appearance in flight. This bird was like nothing he had ever seen before and was very noticeable to him.
Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
