Belatedly, I wanted to note that when I found it last week, it was happily
lurking amidst the gulls on the point. It was completely hidden by them as they
are 3x bigger than it and when clustered together made a complete wall.
Then, it is also the same color as the beach rocks. It has been
?I should warn you that you should watch the video with sound off or speaker at
low volume. It was terribly windy out there. Even my pants were flapping loudly
against me and making loud noise.
Cheers
Meena
Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://www.haribal.org/
It is still here at myers. Very eindy. Scope blew over!
Sent from my iPhone
Donna Scott
On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:00 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:
If you missed it yesterday, it looks like the PURPLE SANDPIPER will be
putting on an encore performance today. It is currently foraging on
Hi All,
The PURPLE SANDPIPER was still present at 6:35 pm, in the same spot that Jay
describes below. It was actively foraging in the wind and light rain as it got
dark.
Good birding,Matt MedlerIthaca
From: Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu
To: Cayugabirds-L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu;
Also for those seeking the Purple Sandpiper at Myers, there was a nice
assortment of ducks south of the lighthouse (viewed from south side of Marina),
including 8 SURF SCOTERS, 1 gorgeous male LONG-TAILED DUCK, RING-NECKED, LESSER
SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK, AM WIGEONs, and 2 female GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
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
