Yesterday morning I stepped outside to check the weather and the first thing I
heard was a tick tick BZZZ. Psyched, my second Grasshopper Sparrow ever.
I put on my muck boots and grabbed my bins and was able to watch him sing from
a bush for a few minutes.
Other breeders singing at the
This morning 8:30 the Godwit was feeding close to the Visitors Center. I was
able to watch it from the balcony after two other birders saw it from the
Observation Tower. It was still there when I left around 9. For a double treat
I watched a Red-headed Woodpecker in the swampy area before you
There was a bald eagle recently standing in a field along East Spencer Road.
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Hi Eric,
It's great to hear that Grasshopper Sparrows are still possible in
Danby. Throughout the Ithaca June Count years, and up until about
2000, we used to find them in what could be called the greater Jersey
Hill area (Town of Danby, west of Comfort Road). I particularly
remember
Around 5:45pm Tuesday 8 June I talked to Stuart Krasnoff who was at East Rd in
Tyre
and watching:
2 Sandhill Cranes
5 Black-bellied Plovers, including 3 in beautiful breeding plumage
2 or more Semipalmated Plovers,
lots of Peeps, including a couple larger ones, but all left unidentified due to
Geo and all,
I did recently drove around slowly along some of the locations you mention
including Eric's recently but have not been successful. I do remember the
Grasshoppers sparrows and Bobolinks on Nelson road.
Today after dropping off my brother and family at Pyramid mall for shopping, I
