[cayugabirds-l] more night migrants

Quite a bit of birds are still moving overhead tonight. In 30 minutes beginning at 11:30, I counted 44 Swainson's Thrushees and 6 Gray-Cheekd Thrushrs over my hose in Northeast Ithaca. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12

Here is small sample of photos from today. Now back to some "foraging"... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629959515410/  From: david nicosia To: Cayugabirds- L ; Bluewing Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:52 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Highli

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12

Ha Ha, this sentence fragment might appear in those jokes about improperly constructed sentences! Thanks, Dave! Benning Marsh- star of the day: HUDSONIAN GODWIT putting on a show for 3 carloads of birders foraging fairly close to road. wow. also 2-3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS among common ones.

[cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12

Got some birding in with Dan Watkins and Capt. Mike Ackeley before storms.  Myer's Point-  2 singing ORCHARD ORIOLES. 1 female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER hanging around with a male and female common merganser.  Lake Road- 2 singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS as others have had. Montezuma Wildlife Drive- 1

[cayugabirds-l] Shorebirds continue Puddlers Marsh

Including 4 WILSONs PHALAROPE. Lots of DUNLIN and other common shorebirds. Did have 3 SANDERLING. No RUTU or knots. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://w

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point this AM -- Horned Grebe

I spent about an hour and a half at Myers Point this morning starting about 5:45. The biggest highlight was provided by a HORNED GREBE. This would have been amazing enough given the bird's stunning breeding plumage, and that it apparently furnishes the latest spring record for Tompkins County in eB

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma cygnets, etc.

We visited Montezuma on Saturday. There was a trumpeter swan family with five cygnets (along the road, just south of the interstate). The northeast end of the main pond had Wilson's phalarope, semipalmated plovers and sandpipers, pectoral sandpipers, dunlin, green-winged teal, gadwall, and others

[cayugabirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit Bennings Marsh

Still present as of 1115 am. Other shorebirds too including 2 white rumps. Close to road again putting on a show. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabirds

[cayugabirds-l] FYI: Hudsonian Godwit and Yellow-throated Warblers were present as of yesterday

Hello all, Yesterday till late evening (6.00 PM) Hudsonian Godwit was in the Benning Marsh feeding and resting. Around 6.00PM after feeding long enough in the marsh, flew into the grass at the back of the Benning's close to I-90 and was preening and not easily visible if you did not know the loc

[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Crane

At 6:45 this morning in the field across from 218 Bundy Road there was one sandhill crane. It was still there about 10 minutes later when I returned to the same spot on my walk. I walk in this area frequently, and have never seen one here before. Marsha Kardon -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: h