At 12:31 PM 8/24/2009, Dave Nutter wrote: >Yesterday evening (Sun 23 Aug) I took a walk in Cass Park vainly hoping to >see a Common Nighthawk. However I did see a tight group of 6 CASPIAN >TERNS flying determinedly south over the Flood Control Channel around >8:10pm and emitting raspy adult calls and squeaky juvenile calls. I >interpret this as migration.
I also saw 8 Caspian Terns over Home Depot area that seemed to be heading straight south. may be some of them were heading out of this place. Meena >On Monday, August 24, 2009, at 09:02AM, "Paul Hurtado" ><pau...@cam.cornell.edu> wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >Last night I heard a few migrants flying over my apartment in Ithaca above > >the commons off Buffalo) including Bobolink, RB Grosbeak, and two others > >that went unidentified (one kind of thrush/grosbeak like). > > > >This morning I've got a resting Great-crested Flycatcher in the trees > >outside my apartment window (first one I've heard all summer here) and > >just heard an adult and juv Caspian Tern vocalizing somewhere overhead. > > > >Time to start searching for those early migrants I suppose ;) > > > >Good birding, > >-Paul > > > > > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: > >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > >Temporary archive: > >http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > > >Please submit your observations to eBird: > >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- > > > > > >-- >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >Temporary archive: >http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >-- Meena Haribal Cornell Lab Of Ornithology 159, Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2148, 607-254-4958 Fax: 607-254-2415, 607-254-2104 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
