[cayugabirds-l] 2010 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list

Here's what's been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin so far in 2010 as far as I know: http://cayugabirds.pbworks.com/Taxonomic-2010-First-Records Please let me know of corrections or additions. I imagine folks have been birding in the north end of the basin, but so far I've only seen limited repor

[cayugabirds-l] Mt. Pleasant Snow Buntings

A flock of six Snow Buntings was foraging alongside Mt Pleasant Road just east of the observatory as I drove past around 9:30 this morning, a species conspicuously absent when I walked that route for the CBC yesterday. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 US

[cayugabirds-l] A couple of fun sightings this afternoon

Driving N on 13A early this afternoon I had a small accipiter fly in front of my car into/through a bush and land on a branch just past the bush scattering a number of House Sparrows. Backing up on 13A (I'm not recommending this behavior!!) let me get a good enough view to ID it as a Sharpie. L