[cayugabirds-l] Ibis at May's Pt is either Glossy or White-faced

2010-09-09 Thread Dave Nutter
This is from Bob Spahn, who got a good close look. Forwarded from Geneseebirds--Dave NutterDate: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:22:15 -0700 (PDT) From: ROBERT SPAHN rsp...@prodigy.net To: geneseebirds geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] ibis at Montezuma - plegadis ibis species ??? In

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 9/9

2010-09-09 Thread Mark Chao
On Thursday morning, the birding in Sapsucker Woods seemed to me to be on the quiet side of typical for this time of year. South of the Sherwood Platform, I found two WILSON'S WARBLERS, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and intermediate-plumage AMERICAN REDSTART in a tight low

[cayugabirds-l] Night flight, Dryden Lake, and various sightings

2010-09-09 Thread Jay McGowan
The night flight was certainly quite good for a while last night. Hope Batcheller, Andy Johnson, and I listened from the Cornell Plantations area from about 12:30 to 2:00AM. Rough numbers...we heard probably somewhere between 200-400 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, about six GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 20-50

[cayugabirds-l] More night flight over Ithaca

2010-09-09 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Hi all, I was only able to listen for a short while last night, between 12:45 and 1 AM, but there were many calls over my house in northeast Ithaca - and the ratio seemed different from what Jay reported. In 15 minutes, I estimated 40 VEERIES, only 5 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and one clear

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More night flight over Ithaca

2010-09-09 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
In spite of the steady drizzle, I heard about 70 thrush-like calls over my house in 30 minutes between 11:20 and 11:50 PM tonight. At least half sounded like classic VEERY to me, but many of the rest were probably ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. I only heard 3-4 calls that seemed typical for SWAINSON'S

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More night flight over Ithaca

2010-09-09 Thread wrevans
Just light calling tonight here in Danby at 1700-ft asl. The clouds are skimming the tree tops and a refreshing mist wafts around. Besides the species Ken mentioned, Green Heron has been a regular caller (5 calling sequences). Bill E From: Kenneth