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
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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
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
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
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
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