This is just a quick note to let everyone know that the area off Railroad Rd.
in Savannah (North of Montezuma) is having a youth hunt on Saturday morning
(10/8). This is being coordinated through the Audubon Center (MAC), so you may
want to plan to bird elsewhere. An additional note; the Esker B
>From Larue's and Jackie's survey this morning:
Knox-Marsellus Marsh: 7500 Canada Geese, 750 Snow Geese, 6 Greater
Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Sandhill Cranes.
Puddlers Marsh: 2500 Canada Geese, 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons, 1 Great
Egret, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 5 White-rumped Sandpipers, 1 A
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From: linda_zie...@fws.gov [mailto:linda_zie...@fws.gov]
Sent: Fri 10/7/2011 3:44 PM
To: bigbo...@friendsofmontezuma.org
Cc: tpbi...@mac.com; tom_jasik...@fws.gov; bill_stew...@fws.gov;
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jeff_r_gr
Cayugabirds,
I put together a few clips of the Sapsucker Woods Gray-cheeked Thrush and
posted them to Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/30168649
Great bird...Thanks to Kevin and others for keeping everyone posted on the
birds activities and whereabouts.
Ben
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I have uploaded an audio clip of the Dickcissel from this morning (at 2:47
AM), as well as a spectrogram frame-grab, showing the characteristics of
this flight call. These can be accessed by going to these links:
Audio:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/111007.024749_DICKCISSEL_Etna_NY.wav
I
We have had some fairly atypical weather patterns recently - large low
pressure systems which have moved north and northwest and even some moving
west. Those could have picked up migrants and swept them east on their
south-west quadrants. Just speculation from someone who watches the radar a
lot.
So, does anyone know what's up with Dickcissel's this year? I've recorded my
loudest one yet this season, this morning, on an absolutely dead night
(migration-wise). This makes the 4th bird over Etna, NY in about a week.
I'll pull something together later with links to sounds and images of the
While out with one of the dogs a few minutes ago, I had a flock of
some 25 Pine Siskins fly over, calling, and heading SE. Snyder Hill
area.
Also my first White-throated Sparrows of the fall, singing in the
shrubs.
Bob McGuire
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