[cayugabirds-l] Red Crossbills, NE Ithaca

Just walked out of my house off Salem Drive in Northeast Ithaca to the sound of RED CROSSBILLS! I walked around front and saw them foraging in the line of spruces along the road (on Tareyton Drive). As they flew away to the south I saw at least nine birds. Talk about a surprise yard bird. Jay --

[cayugabirds-l] Whimbrel continues

Also, not surprisingly, the WHIMBREL is still present in the same spot as yesterday as of 8:00. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] caution re: whimbrel

Glad everyone has been getting to see the whimbrel. However, it would be best to park by road and walk in - the supposed dirt road that folks drove on yesterday is actually a newly set drainage tile ditch and it WAS newly seeded just before folks arrived on Thursday. Thank you. Colleen Richards

[cayugabirds-l] Am Goldfinch fledgling.....

Just heard the distinctive chip-ee, chip-eee, chip-ee from the season's first American Goldfinch fledgling to visit the yard. Doubtless other have been hearing them for a while, but things tend to be later (and cooler) up here on the mountain! Soon the air will be full of those relentless

[cayugabirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper (Juv.)

From Towpath Road now. Will post more details later. Regards, Brad Carlson Honeoye Falls, NY bradcarls...@hotmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks Upland SP

This evening at 1900 hrs., from my yard, I spied 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS feeding in the skies over Brooktondale. Amazing swoops and gyrations against a rosy sunset glow. I also heard the flight call of an UPLAND SANDPIPER high over the house. Another hard-to-get Yard bird! Steve Fast

[cayugabirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper other shorebirds - Montezuma

This afternoon my Dad and I stopped at Montezuma for a couple of hours, and there was some excellent shorebirding. We started with the visitor center which is flooded now, and looks good for shorebirds. Here we had eighteen (18) SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and four (4) LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

[cayugabirds-l] Facebook group for the Cayuga Bird Club

All: In my role as webmaster for the Cayuga Bird Club, I just created a Facebook group. It's open to all-comers, so please join, contribute and enjoy! See https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/. -Paul -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY