Hi Chris and all,
Stuart, Dave and I headed north today. The white caps at Myers were wild,
but at Puddlers off Towpath Road, we also had white caps. We also thought
we saw some in the large puddles on Towpath Road. A very windy day!
Birding was good. Stewart Park had MANY Chimney Swifts in the ai
I went up to Myers/Salt Pt on a lark, so to speak, knowing the NW winds were
fast and furious. And they were! White caps, 2-3 foot waves, rollers, crashing
on the shore, spray hitting the side of the Myers lighthouse which I was soon
standing behind.
Now, you might expect there would be nothing
Bad weather sure has boosted the birding for us Chao boys these past two
days. Not only did the rain and north winds knock down those shorebirds
yesterday, they also prompted the cancellation of Tilden's Saturday plans
downstate, freeing him for the first day of the Finger Lakes Spring Bird
Quest
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Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
www.WilsonsWarbler.com
I think there is an osprey on top of the red lighthouse seen from Stewart Park.
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Per Chris Wood reporting to the CayugaRBA text-message system: A
Yellow-breasted Chat is singing from the east side of Upton Rd at the Maiden
Lane intersection. The location is southeast of the village of Red-Creek in
northern Cayuga County (Region 5).
Dave W.
N. Syracuse, NY
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Daughter, Becky, was able to take pictures of the GREAT EGRET we saw in a
swampy field along 5 & 20 across from Short Rd. on our way to MNWR.
We saw many DUNLIN at Larue's along with many other peeps that didn't stay put
long. We saw them in various places across the main pool & at Benning. Of
