So yesterday at Sapsucker Woods (near Owens Platform) I photographed a male
Downy Woodpecker with a metal leg band, with enough resolution to read two
sides of the band:
http://suan-yong.com/banded/banded.html#dowo
The front say "OPEN", the rear -- I initially guessed maybe ABRL (American
Bird
*Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Macaulay Library Video Showcase*
*(7 short films from the Lab's Macaulay Library)*
*Sunday April 3rd 4:30pm at Cinemapolis*
The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the world’s
largest archive of wildlife sounds and videos. Their mission is
Spent the afternoon at/on Broadway Rd. north of Wolcott, NY and there
were hundreds of turkey vultures migrating (a friend who had been
counting for much of the day had over a thousand vultures!!!), a handful
of red shouldered hawks, lots of red-tail, a bunch of sharpies and
coopers, a few harr
There weren't as many migrating Hawks over West Danby yesterday afternoon as
the sunny skies and tailwinds seemed to promise. I was out frequently for short
periods of watching, but only saw 4 TVs, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk and a couple of
distant unidentified buteos gliding north toward Jersey Hill.
Gull numbers have sure dropped over the last week, but a Thayer's Gull was
a nice reward for venturing in on a rainy day. Looks like the same bird
that Ian found earlier.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28598494
Jeff
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Jeff Gerbracht
Lead Application Developer
Neotropical B
