[cayugabirds-l] Purposed birding and nature observation site

Hi All, Please watch the attached video and message from Bob Beck supporting the proposed extension of the Jim Schug trail, from Dryden to the East Ithaca Recreation Way. When complete the trail will provide access to many otherwise nearly inaccessible top shelf birding and general nature o

[cayugabirds-l] Myers swallows

Still waiting on martin for a swallow sweep, but all the rest were sitting on the wires and nearby trees between the two marinas at Myers Point morning. Not much else happening on the lake. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35916598 Here at the Lab we just had a nice bright Yellow Palm Warbl

[cayugabirds-l] Migrants around home

I went out at 5:45 for the pre-dawn chorus. The temperature was 32 degrees F. From my place on Tupper Road I walked a few hundred yards over to Beech Hill Brook in the Lindsay-Parsons Preserve, hoping for some Hermit Thrushes. On my way I passed several Eastern Towhees that were exchanging "chew