[nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper (yes) - Montezuma NWR

The Curlew Sandpiper is still present at the location posted last night. Scope views from East Rd. Good luck, Tom -- Tom Johnson Ithaca, New York t...@cornell.edu -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http

Re:[nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper - Seneca Co.

n Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > NYbirders, > Right now, Chris Wood and I are watching an adult male Curlew Sandpiper at > Knox-Marcellus Marsh at Montezuma NWR in Seneca County. A Wilson's > Phalarope, 2 Sandhill Cranes, and lots of other cool things are here

[nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper - Seneca Co.

NYbirders, Right now, Chris Wood and I are watching an adult male Curlew Sandpiper at Knox-Marcellus Marsh at Montezuma NWR in Seneca County. A Wilson's Phalarope, 2 Sandhill Cranes, and lots of other cool things are here too. We are viewing from East Rd. Good luck, Tom -- Tom Johnson I

[cayugabirds-l] Western Willet - Myers Point, Lansing 7/19

continuing Red-breasted Merganser were on the spit as well. Good birding, Tom -- Tom Johnson Ithaca, New York t...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

win Oaks Marina/ Campground. The location is found at these coordinates: 42.872017,-76.70453. If you copy/ paste those into Google Maps, you can visualize the spot. The grebes were mostly hanging out between the duck flock and the shoreline. Good birding! Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, P

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

We were wrong. There are actually TWO Western Grebes here. On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson wrote: > Hi, > Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs. The bird is with a big Aythya raft. &g

[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

Hi, Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs. The bird is with a big Aythya raft. Cheers, Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA t...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Thayer's Gull - Stevenson Rd. compost piles (Dryden)

Cayugabirders, Chris Wood reports a juvenile Thayer's Gull at the compost piles on Stevenson Rd., Dryden. Good birding, Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA t...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirdin

[cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egrets - Ithaca

Cayugabirders, Tim Lenz reported 16 Cattle Egrets flying down the Cayuga Inlet towards the golf course at Stewart Park in Ithaca at 9:05 this morning. Surely these are the birds that Chris saw from Buffalo St. Great reports! Tom -- Tom Johnson Cape May, NJ t...@cornell.edu mobile:  717.991.5727

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point, Lansing - 5 August

Cayugabirders, I stopped by Myers Point on Cayuga Lake in Lansing early this morning. A Pectoral Sandpiper and a Lesser Yellowlegs were feeding in the puddles on the lawn and a Greater Yellowlegs flew by. It would be interesting to know if anything stopped in with the passage of the front. Good b

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma godwit report from Saturday

This is cross-posted from Oneidabirds. Paul Hurtado, Nancy Chen, and I did not see the bird on Sunday around midday. Subject: Hudsonian godwit From: "ccspagnoli" Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:46:11 - Today from Towpath Road near Montezuma I saw a bird that looked very much to me like a transiti

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma area 31 July

Cayugabirders, I checked only a few of the good spots around Montezuma this morning, but ended up seeing neat birds anyway. What is likely the same Prothonotary Warbler found a few weeks ago is still present along the road at Mays Point Pool - each of the three times I've seen it, the bird was dr

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point migrants 7/23

Cayugabirders, I poked around Myers Point for a while this morning before I became thoroughly soaked, and ended up seeing a few birds despite (or perhaps due in part to) the rain. Clear migrants included 3 Least Sandpipers running nervously around on the spit and my first Cliff Swallow here since

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 16 July - Prothonotary Warbler, YH Blackbird, +++ shorebirds

I left out 39 Short-billed Dowitchers from the shorebird tally at East Rd. MNWR. All but one appeared to be prairie birds. Good birding, Tom On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > All, > Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Matt Medler, and I birded around the > Montezuma are

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 16 July - Prothonotary Warbler, YH Blackbird, +++ shorebirds

All, Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Matt Medler, and I birded around the Montezuma area (Seneca/ Wayne Co.) this evening (Friday 16 July). We had some excellent birds thanks to some nice picks by Chris. The continuing adult Tundra Swan was standing on a log next to the observation tower at Tschache Po

[cayugabirds-l] Excellent midsummer birding - Montezuma NWR area

All, I was lucky to enjoy a great morning of birding today in the Montezuma area (Seneca and Wayne Co.) with Nancy Chen, Tim Lenz, Alberto Lopez, and Jay McGowan. We headed up from Ithaca and had a nice start with a predawn Great Horned Owl perched on a barn on Rt. 34B in North Lansing (Tompkins C

[cayugabirds-l] Tundra Swan and Upland Sandpipers- Seneca Co.

Cayugabirders, Punctuated by a break to watch the heartbreaking World Cup quarterfinal match, Chris Wiley, Tim Lenz, Jay McGowan, and I birded around Seneca Falls and Montezuma this morning. The clear highlight was an adult Tundra Swan loafing close to the tower at Tschache Pool, Montezuma NWR. W

[cayugabirds-l] Ruddy Turnstone - Tompkins Co.

Cayugabirders, A very pretty Ruddy Turnstone is on the gravel beach just south of Myers Point in Lansing. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBir

[cayugabirds-l] Aerial insectivore concentration/ Laughing Gull - south end Cayuga Lake

Cayugabirders, A very large flock of swallows and swifts was feeding over Cayuga Lake out from Stewart and East Shore Parks in Ithaca this morning just before 11 AM in the heavy rain. Though all local species were represented (2 Cliff Swallow, 1 Purple Martin included), particularly interesting we

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point, Lansing- 6 May 2010

Cayugabirders, I saw a few interesting birds at Myers Point in Lansing this morning. A few shorebirds included Semipalmated Plover (2) and a flyby Dunlin. The "one that got away" was a medium Sterna tern that *might* have been an adult Arctic Tern that I watched pass from south to north along the w

[cayugabirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit present Sunday AM - Montezuma NWR

For a morning update - the godwit is still present at the Montezuma NWR visitor center as of 7:24, reported by Gary Kohlenberg. Last night a Wilson's Phalarope dropped in next to the godwit briefly before both birds took off. It sounds like at least the godwit came back; perhaps the phalarope is

[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler report from Montezuma NWR on 31 May

Cayugabirders, I'm forwarding a note from the NY state listserv that notes a Prothonotary Warbler at the tower at Montezuma NWR. Hopefully someone can take a look/ listen. Cheers, Tom Subject: Syracuse - Montezuma Wildlife Refuge 5/30 From: "David Mouzon" Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 23:57:29 -0400

[cayugabirds-l] BB Whistling-Ducks - Oneida Lake

Cayugabirders, I'd recommend looking on OneidaBirds listserv for further updates, but the Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks flew off to the west from the previously reported site on Oneida Lake before dusk tonight. Jay McGowan and I viewed them earlier this evening. Photos are here: http://www.flickr

[cayugabirds-l] road-killed Prothonotary Warbler - Ithaca

Cayugabirders, Sadly, I found a male Prothonotary Warbler on Forest Home Dr. in Ithaca yesterday evening right along Fall Creek. Other than not being alive, the bird is in good shape and will be preserved as a specimen at the CU Museum of Vertebrates. I'm not sure when the last one was seen in Tom

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point, Tompkins Co. (shorebirds, nesting Purple Martins)

Cayugabirders, I got to Myers Point in Lansing early this morning and stayed from 5:30-7:30 AM. Highlights among 58 species were single passing Black-bellied Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper (this bird flew in and stayed for half an hour with a few Least Sandpipers before heading out to the north

[cayugabirds-l] White-rumped Sandpiper - Myers Point (Tompkins Co.)

A lovely WR Sandpiper dropped in to the spit at Myers Point at 545 AM with two Least Sandpipers. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins/ Cayuga/ Seneca/ Wayne Co. - 23 May

Cayugabirders, Chris Wiley and I birded all day today, starting in Lansing and heading to Summerhill SF near Groton, the Montezuma marshes, and eventually West Danby. Here are some brief highlights: Acadian Flycatcher - 1 at traditional Ford Hill Rd., Lansingville site carrying nest material Great

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture - Dryden

Cayugabirders, Around 10 am today I saw one Black Vulture heading north slowly over the towers on Mount Pleasant (Town of Dryden) while I was checking Tree Swallow boxes. No idea if we have one bird hanging around or if multiple individuals are involved, but I suspect the latter. Cheers, Tom --

[cayugabirds-l] Little Gull at Myers/ World Series of Birding

Cayugabirders, An adult Little Gull flew by Myers Point, Lansing (Tompkins Co.) heading north with about 15 Bonaparte's Gulls this morning. Also present was a continuing large swallow flock including many Barn and Bank Swallows and smaller numbers of Tree, N. Rough-winged, and Cliff Swallows (2 of

[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Egret - Union Springs

Cayugabirders, Gary Kohlenberg just sent out an RBA text - Snowy Egret at the Union Springs millpond. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Co. and Montezuma NWR - 5/8

Cayugabirders, Dr. Winkler's Cornell ornithology class took an end-of-the-semester field trip to Montezuma NWR today. We stopped at Myers Point around 7:30 and saw hundreds of swallows (all sp. except Purple Martin - primarily Bank and Barn Swallows) and a few terns - a migrant flock heading north

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Co. migrants - May 1

Cayugabirders, I birded around Tompkins County all morning and enjoyed the first real blast of neotropical passerine migrants, though lots of short-distance migrants were involved as well. Notable arrivals that I didn't see mentioned elsewhere on the listserv include Yellow-throated Vireo (Bruce H

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Co. night migration 5/1

Hi, I couldn't quite wait for it to get light today, so I started birding a bit earlier than normal. I listened in various places around the Ithaca area from midnight to 4:15 AM with lots of cool birds migrating over. At midnight from Mt. Pleasant there were about 8-10 birds per minute going acro

[cayugabirds-l] Whip-poor-will (and major night flight) - Tompkins Co.

Cayugabirders, I found a singing Whip-poor-will this evening on West Jersey Hill Rd., Danby (within sallying distance of the Ithaca town line). I arrived just before 8:30 and I heard the bird sing from 8:34-8:39. After I left, Jay McGowan tried for the bird and dipped. I heard him singing to the

[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean Warbler - Stewart Park

Cayugabirders, While I was looking at loons from Stewart Park this morning, I heard and then briefly saw a male Cerulean Warbler when it flew out of the first large willow tree just east of the Swan Pen. The bird gained height but I lost it as it headed toward the southeast corner of the lake alon

[cayugabirds-l] Cliff Swallow, "Yellow" Palm Warbler - Tompkins Co.

Cayugabirds, Jay McGowan and I checked a few spots around the south end of Cayuga Lake and south Ithaca this morning with the following minor highlights: -Cliff Swallow - 1 perched with other swallows on the green structure in the lake just south of Myers Point Lighthouse, Lansing -"Yellow" Palm Wa

[cayugabirds-l] Eared Grebe photos?

Cayugabirders, Are there any further reports or any photos online of the Eared Grebe reported from Van Dyne Spoor Rd. in Savannah this weekend? Thanks, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayu

[cayugabirds-l] Scoters - Tompkins Co.

Hi, So far this morning, I've seen a pair of Surf Scoters at East Shore Park, Ithaca, and a male White-winged Scoter at Dryden Lake, Dryden (here now). More later... check those lakes! Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] intergrade Eurasian x American Green-winged Teal - Seneca Co.

Cayugabirders, On 14 April, Tim Lenz and Marshall Iliff saw and photographed a male Green-winged Teal showing a mix of American Green-winged Teal (Anas [crecca] carolinensis) and Common Teal (Anas [crecca] crecca) characters at LaRue's Lagoon, Montezuma NWR auto loop. These include a white stripe

[cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpiper - Wayne Co.

Hi all, Jay McGowan and I were very surprised to see an out-of-place Upland Sandpiper at Railroad Rd. in Savannah (Wayne Co.) this afternoon. We drove through the potholed section of road to the dike that runs north past a gate (the dike that runs between the main emergent marsh and the pond where

[cayugabirds-l] American Bittern & Baltimore Oriole - Lansing, Tompkins Co.

Cayugabirders, A singing male Baltimore Oriole was at Salt Point in Lansing this morning around 6:30. This is early for the area by about 2 weeks (avg. arrival = 29 April). Also, David Winkler and I saw an American Bittern this morning at the Cornell research ponds north of the Ithaca/ Tompkins R

[cayugabirds-l] Bank Swallow - Lansing

Cayugabirders, In addition to Jay's Bank Swallow report from up north, I saw one at the Cornell ponds north of the Ithaca airport in Lansing today. It is interesting that a few showed up in different places in the Basin today, as we are still ~2 weeks before the average arrival date. Cheers, Tomo

[cayugabirds-l] color-marked Tree Swallows

Cayugabirders, If you observe color-marked Tree Swallows in the area, please let me know by email (t...@cornell.edu). Birds are being marked with blue on the flanks (quite obvious) in an ongoing study, and we are interested in where they go when they aren't around the study site (near the Ithaca a

Re:[cayugabirds-l] courting Merlins - Sapsucker Woods (and Cayuga Heights), Ithaca

seen was in a Norway spruce. Cheers, Tom On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > Cayugabirders, > I saw a pair of Merlins taking amorous dives at each other on the > Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods this afternoon.  The male and female > were chattering excitedly just like

[cayugabirds-l] courting Merlins - Sapsucker Woods (and Cayuga Heights), Ithaca

Cayugabirders, I saw a pair of Merlins taking amorous dives at each other on the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods this afternoon. The male and female were chattering excitedly just like the pair that has been reclaiming its previous territory near my house on the edge of Cayuga Heights on Triphammer

[cayugabirds-l] early Chipping Sparrow - Sapsucker Woods

Cayugabirders, I forgot to post about an early Chipping Sparrow that was hanging around the front feeders and parking lot yesterday at the Lab of O, Sapsucker Woods. Mary Winston mentioned it to me in the afternoon, and I heard and saw it around 6:30 pm. Notably, this is around 2 weeks early for

[cayugabirds-l] Northern Pintail x Mallard hybrid - Savannah (12 March 2010)

Cayugabirders, Jay McGowan, Shawn Billerman, and I looked for the big flocks of Snow Geese in the Montezuma/ Savannah area this morning without success (similar to Steve's report). We did see a massive flock of ~13,000 Northern Pintail (conservative estimate not counting many birds in the tall gra

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, 11 March

Cayugabirders, I visited Stewart Park this afternoon between 3 and 4:30 and also had a nice variety of species. While many of my counts are similar to those Chris et al. made earlier, I did note a few big differences in the afternoon. These were a big flock of 74 Hooded Mergansers near the Fall C

[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous Gull - Dryden

Cayugabirders, A "new" Glaucous Gull (1st cycle) was at the Stevenson Rd. compost piles in Dryden today. Aside from a few hundred Redhead in the southeast corner of Cayuga Lake in Ithaca and 2 Snow Geese at Myers Point in Lansing, things were pretty quiet. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson It

[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose - Lansing

Cayugabirders, The Greater White-fronted Goose continued this morning at Myers Point in Lansing. It was initially quite close inside the lighthouse marina but moved over to Ladoga Point eventually. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayuga

[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose - Lansing

Cayugabirders, Gary Kohlenberg reported a Greater White-fronted Goose at Myers Point in Lansing this morning. I saw the bird shortly after with other birders and we had nice looks in with a flock of Canadas that included a yellow-collared goose, potentially from Greenland. The vividly orange-bill

[cayugabirds-l] Unusual goldeneye (female) - Long Point SP

Cayugabirders, I watched an interesting female goldeneye for a while this morning about 1/4 mile south of Long Point State Park on Lake Rd., Ledyard (east side of Cayuga Lake). The bird appears to me to be at least partly Barrow's Goldeneye, though I had some views that I have a hard time reconcil

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca gulls 1/29

Cayugabirders, This morning, there were two "Kumlien's" Iceland Gulls and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Stevenson Rd. compost piles (which were, not surprisingly, completely frozen in the 7 F temps). One Iceland was the one that the McGowans saw the other day (1st cycle w/ pale eyering, dark b

[cayugabirds-l] Least Flycatcher in Lansing - no

Cayuga birders, Prompted by Mike Harvey's photos of the very late Least Flycatcher he found on Sunday, I looked for the bird yesterday (Twin Glens Rd. in Lansing) but did not relocate it. Further sightings would be of interest. Thanks, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mob

[cayugabirds-l] Thayer's Gull continues

The Thayer's Gull looked very happy loafing at the Hog Hole docks (Allan H. Treman State Marine Park) earlier this morning. A probable Herring x Glaucous Gull hybrid (juv) was there as well; I doubt it is an F1 hybrid but it has much of the pale crispness, size, and bill structure of Glaucous Gull

[cayugabirds-l] Thayer's Gull - photos

Cayuga birders, I have uploaded some better photos (better than the post-sunset ones from Saturday) of the Ithaca Thayer's Gull here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jaegermaster/ThayerSGullIthacaNY Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson It

[cayugabirds-l] Thayer's Gull - docks at Hog Hole

The juv THGU was loafing on the docks at Hog Hole/ Treman Marine State Park late morning today. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/

[cayugabirds-l] Thayer's Gull - Ithaca

Cayuga birders, Carolyn Sedgwick and I found a juvenile Thayer's Gull at Stewart Park this evening at around 3:50 pm. We were actually getting ready to head home after a long day of birding throughout the Cayuga Lake basin (see Mike Harvey's post coming soon to a listserv near you) when I glanced

[cayugabirds-l] very dark Merlin - Aurora

Cayuga birders, This is a bit of a late post, but Tim Lenz and I watched and photographed a very cool Merlin yesterday morning just south of the Lake Ridge Rd./ Lake Rd. intersection south of Aurora perched on roadside utility poles and in flight. I think that this is the darkest Merlin I've ever

[cayugabirds-l] probable Cave Swallows - Ithaca

on 24 Nov 2004 - Stewart Park, Ithaca - Roger Sleeper ( http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/cave_swallow.htm) 1 on 6 Nov 2007 - Stewart Park, Ithaca - Chris Wood, Tim Lenz, Mike Harvey, Tom Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42595...@n00/1894789595/) 3 on 8 Nov 2007 - Sheldrake Point - Gary Kohlenbe

[cayugabirds-l] Brant - Ithaca

Hi, The only birds of note this morning during a spin around Ithaca with Chris Wiley and Tim Lenz were 23 Brant, 22 of which were feeding on Union Fields at Cass Park (the other was on the red lighthouse jetty in Cayuga Lake). Over 150 Double-crested Cormorants on the lake were also interesting.

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR area 25 Oct (Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, etc)

Cayugabirders, Some highlights of birding today (with Jay McGowan, Meena Haribal, and numerous others!) around Montezuma NWR and Savannah included: -Sandhill Crane - 11 including 8 at Van Dyne Spoor Rd.; 1 very small crane presumed G. c. canadensis (Lesser Sandhill Crane) photographed -American Gol

[cayugabirds-l] Laughing Gull/ OC Warbler photos

All, A photo each of the Laughing Gull and the Stewart Park Orange-crowned Warbler in Ithaca today are online here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/ Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L Lis

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca updates (scoters, Brant, OC Warbler, Laughing Gull)

Cayugabirders, Some updates from this afternoon in Ithaca: - 253 Black Scoter, 13 Surf Scoter, 2 White-winged Scoter (careful count) between Portland Point and East Shore Park at 1:25 pm - 22 Brant (included 1 banded) flying between inlet and Union Fields at Cass Park, Ithaca - 70+ Brant at Stewart

[cayugabirds-l] "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler - Ithaca

Cayugabirders,I found a dull Audubon's Warbler (western subspecies of Yellow-rumped Warbler) at Allan Treman Marine State Park in Ithaca earlier this afternoon. I flushed the bird off the ground, upon which it gave a series of distinctive short, buzzy, rising "zhree" callnotes. I saw the bird onl

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Reporting on the listserv/ CayugaRBA text messages

up another text alert service. TextMarks is free, works well, and is the one that we use for the CayugaRBA. Thanks, Tom On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > Cayugabirders, > Though I think the discussion of what to report certainly has merit, and I > think that almost every

[cayugabirds-l] Reporting on the listserv/ CayugaRBA text messages

Cayugabirders, Though I think the discussion of what to report certainly has merit, and I think that almost everyone would prefer to have more information than less information made available about birds in the area, we need to be careful about expecting everyone to keep up with the demands of the

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrows - Wayne Co.

at Martens Tract is the ditch that lies in the wet meadow to the south of the gated road.  The ditch runs east to west, or parallel to the gated road.Good navigating,Tom (somewhere east-west-north-south of Cornell)On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tom Johnson <t...@cornell.edu> wrote:Cayuga-birders

[cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrows - Wayne Co.

Cayuga-birders, Up to 5 Nelson's Sparrows have been observed on four different outings by various observers since 1 October at Martens Tract near Savannah, NY. Most recently there were 4 birds seen this morning (8 October). Sightings have been pretty consistent along the water-filled ditch that r

[cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow - Ithaca

Cayugabirders,This morning I saw a single Nelson's Sparrow in the field at Hog Hole (Treman Marine Park) in the southwest corner of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca. The bird was along the north edge of the field up against the lake. Other birds in the area included Palm, Blackpoll Warblers, Solitary Sandpipe

[cayugabirds-l] Olive-sided Flycatcher - Ithaca

Cayuga birders,An Olive-sided Flycatcher was perched up for a while in the top of a maple at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery about an hour ago. Also here were several Blackpoll and Cape May Warblers and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. It seems like Cape May Warblers are everywhere around the area this fall.

Sedge Wren - Knox-Marcellus Marsh (Seneca Co.)

Cayuga-birders,A Sedge Wren was heard calling by several teams participating in the Montezuma Muckrace last night (11 Sept) along East Rd. in Tyre. The bird was in the field between East Rd. and Knox-Marcellus, about 150 meters south of the pulloff/ overlook. A Marsh Wren was also in the field. M

Golden-winged Warbler - Sapsucker Woods

All,Glenn Seeholzer found an adult male Golden-winged Warbler at Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca this evening around 5 pm. The bird was refound and seen about 20 minutes ago on the Wilson Trail North by "the bridge." It was feeding inconspicuously within 10 feet of the ground but generally associating wi

Morning Flight - Ithaca/ Tompkins Airport

Cayuga-birders, I birded with Chris Wiley and Tim Lenz north and east of the Ithaca/ Tompkins Regional Airport this morning in one of my favorite local patches of habitat and was again surprised by the concentrations of migrants here, especially those engaged in morning flight. Mike Harvey and I n

Eurasian Wigeon, Wilson's Phalarope, etc - Montezuma NWR

All,Tim Lenz, Chris Wiley and I birded around the Montezuma area this evening. Many shorebirds, especially Semipalmated Plovers, Least Sandpipers, and Killdeer, were using the Montezuma NWR visitor center impoundment. In addition, the water level at Mays Point Pool has dropped, exposing some real

Ithaca area migrants (Cape May Warblers, Bay-breasted Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, etc)

Cayuga-birders,I birded around Ithaca and Dryden this morning from 9-11 AM with Alder Flycatcher, Philadelphia Vireo, Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, and Hooded Warbler as highlights. Migrant highlights by location follow: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Nashville W

Red-necked Phalaropes - Ithaca

Cayuga-birders, I saw one Red-necked Phalarope off Stewart Park in Ithaca this evening. This morning there were two RN phalaropes there along with a Greater Scaup (arrival) and a Cliff Swallow. The dark morph Snow Goose continues with the Canada Goose flock at Stewart Park as well. Cheers, Tom --

Red-necked Phalaropes, etc - Ithaca

Cayuga-birders, As of 10 minutes ago, two juvenile Red-necked Phalaropes continued at Stewart Park. They are not in basic (winter gray) plumage, being dark-backed with pale streaks on the back/ scapulars (juvenal feathers). Both juvenile birds that I saw today (1 of the original 4 was a molting ad

American Avocet back at MNWR

Kevin Ripka of Pennsylvania reports that an American Avocet is at Mays Point Pool at Montezuma NWR as of 645 am. -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.

Tompkins Co. shorebirds (Baird's Sandpiper, phalaropes)

Cayuga-birders, I birded Myers Point (Lansing) and Stewart Park (Ithaca) this afternoon with some nice results. The Black-bellied Plover continues at Myers along with a Baird's Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, and a Semipalmated Plover. The Baird's flew off with the other p

Re: Red-necked Phalarope - Ithaca

4 (!) Red-necked Phalaropes together now in the same place. On 8/28/09, Tom Johnson wrote: > An adult Red-necked Phalarope is swimming among algae mats in Cayuga > Lake off the tennis courts at Stewart Park, Ithaca. > > -- > Thomas Brodie Johnson > Ithaca, NY > t...

Red-necked Phalarope - Ithaca

An adult Red-necked Phalarope is swimming among algae mats in Cayuga Lake off the tennis courts at Stewart Park, Ithaca. -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.Northeast

MNWR shorebirds (Long-billed Dowitchers)

Cayuga-birders, I enjoyed my last day of summer (fall semester classes start tomorrow) with a post-storm trip to watch shorebirds at Montezuma NWR this afternoon. I enjoyed what others have been reporting (Red-necked Phalarope juvenile, American Avocet, etc) with a few additions. I counted 9 dowi