I birded Stewart Park and Renwick woods from about 8-10am this
morning, blissfully unaware of any unusual grebes farther north. In
Renwick Woods, I found a GREAT HORNED OWL roosting while being mobbed
by three American Crows. The crows gave up without dislodging the owl
from its roost.
A poor
While birding in the City of Ithaca today, I found a Cackling Goose
and what I think is a Lesser Canada Goose (B. c. parvipes) in the
Cayuga Lake Inlet. The parvipes was a very small, dark goose that I
initially mistook for a second Cackling, until I looked closer and saw
that its head and bill
I scoped from the East end of Stewart Park for Tim's Eared Grebe from
11:15 to 11:45. The grebe was distant to the west: from my vantage
point it was between the red lighthouse and the large, tall marker
farther out on the lake. Over the course of the half hour it pushed
farther and farther
I birded Cayuga Lake and Montezuma NWR this morning with Sahas Barve
and Ben Freeman. At the Aurora Lake Road Bluffs, we had a flock of 25
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and ~75 COMMON LOONS. The Visitor's Center,
Larue's Lagoon, and the main pool were mostly devoid of birds. 4
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS flew over
I didn't really have anything new for Stewart Park today - just the
standard assortment of ducks and a few songbirds along the back pond.
Here's my complete checklist:
Stewart Park, Tompkins, US-NY
Nov 6, 2011 12:33 PM - 2:08 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
26 species
Canada Goose (Branta
As a follow up to Tim's post, I just thought I'd share some of the
other good birds we had in an awesome all-day trip (Tim, if you're
writing a similar follow-up, sorry to cut you off!).
As Tim noted, we started at dawn at Broadway Rd on Lake Ontario.
Highlight for me was the immature
I stopped briefly at Montezuma this morning on the way out towards
Buffalo. The Visitors Center and Wildlife Drive held nothing unusual,
just small numbers of waterfowl that were buzzed at the HQ by a
Peregrine. There were only handfuls of Canada Geese present, and no
sign of the White-fronted or
I walked down to Stewart Park and birded it from 8-9 this morning.
Here's my full checklist, with some highlights added.
A note about the Scaup. A male scaup was sitting on a log just off
from Swan Pen, preening and then swimming. I knew a scaup has been
hanging around Stewart for a while, but I
Justin Proctor and Emilie Ospina joined me in searching for the
Nelson's at Hog Hole this evening. We failed to find it, instead
finding many Song Sparrows, at least four Swamp Sparrows, a Spotted
Sandpiper, and the four Brant back in their usual spot at the entrance
to the marina. We also checked
I headed up to Montezuma early this morning with a crew of Golondrinas
technicians (Justin Proctor, Maria Stager, Emilie Ospina, and Eric
Lopresti). We got to Towpath Road while the marshes were still
enveloped in the morning fog, so we birded the road for migrants for a
while. We had one
I walked up the Eastern side of Sapsucker this morning. There was a
mixed flock at the pond on the east side of East Trail that included
one SAPSUCKER, and BLACKPOLL, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and BLACK-THROATED
GREEN warblers. There was also a lot of activity in the powerline cut,
where I had more
Despite the cold and rain today, I decided to walk all over town in
search of birds. Birds were very active all morning, so it was
definitely worth it.
Sapsucker Woods this morning in between the bouts of rain (7:30am):
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk getting mobbed by jays and crows
Flock of 7 Wood Duck
I ran into several large mixed flocks before and after work in
Sapsucker Woods today. This morning, the first flock was south of the
pond on Wilson Trail. Most of the 10+ warblers were two far and
obscured in the canopy, but I picked out one Blackburnian. Near the
intersection of Wilson and
Highlights from a walk through Sapsucker from 07:40-8:40, mostly on
the East side:
Gray-cheeked Thrush - one on East Trail near Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road)
Northern Parula - one in mixed flock by Frog Barn
Blackpoll Warbler - one in mixed flock on powerline cut
Black-throated Blue Warbler
I birded the Freese Road gardens this morning with a number of other
birders looking for the Dickcissel and enjoying the sparrow show. I
uploaded lousy pictures of the Dickcissel, Lincoln's Sparrows, and
others here:
http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa220/slybirdsly/Birding/Freese%20Road%202011/
I birded Hanshaw and Freese Road this morning. In the fields on
Hanshaw south from Sapsucker Woods Road, there were at least 39
KILLDEER mixed among the large numbers of Canada Geese and Ring-billed
Gulls. In the Freese Road garden plots, I had one beautiful LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, two FIELD SPARROWS,
Paul Hurtado and I headed up to Montezuma NWR early this morning. The
American Avocet was still foraging straight out from the observation
platform at May's Point. I didn't check the time but I think that was
around 8am. Other shorebirds included both yellowlegs, Solitary and a
Short-billed
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