Hi Cayugabirders, Time for the weekly update on Avicaching – the latest news from the less-often birded parts of Tompkins and Cortland Counties!
In case you haven’t yet taken part in Avicaching (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/avicaching/), each passing day makes the birding more enjoyable and exciting. We all know that it is hard to muster the motivation to go out to woodlands in early April, but we’ve now reached that wonderful time of the year where each day with southerly winds brings new species. The woods are full of drumming Ruffed Grouse and the songs of Louisiana Waterthrush and Winter Wren; this isn’t the world it was two weeks ago. It is a great time to get out into both the forest and field habitats that are represented by Avicache locations, where you can treat yourself to some early warblers or perhaps singing Eastern Meadowlark and Vesper Sparrow that others have Avicached. Keep your eyes to the sky as well, since Golden Eagle and Lesser Black-backed Gull have both been seen recently flying over at Avicache locations! 25 people have now gone Avicaching, totaling almost 200 checklists submitted. The latest rankings are up on the site, visible at the end of the page linked above. Each observation helps us improve the quality of the data analyses that we can perform in eBird for this region, and I hope you can make it out to give Avicaching a try! I look forward to running into you out in the field. Best, Ian Davies eBird Project Assistant Ithaca, NY i...@cornell.edu<mailto:i...@cornell.edu> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
