These photos are not great but they prove the ID. Several birders have heard the Common Gallinule recently and some doubted the reports. Ebird wanted them confirmed so I took the photos. Sorry the light wasn’t better. Mark Miller also saw this bird today. In one photo you can see the little fish the bird caught.
https://plus.google.com/photos/101627732132660516717/albums/5734394500626620993 Other birds on Van Dyne Spoor Road: Bald Eagle, American Bittern in flight, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and 9 Rusty Blackbirds. Also many Tree and Barn Swallows and one Rough-winged Swallow. Leona Lauster Lyons, NY -- 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/ --
