Going up and back on the east side of Cayuga Lake, besides the wonderful waterfowl, we noted 3 No. Harrier over the grassy fields on Lake Rd. near Rt. 90. Two close together were an <after second year> male (gray ghost) and the pale brown <ASY> female. A couple hundred yards away we saw a second year bird (russet chest). Wouldn't it be nice if the adult male+female stayed around.
At Goetchius I saw the No. Shrike using the same perches frequented in the past. This was my first observation in about two weeks. I had thought that it had left on its northward migration, but I guess not. Birds are full of pleasant surprises. Made the trip with Bob and Sally Love and a young couple from Spain. (Sorry I'm so bad with remembering names).The later were quite familiar with Spanish birds, but not our birds. It is so much fun to see our common birds through the excitement of good birders seeing them for the first time and comparing them to Spanish birds. Cheers, John Confer ________________________________ -- 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/ --
