Given the extraordinary birds that were still obviously moving by day today, I was please that many birds were still migrating tonight. For 30 minutes beginning at 10:45, I heard about 25 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 5 GRAY-CHEAKED THRUSH, 1 VEERY (Low, loud, definite), 3 WOOD THRUSH, 2 BLACK-BILLED and 1 YELLOW-BILED CUCKOO, and a very"gallinule-like" bird that gave 4-5 distinctive horn-like "burp" and "pup" notes from two different parts of the sky, as if it was circing directly overhead. Although I couldn't rule out a very late migrant Common Moorhen, given the species seen today, the possibility of a Purple Gallinue must be considered.
KEN ********************************************** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
