Hello all, Yesterday I went birding with Nat Taylor and Conor Jameson (author from UK who wrote book Silent Spring revisited and is now working on a book on Goshawks).
At Heiberg ESF Environmental Forest in Tully: FOX SPARROW, 2 RB Kinglets, lost of GC Kinglets, 3 BALD EAGLES ( 1 adult and 2 immatures), Yellow-rumped Warbler, RAVEN, 2 Winter Wren, 8 PINE SISKINS (6,1,1) and a few Goshawk nests. At Coon Tree Ln on DeRuyter Reservoir: several PURPLE FINCHES DeRuyter Reservoir: MERLIN chasing sparrows and Raven calling in distance (not much of the reservoir other than geese) Hunt Rd near south end of DeRuyter Reservoir: 40+ PINE SISKINS, 6 PURPLE FINCHES, few HOuse Finches, 6 American Goldfinches, 1 EVENING GROSBEAK Paradise Hill outside of downtown DeRuyter: 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS and 1 Northern Harrier second hand reports from Bear Swamp: 2 flocks of RED CROSSBILLS downtown Cortland: 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, 1 SONG SPARROW, lots of Juncos, 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 American Goldfinches, 1 PURPLE FINCH, House FInches, Blue Jays, Cardinals, WB Nuthatch, BC Chickadees and more. Expect a big finch winter! cheers, Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange -- 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/ --
