Stewart Park, Tompkins, US-NY Aug 1, 2011 7:19 PM - 7:59 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 27 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 200 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 5 American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 1 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 150 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 30 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 **Rare. Stewart Park eBird lifer (#203) and first August record in eBird. As I was driving towards the shore I spotted the bird flying westward over the water just above tree level. It banked south and continued flying over the inlet and then over the Jetty Woods out of view. Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 4 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 100 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 30 numbers have been increasing Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1 swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 10 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 3 Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 30 Molting birds flying over jetty woods House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 5 -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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/ --
