Hi all,
To take advantage of beautiful weather, I decided to head to Derby Hill to see
the raptors. On the way I stopped at an Indian grocery store in Syracuse. So by
the time I reached Derby Hill it was almost 2.00 PM. As I was pulling in Gray K
was just heading out. I heard from him about
I went up to Montezuma today with a friend. We didn't find anything new,
but lots of nice birds as always. Both the GLOSSY and the WHITE-FACED IBIS
are still around, this morning foraging in the grassy back part of the
Visitor Center pond. They were hard to see and afforded much poorer views
than
Jacob Drucker and I checked areas along the southeast corner of the lake
today, from Stewart Park up to Myers, in late morning and early afternoon.
Viewing conditions were great (little to wind, no waves), but Aythya were
amazingly scarce, and we saw no scaup at all. Among the birds of interest
Hi,
I thought I'd post some more details about our trip up the lake on Sunday.
Besides the SNOWY OWL in the evening, other highlights that Brad Walker
and I observed were a close female LONG-TAILED DUCK at Stewart Park, 8
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at the bottom of
Hi all,
I apologize for the late post, and thank Tom Schulenberg for posting my
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER from near the Ithaca Airport. It's about time for me to
figure out how to post to the list from my phone, and to receive rare-bird
alert text messages such as White-faced Ibis, which I drove
Hi,
Not quite knowing how to bird today because of the cold, windy, snowy day,
Gary and I decided to make a trip up the lake where it was colder, windier,
and more snowy. Makes sense, right?
Highlights were:
Union Springs Frontenac Park
12 COMMON TERNS on a pier
Cayuga Tow Path
Shannon and I made a few stops late this AM into very early afternoon.
Birds of note were as follows:
Myers Point and surrounding area (11AM-11:45) 7 HORNED GREBES close to the
western side of the lake straight out from the point. (Probably the same
Bob saw later this afternoon), 1 COMMON LOON
