This morning's bird of note was a Lincoln's Sparrow in the open, brushy
swale on the west side of Sapsucker Woods Road, just south of the trail
heads. It's getting late for Lincoln's Sparrows in our area.
Good birding,
tss
--
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Research Associate
Cornell Lab of
Awesome Tom. I walked my dog there yesterday, but had to avoid the wetter
spots. I had 2 VESPER SPARROWs in the dry area just to the west of the taller
switchgrass.
flyover PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, BLUEBIRD, as well as calling WINTER WREN and
visual HERMIT THRUSH in my yard this morning. Ah,
A few observations this morning from northeast Ithaca and adjacent areas:
Pectoral Sandpiper: 2 in the usual field along Hanshaw Road, just west of
the mouth of Sapsucker Woods Road. These are the first I have seen here
since Sunday (16 October), when there were four present (before a dog walker
