Geo and all, I did recently drove around slowly along some of the locations you mention including Eric's recently but have not been successful. I do remember the Grasshoppers sparrows and Bobolinks on Nelson road. Today after dropping off my brother and family at Pyramid mall for shopping, I worked on my Freese Road garden for couple of hours and most of the time I worked, an ORCHARD ORIOLE sang from the grove in front of garden parking lot entrance. Initially I ignored it thinking that it was a Purple Finch, but then realised that it sounded like my mail alert. So I left the work halfway to check out. I found a young male singing his heart out to attract a female. While eh was singing the Baltimore Oriole kept reminding me that "my feet are still dirty" or sometimes "my feet are silvery". He has been singing this phrase over more than four years now.
Yesterday on the way back from Canada, I stopped at Montezuma to look for the HUGO. But was not lucky to see him. But I did see a Pergrine from the deck of Skylon restaurant. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ ________________________________________ From: bounce-6022086-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-6022086-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf of Geo Kloppel [geoklop...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:58 PM To: cayugabirds-l L Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow in Danby Hi Eric, It's great to hear that Grasshopper Sparrows are still possible in Danby. Throughout the "Ithaca June Count" years, and up until about 2000, we used to find them in what could be called the greater Jersey Hill area (Town of Danby, west of Comfort Road). I particularly remember locations along the west side of Townline Road a few thousand feet south of Blakesly Hill, also east of the FLT between there and Bruce Hill Road, and in the highland fields where Hilltop Road, Bruce Hill Road, Jersey Hill Road and Gunderman Road come together. I wonder if anybody has looked for Grasshopper Sparrows in that area lately? -Geo On Jun 8, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Eric Banford wrote: > Yesterday morning I stepped outside to check the weather and the > first thing I heard was a "tick tick BZZZZZZZ". Psyched, my second > Grasshopper Sparrow ever. I put on my muck boots and grabbed my > bins and was able to watch him sing from a bush for a few minutes. > > Other breeders singing at the time: Willow Flycatcher, Great > Crested Flycatcher, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn > Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Wood Thrush, Blue- > winged Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Grasshopper > Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Rose- > breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink (lots), Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern > Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinch > > This morning I parked off the edge of Cornell campus, and as I > started walking I heard an interesting, rising warbler song. Four > slower, steady notes, followed by three quick ones and then a held > buzzzz at the end. This great page on All About Birds made it easy > for me to go through potential songsters and figure out it was a > Cerulean Warbler:http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse_tax.aspx? > family=40 > > Bird! > Eric > > Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
