Hi all, In the morning when I checked the winds, just around the latitude of Ithaca or slightly lower and till above to Watertown area there was a strong West-East wind of 34 kmph. And mild wind below these latitudes. So all these birds we are seeing must of come across the strong West east wind and dropped down in our area.
Blackbirds I posted several hours ago were hanging out in my neighborhood almost till 1.00 pm and now they are missing. I also had a Sapsucker and several Juncos along with other species of local residents (I think) like 2 Hairys, 2 Downies, several Blue Jays, Robins (which have been feeding along the roadside or on the driveways. Now encouraged by Laura's posts, I might go and take a spin along and Hunt and Hurd roads to look at the Fox Sparrows. I seem to have heard them twice but not seen one. Cheers Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf ________________________________ From: bounce-120330425-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-120330425-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu> Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 1:32 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Roadside birds In addition to the birds Kevin has mentioned along the roadside in Dryden, there are many fox sparrow and Song sparrows. I just drive up Hunt hill Road and counted 15 Fox sparrows along the road. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu> On Apr 3, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Dryden back road edges are covered in robins and pipits. Also savannah sparrows, killdeer, and a few flickers. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2016, at 12:55 PM, "David Nicosia" <daven102...@gmail.com<mailto:daven102...@gmail.com>> wrote: American Pipits in many locales down here in Broome co too. Many close up. Must have been a big fallout of this species last night. On Apr 3, 2016 10:51 AM, "Paul Anderson" <p...@grammatech.com<mailto:p...@grammatech.com>> wrote: At Myer's Point just now, where the strong North wind is brutal, there was a remarkable number of American Pipits on the road along Salmon Creek leading up to the spit. I estimate at least fifty. At Ladoga, where it was more sheltered but still unpleasant, - more Pipits! Eight on the road in, and another six or so by the shore. South of the shore was a flock of thirteen Red-breasted Mergansers. A flock of about twenty Tree Swallows were flying around by the docks. An Osprey was carrying nesting material. I had come from leading the beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods where four visitors were brave enough to join. We encountered many flocks of Rusty Blackbirds, but it was impossible for me to tell for sure how many in total because they were moving around so much. I would guess about 20-30 individuals. 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