At the Armitage Road flooded field at about 4pm yesterday I saw no
Yellowlegs or Dowitchers, but I did have two Ruddy Turnstones.
Paul
On 5/25/2014 11:48 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
I went north today seeking the Prothonotary Warbler (no luck for me,
although others heard it earlier in the
We are watching the Prothonotary warbler at Armitage Rd. going in and out of
the nest hole. I'm pretty sure it was carrying food. It's certainly acting like
it's feeding young. We have some photos of the bird as it prepares to leave the
hole after each visit, when it pauses with head sticking
I have seen/heard HOODED WARBLERS both on Sweazey Rd. at the bottom below
Cornell small fruits orchard, in wooded area, and in woods along Lansing
Station Rd. near my place at #535.
Many G. CATBIRDS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS along Lansing Station Rd and Bill George
Rd., including what must be an
I was at Salt Point taking bad photos when I saw a chipmunk crossing the dirt
road near its dead end at the concrete blocks on the North side. The chippy
was heading toward the base of the big scrubby juniper on the east side of the
road, and suddenly out of the tree a Robin came streaking
RBA
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covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
In addition to the usual birds at Montezuma (which happily include
Prothonotary Warbler, Red-headed Woodpecker, Cerulean Warbler, Black Tern,
and many others), Carncross was rife with shorebirds, including an
estimated 400 DUNLIN, an amazing group of at least 45 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS,
This evening about 6:30, while working in my garden, I heard the call of
a Common Nighthawk among all the other birdsongs I was hearing. I quick
ran out onto the lawn and did manage to get a look at it. It was flying
east. Moving right along, and disappeared over the treetops. I did see
Alexa and I went for a pleasant late morning walk today at Lindsay-Parsons.
The heat kept bird activity down, but it may have led to a serendipitous
encounter with a Worm-eating Warbler -- the worm-eater, along with several
Red-eyed Vireos, and a stunning pair of Scarlet Tanagers, was drinking
As noted in my posts on Saturday and Sunday, the birding was excellent on
the first two days of this year's Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest
(SBQ), with lots of local specialties and a couple of surprise passage
migrants. But my feelings of good fortune were tempered a little by an
