Sorry gang but I'm the one that started the Bell's Vireo rumor! After reading this post and doing a little research I now realize the bird was a/the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. I'm not very familiar with this Gnatcatcher and I've never seen/heard a Bell's Vireo. I guess not-so-close and no cigar for me...
Carry on. David --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com> wrote: From: Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, possible Bell's Vireo rumor To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:33 PM Attracted by a third-hand report of a possible Bell's Vireo on the Wilson Trail north at Sapsucker Woods this afternoon (07 April), I ran into Tom Johnson, Carolyn Sedgwick, and Jay McGowan. They kindly pointed out a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, a first for the basin for 2010, so far as I know. I don't think anyone re-found the Vireo, nor do I know the details on the bird, but it's worth keeping eyes & ears alert around Sapsucker Woods for awhile. Other birds I encountered today included a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW on the wires between East Shore Park and NYS 34, probably the same Swallow sp. I saw backlit there yesterday as I went past at the speed limit with a fare, and a PINE WARBLER singing in pines beside The Parkway in Cayuga Heights near Parkway Place, a good sighting from the taxi. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
