Message from Bob Spahn, posted to Geneseebirds-L:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ROBERT SPAHN <rsp...@prodigy.net> Date: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:40 PM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10 To: geneseebirds <geneseebird...@geneseo.edu> This afternoon after the front passed at Hamlin Beach SP, Dave Tetlow decided to go west and see what might happen. It cleared up again after a bit and he found a Cave Swallow in the creek gorge at Oak Orchard Creek near Point Breeze. On the way back he had a number of passing Cave Swallows at several points. Then late afternoon he started to see flocks gathering and milling around near some of the bridges and finally going to roost under them. Numbers were in the 25 plus or minus range at each place - total >150. Finding that driving near spooked them, he then only observed from back a ways and could see birds huddled together on the south facing ledges of the I-beams. Birds appeared to be headed to roost under all of the Lake Ontario Parkway bridges from West Kendall Rd to at least Buttonwood Creek at the east side of Braddock Bay. Dave is trying to line up people to be at each bridge before first light tomorrow to wait for first light and count the swallows under or exiting each site. Join people at a bridge. It will be important to approach from the south side where the sun will warm things first and where there is shelter from the N to NW winds. Arrive be 6:30 AM, park back a bit,then watch and listenas first light approaches (about 6:43 AM). Last time talking with Dave, the Salmon Creek Bridge (west side of Braddock Bay) was not yet covered as he was sure of 19 birds going under there late enough to be sure they were roosting. One could park at the lot on Manitou Beach Rd where you park for the owl woods and walk to that bridge before first light to see those. Several years ago I did that and heard them awake and start calling and moving about before flying out. Good Luck to all who try!! Bob Spahn _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --