HI, could whoever manages this bird list pls. remove Bob Marx's name? He died on April 5. Thank you.
PS - he checked this list up to the day he died! A birder forever! Sally On Apr 9, 2011, at 2:23 PM, david nicosia wrote: > Had the pleasure of leading the SFO "local" group this > morning. All of us had no strict time constraints so > we decided to head up the east side of Cayuga Lake so > it really was not that "local" after all! > > We didn't plan on it but we made it all the way up to > Montezuma since the birding was great. Light south > winds bringing migrants north, and great viewing on > Cayuga Lake made for such an action-packed day. > I can't wait to see what the other SFO groups come > up with! > > On the way up and back, we got great views > of both OSPREY nests seen from Route 89 > near Union Springs. We also saw a RING-NECKED > PHEASANT on the way up as well. > > Our first stop was Mud Lock and the BALD EAGLE > was sitting on the nest with nice views. We also had a > nice, fairly close up view of a COMMON LOON in > breeding plumage. There was a distant group of REDHEAD, > SCAUP sp., 1 RING NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEADS, > and RUDDY DUCKS. We heard an EASTERN PHEOBE, > heard and briefly saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a > flyover BELTED KINGFISHER. A couple small flocks of > DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS flew by > as well. Great start. > > Since we were so close, we decided to stop > at the Montezuma NWR visitor's center > and we were not disappointed. There was a > waterfowl bonanza there with close-up views > of many species. Great for studying > field marks. We had many NORTHERN SHOVELERS, > NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, > BLUE-WINGED TEAL, several AMERICAN WIGEON, > and 1 GADWALL. There were 4 PURPLE MARTINS > by the martin homes and several TREE SWALLOWS > floating around. A SWAMP SPARROW was > singing in the marsh. We had two OSPREY and TVs > soaring overhead and a female NORTHERN HARRIER > coursing low over the marsh. > > On the way back, we stopped at the Factory Street Pond > but we did not see "screechie" today in his box. It was > still cold and fairly cloudy so maybe he/she was hiding? > Not much else at this pond. Next stop was the > Aurora boathouse on Aurora Bay. We had a nice > HORNED GREBE in breeding plumage, many > BUFFLEHEAD, a distant COMMON LOON > and distant LONG-TAILED DUCKS. > There were also many RING-BILLED GULLS > and a few HERRING. We also had a fly-by > BARN SWALLOW at Aurora bay. > > Next stop was Lake Road near Long Point and > we got great views of a singing EASTERN > MEADOWLARK. What a treat. > > At the Ithaca Airport we had nice views > of both a RED-TAILED HAWK and > an AMERICAN KESTREL. > > Back at the Lab I am learning that the > best place to go over your list is > by the feeders. We added COMMON > REDPOLL, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW > (still many!), WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, > and HOUSE FINCH while adding up our > species totals. > > For just 4 1/2 hours of birding, we totaled > 56 species. Not bad. More importantly we > got great views of many of our beautiful > watefowl and migrants. > > Dave Nicosia > Johnson City, NY > -- 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/ --
