Melissa Penta and I got great views mainly with the scope of the YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD almost immediately when we arrived at West Corners Marsh around 7 am.
I briefly heard the buzz saw sounding call while she was the first to sight it. The white on the wings in flight is very distinctive! What a great bird for Broome County and many thanks to Sara Kinch for posting this last night!!! Bob Grosek stopped by while we were there and he could not recall if we have ever had one in Broome County before. Anyone know? Anyway I got some fair digi-scoped images which are distant. I put theexact location of where we had the bird on the mapping feature of flickr for those interested in finding the bird. The bird is best seen if you pull onto the road that the school is on. This road is above the marsh and gives you the best views. see http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629546647154/ Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
