Much of the Tompkins County Airport grass lands on the north side of the airport area was mowed this week (7/19/12), but the little meadow along Mohawk Rd. between Snyder Rd. and Etna Rd. is unmowed. It is bordered by shrubby bushes and some trees on two sides. Besides the birds reported here (& to Ebird), I saw a Coyote with an injured front leg, but it was getting around OK.
I was also in the area on Snyder Rd. near Warren and Cherry Rds. on Wednesday, 7/18/12, before most of the mowing was done; then I saw a few E. MEADOWLARKS, including one carrying mouthfulls of food into a long grass area, where I assumed there might be a nest. Unfortunately, by today (7/20) that part was all mowed. Mohawk Rd btw Etna & Snyder Rds, Tompkins, US-NY Jul 20, 2012 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: 11 species (+1 other taxa) Green Heron 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Barn Swallow 1 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 5 Eastern Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 1 sparrow sp. 2 Bobolink 10 Eastern Meadowlark 1 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Later on 7/20, I drove slowly down the part of Snyder Rd. opposite the airport terminal and saw: American Kestrel 4 (2 pr) Eastern Kingbird 1 American Crow 3 Barn Swallow 16 European Starling 500 Estimated. A huge flock flew up out of the airport grass area near Warren Rd. when large airplane landed! Eastern Towhee 1 not in grass area by airport, but in bushes on north side of Snyder Rd. American Goldfinch 1 Donna Scott Lansing 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/ --
