Thanks for sharing this, Ken. Good sightings, Chris. But let's not forget the importance of counting all of those boring Chickadees and Juncos and the dedicated counters who contribute! Someone has to do it!
Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu On Jan 2, 2013, at 11:11 PM, "Kenneth Victor Rosenberg" <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > In talking to Chris Wood some more today, I realized that he had seen several > other species yesterday that were not found by official counters of the CBC > -- really shows what kind of diversity a top birder can find when they are > covering the whole area looking for target birds instead of walking all over > counting chickadees and juncos. In addition to the Surd Scoter, Long-tailed > Diuck, Glaucous Gull, N. Goshawk, and N. Saw Whet Owl, Chris also had numbers > of CANVASBACK from Hog Hole in the afternoon, a HORNED GREBE near the > lighthouse, and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW with Tree Sparrows somewhere near > Drake Rd. That would bump our 2013 total to 98, a new Ithaca high count, PLUS > Chris saw Green-winged Teal, N. Shoverler, and Lesser black-backed Gull all > juist north of the circle at Myer's Point. > > KEN > > > Ken Rosenberg > Conservation Science Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 607-254-2412 > 607-342-4594 (cell) > k...@cornell.edu > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
