Solitary adult Mute Swan cruising majestically north, close to shore along Elm Beach, Town of Romulus. Uninterested in local Mallards and two female Common Mergansers onshore.
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Tilden Chao <tildenc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today, May 23, my dad and I went for an early morning > before-school run to Myers Point. We saw Jay McGowan's post to the list, > and were hoping to find the Laughing Gull, etc. As soon as we arrived at > Myers, we were greeted with the sight of Ann Mitchell and Dave Nutter, who > helped us spot a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER high in a tree. After taking > pretty good looks at the bird, we moved on to the spit. At the spit we > sadly did not find the Laughing Gull, which we were told had taken off to > the west at 7:41 AM, just before we arrived. However, we did hear an INDIGO > BUNTING and saw a RUDDY TURNSTONE in breeding plumage. Though these were > definitely the highlights of our trip, we also sighted a very unusual gull. > This RING-BILLED GULL had a very hooked bill which resembled the bill of a > Snail Kite. This gull was apart from all the other ring-bills, and looked > like a cross between a gull and a shrike-like form. > The Osprey was present, and flying low over the trees. Thanks to > Dave, Ann and Jay who helped us spot the very satisfying Yellow-throated > Warbler. > After this, I was off to school, where I abruptly saw two very > red SCARLET TANAGERS. I am sure these were tanagers, not cardinals, because > the tanagers' black wings were clearly visible. Two males together, my dad > said, was probably a case of migration where males aren't so tense with > each other. > Good Birding, > Tilden > -- > *-Tilden* > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/ --
