Just for the record, I did not "see" any of my migrating Broad-wings without binoculars- except for the initial two that caused me to look up. I found the rest by scanning the sky with binoculars, as the birds were extremely high and seemed to be following an imaginary (not to them I guess!) line across the sky.
Ken Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2013, at 6:10 AM, "Susan Fast" <sustf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was at Mt. Pleasant during the brief clear period and could find only 12 > BROADWINGS (which is about right as my eyes are only 1/2 as good as Ken's). > I, too, had 2 OSPREYS. Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-107949251-9286...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-107949251-9286...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kenneth V. > Rosenberg > Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:34 PM > To: Kenneth V. Rosenberg > Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged hawks migrating now > > In addition to the migrating hawks (ended up w only 28 BROAD-WINGS and 2 > OSPREYS during the brief clear period), migrant warblers seemed to be > everywhere today. Checking chickadee flocks in my yard, in the woods between > Arrowwood Lane and Tareyton Park, and on E King Rd, I saw multiple > BLACKPOLL, BAY-BREASTED, MAGNOLIA, NASHVILLE, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK THROATED > GREEN, COM YELLOWTHROAT, and single CHESTNUT SIDED, REDSTART, TENNESSEE, > WILSONS, and HOODED. > > Ken > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 14, 2013, at 1:41 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" <k...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > >> The blue sky has brought migrating Broad-winged Hawks over Ithaca. Look > up! >> >> Ken. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> -- >> >> 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
