Hi Dave and all, It may be the weather pattern that brought the Cattle Egrets to the town. I believe there were two more Cattle Egrets in the Buffalo region in last two days (reported to Genesee Birds).
Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: bounce-110150910-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-110150910-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Dave Nutter [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 10:33 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egret(s)? The CATTLE EGRET which we saw on the east side of NYS-96 a short distance north of Bromka Rd in Romulus had a slight wash of blond on the forehead. The bird on the dock across Treman Marina was much farther away, so it was hard to see whether it had this wash or not, but Jay showed me a photo he took by going much closer (after noticing that it did not move when a guy with a big active dog walked along that side of the marina), and that photo showed a much whiter forehead. I bet the bird we saw in Romulus will come back again to the same field, even though the cows are a bit unwelcoming. It came back after Marty saw it leave yesterday. As for how crazy it is for Cattle Egrets to be around this late, there seems to be a pattern of them showing up in the basin well into autumn. I once found one at Goose Haven (along NYS-89 south of South Spring Pool by Montezuma NWR) in mid-December. I welcome others' theories as to whether these birds got blown north on the recent strong south winds or just happened to show up now on their way south from somewhere else. --Dave Nutter On Nov 03, 2013, at 03:44 PM, Ann Mitchell <annmitchel...@gmail.com> wrote: Around 11:30 a.m.Dave and I saw the Cattle Egret Marty spotted yesterday near Romulus. It gave us great views next to the road with 20 plus cows. The cows seemed to harass it a bit. It then flew to the west side of the road over some trees. An hour plus later one was reported at Treman Marina. We stopped to see that egret. It is hard to say if it was the same bird we saw up north. Good birding, 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) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu<http://www.mail-archive.com/<a%20href=>/maillist.html'>http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu<mailto: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: 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/ --
