Hi all, In the last week or so, I've been having good luck finding or relocating uncommon winter species from the Christmas Bird Count (or before), not all of which have been posted here. A GRAY CATBIRD is wintering on Arrowwood Trail -- the east-west lane that continues east from Arrowwood Drive in Lansing -- in the understory of the open pine woods, in dense poison ivy vines with berries and dense shrubs. Detected only a few times, even though I've been there more frequently. A FIELD SPARROW and a SAVANNAH Sparrow are on Bluegrass Lane in NE Ithaca, being seen regularly. Also 2-3 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS with Starlings by the Horse Barns.
Yesterday, I found a WINTER WREN on the trail through Renwick Woods next to Stewart Park. Today I saw the YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at the Wegmans Canal in Ithaca -- showing signs of body molt w some black feathers coming in on the breast. Also, I flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE this morning near the frozen ponds at the east side of the Ithaca Airport. As others have noted, a large (for here) raft of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS has gathered off Stewart Park (best viewed from East Shore Park or through the trees from Rt. 89 north of Hogs Hole. Today I counted 47. Also at leaf 18 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 10 HORNED GREBES in the same vicinity. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto: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/ --
