Hi all, In spite of the fact that there seemed to have been a major flight out of the area as south winds and clear skies pushed migrants north last night, Ton and I decided to proceed with our planned "big day" To see as many species as we could in a day. As feared, many migrant warblers and shorebirds had left. Yet we were still able to tally 22 warbler species (but fewer than 10 shorebird species). One big surprise was a couple of GLOSSY IBIS, seen from the east end of Towpath Rd around 7:30 pm. Our species total was 133, which is kind of average for us. I wonder what our total would have been if we had done this a few days earlier. Oh well, it is what it is. We had loads of fun. Our first bird was a spontaneously calling BARRED OWL, at 2:30 am as we were packing up our breakfast. How cool is that! Cheers! Laura
Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu Hunt Hill Rd Ithaca, NYA -- 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/ --
