This morning, while checking a couple of areas for possible sparrows of interest, I came upon a female DICKCISSEL in one of the grassy lanes to the Northwest of the Cornell Recreation Center, located South of Hanshaw Road in the Town of Dryden.
The bird was seen a couple of times and photographed poorly by me (digiscoped through Leica binoculars with iPhone, at great distance). Later, after Kevin and Jay McGowan arrived, the bird was subsequently relocate and photographed much better. We also heard the bird produce a series of very peculiar low frequency “chup” or “drip”-like sounding calls; these were atypical and not the classic flatulant-sounding “brrrrt!” that we often hear as a flight call (esp. at night). Also at this location was a single LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a couple of PALM WARBLERS, among other sparrows (Song, Savannah, Swamp, White-throated). eBird checklist (and map point) with crappy photo can be viewed here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31888389 Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418<tel:607-254-2418> M: 607-351-5740<tel:607-351-5740> F: 607-254-1132<tel:607-254-1132> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
