I was just at Ithaca Falls and I can confirm they are Great Egrets. One was at the base of the falls, the other two up on the gorge wall on the north side farther away from the falls. The one from the base flew over to one of the egrets, they had a little squabble and all three remained on the wall. Every once in a while, one would fly down to the water lever and search for food.
Pretty cool to watch wildlife so close to home. (I live two blocks from Ithaca Falls) -- muhammad arif https://www.instagram.com/arif.photos/ http://facebook.com/m.arif.photos/ https://mainetomiami.wordpress.com From: Jay McGowan<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 12:57 PM To: Norm Trigoboff<mailto:tt5...@yahoo.com> Cc: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] egrets Other observers reported three Great Egrets (the much more expected species, black legs with yellow bills) at this location last night. Interesting spot for them, so cool observation. Jay On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:49 PM Norm Trigoboff <tt5...@yahoo.com<mailto:tt5...@yahoo.com>> wrote: Three snowy egrets fishing and enjoying the spray at the base of Ithaca Falls. (They had black legs at any rate. If they're another kind of egret, please tell me off list.) -- 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/ -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu> -- 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/ --
