[cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12
Got some birding in with Dan Watkins and Capt. Mike Ackeley before storms. Myer's Point- 2 singing ORCHARD ORIOLES. 1 female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER hanging around with a male and female common merganser. Lake Road- 2 singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS as others have had. Montezuma Wildlife Drive- 1 SNOW GOOSE sitting on a nest mound with a CANADA GOOSE!! There was also another CANADA GOOSE nearby did this snow goose breed with the canada? The bird was opposite to Larue's/Lesser Yellowlegs unit on a mound fairly close to road. New Shorebird Flats- 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at least. also other more common ones. Benning Marsh- star of the day: HUDSONIAN GODWIT putting on a show for 3 carloads of birders foraging fairly close to road. wow. also 2-3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS among common ones. Towpath Road- had all 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES again. 2 male and 2 female. Also 3 SANDERLINGS. many other common ones that others have seen...dunlin, semipalmated sandpipers/plovers. black-bellied plovers etc. No HUGO here today. I also had a bird that I thought was a candidate for a BAIRD'S. The bird was a little bigger and light brown vs the more grayish WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS of which there were a couple there. This guy was not a pectoral did not have breast pattern of a pec. I wasn't sure...and it was fairly distant (60x in scope). So I did not list it on e-bird. But others should watch for this guy. Someone reported one here last week. Armitage Road- 2 PROTHONTARY WARBLERS singing. One seen very close. wow. King road- same CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing from top of the farthest spruce tree from the road. Totaled 106 species which was Capt. Mike's first 100+ day. Plus got great looks at a lot of awesome birds. Then the storms hit Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12
Ha Ha, this sentence fragment might appear in those jokes about improperly constructed sentences! Thanks, Dave! Benning Marsh- star of the day: HUDSONIAN GODWIT putting on a show for 3 carloads of birders foraging fairly close to road. wow. also 2-3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS among common ones. -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12
Here is small sample of photos from today. Now back to some foraging... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629959515410/ From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com To: Cayugabirds- L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu; Bluewing bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:52 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights around Cayuga Basin Today 5/29/12 Got some birding in with Dan Watkins and Capt. Mike Ackeley before storms. Myer's Point- 2 singing ORCHARD ORIOLES. 1 female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER hanging around with a male and female common merganser. Lake Road- 2 singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS as others have had. Montezuma Wildlife Drive- 1 SNOW GOOSE sitting on a nest mound with a CANADA GOOSE!! There was also another CANADA GOOSE nearby did this snow goose breed with the canada? The bird was opposite to Larue's/Lesser Yellowlegs unit on a mound fairly close to road. New Shorebird Flats- 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at least. also other more common ones. Benning Marsh- star of the day: HUDSONIAN GODWIT putting on a show for 3 carloads of birders foraging fairly close to road. wow. also 2-3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS among common ones. Towpath Road- had all 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES again. 2 male and 2 female. Also 3 SANDERLINGS. many other common ones that others have seen...dunlin, semipalmated sandpipers/plovers. black-bellied plovers etc. No HUGO here today. I also had a bird that I thought was a candidate for a BAIRD'S. The bird was a little bigger and light brown vs the more grayish WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS of which there were a couple there. This guy was not a pectoral did not have breast pattern of a pec. I wasn't sure...and it was fairly distant (60x in scope). So I did not list it on e-bird. But others should watch for this guy. Someone reported one here last week. Armitage Road- 2 PROTHONTARY WARBLERS singing. One seen very close. wow. King road- same CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing from top of the farthest spruce tree from the road. Totaled 106 species which was Capt. Mike's first 100+ day. Plus got great looks at a lot of awesome birds. Then the storms hit Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/ --
