Just for the record, there were NO gulls at the compost piles on Stevenson
today, at least between 10:30 and 1:30. Not sure where they were, or where
Ken's flyover came from. Wish I knew.
Only other birds of note that I can offer for the day are a HORNED GREBE and
calling EASTERN TOWHEE at Stewart Park. The transitional grebe has a brown
face and fluffy white butt that made me identify it as Pied-billed at first.
But a second look, paying attention to the bill especially, made me change that
ID.
Towhee was calling (tu-WEE) from Jetty Woods. I thought it was probably a
starling the first few times I heard it while watching Common Goldeneye and
Hooded Mergansers displaying in Fall Creek by the boathouse. But it finally
called loud enough to convince me.
Lots of redpolls on Yellow Barn (ca. 50), including 2 very pale, hoaryish ones
(1 male, 1 female).
Kevin
-Original Message-
From: bounce-9181336-3493...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-9181336-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kenneth Victor
Rosenberg
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 6:21 PM
To: cb
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sat. PM yard migrants
I didn't get outside today until late afternoon (4 PM) but did an hour of
skywatching from my back deck -- and caught the tail end of today's migration.
Best bird was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL among scattered HERRING and many
RING-BILLED GULLS -- not sure if these were migrants or late afternoon
commuters from the Stevenson Rd. area. A loose flock of 8-10 smallish
passerines flying north over the neighborhood turned out to be HORNED LARKS.
Several large flocks of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS with a few GRACKLES, and in a
separate flock of GRACKLES I picked out 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. 1 large flock of
SNOW GEESE -- no small or dark individuals. No raptors.
KEN
Ken Rosenberg
Director of Conservation Science
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2412
607-342-4594 (cell)
k...@cornell.edu
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