Re: [cayugabirds-l] northeast notes: NESP on Bluegrass Lane, northeast Ithaca

[Kenneth Victor Rosenberg]

Awesome Tom. I walked my dog there yesterday, but had to avoid the wetter 
spots. I had 2 VESPER SPARROWs in the dry area just to the west of the taller 
switchgrass.

flyover PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, BLUEBIRD, as well as calling WINTER WREN and 
visual HERMIT THRUSH in my yard this morning. Ah, October!

KEN


Ken Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2412
607-342-4594 (cell)
k...@cornell.edu

On Oct 22, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Tom Schulenberg wrote:


This morning while walking the dog I found a Nelson's Sparrow somewhere other 
than Hog Hole. I doubt if the bird can be relocated, but then, who knows what 
else may be in the same location?

There is a field of tall grass (switchgrass?) along the west side of the 
northern portion of Bluegrass Lane (that is, Bluegrass just south of Hanshaw). 
I discovered this morning that there is an unpaved track that runs north/south 
through the middle of the switchgrass. The northern portion of this track is 
more or less dry, but the southern (lower) portion is quite damp. As I was 
walking through the switchgrass along this track, I flushed many sparrows, 
mostly Song and Savannah, but also the one Nelson's. The Nelson's was, not 
surprisingly, at the southern (wetter) end, and not too far from the edge of 
the patch of switchgrass. It popped up and perched near the top of the grass 
for about a minute, semi-concealed but with a decent view of the breast and 
facial pattern, and then dropped down again.

Good birding,


tss

--
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Research Associate
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca  NY  14850
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist

voice:  607.254.1113
email:  ts...@cornell.edu, 
tschulenb...@gmail.com


--
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/

--

[cayugabirds-l] northeast notes: NESP on Bluegrass Lane, northeast Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

This morning while walking the dog I found a Nelson's Sparrow somewhere
other than Hog Hole. I doubt if the bird can be relocated, but then, who
knows what else may be in the same location?

There is a field of tall grass (switchgrass?) along the west side of the
northern portion of Bluegrass Lane (that is, Bluegrass just south of
Hanshaw). I discovered this morning that there is an unpaved track that runs
north/south through the middle of the switchgrass. The northern portion of
this track is more or less dry, but the southern (lower) portion is quite
damp. As I was walking through the switchgrass along this track, I flushed
many sparrows, mostly Song and Savannah, but also the one Nelson's. The
Nelson's was, not surprisingly, at the southern (wetter) end, and not too
far from the edge of the patch of switchgrass. It popped up and perched near
the top of the grass for about a minute, semi-concealed but with a decent
view of the breast and facial pattern, and then dropped down again.

Good birding,


tss

-- 
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Research Associate
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca  NY  14850
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist

voice:  607.254.1113
email:  ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.com

--

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/

--