No Red-necked Phalaropes Ithaca NY

Doug Beattie and I went to Stewart Park and searched the green floating masses off the tennis courts then searched the shores to the west then to the east and saw a beautiful Blue Goose amongst some Canada Geese and many Mallards, No Phalaropes and not much else out there or near shore. As we p

Re: 2 plovers, 1 peep at Myers this a.m.

Doug Beattie and I saw the same 3 birds at Meyers Point north of Ithaca this evening. As we were driving away a guy with a dog walked out to the end of the point. Oh well. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY Same three birds today at the Myers spit, were there when I arrived at 10am, still there

A. AVOCET & BITTERNS

Don't give up!! This was my 4th try this past wk. to see the Avocet & goodness knows how many since spring to see a Bittern. At 7:45 this evening a very helpful birder from Syr./Oneida Birds helped me find the A. Avocet just as I was ready to give up .. mosquitoes were REALLY blood thirsty.

Re: 2 plovers, 1 peep at Myers this a.m.

Same three birds today at the Myers spit, were there when I arrived at 10am, still there now at 4:30, after the kiters came and left. The semi was doing the "jimmy-legs", tapping the ground quickly with one leg, presumably to scare up some grubs? Suan On Aug 26, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Paul Hur

Stewart Park - Phalaropes and more

Hello all: I headed out to Stewart Park this afternoon in search of the Red-necked Phalaropes and was not disappointed. I saw 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES fairly far out (needed a scope to ID them) in the floating vegetation off the tennis courts, which were still there when I left at 12:15pm. Other hi

Stewart Park

This morning I arrived at Stewart Park around 8:45am and found a small group of about 8 peeps out from the tennis courts. I couldn't make out a ton of detail, so I started looking for the RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and I eventually found all four that Tom found yesterday. Eventually all of the peeps st

stewart park

at least 2 rn phalaropes still off tennis courts at 8.50am ryan -- Ryan Douglas r...@cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Sapsucker Woods, Sat 8/29

Along Sapsucker Woods Road on Saturday morning (~8:00 AM), I found a songbird flock that included MAGNOLIA, CHESTNUT-SIDED (2+), BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE (2+), and WILSON'S WARBLER, plus a Red-eyed Vireo, and some chickadees, titmice, and woodpeckers. Bef

American Avocet back at MNWR

Kevin Ripka of Pennsylvania reports that an American Avocet is at Mays Point Pool at Montezuma NWR as of 645 am. -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.