[cayugabirds-l] White-rumped Sandpiper - Myers Point (Tompkins Co.)

A lovely WR Sandpiper dropped in to the spit at Myers Point at 545 AM with two Least Sandpipers. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] treetop fight

Last evening the peaceful singing of grosbeak, oriole, and tanager was interrupted by the piercing shrieks of a green heron and angry caws of a crow, both of whom claim a nesting spot in our little (1/2 acre?) spruce grove. They went on and on, back and forth, and there was a lot of flapping

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point, Tompkins Co. (shorebirds, nesting Purple Martins)

Cayugabirders, I got to Myers Point in Lansing early this morning and stayed from 5:30-7:30 AM. Highlights among 58 species were single passing Black-bellied Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper (this bird flew in and stayed for half an hour with a few Least Sandpipers before heading out to the