Myers Point was fairly quiet this morning. Despite seemingly much better
migration conditions today than yesterday (very calm northwestish wind
instead of strong south), I saw VERY few birds moving, in contrast to
yesterday when dozens of loons and good numbers of geese were moving.
Stupid birds.
I forgot to mention that after Myers I checked Salt Point, where I found a
late immature male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a large flock of goldfinches, and
several American Tree Sparrows.
-Jay
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:
Myers Point was fairly quiet this
I made a quick run up to Aurora over lunch today. The water was flat,
no shimmer, and all the birds on the water were readily visible. In
addition to a flock of Ring-billed Gulls and 2 Great Black-backed
Gulls, I noted 171 Common Loons. I am sure that there were more. They
were spread out
Thanks Steve! What would I do without you??
Your reply reminded me that, in addition to all of the loons,
scoters, grebes, and gulls at Aurora, I also had one DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT.
Bob
On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Susan Fast wrote:
Re: loons
On Oct. 23 of last year, just north of
Doing some even more crude calculations I figure Bob had 4.54 Double-crested Cormorants. Bob I crossed paths at Myers at noon, and thanks to his brief note of what he'd found, I made the effort and also saw the RED-THROATED LOON far out in the lake, along with, coincidentally, 110 COMMON LOONS.
I didn't mention the sounds the shrike was making yesterday, because it was
such an odd noise, that I looked around for a flock of starlings, and then
decided it must be the trees squeaking in the wind. But last night I listened
to the N Shrike on Birdtunes, and that was really how un-birdlike
