I flushed a surprising 4 Vespers today from the field eest of Bluegrass
Lane, northeast Ithaca. They were in the northwest quadrant of the cut
field of switchgrass, near the corn - into which they disappeared when
flushed.
tss
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I did a leisurely day of birding around Tompkins County today. Highlights
include:
A continuing NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the bog on Purvis Rd, south of Dryden
Lake. I had this bird a couple of weeks ago, and considered that a late date.
But, I figured I'd try again today, and it was still the
Some may be interested to know that the SANDHILL CRANE family (2 adults, 2
juveniles) continues in the Carncross Rd. vicinity; i.e.Nothern Montezuma.
There were a lot of hunters in the area today, so the adults were very
vigilant, while the young foraged in the corn stubble almost constantly.
The j
We're on our way back now, but we had a pretty successful trip until the
train started in earnest. Highlights were a very late BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER in the willows along shore at Long Point State Park; BONAPARTE'S
GULLS off Frontenac Park and Harris Park; both GLOSSY and WHITE-FACED IBIS
at
Hi all,
I just looked out of my computer room window into the yard as I saw a robin. On
looking out I found 18 Am. Robins feeding on the ground. May be warm rain
brought the earthworms to the surface. So I watched them for sometime after I
typed this. But I don't see them picking up earthworms,
Driving on Rt. 96 near Romulus about 10:30am this morning I saw what I
suspected to be a Cattle Egret in a field with some dairy cows. I didn't have
my binos with me to check it out. About 1pm today, Mary Jean and our
granddaughter Emma and I went back and confirmed it to be a Cattle Egret. W
I spent an hour or so at Stewart Park at mid-day today, hoping that Dave
Nicosia's predictions might come true before the winds shifted. It was pretty
quiet, but I did pick out a group of 4 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS far off the center
of the park and a single female-type BLACK SCOTER further to the w
Here's a few shots of the shorebirds that Jay mentioned at Colvin Marsh
Savannah, NY across from the MAC.
Did not get a decent one of the odd dunlin.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157637243721246/
What is nice about this place is that you can actually get CLOSE to the
shoreb
Here is our checklist with the Black-throated Green (although I think
others may have gotten better pictures):
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15544306
And Colvin Marsh with the white-faced Dunlin:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15547469
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 10:12 PM,
MNWR Saturday sightings not posted elsewhere:
2 Common Gallinule (or possibly 1 fast-paddling) at VanDyne Spoor Rd.
Ross's Goose at Knox-Marsellus at sunset
3 Long-billed Dowitchers flying around K-M at sunset
David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY
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