After a great RBA field trip, which is not my story to tell (but worth waiting
for!), I headed to a few spots and ended up at the Knox-Marcellus overlook
well after 7 PM for my traditional evening "last-call" birding. Before too
long, I'd picked out a Phalarope that looked much different (SPOI
I just heard from Mike Tetlow that he and others saw a/the male YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD fly south along the power line and drop into the marsh near the pond
at the east end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd this evening.
--Dave Nutter
On Aug 22, 2015, at 03:57 PM, Mamie Weed wrote:
> At 10:50 am this mo
I was at Larue's Lagoon at first light and stayed for an hour, but it seemed
that the Willet, which was found by Jay McGowan early yesterday morning and
seen by Gary Kohlenberg in the evening near dusk, departed overnight. At least
I didn't find it, although I did see a WILSON'S SNIPE, six juven
At 10:50 am this morning my husband & I found a Yellow-headed Blackbird in
the reeds at the end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd. I posted it to Cayuga RBA Text
immediately. Unfortunately, the Yellow-headed Blackbird didn't stick
around long. It flew away north, over the road, about 20 minutes after we
firs
Alexa and I stopped by Lindsay-Parsons today midday to investigate the
wetlands. We were curious to see if the drained beaver pond held
shorebirds, and if water levels had dropped in the larger lake (Coleman
Lake).
We were successful on both counts -- a group of Killdeer & Least Sandpipers
were on
The forecast looks great for hearing flight calls of night migrating birds
across the region tonight.
If anyone is interested in learning some calls, I’ll be up at Mount Pleasant
Observatory listening from 8:30-11pm. For directions, google Hartung-Boothroyd
Observatory. Park on the side of the
A flock of a couple dozen what we think are bobolinks in non-breeding plumage
in the field behind our house this morning.
Marty
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Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu
8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467
Interlaken,
One of my female hummingbirds was sampling the grape jelly at the Oriole
feeder. She seemed to like it since she ate for several minutes. I haven't
seen a hummer eat jelly before.
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