All,
I will be at the visitor's center at 700 am and we will drive over to the east
road overlook and walk down on the dike as usual. If you want to meet at the
overlook be there at 715 am. I am not sure of the conditions in KM marsh
regarding water levels. But we will see and there are always
Tompkins County Merlin status for 2021
11 Resident pairs
8 known nests Two known nests failed, 6 fledged young.
One set of fledged young observed, but nest not found (See South Hill below)
Tabulatin of 2021 the same as for 2020
South HillLatest fledging date by at least 30 days out of precedin
Yesterday I ventured down Carncross Road in Savannah to check out the level of
the river- it's high! And FYI, as of yesterday afternoon, the road was flooded
over and I would not attempt to drive through it. However, paddling on the
river this time of year is usually impossible due to low water
Three snowy egrets fishing and enjoying the spray at the base of Ithaca Falls.
(They had black legs at any rate. If they're another kind of egret, please tell
me off list.)
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Other observers reported three Great Egrets (the much more expected
species, black legs with yellow bills) at this location last night.
Interesting spot for them, so cool observation.
Jay
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:49 PM Norm Trigoboff wrote:
> Three snowy egrets fishing and enjoying the spray
That is an interesting spot. I wonder what effect abundant rain and water flow
might have had on this spot that perhaps made it more attractive and lured them
there.
Linda Orkin’s
> On Aug 27, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Jay McGowan wrote:
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> Other observers reported three Great Egrets (the muc
I was just at Ithaca Falls and I can confirm they are Great Egrets. One was at
the base of the falls, the other two up on the gorge wall on the north side
farther away from the falls. The one from the base flew over to one of the
egrets, they had a little squabble and all three remained on the w