Re: [cayugabirds-l] permission needed for Empire State Farm Days fairgrounds

Agreed, please respect people's property! We just went along the public paved road this morning and still had amazing looks at the Upland Sandpipers, who were only a few feet from the road. One was standing atop a roadside gatepost and provided excellent views as we drove by. That said, sinc

Re: [cayugabirds-l] upland sandpipers

This morning, I went to the Seneca Empire Days Fairgrounds fields with Gaelyn Ong, Abby Duvall, and Erica Roper. Highlights include 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 2 HORNED LARKS, an EASTERN MEADOWLARK, and 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. A SNOW GOOSE also flew over in with a small flock of Canada Geese. Happ

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake and Myers this Afternoon

Hi all, This afternoon, I went with Sarah Maclean and Gaelyn Ong to Dryden Lake and Myers Point. At Dryden Lake (~3:30), we saw some of the Long-tailed Ducks that Jay mentioned earlier, as well as Red-breasted Mergansers, Horned Grebes, Belted Kingfisher, and an Osprey amongst the usual crowd

[cayugabirds-l] Geese over Cornell campus

There are numerous mixed flocks with hundreds of geese each flying over Cornell campus right now. In 15 minutes, I saw ~3000 Canadas, ~2000 Snows, and 3 Cackling. On a belated note, on Sunday afternoon I also observed tens of thousands of blackbirds flying in a dense and unbroken stream at Rout

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park / Jetty Woods 1st-cycle ICELAND GULL

Hi all, Bari Greenfeld, Noah Zallen, and I went birding around Stewart Park / Jetty Woods this morning. We joined Jay McGowan in the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary, and enroute to Jetty Woods we found a very late, first-cycle ICELAND GULL flying over the golf course, continuing northeast until it was

[cayugabirds-l] Friday Mid-day Stewart & Cemetery

Hi all, With the weather as glorious as it has been today, I decided to do a little birding after class. By the Ithaca Cemetery, I found a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and a few RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS amongst many of the usual species. A BROAD-WINGED

MNWR Sunday

My parents and I decided to face the hot weather and went birding at Montezuma late morning/early afternoon. Among our highlights were: - 1 Peregrine Falcon above the May's Point parking lot - 1 Northern Harrier, halfway on Auto Loop - 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, halfway on Auto Loop - A few Pecto