Re: [cayugabirds-l] Windy day makes great swallowing!

2013-05-26 Thread nutter.dave
As I walked into Stewart Park along Fall Creek Saturday morning about 9:30am I heard CHIMNEY SWIFTS overhead and looked up in time to see a squadron of at least 13 of them coming erratically downstream above tree top level. While Stuart I waited by the swan pond for Ann's arrival we saw BARN,

[cayugabirds-l] Windy day makes great swallowing!

2013-05-25 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
I went up to Myers/Salt Pt on a lark, so to speak, knowing the NW winds were fast and furious. And they were! White caps, 2-3 foot waves, rollers, crashing on the shore, spray hitting the side of the Myers lighthouse which I was soon standing behind. Now, you might expect there would be

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Windy day makes great swallowing!

2013-05-25 Thread Ann Mitchell
Hi Chris and all, Stuart, Dave and I headed north today. The white caps at Myers were wild, but at Puddlers off Towpath Road, we also had white caps. We also thought we saw some in the large puddles on Towpath Road. A very windy day! Birding was good. Stewart Park had MANY Chimney Swifts in the