[nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull - Ithaca (Tompkins Co.)

NYbirders, There has been a cooperative juvenile Thayer's Gull in Ithaca since Saturday (7 Nov); presumably the same bird was seen on Friday almost 20 miles north of Ithaca on Cayuga Lake. The bird has been seen at Stewart Park (where it roosts), the docks at Treman Marine State Park, and the

[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallows appearing along Lake Ontario shore

Posted on Genesee Birds only but worthy of wider dissemination. A few Cave Swallows were reported from CT and NJ in late Oct, but I'm not aware of any being reported from coastal sites today or over the weekend. Suspect they are following an arc and will perhaps filter east and/or south during the

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 09, 2009 * NYSY 0911.09 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 02, 2009 - November 09, 2009 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[nysbirds-l] Cackling Goose at Caumsett S.P.; Barnacle Goose - YES, Pink-footed - NO at Sunken Meadow S.P.

I made my annual late fall visit to Caumsett State Park (Lloyd Neck, Suffolk Co.) on this stunning Indian summer day. I arrived at 8:30 and shortly thereafter (~9:00) found a single CACKLING GOOSE present among ~60 Canada Geese in the field directly north of the rest rooms and just east of the old

[nysbirds-l] Pink-footed Goose -- thoughts on finding

Hi All, Tom Johnson, Carolyn Sedgwick, Jessie Barry and I spent the better part of the day enjoying the Canada Geese, gulls, flyover passerines and traffic at Sunken Meadow State Park. Despite spending much of the day there, we did not see the geese until 3:02PM. Tom Johnson first saw the

[nysbirds-l] Cackling Goose at Caumsett S.P.; Barnacle Goose - YES, Pink-footed - NO at Sunken Meadow S.P.

I made my annual late fall visit to Caumsett State Park (Lloyd Neck, Suffolk Co.) on this stunning Indian summer day. I arrived at 8:30 and shortly thereafter (~9:00) found a single CACKLING GOOSE present among ~60 Canada Geese in the field directly north of the rest rooms and just east of the old

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 09, 2009 * NYSY 0911.09 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 02, 2009 - November 09, 2009 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[nysbirds-l] Cave Swallows appearing along Lake Ontario shore

Posted on Genesee Birds only but worthy of wider dissemination. A few Cave Swallows were reported from CT and NJ in late Oct, but I'm not aware of any being reported from coastal sites today or over the weekend. Suspect they are following an arc and will perhaps filter east and/or south during the

[nysbirds-l] Thayer's Gull - Ithaca (Tompkins Co.)

NYbirders, There has been a cooperative juvenile Thayer's Gull in Ithaca since Saturday (7 Nov); presumably the same bird was seen on Friday almost 20 miles north of Ithaca on Cayuga Lake. The bird has been seen at Stewart Park (where it roosts), the docks at Treman Marine State Park, and the