Hi all, Bill, I hope you had a nice flight at Mt. Pleasant tonight. 35 mi SW, in Horseheads, we had cloudy skies with light winds from the northwest and quite a few birds moving between 10:15 - 10:45. The calls were predominantly Swainson's Thrush with a fair number of Veery and I believe few Red-breasted Grosbeak. I didn't note any other thrushes. A Common Yellowthroat was the only higher frequency call I noted during the 30 minutes I was listening. Other calls of interest were Green Heron, a Caspian Tern, and a very loquacious Eastern Screech-owl.
Cheers, Mike - Mike Powers Horseheads, NY On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Bill Evans <[email protected]>wrote: > Greetings, > > Forecast is for clear skies and a light north wind early tonight. There may > be some birds migrating early on, though I don't expect a huge flight. For > anyone interested, I'll be up in the near vicinity of the Mount Pleasent > Observatory (top of Mt. Pleasant Rd. a few miles east of Ithaca, NY) by 9PM > and will have two audio stations available for listeners. It might be a good > night to learn the night flight calls of Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swainson's > and Gray-cheeked Thrush, and some of the more distinctive warblers as they > pass southward toward the tropics for the winter. > > If you come up, dress warmly and please drive carefully in the vicinity of > the observatory as there may be people wandering about and cars turning > around. Parking is on the shoulder of Mt. Pleasant Rd. > > Should be a beautiful evening in any case, and I'm told Uranus will > be visible with binoculars (and perhaps by eye) to the right of Jupiter. > I'll be there until at least 11PM, later if the migration is good. > > Bill Evans > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
