Hello all, 3 weeks ago I recorded 8-10 Type 1 Red Crossbills on territory in the Southern Hills south of Syracuse. Chris Wood and I did a tour of much the same areas yesterday and had 3 RED CROSSBILLS, one undetermined Type (probably Type 1 but it was too distant --same location a type 1 was singing 3 weeks ago) on Muller Hill in Madison County and a pair of Type 10s on North Road --same road where there's been 1-2 pairs of Type 1s for 6 weeks.. We had a lack of Type 1s yesterday (at least no definitive observations), but I suspect they are in the middle of nesting and are just quiet. Other good sightings were a young NORTHERN GOSHAWK at close range on Muller Hill, nesting CLIFF SWALLOWS outside DeRuyter, calling SWAINSON'S THRUSHES on North Rd Pharsalia (they nest there), a few Broad-winged Hawks, a flyover PURPLE MARTIN in Pharsalia that Chris saw and heard, calling VIRGINIA RAIL at Perkins Pond Pharsalia, and much more.
Several Red Crossbills have been reported in recent days from the western Adirondacks. Chris had 2 very probable Type 10s in early July in the western 'dacks while doing a BBS route, and back in March I recorded 12 Type 10s in the western 'dacks as well. cheers, Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
