Thanks for the tip, I spotted it there just a minute ago -- just before I hit send on this email, it was chased off by waxwings. But several of us saw it at the top of the bigger heron tree.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Chris Pelkie <[email protected]> wrote: > After Jay's first alert a week ago, I was successful in spotting the > Olive-sided sallying off the tall dead snags most visible from end of > Sherwood Platform (50' from platform slightly to the right of a line drawn > down the length of the boardwalk leading to the platform). He was silent the > whole time, ignored my half-assed attempts to whistle 'whip-three-beers', and > spent quite a while just catching good things to eat. There was a small mob > of Cedar Waxwings around though they tended to work the bugs at a lower > level. There have been a couple Eastern Kingbirds back in that area for the > last month or longer, and Eastern Wood-Pewees calling from the woods (where > else) but not visible to me. > > Of course the next day, with camera in hand, he was not evident, though I > sort of convinced myself on the basis of GISS alone, that I saw him on the > top of a snag all the way down at the other end of the south east end of the > pond, barely visible in 10x glasses and I suspect not visible from the other > boardwalk, so I didn't make the effort. > > I'm hopeful he'll be evident again today, as I'm packing the optics! It would > be great if he was working off the Heron Tree: much easier shot! > > ChrisP > > > On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Lee Ann van Leer wrote: > >> Sorry, Ok my "hair trigger" device also sent that out before I intended. I >> hate to retract but I'm not positive about the olive-sided now. If only it >> would do a "quick three beers" for me. ;-) so I'm not going to officially >> count it. >> >> I am positive of the bird in that tree still now though. The great blue >> heron. Ha ha. Just a wee bit easier to identify. >> >> I guess one isn't a good/honest bird watcher if they don't have to retract >> something once in awhile. >> >> Gotta go now to figure out which swallow this is I'm watching before phone >> dies. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Lee Ann van Leer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sapsucker woods in larger great blue heron nest and vicinity although not >>> sure if it is coming back as the juvenile GB heron that roosts back in nest >>> tree every eve I've been here just came up right on schedule. >>> >>> This is on snag on main Sapsucker Woods pond. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> -- >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> -- >>> >> >> -- >> >> 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/ >> >> -- >> > > > ______________________ > > Chris Pelkie > Research Analyst > Bioacoustics Research Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
