Thanks Dave. I was there briefly yesterday, looking for Lincoln's but didn't find any. Bob On Sep 23, 2013, at 12:45 PM, David Weber wrote:
> Hi Bob and all else, > > I myself had a Lincoln's Sparrow at the Freese Road gardens yesterday. Jay > and Brad found them first on the 14th and 17th. Also, one was seen at Palmer > Woods on Campus on the 19th. Looks like now is the time to go out and find > them. > > Good birding, > > David Weber > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:12 PM, bob mcguire <[email protected]> > wrote: > Thanks, Jay, for your timely and thorough (as always) report from this > morning. > > I am curious as to when (and by whom) the Lincoln's Sparrows were found at > the Freese Road gardens. Nothing has been reported to Cayugabirds, and I know > that there are many local birders who follow the listserve and yet are not > hooked up to rare or unusual bird alerts. I really miss the days when folks > thought it important enough to report interesting sightings to Cayugabirds. > > Bob McGuire > > On Sep 23, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > >> Myers was pretty quiet this morning, as it has been for the last few >> mornings. Highlight today was a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER that came flying in >> off the lake. I first noticed it because it was giving its high-pitched, >> squeaky calls. It circled the spit once but didn't land, then headed back >> out over the lake. Other birds included a male GREATER SCAUP heading south, >> and one migrant and one local Osprey. >> >> After Myers and Stewart didn't yield much yesterday morning, I walked around >> Hog Hole for a while. The only bird of note was a MARSH WREN that I flushed >> from the grass in the northwest corner. Today at the corner of Cherry Road >> and Snyder Road at the Ithaca Airport I found a flock of at least 10 EASTERN >> MEADOWLARKS. And finally, not sure if it has been posted yet, but LINCOLN'S >> SPARROWS are turning up lots of places this past week, including several >> sightings at the Freese Road gardens. Later migrants such as Ruby-crowned >> Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, >> and Rusty Blackbird have all been seen in the area within the past few days >> as well. >> >> Good birding, >> -Jay >> >> -- >> Jay McGowan >> Macaulay Library >> Cornell Lab of Ornithology >> [email protected] >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > > > -- > David Jonas Weber > Cornell University, Class of 2016 > Natural Resources, Applied Ecology > 2011 CLO Young Birder > Life List: 522 -- 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/ --
