Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman and I had two Gray Catbirds at that location this morning. Unfortunately we failed to find the Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, or Brown-headed Cowbirds at Bluegrass Lane. A brisk walk through Lettie Cook Woods in Union Springs did yield 1 Brown Creeper, 1 Yellow-crowned Kinglet, and 1 Ruby-Crowned Kinglet as well as the usual suspects. Susan
On Jan 19, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In the last week or so, I've been having good luck finding or relocating > uncommon winter species from the Christmas Bird Count (or before), not all of > which have been posted here. A GRAY CATBIRD is wintering on Arrowwood Trail > -- the east-west lane that continues east from Arrowwood Drive in Lansing -- > in the understory of the open pine woods, in dense poison ivy vines with > berries and dense shrubs. Detected only a few times, even though I've been > there more frequently. A FIELD SPARROW and a SAVANNAH Sparrow are on > Bluegrass Lane in NE Ithaca, being seen regularly. Also 2-3 BROWN-HEADED > COWBIRDS with Starlings by the Horse Barns. > > Yesterday, I found a WINTER WREN on the trail through Renwick Woods next to > Stewart Park. Today I saw the YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at the Wegmans Canal in > Ithaca -- showing signs of body molt w some black feathers coming in on the > breast. Also, I flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE this morning near the frozen ponds > at the east side of the Ithaca Airport. > > As others have noted, a large (for here) raft of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS has > gathered off Stewart Park (best viewed from East Shore Park or through the > trees from Rt. 89 north of Hogs Hole. Today I counted 47. Also at leaf 18 > LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 10 HORNED GREBES in the same vicinity. > > KEN > > Ken Rosenberg > Conservation Science Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 607-254-2412 > 607-342-4594 (cell) > [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: 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/ --
