Livia and I were able to count at least 22 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in this flock when many were arrayed in the field on the east side of the road. Many birds were still absent at this point, so the actual count may be much higher.
Not too much else of interest today, although I did see continuing Ring-necked x scaup hybrids and an intriguing pale Aythya in the flock at the southwest corner of the lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21729908 And good numbers of waterfowl but nothing special at Myers: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21730013 Jay On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > Benjamin Van Dorn just reported a very high count of at least eleven > LAPLAND LONGSPURS among over a thousand SNOW BUNTINGS & HORNED LARKS around > the dairy farm at the intersection of Lansing-Genoa Townline Rd and Davis & > Mahaney Rds. > > From Ithaca take East Shore Drive north to the end. Go left onto NYS-34B > (Ridge Rd) to the county line and take the right turn onto L-G Townline Rd. > The dairy is at the first crossroad, which is Mahaney Rd on the left/north > in Cayuga County, and Davis Rd on the right/south in Tompkins County. > > Although there was no indication in BVD's text, the field birds are > typically in the fields NE of the intersection. For those keeping a > Tompkins County list it can be a challenge. > > --Dave Nutter > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
