There is NO contrast as the sky is cloudless. No doubt a big push likely going on, but maybe hard to see and very high up. Thermal heights yesterday with full sun reached around 8000 feet high!! Might be hard to see, especially on a cloudless sky.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 11:55 AM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes < c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Watch the skies for Broad-winged Hawks!! > > Sincerely, > Chris > > On Apr 23, 2018, at 11:43 AM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com> > wrote: > > What a morning! > > I went out first thing every morning last week to my favorite Louisiana > Waterthrush spot on Leonard Road (Caroline), watching for the bird’s first > arrival. For the past two years I have recorded one, sometimes two, LOWA > singing an aberrant (and unique) song, and I was interested to see if the > same bird would return this year. I went out again this morning and - bingo > - the bird was singing as I drove up the road. I really don’t know if it IS > the same bird as in the past two years, but it was singing the same (or > similar) song. I will have to download my recordings and look at it more > closely. > > While there I was hit by number of newly-arrived (and singing) birds. A > HERMIT THRUSH called softly (not yet singing). A PILEATED WOODPECKER called > maniacally in the distance (thanks Dave Nutter for that description - I > think it fits beautifully), A COOPER’S HAWK flew in, perched for a bit, > then flew off. And, finally, my first-of-year BLUE HEADED VIREO was singing > as I drove back down the road. > > After all that, it seemed like everyone I ran into downtown was smiling! > It must be the change in weather. For me, it’s the birds. > > Bob McGuire > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ > > -- > > > -- > Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes > Field Applications Engineer > Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 > W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp > > -- > *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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/>!* > -- > -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
