Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is rarely reported in the Cayuga Lake Basin
generally and in Tompkins County specifically. However, there have been several
reports in recent years from Fall Creek in the Freeville area, two of which
were verified with photographs and accepted by eBird: In May 2021 an
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is a great bird for Tompkins County. Black-crowned
Night-Heron is more likely, but Yellow-crowned is a great find. Thank you for
posting this on Cayugabirds-L!
For the benefit of others, here are a few followup eBird checklists that came
through on the personal eBird
Late this afternoon I watched the Taughannock Peregrine female take delivery of
an unrecognizable catch from the male, fly to the nest with it, then tear it up
to carefully and patiently feed her four little eyases (nestlings).
The Raven female above the great falls was also feeding her three ne
A yellow crowned night heron was seen about 7:00 pm at Groton Avenue Park in
Freeville. I would appreciate knowing how common they are in this area?
Fred Rimmel
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Visited a friend in downtown Ithaca this afternoon and she reported she
had seen her FOY hummer. Last summer she had a window-mounted feeder
and on Monday a Ruby Throated Hummingbird came to that window looking
for a meal, but she hadn't put her feeder out yet. Sometimes the early
bird gets zi
In our yard this morning, was pleased to see a beautiful Brown Thrasher
gleaning seeds on the ground along with juncos and WT Sparrows.
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Sara Jane Hymes
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