[cayugabirds-l] early Common Gallinule in Montezuma Wetlands Complex

2024-04-02 Thread Dave Nutter
Yesterday afternoon (1 April) I was with Ann Mitchell at the DEC’s Deep Muck and Mitigation Marsh in Savannah when she found a Common Gallinule hiding in reeds. I wasn’t surprised that eBird said it was rare. They will soon be common enough throughout the Montezuma marshes, but this is early for

[cayugabirds-l] Red crossbill irruption year?

2024-04-02 Thread Kevin C Packard
Hi fellow birders, I've been having some success in finding red crossbills recently, mainly where the Finger Lakes Trail crosses Michigan Hollow Rd (the N crossing of the two at the creek), but also today on the FLT near where it crosses Travor Rd in Danby. Jay McGowan was kind enough to tell

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red crossbill irruption year?

2024-04-02 Thread Matthew Young
Hi Kevin, It's the largest type 4 irruption in the northeast in at least 25 years, and it's one of the top three Type 2 irruptions in the same time period. We often have a few type 2 around in the northeast most years. The numbers this year are impressive though. Matt On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 1:20