February 3, 2012: White Deer near Ovid, New York

December 26, 2011: Snow Geese on the way to Ithaca, New York

February 27, 2011: Ithaca, New York and Cornell Trip

A few bird photos today en route to Ithaca, and at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 Horned Lark in Ovid NY

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Feeder Area

 American Black Duck

Rusty Blackbird

May 1, 2010: Birding In Ithaca, New York

A few photos around Ithaca, including the first ever shot of a Louisiana Waterthrush in nearby Danby.

An American Crow tagged by Cornell

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Red Winged Blackbird

Louisiana Waterthrush

February 14, 2009: Taughannock Falls and Irondequoit Bay

Some photos today, from the Ithaca and Rochester areas...

Taughannock Falls State Park (link)

Ice buildup
Picnic anyone?

Lower falls

Upper falls

Common Raven at the Upper Falls

Closeup of the falling water


IRONDEQUOIT BAY OUTLET - ROCHESTER

Scaup

Trumpeter Swans

Hybrid Black Duck X Mallard Duck

Female Red-Breasted Merganser

White-Winged Scoter

Mallard

Below: Some Long-Tailed Duck shots

This Mute Swan was following us around!

TODAY'S LOCATIONS IN GOOGLE MAPS

June 29, 2008: Cornell Sapsucker Woods Birding (Ithaca, New York)

We spent a little time today birding at Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca, New York.

American Goldfinches
Female Red-Winged Blackbird

American Robin

Purple Finch

LOCATION OF SAPSUCKER WOODS (INTERACTIVE)

January 6, 2008: Ithaca, NY Area Birding (22 BIRD PHOTOS)

We drove down to the Ithaca area today to check out a few things, including reports of Evening Grosbeaks in the Summerhill area. Sucess! We got some great photos of the flock, and some other birds, also. This was on Salt Road near Dresser Rd in Summerhill. If you go, bring a donation of sunflower seed for the feeders - these guys really devour seed! We also visited Cornell's Sapsucker Woods, but did not get photos there. This is a great place to visit!

Shots of the beautiful Evening Grosbeaks on feeders:

Evening Grosbeak and Common Redpoll for size comparison

There was a sizeable Evening Grosbeak flock on the ground:

Evening Grosbeak Flight Shots:

Blue Jay on the feeder here (they looked smaller and greyer here)

Possible Hoary Redpolls? (Above and Below)

Above and Below: Snow Buntings (with some Horned Larks): Groton, NY

Snow Bunting

Flying Snow Bunting flock