Date: 8/28/26 7:27 pm From: Shelley Page <shelleypage.imagine...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Aug 27 Thursday Birding Meetup Recap and Next Week Plans
We all know that teens love hanging out at the park. So, we spent our Thursday Birding Meetup yesterday hanging out with teen birds at Stewart Park. Young birds were everywhere--cormorants, sapsucker, mockingbird, northern yellow warbler, mallards, hooded mergansers, wood ducks, green heron, kingfisher and gull. The 18 of us enjoyed the juveniles who were figuring who they are and how to act in the world. We were treated to a closer than usual view of an osprey perched on a willow branch right above us, giving us lovely profile view and a "you lookin' at me?" stare. We saw 26 species in total including 125 cormorants. It was a banner morning for our photographers so there are more photos in this post than usual to showcase all those juvies and that imperial osprey. Enjoy their work! Several of us gathered at Modern Ohana for breakfast as we dreamed up new birding trips. Want to join us next week? Gather with us on September 3 at 7:00 am at the new Three Falls Park (formerly Camp Barton and Frontenac Park) on Cayuga Lake. Directions from Ithaca: Take Route 89 north along the lake. Turn right on to Frontenac Road North (just north of the bridge). Park along the road in the park.
313-550-1437 261 Coddington Road Apt. B Ithaca, New York 14850
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