Red-headed Woodpeckers bred at Cayuga Lake State Park this year. I think they used a tree south of the boat ramp. In mid-September Ann Mitchell & I saw both an adult and a juvenile in trees on the opposite/west side Lower Lake Road near a lodge and north of the parking lot & office. There have been persistent reports lately of an adult in the area (with references to the playground), including caching acorns, so it seems to be planning to stay the winter.
- - Dave Nutter > On Dec 16, 2023, at 7:20 PM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > After I watched the Snow geese for a while at Dean’s Cove, then by the road > in Varick, I drove north on Rt. 89 to the Knox Marcellus marsh to look at the > sandhill cranes ( & swans & ducks). > > I think there were 3-400 cranes & many of them were calling & flying out of > the marsh , across East Road, & several seemed to land in a corn field just > over the hill to the west. > > Just as I was about to leave, a guy in an olive-ish-green Subaru Forester > pulled up to chat, and we talked about the snow geese which he thinks flew > out of the main pool of Montezuma visitors center in the morning & over to > the lake. > As he was about to leave, he said, “and don’t forget about the Redheaded > woodpecker over at Cayuga Lake State Park!” > > I said that I didn’t know about that bird and he said it was across from one > of the offices & a parking lot of the state park people, and on the lake side > of the road. > > I did not have time to go look for it & the sun was setting, so I thought > chances were slim that I could find it, anyway. > > Donna Scott > Kendal at Ithaca-377 > Sent from my iPhone > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
