[cayugabirds-l] RED-THROATED LOON juv far e
RED-THROATED LOON juv far e of Ith Yacht Clubjm also far fr RR midway betw E Shore Portland Pt --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga lake c loons
60 - 100 COMMON LOONS in middle of lake off Lansing Station Road (off Rt. 34 B, Lansing). Donna L. Scott 607/533-7228 d...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Fw: Eurasian wigeon - Montezuma 11/1
*Subject: Eurasian wigeon - Montezuma 11/1* From: ccspagnoli ccspagn...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:14:48 - A drake Eurasian wigeon is with a group of wigeon, scaup, and pintail on the main pool. I scoped it from the spillway on the auto drive. The bird was staying near the back reeds but was almost always in full view. Many snow geese at Puddler's Marsh, and there was probably a Ross' in there somewhere, but they were close to an intervening bank of grass and thus much of the flock couldn't be clearly seen. Good birding. Chris Spagnoli Town of Pompey -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] RED-THROATED LOON juv far e
It was midafternoon by the time I decided to go out and look for loons, but the day was mild, and the wind barely whispered, and the sun streamed over West Hill, so I made my first stop at the Ithaca Yacht Club. A scope sweep revealed fifteen scattered COMMON LOONS, some DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, including several flocks flying across my view, plus a few gulls (close by I saw both RING-BILLED HERRING) on the water. There was also a/the duo of female BLACK SCOTERS tight together far away toward Portland Point. But what held my attention for the longest time was a loon that seemed to be close to the far shore, diving for long periods then swimming on the surface for a few seconds, always going south. It would travel about three 60-power scope view widths during a dive before surfacing, so it was a challenge to refind it, and then the view was small and of short duration. What I saw was: a low body, dark gray with sometimes a small bit of light flank; a neck that was long (compared to Common Loon) and vertical (compared to Double-crested Cormorant); a head that was not bigger than the neck; a bill that appeared slanted upward; the hindneck and crown were an even medium gray, lighter than the back; when it rarely turned more to face me it showed the chin/lower face was whitish; the foreneck was light gray; there was neither a distinct vertical line of contrast on the side of the neck (as on Pacific Loon) nor any jagged pattern (as on Common Loon); sometimes a bit of the white breast showed near the waterline; the bill seemed perhaps large, which may have been an illusion from the adjacent whitish chin or my mind's eye presuming an upper bill atop what I actually saw. Although the shape (other than the possibly large bill) and color pattern indicated a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON, I wanted a closer view, so I drove around the south end of the lake and parked along East Shore Drive just where it begins to climb the hill. From there I walked north about a mile along the railroad tracks, and I refound the bird. It was farther away from shore than I hoped, and backlit as I expected, and now it was working its way north, but my new perspective was helpful: the silhouette better revealed the bill to indeed be thin and small and slanted up. Also five Double-crested Cormorants alit in the water nearby, and they were considerably larger, with thinner neck slanted backwards, wider head than neck, andshowing a hooked bill even at that distance. Also a Common Loon was doing a similar northbound diving/swimming routine but its short thick neck, large blocky head, and thick bill were distinct, so I felt good about being able to differentiate the species. I kept walking north, yet was not perceptibly gaining on the Red-throated Loon. I had just quit walking and started to post my (re-)find to the listserv, when I heard a distant whistle from Ithaca, probably right when I made that typo. Fortunately our trains are pretty slow. I don't think I was in any danger - there are plenty of places one could stand far enough from the tracks, but I did not wish to be stranded alongside all that noise, so I hoofed it back with time to spare. I hope others get to see this bird, but unless it starts cooperating a bit more, you'll need excellent conditions as I had this afternoon. I figure this could be the same bird which Jay saw at Myers many days ago, and perhaps which Bob refound there.--Dave NutterOn Nov 01, 2011, at 05:16 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: RED-THROATED LOON juv far e of Ith Yacht Clubjm also far fr RR midway betw E Shore Portland Pt --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Snow buntings
As I was about to get on the bus in the morning at 8.00 am, a flock of may be 10+ snow buntings flew over my head. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Golden Eagle
As I was exercising my eyes away from computer and focused to infinity while thinking, I saw a couple TVs circling. Then further higher up I found another raptor. As it came closer to BTI office window, its fore arms' front edge (I mean wings' at the front edge) were shining in the sun and had tan edge to them and showed its nice golden head. It flew steadily towards south west! Right now a small flock Cedar waxwing flew over our building. This is first time today I really focused my eyes to the view outside of the window Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
