[cayugabirds-l] Question
I was just looking in the field across the road from our house and noted about a dozen crows really going after what I initially thought was another crow. This bird was slightly smaller than the crows, but otherwise looked, from a distance, just like them. The crows forced it to the ground; 2 crows then stood on either side of it while the rest circled and cawed directly overhead and bombed it. It then flew and I noted the under wing pattern like a turkey vulture. The bird was definitely not a vulture. I have not seen crows go after anything with this intensity unless it was a great horned owl. Could it have been a kite of some kind? They all flew rapidly off to the SE before I could get the scope. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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] Question
I am sure this is not a similar report - but last week on Comfort Rd a bunch of crows were harrassing a male Ringnecked Pheasant which was standing in the road. As we approached the crows flew and the pheasant moved slowly on foot towards the shoulder. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Susan Fast sustf...@yahoo.com wrote: I was just looking in the field across the road from our house and noted about a dozen crows really going after what I initially thought was another crow. This bird was slightly smaller than the crows, but otherwise looked, from a distance, just like them. The crows forced it to the ground; 2 crows then stood on either side of it while the rest circled and cawed directly overhead and “bombed” it. It then flew and I noted the under wing pattern like a turkey vulture. The bird was definitely not a vulture. I have not seen crows go after anything with this intensity unless it was a great horned owl. Could it have been a kite of some kind? They all flew rapidly off to the SE before I could get the scope. ** ** Steve Fast Brooktondale -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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] Question about crows
Crows will certainly chase and mob smallish raptors, such as Sharp-shinned or Cooper's (juvenile male) hawks. It is rare for them ever to catch them in a truly vulnerable position, as you describe, but I'm sure they would take advantage of it if they could. Crows also will occasionally kill Rock Pigeons, if they get the chance. Perhaps that is what you saw. Crows love meat, but they're lousy predators without any of the sharp implements that hawks and owls have. But, they're game for a try when the opportunity presents itself. Best, Kevin From: bounce-69379892-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-69379892-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 11:03 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Question I was just looking in the field across the road from our house and noted about a dozen crows really going after what I initially thought was another crow. This bird was slightly smaller than the crows, but otherwise looked, from a distance, just like them. The crows forced it to the ground; 2 crows then stood on either side of it while the rest circled and cawed directly overhead and bombed it. It then flew and I noted the under wing pattern like a turkey vulture. The bird was definitely not a vulture. I have not seen crows go after anything with this intensity unless it was a great horned owl. Could it have been a kite of some kind? They all flew rapidly off to the SE before I could get the scope. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- 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] Roughy
Just saw my FOS rough legged hawk @ MNWR. Viewing from benning marsh across I90 into mays point. don't forget to look up, joe devito -- 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] Greater white fronted geese
There are currently 4 greater white fronted geese visible from east road @ knox-marsellus marsh. don't forget to look up, joe devito -- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 22, 2012 * NYSY 10. 22.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 15, 2012 - October 22, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:October 22 AT 7:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #325 -Monday October 22, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 15 , 2012 Highlights: --- NORTHERN GANNET CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE RPUGH-LEGGED HAWK OSPREY SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER DUNLIN POMERINE JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER FRANKLIN’S GULL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 10/17: 17 SANDHILL CRANES and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/19: 5 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/20: 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 3 CACKLING GEESE, 19 SANDHILL CRANES, 42 DUNLIN, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and 9 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A SNOW BUNTING and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were seen at Benning Marsh. 10/21: The numbers of CACKLING GEESE, SANDHILL CRANES, DUNLIN, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS remained the same as yesterdays count but the number of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE rose to 9 at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/22: 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE reported at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. An early ROUGH-LEGED HAWK was seen across the Thruway from Benning Marsh. Onondaga County 10/17: A late OSPREY was seen over the Oneida River. 12 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at a farm on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville. 10/20: 2EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and a VESPER SPARROW were found on No. 2 Road near Oran Delphi Road in Pompey. 4 female EVENING GROSBEAKS joined the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at Pendergast Road in Phoenix. 5 species of waterfowl and 2 late OSPREY were seen at the Tully Lakes area. A FOX SPARROW was found on Marble Island in Baldwinsville. 10/21: 2 male and 4 female EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen along with the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Pendergast Road in Phoenix. Oswego County 10/20: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder in Hastings. 10/21: Rarity day at Derby Hill. Birds seen included an adult NORTHERN GANNET, a POMERINE JAEGER, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER and an immature FRANKLIN’S GULL. 10/22: 2 male EVENING GROSBEAKS and about two dozen each of PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Constantia. Madison County 10/21: PURPLE FINCHES , PINE SISKINS and an EVENING GROSBEAK were seen on Hunt Road at the south end of DeRuyter Resevoir. 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Paradise Hill Road. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Rufous Hummingbird and Montezuma Today Sept 22, 2012
First of all I would like to thank Marty Schlabach for his hospitality today! Thanks Renee DePrato and I stopped at Marty's on the way to Montezuma and we did as Marty suggested...go in the backyard and wait by the picnic table. So we arrived and before I was able to set up my scope and camera the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD showed up! I got some decent photos. What a great bird. Another lifer for me and also Renee. This has been the year of western vagrants! My 4 best photos are here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157631832436766/ Then we went to Towpath Road and among the thousands of canada geese we finally found 3 GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE in Knox-Marcellus Marsh way in the back. We had only 1 SNOW GOOSE. There were also 11 SANDHILL CRANES. Some were vocalizing which was cool. There were no unusual gulls that we found. We did have many fly over AMERICAN PIPITS. Over at Puddler's marsh there were more CANADA GEESE and in addition we had 17 DUNLIN, 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS. These guys had very thin bills and a clear white line over their eyes and much more white on their foreheads and face. Their heads were also smaller. Next stop after lunch was the Montezuma Visitor's center. We had one PECTORAL SANDPIPER and again there were many CANADA GEESE. I believe I found one CACKLING GOOSE. I posted this picture...I have trouble with these guys so let me know if I am wrong on this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/8114081385/in/set-72157631832439392 Then along wildlife drive the highlight was a raft of Aythya ducks of all normal species that we see most of the birds were GREATER/LESSER SCAUP, next most common were REDHEADS, then there were just a few CANVASBACK and a few RING-NECKED DUCKS. I estimated about 350 ducks. The Lesser Yellowlegs Unit had KILLDEER, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEALs, NORTHERN SHOVELERS and NORTHERN PINTAILS. There were many many CANADA GEESE at the new shorebird area but we were running short on time and we did not see any different shorebirds. At Benning Marsh...we had more of the same birds we had seen plus a WILSON'S SNIPE. Select photos of the trip can be found here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157631832439392/with/8114081385/ Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- 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/ --
