[cayugabirds-l] Crows
This sighting is from Tuesday, but since I did not see anyone else mention it, I thought I would. There were thousands (?) of crows in trees (and more flying in) just above the traffic circle at old Elmira Rd and Spencer rd at 5 pm on Tues. I did not stop to watch. They were silhouetted very nicely against the sky. I volunteer for Cayuga Dog Rescue Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad -- 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] snowy owl and eagles at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex
Thursday @ 9:45 am. One snowy owl was on rt. 89 between the Montezuma Audubon Center and Savannah on the west side of the road in one of the few patches of snow left around here. Thursday @ 9:30 am. Two adult bald eagles at the nest on the north side of 31 Muck (that is the are where the snowy owls and short-eared owls have been seen around the potato building). Chris Lajewski Interim Center Director Montezuma Audubon Center -- 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] Snowy owl
Still present on Indian Field Rd between first-2nd set of barns on west side of rd Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Independent pupillary response of screech-owl -- photos
I got some photos today that seem to verify what I've seen and reported here before - that our backyard screech-owl's pupils respond independently when one eye gets more light. https://plus.google.com/photos/114049026073343451957/albums/5291963262350115 713?banner=pwa The photos in question are third-to-last and second-to-last in the album. Sorry for the scrolling effort. I haven't figured out how to link to individual photos in Google+. Thanks for your interest (and your tolerance, to the extent that my uncommonly frequent posts and minute observations about this one bird might seem excessive by now). Mark Chao Ithaca --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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] RT Hawks mating already?
Just returned from a walk down Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd. I observed two RT Hawks mating on the top of a pole in the Game Farm pens. Both were adults, so this was not just juveniles acting up. I did not notice any prior courtship flight. Does this seem a little early for courtship and mating, which is supposed to start in mid-February? Nari Mistry -- ___ *Nari B. Mistry*, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.com -- 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] Snowy Owl in Freeville, Th 1/9
Gian Dodici has found a SNOWY OWL in Freeville (Thursday, 4 PM), on a post in a field on the north side of Fall Creek Road, just past its intersection with Ed Hill Road and Herman Road. Mark --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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] Mud Lock eagles
After a great lunch at Dories in Aurora (one meets the greatest people there), I stopped at Mud Lock where I saw 2 adult BALD EAGLES perched side-by side in a dead tree next to the old nest (the northernmost one). After a bit, they flew to the new nest, perching in the tops of 2 dead trees there. One of them emitted a high re scream. Although eagles are big, their vocalizations are few and rather puny. I then noted another BALD EAGLE, an immature, perched close to the trunk of one of the dead trees. The immature gave a series of 'squeals and hopped on various branches towards one of the adults that was in the same tree. It got fairly close, when the adult in the other tree opened its mouth wide and gave forth with 3-4 series of squeaks which noticeably descended. Stokes describes this as a chitter call. Then the non-squeaking adult and the immature (the ones in the same tree) flew north; the adult perching in the dead tree next to the old nest, the immature continued flying north until not seen anymore. I have watched eagles a lot and have rarely heard any vocalizations, so this was quite a treat. I'm guessing this was nest territory defense by the adults. Also seen up the Lake: EARED GREBE from the Aurora boathouse. 6 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS from the Aurora Bluffs-North; and a GREAT BLUE HERON flying over the village of Cayuga. Bob M. pulled up alongside me on Lake Rd. as I was looking for SHORT-EARED OWLS and asked did I see the one-eared grebe at Aurora. This caught me off guard; I thought he was talking about a grebe with one ear (fantastic eyesight there), which would make it a short-eared grebe. Anyway, I figured it out eventually. Hell to get old. 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/ --
