[cayugabirds-l] sapsucker sighted
10:30 AM I was surprised to look out my window and see a male YBSA busy punching holes in a nearby tree. Fred Kardon -- 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] sapsucker sighted
We had a Y B Sapsucker on the bird hike for the Bell Station Forest Freezin for a Reason event Sat. Feb. 8. Very nice! Donna Scott Lansing - Original Message - From: marsha kardon To: cayugabirdlist Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 10:54 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] sapsucker sighted 10:30 AM I was surprised to look out my window and see a male YBSA busy punching holes in a nearby tree. Fred Kardon -- 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 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] Carolina wren 2.17.2014
At 3:15 p..m. today we saw our 1st ever Carolina Wren here at our house, in the barn feeder atop the clothesline arm. After pecking at some seeds it inspected inside one of the birdboxes on the next clothesline arm. What a treat on this lovely, sunny, cold day. This a.m. a gray squirrel was again thwarted by the 2x4 fencing I put around my roofed platform feeder. I have chicken wire across the front of another open feeder which lets in little birds but not jays doves. The squirrels almost go bonkers, day after day, trying to get in these feeders. Mill pond is filled with Canadas ducks every night. The noise is almost deafening until they settle down to sleep after they get done gossiping telling tales of their adventures of the day. Fritzie ... Union Springs -- 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] Lansing to Aurora, Mon 2/17
Tilden and I went out on Monday afternoon to look for birds in observance of the Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count. Here are some highlights. 1. Burdick Hill Road, Lansing The light-morph female ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was perching in the lone tree in the big field on the south side of the road at 1:30 and again at 4:45 PM. We are 5-for-5 in our latest attempts to find this hawk in this exact location over the past three weeks. 2. Indian Field Road Not quite patient enough to scan all the white expanses, we found no Snowy Owls on utility poles or dairy rooftops between Route 90 and Poplar Ridge Road. We did enjoy lots of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS, plus at least one AMERICAN KESTREL. 3. Wells College boathouse We found one female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER out on the water, but otherwise, not as many birds as I was expecting. In retrospect, I'm most surprised not to have seen any American Black Ducks here. 4. Long Point State Park This site laid an unexpected claim to the top four sightings of the day: an adult BALD EAGLE high over the water; seven TUNDRA SWANS flying ponderously past and alighting in the cove to the north; our first AMERICAN WIGEON of the year; and best of all, a FOX SPARROW seen with Song Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, and juncos in a skirt of exposed grass under a tree near the entrance. Backlighting precluded a good look at the Fox Sparrow's colors, but I did distinguish its facial pattern (very dark overall, without striped look of Song and White-throated) and bold side streaks (helping to further rule out White-throated). Larger size than that of the other sparrows, as well as conspicuous kick-scratching, helped confirm the ID. We also saw our first two AMERICAN ROBINS of 2014, and heard a singing CAROLINA WREN. Mark Chao --- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 17, 2014 * NYSY 02. 17. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 10, 2013 - February 17, 2014 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: February 17 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #382 Monday February 17, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 10, 2014 Highlights: --- RED-NECKED GREBE TRUMPETER SWAN CANVASBACK SURF SCOTER GLAUCOUS GULL ICELAND GULL THAYER’S GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK PEREGRINE FALCON GRAY CATBIRD YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER EASTERN TOWHEE FOX SPARROW PINE SISKIN PURPLE FINCH Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 2/12: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen from East Road. Onondaga county 2/11: 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen on the Larned Building in Downtown Syracuse. 3 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. 1 has left but the remaining 2 are still present today. 5 CANVASBACKS continue in the river also 2/12: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. 2/13: At the Inner Harbor on West Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse the Gulls continue to be seen, mostly in the late afternoon. 12 ICELAND, 3 GLAUCOUS, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED and 1 THAYER’S GULL were seen. Except for the Thayer’s these gulls are seen every day. A SNOWY OWL was seen on Rt. 370 at the Hayes Road intersection east of Baldwinsville. 2/15: A PINE SISKIN was seen briefly at a feeder in Baldwinsville. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was spotted in Fayetteville. An EASTERN TOWHEE MADE ANOTHER APPEARANCE AT THE CARPENTER’S BROOK FISH HATCHERY IN ELBRIDGE. 2/16: A GRAY CATBIRD was again spotted at Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery. It was found today as well. Madison County 2/11: PURPLE FINCH, FOX SPARROW and RED HEADED WOODPECKER are among the birds being seen at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 2/15: A SNOWY OWL is still being seen ner the Fenner Wind Farm. Oswego County 2/13: An adult male SURF SCOTER continues in the Oswego River. It was seen near Bridies Manor up from the mouth of the river and was seen through the 16th. 2/16: 2 YELLOW RUMPED WARBLERS were again seen at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego. A female EASTERN TOWHEE was seen at a feeder on County Rt.45 north of Fulton. Jefferson County 2/15: At least 23 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at Stonu Point State Park. An ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULL were spotted on manure at a farm on Rt.193 in Ellisberg. A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER wa seen on Snowshoe Road in Henderson. 2.16: A SNOWY OWL was seen on County Rt. 13 near Grass Point State Park. Herkimer County 2/15: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues at a feeder north of Dolgeville. 2/16: A SNOWY OWL continues to be spotted on Rt. 29 Near Rt.170 north of Little Falls. -- 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/ --
