Re: [cayugabirds-l] Large Crow flight

2021-02-22 Thread Dave Nutter 
About that time, I was walking toward the lakeshore at Treman to survey the 
waterfowl in the SW part of the lake. As I passed between the frozen marina and 
the woods of the Hog Hole swamp, I saw an estimated 450 crows commuting east 
overhead. It sounded like there were more on the way but not yet visible. The 
light was starting to dim, and I chose to look at the birds on the lake, so 
it’s possible that hundreds more crows commuted behind my back. There were 
hundreds of ducks of at least a dozen species stretching north into the 
distance, nothing new, but lots of fun if you don’t stress about numbers. 
(Clarification: hundreds of Redheads, Canvasbacks and Common Mergansers, and 
much smaller numbers of the other 9 species I saw). I didn’t count the geese on 
the lake, mostly along the west shore, but did note that about 80 Canada Geese 
flew low both north and south from the middle of Allan Treman State Marine Park 
just south of the knoll. My guess is that they had been trying to graze where 
the land was windswept, but it looked like tough going. An immature Iceland 
Gull continues in the SW corner of the lake. Lots of Great Black-backs 
dominating the ice-covered Red Lighthouse Breakwater. Many of the Herring Gulls 
are now in sleek breeding plumage. No Ring-billeds that I saw. 4 Double-crested 
Cormorants rested atop the piling cluster. 

- - Dave Nutter

> On Feb 22, 2021, at 5:39 PM, Elaina M. McCartney 
>  wrote:
> 
> Approximately 5:20 pm today I noticed a steady flight of Crows from my 
> vantage just north of Hog Hole, heading approximately toward Cayuga 
> Heights/Cornell Campus, moving in the approximately the opposite direction of 
> the large morning flight of 2/17.  I don’t know the extent of today’s flight, 
> I assume it had been going on for a while before I looked up and 
> noticed—pretty gray out there. I don’t have complete numbers, but did a quick 
> count of maybe 100+ birds in less than a minute.  Looked like an evening 
> “return” flight.
> Elaina
>  
> From:  on behalf of Elaina 
> McCartney 
> Reply-To: Elaina McCartney 
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 9:27 AM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Large Crow flight
>  
> Shortly before sunrise this morning I noticed out the window a stream 
> (actually a river) of Crows flying north following the west shore of Cayuga 
> Lake.  To attempt to count them I recorded a 20 sec video, and was able to 
> count 270 by examining it slowly.  The steady flight, which seemed to 
> originate somewhere southish of Hog Hole, lasted at least 15 minutes at a 
> rate of approximately 800 per minute.  I don’t know how long it had been 
> going on when I first noticed it, but there were upwards of 12,000 
> individuals while I watched them pass at a steady rate.  Some stragglers in 
> groups of 8-10 followed up until about 7 am.
>  
> During the GBBC I observed three immature Bald Eagles simultaneously from my 
> window, making passes over a large raft of aythya and Canada Geese, just 
> north of Hog Hole.  It was the first time I’d seen more than two at a time.  
> Yesterday I observed a mature Bald Eagle land in a nearby tree during a brief 
> snow flurry.  Last fall a neighbor had limbs removed from a large, dying red 
> oak tree for safety, and constructed an osprey platform on what’s left of the 
> tree.  Hoping there will be some nesting interest.
>  
> Elaina
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

2021-02-22 Thread Martha Fischer 
At our house in Enfield, a juvenile Sapsucker has been visiting our suet feeder 
regularly over the last week.

Martha Fischer

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 on behalf of Alicia Plotkin 

Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 6:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

A friend a mile away reports one is regular at his feeder this winter.  Don't 
remember reports of any over-wintering here on the west side of Ovid before 
this year, and there is only one report in eBird for Dec-Feb in the Seneca 
drainage of Ovid before 2021 (assuming Dave Kennedy was on the Ovid side of the 
line in Willard Town Park when he made his report in 2018).


On 2/22/2021 5:32 PM, Tim Gallagher wrote:
I saw a sapsucker in Freeville last Friday morning.


From: 
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 on behalf of Tom Fernandes 

Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 4:55 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

There seems to be numerous reports of sapsuckers in CNY this winter. In my 
thirty plus years living here I don't recall ever seeing one in the winter. 
Here in McGraw I have one visiting my feeders for the past few weeks. How 
common is it for them to winter in our area?

   Thanks, Tom Fernandes

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

2021-02-22 Thread Alicia Plotkin 
A friend a mile away reports one is regular at his feeder this winter.  
Don't remember reports of any over-wintering here on the west side of 
Ovid before this year, and there is only one report in eBird for Dec-Feb 
in the Seneca drainage of Ovid before 2021 (assuming Dave Kennedy was on 
the Ovid side of the line in Willard Town Park when he made his report 
in 2018).


On 2/22/2021 5:32 PM, Tim Gallagher wrote:
> I saw a sapsucker in Freeville last Friday morning.
>
> 
> *From:* bounce-125408654-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
>  on behalf of Tom 
> Fernandes 
> *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2021 4:55 PM
> *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question
> There seems to be numerous reports of sapsuckers in CNY this winter. 
> In my thirty plus years living here I don't recall ever seeing one in 
> the winter. Here in McGraw I have one visiting my feeders for the past 
> few weeks. How common is it for them to winter in our area?
>    Thanks, Tom Fernandes
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Large Crow flight

2021-02-22 Thread Elaina M. McCartney 
Approximately 5:20 pm today I noticed a steady flight of Crows from my vantage 
just north of Hog Hole, heading approximately toward Cayuga Heights/Cornell 
Campus, moving in the approximately the opposite direction of the large morning 
flight of 2/17.  I don’t know the extent of today’s flight, I assume it had 
been going on for a while before I looked up and noticed—pretty gray out there. 
I don’t have complete numbers, but did a quick count of maybe 100+ birds in 
less than a minute.  Looked like an evening “return” flight.
Elaina

From:  on behalf of Elaina McCartney 

Reply-To: Elaina McCartney 
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 9:27 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Large Crow flight

Shortly before sunrise this morning I noticed out the window a stream (actually 
a river) of Crows flying north following the west shore of Cayuga Lake.  To 
attempt to count them I recorded a 20 sec video, and was able to count 270 by 
examining it slowly.  The steady flight, which seemed to originate somewhere 
southish of Hog Hole, lasted at least 15 minutes at a rate of approximately 800 
per minute.  I don’t know how long it had been going on when I first noticed 
it, but there were upwards of 12,000 individuals while I watched them pass at a 
steady rate.  Some stragglers in groups of 8-10 followed up until about 7 am.

During the GBBC I observed three immature Bald Eagles simultaneously from my 
window, making passes over a large raft of aythya and Canada Geese, just north 
of Hog Hole.  It was the first time I’d seen more than two at a time.  
Yesterday I observed a mature Bald Eagle land in a nearby tree during a brief 
snow flurry.  Last fall a neighbor had limbs removed from a large, dying red 
oak tree for safety, and constructed an osprey platform on what’s left of the 
tree.  Hoping there will be some nesting interest.

Elaina
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

2021-02-22 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Immature Sapsucker in my area of Lansing Station Rd.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 22, 2021, at 5:33 PM, Tim Gallagher 
mailto:t...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

I saw a sapsucker in Freeville last Friday morning.


From: 
bounce-125408654-10557...@list.cornell.edu
 
mailto:bounce-125408654-10557...@list.cornell.edu>>
 on behalf of Tom Fernandes 
mailto:tomfernandes3...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 4:55 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

There seems to be numerous reports of sapsuckers in CNY this winter. In my 
thirty plus years living here I don't recall ever seeing one in the winter. 
Here in McGraw I have one visiting my feeders for the past few weeks. How 
common is it for them to winter in our area?

   Thanks, Tom Fernandes

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

2021-02-22 Thread Tim Gallagher 
I saw a sapsucker in Freeville last Friday morning.


From: bounce-125408654-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Tom Fernandes 

Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 4:55 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

There seems to be numerous reports of sapsuckers in CNY this winter. In my 
thirty plus years living here I don't recall ever seeing one in the winter. 
Here in McGraw I have one visiting my feeders for the past few weeks. How 
common is it for them to winter in our area?

   Thanks, Tom Fernandes

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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Question

2021-02-22 Thread Tom Fernandes 
There seems to be numerous reports of sapsuckers in CNY this winter. In my
thirty plus years living here I don't recall ever seeing one in the winter.
Here in McGraw I have one visiting my feeders for the past few weeks. How
common is it for them to winter in our area?

   Thanks, Tom Fernandes


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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2021-02-22 Thread Joseph Brin 

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* February 22, 2021

*  NYSY  02. 22. 21

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):

February 15 to February 22, 2021

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 22 AT 12:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org

 

 

#740 

Monday February 22, 2021

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

February 15, 2021

 

Highlights:

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WOOD DUCK

NORTHERN SHOVELER

KING EIDER

SURF SCOTER

TURKEY VULTURE

PEREGRINE FALCON

GLAUCOUS GULL

ICELAND GULL

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

SNOWY OWL

SHORT-EARED OWL

NORTHERN SHRIKE

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET

SAVANNAH SPARROW

FOX SPARROW

BROWN THRASHER

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER

RUSTY BLACKBIRD

EVENING GROSBEAK

PINE GROSBEAK

HOARY REDPOLL

RED CROSSBILL













Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

 




     2/19: 1 SHORT-EARED OWL was seen from Loop Road north of Rt. 31 near the 
Hamlet of Montezuma.

     2/21: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Loop Road.







Cayuga County






     2/15: 6 HOARY REDPOLLS were seen in a group of over 900 Common Redpolls on 
Maiden Lane Road north of Port Byron. Also seen there was a SAVANNAH SPARROW.

     2/18: A FOX SPARROW was seen near Rt. 34 south of Cato.

     2/22: 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS on Jordan Road north ofJordan.







Onondaga County






     An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues at Mercer Park in 
Baldwinsville. A HOARY REDPOLL continues frequently at the Marshy Pits area on 
Onondaga Lake south of the Honeywell Center. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS continue at 
many locations throughout the county.

     2/16: An ICELAND GULL was seen from Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. 

     2/17: A NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen from the Marshy Spits area. A PEREGRINE 
FALCON was seen near Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.

     2/18: A pair of WOOD DUCKS continue at the Inner Harbor on Onondaga Creek 
north of Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse.

     2/21: 5 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at Radisson 

river Park (private) on River Road north of Rt. 31 in Baldwinsville. 3 PINE 
SISKINS were seen at Harrington Road in Syracuse. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was 
seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake.

     2/22: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was again seen near Barry Park in Syracuse.







Oswego County






     2/18: Up to 3 KING EIDERS and an adult male BLACK SCOTER were seen from 
Fort Ontario Park in Oswego Harbor. They were seen through the 21st.

     2/20: A SURF SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. It was relocated on 2/21.

     2/19: A BROWN THRASHER was seen on West Lake Road in Oswego.A GLAUCOUS 
GULL, a RED-THROATED LOON and an ICELAND GULL were seen in Oswego Harbor.

     2/21: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near Oswego Harbor.







Madison County






     2/17: A TURKEY VULTURE and a COMMON GRACKLE were seen at Sullivan Town 
Park in Chittenango.

     2/18: a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Eden Hollow Road east of Erieville. A 
SNOWY OWL was again seen on Bellinger Road near the Fenner Wind Farms. 2 PINE 
SISKINS were seen on Skyline Drive in Morrisville.







Oneida County






     2/16: 4 RED CROSSBILLS were seen from Kellog Street in Clinton. 2 EVENING 
GROSBEAKS were seen on Potato Hill Road in Boonville. 







Herkimer County






     2/15: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen on Dropp Road north of Richfield Springs.

     2/16: 7 PINE GROSBEAKS and a HOARY REDPOLL were seen at a feeding area in 
Salisbury Corners north of Dolgeville.

     2/18: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Salisbury Corners.




     

   







End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

2021-02-22 Thread Brad Walker 
If you do find dead birds like this (if they're fresh and not freeze-dried
or damaged) you can store them in your freezer in plastic bag so they can
be donated to the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology (when they eventually are open for the public again). I'm not
sure if there's any system in place currently for accepting specimens. If
you decide to store one, you should put a little slip of paper in the bag
that says the date, location, and how the bird died (or how you found it).
You don't have to worry about identifying the bird if you don't know what
it is. And freezer bags are always better, since they're made for keeping
things safe in a freezer.

--Brad

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:29 AM Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

> Over a month ago, I found one dead Siskin under my backyard feeders.
> 16 others seemed fine & later moved on to somewhere else.
>
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 22, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Wesley M. Hochachka  wrote:
>
> If the dead birds were siskins, redpolls, or goldfinches, my first
> reaction is that the birds died from salmonellosis, and potentially you
> might have observed these birds sitting motionless and incredibly puffed up
> near the bird feeder at some point before you found the dead bird on the
> ground.
>
> Salmonellosis outbreaks, which particularly hit siskins and redpolls, are
> an unfortunately predictable corollary of irruptions of these species.
> Taking down your thistle feeder to disperse the birds might reduce further
> transmission, but it's hard to tell because the birds could just start
> congregating (maybe in larger numbers) at some other bird feeder in the
> area.
>
> Wesley Hochachka
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-125406737-3494...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-125406737-3494...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Patrizia Sione
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 9:30 AM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder
>
> Hello all,
>
> In the course of the past 10 days, we have discovered a dead bird under a
> feeder in three separate occasions, the latest this morning.  No apparent
> injury.  The thistle is fresh (it goes pretty quickly) and we keep the
> feeders clean and sanitized. We called the Cornell hospital but they did
> not accept our request to have a necropsy conducted on the birds (we kept
> two of them in a sealed freezer bag  outside).  We have decals and nets
> outside our windows to prevent birds from hitting them.
>
> Any ideas about what could be causing this and how to prevent it from
> happening again?  It is the first time it has ever happened to us in the 10
> years we’ve lived in our present location, and all this time we’ve fed
> birds.
>
> Many thanks,
> Patrizia Sione
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Sheldrake ducks, geese, pipit, buntings

2021-02-22 Thread Sandy Podulka 
Yesterday my daughter, Lisa, and I birded around the west side of 
Cayuga Lake. We found a nice concentration of ducks and geese at 
Sheldrake--many Canada Geese, Canvasbacks, and Mallards. Smaller 
numbers of Trumpeter Swans, Redhead, Common Mergansers, Ring-necked 
Ducks, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, and Red-breasted Mergansers. We 
also saw 5 Snow Geese on shore, including one blue phase, and a 
single Northern Pintail, Lesser Scaup, and Black Duck.  The viewing 
is nice because things are close. I just wish there were places for 
birders to pull over along the road.


On Morgan Road, which leads down to Sheldrake, there was a good-sized 
flock (I'm terrible at estimating numbers, so we'll leave it at that) 
of Snow Buntings at moderately fresh manure. Smaller numbers of 
Horned Larks, and one American Pipit right along the road, bobbing its tail.


eBird checklist with terrible pipit photos 
here:  https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S82133028


If you want to see Redhead, head to Seneca Lake State Park--huge raft 
offshore there.


Sandy Podulka


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

2021-02-22 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Over a month ago, I found one dead Siskin under my backyard feeders.
16 others seemed fine & later moved on to somewhere else.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 22, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Wesley M. Hochachka 
mailto:w...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

If the dead birds were siskins, redpolls, or goldfinches, my first reaction is 
that the birds died from salmonellosis, and potentially you might have observed 
these birds sitting motionless and incredibly puffed up near the bird feeder at 
some point before you found the dead bird on the ground.

Salmonellosis outbreaks, which particularly hit siskins and redpolls, are an 
unfortunately predictable corollary of irruptions of these species.  Taking 
down your thistle feeder to disperse the birds might reduce further 
transmission, but it's hard to tell because the birds could just start 
congregating (maybe in larger numbers) at some other bird feeder in the area.

Wesley Hochachka




-Original Message-
From: 
bounce-125406737-3494...@list.cornell.edu
 
mailto:bounce-125406737-3494...@list.cornell.edu>>
 On Behalf Of Patrizia Sione
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 9:30 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

Hello all,

In the course of the past 10 days, we have discovered a dead bird under a 
feeder in three separate occasions, the latest this morning.  No apparent 
injury.  The thistle is fresh (it goes pretty quickly) and we keep the feeders 
clean and sanitized. We called the Cornell hospital but they did not accept our 
request to have a necropsy conducted on the birds (we kept two of them in a 
sealed freezer bag  outside).  We have decals and nets outside our windows to 
prevent birds from hitting them.

Any ideas about what could be causing this and how to prevent it from happening 
again?  It is the first time it has ever happened to us in the 10 years we’ve 
lived in our present location, and all this time we’ve fed birds.

Many thanks,
Patrizia Sione



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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

2021-02-22 Thread Wesley M. Hochachka 
If the dead birds were siskins, redpolls, or goldfinches, my first reaction is 
that the birds died from salmonellosis, and potentially you might have observed 
these birds sitting motionless and incredibly puffed up near the bird feeder at 
some point before you found the dead bird on the ground.

Salmonellosis outbreaks, which particularly hit siskins and redpolls, are an 
unfortunately predictable corollary of irruptions of these species.  Taking 
down your thistle feeder to disperse the birds might reduce further 
transmission, but it's hard to tell because the birds could just start 
congregating (maybe in larger numbers) at some other bird feeder in the area.

Wesley Hochachka




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From: bounce-125406737-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Patrizia Sione
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 9:30 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

Hello all,

In the course of the past 10 days, we have discovered a dead bird under a 
feeder in three separate occasions, the latest this morning.  No apparent 
injury.  The thistle is fresh (it goes pretty quickly) and we keep the feeders 
clean and sanitized. We called the Cornell hospital but they did not accept our 
request to have a necropsy conducted on the birds (we kept two of them in a 
sealed freezer bag  outside).  We have decals and nets outside our windows to 
prevent birds from hitting them.  

Any ideas about what could be causing this and how to prevent it from happening 
again?  It is the first time it has ever happened to us in the 10 years we’ve 
lived in our present location, and all this time we’ve fed birds.

Many thanks,
Patrizia Sione



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

2021-02-22 Thread Michael Ludgate 
There have some been problems with pesticides in birdfeed in the past
https://www.audubon.org/news/pesticides-bird-seed-scotts-miracle-gro-fined-125-million

Cheers,
-Mike :-)

*Michael Ludgate*
canaaninstitute.org 
607.227.0090 (c)

Quarantine photos; mostly from near our home https://adobe.ly/3fLCiU3



On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:30 AM Patrizia Sione  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> In the course of the past 10 days, we have discovered a dead bird under a
> feeder in three separate occasions, the latest this morning.  No apparent
> injury.  The thistle is fresh (it goes pretty quickly) and we keep the
> feeders clean and sanitized. We called the Cornell hospital but they did
> not accept our request to have a necropsy conducted on the birds (we kept
> two of them in a sealed freezer bag  outside).  We have decals and nets
> outside our windows to prevent birds from hitting them.
>
> Any ideas about what could be causing this and how to prevent it from
> happening again?  It is the first time it has ever happened to us in the 10
> years we’ve lived in our present location, and all this time we’ve fed
> birds.
>
> Many thanks,
> Patrizia Sione
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Dead birds under the thistle feeder

2021-02-22 Thread Patrizia Sione 
Hello all,

In the course of the past 10 days, we have discovered a dead bird under a 
feeder in three separate occasions, the latest this morning.  No apparent 
injury.  The thistle is fresh (it goes pretty quickly) and we keep the feeders 
clean and sanitized. We called the Cornell hospital but they did not accept our 
request to have a necropsy conducted on the birds (we kept two of them in a 
sealed freezer bag  outside).  We have decals and nets outside our windows to 
prevent birds from hitting them.  

Any ideas about what could be causing this and how to prevent it from happening 
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lived in our present location, and all this time we’ve fed birds.

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Patrizia Sione



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