Saw two beautifully colored sandhill cranes walking through the dead grasses of the marsh, close enough to get a picture with my phone. Saw them again on our return trip back to the car. This time my dog saw them too. She let out a bark and I got to hear their melodic alarm call loud and clear!
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, March 18, 2023. > > 1. Taughannock Peregrines > 2. Fox sparrow, red (taiga) > 3. Woodpecker help > 4. RE: Woodpecker help > 5. Laden Raven > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Taughannock Peregrines > From: Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:33:42 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > There was deep slush everywhere at my house yesterday, and it was hard > work for my elderly dog to struggle through, so I took her for a long > leisurely walk at Taughannock Point. > > There was a Snow Goose at the north point that had an injured wing. It > paddled north toward Frontenac, forestalling a capture attempt by park > staff. > > Before heading home I stopped at the dirt turnout along Gorge Road around > 5:15 pm to look across the gorge at the cliff just below the overlook > Visitors Center. As I watched, an adult Peregrine flew to a snag that hangs > downward from the cliff-top. A minute later, the second adult flew in and > settled on a ledge just behind the snag. > > -Geo > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Fox sparrow, red (taiga) > From: madonna stallmann <madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:51:42 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Dancing in the leaves under shrubs until a spunky red squirrel nearly > flattened it running away from its own shadow. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Woodpecker help > From: Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:58:29 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Hey folks. > I have a "mystery" woodpecker coming to the suet. It's too big to be a > downy, but not quite big enough to be a hairy. And even its beak is an > in-betweener! > If I had to guess I suppose I'd call it a hairy, but..... > Any thoughts? Maybe just size variation within a species? Sex-size > differences? > Thank you. > Sar > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Woodpecker help > From: "Michael S. Pitzrick" <michael.pitzr...@cornell.edu> > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:19:47 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > Hi Sar, > > Have you considered some of the other field marks? Here are some > comparison articles with pictures: > > https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/downy-and-hairy-woodpeckers/ > > > https://www.sibleyguides.com/2011/02/a-new-clue-for-identifying-downy-and-hairy-woodpeckers/ > > > https://www.sibleyguides.com/2011/03/another-clue-for-identifying-downy-and-hairy-woodpeckers/ > > -Mike > > > From: bounce-127225857-85500...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-127225857-85500...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Peter Saracino > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2023 1:58 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>; > eatonbirdingsoci...@groups.io > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Woodpecker help > > Hey folks. > I have a "mystery" woodpecker coming to the suet. It's too big to be a > downy, but not quite big enough to be a hairy. And even its beak is an > in-betweener! > If I had to guess I suppose I'd call it a hairy, but..... > Any thoughts? Maybe just size variation within a species? Sex-size > differences? > Thank you. > Sar > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave< > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > Archives: > The Mail Archive< > http://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 eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Laden Raven > From: Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:38:32 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > One of my local Ravens just flew by at window height carrying a rigid > object, which (at a guess) looked about eight inches long. I figured the > pair had eggs by now, so perhaps it was a food delivery for the incubating > female - something with a bone still in it? > > -Geo > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/ --
