[cayugabirds-l] Owl on Freese Road

2010-04-14 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, Yesterday after the unsuccessful owl outing I was heading home and on Freese Road in the headlights, I saw an owl fly across the road from the creek side to Liddel Woods. It was a large owl. But I could not say if it was a Great Horned or Barred as it flew into woods. Meena Haribal

[cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher

2010-04-14 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
A Brown Thrasher was singing from the land between Creamery Road and Central Chapel Road this morning. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Guess when Sapsucker Woods' Great Blue Heron will hatch!

2010-04-14 Thread charles eldermire
Hi Cayugabirders! Last year was the first year in the recorded history of Sapsucker Woods that a Great Blue Heron nested in the sanctuary. We had a fun time trying to guess the hatch date, and held an online contest to see who could guess the hatch date time correctly. This year we're at it

[cayugabirds-l] Mt. Pleasant--vesper sparrow

2010-04-14 Thread Susan Fast
I walked along Mt. Pleasant Rd. this morning. Nothing unusual. TURKEY VULTURE, male N. HARRIER, KESTREL. Then a walk through the fields near the towers, where I flushed several SAVANNAH SPARROWS and one VESPER SPARROW. I stopped at the Ringwood Preserve, and except for the Canada geese, it

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher

2010-04-14 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
They must have moved in, en masse, last night. There is also a singer in the scrubby area to the North of Langmuir Lab at 95 Brown Road, near the Tompkins Regional Airport. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications

[cayugabirds-l] Tuesday Brown Thrasher

2010-04-14 Thread Dave Nutter
Sorry, I meant to send to the list earlier that on Tuesday 13 April I found at least 1 BROWN THRASHER singing atop emergent saplings in the brushy area on the north side of the eastern half of Oakcrest Rd in Lansing. The perches were far enough apart that I wondered if there were 2

RE:[cayugabirds-l] vulture problem

2010-04-14 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
I do not think vultures would mess with a crow nest. But anything too big or too close would elicit an enthusiastic response from a crow. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-5584132-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5584132-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy W