[cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl(s)

2011-02-07 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
I've been woken up at 3am the past two nights by the hooting of Great Horned Owls. It sounds like two of them calling and answering. Stephanie -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] GREAT HORNED OWL

2011-02-07 Thread Jill Vaughan
A Great Horned Owl was hooting at 1:30 a.m. in my woods not far from the Hillcrest - North Triphammer Road intersection. No answering call heard. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] fox tests turkeys

2011-02-07 Thread Geo Kloppel
About 40 Turkeys were in my yard this morning, the boldest picking through fallen sunflower shells under the feeders. The snow pack was sufficiently hard-crusted that they were able to walk on top, and so was the rather large red fox that came by. The fox stayed low for several minutes,

[cayugabirds-l] Northern Cardinal singing!

2011-02-07 Thread Marie P Read
From high in a snow-covered tree early this morning came the song of a male Northern Cardinal. What a delight! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Surf Scoter

2011-02-07 Thread bob mcguire
The Surf Scoter was still visible just north of Sheldrake Point at around noon today. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Cardinal singing!

2011-02-07 Thread Caroline Manring
Me, too! A downtown Cardinal song, the first I've noticed this year, this very morning. It seems they all marked their calendars. Caroline Manring Ithaca On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hey, I too heard one when I was waiting for the bus at 6.58 AM. I

[cayugabirds-l] Merlin

2011-02-07 Thread Ann Mitchell
On the corner of Pleasant Grove and Handshaw Roads, while in traffic around 7:25 a.m., a Merlin swerved in front of a car ahead of me, and continued to the Cayuga Hgts Community Ctr shopping area. It was flying low and powerful. It certainly got my attention! It was a great way to start the day.

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden birding

2011-02-07 Thread Susan Fast
I spent a couple hours early this afternoon birding in the Dryden (NY) area. While driving down Cornell Lane (Harford), I was accompanied by a RED-TAILD HAWK coasting about 30' over a white, featureless field with its legs down like an airliner approaching a runway. It never landed, but flew

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-02-07 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 7, 2011 * NYSY 0702.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 31, 2010 - February 07, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex