[cayugabirds-l] redwings cowbird grackle

This morning at our feeders we have 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 1 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, and 1 GRACKLE. Stay tuned for possible exciting updates. S. S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday at the Game Farm

Nancy Ostman and I went to look at the Red-tailed Hawks at Cornell's game farm yesterday from 13:15-13:45 (NW 29 G 37, 29 degrees F, clear). I was curious to see how the winds would affect the hawk count and behavior. An approaching Arctic cold front made it extremely windy as temperatures fell

[cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

This may be a naive question, but why don’t the large number of Red-tailed Hawks (15-60+), which keep vigil at the Ring-necked Pheasant pens on Game Farm Road in Ithaca, decimate the pheasant population? According to the BNA, Ring-necked Pheasant is one of their preferred foods and I've seen them

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

Hi Folks, I have talked with the Game Farm manager. He told me that they try to release about 130,000 pheasant each fall, that the captive flock starts in fall at about 35,000, and that they loose about 7000 to predation every year. Since the potential for the weight of snow and ice on

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

Well, I was thinking Red tailed hawks were organic feeders, they want free ranging pheasants. Anyways, how come pheasants are preferred food? These are non native birds. And are there so many pheasant farms all around US? May be the particular study that found pheasant are preferred food,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

HI Folks, The only state-owned pheasant farm left in NY is our own on Game Farm Rd. The immediate factor that led to the close of the next to last game farm was budget concerns, (although there may well have been environmental reasons to close them.) Our pheasant farm was scheduled for

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

It seems like the Game Farm must have been in violation (unless they were permitted otherwise) of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as well as the esteemed professor: Establishment of a Federal prohibition, unless permitted by regulations, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

Yes, the latter. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.comwrote: Has anyone ever seen a hawk take/eat a pheasant at the game farm? -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

I've seen red-tails eating pheasants there several times, and the people who work there have told me that they often see them catch them. Tim Gallagher Editor-in-Chief LIVING BIRD Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 254-2443 t...@cornell.edu

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

Yes. I totally agree Chris. And what a totally unnatural environment and conditions, with those blinders on and totally exposed to all inclement weather. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu wrote: Wouldn't these Red-tailed Hawks

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

What I guess we don't know is what proportion of their diet it pheasant versus rodent. - Original Message - From: Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com To: Chris Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu Cc: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:11 PM Subject: Re:

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

True. I know those birds catch a lot of mice, etc., that are attracted there by the grain. And Cooper's Hawks catch pigeons, starlings, and House Sparrows there, which are also attracted by the grain. Tim Gallagher Editor-in-Chief LIVING BIRD Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

I don't think I've ever seen one of those hawks with a mouse or rat. Lots of pheasants, though. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-8672579-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-8672579-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Gallagher Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:29 PM

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle on Game Farm Road

About half and hour ago, Gaelyn Ong and I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying over Game Farm Road, near the East Hill rec trail. The crows in the area were certainly not very happy. Sarah MacLean -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

I just want to add this, which may cause more controversy or be disapproved by Chris, but I have heard there is close to a 99% mortality rate within a month for these pheasants when they are released and those blinders are not removed (at least according to list serve info from last year) and I

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game farm?

Thank you all for your replies to my question! I made an error in my initial email. Ring-necked Pheasants (RNEP) are *one of many* food sources for RTHA and not a *preferred *food. Per Tim: “Like sitting ducks” is the metaphor I use when I'm at the Game Farm. John Confer brought up a good

[cayugabirds-l] Green-winged Teal

On a drive up the lake to take site photos, I stopped at Ladoga. Birds of special note were one male Green-winged Teal and three Northern Pintails. In Aurora Bay there were 16 very distant Horned Grebes. I did not find the female shoveler at factory Street Pond but did see a female Ruddy

[cayugabirds-l] lake birds

To add to the list of birds seen on lake trips the last few days- on a Sunday trip up the lake Shannon and I found a female WOOD DUCK on the Mill Pond in Union Springs. The only other birds we found that was not mentioned previously were the 3 Turkey Vultures we saw on Seybolt Rd (Town of Varick

[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar: The Legend of Pale Male

__ The Legend of Pale Male Frederic Lilien Cinematographer, Director With clips from his latest film The Legend of Pale Male, filmmaker Frederic Lilien will explore how one single red-tailed hawk became a symbol of the successful immigrant, a