[cayugabirds-l] Fairground clarification

2012-05-21 Thread Mark Miller
Just hoping to avoid confusion, and I assume the Seneca Co Fairground post was actually the Lott Farm (aka Empire Farm Days site). The Lott farm is located near the Finger Lakes airport (originally Seneca Falls airport) on Martin Rd and route 414 just south of the (former) village of Seneca

[cayugabirds-l] Fairground clarification

2012-05-21 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Thank you, Mark, for the clarification. Again! Because the well-known Lott Farm is the long-time home of the Empire Farm Days activities it's easy to see why some folks would assume it is also a fairgrounds. It is a working farm the rest of the year! Fritzie

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fairground clarification

2012-05-21 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Yes sorry about that. Empire farm days. I don't know why an early learned name - even if incorrect - is so easy to stick. Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2012, at 8:59 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard job121...@verizon.netmailto:job121...@verizon.net wrote: Thank you, Mark, for the clarification.

[cayugabirds-l] Park Preserve - Cayuga Bird Club Trip Report

2012-05-21 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, On Sunday, May 20, 15 enthusiastic birders joined me for a Cayuga Bird Club walk around the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Roy H. Park Nature Preserve in Dryden (http://fllt.org/protected_lands/protected_lands1.php?id=42). Immediately upon entering the preserve, we heard Prairie Warbler

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow throated warbler NO.

2012-05-21 Thread daven1024
Did not get it this morning. Ran into Bill Baker. We thought we might of heard it distant but it definitively was not singing enough. Did get an ORCHARD ORIOLE singing near the bridge back to Stewart Park. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 21 May 2012 - Quiet

2012-05-21 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Another quiet morning at the Hawthorn Orchard. I was there from 5:30am to 7:15am Highlight was a single migrant Alder Flycatcher singing its re-beeer song. This bird was down in the Western portion of the middle of the Hawthorn Orchard. Also, at 5:30am, a single Cooper's Hawk came flying across

[cayugabirds-l] Common Loon Myer's.

2012-05-21 Thread daven1024
Non breeding plumage still here. No other birds of note except normal common ones. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins County Breeding Bird Round-up - May 20

2012-05-21 Thread Christopher Dalton
Hi Cayuga Birders, Nancy Chen, Alberto Lopez and I set out to find as many birds in Tompkins County as we could yesterday. This turned into a breeding bird round up, as we only saw two species that we think of as verifiable migrants. We started the day with the barking BARRED OWL on Hunt Hill

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay Colored Sparrow and Prothonotary Warblers easy finds

2012-05-21 Thread david nicosia
whoops...he's right. it is King Road! sorry.  From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay Colored Sparrow and Prothonotary Warblers easy finds The Clay-colored