[cayugabirds-l] Rufous Hummingbird this morning

2012-10-20 Thread Jeff Gerbracht
Rufous Hummingbird was easily seen late morning today. It was coming into the feeder every15 minutes or so. Also seemed to be sitting in the cherry tree. -- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 --

[cayugabirds-l] RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD

2012-10-20 Thread Naomi Brewer
HI ALL - I have been reading all your messages about Rufous Hummers. I live on Wyers Point Road on Cayuga Lake about 1 mile north of Sheldrake Point and about 3 + miles from my good friend, Marty Schlabach. On Sunday, Sept. 16 , a beautiful day, I sat on the front porch with my

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip

2012-10-20 Thread Ann Mitchell
Nine birders joined me on 10/20 for a trip up the lake. The trip was supposed to be until 1:00, but because no one had time restraints, we decided to go all the way up the lake to Knox-Marcellus to see the Greater White-fronted Geese that were seen there the day before. Besides laughing a lot the

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma gull question [10/18]

2012-10-20 Thread Dave Spier
I posted a few photos from Montezuma [Thursday, 10/18] but I need help with a gull that I take to be a Ring-billed? Gull [3rd? winter] with unusually dark streaking around the neck, seen from Towpath at Puddler's Marsh, Oct. 18. The next image in the album is the underside view of the same

[cayugabirds-l] Screechie heard and Whitethroats

2012-10-20 Thread Regi Teasley
Nothing rare or extraordinary but last night it was warm enough to have the window open and for about 15 minutes around 10:30 pm. we distinctly heard a screech owl working the nearby woods. Today we saw two white-throated sparrows in the garden and at the birdbath. We've been hearing Robins

[cayugabirds-l] birding near buffalo

2012-10-20 Thread Greg Ward
Would anyone have suggestions or a link to possible birding sites near Fredonia NY? I will be in the area next week and will have a half a day to see the lake. Thank you. Greg Ward Gt. Barrington, MA -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME