[cayugabirds-l] Cackling Geese

2012-12-08 Thread Jay McGowan
Once again, at least three CACKLING GEESE in the goose flock at the east end of Stewart Park. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpolls on N Triphammer in Lansing

2012-12-08 Thread nutter.dave
Bob McGuire just called me to report a flock of 40 COMMON REDPOLLS (but no Hoary Redpolls) in the birches in the triangle of land between North Triphammer Road, Hillcrest Road, and Triphammer Terrace in the Town of Lansing. He thinks they may be there awhile.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark, sapsucker

2012-12-08 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
A couple more late lingering birds today - an EASTERN MEADOWLARK on King Rd and a calling Sapsucker at home this morning in NE Ithaca. Also a light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on King Rd. Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Madison Landfill gulls Friday - poss. Thayer's Gull

2012-12-08 Thread tigger64
I'm linking to some photos of an interesting 1st-year gull. The bird was substantially smaller than Herring and slightly larger than Ring-billed in direct comparison. Other features are a very rounded head with eye seemingly right in the middle, and a tiny bill. Tertials dark-centered and

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Common Redpolls on N Triphammer in Lansing

2012-12-08 Thread Meena Haribal
They were there a while till 3.00 PM at least! Could be there longer! Lots of seeds to eat. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-72501645-3493...@list.cornell.edu

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Common Redpolls on N Triphammer in Lansing

2012-12-08 Thread david nicosia
We are seeing lots of redpolls down here in the southern tier too. It is interesting how first it was waves of siskins, then evening grosbeaks and crossbills and now redpolls! what's next? pine grosbeaks... From: Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu To:

[cayugabirds-l] Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cackling Geese

2012-12-08 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
To continue my string of late-lingering December birds, the RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET is hanging in there for another week at the swan pen at Stewart Park. I also saw at least 3 CACKLING GEESE among the 1000+ CANADAs -- these may have been different from Jay's birds this morning, as mine were all