Re: [cayugabirds-l] ... management proposals re: Mute Swan.

2014-01-26 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
Concur with Dave and Fritzie but I would be more sanguine if I knew that NYSDEC had first investigated other attempts at controlling Mutes and built their program on that knowledge. Rhode Island had what's best described as an infestation in the late 60s/early 70s. By 1976 they had a long term

[cayugabirds-l] Redheads

2014-01-26 Thread Donna Scott
100s of REDHEADS in long narrow raft, swimming swiftly from north to south, near shore, off Lansing Station Rd. Lansing. Maybe end up by Myers? Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Probable Snowy Owl - Downtown Ithaca

2014-01-26 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
A friend of mine called me just a few minutes ago to say that he had just seen a SNOWY OWL (around 9:00am) in flight being mobbed by about a hundred crows. He described it as being a very large non-hawk raptor, with long rounded wings, all white, not much of a tail, no obvious neck, large head.

[cayugabirds-l] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls

2014-01-26 Thread Dave K
Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow very close to road. Alive but appears injured or sick. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Interesting gull - Syr Inner Harbor

2014-01-26 Thread tigger64
The photos don't do it justice but the key points are: large size, uniform dark coloration, folded wingtips concolor with the rest of the bird. Possibilities: Glaucous Gull - large size, concolor wingtips, but darkness of bird seems too much for the species. Patterning on bill seems wrong to

[cayugabirds-l] David Cup news

2014-01-26 Thread Dave Nutter
To all David Cup participants and bemused onlookers, past, current, future:* I made 2014 tables for the major categories. New categories can also be added. * Only a few people have started filling out 2014 info so far. Please join us. * I moved all the 2013 tables to a new page "2013 Cup"

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls

2014-01-26 Thread John Cancalosi
Pelea just captured by rehabers. Apparently injured near its eye. On Sunday, January 26, 2014, Dave K fishwatch...@hotmail.com wrote: Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls

2014-01-26 Thread John Cancalosi
I have my phone set to spanish and when i typed snowy it changed it to pelea of all things and i didnt catch it. So the owl is rescued in any case. On Sunday, January 26, 2014, Dave K fishwatch...@hotmail.com wrote: Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of

[cayugabirds-l] Sumo Mallards

2014-01-26 Thread Dave K
Two drake Mallards square off head to head like Whitetail bucks on Canoga Spring South of Seneca Falls. At first the male on the right has the upper hand but the one on the left turns it around.http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/12160883403/ --

[cayugabirds-l] lake ice waterfowl

2014-01-26 Thread Dave Nutter
I don't know what possessed me to walk to the lake again today, having walked both to East Shore Park and past Treman to the lake yesterday. Anyway, the ice has grown considerably, extending about 3/4 of a mile from the land at Treman's lakeshore, so today's walk was longer than I expected. I did