[cayugabirds-l] peregrines on Bradfield Hall

About 9am this morning, there appeared to be 2 peregrine falcons on the east side of Bradfield Hall on the Cornell campus. Wouldn't this be a great and promising location for a nest shelf and a camera??? Marty Marty

[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl - Fayette

Had a heavily barred Snowy Owl in the field on the SW corner of 96A and Kime Rds this morning about 7 AM in the town of Fayette. No luck finding the Gyrfalcon around Seybolt Rd, but did have a male N. Harrier in the area, and an American Kestrel (along with many more RT Hawks). Mark Miller

Re:[cayugabirds-l] peregrines on Bradfield Hall

There were two Peregrine Falcons on the west side of Bradfield Hall (on the Cornell campus) yesterday (2/24) at 4:30 pm. Jim From: bounce-118861370-3494...@list.cornell.edu bounce-118861370-3494...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Marty Schlabach

RE:[cayugabirds-l] peregrines on Bradfield Hall

One of the Peregrines just flew in front of my office window heading towards Bradfield. I think it came to check out on pigeons on Vet school! Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE soaring about near East Hill Plaza. Having heard no reports this winter, I'm assuming this is an early migrant. I've often wondered why this bird, and the red-wing blackbirds Considering the severe weather and heavy snow

[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures here all winter

Reports came out of the woodwork about Turkey Vultures hanging around our area all winter. This shows I don't get out and do much birding during the winter months. It's far more comfortable looking out our kitchen windows. I still would like any thoughts you may have about true migrants

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

Hi Larry, Great report on another cold day. I have seen Turkey Vultures (up to 15) almost every day this winter locally around Ithaca. One recent day I was waiting for an early morning ride from Varna to the Lab of O and watched more than a dozen in trees across the road hanging out until

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagles at Game Farm

I made a stop of the Game Farm this morning and ended up not counting crows or looking for rare gulls. Instead I spent an hour photographing a pair of BALD EAGLES. They were perched together in a large bare tree along the west side of Dodge Road, just south of Stevenson Rd. One appeared to be

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

I have seen TVs in Danby now and then all winter long, and an occasional one over Rt 13 on the hillside. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:03 PM, W. Larry Hymes w...@cornell.edu wrote: About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE soaring about near East Hill Plaza. Having heard

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

Less than a month ago II saw around 20 Turkey Vultures roosting in trees along the inside lower curve of Freese Road. Really neat, as they were all at eye level. And I've seen others flying up along 89 and other places all winter, as others are mentioning. Linda Orkin Ithaca, NY On Wed, Feb

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

Larry, The simple answer is photoperiod. Red-winged BBs and others will migrate when day length reaches a certain threshold for the species. This instinctive response is often coupled to their food requirements so insectivores will wait until the days get longer and most probably correspond to

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

To give a Wed 25th Feb update on Turkey Vulture whereabouts, about 15 were either swirling around or sitting in the spruce trees behind the Varna Community Center on 366 today at about 230. There may well have been more in the spruces, hidden. They may be using these trees as a small local