Hi Sandy,
I saw that bird two days ago, when it was still alive. It got stuck with its
wing in one of the branches. Apparently it hasn't managed to free itself and
this morning I saw it hanging dead too ...
Adriaan
On 15 Apr 2017, at 11:55, Sandy Wold
I didn't see John's reported Red-shafted Flicker, and therefore cannot comment
definitively, but to my knowledge, there are no confirmed occurrences of the
Red-shafted form of Northern Flicker in New York, or of actual hybrids of
Red-shafted X Yellow-shafted birds or "intergrades."
But, there
We had sun for the Easter egg hunt at Taughannock Falls this morning, but at
3:30, darkling sprinkles have arrived in West Danby, and that has set the birds
outside my door to singing. Among the rest I can hear my first-of-spring
Blue-headed Vireo.
-Geo
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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
I spotted two Turkey Vultures this afternoon entering a low open shed in trees
east of Willow Creek Road, perhaps 1,000' north of the Black Diamond Trail
crossing. About here:
42.52957°N 76.59377°W
-Geo
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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
The red-tail is in a nest near the top of tall White Pine in East Lawn
Cemetery, about 100 m north of the nearest edge of hawthorn orchard, and about
40 m up main entrance into cemetery from MItchell Rd.
I walked through the area because of a Merlin nest two years ago, and hoping
for another.
Yesterday early evening at Jetty Woods, after I picked up a few handfuls of
styrofoam cup aquatic debris deposited after recent flooding, I noticed the
entire herd of cormorants were back, and one was dangling from a tree. The
others went about perching normally in the tree. Bald-headed Eagle?
