[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk in Mecklenburg Cemetery

2019-05-11 Thread Paul Anderson
Early this afternoon I heard what I believe to be the loud and insistent calls of a Red-shouldered Hawk. I did not have time to stay and get a visual confirmation unfortunately, but I can't think of a plausible alternative. Mecklenburg Cemetery is a little tricky to find. I didn't even know

[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean Warbler in Ithaca (?), Sat 5/11

2019-05-11 Thread Mark Chao
On Saturday afternoon at about 2:10 PM, from the new housing development at 400 Spencer Road in Ithaca, I heard what I think was a singing CERULEAN WARBLER up the slope (along lower Stone Quarry Road). I couldn’t confirm this bird by sight (no binoculars, didn’t even try). But I do feel that

[cayugabirds-l] Worm-eating Warblers

2019-05-11 Thread Geo Kloppel
Right now I have two Worm-eating Warblers exchanging songs near West Danby’s north pinnacle (Danby State Forest / L-P Preserve). Very nice looks at one of them from about 20’ distance. This is the first day it has been dry and windless enough that I thought I could find them. A bit cold up

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club May meeting

2019-05-11 Thread Colleen Richards
Next Monday, May 13, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Carl Steckler and Meg Richardson will give their presentation, "Birding the Caldera of a Supervolcano in Arizona". Meg Richardson and Carl Steckler traveled to Tucson in September 2018 to find birds, and birds