[cayugabirds-l] Body of Cooper’s hawk

Alas, this morning we saw the body of a first year Cooper’s hawk at Cass Park. It was on the east side of the tennis courts about 10 feet away. We had dogs so we couldn’t pick up the body. It may have been under the snow before that melted. It has been a very rough winter for many creatures.

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * March 08, 2021 *  NYSY  03. 08. 21   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 01 to March 08, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[cayugabirds-l] Eagle and Mallard

Yesterday from East Shore Park (RT 34 N just outside of Ithaca), I watched an immature Bald Eagle unsuccessfully try to catch a female Mallard duck. There where hundreds of ducks on Cayuga Lake in that area, but the Eagle had isolated this hen. She would dive under the water while the Eagle

[cayugabirds-l] Ducks from east shore park

Hi all, there is a very large mixed raft of ducks very beautifully visible from East shore park this morning. No wind lots of light, and many varieties. Come on down! Redheads, canvasbacks,lots of hooded merganser‘s, lots of common merganser‘s, Bufflehead, ringneck ducks, and more. Laura

[cayugabirds-l] Hoary redpoll question.

Hi folks. I was watching some birds on a tray feeder recently -some redpolls, tree sparrows, siskins and a few house sparrows. One redpoll looked suspiciously like a hoary. While I've definitely seen 3 hoaries this winter, I haven't yet seen enough to feel really confident in positively

[cayugabirds-l] Ducks/owl

On this sunny day that promises to warm up, I see a dozen or so Goldeneyes cavorting on the lake, as I finish breakfast! Fun to watch the males tossing back their heads. Meanwhile, under the lakeside feeders - again a pair of mallards eating birdseed. And I neglected to post Sat. that I