[cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks

2022-05-19 Thread Elizabeth Windstein
I was excited to see my first bobolinks …in the big field off the FLT at the end of Townline Road. Fun to watch especially when they were gliding and chasing each other Thank you. Betty Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Blackpoll

2022-05-19 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
Heard a Blackpoll Warbler at 4-H Acres today around noon, adding to the chorus of resident redstart, chestnut-sided, yellowthroat, scarlet tanager, wood thrush, baltimore oriole, and chipping sparrow. Also a one-time cackling of a cuckoo, yellow-billed, I think. Tons of spongy moth caterpillars

[cayugabirds-l] Mallards should be safe

2022-05-19 Thread David Ruppert
A number of people helped shoo the Mallards towards the creek, so they should be safe. From: bounce-126566179-17096...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of David Ruppert Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 10:05 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mallards in Staples parking lot Someone I

[cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egret - Great Gully Rd, Springport, Cayuga Co.

2022-05-19 Thread David Suggs
Thursday, May 19, 10 AM Cattle Egret - opposite Great Gully Rd and Rt 90, Springport, Cayuga Co. Near ditch and pond. Landowners truck and dog did not flush when passing egret. David Suggs -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Mallards in Staples parking lot

2022-05-19 Thread David Ruppert
Someone I know is at the Staples parking lot right now. There is a mother Mallard with ducklings in the parking lot. It seems that they are confused and do not know how to get to a safe spot. I worry that they could be injured. Is this a real concern or will they be okay on their own? If

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Brant

2022-05-19 Thread Tom Schulenberg
the raft on the water seems to have departed, but another large flock flew > north past the spit around 9 am > > A flock of 36 Brant is currently sitting out on the lake off Myers Point. >> A group of Least Sandpipers and Dunlin have also flown by going north. No >> shorebirds are on the spit

[cayugabirds-l] Blue-winged, not Golden-winged, at SSW

2022-05-19 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
Several of us found a Blue-winged Warbler this morning singing the song I heard yesterday morning. We got great looks at the bird, and it's a Blue-winged with no signs of hybridization with Golden-winged. Today Merlin identified the song as both Blue-winged and Golden-winged. The bird was very

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Brant

2022-05-19 Thread Jay McGowan
A flock of 36 Brant is currently sitting out on the lake off Myers Point. A group of Least Sandpipers and Dunlin have also flown by going north. No shorebirds are on the spit currently. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME