[cayugabirds-l] Danby: Bald Eagle, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yesterday I stopped at Jennings Pond and right away heard a large raptor calling. Looked up and there was a Bald Eagle soaring over the pond! Watched it fly across the pond and land in pines in the south west corner. It stayed there the whole time I walked around. As soon as I brought my bins

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Brooktondale

There are a lot of great birds in Shindagin Hollow, but it's outside the Cayuga Lake Basin, so I'm still seeking a 2011 first basin record for Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Of course I'm also interested in any neat bird observations in the region!--Dave NutterOn Apr 24, 2011, at 05:47 AM, Melissa Groo

[cayugabirds-l] Banding station open finally!

We've had nets out for a couple of weeks but this morning is the first calm, rainless day allowing us to band. The birds are streaming in. Many previously banded including one Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that missed the longevity record by one year. This one was a handsome 6th year male. Also new

[cayugabirds-l] New peep description. color morph enroute species status?

Please see the following link for a new species description of peeps by the American Bird Conservancy. http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/botw/peeps.html -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Danby: Bald Eagle, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler

On Apr 24, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote: I'm curious, a Killdeer was doing it's broken-wing fake out yesterday, would they have eggs to defend already? Or was it just practicing? ;^) Eric First New York egg date for Killdeer is April 3rd (see the NY breeding season tables

[cayugabirds-l] Another kitchen-window Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pat and I just looked out OUR kitchen window, and there's a male ROSE- BREASTED GROSBEAK, all decked-out for Easter! -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Monkey Run North, Sun 4/24

Sapsucker Woods continues to host various birds that exemplify this brief window of late mid-April, and also one surprising early arrival. Here are some highlights, mostly shared with Bill Baker's SFO group. * 1 silent VEERY just north of the Sherwood Platform. Several others and I plainly saw

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Sunday morning

Andy Johnson, Scott Haber and I birded around Ithaca this morning, but saw very little of note. Two of the most interesting birds were before I picked up Scott, a singing NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in a yard on Hanshaw Road just west of Blackstone, and a HOUSE WREN singing near the Pleasant Grove

[cayugabirds-l] Eastern White-crowned Sparrow transitional plumage photo

The white-crowned banded today presented with the very last stages of head molt from the first year brown to the adult black and white crown. Photo at http://johnandsuesphotos.shutterfly.com/pictures/482 Photos from last year are at http://johnandsuesphotos.shutterfly.com/pictures/165 Please do

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Monkey Run North, Sun 4/24

I was in Sapsucker Woods this morning too. I saw the Veery, though I confused it with a Swainson's Thrush at first :-( I saw probably between 60-80 Rusty Blackbirds first on the Wilson trail, then possibly the same flock on the Podell boardwalk. On the East trail was a flock of warblers,

[cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit - not

I did some birding and recording around the north end of the lake this morning. Two passes on the wildlife drive and no shorebirds, except for two Killdeer. Carncross Road still had the 100-odd yellowlegs, 30 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 10 Dunlin. I did not see the Golden Plover. An American

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods 24 April - Common Yellowthroat, etc

About 10am this morning I went to Sapsucker Woods on my own, hoping to find some of the birds which Mark Chao reported yesterday after the rain (and I and my group) had quit. Today I had intermittent light rain, and I was fairly successful, although I wouldn't call the birds teeming today. One of

[cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit observation times

So far the earliest report I've heard for the Marbled Godwit at Montezuma NWR was Saturday 23 April at 1:30pm, and the latest was myself at 4:55pm. Can anyone extend that either way? (I'm sorry to hear it wasn't there for you today, Bob.)--Dave Nutter

[cayugabirds-l] Brown Creeper

I seldom see Brown Creepers here, so it was a real treat to watch one working its way around on the old winter pear tree north of the house about 4 this afternoon. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs area -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Godwit

hi , I went to Montezuma this morning and two spins around the drive [one at 8:30 and then at 11:00] had no shorebirds or Marbled Godwit. I think the birds had more sense than I did today! Diana Whiting http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] yard birds

Around my yard this morning: lots of gobbling tom Turkeys, Ruffed Grouse thumping from various directions, several Hermit Thrushes, numerous Ruby-crowned Kinglets, one Blue-headed Vireo, one Black and White Warbler, one Louisiana Waterthrush, several Field Sparrows, at least six Fox

RE: [cayugabirds-l] See see see suzee

I just had a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER sing off my deck on Yellow Barn. It didn't stay. Must be following the BLUE-HEADED VIREO that called twice a few hours ago. Kevin From: bounce-21271423-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-21271423-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of wrevans

[cayugabirds-l] Boys Night Out

We have had male wood ducks about 4 times today (as well as a mallard male/female pair). Not sure whet their deal is but they are beautiful. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday Ap 24, Around the Lake

Hi all, Ton and I spent a wonderful day today birding around the Cayuga Lake Basin. We started around our property on Hunt Hill Rd. east of Ithaca. The first thing we noticed were three Hooded Mergansers on our pond – two first spring males (black bills, light eyes) and one adult female. They