[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma hybrid ducks

2011-05-09 Thread Christopher Wood
There is a Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler hybrid at the Montezuma visitor's center. Also, a Common x American Green-winged Teal integrade. It looks like a Common Teal with a faint white stripe down the breast. Sandhill Cranes and an assortment of ducks as well. Cerulean Warbler singing at

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club speaker, May 9

2011-05-09 Thread clr82
The Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome Meena Haribel as guest speaker at our monthly meeting tonight, May 9, at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. In Here I Am: A Nature Travel Diary Meena will use photographs as well as audio and video recordings to share experiences from her trip to

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-05-09 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 09, 2011 * NYSY 0905.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 02, 2010 - May 09, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just

[cayugabirds-l] Fw: [OneidaBirds] Black Crowned Night Herons - Towpath Road Montezuma

2011-05-09 Thread Joseph Brin
- Forwarded Message From: jtarolli9 jtarol...@yahoo.com To: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 1:08:11 PM Subject: [OneidaBirds] Black Crowned Night Herons - Towpath Road Montezuma This morning I counted 13 BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERONS at the beginning of Towpath

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods 10-11 am

2011-05-09 Thread Bob Anderson
I circled the pond on the Wilson trail counter-clockwise (if your are looking from above I guess.) It was pretty noisy at the start, with several WARBLING VIREOS singing, a couple of bubbling HOUSE-WRENS, and a persistent NORTHERN FLICKER going ki-ki-ki On the northern half I saw one each

[cayugabirds-l] Mammal ID correction

2011-05-09 Thread Scott Haber
After some careful analysis of video that Susan took of the small mammal on the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods this afternoon, Kevin McGowan has concluded that it was a Hairy-tailed Mole and not a Short-tailed Shrew. Still cool to see in plain sight! -Scott -- *Scott A. Haber* *Content Manager

[cayugabirds-l] Ovenbird Lansing

2011-05-09 Thread Donna Scott
OVENBIRD, WOOD THRUSH in woods above Lansing Station Rd. and 2 male B. ORIOLES, and 2 male, 1 female RB GROSBEAKS at feeders. Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 d...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin Hollow Today

2011-05-09 Thread Evan Barrientos
Great, beautiful morning today at Shindagin Hollow State Forest today. Most abundant birds: Black-throated Green Warbler, American Redstart, and Rose-breasted Grosebeak. Most interesting birds: SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, RED-EYED VIREOS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES. Lovely wildflower

[cayugabirds-l] SAPSUCKER WOODS 1-1:45 PM

2011-05-09 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, Roi Dor and I did a short walk on the first part of the Wilson Trail (north). Most birds were quiet, but still there. Lots of YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (singing in the distance), a great look at a ground foraging OVENBIRD, 1 female CHESTNUT -SIDED

[cayugabirds-l] Yard (pond) birds

2011-05-09 Thread Nena Winand
This is new. I have 2 female buffleheads on my pond. I have only seen wood ducks and mallards here over the last 5 years since moving in. Nena Winand 30 Torok Road, Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday birding, Yellow-throated Warbler details

2011-05-09 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Hi all, I apologize for the late post, and thank Tom Schulenberg for posting my YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER from near the Ithaca Airport. It's about time for me to figure out how to post to the list from my phone, and to receive rare-bird alert text messages such as White-faced Ibis, which I drove