[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (FLLT SBQ), Sun 5/29

2011-05-29 Thread Mark Chao
On Sunday, I had a long, rich morning of birding with Bob McGuire and others at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve in West Danby. Bob, Dave Nutter, and I started right at dawn (5:15 AM) by the swampy pond next to the West Danby fire station. We found a couple of WOOD DUCKS, several

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (FLLT SBQ), Sun 5/29

2011-05-29 Thread Dave Nutter
Ann I hiked south near the border of Lindsay-Parsons and Danby State Forest. First we got an eyeful of the ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, which we could hear from within the preserve. The woods were fairly quiet other than EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, SCARLET TANAGER, and RED-EYED VIREO, but the next bird we saw,

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Nighthawk, etc.

2011-05-29 Thread Dave Nutter
I sent this late Saturday evening, but it seems not to have gone through.--Dave NutterOn May 28, 2011, at 07:42 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Highlights of a walk at dusk to the shore of Cayuga Lake at Treman State Marine Park included: a female HOODED MERGANSER with at least 10 downy

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawk, etc.

2011-05-29 Thread Geo Kloppel
I also heard COMMON NIGHTHAWK calls yesterday evening (Sat) at home. The bird seemed to rise from a ground-roost close by. -Geo On May 29, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: I sent this late Saturday evening, but it seems not to have gone through. --Dave Nutter On May 28, 2011, at

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine on snag at Stewart park

2011-05-29 Thread Tim Lenz
Causing great disturbance among nesting birds! -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Two or three Prothonotary Warblers, Armitage Road, Sun 5/29

2011-05-29 Thread Mark Chao
Lyn Jacobs has reported on both the Eatonbirds listserv and eBird that she and a group of seven others from the Eaton Birding Society found two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS singing loudly and chasing each other around Armitage Road on Sunday, on both sides of the road just west of Route 89 near the

[cayugabirds-l] clarification of Prothonotary location

2011-05-29 Thread Mark Chao
Lyn Jacobs and I just had an exchange about the Prothonotary Warblers on Armitage Road. See below for location information straight from her. Mark Hi Mark, I do not think my location balloons in ebird are in the exact location so, to clarify From Rt 89N and then west on

Re: [cayugabirds-l] clarification of Prothonotary location

2011-05-29 Thread joe Diana
They have been there before. Years ago before I even took photographs, Tim Capone told me about this bird right down to the branch and he was there like he had been waiting for me. I think that would be before 1993! Diana Whiting On May 29, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Mark Chao wrote: Lyn Jacobs

[cayugabirds-l] OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - Chemung Co., Horseheads

2011-05-29 Thread Mike Powers
My morning bird walk around the yard was producing mostly the usual suspects for this time of year, but that was broken by a very nice surprise in the form of a FOY and new yard bird: an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. I first located it by it's song, then watched it for a few minutes as it called

[cayugabirds-l] Black-bellied Plover at MNWR

2011-05-29 Thread J. Gary Kohlenberg
There are 5 Black-bellied Plover at the shorebird flats on the wildlife drive. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm