[cayugabirds-l] NE Ithaca, Mon 2/20

For the first time in 11 lonely months, we see an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in our nest box in northeast Ithaca. I can't prove anything, of course, but this individual bird's unfamiliar posture and demeanor give me the strong impression that it is a first-time visitor, or if a returnee, one who has

[cayugabirds-l] Mild Winter and Fish Crows

This is the first winter which the Fish Crows remained in my vicinity and continued to come to my yard every day. There were two all winter, and this weekend I had a group of four. Suzanne northeast area Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] quick look at a grebe

Spent a short(cold) time at East Shore Park around 1pm today. Saw Western Grebe just north of the pavilion near piers. It was near a small group of Common Mergansers. Later we walked the perimeter of the swan pen at Stewart Park. Gulls, mallards and two pairs of American Wigeons at the edge of

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse *  February 20, 2012 *  NYSY 02.20.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 13, 2012 - February 20, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[cayugabirds-l] Lab of Ornithology Rusty Blackbirds

Hi all, Sorry for the late report. Jay and I spotted a/the pair of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS singing quietly across the road from the middle parking lot at Sapsucker Woods this evening at around five. They were perched on top of an aspen and were in the same spot when we left. -- Brad Walker --

[cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement

Owasco Lake 4:30 PM Monday: enormous flight of several thousand snow geese flying SW, low in the sky (heading where? to the fields before overnight stop on Cayuga Lake?); 8 PM : many, many more (by the sound of it) on central Owasco Lake. Eben McLane Scipio, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park addition

In my last note I forgot to mention a BALD EAGLE I saw perched both yesterday and today across the creek from the boathouse, but farther back, approx where the white lighthouse jetty starts. Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan.

[cayugabirds-l] Common Raven -- Lettie Cook Woods

Hi everyone, On our way back to Ithaca this morning, Jessie and I saw a Common Raven circling and soaring fairly low just north of Lettie Cook Woods (visible from the north side of the woods). I know Brad Walker saw one here in early February. Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader

Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement

Same thing happening between Cayuga Seneca Lakes: at 5:00 PM today, tens of thousands of Snow Geese coming out of the north and flying SSE over Rock River Wycoff Roads in Ovid, in steady streams with hardly a break between flocks. I could only stay about 10 minutes, so have no idea how long

[cayugabirds-l] Reminder: Seminar tonight featuring Yula Kapetanakos

Hope to see you here! Monday, Feb 20 from 7:30-9:00PM The race to conserve Asia's vultures by Yula Kapetenakos The introduction of a veterinary drug used to treat cattle in Asia during the 1990's directly resulted in one of the most catastrophic bird population declines in modern history.