[cayugabirds-l] Gray Crowned Rosy Finch
The finch is back and is being seen by many birders already this morning. 2788 Rt 12D Boonvillle 13309. Park behind the yellow tape and look towards the house and bird bath being used as feeder and large sugar maple near the deck. Janet Akin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE near RED-THROATED
CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE near RED-THROATED LOON far northwest of East Shore Pk, Ithaca. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Meadowlark
Tim Lenz and I were at Stewart park between 8:30 and 9 this morning and found it almost completely devoid of waterfowl. There were a few birds of note, though, including: Green-winged Teal (pair) Killdeer Eastern Meadowlark (This bird flew in low from the lake and came in directly above us giving a few calls before continuing to the south.) - Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Meadowlark
Still not much waterfowl here. Add canvasback, couple am. wigeons and a pied billed grebe. I did not get the teal or meadowlark. Red throated loon still present from east shore park. Could not relocate western grebe. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.com Sender: bounce-41918062-6471...@list.cornell.edu Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:24:25 To: CayugabirdsCAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu Reply-To: Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Meadowlark Tim Lenz and I were at Stewart park between 8:30 and 9 this morning and found it almost completely devoid of waterfowl. There were a few birds of note, though, including: Green-winged Teal (pair) Killdeer Eastern Meadowlark (This bird flew in low from the lake and came in directly above us giving a few calls before continuing to the south.) - Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] winter finches, a teaser
On 3/5/2012 10:01 PM, Bill Addison wrote: This has been the winter of finches, flock after flock of them. They are eating up to 4 litres of black sunflower seed a day, if we give them that many. These photos have pine grosbeaks, redpolls and pine siskins. The male pine grosbeaks (red ones) started heading north by the second week in February and their numbers are now almost zero. The females and immature pine grosbeak numbers started decreasing by the end of the third week in February. There are still some of them left but tomorrow is supposed to +6 C as is Thursday, so my guess is that the pine grosbeaks will be gone by the end of the week. Redpolls are still here in fair numbers. Redpolls are scrappy little critters and we watched a few of them go beak to beak with pine grosbeaks and win. Chickadees have been scarce this winter, perhaps because they don't stand a chance against the other species. We had a few intermittent evening grosbeaks. Hairy woodpeckers and red-breasted nuthatches were regular visitors. The nuthatches existed almost exclusively on deer suet while the woodpeckers ate sunflower seeds almost exclusively, rarely visiting the suet. We have rarely had as many winter finches as this year. Bill is a professional naturalist with great memory and keen insight. Take his word for what he says.If interested, Bil sent some great feeder pictures of Pine Grosbeak that I could forward if you contact me at con...@ithaca.edu Cheers,John Did I forget to mention that Bill lives about 20 miles north of the northernmost point of Lake Superior, north of Thunder Bay, Ontario -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --attachment: confer.vcf
Re: [cayugabirds-l] winter finches, a teaser
Well, no Pine Grosbeaks here, but I do have Pine Siskins again today, and one Common Redpoll. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Wednesday
I just returned from a couple of hours atop Mt Pleasant. A pleasant day, but rather slow for migration. A couple hundred Canada Geese and many hundreds of blackbirds. One Killdeer flying over. 7 migrating Red- tailed Hawks, three locals. A pair of Cooper's Hawks. One local Northern Goshawk (dropped down into Hammond Hill woods). Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Aythya raft
Very large raft spreads about 1 mile from twin oaks campground north past rr tracks. The birds are not densely packed. I would say there are almost as many canvasbacks as redheads. Also found many scaup sp. I was able to positively ID 1 greater and several lesser. There were also several ring necked ducks too. I am not going to even guess how many birds. Dave Nicosia Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Aythya raft
Another more densely packed large raft north of harris park. Not as big as the one before. More scaup sp. In this one. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: daven1...@yahoo.com Sender: bounce-41986140-6471...@list.cornell.edu Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:09:29 To: Cayuga birdscayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Reply-To: daven1...@yahoo.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Aythya raft Very large raft spreads about 1 mile from twin oaks campground north past rr tracks. The birds are not densely packed. I would say there are almost as many canvasbacks as redheads. Also found many scaup sp. I was able to positively ID 1 greater and several lesser. There were also several ring necked ducks too. I am not going to even guess how many birds. Dave Nicosia Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] NE Ithaca, Wed 3/7 (screech-owl love shack)
At midday today, I saw a gray-morph EASTERN SCREECH-OWL basking in our nest box on Simsbury Drive in northeast Ithaca. Although I hadn't seen any screech-owl in the box since my lone winter sighting on February 20, I wasn't too surprised to see one today; it was certainly a perfect day to bliss out in the sun. Later, I set up a scope for closer study. Now I saw flecks of red blood on the owl's bill. After a few minutes, the owl turned, looked down, and hopped into the box and out of sight. One second later, an owl again took its place at the opening. But this time the owl had no blood at all on the bill. I see only one reasonable conclusion -- there were TWO OWLS together in the box!!! I got a couple of comparison photos that poorly show the difference that I saw very clearly without the camera. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bpL9RlRnbmOQQwVU3Arr6dMTjNZETYmyPJy0li ipFm0?feat=directlink The second owl stayed out for much of the next couple of hours. It gagged and smacked its bill several times; I was sure I was going to get a live view of this bird casting a pellet, but alas, nothing came out. On March 18, 2011, I saw two screech-owls together in this box, but I saw no sign of them for the rest of the season or year. Therefore, though of course I feel abundantly blessed and very fired up, my hopes for a full-blown nesting attempt this time remain highly guarded. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club speaker dinner - March 12
The Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome Dr. Howard Evans as guest speaker at our monthly meeting on Monday, March 12 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (as well as cookies and conversation at 7:15). Dr. Evans will be presenting The Anatomy of Birds. The Club will be hosting Dr. and Mrs. Evans for dinner at Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N downtown) at 5:30 pm prior to the meeting. This is a great opportunity for members to meet our speaker in a casual setting and socialize with other members while enjoying some great food. If you would like to join us for dinner, please rsvp to cl...@juno.com by Sunday evening so that reservations can be made. Have a great weekend of birding and hope to see you Monday night, Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f580242b1f7e2387c87st02duc -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Around Cayuga Lake and Montezuma Area Wed 07 March 2012
Spent the day birding around Cayuga Lake and Montezuma. First stop though was Edwards Hill Road in Broome co. where I finally got the NORTHERN SHRIKE for 2012. I had this guy way back in November. From my photos in November vs. today's, it could be the same bird, a first year bird See http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629172472684/ (Today) vs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/6408944587/in/photostream/ (Nov 26, 2011) Highlights for rest of trip- East Shore Park: 1 RED-THROATED LOON Stewart Park:1 CANVASBACK, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 3 HOODED MERGANSER, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON Myer's Point- counted 160 RING-BILLED GULLS, 60 HERRING GULLS, 3 GREATER BLACK BACKED GULLS, BELTED KINGFISHER, 1 NORTHERN FLICKER, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER Long Point St. Park overlook from Lake Road- 31 COMMON GOLDENEYES Aurora Boathouse- no grebes, but counted 183 AMERICAN COOTS Twin Oaks Campground to north of Railroad Tracks crossing Rte 90- Huge aythya raft...maybe 20-25 thousand...all common species present. Both scaup, redhead, canvasback, ring-necked duck also american wigeon, black duck, mallards, ring-billed gulls, herring gulls, loads of canada geese and TUNDRA SWANS. Harris Park- another aythya raft...also 100-200 TUNDRA SWANS. Tschache Pool- CACKLING GOOSE among many Canadas. also lots of NORTHERN PINTAILS, and AMERICAN WIGEON. East Road Knox-Marcellus Marsh- about 20,000 SNOW GEESE. The whole flock took off into a swirling mass as an immature BALD EAGLE flew over. It was a spectacle. I got a poor quality video with my camera and several photos of the shear numbers. awesome. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629172481404/ Lower Lake Road- another aythya raft, many more scaup sp in this one but REDHEADS and CANVASBACK still most common. also TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN WIGEON, and another decent size raft of SNOW GEESE. I probably forgot a few. But totaled 54 species for the day which is not bad for early March. A few more select photos... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629172527778/ Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs turkey vultures
This afternoon I watched as 4 of the locals approached from the south began circling over the village. We've had at least 17 for the past several years. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ravens again
I spent some time after lunch today in the field across from our house, watching to see what might go by. At 1330, I noted two dark birds flying side-by-side, about 3 feet apart, emerging from over the trees to the east. They continued in this fashion straight to the west and out of sight, about ½ mile total distance. They were moving extremely rapidly, even for RAVENS. The only time I can remember seeing a raven fly with such abandon was one I saw being chased by a bald eagle, several years ago. There were no acrobatics involved, but I consider this to be pair bonding/courtship behavior. It sure looked like fun; maybe Ill see if Susie will run full tilt with me across the field tomorrow. Or maybe not. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
