[cayugabirds-l] Massive Geese migration north

Over Johnson City, NY at present the sky is literally filled with flock after  flock of CANADA and SNOW GEESE heading north. estimated 2000-3000 CANADA's and 500 SNOWS in the last 20 minutes. pretty much non-stop...  all heading toward Ithaca and the Finger Lakes. also large diurnal blackbird

[cayugabirds-l] Heavy migration

Got severely distracted from my outside chores by 1000's (thousands upon thousands??) of CANADA GEESE streaming overhead (very high up). Also seeing good numbers of REDWINGS and GRACKLES in our area for the first time. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Heavy migration

Millions! Canadas and snows! RWBB flying at lower levels. Saw something kind of cool this morning - huge flock of geese, traveling north at a high altitude spotted a plane (flying a bit higher) but suddenly stopped as a group and re-dispersed themselves like a flock of starlings to change

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Massive Geese migration north

Here too in Northeast Ithaca. Over 7,000 CANADA'S in a 1 hour skywatch with 3 CACKLINGS picked out. Also a nice low ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 3 PINE SISKINS and thousands of blackbirds. With the first raptors, I'll be heading up to mt Pleasant soon. Ken Rosenberg Sent from my iPhone On Mar 10,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Massive Geese migration north

Tim Lenz and I have had GOLDEN EAGLE, RED SHOULDERED HAWK, ROUGH LEGGED HAWK, TUNDRA SWANS, CACKLING and SNOW geese with the 4 or so Canada Geese so far, over downtown Ithaca. Brad On Mar 10, 2013 12:16 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote: Here too in Northeast Ithaca. Over

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Massive Geese migration north

I've been watching the sky from our south facing deck from 8:30 til 1 today and have seen the massive goose flight but ZERO raptors (except for our local Redtailed Hawk pair). We are southeast of the lake and this is often the case. Many more raptors visible from closer to the lake. I have

[cayugabirds-l] Tburg Sandhill Cranes

Two sandhill cranes fly over Tburg around 1:15pm today. They were vocal and low. Seemed like they may have landed on the golf course so I trotted on over. Walking through it right now but haven't seen them. David Sent from David's iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Heavy migration

Similar numbers of Canadas over Trumansburg, no doubt enjoying the south tail wind! On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Millions! Canadas and snows! RWBB flying at lower levels. Saw something kind of cool this morning - huge flock of

[cayugabirds-l] Bald eagles

Finally! Two Bald Eagles over the house within 5 minutes of each other. One juvenile and one adult. 1:50 and 1:55, Hunt Hill Rd.,Ithaca. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tburg Sandhill Cranes

No luck finding the two sandhill cranes in the Tburg golf course. Probably didn't land there, but my guess is that they did land somewhere in the greater Tburg area. David Diaz Sent from David's iPhone On Mar 10, 2013, at 1:29 PM, David Diaz davidd...@fllt.org wrote: Two sandhill cranes

[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose, Stewart Park

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE is sitting with the Canadas off the west end of Stewart Park, still present now at 3:00. Lesser Black-backed (8) and Iceland (2) gulls as well. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Sunset Park Migrants

Hi all, Tim Lenz and I watched migrants from Sunset Park today from about 10:30am-2pm. We had about 45,000 CANADA GEESE in total with 7 CACKLING GEESE and 19 SNOW GEESE mixed in. Towards the end of the count, Tim spotted a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE landing at the Swan Pen with two Canada

[cayugabirds-l] Robin in our garden on West Hill

This afternoon I was pleasantly surprised to see a Robin scurrying through our garden looking for a tidbit. That, coupled with the several TVs I saw circling yesterday over West Hill, convinces me that spring is nearly here. Regi -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] New bird for me-Snipe

And right on the other side of the road from my house, about 30' into the empty mowed field next to an iced over wet spot. 2 common snipe, feeding or trying to feed. I had a great look at them for quite awhile before they left. this is off W.King Rd in Danby. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sunset Park Migrants

Thanks Brad and Tim for spotting and RBAing the G White-fronted Goose -- made for some spectacular viewing at Stewart Park in the mid-afternoon, with (besides great looks at the goose) a 2nd cycle and adult ICELAND GULL and a remarkable 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (all adult or 3rd-cycle) in a

[nysbirds-l] Hammond Hill State Forest migration watch

I spent three hours at Hammond Hill State Forest east of Ithaca this afternoon (starting at 12:10pm) watching migrants. As others have noted, there was an amazing flight of waterfowl throughout Tompkins County and beyond. This flight was strongly dominated by Canada Geese. I was curious how

[cayugabirds-l] Birding today

A group of us met at Mt. Pleasant. I arrived there around 11:00. We saw a Golden Eagle, Red-Tailed Hawk, Coopers Hawk, 2 Goshawks, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Harrier, Blue Birds. If we saw more, someone else has to expound on it. Best, Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

RE:[cayugabirds-l] [GeneseeBirds-L] Huge raft of Snow Geese on Cayuga Lake, and an odd goose

Hi Dave and all, As for the Snow Geese, they seem to be scattered all over the places. I am not sure if some of them went further north. I found a large flock at Muckland maybe 30 thousand plus. Then I found many in the fields as well as a few thousand at Carncross road. I heard several shots

[cayugabirds-l] American Tree Sparrows in song

Having read the guides, males in a flock of American Tree Sparrows at the Stevenson Road Compost Facility are singing--- in late winter before the spring migration (All About Birds) . An unfamiliar song for me, but very sweet. The flock was hanging in the low shrubbery at the two-track that

[cayugabirds-l] Question about lower lake road

I am curious why that is the place where the snow geese and tundra swans congregate Thanks, Barbara Sent via iPod -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES