[cayugabirds-l] possible Black-backed Woodpecker near Sodus

Hello from the Montezuma Audubon Center, We had a birder from Philly stop in this morning and report that she saw a Black-backed Woodpecker at Lake Bluffs Campground near Sodus. She said it was in a snag near site 55. She felt pretty confident with the ID, and specified that it was a female.

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose

There is a snow goose at the Refuge in the Visitor Center Pool. Now why couldn't it have been here for the Muckrace? -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant American Pipits, other birds, and beer cans!

The newly-scoured fields and roadsides along the east end of Mt Pleasant Rd may be an eyesore until something grows, but they offered some good bird sightings this morning. A couple of dozen American Pipits were feeding there, as were huge numbers of Killdeer which flew up in a large flock

[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens, Fri 9/25

The Cornell Community Gardens along Freese Road are hosting an excellent variety of sparrows and other birds, as expected at this time of year. On Friday morning, I found one or more LINCOLN’S SPARROWS, two SWAMP SPARROWS, a few CHIPPING SPARROWS, three FIELD SPARROWS, many SAVANNAH SPARROWS and

[cayugabirds-l] Mundy during lunch

Hi all, I did get to spend some time at Mundy today. There were lots of birds right at the center of Mundy. But birds were coming in one by one giving a good chance to observe them. First I had three Swainsons Thrushes feeding on some fruits, I could not say what those fruits were because