[cayugabirds-l] MZ Cattle Egrets

2016-11-23 Thread Mike Tetlow
As of 2 pm I could find 3 surviving Cattle Egrets at Goose Haven on route 89 huddled between cattle and out on the snow. They flew to the horse farm on E. Tyre Road trying to find food in grass along plowed driveway. Hard to find so hopefully more surviving. Mike Tetlow Sent via the Samsung

[cayugabirds-l] Pippits at Myers

2016-11-23 Thread Nancy W. Dickinson
Had a few minutes to spare during my holiday visit, so stopped at Myers Point. A flock of 8 pippits flew in, each calling as it arrived. I watched them work the shoreline for a while, well camouflaged among the pebbles. These were long-sought lifers for me! Nancy Dickinson Visiting from Maine

[cayugabirds-l] Siena Drive screech-owl, Wed 11/23

2016-11-23 Thread Mark Chao
The gray-morph EASTERN SCREECH-OWL is back in view in its cavity on Siena Drive in northeast Ithaca (Wednesday, 2:10 PM). Yesterday’s directions still apply (the right side of the fresher-looking one of two broken-off trunks about 13 feet tall, near the road in the woodlot about 27 yards south