[cayugabirds-l] apex sighting ... goose on a pole

2021-02-15 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Colleen That goose is a "dummy" put there by NYSEG to keep ospreys from building a nest there until an extension can be put on the poles /well above the transformers/ before the ospreys return.� Daughter, Becky Sewell, who monitors the osprey nests for Candace Cornell since I'm no

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread Dave Nutter
My first 2021 American Robin was on the Count on New Year’s Day, a single bird in the suburban neighborhood above my home on Ithaca’s West Hill. It was over a month before I saw another Robin: On February 6th, around the time that other folks began writing on CayugaBirds-L about flocks of them,

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2021-02-15 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * February 15, 2021 *  NYSY  02. 15. 21   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 08 to February 15, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma

[cayugabirds-l] apex sightings

2021-02-15 Thread Colleen Richards
Have been away for a few days without computer, but wanted to share an out-of-basin as well as in-basin pair of sightings. While driving on Rt.17/86 E late Friday afternoon, I saw a large, light-colored bird on the very top (hence apex) of a pine tree making it eye level with the highway.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread bob mcguire
I just got back from a walk with the dogs along Whitted Road (Snyder Hill area, Town of Dryden). We had a flock of at least 140 American Robins. None appeared to be feeding, but were moving leisurely from tree-to-tree in a SE direction. Bob > On Feb 15, 2021, at 4:19 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread Geo Kloppel
There have been well over 100 around my place on Tupper Road in West Danby for several days. They’ve stripped all the sumac fruits, the privet berries and the wild grapes. One stretch of road shoulder looks like the goose-fouled lawns at lakeside parks, but the droppings are deep purple instead

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread Todd Beeton
Haven't seen the 50+ Robins that had swarmed Castle Heights in Geneva to feed off my neighbor's berry tree since Saturday when they all but decimated it. My neighbor says she's had the tree for years but this was the first winter she's seen anything like this. On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 3:37 PM

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
I was at the Reservoir yesterday, not far from your place, and had 38 Robins drinking at a small puddle in the frozen river. There were more in the nearby trees I’m sure. Gary On Feb 15, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote: Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread Poppy Singer
Hi Suan, My daughter just called me to report hundreds in her yard on Turkey Hill! On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 2:02 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside my > window here in Commonland on East Hill / Six-Mile Creek. They hung out > in the trees

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread david nicosia
I have noticed a LOT of robins lately.  All over down here in Broome Co.  On Monday, February 15, 2021, 02:02:47 PM EST, Suan Hsi Yong wrote: Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside my window here in Commonland on East Hill / Six-Mile Creek. They hung out in the

[cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside my window here in Commonland on East Hill / Six-Mile Creek. They hung out in the trees for about a minute before flying off. 50 is a conservative lower-bound count of what I could see. When they departed, there were small waves flying

[cayugabirds-l] Florida siskins

2021-02-15 Thread Peter Saracino
My cousin tells me their seeing siskins at feeders in Florida!!! Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Cass yesterday pm

2021-02-15 Thread Judith Jones
Saw bluebirds feeding on staghorn sumac repeatedly. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

RE: [cayugabirds-l] RFI Historical Ithaca Lark Sparrow report

2021-02-15 Thread browncreeper9
Hi, Dave, The searchable Kingbird Archive which anyone can access through the NYSOA website mentions the report in the Winter 1980 issue. The only additional detail was that the observer was Steve Sabo. An asterisk by his initials indicates that details were on file. Since NYSARC