[cayugabirds-l] Body of Cooper’s hawk
Alas, this morning we saw the body of a first year Cooper’s hawk at Cass Park. It was on the east side of the tennis courts about 10 feet away. We had dogs so we couldn’t pick up the body. It may have been under the snow before that melted. It has been a very rough winter for many creatures. Regi “The future of the world is nuts.” Philip Rutter, founder of the American Chestnut Foundation -- 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] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 08, 2021 * NYSY 03. 08. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 01 to March 08, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: March 08 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #742 Monday March 08, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 01, 2021 Highlights: --- SNOW GOOSE WOOD DUCK RUDDY DUCK NORTHERN SHOVELER KING EIDER SURF SCOTER BLACK SCOTER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK PEREGRINE FALCON GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE SAVANNAH SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR EVENING GROSBEAK HOARY REDPOLL RED CROSSBILL WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 3/3: 5 SANDHILL CRANES and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen at Carncross Road. Onondaga County 3/1: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was again seen in the Kensington Place area of Syracuse. 3/3: A RUDDY DUCK was seen from Onondaga Lake Park. 3/6: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen at a feeder on Lawrence Road in Marcellus. 3/7: 4 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and 16 RED CROSSBILLS were seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Both species were again seen on the 8th. Derby Hill Bird Observatory This was the first full week of Hawk Watching at Derby Hill. Highlights were BALD EAGLES, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and the season’s first GOLDEN EAGLE. Oswego County 3/1: A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Lake Ontario from Selkirk Shores State Park. 3/3: 3/3: 3 KING EIDERS were again seen in Oswego harbor near the lighthouse. They were seen again on the 7th. 3/4: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Bishop Road north of Pulaski. It (one) was seen again on the 6th. 3/7: A GLAUCOUS GULL and an ICELAND GULL were seen from Brietbeck Park in Oswego. A SURF SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Phoenix Dam and Locks. 3/8: 3 BLACK SCOTERS were seen at the river mouth is Oswego. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near the intersection of Rts. 3 and 4 in the Town of Palermo. Madison County 3/2: 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. 3/5: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Bellinger Road south of Canastota. Cayuga County 3/2: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen at the Sterling Nature Center. Oneida County 3/3: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Potato Hill Road in Boonville. 3/5: A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS have returned to a nest box on the Adirondack Bank building in Utica. Herkimer County 3/2: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Salisbury Corners. 3/3: A HOARY REDPOLL was seen near Salisbury Corners. It was seen again on the 6th. End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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] Eagle and Mallard
Yesterday from East Shore Park (RT 34 N just outside of Ithaca), I watched an immature Bald Eagle unsuccessfully try to catch a female Mallard duck. There where hundreds of ducks on Cayuga Lake in that area, but the Eagle had isolated this hen. She would dive under the water while the Eagle hovered about 10 feet above her. Every time she would break the surface of the lake, the Eagle would drop down almost to the duck, but she would dive out of reach again and again. It was a pretty windy day, and the Eagle was young and inexperienced. Seems like the duck had the wind figured out, but the Eagle did not. The Eagle kept maneuvering to keep the wind in its face, which made hovering easier, but which also gave the duck it's chance. When the Eagle let it's guard down for about a tenth of a second, the wind pushed it backwards about 2-3 feet. At that moment, the duck shot up out of the water like a cork which had been held underwater in a bathtub. By the time she was 3 feet in the air, she already was powering her way forward into the wind with quick wingbeats. The Mallard got away before the Eagle could overcome its backward momentum. If the Eagle had better used the wind to its advantage, the duck probably would not have had a chance. If the Eagle survives, I am sure it will learn from that experience. It's fun to see what nature can teach us. Jody Jody W. Enck, PhD Conservation Social Scientist, and Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network 607-379-5940 -- 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] Ducks from east shore park
Hi all, there is a very large mixed raft of ducks very beautifully visible from East shore park this morning. No wind lots of light, and many varieties. Come on down! Redheads, canvasbacks,lots of hooded merganser‘s, lots of common merganser‘s, Bufflehead, ringneck ducks, and more. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Hoary redpoll question.
Hi folks. I was watching some birds on a tray feeder recently -some redpolls, tree sparrows, siskins and a few house sparrows. One redpoll looked suspiciously like a hoary. While I've definitely seen 3 hoaries this winter, I haven't yet seen enough to feel really confident in positively identifying one. Needless to say the house sparrows were bullying the other birds, and all the other birds soon scattered. All but one - the "hoary" It would have none of the sparrows' bullying and, in fact, was quite aggressive toward them. It charged at them and caused THEM to flee. I was quite surprised by this so my question is this - do hoary redpolls tend to be more aggressive than common redpolls? Might this be another "mark" to help identify one? Thanks for the help. Pete Sar -- 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] Ducks/owl
On this sunny day that promises to warm up, I see a dozen or so Goldeneyes cavorting on the lake, as I finish breakfast! Fun to watch the males tossing back their heads. Meanwhile, under the lakeside feeders - again a pair of mallards eating birdseed. And I neglected to post Sat. that I found a gray Screech Owl snoozing in same tree hole down my road where I had found the red Screech Owl on Feb. 8 & 10. Their photos are in eBird. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
