[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill cranes at Montezuma

2021-05-23 Thread Laura Stenzler
There are 12 very tan Sandhill cranes in the southeast corner of the Sandhill crane unit, visible from Vandyne Spoor Road. Very active, flying up and down. Would these be last year’s young? Only one appeared gray. 5:20 pm, Sunday. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: Sunday Morning

2021-05-23 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Late yesterday, Todd Bittner (Director of the Cornell Botanical Gardens Natural Areas) and I made a last-minute decision to meet up for birding at the Hawthorn Orchard this morning. We birded the area for about 3-1/2 hours this morning. Best birds, but not terribly rewarding, were two

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: Saturday Morning

2021-05-23 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Saturday morning (5/22), Scott Anthony and I birded the Hawthorn Orchard for about 2-1/2 hours. The best bird was probably the worst seen: an extremely distant Great Egret in flight over the valley, headed South. It turns out this was a new species seen from this location, which brings the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black billed cuckoo

2021-05-23 Thread Sdanskin
Black-billed Cuckoo singing at Charles O Dickerson high school tennis courts in Tburg this morning. Sent from my iPhone > On May 22, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Maryfaith Miller wrote: > >  > Outside of Cayuga basin, but I had a black billed cuckoo at Lime Hollow > Nature Center on Wednesday. > Good