[cayugabirds-l] Big flock

[Carol Keeler]

I just had a huge mixed flock of Red Wing Blackbirds and my first of the 
season, grackles.  I had 3 RWs yesterday.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Big flock

[Peter Saracino]

We had 86 doves in one tree on our Eaton Bird Club CBC on January
1sthope springs eternal!
Sar

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 9:39 AM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> The bleak season has begun at my place because the Flood Control Channel
> has finally frozen solid. Yesterday there was just a thin layer of slush on
> top in the morning moving slowly, but a few Canada Geese swam right through
> it, and later it broke up and cleared away in the warmer afternoon. I may
> not see many waterfowl flying, swimming, diving, displaying & mating as
> long as for awhile, although today there are still a few gulls flying
> around. The Rock pigeons still are resting on the high-tension wires over
> the ice, and maybe they will continue to display atop the pylon which I can
> see better from my house.
>
> I’m keeping my deck and its railing cleared of snow so that birds can
> access the sunflower seeds I put out, and every morning I hang a tube
> feeder of sunflower seeds. So far I’ve been visited by a flock of 5
> American Goldfinches and a flock of 16 Mourning Doves, both high counts at
> the feeder for this young year, plus I’ve seen 2 other species
> (White-throated Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker) at or headed toward my
> neighbors’ clearly better feeding operation.
>
> My writing was interrupted in the middle of the above paragraph by a
> surprise new yard species. The first small flock of Canada Geese I saw this
> morning at 0845, which I wasn’t sure would happen at all due to the frozen
> water and some snow on the grass, included the Ross’s Goose which has been
> seen since at least 5 January on the ice at Stewart Park and in the lake
> off Allan Treman State Marine Park. This morning the Ross’s Goose had been
> reported among Canada Geese resting on the frozen Cayuga Inlet between Cass
> Park and Newman Golf Course. As it flew past my windows just above
> eye-level in bright sun, I saw that this white goose with black wing-tips
> not only was small, it also had a very short, very thick neck and a very
> small, stubby, all-pink triangular bill. I expect it is grazing on the
> lawns along the the water between the State Street bridge and the Fish
> Ladder east of NYS-13A (Floral Avenue/Five Mile Drive), and I don’t know,
> maybe there is even some open water for the geese along there.
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
> On Jan 8, 2022, at 8:00 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
>
> Many of us have been concerned about what seems to be low bird numbers in
> past weeks.
> But yesterday & today I have ~ 48 Mourning Doves eating bird food in my
> back yard!
> Also 2 regular Carolina Wrens, along with other usual suspects at feeding
> areas.
> & I picked up a third Crow out back.
>
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Big flock

[Dave Nutter]

The bleak season has begun at my place because the Flood Control Channel has 
finally frozen solid. Yesterday there was just a thin layer of slush on top in 
the morning moving slowly, but a few Canada Geese swam right through it, and 
later it broke up and cleared away in the warmer afternoon. I may not see many 
waterfowl flying, swimming, diving, displaying & mating as long as for awhile, 
although today there are still a few gulls flying around. The Rock pigeons 
still are resting on the high-tension wires over the ice, and maybe they will 
continue to display atop the pylon which I can see better from my house. 

I’m keeping my deck and its railing cleared of snow so that birds can access 
the sunflower seeds I put out, and every morning I hang a tube feeder of 
sunflower seeds. So far I’ve been visited by a flock of 5 American Goldfinches 
and a flock of 16 Mourning Doves, both high counts at the feeder for this young 
year, plus I’ve seen 2 other species (White-throated Sparrow and Downy 
Woodpecker) at or headed toward my neighbors’ clearly better feeding operation. 

My writing was interrupted in the middle of the above paragraph by a surprise 
new yard species. The first small flock of Canada Geese I saw this morning at 
0845, which I wasn’t sure would happen at all due to the frozen water and some 
snow on the grass, included the Ross’s Goose which has been seen since at least 
5 January on the ice at Stewart Park and in the lake off Allan Treman State 
Marine Park. This morning the Ross’s Goose had been reported among Canada Geese 
resting on the frozen Cayuga Inlet between Cass Park and Newman Golf Course. As 
it flew past my windows just above eye-level in bright sun, I saw that this 
white goose with black wing-tips not only was small, it also had a very short, 
very thick neck and a very small, stubby, all-pink triangular bill. I expect it 
is grazing on the lawns along the the water between the State Street bridge and 
the Fish Ladder east of NYS-13A (Floral Avenue/Five Mile Drive), and I don’t 
know, maybe there is even some open water for the geese along there.

- - Dave Nutter

> On Jan 8, 2022, at 8:00 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
> 
> Many of us have been concerned about what seems to be low bird numbers in 
> past weeks. 
> But yesterday & today I have ~ 48 Mourning Doves eating bird food in my back 
> yard!
> Also 2 regular Carolina Wrens, along with other usual suspects at feeding 
> areas. 
> & I picked up a third Crow out back. 
> 
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
> Sent from my iPhone
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[cayugabirds-l] Big flock

[Donna Lee Scott]

Many of us have been concerned about what seems to be low bird numbers in past 
weeks.
But yesterday & today I have ~ 48 Mourning Doves eating bird food in my back 
yard!
Also 2 regular Carolina Wrens, along with other usual suspects at feeding areas.
& I picked up a third Crow out back.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Big flock of American Goldfinches!

[Kathleen P Kramer]

Hi,

We usually have quite a few American Goldfinches that seem to be residents, 
often year-round. Today, however, our feeders were overwhelmed! At least a 
hundred, maybe 150, were at the feeders and settled about on the yard. When 
they took flight, as they occasionally did, and then returned, it looked as if 
many of the dandelions that dot our lawn were flying! We’ve lived in this house 
for 27 years and have never seen them in these numbers! It was very beautiful 
and very exciting!

Can anyone share thoughts about this new-to-us happening?

Thanks,
Kathy Kramer


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[cayugabirds-l] Big Flock of birds behind USDA

[Meena Haribal]

Hi all,
There is a big flock of birds may be 100 birds flying between vet school and 
USDA building. I suspect they could be waxwings. So if anyone is nearby have 
time check it out!

Cheers
Meena

Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
http://haribal.org/




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