[cayugabirds-l] Rufous hummy

2012-10-02 Thread Susan Fast
According to Gary K., the purported RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD arrived at our feeders at 0700 this morning, and has been briefly at the feeder 3x in 20 minutes. House is open, cookies in kitchen. Susie I taking our morning walk. Good hunting.. Steve -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Connecticut Warbler

2012-10-02 Thread Jay McGowan
Chris Wood to cayugarba: Connecticut Warbler at Hog Hole. NNE patch of goldenrod. No sign of it so far for us though. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Rufous hummy

2012-10-02 Thread Susan Fast
Now 0950; bird not seen since 0715. _ From: bounce-68190100-9286...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-68190100-9286...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:24 AM To: 'CAYUGABIRDS-L' Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Rufous hummy According to Gary K.,

[cayugabirds-l] Orange-crowned Warbler; Marsh Wren still at Sapsucker Woods

2012-10-02 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at far parking lot at Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- just beyond chain fence -- abut 10:15 this morning. MARSH WREN apparently still around (near staff entrance) as well. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594

[cayugabirds-l] Mundy birds during lunch : Yellow-billed cuckoo, RS Towhees etc.

2012-10-02 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, I took a lunch walk in Mundy WG today. It was quite interesting. I heard and saw following birds: Yellow-billed Cuckoo feeding in mixed hunting party Rufous-sided towhees, two of them feeding in the natural flower garden area at the entrance with White-throated sparrow and a Song Sparrow

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 1-Oct-2012

2012-10-02 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi all, My sister and I made a relatively brief trip up to Montezuma last night. We didn't find anything too special (hence only posting now). We went around the wildlife drive and found almost no shorebirds and not really many waterfowl either, though the cooperative AMERICAN BITTERN at Benning

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods - White-crowned Sparrow

2012-10-02 Thread David Weber
A beautiful White-crowned Sparrow flew in for about 25 seconds to drink some water at the lab's main feeder area at 3:18pm. Also around right now is a flock of Pine Siskins, 10 Hooded Mergansers, and also a Purple Finch, Magnolia Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and tons of Yellow-rumped Warblers.

[cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds along Hanshaw Rd

2012-10-02 Thread Laura Stenzler
5:10 pm, a large flock of blackbirds in the corn along Hanshaw Rd just west of Sapsucker Woods Rd. I'm watching for yellow headed blackbird. I think it's mostly grackles and some rusty blackbirds. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Fw: [bluewing-group] Nelson’s Sparrow at Tri-Cities Airport

2012-10-02 Thread david nicosia
Nelson's Sparrow reported in Broome County by Bob Grosek.  Must be a pretty big flight of these guys!  Dave Nicosia  - Forwarded Message - From: bluew...@stny.rr.com bluew...@stny.rr.com To: Bluewing-group bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:53 PM Subject:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds along Hanshaw Rd

2012-10-02 Thread nutter . dave
A week ago Sunday, that is 23 September, I was at the Freese Road Community Gardens early in the morning and a flock of Icterids I estimated at 1500 birds commuted overhead from the valley of Fall Creek north-northwest and landed just across from the bee lab in the field on Freese Road. They