I am watching a Peregrine Falcon nest in a local quarry. On an adjacent
ledge on the quarry wall is a Mallard hen on a nest. She has been
incubating at least since 4/28. I don't see a safe path to the water for
the chicks if they hatch and find this an unusual nest location. I can't
find any do
What is presumably the same Clay-colored Sparrow that has been present in
the last few years was singing from the apple trees in his usual spot
(between Goldwin Smith and Stimson Halls) on the Cornell Arts Quad this
morning around 9:15am.
I saw it briefly in flight as it headed toward East Avenue,
The Cayuga Bird Club will have a Field Trip to the Hawthorn Orchard this
Sunday, May 14, starting at 8:00AM and ending by noon, perhaps before. You
can park at the Oxley Equestrian center parking lot and we will start in the
field behind the building.
Warning: Boots, rain pants and rain coats
Finally, a warbler! I had a beautiful male HOODED WARBLER on the south end of
Yellow Barn Rd on my way home this evening. It was singing across the road from
the shooting range at the sportsman's club.
We just finished the 6th (of 7) week of warbler ID webinars last night, and I
still haven't s
Just a reminder that I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip to
Thatcher’s Pinnacles tomorrow morning. We will meet in the parking lot at
Jenning’s Pond in Danby at 7:00 AM and proceed from there to the trailhead.
The trailhead to the pinnacles is about a 10 minute drive on Bald Hill Ro
