This morning we added the Dec. 31 Towhee observation to ebird. This makes a total of 11 days in December that we've reported the bird being seen. Marsha Kadon
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 6:10 PM, marsha kardon <mfkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Eastern Towhee has been seen in our back yard eating millet we spread > on the ground most days since we first noticed it. It was definitely there > on Dec. 31. Not today, though. I'll watch for it tomorrow. Marsha Kardon > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > >> The following species were reported at the tally this evening for the >> Ithaca count. For species found only by one party I try to provide the >> name(s) of the initial observer(s) and a general description of the >> location, including the town. This information will also go in the first >> records list for the Cayuga Lake Basin on the Cayuga Bird Club website. >> Please send me corrections or missing information. Thanks. >> --Dave Nutter >> >> SNOW GOOSE >> ROSS'S GOOSE Ken Rosenberg Stewart Park ice shelf and adjacent >> Cayuga Lake, Ithaca (This bird was present for awhile this morning then >> disappeared for the day but returned at dark with Canada Geese to the east >> end of the ice shelf.) >> CANADA GOOSE >> GADWALL >> AMERICAN WIGEON >> 5 >> AMERICAN BLACK DUCK >> MALLARD >> NORTHERN PINTAIL Ken Rosenberg et al Stewart Park, Ithaca >> REDHEAD >> RING-NECKED DUCK >> 10 >> LESSER SCAUP Ken Rosenberg et al Stewart Park, Ithaca >> LONG-TAILED DUCK Ken Rosenberg et al Stewart Park, Ithaca >> BUFFLEHEAD >> COMMON GOLDENEYE >> HOODED MERGANSER >> 15 >> COMMON MERGANSER >> RED-HEADED MERGANSER >> RUDDY DUCK Scott Sutcliffe et al? Treman Marine State Park, Ithaca? >> RUFFED GROUSE >> WILD TURKEY >> 20 >> COMMON LOON >> PIED-BILLED GREBE >> HORNED GREBE >> DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT 7 birds was a new high >> GREAT BLUE HERON >> 25 >> TURKEY VULTURE >> BALD EAGLE (Single birds reported in adjacent sectors 6, 7, & 8. The >> one in sector 7 was in adult plumage except it had a narrow dark band near >> the tip of the otherwise white tail. Were the others different?) >> SHARP-SHINNED HAWK >> COOPER'S HAWK >> RED-TAILED HAWK >> 30 >> ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK >> AMERICAN KESTREL >> MERLIN Elliot Miller Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca >> PEREGRINE FALCON 3 reports from sector 8, possibly of the same bird >> peregrinating >> AMERICAN COOT >> 35 >> RING-BILLED GULL >> HERRING GULL >> ICELAND GULL Kevin McGowan Portland Point >> LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL >> GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL >> 40 >> ROCK PIGEON >> MOURNING DOVE >> EASTERN SCREECH-OWL >> GREAT HORNED OWL >> BARRED OWL Sandy Podulka Caroline Depot Rd, Caroline >> 45 >> BELTED KINGFISHER >> RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER >> YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Dave Nutter Warren Pl north of Richard >> Pl, West Hill, City of Ithaca >> DOWNY WOODPECKER >> HAIRY WOODPECKER >> 50 >> NORTHERN FLICKER >> PILEATED WOODPECKER >> NORTHERN SHRIKE (1 on Hile School Rd which is outside the basin, the >> other which is in the basin by Meena Haribal on Irish Settlement Road, >> Dryden) >> BLUE JAY >> AMERICAN CROW >> 55 >> FISH CROW >> COMMON RAVEN >> HORNED LARK (2 sites in sector 1) >> BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE >> TUFTED TITMOUSE >> 60 >> RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH >> WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH >> BROWN CREEPER >> CAROLINA WREN >> HOUSE WREN Scott Sutcliffe et al Cass Park vicinity? City of >> Ithaca >> 65 >> WINTER WREN >> GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET >> EASTERN BLUEBIRD >> HERMIT THRUSH John Fitzpatrick Thomas Rd, Dryden/Caroline >> AMERICAN ROBIN >> 70 >> NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD >> EUROPEAN STARLING >> CEDAR WAXWING >> SNOW BUNTING >> YELLOW-RUMPED (MYRTLE) WARBLER Asher Hockett, Sandy Wold behind >> former NCR factory, South Hill, Ithaca >> 75 >> AMERICAN TREE SPARROW >> SONG SPARROW >> SWAMP SPARROW John Fitzpatrick Thomas Rd, Dryden/Caroline >> WHITE-THROATED SPARROW >> WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Jay McGowan Stevenson Rd hedgerow, Dryden >> 80 >> DARK-EYED (SLATE-COLORED) JUNCO >> NORTHERN CARDINAL >> RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Susan Soboroff et al location? >> BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD >> PURPLE FINCH Paul Anderson along railroad tracks south of Cayuga >> Inlet fish ladder, Town of Ithaca >> 85 >> HOUSE FINCH >> AMERICAN GOLDFINCH >> HOUSE SPARROW >> 88 species on Count Day. Am I missing something? There were also the >> hybrid "Mallard X American Black Duck" and the not identified to species >> "Scaup sp". >> >> Not found on Count Day but possibly around for Count Week (29 Dec through >> 4 Jan) >> CACKLING GOOSE reported 28 Dec by Adriaan Dokter on Cayuga Inlet from >> Jetty Woods >> CANVASBACK CW: 1 male with Redheads off Treman Marine SP on 29 Dec by >> Dave Nutter >> GREATER SCAUP CW: 3 off Treman Marine SP on 29 Dec per Dave Nutter >> BLACK SCOTER CW: 1 female seen from Treman Marine SP by piling >> cluster on 29 Dec by Dave Nutter >> RING-NECKED PHEASANT haven't any escaped from the game farm? >> RED-THROATED LOON >> RED-NECKED GREBE >> NORTHERN HARRIER >> NORTHERN GOSHAWK >> GLAUCOUS GULL CW: seen at Stewart Park on 31 Dec by Dave Nutter & Jay >> McGowan >> SHORT-EARED OWL >> NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL >> RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET >> LAPLAND LONGSPUR >> EASTERN TOWHEE reported as recently as 16 Dec by Marsha Kardon on >> Perry Lane, West Hill, Town of Ithaca >> >> >> Also found today outside the Ithaca count circle but within the Cayuga >> Lake Basin: >> WOOD DUCK Therese O'Connor Cayuga Lake from Taughannock Falls >> State Park >> (note: a report of 2 OSPREY standing on ice at Montezuma NWR is probably >> immature BALD EAGLES) >> TRUMPETER SWAN Dave Kennedy Armitage Rd, Savannah >> TUNDRA SWAN Dave Kennedy Cayuga Lake SP, Seneca Falls >> NORTHERN HARRIER Dave Kennedy Seyboldt Rd, Canoga, Town of Fayette >> AMERICAN PIPIT Jay McGowan Myers Point >> >> --Dave Nutter >> >> -- >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >> -- >> > > -- 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/ --
