We had 86 doves in one tree on our Eaton Bird Club CBC on January 1st....hope springs eternal! Sar
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 9:39 AM Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> 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 <d...@cornell.edu> 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 > -- > *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:* > 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/ --
