[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture on Stevenson, Clay-colored Sparrow still on campus

At 2:30 today I was just finishing up an hour crow watch at the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road when I noticed that an incoming vulture was a BLACK VULTURE: short tail, flat and broad wings, and white patches in the primaries. It then landed in the big lone snag, with 8 Turkey Vulture

[cayugabirds-l] turkeys

We were just coming up Giles St, and at the intersection with State/MLK (2 houses south) was a family of turkeys! Since they were gathered underneath a tree, I at first thought they were statues, so I had Larry back up. Sure enough 2 adults and 7 young: (is that considered a 'flock'?), but the

[cayugabirds-l] Great Shearwater - bad news

With sadness I have to report the Great Shearwater did not survive. I think plans are for it to go to the American Museum of Natural History. Dave W. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Nort

[cayugabirds-l] Merlins and a reminder to the odonate book recption today at 3.00 pm at BTI

Hi all, I have heard the East Ithaca Cemetery merlins several times in morning when I walk to work, so they must have continued there and may have been successful in nesting. I mean to stop by at the cemetery and check it out but have had no chance to do so far. Also, today I noticed most

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin: new and old in Ithaca

Yes I've also seen a Merlin along NYS-13A near the City/Town line. It was awhile ago and I don't recall the date, but I agree that's an area it's been. On the evening of 6 July I saw a Merlin over Cass Park, initially flying north over West Hill and being harassed by a couple smaller birds - in

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juvenile Sharp-shins

I think a Sharp-shinned Hawk would be not just naive but really stupid to go after prey as large as a Gray Squirrel. So I looked closely at your photos. They have fine (not coarse) brown streaking below, and even though the tail of the perched bird appears square, you can see all the ends of the ta

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bitterns at Catharine Creek Marsh

Thanks for the report Matt. nesting Least and American Bitterns are two of the specialties at Queen Catharine Marsh with at least 4 pair of the former and three of the latter breeding. They've been there since the IBA was granted many years back. The lack of waterbirds is somewhat surprising but

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Jerry Lazarczyk

Thank you for letting us all know. Pink-footed Goose comes to mind when I remember last seeing Jerry...or was it a Chat. Suddenly, he was just where "the bird" was! For me, the serendipity of seeing friends when on the birding trail more than doubles the joy. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent fr