[cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe by Stewart Park
Around 2 pm today I was walking back through the golf course toward the footbridge to Stewart Park. I flushed a bird from the east side of the little pond (which is otherwise completely frozen but has one, small muddy area where the bird had been) that is close to the bridge. The Wilson's snipe landed on the other side of the pond and hunkered down without moving against the snow where I got a clear and long look at him. When I went back to the Stewart Park side of the pond, he went back to the small muddy area. He stayed hunkered down, nearly invisible, by a small pipe in that spot. It would be great if someone else got a chance to check this out. It seems really bizarre to see a snipe now, but I feel quite confident in my identification having gotten such a good look. Deborah Lynn -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe by Stewart Park
Hi, all! Deborah just stopped by the Front Desk to say it was the WEST side of the little pond, not the East Side. Thanks! holly From: bounce-7666769-9985...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7666769-9985...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah F. Lynn Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 3:03 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe by Stewart Park Around 2 pm today I was walking back through the golf course toward the footbridge to Stewart Park. I flushed a bird from the east side of the little pond (which is otherwise completely frozen but has one, small muddy area where the bird had been) that is close to the bridge. The Wilson's snipe landed on the other side of the pond and hunkered down without moving against the snow where I got a clear and long look at him. When I went back to the Stewart Park side of the pond, he went back to the small muddy area. He stayed hunkered down, nearly invisible, by a small pipe in that spot. It would be great if someone else got a chance to check this out. It seems really bizarre to see a snipe now, but I feel quite confident in my identification having gotten such a good look. Deborah Lynn -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA WILSON'S SNIPE between Fall
CayugaRBA WILSON'S SNIPE between Fall Cr, golf course, end of Pier Rd found by Deb Lynn, refound by Bob McGuire --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] OOB: Harlequin duck
Susie I traveled up to Syracuse this morning to see the male HARLEQUIN DUCK that's been all the rage in that area for a while now. I'm just mentioning this as I'm not aware of any notices about this bird posted on this listserv. We watched it for maybe 15 minutes until our eyeballs glazed over with ice. Mostly it slept, but finally roused to give us a good view. It then ducked its head under water, presumably to nibble underwater food of some sort. It doesn't look much like the picture in Sibley; Peterson does a much better job. It was (is) located at the NW corner of Onondaga Lake, in the outlet. To get there from Ithaca, take I-81 north to Syracuse, then get on I-690 west. Get off at Exit #4, John Glenn Blvd., heading NE just a bit, and turn right on Long Branch Rd. In about a mile, this road goes over the outlet on a green, single-lane bridge. Go over the bridge, and quickly turn into a small parking lot of Long Branch Park. Then walk on a plowed path back toward the bridge you just crossed over. The harlequin was with some MALLARDS in open water right under the bridge. S. S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] bunting flock
Perri and I took a brief drive around Dryden Lake in vicinity this afternoon. Best birds were a light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on West Lake Road not far off Rt. 38, a flock of 600 SNOW BUNTINGS and 80 HORNED LARKS on Cornell Lane in Harford, and a Cooper's Hawk and another Rough-legged Hawk in the same area. Good birding, Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * January 17, 2011 * NYSY 1701.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 10, 2010 - January 17, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:January 17 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #239 -Monday January 17, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 10 , 2010 Highlights: --- BLACK SCOTER HARLEQUIN DUCK RUDDY DUCK GOLDEN EAGLE ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL NORTHERN SHRIKE TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE BOHEMIAN WAXWING EVENING GROSBEAK LAPLAND LONGSPUR COMMON REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) No reports this week. Onondaga County 1/11: Up to 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen with COMMON REDPOLLS at the Onondaga and Cortland County lines on Shakham Road. A lone PINE SISKIN was seen also. The same mix was observed on 1/16. A HOARY REDPOLL was seen and photographed at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. At the Inner Harbor in Syracuse 2 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, and 2 ICELAND GULLS were found. A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was found under the one lane bridge at Long Branch Park near Liverpool. This is probably one on the two seen on 12/23 and 12/24 farther south near the State Fair. Two groups of RUDDY DUCKS were seen at the north end of Skaneateles Lake. Madison County 1/11: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen near Erieville. 1/12: One each of GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found at the Madison County Landfill. Only the LBBG was in adult plumage. 1/16: A possible LONG-EARED OWL was heard only on Dr. Coon Lane (previously Coon Tree Lane). A GOLDEN EAGLE was spotted on Tag Road in the Town of Sullivan. Up to 50 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder on Paradise Hill Road. One LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Hunt Lane. Oswego County 1/15: 15 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in a large group of Ceders on Rt.3 just south of Pine Grove. A single BLACK SCOTER was seen in Oswego Harbor. It was found again on the 16th. during the waterfowl count. 1/17: A flock of RED CROSSBILLS was heard on Dog Leg Trail off of Church Road in Boylston Jefferson County 1/15: The Point Peninsula TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present at it’s usual location on State Park Road Just off of Co. Rt. 57. It was also seen on 1/17 despite a -5 degree temperature. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe by Stewart Park
I watched this guy for a while late this afternoon with Dave. It was fun to see him, but it made me feel even colder watching him huddle in the icy pond. Eventually he started pumping his body up and down and probing in what looked like ice to me, but must have been mud. I stayed well back so I didn't disturb him. I wonder if he'll stay tomorrow. While I was here from 4:30 to 5pm over 1000 Crows flew over from west hill. Thanks to Deborah for posting. Gary On Jan 17, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Deborah F. Lynn wrote: Around 2 pm today I was walking back through the golf course toward the footbridge to Stewart Park. I flushed a bird from the east side of the little pond (which is otherwise completely frozen but has one, small muddy area where the bird had been) that is close to the bridge. The Wilson's snipe landed on the other side of the pond and hunkered down without moving against the snow where I got a clear and long look at him. When I went back to the Stewart Park side of the pond, he went back to the small muddy area. He stayed hunkered down, nearly invisible, by a small pipe in that spot. It would be great if someone else got a chance to check this out. It seems really bizarre to see a snipe now, but I feel quite confident in my identification having gotten such a good look. Deborah Lynn -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Aurora Today
Stu Krasnoff and I drove up to Aurora this morning to take advantage of the first sun in days and the frigid temperature. The lake was moderately calm, but swirling mist obscured mush of the bay much of the time. We were able to pick out three Horned Grebes but no Eared Grebe. Several large rafts of Redheads/Canvasbacks remain in the bay as well. We found the three Mute Swans in the bay north of Long Point SP. The best bird of the day was (were?) four Ring-necked Pheasants feeding with the cattle at the farmstead at the intersection of Rafferty Dixon Roads. The largest concentration of pheasants outside of the Game farm that I've ever seen. They have obviously survived hunting season, and with all the food available for the livestock, I imagine they will be a reliable tick for some time to come. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
