Re:[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl
Shannon and I went with our friend Ellen up to Ovid this AM after getting the RBA report. As of 10:30 the Snowy Owl was still clearly visible to the SW of the intersection of Wycoff and Rock River Rds. Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ovid SNOWY OWL same spot
Ovid SNOWY OWL same spot 315pm along snow strip SW of Wycoff Rock River Rds, says Melissa Groo. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ovid Snow Owl and northern Cayuga Lake
Bob McGuire and I went to see the SNOW OWL this morning, a very white bird sitting alongside the only remaining strip of white snow. It could have been any one of a million white lumps in the fields of Ovid when we sought it on Sunday. While we watched, a RED-TAILED HAWK cruised in from atop a nearby utility pole, obviously aiming at the owl, who did not flinch. The hawk veered off at the last second and landed about 10 yards away, where it stood in massive profile for a few seconds, then flew back to its pole beside the road. This was around 9:30am, and the owl remained there until at least 3:15pm from what I hear. We decided to go around the lake, which was at times glassy at other times only slightly ruffled, and the temperatures were close enough to water temp that heat shimmer was not a big deal. However, the light was pretty dismal with eventually a light drizzle.We only saw 4 HORNED GREBES, 1 from Elm Beach Rd close in, and 3 from the Wells College Boathouse far out, and a few COMMON LOONS various places, some quite close.A highlight for me was the swans at the north end of the lake. The ice edge was near the Seneca Falls / Fayette town line, and there were a couple hundred presumed TUNDRA SWANS there, mostly sleeping, but some preening or feeding and intermittently identifiable. Among them was a pair of adult MUTE SWANS feeding. I noticed that their tails are more prominent. We did not check from Lower Lake Rd because we detoured to Van Cleef Lake, where there was 1 immature ICELAND GULL which looked much like the one which was at Stewart Park as recently as 20 January. From Mud Lock looking south we saw 2 or 3 thousand more TUNDRA SWANS, and these were noisily hooting. A few fairly close by were interacting with necks stretched up while they called. I had already scanned this group, but my attention was pulled back by a brief bray among the more melodious sounds. It turns out there were 5 TRUMPETER SWANS in this flock, 1 immature off to the side and 4 adults fairly close together. They were feeding and were less easy to see their bills to ID them, but then I realized that the water depth was such that the smaller Tundra Swans had to tip up to reach the bottom, while the larger Trumpeter Swans only had to stretch their necks down while their bodies remained flat on the water. Farther away on the ice I saw another swan, I think a Trumpeter with a green wing tag with the black number 242 paired with a similar looking untagged bird. Bob noticed a swan, a Tundra I think, which had a bill which was largely pale blue or silver.Other birds we saw included:LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL south from Dean's CoveBALD EAGLE - 3 an adult in a shoreline tree south of Sheldrake Point, and 2 immatures on the ice seen from the Seneca Falls / Fayette line.SNOW GEESE - 2 adults separately near Sheldrake Point, a group of 4 further north, and a few other singles or pairs, including some immatures, all white.RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS - various places, including Sheldrake and just north of Long PointCOMMON MERGANSERS - many near the ice edgeHOODED MERGANSER - 1 femaleCOMMON GOLDENEYE - commonBUFFLEHEAD - uncommon - a few south of O'Malley's, a few in the Mill Pond in Union Springs, a few others elsewhereRED-HEADS - flocks of a handful to a couple hundred flying past from time to timeCANVASBACK - perhaps a hundred with a larger number of Redheads near the Seneca Falls / Fayette line.RING-NECKED DUCK - 6 females crowded near a dock south of Sheldrake PointGREATER SCAUP - about 50 from Red JacketLESSER SCAUP - 2 with the GREATER SCAUPGADWALLS - few here thereAMERICAN BLACK DUCKS - along shore and out at seaMALLARDS - along shore and out at seaAMERICAN WIGEON - 1 male in Mill PondCANADA GOOSE - small numbers and small flocks various places.Much of the lake seemed empty as did much of the Mucklands across NYS-31, but there were some Canada Geese and 1 Snow Goose visible to the south.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Meadows landfill
Perhaps this is old news, and not a big surprise, but I was not aware they were using Peregrines. Jim Tarolli provided me with this link. http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2012/01/video_trained_falcons_is_used.html Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY -- 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Meadows landfill
Good catch! I was too busy hyperventilating over the thought of 50,000 gulls to notice which species of falcon they were using. Also, the link didn't come through but it would be interesting to see which ones are scaring all my gulls away! Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY Subject: Re: Seneca Meadows landfill From: Carolyn Jacobs jaclyn AT rochester.rr.com Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:54:01 -0500 Unless things have changed, the falcons they use are non-native species. I took these pictures at a Seneca Meadows Landfill open house in 2005. I do not recall the species--possibly from the Middle East. Seneca Meadows falcons Lyn Jacobs -Original Message- From: tigger64 tigge...@aol.com To: cayugabirds-l cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 10:21 pm Subject: Seneca Meadows landfill Perhaps this is old news, and not a big surprise, but I was not aware they were using Peregrines. Jim Tarolli provided me with this link. http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2012/01/video_trained_falcons_is_used.html Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ovid owls (Snowy and Short-eared) - Tuesday PM
Susan Newman and I enjoyed the Snowy Owl in Ovid this afternoon from 4:30 to 5:15PM, alongside Gary Kohlenberg and another couple whose names I unfortunately never got. By the time we had arrived, the Snowy had moved to the field southeast of the intersection of Rock River and Wyckof Roads (as opposed to the field southwest of the intersection where Jay and others had it for most of the morning), and was quite easily visible, just about 150 yards out from the shoulder on the east side of Rock River. Shortly after we set up shop, a single Short-eared Owl joined the Snowy as it coursed over the same field and at one point, apparently got too close for the Snowy's liking, with the Snowy taking off and flying a few dozen yards northeast towards Wyckof Rd. This was where we left the Snowy, after obtaining some excellent views from the car now on Wyckoff, just east of the intersection. At that point, the bird was only 75 or 100 yards from the road. It's a pretty stunning individual with just a few faint grayish markings on the wings and the back of the head. Best, Scott Haber -- 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA SNOWY OWL, Wycoff
Hi All, There was a nice article yesterday in the New York Times about the record-setting invasion of Snowy Owls into the US this winter. Here's a link I hope will work. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/science/earth/spike-in-snowy-owl-sightings-stirs-speculation-among-bird-watchers.html?_r=1scp=1sq=snowy%20owlst=cse Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -Original Message- From: bounce-39165745-8866...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39165745-8866...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 6072292...@vtext.com Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:17 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA SNOWY OWL, Wycoff CayugaRBA SNOWY OWL, Wycoff Rock River Rds, Ovid, on ground 100yds SW, found by Marty Schlabach --Dave Nutter -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
