[cayugabirds-l] Townsend Solitaire still present Sampson State Park Dec 18th Late Morning
Dan Watkins and I went to try to get the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE this morning. The bird was an easy find at the north end of East Lake Road before the green gate in Sampson State Park, Romulus, NY. It was flying around from the junipers to the ash trees and staying near the tops of the trees. We saw the bird around 1030 am or so. Thanks to Tim Lenz for finding this great bird of which so many birders have got to enjoy! Some rather poor photos below... as it was raining with poor lighting. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157632275532889/ We also stopped at Lower Lake Road northwest side of Cayuga Lake and I counted 335 TUNDRA SWANS!! There was also a raft of SNOW GEESE around 300 or so and many many BLACK DUCKS, few GADWALL and a nice group of RUDDY DUCKS...I counted 39 among other common species. There were also 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. We didn't spend as much time as we would have liked here due to the rain and wet optics! Dave Nicosia -- 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] geese falcon reported
Norm ( all),A couple possibilities for the goose similar to a Canada but with extra speckling on the head and neck: First, it's not too rare to see variants among the thousands of Canada Geese which pass by here, including individuals with a few - or even a lot - of white feathers on the head and neck where we would expect the solid black "stocking," while the rest of the field marks are as crisp as usual. One Canada Goose I saw had so much mottling on the stocking that it looked like it used an Argyle sock instead. Another possibility is a hybrid. Here in Ithaca we have experience with a family of 4 goslings raised by a pair of domestic Greylag Geese but evidently fathered by a Canada Goose. Pictures here:http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/domgeese.htmOne of these birds lived several years at Stewart Park, while the other 3 dispersed. I saw 3 similar birds at once at Montezuma a few years ago. A bird of this type was sighted in Ithaca again a couple times in the last few weeks as well.The Canada X Snow Goose hybrids I've seen tend not to show the Canada face pattern, but I don't know how much variation there is.About the raptor and the goose, I think a goose would be an ambitious quarry for a Peregrine Falcon, which makes me wonder whether the raptor was serious or whether it was another species, and what happened either way. I wish I'd seen that.--Dave NutterBegin forwarded message:From: Norm Trigoboff tt5...@yahoo.comDate: December 18, 2012 2:46:48 PMTo: Cornell Listserve natural-histor...@cornell.eduSubject: odd duck Saturday, Cortland County winter bird count day, we saw a probable Canada goose x snow goose hybrid at Stupke Pond. Peter from Lime Hollow (who never posts anything) spotted it among about 2600 geese. The bird was Canada goose size and body pattern, with a striking speckled neck and mottled head, yet with the white cheek patch fairly clear. None of the pics online match it perfectly. Sunday, in the field around Cornell's Equine Research Center, a Canada goose flew in, chased for a few seconds by a big dark falcon. I hear a peregrine has been hanging around Cornell campus. -- 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] Corvids: The Birds Who Think Like Humans
http://io9.com/5969515/corvids-the-birds-who-think-like-humans Kevin is cited, as are others... chris.pel...@cornell.edu -- 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] birders beware what you seed you buy
This article is important to read so we can all be educated on 'bad' bird seed for our feeders.. http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=bird-seed-poisons-wild-birds-12-09-16 don't forget to look up, Joe -- 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/ --
