Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl?
This sounds like it may be a Short-eared Owl. Snowy Owls do not have beige or brown on the wings. The markings are black. This seems to be a great year for Short-eared Owl and the habitat around King Road looks good for Short-eared. That would be my best guess. Chris Wood On Mar 1, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Linda Madeo lwma...@gmail.commailto:lwma...@gmail.com wrote: I saw a bird that looked like this, too ... yesterday around 5:30 pm on W. King Rd. Linda Madeo On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Tobias Dean tdea...@twcny.rr.commailto:tdea...@twcny.rr.com wrote: Second hand sighting: Wife Elizabeth said a very large owl, very white with beige markings evenly spread on wings and back, flew right in front of her at headlight level last night on E.King Rd. in Ithaca. She didn't get a good look at the head. this was well after dark. Toby Dean -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawks at Game Farm Rd.
Driving by at 4:45 PM there were at least half a dozen hawks that looked like the same species eying the pheasants. When they soared the underside of the tails seemed to have a yellowish tinge, but the tails seemed red above. I would love a more expert observer to identify them for me. thanksToby -- 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] Summerhill Sunday
I got a really late start today (overslept) and was surprised to run into Dave Nutter shortly after arriving at Salt/Dresser Roads. We both noted the 14 Evening Grosbeaks at the feeder at 1158 Salt Rd, then together walked down to the snowmobile clubhouse and back, and a stretch of Dresser Road, all without encountering more than 1 -2 chickadees, a possible Golden-crowned Kinglet, and some thrashing wing noises that may have been a Ruffed Grouse. Oh, and a raven that kept us company for part of the walk. From there Dave went north to chase the Trumpeter Swans (they are the ones with the green neck tags, if anyone has trouble telling them apart from tundra Swans). And I drove home via Lake Como. One of the feeders on East Lake Como Rd. was full of chickadees, nuthatches, cardinals, tree sparrows, a flock of some 40 Common Redpolls - and three early-season Red-winged Blackbirds. It was not a bad morning to be out: no wind to speak of, few snowmobiles, and even a patch of near-blue overhead. Bob McGuire -- 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] Ermine
I spotted 4-5 chickadees out the window, seemingly chittering about something, and a closer look revealed an ermine below in the snow. Hadn't heard of chickadees mobbing a weasel before! -- 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] Morgan rd SEOWs, n. shrike, and harrier
This afternoon John Confer, Julia Gillis, Michaela TerAvest, and I drove up to the NYSDEC office on Morgan rd. in the Montezuma complex and had wonderful views of no fewer than 5 short-eared owls gliding and careening over the fields. We also saw a harrier and a strike in a shrub in the field. We had a great time, and I highly recommend making the trip! Cheers, Andrew -- 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] Sunday morning longspur, shrike, pintails
Tom Schulenberg and I birded up to Triangle Diner area this morning, and like others, found a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR with HORNED LARKS on Lake Ridge Road -- a dull streaky bird feeding very close to the barn on the west side of the road (not with most of the larks and SNOW BUNTINGS further south). At Myer's Point, the highlights were an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL sleeping on the north gravel spit (my first one this year), a calling AMERICAN PIPIT, and a raft of over 180 NORTHERN PINTAIL to the south off the marina. We stopped by Cayuga Vista Rd. in Lansing and the NORTHERN SHRIKE was obligingly on the wire (11:30 AM). Back at home earlier in the morning, a flock of 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS flew over, and a lone male COMMON REDPOLL was looking a bit sick under my feeders. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@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/ --
