Re: [cayugabirds-l] No Gyrfalcon, Yes Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Hawk
Thanks for these tips, Mike. For those driving around the Canoga Springs area today, the second SNOWY OWL mentioned below is sitting in a vast snow field just to the west of intersection of Yellow Tavern Rd and 96A. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:58 PM, Michael Tetlow mjtet...@frontiernet.netmailto:mjtet...@frontiernet.net wrote: I spent from 3:20 until 5:00 in the Seybolt/Stahl/Canoga and martin road areas with no luck on the Gyrfalcon. Here's the story. The first approach to Stahl had a cloud of starlings but no sign of a raptor. The second time they were up again with a Sharp-shinned through the group landing on a barn peak. There were no ducks in the little open stream along Canoga road so there was no bait there. I followed crows up 89 until they broke off toward Mud lock across the lake. Continuing on 89 northbound there was a young Bald Eagle sitting over the frozen canal. Turning up to East Road the heartrate kicked up a notch at the sight of a dark bird smaller than an Eagle and heftier than a Peregrine in the eagle tree. Oh well, just a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk. Swinging through downtown Seneca Falls hoping the Gyr roosts downtown or feeds on Rock Doves, again the heartrate jumped as a bird plowed through the Rock Doves and landed on a chimney; Cooper's hawk. One last approach to the Seybolt/Stahl intersection at sunset and the starling cloud was up again. This time a large bird was in the center of the swarm swooping like a falcon but it was just a hungry Red-tailed hawk. Consolation on the way home, thanks to the report from the Howe's, I went along Yellow Tavern Road and just west of 414 a Snowy Owl got up from behind the first barn. A second bird was on 96a on the first silo North of the yellow tavern intersection. Mike Tetlow -- 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] Snowy Yale Farm
After visiting the Kime/Yellow Tavern snowy, I drove by Yale Farm Road where I saw another snowy just east of McGrane, on a water tank on the south side of the road. Also scared off a rough legged from a power post on Yale Farm. Suan _ http://suan-yong.com -- 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] No Gyrfalcon, Yes Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl Present Exactly As Ken Described. No Gyr. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu Date:Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:28 am Subject:Re: [cayugabirds-l] No Gyrfalcon, Yes Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Hawk Thanks for these tips, Mike. For those driving around the Canoga Springs area today, the second SNOWY OWL mentioned below is sitting in a vast snow field just to the west of intersection of Yellow Tavern Rd and 96A. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:58 PM, Michael Tetlow mjtet...@frontiernet.net wrote: -- 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] Bald eagles and tundra swans on frozen Cayuga Lake
We are about a mile north of the Ithaca Yacht Club and awoke this morning to find Cayuga Lake frozen all the way across the lake. There were five white bumps on the ice in front of our house that turned out to be tundra swans. They did not move one bit until about noon. Two have left but three white bumps remain. About 30 yards away from the swans there are three juvenile and one adult bald eagle snacking on duck parts they have pulled out of the ice. Each time an eagle flies over, three tundra swan heads appear above the white bumps! Sarah Gould -- 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] Around Icy Cayuga Lake Today Feb 28 2015
With High Pressure overhead today I knew the wind would be light so despite the cold I decided to bird all day beginning in sub-zero air. My car thermometer dropped to minus 21F between Berkshire and Richford on Rte 38 on the way up. Most of Rte 38 to Dryden was close to minus 20!! First stop was Ladoga Point and I couldn't believe all the ice cover!! There was one small patch of ice free water and it was full of mainly aythya sp. with some COMMON MERGANSERS and MALLARDS too. The birds were tightly packed and after watching for about 20-25 minutes I got on a sleeping TUFTED DUCK. The contrasting bright white and very dark back was very apparent. The bird easily stood out in the steamy air among the many REDHEADS, and SCAUP SP. There were several GREATER SCAUP around for comparison. This is the same bird Jay had...I assume. There were also CANVASBACKS, and RING-NECKED DUCKS too. Myer's Point Marina has some close-up waterfowl with great lighting for photos. Myer's Point was partially open and loaded with mainly aythya sp. COMMON GOLDENEYES, COMMON MERGANSERS with few RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, LONG-TAILED DUCKS. I didn't find any grebes anywhere today! The ducks were flying back and forth at times between Salt Point and Myers. I would check this area given the shear number of waterfowl tomorrow. It was still sub-zero at Myer's and the cold finally got to me that I decided to head north and I successfully found the female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at Phoenix Lock and Dam north of Syracuse. The bird had a yellow bill and very steep forehead. Nice comparison with the many female common goldeneyes around. Next stop was with many other birders... Canoga road, Seybolt and Stahl roads in search of the elusive gyrfalcon which eluded me too. I did find Mike Tetlow's SNOWY OWLS. One was exactly were Ken Rosenberg had it this morning in a snowy field just to the west of the intersection of Yellow Tavern Road and Route 96a. Then on Conoga Road before you reach 414 heading east I saw another SNOWY OWL in flight!!! This one was very white. Then back on Seybolt Road there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE that was being enjoyed by a large group of birders. I came back down the east side of Cayuga Lake and was amazed at how much ice there was. The only decent open ice free area I found was between Long Point st and Aurora bay and this place was loaded with mainly aythya sp and goldeneyes. Lighting was poor this afternoon so I would check this too in the morning if anyone is out tomorrow. All in all, a great day. I also noticed many geese flying high...NORTH!!! A sign of spring 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Around Icy Cayuga Lake Today Feb 28 2015
It was indeed a beautiful winter day to be out birding. I spent from about 8:30 till 3 pm driving around the Canoga Springs area, scanning from many spots and running into lots of other birders, who as far as I know all came up Gyr-less. Besides the aforementioned SNOWY OWL and SHRIKE, I had a single flyover LAPLAND LONGSPUR along Canoga Rd, and then found a large manure spread on 96 north of Yellow Tavern Rd with hundreds of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS- my Longspur was likely among them but I couldn't find any. I also spent about an hour scanning the Seneca Landfill from 414 and North Rd, and although no gulls seemed to be on the landfill, there were at times hundreds of gulls on the air against the deep blue sky- I picked out an immaculate white 2nd cycle GLAUCOUS GULL and at least 3 ICELAND GULLS. Lots of falcon. Sit but no takers. Early in the morning the lake looked almost completely frozen over from the west side, with a thin glaze of new ice and steam rising even off Deans Cove and the Varick shoreline. By mid afternoon many of these areas had opened up. I hope the Tufted Duck is as easy tomorrow. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:09 PM, david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.commailto:daven1...@yahoo.com wrote: With High Pressure overhead today I knew the wind would be light so despite the cold I decided to bird all day beginning in sub-zero air. My car thermometer dropped to minus 21F between Berkshire and Richford on Rte 38 on the way up. Most of Rte 38 to Dryden was close to minus 20!! First stop was Ladoga Point and I couldn't believe all the ice cover!! There was one small patch of ice free water and it was full of mainly aythya sp. with some COMMON MERGANSERS and MALLARDS too. The birds were tightly packed and after watching for about 20-25 minutes I got on a sleeping TUFTED DUCK. The contrasting bright white and very dark back was very apparent. The bird easily stood out in the steamy air among the many REDHEADS, and SCAUP SP. There were several GREATER SCAUP around for comparison. This is the same bird Jay had...I assume. There were also CANVASBACKS, and RING-NECKED DUCKS too. Myer's Point Marina has some close-up waterfowl with great lighting for photos. Myer's Point was partially open and loaded with mainly aythya sp. COMMON GOLDENEYES, COMMON MERGANSERS with few RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, LONG-TAILED DUCKS. I didn't find any grebes anywhere today! The ducks were flying back and forth at times between Salt Point and Myers. I would check this area given the shear number of waterfowl tomorrow. It was still sub-zero at Myer's and the cold finally got to me that I decided to head north and I successfully found the female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at Phoenix Lock and Dam north of Syracuse. The bird had a yellow bill and very steep forehead. Nice comparison with the many female common goldeneyes around. Next stop was with many other birders... Canoga road, Seybolt and Stahl roads in search of the elusive gyrfalcon which eluded me too. I did find Mike Tetlow's SNOWY OWLS. One was exactly were Ken Rosenberg had it this morning in a snowy field just to the west of the intersection of Yellow Tavern Road and Route 96a. Then on Conoga Road before you reach 414 heading east I saw another SNOWY OWL in flight!!! This one was very white. Then back on Seybolt Road there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE that was being enjoyed by a large group of birders. I came back down the east side of Cayuga Lake and was amazed at how much ice there was. The only decent open ice free area I found was between Long Point st and Aurora bay and this place was loaded with mainly aythya sp and goldeneyes. Lighting was poor this afternoon so I would check this too in the morning if anyone is out tomorrow. All in all, a great day. I also noticed many geese flying high...NORTH!!! A sign of spring Dave Nicosia -- 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/ --
