Re: [cayugabirds-l] Raven courtship
I've been getting the same thing from the Ravens here, though more business-like, not as showy, perhaps because this is an established pair...? Just now they went over quite low, in close tandem flight, making soft vocalizations. One was carrying a food item, or more likely a wad of nesting material, as they headed up toward the traditional nest site (north face of Sorry Hunter Hill, 1920' elevation) -Geo Geo Kloppel Tupper Road West Danby On Mar 4, 2015, at 12:53 PM, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu wrote: Spring around our house includes Raven courtship. -- 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] Fresh, fragrant manure - How lovely
Just ~200 yds southeast of the Triangle Diner is a newly spread patch of manure. There were ~50 Horned Larks and ~75 Snow Bunting close to the road. And about a half mile south of there on Center Rd, which has a T-junction with Lake Rd at the Treleavan Winery, there were ~6 Lapland Longspurs along with ~15 Horned Lark. The HOLA were conspicuous in many locations Tufted Duck present at 3:30, found with the assistance of David Nutter. No gyrfalcon along Seybolt Rd. Cheers, -- 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 CBC Field Trip- daylight savings
Do remember to move the time on your clocks one hour forward, i.e., less sleep. See you tomorrow at 7:45 at the parking lot opposite the Dairy Bar., or at the Lab before 8:00 Should you forget, our first stop of considerable duration will be at Myer's Point, but don't forget. Tufted Duck, Lapland Longspurs, and Snow Buntings better than a 50/50 chance, and others. -- 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] Tufted Duck musings
Two points of potential interest about Tufted Ducks, in addition to the fact that the short-tufted male continues (as late as 3:30pm) close to the point at the Ithaca Yacht Club: I did not see the Tufted Duck in the Ladoga area but I am told that on 22 February it was seen to have a normal long tuft. Did other observers see this? Does anybody have photos which might argue for this being the same bird having lost tuft feathers or for it being a different bird based on some other characteristics, such as bill markings? If you are interested in the species in its native climes, albeit not a totally natural situation, below is a link to a half-hour movie, 50 or more years old, from Sweden, which Stefhan Ohlström sent me. The movie is in black-and-white, which works fine for this species, and the narration, without subtitles, is in Swedish, but this also doesn't matter a whole lot if you don't listen Swedish, as the plot is pretty obvious. I will explain the title, Viggen Viggo. You may have heard of the actor, Viggo Mortensen, who my wife Laurie tells me is an Upstate New Yorker of Danish heritage. Viggo is just a Scandinavian first name. But Vigg is the common Swedish name for _Aythya fuligula_, what we call Tufted Duck. The suffix -en is the Swedish way of indicating the article the. So the title means, Viggo the Tufted Duck, but of course it is more cute in Swedish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YiJ0b_3H-k --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] Swan mortality
Another ski on the inlet today revealed the carcass of the aforementioned swan, now moved near the park police building. Head and neck missing. Toby -- 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/ --
