Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

2016-10-24 Thread Marc Devokaitis 
Hi Sara Jane,

For at least the past 3 years, there have been TUVU's roosting during the
fall behind the Varna Community Center, in some tall conifers. I get
neighbors calling me about it every year with a mixture of wonder and
frustration.

Marc Devokaitis
Lab of Ornithology






On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Sara Jane Hymes  wrote:

> I was just coming through Varna when I had to pull over and stop the car,
> because there were about 25-30 TV’s soaring overhead, just above the
> rooftops.  There were enough to be looking for a ‘road-kill’, but I imagine
> they were either settling down for night or trying to get an updraft.
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

2016-10-24 Thread Sara Jane Hymes 
I was just coming through Varna when I had to pull over and stop the car, 
because there were about 25-30 TV’s soaring overhead, just above the rooftops.  
There were enough to be looking for a ‘road-kill’, but I imagine they were 
either settling down for night or trying to get an updraft.
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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2016-10-24 Thread Joseph Brin 
 *  New York*  Syracuse   
   - October 24, 2016
*  NYSY  10.24.16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):October 17, 2016 - 
October 24, 2016to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY 
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: October 24  AT 3:00 p.m. 
(EDT)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 17, 
2015.
Highlights--
RED-THROATED LOONAMERICAN BITTERNCACKLING GOOSEBRANTROSS’S GOOSEGREATER 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSEWHITE-WINGED SCOTERLONG-BILLED DOWITCHERRED 
PHALAROPEPARASITIC JAEGERBLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKESWAINSON’S THRUSHLAPLAND 
LONGSPURLINCOLN’S SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)  
     Shorebird species were down to eight this week. I guess all good things 
must come to an end. The bulk again came from the Visitor’s Center and Wildlife 
Drive but also from Tschache Pool, VanDyne Spoor Road and the Loop Road Unit 
north of Rt. 31.     10/22: 10 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in the marsh on 
VanDyne Spoor Road. 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 5 SANDHILL CRANES and an early 
LAPLAND LONGSPUR were noted from the Loop Road Unit north of Rt. 31.     10/23: 
11 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were reported from Morgan Road.

Cayuga county
     10/19: All three SCOTER species were seen at Fair Haven State Park.

Onondaga County
     10/24: A late LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at  the South Meadow Nature Area 
in Tully. 2 SURF SCOTERS and a BLACK SCOTER were seen at Beaver Lake west of 
Baldwinsville.

Oswego County
     10?22: A RED PHALAROPE and a PARASITIC JAEGER were seen from the bluff at 
Derby Hill.     10/23: 6 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTYWAKES, 3 
RED-THROATED LOONS and all three SCOTERS were seen from the bluff at Derby 
Hill. Good numbers of BRANT were seen also.

Madison County
     10/18: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still being seen at Woodman Pond. 
    10/19: A ROSS’S GOOS was seen and photographed at woodman Pond It was 
reported up to the 23rd. A negative report came in this afternoon.

Oneida County
     10/19: A late SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at Spring Farms Nature Center 
south of Clinton.

Herkimer County
     10/20: A late AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at the Castle Road Pond north of 
Fairfield.     
     --end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A.  
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[cayugabirds-l] Yard birds

2016-10-24 Thread W. Larry Hymes 
Have had some interesting birds at our feeders recently.  We've had a 
CHIPPING SPARROW every day since Thursday.  Yesterday a first-winter 
male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK stopped by briefly.  This morning there was 
a juvenile male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD feeding on the ground with the 
other birds.  It disappeared when a COOPER'S HAWK flew in and took one 
of the mourning doves.  It hasn't returned.


Larry

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