[cayugabirds-l] Siena Screech
Thanks to Mark Chao, I got some nice photos of the Siena Drive screech owl two weekends ago in the nice afternoon sun: https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10212243852629469 (And if you're wondering about the camera angle on the last shot: yes, I was standing on the roof of my CRV :-) 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds
I saw a pair of bluebirds this morning at about 10:00 on Dodge Road near Ellis Hollow Rd. They must be finding enough food! -- 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] Syracuse RBA
* New York* Syracuse - January 30 2017 * NYSY 01.30.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):January 23, 2017 - January 30 2017to 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: January 30 AT 3 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 23, 2017. Highlights-- RED-NECKED GREBEBLACK SCOTERWHITE-WINGED SCOTERLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLGLAUCOUS GULLICELAND GULLROSS’S GULL - ExtralimitalSHORT-EARED OWLSNOWY OWLNORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLMERLINPEREGRINE FALCONGYRFALCON - ExtralimitalNORTHERN SHRIKELAPLAND LONGSPUREVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 1/29: 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from Morgan Road north of Savannah. Onondaga county 1/26: A MERLIN was seen at a private residence in Manlius. 1/27: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Dewitt Landfill. 1/28: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Seneca Turnpike (Rt. 173) east of Jamesville. A SAW-WHET OWL was again seen at Beaver Lake Nature Center west of Baldwinsville. An ICELAND GULL was seen on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen at the Morgan Hill State Forest near Shakham Road. A BLACK SCOTER was seen on Onondaga Lake from Willow Bay. 1/29: The BLACK SCOTER was again seen on Onondaga Lake and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen a bit further south. Oswego County 1/25: A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen in Oswego Harbor. 1/28: A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Lock 6 in Oswego. 1/29: An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues on the Oswego River at the lock in Phoenix. Madison County--- 1/25: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Fisher Bay on the south shore of Oneida Lake. 1/29: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Peterboro Road southeast of Chittenango. 2 SHORT-EARED OWL were seen east of Harp Road south of Canastota. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Williams Road east of Peterboro. Oneida County 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen on Woods Park Drive near the Sangertown Mall in Utica. Extralimital A gray phase GYRFALCON continues to show at the corner of North Hoster and Canoga Roads south of Seneca Falls in Seneca County. It was seen as recently as yesterday. On 1/26 a rare ROSS’S GULL was reported in Franklin County at Tupper Lake. The bird has been seen daily since and has been reported positively today. Check ebird for Franklin County for today’s location. -end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Pileated Woodpecker/ grapes
As I walked south from my place an hour ago, I heard what I thought was the call of a Northern Flicker. When I finally located the bird, it was a female PILEATED WOODPECKER quietly calling while flapping awkwardly, trying to hang onto flimsy grape vines while eating the wild grapes! The call was not "maniacal" as we often hear from Pileateds, just rather quiet. I wondered why she was calling as she ate grapes. Glad to see her again, as I have spotted her or a sister a few times this winter. This is good, since yesterday a handsome male Pileated Woodpecker was foraging in my back yard! This also reminded me that we should always leave wild grapevines alive, because they provide good bird food in the dead of winter. I have seen a lot of Robins eating wild grapes this winter! Up in my woods I have some huge (5" in diameter) grape vine "trunks" climbing into the trees. I believe those are actually left over from domestic grape vines someone had planted there on mounds of earth decades ago, now surrounded by 3rd growth woods. Glad that I have left them, even tho they kill a few trees - which also provide bird benefits after a while! Donna Donna Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY East Shore, Cayuga Lake -- 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/ --
