[cayugabirds-l] Savannah Mucks/N. Cayuga Lake
Most of the flooded parts of the Mucks were still frozen but I could see dabblers and geese moving around between the other spots. A strip of open water runs from Mud Lock south to the railroad bridge and it is loaded. Many Ring-necked Ducks and Canvasbacks among the other Aythya ducks, Goldeneye, and who-knows-what. Halfway out from Harris Park there were two small open spots that were packed. Light and distance were bad from Harris Park so I went to the other side but the birds were just as far or farther. Hundreds of Canvasbacks. Evening roost flight never happened back at the Mucks (maybe it was on at Mud Lock). Van Dyne Spoor Rd was frozen. Some highlight photos here at my new-and-improved Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Geneva Waterfront - Monday - Canvasback x Redhead, Intersex Mallard
The north end of Seneca Lake is one of my personal-favorite birding destinations in winter. Jim Tarolli and I hit all the waterfront spots in Geneva on Monday, coming up with thousands of Redhead and Canada Geese, at least 100 Canvasback, and an arrival of Wigeon. Birds were at all different distances from very close to a mile or more out in the lake. Highlight was a/the hybrid Canvasback x Redhead, essentially looking like the bird photographed by Chris Wood on Cayuga Lake. Head and bill showed the Canvasback influence while the back and sides were a touch paler than Redhead and darker than Canvasback. It was at medium distance and inconspicuous with the 200 or so Redheads it was with (seen in direct comparison with both species). We debated various methods of photography but the bird was diving constantly and we eventually gave up for a number of reasons. The bill had a little blue tint and in retrospect we should have considered Common Pochard. Earlier, Jim spotted a bird that we thought possibly an intersex Mallard. A strong roost flight happened between 5-6pm and the north mile or so of the lake was a blanket of birds. Some photos of the dusk madness (including three distant Coots getting airborne), plus diving Redhead, Canvasback, and the Mallard. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] oswego river harlequin
Forwarding for Mary. Dave -Original Message- From: M_Magistro m_magis...@hotmail.com To: oneidabirds oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, Mar 9, 2014 8:48 pm Subject: [OneidaBirds] oswego river harlequin I have sad news, my son and I looked for the harlequin behind the Post Office late this afternoon, only to find it floating dead against the rocks on the east shore. At least we all had over a week to view this beautiful bird. This has been a very rough winter for ducks on the river. Mary Magistro __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic(1) Visit Your Group • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- 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] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Red-breasted Mergansers - cause of death
This was posted to GeneseeBirds but may not have been forwarded. Preliminary evidence points to starvation as the main cause of death, rather than disease. I have recently seen an RB Merg come up from below with a crayfish or at least a shell fish of some kind. The bird didn't quite look like it was sure how to eat it and maybe it couldn't. I will post some photos. Dave W. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jenny Landry jalan...@gw.dec.state.ny.us Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:33 AM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Red-breasted Mergansers To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu FYI: A decent article that summarizes what as been going on with the sick and dying ducks including some of our preliminary pathology results. http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/environment/frozen-waters-causing-ducks-to-starve-to-death-20140304 Jenny Landry Wildlife Diversity Biologist Region 8 Bureau of Wildlife New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414-9519 585/226-5491 585/226-6323 fax jalan...@gw.dec.state.ny.us ___ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- 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] Mucks Cayuga Lake north end - Tuesday
I statused the Savannah Mucklands and north end of Cayuga Lake on Tuesday afternoon before the return to winter. Mucks (east end) - still frozen Mucks (west end) - dabblers and Canada Geese but poor numbers and little diversity for the date. More Pintails than on previous visit but otherwise little evidence of migration and few birds that weren't there two weeks ago. Lots of birds flying about but nothing like it should be. Only two Snow Geese. Cayuga Lake (west shore to Lower Lake Rd) - frozen as far as could be seen from Lower Lake Rd. Ice fishing still viable so I don't think it's opening imminently. Mud Lock - north end entirely frozen. Open water near the railroad bridge with birds. I didn't scope them. Harris Park - two small open spots mostly near the railroad track and halfway across. Packed with birds but distance and heat shimmer a major issue. Increase in Ring-necked ducks. Several Green-winged Teal were the only dabblers that didn't winter there. Several hundred gulls but nothing unusual. Aythya ducks coming in from the south but no roost flight of geese (the small number I saw were traveling west and not stopping). Mucks (sunset) - I thought there might be a roost flight of geese but there was not. My guess is they are going to Seneca Lake at Geneva. Two late and distant Short-eared Owls. Regarding the spring Snow Goose movement, we normally enjoy a pre-flight staging period on Cayuga Lake and at the Mucklands. We may be mostly losing that this year or it may be very short in duration. Snows mostly seem to avoid crossing Lake Ontario, presumably because they have no interest in stopping on it, and sometimes come back when they encounter frozen water and farm fields to our north. Much, if not most, of the Cayuga Lake Snow Geese overfly Derby Hill so we should know more before long. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Sandhill Crane - Clay Marsh; Bald Eagle carrying Am. Coot - Geneva
Friday night at Clay Marsh a Sandhill Crane flew by. Derby Hill reports seeing it pass this morning. Earlier in the week a Bald Eagle was seen carrying an American Coot on Seneca Lake at the Geneva Waterfront. Cackling Goose at the north end of Cayuga Lake. Staging/migration of geese has begun in a big way, with a massive roost-flight to Seneca Lake on Monday. Large numbers of ducks at north ends of both Cayuga and Seneca. Photos of the Crane and Bald Eagle/Coot here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] (2) Eurasian Wigeon - Harris Park
I'm pretty sure there's two there a couple hundred yards south of Harris Park. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] adult Mew Gull - Inner Harbor
-Original Message- From: Tigger64 tigge...@aol.com To: oneidabirds oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 10:49 pm Subject: [OneidaBirds] adult Mew Gull - Inner Harbor This pm I found what I believe to be an adult MEW GULL. The bird was on the lawn at the Inner Harbor. After being flushed, the birds resettled and I eventually relocated the bird. I had good looks before it flew, and saw it well and at close range in flight. It landed on the pier and had more looks. The bird has an unmarked, unbanded yellow bill, dark eye, and is small in size. Some bad photos here, which show the unmarked bill and dark eye: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic(1) Visit Your Group • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- 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] Seneca Lake, Monday (late) - Eu. Wigeon, Ross's Goose
Birding the Geneva waterfront on Monday with Jim Tarolli, we found a Eurasian Wigeon at Seneca Lake State Park and had a flyover Ross's Goose with a few Snows. Also a N. Shrike and many thousands of geese at close range. I'll put up a folder of photo highlights. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Recent Montezuma sightings
Birding Friday with Steve Kolbe and Jim Tarolli, highlights included: Savannah Mucks: Peregrine Falcon chasing Am. Golden Plover. Lengthy pursuit, we did not see who prevailed. Savannah-Spring Lake Rd. at the bridge north of Van Dyne Spoor: Steve picked out a Eurasian Green-winged Teal. Yellowlegs and 4 Dowitchers were also present. Visitor Center: Glossy Ibis flew in Wildlife Drive: at least one Raven and a light immature Rough-legged Hawk Deep Muck overlook: Eurasian Wigeon Monday highlights, birding with Jim Tarolli: Visitor Center: 3 Sandhill Cranes soaring high Carncross Rd: Glossy Ibis north of the bridge to Howland Island. We also saw a distant Green-winged Teal seemingly with both horizontal and vertical white stripes thus a possible intergrade. Definitely not the bird from Friday. Marten's Tract: Eurasian Wigeon We also checked for Cerulean's and Prothonotary - not yet. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Derby Hill - Wed/Thurs incl. Swallow-tailed Kite
I'm woefully behind on putting up photos. Wednesday - light to medium songbird flight in the morning. Shortly after the raptors got up, Hawk Counter Steve Kolbe spotted a Swallow-tailed Kite on the near horizon. The bird spiraled and worked its way slowly toward the lookout, eventually passing over the third field. About 10 minutes into the encounter I could still see it in the scope spiraling on the east lakeshore before being lost due to distance. An hour or so later a lake breeze kicked in and the flight moved to the South Lookout, which has a better view of the east and south horizon. I thought we might see the Kite come back but did not. I wondered if it might think this is far enough. I suspect the current weather situation may have been at least partially responsible for it getting here. Thursday - strong SE winds but little migration. It's tempting to wonder how such a thing is possible. Link to photo of the Kite and an intergrade Flicker (and a typical Flicker): https://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Tri-colored Heron report - Geneseo
Forwarding from GeneseeBirds: Subject: GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 130, Issue 83 Date: Tue Jun 3 2014 15:53 pm From: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Tri-colored Heron at Geneseo Wegman's plaza. Habitating at the retention pond behind the western-most end of the plaza. Sent from my iPad -- 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] Fwd: Geneseo - Wegman's pond
Infer: no TCHE. Original observer still unknown. Dave W Forwarding from GeneseeBirds: Subject: Geneseo: Wegman's pond Date: Wed Jun 4 2014 8:58 am From: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu I stopped by the pond at the southwest corner of Geneseo's Wegman's plaza this morning. Just as I got there a Green Heron flew up from the pond, calling as it went into trees just west of the pond. I could see it moving a little in the trees and it is certainly possible that it/they are nesting in there somewhere - the habitat is good. There is thick brush and trees for some distance south and west of the pond and it looks like excellent habitat for lots of things. I heard two each singing Baltimore Orioles and Cardinals singing, along with Song Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Redwing, etc. Jim Kimball kimb...@geneseo.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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle and other photos up / Derby Hill Tues.
Strong south winds brought a few raptors past Derby Hill today, mostly Red-tails and Bald Eagles. I've put up a bunch of photos on Flickr, including the eagles, Kingfisher flying with a fish, etc. Many new photos of birds in flight are now sorted by taxonomic group. There is also a photo of an interesting bluebird, possibly Mountain Bluebird, that passed with a flock of E. Bluebirds in May. Photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ Taxonomic Groups: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] More bluebird photos
I've posted more photos of the bluebird from 9 May. At the moment they are at the top of the photostream and I have grouped them in a folder of their own. Photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ Taxonomic Groups: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/ Bluebird: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/72157645468229712/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Great Shearwater photos
I've put up several photos of the Great Shearwater. There are also photos of an unusual-for-July Snowy Owl being harassed by a Northern Mockingbird. Many songbirds-in-flight photos from May are also up: grackles, orioles, tanagers, waxwings, Purple Martin, Seymour the pheasant (a.k.a. Fred), raptors, etc. I have organized albums by taxonomic grouping as well as things like diving ducks in the act of diving. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/ Jim Tarolli also has a nice photo of the shearwater here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jtarolli9/ I had a vague recollection of another proper rarity on DeRuyter Reservoir and found the record: Brown Pelican in September '03, presumably having received an assist from Hurricane Isabel. Dave Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY tigge...@aol.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] Great Shearwater - bad news
With sadness I have to report the Great Shearwater did not survive. I think plans are for it to go to the American Museum of Natural History. Dave W. -- 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] Black Skimmer Friday - No
The Black Skimmer found by John Germain and seen Wed and Thurs on Fulton's Lake Neatahwanta was not seen on Friday. Observers were present from 4pm until 9pm. I'm not suggesting it's gone or won't come back - the lake itself seems good for it but does not have a lot of loafing areas. Here's a link to a cell-phone photo of John's camera screen. The bird was perched on a concrete drainage pipe on the frontage road (Barrett Dr) in the northeast corner of the lake just south of the bend in Rte 3. John also saw it skimming the near-shore areas. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ Dave Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Derby Hill Wednesday - Laughing Gull, Jaeger
On 25 kt West winds, the main highlight was a Laughing Gull (non-breeding adult), and a distant jaeger (probably Long-tailed). Many Black Terns, Commons, Caspians, Herring Gulls. Link to photos of Laughing Gull: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ There is also a nice sequence of Osprey catching fish, Caspian Terns drinking, flock of Great Egrets, American Bittern series. Dave W. N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Recent sightings - Ontario Lakeshore
Monday 8/25 on the Ontario Lakeshore between Oswego and Sodus Pt, with Jim
Tarolli:
Oswego Harbor: (presumed) Short-billed Dowitcher on the outer breakwall - very
distant but we thought dowitcher
Fair Haven: 1 Ruddy Turnstone (juv)
Sodus Pt: 2 Ruddy Turnstone (ad and juv), 1 AG Plover, 2 BB Plover, 2 SP
Plover, many peeps. Missed the Lesser BB Gulls.
Last visit to Montezuma had high water at Knox-Marsellus but it has now been a
few days.
Photos of the recent Willet at Myers Pt (Tompkins County) are below. Also,
closeups of many shorebirds including Spotted, Sanderling, SP Sand, SP Plover,
Least Sand. Some shots of semi-palmated ('piper and plover) feet. I also have
Caspian Terns diving, Bald Eagle with muskrat, Turkey Vulture sunning,
Ring-billed Gull close-up calling, Osprey with a big shad, American Bittern,
Great Egret flock, a very worn and wet Herring Gull, tucked-wing flight shot of
RH Woodpecker, etc. They should all be on the first page of the photostream.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/
David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY
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[cayugabirds-l] Wed. - Sodus Red Knot; MNWR
Sodus Point had a juv. Red Knot, first on the pier then on the beach. 30 Sanderlings and 8 SESA joined a single Lesser Yellowlegs. Good stuff. Photo here of the gorgeous Red Knot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ On trip to MNWR I did not check the MAC ponds. I did stop at K-M and found shorebird madness. At least a 1000 peeps are there plus many others. I looked only for conspicuous or exciting species, so a proper check is needed. Finally, I counted 126 Great Egrets flying to roost. Dramatic sky led to awesome backdrop for many Egret photos. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Red Knot other photos
Jim Tarolli tells me it was not at Sodus Pt this morning. I've added more photos of the Knot with other shorebirds, plus some great ones of Semipalmated Plover. Speaking of semipalmated, it appears in my photos that Lesser Yellowlegs also has semi-p feet (which I did not know). Also a few shots of the juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker at Fair Haven. While the roost itself is not visible, the Great Egret roost flight is. The sky was very dramatic on Wednesday and I have put up some of the 126 birds that flew by my perch. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Saturday hawks, Sunday shorebirds/nighthawks
On south winds Saturday a decent flight of young hawks passed Derby Hill, mostly Red-tails and Bald Eagles but all the expected raptors were represented. Sunday afternoon, Sodus Point produced 8 species of shorebirds: Baird's, Least, Semi-p Sandpipers, Black-bellied Semi-p Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, and Lesser Yellowlegs. Link below to photos of the Baird's and BBPL in flight, plus some flying flock shots and Baird's, Least, and Semi-p in the same frame for comparison. On the way home I lucked into 6 Common Nighthawks feeding low over Rte 104 near Wolcott. In spite of the late hour they were so close as to still capture some detail and even a couple upper-wing pictures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Mississippi Kite - Derby Hill, juv. Dunlin - Sodus Point
Today on south winds a Mississippi Kite passed low for good looks. Photos on Jim Tarolli's page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jtarolli9/ Thursday at Sodus Point a (mostly) juvenile-plumage Dunlin was present. Photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] N. Wheatear report - Stony Point
Tony Shrimpton texted the CNY RBA to report: Northern Wheatear Bill-Abetta Roberts (blue) house, 1162 Whiney Rd (sic), Stony Point, Henderson, Jefferson County, 2:15 I believe Whiney should be Whitney. Tony has a camp on Stony Point but I'm not sure if he's passing it along or saw it himself. Dave W. -- 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] Stony Point Wheatear - Yes
Wayne Fidler reports that the bird is still there. Dave W. -- 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] Northern Wheatear
Jim Tarolli and I were there Monday just before sunset and the bird was feeding in the backyard of the house and invisible to the naked eye (and inconspicuous generally). If you're standing roughly across from the old silo, sweep right and look to the back edge of the cut area. There is a an old red mailbox post with a white mailbox on it, and an old red metal chair (the flash of red is visible to the naked eye). Last night the bird was feeding in the cut area in front of those. It is about 125 yards from the road and is inconspicuous in binoculars but can be seen well in the scope. Some left/right movement on the road may give a better view. Dave W. -- 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] MNWR - Wednesday
Many thousands of ducks/geese in at the Main Pool - both dabblers and divers. At least one Eurasian Wigeon continues but I missed the Eared Grebe. Shorebirds included both yellowlegs, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, and 2 White-rumped Sandpiper. Over at Knox-Marsellus the Avocets continue. Many geese there also plus a few distant shorebirds, presumably yellowlegs. Some photos at the link below: Common Gallinule stretching wings, doing feather maintenance, scratching. Also Peregrine Falcon, Harrier, PB Grebe diving and standing out of water showing amazing feet, Ruddy Duck diving, lots more on the photostream and pending upload. Away from MNWR there are Wigeon flying with Gadwall at Fair Haven, Brant flocks on Lake Ontario, a Caspian Tern flying in front of a fire hydrant, a Kingbird (and its shadow) dive-bombing a Bald Eagle, etc. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] MNWR highlights
Eared Grebe and Ibis continue, as do the Ross's Geese. I have some close photos of the ibis. I personally think the eye is on its way to being reddish and the bare skin on its way to being pinkish. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] MNWR - Wednesday highlights
The main attraction right now is the large number of birds at the Main Pool and K-M/Puddler's Marsh. Bald Eagles were flushing the ducks from time to time and creating great clouds of waterfowl on the Wildlife Drive. I looked for the Eared Grebe but did not see it and only one ibis was present. A Canvasback was new for me on the Main Pool, among many wigeon, Ruddy Ducks, Lesser Scaup, coots, pintail, Gadwall, and Green-winged Teal. I noticed only 1 Black Duck and no Blue-winged Teal. Over to East Rd where the visibility was excellent. I spent several hours going through geese etc. The very back edge of Puddler had three Greater Yellowlegs barely visible under very clear conditions. Herring may have replaced Ring-bill as the dominant gull. 44 Sandhill Cranes flew in on the evening roost flight. Back to the Wildlife Drive where evening flight was also fully on. Most exciting was 40 (exact count) Dunlin which flew in to Eaton Marsh (had not been present earlier). At Clay Marsh in Clay on Tuesday the evening blackbird roost flight was impressive. I clicked 40,000 by hundreds but missed birds coming in from other directions. Dominant species were Red-winged Blackbird (mostly) with some grackles mixed in and probably a lot of Rusties. Virtually nothing was flying until about 4:05pm when great rivers began. Red-wings and Rusties were singing. I put photos up illustrating the great duck and blackbird clouds. Also coots flying, a coot revealing his tail (much more detail to it than I would have thought), plus the 44 cranes flying in, the 40 Dunlin, Ruddy Ducks diving, and dabblers tipping. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Fair Haven Monday - prob. Black-headed Gull
Jim Tarolli and I had poor looks from the east/west breakwall as it headed west, but review of bad photos suggest Black-headed. First photo is unedited, second crops and lightens to show bright orange/red bill. Unfortunately I had been messing with the camera to take silhouettes against bold cloud patterns or a better shot would have been possible. There are Bonaparte's hanging around on both the bay and pond and it may still be in the area - we're not sure if it continued west or looped back into the bay. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Knox-Marsellus Thursday - Owls, Cranes, odd goose
Staking out the roost flight found lots of waterfowl moving around but the big Snow Geese numbers may have reached Cayuga Lake. Two Short-eared Owls appeared at dusk and I counted 82 Sandhill Cranes. There's an odd Canada Goose that's not like any I've seen before. - noticeably paler body, back, and wings (golden rather than dark brown) but with normal Canada Goose patterning (direct comparison) - obvious, wide, complete white neck ring - size like other Canada Geese, or at least not Cackling-sized - very small bill given its size - unusually wide white chin strap The noticeably paler color is probably the best scan feature. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ -- 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] MNWR - Friday
Lots of action at the Savannah mucklands and Knox-Marsellus Marsh. As on Tuesday, a good number of gulls continue to pull worms from the mud - about 50/50 Ring-bill/Herring. Lots of geese at both spots including White-fronted at K-M and a white goose I couldn't decide on at the mucks. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Cayuga Lake Snow Geese other highlights
Good numbers of Canada Geese at the Geneva waterfront, but Seneca Lake was rough on moderate SW winds. While passing through Waterloo, the evening gull roost-flight (from the Seneca Falls landfill to Cayuga Lake) was on and I decided to follow it. Lots of other birds moving about and I finally caught up with a Snow Goose raft far out in the lake and viewable for many miles along Lower Lake Rd. Over to Knox-Marsellus Marsh at dusk found it too late to go through the many birds there. These shallow water spots will freeze and the fun will be over. I've put up a few photos of the Snow Goose group, one taken from the hillside at Cayuga Lake SP and the other from the very south end of Lower Lake Rd. Also a few bill-detail close-ups. There are also some shots illustrating the gull-flock scene at the Savannah mucklands, taken earlier in the week. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ Sorted by tax-o-nomic group: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Upcoming weather MNWR
With cold weather coming I think the huge bird numbers at the Savannah mucks and Knox-Marsellus will be coming to an end soon. Prediction for Sunday-Monday overnight is mid-20's but I'm more worried about the Mon-Tues overnight when it will hit mid-20s but with no recovery the next day, a pattern repeating for the following two overnights where it will hit mid-teens. Wind might help keep K-M open but this could be it for the mucks, at least temporarily. Dave W. -- 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] Sodus, Geneva, and goldeneye photos
Wednesday at Sodus Bay saw the usual (excellent) concentration of ducks. Highlights were 4 Surf Scoter (1 adult male) plus at least 3 female Common Goldeneye with entirely orange bills, essentially the same as the Irondequoit Bay bird. Very poor gull numbers. Roost flight at the Geneva waterfront found a good number of Canada Geese and ~1000 gulls roosting on the ice. By the time I caught up with them they were too far out for good viewing. I've put up my own photos of the I-Bay bird, plus a photo showing the two head shapes of Common Goldeneye (round and angular), and photos of 2 different female Barrow's that were at Brewerton, NY last winter. The birds were easily separable, both because of small differences in plumage and because one bird was always seen with its neck outstretched and the other with its head tucked. None so far this year but there aren't any goldeneye there yet. With the naked eye, under any good light, the bright yellow bill on the Barrow's roared out of the dull-billed goldeneye flock like a tiny sun. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] Binocular eye cup found - Derby Hill
The screw-in eye cup from a binocular was found at Derby Hill North Lookout. Please e-mail if anyone is missing it. I know there was a field trip from the MAC center, possibly one of the participants? Dave W. tigge...@aol.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] Derby Hill Hawk Watch, 2015 report
The final report for the 2015 hawk watch season at Derby Hill is available at: http://onondagaaudubon.com/4756-2/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY tigge...@aol.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] MNWR Friday
Main highlights came from Knox-Marsellus Marsh in the form of a breeding-plumaged Ruddy Turnstone. There was a plover I thought was Am. Golden Plover but in retrospect didn't look at carefully so entered in eBird as Black-bellied/Am. Golden Plover. Most phalarope candidates eventually became Lesser Yellowlegs with a little more watching. Having bad luck catching up to Wilson's that have been reported. The only shorebird I saw that never moved was a Red-necked Phalarope floating on the water. Smaller size, face pattern, and bill profile looked good for RN. Plenty of peeps to look through, Stilt Sandpipers, and SB Dowitchers. Puddler had some yellowlegs. Dave W. N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] MNWR - Saturday evening
Most of the shorebird diversity is way out on the Main Pool, continuing to follow the shrinking wet spot. Of course rain could change that. Birds flushed at one point and there was another group out of sight even farther back. One phalarope I thought was Wilson's was seen, maybe a female, but it was far out and I entered in eBird as phalarope species. Thruway ponds are getting birds. Water level at Knox-Marsellus has improved and there's good shorebird habitat but few shorebirds. Lots of other goodies to look at. I was never able to catch up with the Bonaparte's Gull that has been seen recently. Dave W. North Syracuse, NY -- 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] Egret - Saturday
Close to sunset on Saturday a small white egret flew over the Mays Point observing corral heading toward Wildlife Dr/Main Pool. I didn't see it until it was far past and heading directly away and assume it was a Cattle Egret but could not tell for sure. It might have come from the back of Tschache Pool or other points north or northwest, which as far as I know the Cattle Egrets have not been seen. Dave Wheeler N.Syracuse, NY -- 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/ --
