[cayugabirds-l] North Woods Vultures

2009-10-17 Thread Ryan Douglas
There are ~40-50 TURKEY VULTURES swirling around just south-southwest of the North Woods apartment complex right now (11:45am). Also very visible from Rt. 13. Good birding, Ryan -- Ryan Douglas r...@cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY --

[cayugabirds-l] Myers and More

2009-10-17 Thread bob mcguire
Gary, Stu, and I spent an hour this morning observing on and around the spit at Myers. Highlights included a SANDERLING and a small flock of DUNLINS on the spit, several hundred DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS flying by (north), a single CACKLING GOOSE in with the Canadas, three WILSON'S SNIPE

[cayugabirds-l] 20+ Wood Ducks @ Stewart

2009-10-17 Thread Suan Yong
I'm counting 22 wood ducks in the pond at Stewart Park, including 10 beautiful mature males. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Danby white hawk has died

2009-10-17 Thread joe Diana
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[cayugabirds-l] Freeze Rd. Orange-crowned Warbler

2009-10-17 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
This afternoon I was able to re-find the Orange-crowned Warbler that Nathan Senner discovered while birding with Ann Mitchell. A quick call to Ann gave her a second chance to see it as she wasn't quite tall enough to see over the goldenrod. It made me think that sparrow-ing in the fall would

[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

2009-10-17 Thread Alm9413
By the time I got to Myers around 10:00 am, I saw at least 102 TV's. I saw an additional 35+ on Freeze Road a little later. I am sure I missed many, many more TV's traveling south. What a great day! Best, Ann Mitchell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Vesper etc. Saturday

2009-10-17 Thread Ken Rosenberg
After reading that Dave Nutter hiked to the lake in search of an Ithaca Vesper Sparrow, I apologize for this late post: At mid-day today (Saturday) I checked Stewart Park and was surprised to see a nice VESPER SPARROW at the edge of the parking lot right next to the boathouse - an Imm.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freeze Rd. Orange-crowned Warbler

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin McGowan
Did I miss something? What Orange-crowned Warbler? k At 06:27 PM 10/17/2009, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: This afternoon I was able to re-find the Orange-crowned Warbler that Nathan Senner discovered while birding with Ann Mitchell. A quick call to Ann gave her a second chance to see it as she

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers and More

2009-10-17 Thread Ryan Douglas
I was at Myers from ~3pm-4pm today. The Sanderling was nowhere to be seen, but there were still 7 DUNLIN ( http://picasaweb.google.com/rndouglas/Dunlin)out on the spit. Lots of CANADA GEESE, but no Cackling was found in with them. A CAROLINA WREN was still singing over on Salt Point. Good

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freeze Rd. Orange-crowned Warbler

2009-10-17 Thread Dave Nutter
Kevin ( all), Some neat birds were found Saturday that didn't get posted on Cayugabirds-L or texted to the rare bird alert but did get shared by cell phone among several people in the field. There was a Sanderling which Bob McGuire Gary Kohlenberg ( Stuart Krasnoff?) found at Myers Point