[cayugabirds-l] subscribing with gmail address

2010-01-06 Thread tvawter
Colleagues, I've recently had all my Wells College email forwarded to my gmail address, which is very convenient. But, when I try to respond to a post from the cayugabirds listserve, the list doesn't recognize me. Can I subscribe to the list from my gmail account? Does anyone know how to do

Re: [cayugabirds-l] ROBINS

2010-01-06 Thread Tom Vawter
I noticed robins, not in large flocks but a few, around our place in Lansing. They hadn't been in evidence for most of the winter so far. The birds I saw were foraging in the few areas of open ground--mostly under parked cars--free from the recent snow cover. My guess was that the recent snows

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2010-01-06 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
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[cayugabirds-l] raptor week for me too

2010-01-06 Thread Nancy Cusumano
I have not posted to this list in ages, but I'm an on-line lurker. Good to be back. Yesterday, there was a female (I believe) Coopers Hawk stalking my feeder birds. She is around every winter. Yesterday, she swooped in, missed all targets, but I think she must have bumped into one of the

[cayugabirds-l] Steve Fast's query re: ROBINS

2010-01-06 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Below is part of what I wrote to Steve yesterday about my robin thoughts observations. Fritzie Blizzard Union Springs Steve wrote: I thought they might be going to some preselected roost (following them was not an option today), but why so many this time of year? Constructive ideas

[cayugabirds-l] Coopers and Red-tailed Hawks—overall attack success rates?

2010-01-06 Thread Candace Cornell
New Year's Greetings! Similar to Nancy Cusumano's report, a Coopers Hawk(s) has also been stalking my feeder birds on and off lately. I live across from the CU agriculture fields on Hanshaw Road with the greater Sapsucker Woods—Briarwood and the Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary— behind our house.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] raptor week for me too

2010-01-06 Thread Dave Nutter
I would bet it's the same 2 Bald Eagles on Duboise Rd as have been at the south end of the lake. Several times I've seen them fly from the south end of the lake up the west side to a point midway to the Ithaca Yacht Club and seeming to favor a particular tall White Pine. I haven't seen them