[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: courting merlins

2010-03-29 Thread Dave Nutter
I know this is out-of-basin, but Merlins are very cool. Has anybody seen either the lower Collegetown pair or the Cornell Heights/Cayuga Heights pair this year? I haven't. With Paul Hurtado leaving town we need someone to adopt these birds and keep us apprised. --Dave Nutter >From: "Norm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Armitage Rd. Pectoral Sandpipers and a possible Baird's

2010-03-29 Thread Dave Nutter
My thoughts: I wish I'd gotten there sooner. I arrived at noon Monday 29 March and found lots of DABBLERS, a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS, a HORNED LARK, a pair of BALD EAGLES at/on their nest, and a pair of KILLDEER, but no other shorebirds. As consolation I saw a pair of OSPREY on the nest jus

[cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures in Cayuga Heights

2010-03-29 Thread Melissa Craven Fowler
A woman called the Lab this afternoon to report turkey vultures roosting in her mother's back yard in Cayuga Heights. HUNDREDS, she says. You are welcome to go to 382 the Parkway to observe them from the road. Call Linna at 277-6341 if you want access to the back yard where they actually roost.

[cayugabirds-l] Iceland and Lesser Black-backed gulls at compost

2010-03-29 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Not many gulls left at the Stevenson Rd compost, but I did have on 1cy Iceland and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. We are setting up trapping crows again, so please stay away from the cage at the far end. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2010-03-29 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 29, 2010 * NYSY 2903.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 22, 2009 - March 29, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (j

[cayugabirds-l] FW: [hawkcast] Golden Eagle efforts

2010-03-29 Thread James G. Kohlenberg
I didn't know if this would reach CayugaBirds. I thought it would be of interest to many. Gary From: hawkc...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hawkc...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Salo Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:33 AM To: hawkc...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [hawkcast] Golden Eagle efforts In