[cayugabirds-l] ID problem: female Black Scoters or winter male Ruddy Ducks at Dryden Lake?

Hi all, Bird ID problem... see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GixbxmtaGY8 I took this at Dryden lake late yesterday (Sunday morning). My first impression before looking carefully was Ruddy Duck winter males. Once I scoped them I started to doubt and wondered if they were

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ID problem: female Black Scoters or winter male Ruddy Ducks at Dryden Lake?

Yes, Black Scoter females. There was also a pair of Common Goldeneye present; both very good birds for Dryden. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 hst...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 From:

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA * New York * Syracuse * November 22, 2010 * NYSY 2211.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): November 15, 2009 - November 22, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs Screech owl

Factory St. pond duck box: Today, daughter Becky I checked the US ponds. As John successfully had done last yr. when he saw no owl, she squeeked in about 10 seconds I saw the bit of fluff appear in the hole of the box. Up popped that adorable beauty to sit on the edge of the hole!! Probably