Hi All,
This morning Esther and I were treated to the sight of 110+ Redpolls as they
swirled around our front yard. Unfortunately I didn't have the time to really
check them out but Esther did and she got a good count as they came down to
forage under the feeders. There were still some up in
Regarding the blackbirds killed.
There was a brief story about this on NPR. The fish and game
fellow said he didn't think it was a storm after all. He was coming
to think it was fireworks (cannons) celebrating New Year's Eve that
frightened the roosting birds. Apparently, when they flew
All:
At about 8:30am this morning I had what Mike had, plus one HORNED GREBE
very far out and mostly underwater, and about 8 RUDDY DUCKs all the way
to the west.
Paul
Hi all,
I made a quick stop at Stewart Park this morning to scope the lake
from the eastern corner of the park. Very few
Greetings birders,
This kill has all the signs of an aggregation event caused by artificial
lighting emanating from the residential area where the kill was found. Whatever
flushed the birds (fireworks, cannons or lightning), once they were in the air
it is likely that the easiest cue for
Greetings all,
I thought I'd follow up the depressing news of the big blackbird kill in
Arkansas with a bit of positive news regarding the long standing problem of
bird kills at communications towers. First, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) is currently holding another public
Last night I stood in my driveway and whistled for Northern Saw Whet
Owl. I got just one rubber ducky squeak in reply.
This evening I tried again at dusk, and this time a cute little owl
flew up with a slightly squeaky tew-tew-tew and perched, first in
the balsams, then right in sight
As far as I know - not.
Asher
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com wrote:
Last night I stood in my driveway and whistled for Northern Saw Whet Owl. I
got just one rubber ducky squeak in reply.
This evening I tried again at dusk, and this time a cute little owl
It's really annoying. This has got to stop. I just got home and read Geo's
post. I've been out in the Hammond Hill area for 1.5 hours, getting snowed
on, wet, cold, disillusioned, all by myself with no warm, friendly hearth
just a step away, all for one (1) little rubber-ducky squeak of a
Good year for new yard birds so far, must be that orange Agway suet.
Yesterday I took a picture of this bird through the window and just got
around to ID'ing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5325731078/
Elaina
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Steve, That's wonderful - you added NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL to the Ithaca CBC Count Week! There's less than 3 hours left to go back out and find that Long-eared Owl.--Dave NutterOn Jan 04, 2011, at 05:25 PM, Susan Fast sustf...@yahoo.com wrote:It's really annoying. This has got to stop. I just got
Next Monday evening (Jan. 10) Kevin McGowan will host the Cayuga Bird Club's
annual Members Share Your Photos Night. Club members can send a maximum of
five photos to share to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu by January 6. Contact him
with questions by email.
Please put CBC Photo Night in the
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