[cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl count/Scott

Hello all, Yesterday Julie and I did the rather waterless Cortland County area for the mid-winter waterfowl count. Here's what we found. Considering it's Cortland County, we did quite nicely with the Long-tailed Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaups, Redhead, 3 Gadwalls and the A. Wigeon.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

Greetings! In my backyard, juncos use all the feeders with perches—the silo and tube feeders filled with black sunflower seeds and the tube feeders with niger seeds—especially when the snow is deep. Otherwise, they primarily eat the feeder spillage on the ground. The only feeders they don't

[cayugabirds-l] KNOW YOUR BIRDS radio program

All the tapes of the great old radio program KNOW YOUR BIRDS have been lost. Efforts to locate copies at the radio station have failed. Maybe, just maybe, someone out there has copies taped off the air. DOES ANYONE HAVE COPIES THEY MADE OFF THE AIR ??? Thanks -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short eared Owls?

Really nice! Ann On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Candace Cornell cec...@gmail.com wrote: My husband and I went to Rafferty and Dixon Roads near Aurora on the 17th and 21st at 16:30-17:15 and saw no owls or harriers. Both days were cold and snowy yet the visibility was adequate in the fading

RE: [cayugabirds-l] NO Snipe

I tried Stewart Park this afternoon to see if I could get some pictures of the snipe, but couldn't locate it. I did get great pictures of a decoy coyote however. Raghu From: bounce-7679996-7194...@list.cornell.edu

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Short eared Owls?

Bard, Susie I stopped at Rafferty Rd. (King Ferry area) late this afternoon and saw 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS. All were easily seen from the road, near the red barn. The first appeared at 1729, the other two, a minute later. We watched them for 10 minutes until the light faded. One was on the

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls - Ovid

I've been seeing, very regularly, 3 short-eared owls on Wycoff Road in Ovid. This evening, however, there were 4. These owls are quite vocal and it is a real treat to see them and hear them. Wycoff Road is between Hall Road and Rock River. Park on Wycoff, just east of Rock River, and look east.

[cayugabirds-l] HARLEQUIN DUCK

Using Steve Fast's directions from six days ago, I arrived near Long Branch Park this afternoon at 2:00. I did make one change; I pulled into the parking area to the right just before the stop light for the one-lane bridge. With help from another birder who pointed out which of the two Mallard

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls and Robins

Flock of over 2 dozen Redpolls at my feeders off and on all day today. 4 American Robins huddled in the aspen grove yesterday. Stephanie -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: