[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Heron

Amongst the Grackles, Robins and Redwings singing away this morning, a GREAT BLUE HERON flew over East Ithaca Rec Way--Honness Lane. It must mean that the waters are opening and crayfish/frogs becoming available. Larry and I are on our way up the lake to see what other goodies we can spot!

[cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW

Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several

Re:[cayugabirds-l] abbreviations

For the benefit of us non-texters and Trac Fone users, please define FOY and NOMO. thanks! Donna S - Original Message - From: Chris Pelkie To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:54 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW Mary at the front desk reported it

[cayugabirds-l] abbreviations

Thank you all for help with the abbreviations! Donna Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2)

[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs

Large flocks of geese, mostly Snows over our house, are noisily heading north. Some flocks are really high, helped with/by the south winds. Yesterday, as I was leaving for Auburn, I saw 7 Turkey vultures circling over the village. I wondered if they are part of the group that has a roost down

[cayugabirds-l] EASTERN MEADOWLARK @ Newman golf

EASTERN MEADOWLARK @ Newman golf course --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2)

[cayugabirds-l] Conn Hill 15Mar11 - migration

From a vista on the south side of Conn Hill today (10:30-12:30 2:00-4:00). Geese (Snows, Canadas): passage of 1000+ per 15 minutes from 10:30-noon; then a notably denser pulse between noon and 12:30PM. From 2PM-4PM rate was 1000 per

Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations

Point taken. I'll be less lazy in future. Sorry for generating so much traffic! I did reply off-list to Donna but didn't mean to confuse others, so thanks Asher for your reply to the list. And great pic of the rough-legged hawk today, Jay! Finally, (at least) 2 pair of Hooded Mergansers

[cayugabirds-l] Around Cayuga Lake March 15th, 2011

Took my wife around Cayuga Lake today. Weather was nice: lots of sun, temperatures in the 40s with a moderate south wind. The lake was choppy in exposed areas with the coves a little more calm. There was some heat shimmer which hampered distant lake viewing. First stop was Stewart Park.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations

First Of Year, NOrthern MOckingbird. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:55 PM, nealda...@aol.com wrote: umm - me too please! what are those abbreviations? -Original Message- From: Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu To: Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu; CAYUGABIRDS-L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations

At John VanNiels' suggestion, I Googled Alpha codes birds and got the whole list of Bird Name Codes. Thanks all, for your help with this. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: nealda...@aol.com To: Donna Lee Scott ; Chris Pelkie ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations

While very useful as shorthand for both bird banders and general birders, we to avoid these abbreviations on the listserv, since not everyone knows them and they can get confusing when people try to use them without knowing the exceptions to the rules. Cheers. -Jay On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:24