[cayugabirds-l] American Woodcocks, Dryden

I just had a quick woodcock blitz in Dryden. Over the course of 45 minutes or so I found 10 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS in the immediate vicinity of downtown Dryden. I started on Ferguson Road, where I had two calling on Scout Lane off Scenic Way (near the west end of Ferguson.) No luck on George Road or

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Pk Winter Wren, Mt Pleasant, Montezuma

Apologies for the delayed post, as I was distracted by Jay's rare bird alert about the EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL which was still present when I left NYS-38 & Hart Rd at 10:15am.  Anyway, this morning in Fuertes Sanctuary / Renwick Woods a WINTER WREN was singing.  It was next to the new trail boar

[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Cranes

Hi All, I just noticed my answering machine blinking and picked it up. It was a message from Dave Loparco from Carncross Road at about 1:30PM. He was watching 5 Sandhill Cranes. Bird Hard, Bard Bard Prentiss P O Box 283 Dryden, NY 13053 607-844-4691 prenti...@frontiernet.net -- Cayugabirds

[cayugabirds-l] eagle, vultures

About 1000 this morning, I was overjoyed to see the loving pair of TURKEY VULTURES perched together on the ridge of the leaning barn in Slaterville Springs. They had their wings sticking out about 4" and were soaking up the morning sun on their breasts. Farther along, on Harford Rd., I flushed

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, George Road

The teal was still there when I left at 9:45. All the ducks took flight shortly after I posted, but luckily almost all of them settled in again after a few minutes. When I left, the best viewing was from Rt. 38 at Hart Road, where you can pull off on the north side or park on Hart Road and scope

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma: shrike, yellowlegs

Regarding the fish-eating mammal observations, I asked my friend who studied mink in grad school (now he works for USFWS), and he says it's most likely a mink. He says mink will often start at the tail end. Robyn Bailey Ithaca, NY PS- This is my first post, so "Hello!" from a new subscriber.

[cayugabirds-l] Hybrid RING-NECKED X SCAUP still

Hybrid RING-NECKED X SCAUP still at Stewart Pk --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) http://birdingonthe.ne