[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill Goshawk

2011-12-26 Thread bob mcguire
Last Saturday I decided to explore the north end of Hammond Hill SF, an area I almost never visit. As noted then, my reward was a pair of White-winged Crossbills flying over and stopping for the briefest of moments. Today I walked a different route: north on the ATV track (Star Stanton

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill Goshawk

2011-12-26 Thread Susan Fast
On Sunday morning, I too walked around the Star Stanton/Hammond Hill area. Not too many birds. However, along the ridge top, in an area of Norway spruce, I came upon some CROW feathers--11 flight feathers and half a dozen tufts of small body feathers. One of the flight pinions had a dollop of

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-12-26 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse *  December 26, 2011 *  NYSY 12.26.11   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): December 19, 2010 - December 26, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands