[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskin

2012-01-14 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
A single Pine Siskin joined the 40+ American Goldfinches at my feeders this afternoon. He's been fiercely defending a perch on the nyjer feeder. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous Gull, Stewart Park

2012-01-14 Thread Dave Nutter
At Stewart Park this afternoon about 2:15pm I found a monstrous white immature GLAUCOUS GULL on the ice, the only unusual bird I could pick out among the RING-BILLED, HERRING, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS. It was alternately resting and bullying the Herring Gulls.I also traipsed around in Fuertes

[cayugabirds-l] Horned Larks in Fleming (Cay. Co.)

2012-01-14 Thread Eben McLane
South of Auburn on Silver Street Rd. near the Fleming/Scipio Townline Rd.: two apparently separate flocks of Horned Larks (roughly 10 in each) were scavenging whatever is available at the roadside scraped up by recent plows; also an unidentified sparrow among them (small, like a Savannah

Re: [cayugabirds-l] KITTIWAKE at Stewart park

2012-01-14 Thread Chris Wood
Adult. Best seen from East Shore now. Chris Wood On Jan 14, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu wrote: From Jeff And Chris and Jessie -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules

RE: [cayugabirds-l] OOB bird behavior

2012-01-14 Thread Meena Haribal
About begging birds, in Ocala National Forest campgrounds Boat-tailed (I think that was what they were) grackles and Red-bellied Woodpeckers waited for hand outs and eat tid bits fallen around. A red-bellied loved to eat cheese crackers and wait for my colleagues to offer him the crackers, if

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden: longspur, buntings

2012-01-14 Thread Susan Fast
Susie I happened upon a largish flock of SNOW BUNTINGS, with a few HORNED LARKS, and 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR along Irish Settlement Rd., between Rt. 13 and Ferguson Rd. just to the west of Dryden this morning. They were pretty flighty. Also, along Elm St. Extension, east of Groton, were 3 HORNED

Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB bird behavior

2012-01-14 Thread Donna Scott
Several years ago, a raucous Steller's Jay flew through a sitting area in Muir's Woods (Redwoods), north of San Francisco, and swiped an entire ice cream cone from my hand ! Donna Scott - Original Message - From: Marie P Read To: cl...@juno.com ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Friday,

[cayugabirds-l] Eastern phoebe sighting

2012-01-14 Thread M Kardon
This morning, while surveying my back yard where I have a bird feeder, an Eastern phoebe flew into our garden and landed on the tip of a garden stake. Less than 10 feet from me, it bobbed its tail a few times while I observed it with my binoculars, then it flew off. According to eBird, this is

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden: longspur, buntings

2012-01-14 Thread Dave Nutter
While parked along Irish Settlement Road between NYS-13 and Ferguson waiting for the hyperactive flock of ~100 SNOW BUNTINGS and a couple of HORNED LARKS to return to my vicinity and land long enough for me to get a more satisfying look at the LAPLAND LONGSPUR, I was surprised by a FIELD SPARROW

Re: [cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Lyris List Downtime

2012-01-14 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Read NYSbirds-L as Cayugabirds-L. Thanks! Sincerely, Chris T-H On Jan 14, 2012, at 8:47 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: Please be advised that the Lyris Server that hosts NYSbirds-L will be down for maintenance tomorrow, 15 January 2012, from 07:15am through 12:00pm (noon).