[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

2012-02-17 Thread Brad Walker
The grebe is currently swimming around a bit to the north of East Shore Park. It is visible from Stewart Park. Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

2012-02-17 Thread Brad Walker
To elaborate more on the grebe's position: Tim and I were looking from the Swan Pen at Stewart Park when I spotted the grebe this morning. From Stewart Park, if you look to the northeast along the east shore, you'll see a squat, yellow shed near a break in the trees where the road is visible. The

[cayugabirds-l] FOY KILLDEER

2012-02-17 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
Around 1300 today we had our First of Year Killdeer! (The 27 year norm is 3/10) Also overhead were a large flock of Pine Siskins and three large skeins of Snow Geese heading NW. JS -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road

Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY KILLDEER

2012-02-17 Thread tmingle
I also heard my first Killdeer of the season call this morning, just outside of my office in Savage Hall on the Cornell University campus at around 8:00am as I was coming in to work. --Terry John and Sue Gregoire k...@empacc.net wrote: Around 1300 today we had our

[cayugabirds-l] Pileated woodpecker

2012-02-17 Thread Naomi Brewer
From 2:30 to 3 p.m. today I watched a good-sized male Pileated Woodpecker just back of my house. He was tearing apart a pile of rotted logs that have been there for years. He worked his way along the side and nearly under when a gray squirrel came sauntering along down the side hill and too close

[cayugabirds-l] huge rafts north of Twin Oaks

2012-02-17 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Well, how does one count the great numbers of redheads, canvasbacks, blacks whatever else is in the huge, huge raft of feathers between Firelane 20 25 along Rte. 90?? There we saw the largest concentration of canvasbacks I have seen in a very long time. Dave Wheeler also commented about the

[cayugabirds-l] Next Monday Night Seminar: Yula Kapetanakos

2012-02-17 Thread charles eldermire
Hope to see you here! Monday, Feb 20 from 7:30-9:00PM The race to conserve Asia's vultures by Yula Kapetenakos The introduction of a veterinary drug used to treat cattle in Asia during the 1990's directly resulted in one of the most catastrophic bird population declines in modern history.