[cayugabirds-l] House Finch and Junco behavior question

2012-08-06 Thread Barbara B. Eden
One morning last week I observed a female house finch and a junco passing to each other sunflower seeds that were on the ground on my patio. I was surprised to see this type of behavior. I was wondering if this is unusual since this is the first time I have seen this type of cooperation.

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2012-08-06 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * August 06, 2012 *  NYSY  0806 . 12   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):July 23, 2012 - July 30, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

[cayugabirds-l] help requested, rehabber needed

2012-08-06 Thread Christianne McMillan White
Would anyone like to help this man who has an injured coopers/sharpie in his backyard. He needs to reach a rehabber. He would appreciate any advice. He has encountered the bird on the ground twice in his yard during the past week and there appears to be an injured wing but it can fly

Re: [cayugabirds-l] help requested, rehabber needed

2012-08-06 Thread Linda Orkin
The correct number for Victoria is 200-4100 as you gave him. He apparently misdialed or misunderstood. I am copying her website info here. I hope Tim will read this. I am also copying Victoria on this email. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Christianne McMillan White cm...@cornell.edu wrote:

[cayugabirds-l] Banding saw-whets

2012-08-06 Thread John Confer
Ques. Why would a normally sane person spend two hours cutting a 2 m wide strip through 40 m of dense shrub and grass in 80-90 F temperature (beside bad judgment)? Ans. Because I get such a thrill every time I walk up to

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Muckrace-register by Aug 22

2012-08-06 Thread James Eckler
Help celebrate the diversity of birds in the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) by participating in the 16th Annual Montezuma Muckrace, September 7-8, 2012. This “Big Day” birding event is an excellent opportunity to test your birding skills and raise funds for conservation in this

[cayugabirds-l] Sandwich Tern - Oswego

2012-08-06 Thread Jerry Lazarczyk
About 11:20AM today (Monday) Dominic Sherony spotted the Sandwich Tern in Sandy Creek township and put Micheal Tetlow and myself on it. It was near a small sandbar as seen from Green Point road. From Syracuse take the I-86 north to the Sandy Creek exit and proceed by your route west to Green