[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands -- Red Crossbills

Tried to send this last night. re-sending. Hello all, On Saturday I got out to some of my survey sites in the Pharsalia area. Highlights were 2 SHARP- SHINNED HAWKS, 1 juvy RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 3 COMMON RAVENS, and 4 Type 3 RED CROSSBILLS and one Type 1 RED CROSSBILL (the types were not

[cayugabirds-l] Up the Lake Sunday

Judy Thoroughman, John, Confer, and I drove up the lake Sunday, leaving Ithaca a little after 11 am. Our first stop was to view the breakwater at the marina in Union Springs (best seen from Rt 90, looking out between houses). Hoping for terns, we did find one juvenile Caspian along with

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * August 27, 2012 *  NYSY  0827 . 12   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):August 20, 2012 - August 27, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting?

I was on van Dyne Spoor Road today about 1 pm when I saw a mostly white bird perched among about 1/2 dozen Redwing Blackbirds. It was on a dead snag to the south of the sixth telephone pole after the woods. Put my binoculars on it from and could see it was only slightly smaller than the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting?

Bobolink??? From: Paul pschm...@stny.rr.com To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 3:43 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting? I was on van Dyne Spoor Road today  about 1 pm when I saw a mostly white bird perched among about 1/2

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting?

An albino blackbird would be far more likely. Kevin From: Paul pschm...@stny.rr.commailto:pschm...@stny.rr.com To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edumailto:Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 3:43 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting? I was on van