[cayugabirds-l] golden eagle

2013-01-02 Thread Susan Fast
On my early morning Brooktondale walk today (Jan. 2), I spied an adult GOLDEN EAGLE. I was on Central Chapel Rd.; the eagle came up out of the woods behind Anne Marie's house flapping and spiraling, slowly gaining altitude as it searched for a thermal. It got to about 200' and continued its

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Christmas Bird Count 1/1/2013 - quick dirty data; what to look for

2013-01-02 Thread Bill Evans
Dave, Thanks for posting the quick summary again this year (a fine service for those of us unable to attend the compilation dinner)! FYI, the Winter Wren was foraging within exposed roots and fallen tree stumps along the inlet stream behind Grayhaven Motel. 42.407611,-76.538562 Bill From:

[cayugabirds-l] AMERICAN ROBIN in crabapple northwest of Johnson A...

2013-01-02 Thread 6072292158
AMERICAN ROBIN in crabapple northwest of Johnson Art Museum 927am. Count week bird! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] AMERICAN ROBIN in crabapple northwest of Johnson A...

2013-01-02 Thread Asher Hockett
Sector VI had 8 American Robins, ticked off by Bill Evans at Ithaca College. You have it on your earlier totals. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:35 AM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: AMERICAN ROBIN in crabapple northwest of Johnson Art Museum 927am. Count week bird! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] My mistake about count week for robin - I got exci...

2013-01-02 Thread 6072292158
My mistake about count week for robin - I got excited over a personal year bird. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] White-left-winged Turkey Vulture over Burdick Hill...

2013-01-02 Thread 6072292158
White-left-winged Turkey Vulture over Burdick Hill Rd. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Christmas Bird Count 1/1/2013 - quick dirty data; what to look for

2013-01-02 Thread Bill Evans
Dave, Thanks for posting the quick summary again this year (a fine service for those of us unable to attend the compilation dinner)! The Winter Wren was foraging within exposed roots and fallen tree stumps along the stream behind Grayhaven Motel. 42.407611,-76.538562 Bill From:

[cayugabirds-l] town lists for 2012

2013-01-02 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Anyone know what happened to the town cup lists for 2012 on TheCUP wiki? http://cayugabirds.pbworks.com/w/page/6630177/FrontPage. The link at the bottom of the page goes to the 2011 list. I was going to update with my year-end numbers, but I can't find it. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on wires hedge along C...

2013-01-02 Thread 6072292158
NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on wires hedge along Cayuga Vista Drive, off East Shore Drive near Rogues Harbor, Lansing. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike

2013-01-02 Thread Donna Scott
Continues Cayuga Vista Drive off E Shore Dr., South Lansing. sometimes near corner of Woodsedge Drive the IMR factory. saw it sitting on For sale sign, then a raspberry cane near Woodsedge Drive and also in the treetop down woodsedge a ways , across open field north of powerline wires Donna

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike

2013-01-02 Thread Donna Scott
The shrike doesn't seem to like cars pulling underneath where it is perched. It has now flown across East Shore drive along the powerline area. it didn't go too far in there, so it may return to Cayuga Vista Drive. Donna Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Jan 2, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Donna Scott

Re: [cayugabirds-l] N Shrike back

2013-01-02 Thread Donna Scott
On wire over C V Dr. DS Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Jan 2, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Donna Scott dls...@me.com wrote: The shrike doesn't seem to like cars pulling underneath where it is perched. It has now flown across East Shore drive along the powerline area. it didn't go too far in there,

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls, bluebirds

2013-01-02 Thread Carol Keeler
My flock of Redpolls continues to grow. I'd guess it's up to 30 by now. Donna called her feeders a mob scene. Mine are like that too. I've got hundreds of birds milling around the feeders at once, so it's very hard to actually count a specific species. I also had two male Bluebirds out on

Re: [cayugabirds-l] town lists for 2012

2013-01-02 Thread nutter.dave
Kevin (and other Ithaca, Dryden, Lansing, Tompkins Cayuga Lake Basin listers),Sorry, I was pretty lazy with the Cup wiki for 2012. Instead of saving all the 2011 stuff on another page, I made a 2012 Cayuga Lake Basin table but put it on the regular page above the 2011 CLB table.In 2011 there was

[cayugabirds-l] More CBC birds for 2013

2013-01-02 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
In talking to Chris Wood some more today, I realized that he had seen several other species yesterday that were not found by official counters of the CBC -- really shows what kind of diversity a top birder can find when they are covering the whole area looking for target birds instead of