[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park hybrid goose white breast-band

2013-01-14 Thread nutter.dave
Yesterday afternoon at Stewart Park I saw and heard a/the distinctive Canada X domestic Greylag Goose among Canadas, Mallards, and American Coots in the shallow water and rotting ice at the southeast corner of the lake. This time I also noticed a broad clean white stripe on it between the gray

[cayugabirds-l] Lone snow goose, Candor

2013-01-14 Thread Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm
On my way in this morning, there was a lone snow goose in a field on Honeypot Road. Hard to say if he was injured or not. It was notable imo because you never see just one goose this time of year. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lone snow goose, Candor

2013-01-14 Thread Donna Scott
Yet, yesterday the Bird Club field trip group going around the lake saw ONE SNOW GOOSE fly from the shore area into the lake by the boathouse in Aurora! Nearby hunters may have had some role in this, possibly. One of them waved at us (uphill with scopes set up), as they roared by in their

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lone snow goose, Candor

2013-01-14 Thread nutter.dave
A single Snow Goose by the Wells College boathouse in Aurora on Sunday is interesting to me because on Saturday I saw from that location a flock of about a thousand of them out in the middle of the lake. Perhaps they were all off feeding when you arrived, and this was just the first to return, or

[cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire still present

2013-01-14 Thread Patrick Tanner
The Townsend's Solitaire was still present at noon today near the Green Gate at Sampson State Park. Patrick Tanner Cortland, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] No Gyrfalcon at Montezuma

2013-01-14 Thread Andy Guthrie
FYI Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY -- Forwarded message -- From: James Pawlicki jmpawl...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 6:02 PM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] No Gyrfalcon at Montezuma To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Bill Watson and I searched for the Gyrfalcon seen yesterday at the

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2013-01-14 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * January 14, 2013 *  NYSY  01. 14. 13   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 07, 2013 - January 14, 2013 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[cayugabirds-l] Nor gyrfalcon today

2013-01-14 Thread Joe DeVito
Went searching for gyrfalcon that was seen yesterday at Knox, came up empty. also, there was a lesser black-backed gull seen off of 31, but i also never found it. I did, however, see an iceland and 2 glaucous gulls. glaucous gulls were seen on both sides of 31, east of the potato building, and