[cayugabirds-l] 70 SNOW GEESE flew north over downtown Ithaca at 5...

2013-03-27 Thread 6072292158
70 SNOW GEESE flew north over downtown Ithaca at 5am lit by full moon. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Robin and Cardinal songs

2013-03-27 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
I was pleased to get up to songs of Am. Robin in my yard and Cardinal who seem to have moved to neighbors house across the road, but can hear him. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Yard birds-Sharp-shinned Hawk

2013-03-27 Thread bilbaker
I looked out the window at my feeders at about 2:15 to find a Sharp-shinned Hawk sitting on one of our platform feeders about 6 feet from the window. It sat for almost 30 seconds then noticed my movement and flew up into the nearby cedar when I tried to move to a different window. Very cool view!

[cayugabirds-l] Four miles of blackbirds

2013-03-27 Thread Mark Chao
I forgot to mention yesterday that Tilden and I also saw a CACKLING GOOSE in one of the small flocks that flew out of Knox-Marsellus Marsh last night. T and I have done some back-of-the-envelope calculations regarding the blackbirds we saw from the Tschache Pool tower last night. Our

[cayugabirds-l] American Woodcock

2013-03-27 Thread Donna Scott
Tonight I attended the first hour of the SFO lecture series (We field trippers were invited to the part about eBird which was well presented by Chris Wood), then I headed in the dusky light over to the other side of the Ithaca airport to look listen for Woodcocks. When I got there, my friend

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Wed. evening: neither snow nor rain...

2013-03-27 Thread Scott Haber
Despite the steady wet snowfall and the late hour, our local woodcock here behind the Northwood Apts. off Warren Road has been persistently peenting and doing his display flight as of 11PM. -Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME