Such exuberance, such joy from Alexis! Becky, John I have often felt this
way. Yes, we have stood looking up at the geese, waving crying out a welcome
to the returning flocks then waving good-bye wishing them a good winter
when we see them heading south.
Silly? Maybe, but we have long loved
Attached is the official tally from the 1 January 2014 Ithaca Christmas Bird
Count. This version varies in a few details from the provisional numbers that
Dave Nutter posted earlier; there were a number of additions, corrections, and
adjustments for double-counting. We found 98 species during
I stopped by Stewart Park after lunch, on the way to do errands. I immediately
noticed a Red-tailed Hawk on the ice, working over the bloody carcass of what
appeared to have been a Mallard. Just then a Peregrine dove on the hawk and put
it up, then chased it away and into the lakeside willows.
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* January 06, 2014
* NYSY 01. 06. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
December 30, 2013 - January 06, 2014
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
My first sighting ever of a Snowy! Hallseyville Rd. Enfield.
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From: bounce-111764336-3493...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-111764336-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and
Fritzie Blizzard
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:58 AM
To: Paul Anderson; cayugabirds
Cc:
A few points about the eBird report of the trip from Cass Park to Sheldrake:* It was logged on a hand-held device in real-time, a system which sometimes initially gives misleading location. Gary, who submitted the report, is correcting this. I just wanted to make sure no one is confused in the
Birding today with Jim Tarolli, we saw one Snowy Owl at the mucklands before
heading down the west shore of Cayuga Lake. The north end of the lake was
frozen with the ice edge maybe a mile south of the south end of Lower Lake Rd.
and 1/2 mile north of Parker Rd (Canoga). We spent a fair time
