[cayugabirds-l] TVs and a bone mystery at Asbury

The Turkey Vultures have been reappearing in numbers this week over my house and woods and landing in the pines on Asbury Rd just east of the cemetery (corner of Triphammer and Asbury) and occasionally in the neighbors’ large pines next to our sunroom. We have had resident pair or two all

[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar: Unraveling the Mysteries of Songbird Mating Systems

Hello All, Please join us at *7:30 on March 24* for the next Monday Night Seminar at the Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1573. As always, these seminars are free and open to the public. The doors open at 7:00. *Sara Kaiser, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cornell

[cayugabirds-l] crows nesting

What I assume are two of our Yard crows have been working on a nest for about a week.  It's approx. 60-70 feet up in a white pine and I can see parts of the nest from our kitchen.  Earlier today, one carried a mouthful of twigs to the site, then repeated this.  They took a break for a couple

Re: [cayugabirds-l] crows nesting

Not too early...Kevin found a crow on Yellow Barn road incubating this past weekend and there are crows building all over Cayuga Heights. The family at the end of Sapsucker Woods Rd and Hanshaw is probably nearing completion of their nest. The peak of many years for starting incubation is

[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon continues

the male EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the ice edge at the SW corner of Cayuga Lake at about 12:30 today -- behaving much as Ben reported, walking up on the ice and not associating with the American Wigeons nearby. Difficult looks through the trees from Rt. 89, but a beautiful bird. KEN Ken

[cayugabirds-l] Merganser

Enjoyed seeing 2 Common Mergansers from the Giles St. bridge this morning. The female was preening while the male sat next to her on the ice at the edge of Six Mile Creek. Dave -- David McDermitt 1610 Danby Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 607-339-9907 - -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] snow geese sightings?

We are hoping to see some snow geese on Cayuga Lake. Is it too late? Any snow geese rafts around? We are in Ithaca, but will take a drive. Thanks Erin Caruth -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese sightings?

Saw many in a field on right going north on Rt. 89past Sheldrake.   They flew west, not far.  Gorgeous pattern of bright whites and dark wing tips against an ominous purplish sky!   Jae We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the