[cayugabirds-l] WHITE-EYED VIREO at Sapsucker Woods

2014-04-20 Thread Dave Nutter
Ken Rosenberg just (8am Sunday) reported that the WHITE-EYED VIREO is continuing at the Sherwood Platform, which is on the west side of the main pond, on the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods. It was first found late Thursday afternoon by Garrett MacDonald in that vicinity and seen by only a

[cayugabirds-l] Black capped YB Sapsucker

2014-04-20 Thread Donna Scott
Found at Sapsucker Woods. I went on Linda Orkin's SSW /CBC bird walk this morning. We got several good looks at a YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER with a BLACK cap on top of its head, rather than a reddish cap. It had all the other marks of a mature bird. No red at all. In woods south of main pond.

[cayugabirds-l] House Wren

2014-04-20 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
First HOUSE WREN just started singing in my Ithaca yard. No migrating hawks yet. Ken Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Fledglings!

2014-04-20 Thread Geo Kloppel
Newly fledged Mourning Doves appeared in my driveway this morning. Brown Thrashers are singing again after a few days of silence, and I glimpsed some chasing. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Lost camera at Swan Pen

2014-04-20 Thread Diane Morton
This morning while birding at Stewart Park, I set my Canon SX50 camera down on the platform that extends out into the Swan Pen (very bad idea). Approx. 10:15 AM. I returned a couple of hours later to look for it, but it is not there. (Long story involving a flat tire about why I didn't realize it

[cayugabirds-l] Camera Found!

2014-04-20 Thread Diane Morton
Hi everyone, Ken found my camera-- in the car with the flat tire after all!! Diane -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Need advice -nesting goose

2014-04-20 Thread Donna Scott
Sitting on my beach, I just noticed a Canada Goose sitting in the top of a huge flower pot at the end of my neighbors' dock. I think it is on a nest of eggs, since walking above their place on the RR track these past weeks, I have seen a lot of noisy goose activity at the end of this long dock.

Re: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Hawk Migration

2014-04-20 Thread Dave Nutter
On brief stops today at Mt Pleasant (11:34-11:48am) and Sandbank Rd (1:52-2:05pm) Ann Mitchell I saw 2 migrating BROAD-WINGED HAWKS at each location. One at Sandbank was remarkably low directly overhead, and quite a treat. The others were distant, and the first at Mt Pleasant (after a mere 6