Re:[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-billed Cuckoo again

2014-07-02 Thread Geo Kloppel
Again this morning there's a bird around my place in West Danby giving slow hollow calls Kowp... ...Kowp... ...Kowp Patricia asked me which cuckoo it was, and I said I would call it Yellow-billed. Having declared, I had to make an effort to confirm. This time I was able to get very nice

[cayugabirds-l] Monk Parakeets?

2014-07-02 Thread Nancy
Does anyone know if they ever came back to Hector? Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 460 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Treman Marina Ospreys Caspian Terns

2014-07-02 Thread Donna Scott
A Caspian Tern was fishing by my cayuga L beach in Lansing on Monday. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:27 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Late this evening, for the first time in weeks, I biked to the lakeshore at Treman State Marine Park. The OSPREY family

[cayugabirds-l] More bluebird photos

2014-07-02 Thread tigger64
I've posted more photos of the bluebird from 9 May. At the moment they are at the top of the photostream and I have grouped them in a folder of their own. Photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ Taxonomic Groups: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Owl seduction

2014-07-02 Thread Christopher Wood
John has great advice. You want to avoid metal, which will heat up and potentially kill or harm anything inside. Best practices would also be to avoid painting, staining or treating the wood with preservatives or creosote. Milk cartons are also best avoided. NestWatch has a lot of useful