Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay colored sparrow

2015-05-30 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
I was there about 2.5 hours ago. I heard the song only once. Then I looked around. I could not see anything, so I thought it was a weird Red-winged Blackbird. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths:

[cayugabirds-l] Nesting bluebirds

2015-05-30 Thread Tom
We finally have nesting bluebirds in a pair of back-to-back bird houses in our yard. We've never been successful at getting nesting, 'though every year, some birds have in investigated our houses. One of the 2 boxes has a confirmed adult and one egg. The other had 3 young birds. I didn't

[cayugabirds-l] Lawrence's Warbler, Lindsay-Parsons

2015-05-30 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi all, This morning I finally connected with the (or one of the) LAWRENCE'S WARBLERS at the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve. A female, she was foraging and chipping around the same area that others have reported her or a similar bird since 2012, in the northern part of the preserve along

[cayugabirds-l] Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve, Sat 5/30

2015-05-30 Thread Mark Chao
Twenty-one birders joined me today at the Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve in Dryden for the final group walk for this month’s 10th annual Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (SBQ). Our best viewing, as expected, was along the power-line cut near the parking lot. Here we had long views of

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Wildlife Drive, Knox-Marcellus last evening no phalaropes but Eurasian Wigeon

2015-05-30 Thread Michael Tetlow
Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus and Puddler Marshes, Seneca, New York, US May 29, 2015 5:30 PM - 6:40 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Mike and Joanne Tetlow including myself, all numbers are actual counts. 39 species Canada Goose 300 approximate overall estimate. Wood Duck 1