[cayugabirds-l] TVs on the move

2016-10-08 Thread Laura Stenzler
I counted 47 turkey vultures streaming over our house heading southeast around 1:30 today. They were in groups of 3-10. Hunt Hill Rd, east of Ithaca. In the yard today are a few ruby-crowned kinglets, white throated sparrows and one blue headed vireos who was singing ( along with the very hungry

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hybrid Wigeon MNWR

2016-10-08 Thread Andrew Dreelin
Dave, The putative hybrid wigeon looks like it might be the "storm" variant of American Wigeon. The large white cheek patch is their distinguishing characteristic, and I'm having a hard time finding other characteristics of Eurasian Wigeon on the bird. I'm all for discussion though, so I look forw

[cayugabirds-l] Hybrid Wigeon MNWR

2016-10-08 Thread Dave K
~10AM today a Hybrid Wigeon was seen in the Wigeon/Coot flock at the start of the Main Pool open water. A/the Eurasion Wigeon was nearby. https://flic.kr/p/MX3dWJ [X]Wigeon hybrid 10-8-16 MNWR Auto Loop [https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/30158895606_718866a043_b.jpg