[cayugabirds-l] Migration This Evening/Overnight?

2018-10-01 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
The weather forecast looks rather interesting for tonight, especially at locations with high levels of light pollution (i.e., Schoellkopf Field/Stadium). Tomorrow and over the next few days is also near peak for finding fallout migrant Nelson's Sparrows (Hog Hole, other large wet/flooded

[cayugabirds-l] Northern Saw-whet Owl banding

2018-10-01 Thread John Confer
HI Folks, I am continuing my Northern Saw-whet Owl banding project for this the tenth year. Our location is about 3 miles southeast of Slaterville Springs at 651 Hammond Hill Rd, referred to as HHOWLS. Last year we banded 137 owls. This year after two nights at the start of migration we have

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club October Newsletter - Betsy Darlington interview.

2018-10-01 Thread Diane Morton
The October Cayuga Bird Club newsletter went out today to all club members. However, because it is long, it has been "clipped" by gmail and other email clients, making part of the newsletter invisible. In particular, an interview with Cayuga Bird Club member and local conservation activist Betsy

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cass Common Mergansers

2018-10-01 Thread Asher Hockett
I took a brief stroll around the Stewart Park swan pen yesterday and there were a half dozen Common Mergs playing around the rocks next to the lighthouse jetty, mostly female or immature. The only notable birds on my walk. On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:03 AM Dave Nutter wrote: > Yesterday evening I

[cayugabirds-l] Cass Common Mergansers

2018-10-01 Thread Dave Nutter
Yesterday evening I took a walk along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail to Treman Marina. At dusk I saw a flock of 20 COMMON MERGANSERS flying south over the Inlet. They made a wide turn over Cass Park and returned toward the lake. These were the first Common Mergansers I’ve seen for many weeks.

[cayugabirds-l] Migrants

2018-10-01 Thread Carol Keeler
I’ve had two White Throated Sparrows the last three days. I’ve also had a few Yellow Rump warblers coming for the bayberries. I had so many last year they stripped the bushes clean. Not this year. My only other warblers were a juvenile Yellow Throat which do nest in my yard, and a female