[cayugabirds-l] Virtual Shorebird Walk video for 29 August 2020

2020-09-04 Thread Dave Nutter
Ferris Akel has put up an edited YouTube video from our live-streamed Virtual Shorebird Walk last Saturday (29 Aug). Search for this title: Knox-Marsellus Marsh With Dave Nutter, 8/29/2020 (HD) Or use this link: https://youtu.be/ZNVNXCge18I At 1:25:13 it’s trimmed down to about half the

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Moments: The Times They Are A Changing

2020-09-04 Thread Peter Saracino
While conducting the twice-weekly survey of the Montezuma Refuge Jackie Bakker, Linda Benedict and I are often privileged to witness some incredible natural events - a great blue heron in the process of gulping down an entire muskrat; a peregrine falcon knocking an immature black crown night heron

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

2020-09-04 Thread W Larry Hymes
Late yesterday afternoon as I was beginning my walk around Beebe Lake, I was passing over the pedestrian bridge on the west end of the lake. When I looked up, I saw a bird circling. I was most surprised to see the bright white head of a BALD EAGLE. Just at that moment another large bird flew