Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
Ann Mitchell & I made a late start north from Ithaca hoping to see the American White Pelican. I had assumed we didn’t have to hurry because the north wind and rain showers made bird migration unappealing. We were north of Union Springs when I was surprised to get word that the Pelican actually

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Deb Grantham
I just got back from Cayuga Lake State Park. MAY have seen the pelican way on the east side of the lake but it was too far for my binoculars. Did see a great blue heron standing on a snag south of the park. LOTS of swallows hunting low over the water and high over the trees and road south of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
Dave Nutter reports Pelican again visible far east of Cayuga Lake State Park, swimming south near active flying gulls. 3:38 pm. This would be south of Harris Park in the village of Cayuga. Gary On May 3, 2023, at 1:56 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote:  Pelican was still visible far south of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
Pelican was still visible far south of Harris Park until about 1pm when it picked up and flew NW, as per Kyle Gage. It was still raining at the time so my feeling is it’s possible it could stop somewhere in or near Montezuma. Gary On May 3, 2023, at 9:36 AM, Dave Nutter wrote:  Tim Lenz

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow crowned night heron

2023-05-03 Thread Lea LSF
That's a good reminder Dave, about giving the bird space, especially because it seems so much more tolerant of people than our usual skittish herons. Yesterday, at the edge of the field there were some puddles where the bird seemed very actively to be stalking. I assumed it was frogs the bird was

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow crowned night heron

2023-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
Most of the eBird reports of Yellow-crowned Night Heron in the Cayuga Lake Basin have been of juveniles in the summer. There is one report of an adult in April 2009 seen on a single day next to the Clyde River at Mays point, Town of Tyre. There is also a report of one adult on private

[cayugabirds-l] ruffed grouse

2023-05-03 Thread Deb Grantham
Ruffed grouse yesterday around 5:30/6 pm on Bundy Road, just coming out of the brush to cross the road. Deb Deborah G. Grantham Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
Tim Lenz sent out the alert and was looking south from Harris Park in the Village of Cayuga, Town of Aurelius on the east side of the lake. However, when Dave Kennedy found the bird, Dave was looking east from Lake Road in the Town of Seneca Falls on the west side of the lake. This is north of

[cayugabirds-l] Harris Park location

2023-05-03 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all Harris park : > It is that small park on the northeast side of the lake, just before you > leave the town of Cayuga. Here is a link to a map. >

[cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi Just read this on the rare bird alert. “ Dave Kennedy found a White Pelican, swimming in middle of Cayuga Lake, visible now looking south from Harris Park” 8:30 am May 3 Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME