Re: [cayugabirds-l] mottled robin

Yes, very interesting. I think this is probably what I saw very briefly in the thicket on N Wilson trail today (maybe there's a run on mottled Robins this year). I saw only enough of the rufous side with white below to start imagining I had seen a Towhee; but watching the same thicket for a

[cayugabirds-l] Screech Owl in the box

Following Robyn's report of the return of her screechie, I was pleased to see for the 2nd time in a month, an owl sunning itself in my box, here in S Lansing. Just shy of a month ago (9/23), I spotted an owl one afternoon, but without my binocs, and because the box faces East and this was 4pm,

[cayugabirds-l] Earthflight (PBS)

Just noticed a series coming up called Earthflight, A Nature Special Presentation that purports to be a bird's-eye tour of 6 continents, observing animal migrations, etc. This Sat on PBS at 8pm (and probably other times): North America, snow geese, pelicans, bald eagles... Appears to be the

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures and Broad-winged Hawks

Having the day off, I got over to Stevenson Rd about 1030, arriving at the same time as Bud, where we found Reed and Eric. Reed and Eric had already scouted the vultures and found at least two BLACK VULTURES as they took wing and started circling higher. This gave me time to see them in binocs

[cayugabirds-l] Common Nighthawks and Olive-sided Flycatcher Lansing

About 45 min ago, we had a group of 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKs appear over our neighborhood (W Meadow Dr Lansing). I first saw only 4 as I had just turned around from spotting some Cedar Waxwing flyovers, so only got the new group disappearing behind trees, but a good enough view of the white wing

[cayugabirds-l] More on Great Crested Flycatchers

Yesterday, I was watching the nest box again when a big yellow flurry appeared at the nest hole. At first, I thought a Flicker was raiding the box (I had just found a dead, intact Flicker on the ground nearby; my only theory was it flew into a tree and broke its neck while chasing around with

[cayugabirds-l] Backyard/woods observations

As it turned out, the rufous Screechie I reported in late April did not nest this year, but did appear virtually every day in the box hole for about 10 days. Over the past week, I was out several clear nights with the telescope and heard 1 or 2 different calling Screechies in the nearby area,

[cayugabirds-l] Windy day makes great swallowing!

I went up to Myers/Salt Pt on a lark, so to speak, knowing the NW winds were fast and furious. And they were! White caps, 2-3 foot waves, rollers, crashing on the shore, spray hitting the side of the Myers lighthouse which I was soon standing behind. Now, you might expect there would be

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mississippi Kite over Ithaca, Wed 5/22

Chance favors the prepared mind. chris.pel...@cornell.edumailto:chris.pel...@cornell.edu On May 22, 2013, at 21:08, Mark Chao markc...@imt.orgmailto:markc...@imt.org wrote: On Wednesday evening at about 6:20 PM, Tilden and I, plus a bemused umpire and a dugout full of youth

[cayugabirds-l] Pics of the screechie

A couple people asked, so I put a couple images on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73284351@N03/8696531183/in/set-72157633375403153/ I misspoke about my owl house design: the hinges are above (not below) the hole, but the idea of hinging at top front rather than at bottom or hinging the

[cayugabirds-l] New nester

I'm as thrilled as a new pappy to announce that the owl box I built and erected last June, for the first time today was occupied by a red morph probably female EASTERN SCREECH-OWL! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. She (I'm being optimistic there are more in the box) sunned herself all morning with that dreamy

[cayugabirds-l] Lansing marina rules?

Bob or anyone else, what is the understanding (if any) with the owners of the Lansing Marina, the private part, not the public area? I know in past SFOs, the leaders merrily led us in there and it is normally a great spot to pick up a number of ducks, mergansers, and coots, but yesterday when I

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