[cayugabirds-l] Hog Hole ducks?

Hi everyone, Does anyone know if there's still a good diversity of ducks in the Hog hole area? thanks in advance, Matt mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you?

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday's Southern Highlands field trip

Hello everyone, Saturday, March 2 7:30am CBC Field Trip: Southern Highlands, Matt Young When Sat, March 2, 7:30am – 2:30pm Where Meet: Lime Hollow Nature Center (map) Description I will lead this joint trip with the Cortland Lime Hollow Bird Club to look for siskins, crossbills, Evening

[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll links and paper

Hello all, Just figured I'd pass these redpolls links along(including rostrata). There's also a paper in here that covers how to ID them well. http://www.sibleyguides.com/2008/03/redpoll-investigation-widens-to-include- greater/ http://www.jeaniron.ca/2007/Redpolls/redpolltext3.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared or Long-eared Owl

Hello all, Oh, while driving at dusk last night I had a SHORT-EARED or LONG-EARED OWL pass over the car and land in the field out of sight near the corners of Herman and Fall Creek Rds in Dryden. My first impression was Short-eared Owl, but I remember a few years back seeing a Long-eared

[cayugabirds-l] Abominable Snow Monsters

Hello all, Along with 1 ssp. exilipes Hoary Redpoll, 2 Abominable Snow Monsters (ssp. hornemanni Hoary Redpolls) were back again at the feeders in Cortland this morning -- seen now Sunday, Monday and this morning; looked to be the same birds. Redpoll flock has grown to about 60 birds. One

[cayugabirds-l] Abominable Snow Monsters

Tried to send this morning. Trying again. Hello all, Along with 1 ssp. exilipes Hoary Redpoll, 2 Abominable Snow Monsters (ssp.hornemanni Hoary Redpolls) were back again at the feeders in Cortland this morning -- seen now Sunday, Monday and this morning; looked to be the same birds. Redpoll

[cayugabirds-l] North American Redpoll sweep, Bohemian Waxwings and more

Hello all, Today I was visited in Cortland by the most amazing flock of just ~40 redpolls (~15 House Finches as well): 40 Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) 1 Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea rostrata) Female Greater Common Redpoll (ssp. rostrata) very beefy bird with very dark back and face

RE: [cayugabirds-l] North American Redpoll sweep, Bohemian Waxwingsand more

2013 00:10:36 + To: grosb...@clarityconnect.com, cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu, oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com, cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] North American Redpoll sweep, Bohemian Waxwingsand more When I was on the New York State Avian Records Committee I

[cayugabirds-l] Cortland xmas Bird count (need a person(s) to cover small area)

Hello all, If anyone is available this Saturday (Dec 14) to help with the Cortland Christmas Bird count, please email me. I need a person or team to do a small area of Salt Rd (south of Rte 90) over to Groton City and Hinman Rd. thanks, Matt

[cayugabirds-l] Cortland Christmas Bird count (count week)

Hello all, Just sending a reminder that the count week period for this Saturday's Cortland Christmas Bird count started today and runs through next Tuesday. Please report any unusual species to the list or to me at the above email address. I got a report of a Northern Goshawk from the circle

[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands

Hi all, I've been really bad at posting. Sorry. Just a few brief highlights from past 10 days. EVENING GROSBEAKS persists in numbers at just about every feeder I've visited in Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Cortland and Cayuga counties: Morgan Hill SF Shackham Rd, Coon Tree Drive DeRuyter

[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands

Hello all, At Summerhill yesterday with Tomrod Amundsen and Elin Taranger of Biotope were 30+ EVENING GROSBEAKS(Hovel and Eaton Rd), scattered SISKINS and a MALE PURPLE FINCH (Eaton Rd feeders, Fire Ln E feeders and Hovel Chalet). Cedar Waxwings, 6 Ravens, 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD(Hovel), FOX

[cayugabirds-l] crossbills and cemeteries

Hello all, For those interested in searching for crossbills, I'd like to remind everyone to check local cemeteries or even urban areas like downtown Dryden or Cayuga Heights. In years when the cone crop is bad in forests, well spaced conifers in cemeteries and urban areas will often have enough

[cayugabirds-l] Northern Gannet/Parasitic Jaeger/Black-legged Kittiwake/Finches

Hello all, Just a quick rundown of my highlights. After getting the inspection done on my car, I did a quick late morning run through Summerhill to Owasco Lake. ...from there I headed to Cayuga Lake. Summerhill: 75 PINE SISKINS and 1 COMMON REDPOLL at feeders at the house on Lake Como (Fire

[cayugabirds-l] Sandy notes

Hello all, Very interesting how the current front moved through and is now draped across eastern NY, associated precipitation with this front has largely dried up over us (but there's still moisture associated with this front back in western NY), and we're now seeing outer bands more associated

re:[cayugabirds-l] Sandy Notes

Hi again, I hope birders make it through the storm, but that last sentence was suppose to read, Lets hope the birds figure a way of getting through it. :) Matt mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based

[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands-Evening Grosbeaks

Hello all, Yesterday I went birding with Nat Taylor and Conor Jameson (author from UK who wrote book Silent Spring revisited and is now working on a book on Goshawks). At Heiberg ESF Environmental Forest in Tully: FOX SPARROW, 2 RB Kinglets, lost of GC Kinglets, 3 BALD EAGLES ( 1 adult and 2

[cayugabirds-l] Finches and this winter

Hello all, This morning in the city of Cortland I had a small flyover group of PINE SISKINS and 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. This could and should be a very interesting winter for irruptives. Cone crops are generally scarce over a wide area of the continent, and drought conditions have likely led

[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands -- Red Crossbills

Tried to send this last night. re-sending. Hello all, On Saturday I got out to some of my survey sites in the Pharsalia area. Highlights were 2 SHARP- SHINNED HAWKS, 1 juvy RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 3 COMMON RAVENS, and 4 Type 3 RED CROSSBILLS and one Type 1 RED CROSSBILL (the types were not

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins nesting in CNY

Hello all, Pine Siskins have indeed bred in numbers this year at many large conifer-dominated state forests. While out doing crossbill surveys the past few months I've observed them almost every time at nearly every location (Summerhill and Bear Swamp; Madison, Onondaga, and Chenango Counties

[cayugabirds-l] Fish Crows/Siskins/Chippies

Hello all, FISH CROWS continue in Cortland, 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS were under my feeders this morning, and PINE SISKINS are nesting at just about every state forest in CNY this year. It's the best siskin nesting year in CNY since 2004. FWIW: Siskins have nesting at Summerhill and other state

[cayugabirds-l] Wetlands classification and conservation

Hello all, Well, I don't post that often anymore, but I'll add a few comments about the George Rd Pond since a couple people remembered that I worked at the WGA as a Director for several years. However, I'd first like to thank Meena for her kind words regarding my passion for protecting local

[cayugabirds-l] Bird Club field trip Saturday 3/3

still might hit Morgan Hill State Forest in Fabius), we'll probably search Summerhill to Bear Swamp to the south end of Skaneateles Lake to see what we can find -- You have to go where the birds are you know. For information and directions, contact me at grosb...@clarityconnect.com or m

[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

Hi all, A quick run through of Summerhill this morning yielded 14 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on Lick Street and 9 PINE SISKINS and a COMMON REDPOLL on Salt St.. I also had the NORTHERN SHRIKE at the corner of Lick and Rte 90. South of Rte 90 I had 2 Red-tails and a soaring BALD EAGLE. Matt

[cayugabirds-l] Misses from Cortland CBC (let me know if you see!)

Hi all, My mind is a little scrambled from a lack of sleep, but I believe when you count count week birds we're close to the record number of species for the Cortland CBC (held today) -- a few still need to send totals. We're somewhere in the 75-77 species range. The big misses were Harrier,

[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Finches

Hello all, Just to let everyone know, the big flock(s) of PINE SISKINS AND WHITE WINGED CROSSBILLS is still present in the Salt/Hoag Rd area of Summerhill as of yesterday --per myself and Dave McCartt. cheers, Matt

[cayugabirds-l] Red Crossbills and cone crops

Hello all, I've been meaning to send this, but am just getting around to it now. Sorry. Over the past 3 weeks I've audio-recorded or heard Type 1 Red Crossbills at the following locations in south-central NY: Michigan Hill State Forest Richford: 6 birds at corner of Rockefeller and Michigan

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Mississippi Kite

Hello, On the way home yesterday I spotted what looked like a very buoyant light gray colored raptor flying over Fall Creek on Fall Creek Rd near Red Mill Rd --the bridge is out at Red Mill Rd. Unfortunately it was one of those deals where I'd look up, look at cars in front of me, look up, look

[cayugabirds-l] Scott, Owasco Flats Ceruleans, cone crops and more

Hello all, A few sightings from around the area this past weekend-- Julie and I had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Long road just uphill from the house with the red garage -- this is a high elevation location for this species. We also had a BROWN THRASHER at the sharp bend on Long Rd along with

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture?

Hello all, Can anyone give me the dates when the Black Vulture was in the Ithaca area? thanks, Matt mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Hoary Redpolls

Hello all, Today there were ~150 COMMON REDPOLLS with 2 and maybe 3 HOARY REDPOLLS and ~20 American Goldfinches here at the house in Scott. There was a definite FEMALE HOARY REDPOLL and an IMMATURE FEMALE HOARY REDPOLL present. A third immature Hoary looked good, but it took off before I could

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls

Hello all, The redpoll flock is up to 60+ at the house in Scott including 1 FEMALE HOARY REDPOLL and 1 Greater Common Redpoll. Common Ravens have been heard in the last few days as well, and the Carolina Wren, White-throated Sparrow (rare for the house), Tree Sparrows (rare for the house) and

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Birding Trip -- Southern Highlands

Hello all, Yesterday 5 brave birders, 3 from the Cayuga Bird Club and 2 from the Cortland-Lime Hollow Bird Club, joined me for some birding of the Southern Highlands. Obviously the conditions were far less than optimum with the snow and high winds. At times ground blizzard conditions occurred,

[cayugabirds-l] Birding Field Trip

Hello all, To further clarify, Saturday's trip is a joint field trip with the Cortland-LH Bird Club and we will meet at the Lime Hollow Visitor Center at 338 Mclean Rd at 7:15-7:30. We will go to where the birds are ---we might possibly go to Morgan Hill State Forest in Truxton (flock of 30+ E.

[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpolls

Hello all, Since at least Wednesday there's been a nice flock of 30+ COMON REDPOLLS here at the house in Scott. Matt mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange -

[cayugabirds-l] Hoary Redpoll, Greater Common Redpolls, Evening Grosbeaks and Purple Finches

Hello all, Julie and I did a little birding and then snowshoeing today. In Scott on Glen Haven Rd were 40+ COMMON REDPOLLS and 6 PURPLE FINCHES ( a few nice males). I talked to the person that lives at the Eaton Rd feeders Summerhill and he said he hadn't seen the flock of 30 Evening

[cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl count/Scott

Hello all, Yesterday Julie and I did the rather waterless Cortland County area for the mid-winter waterfowl count. Here's what we found. Considering it's Cortland County, we did quite nicely with the Long-tailed Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaups, Redhead, 3 Gadwalls and the A. Wigeon.

[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll subspecies link

Hello all, Here's a great link to the best photos I've ever seen showing the 4 North American Redpoll subspecies (2 Common and 2 Hoary). Take notice of the very large Greater Common Redpoll. I've seen at least a good 6- 7 of these in CNY over the years. They stick out. They all aren't quite this

[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll Link again

Hello again, Some have mentioned a problem with the redpoll link, so here it is again. Maybe the third time is a charm. It's a great link! http://northshorenature.blogspot.com/2011/01/hornemanns-hoary-and-greater-co mmon.html cheers, Matt

[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeaks in CNY

Hello all, I had to follow up on a project today, so I searched all the Southern Highland hotspots for Evening Grosbeaks. Shackham Rd at the Cortland/Onondaga County line: 30+ EVENING GROSBEAKS and Common redpolls and a few Pine Siskins Jones Rd --Cazenovia, Madison County: 40+ EVENING

[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeaks and Redpolls -- Summerhill

Hello all, THe Hovel Chalet at the corner of Salt Rd and Fillmore Rd Summerhill reports 20+ EVENING GROSBEAKS and 30+ COMMON REDPOLLS. Cheers, Matt mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you?

Re:[cayugabirds-l] bird guide recommendations for iPod??

HI Marty, Here's a couple sites that compares Applications or gives metrics (there are others out there too): http://ibird.com/Compare.aspx http://www.getbirdseye.com/ I know the Lab has provided sound for Birdseye and Ibird. cheers, Matt Subject: bird guide recommendations for iPod??

[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpoll

Hello all, A single MALE COMMON REDPOLL just appeared under our feeders here in Scott. Happy Holidays everyone, Matt mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE --

[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill-Evening Grosbeaks/Cortland CBC

Hello all, A flock of 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS (2 males) on Iowa Rd Bear Swamp and a flock of ~15 EVENING GROSBEAKS on Eaton Rd Summerhill (5-6 male; these are in the basin). Eaton Rd is just down hill from the Hovel Chalet on Fillmore Rd. In fact, about 10 minutes later after seeing them on Eaton

[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll and siskin in Scott

Hello all, At the house in Scott this morning were singles of COMMON REDPOLL and PINE SISKIN in with the flock of 40+ Goldfinches. The female PILEATED WOODPECKER (Red-bellied too) has started to come into the suet feeders for the 3rd winter in a row, a CAROLINA WREN has been frequent since the

[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpoll -Dryden

Forwarded Original Message: - From: MM mmmc...@juno.com Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:08:16 GMT To: cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu Subject: [Cny-naturalhistory] I spoke my wish... and the answer appeared!! Our first of the season REDPOLL is outside my window. Hooray for

[cayugabirds-l] King Eider

Hello all, The male KING EIDER is still present in Fall Creek at Stewart Park (b/w golf course and Stew. park). It was viewed by Julie Siler, Greg Budney and myself aound 12:45. cheers, Matt mail2web.com - Microsoft®

[cayugabirds-l] SUMMER TANAGER

Hello all, I had great looks at the SUMMER TANAGER b/w 4:30-4:45. The bird seems to make trips into Bill's feeders 10:30-11:30, 2-3 and 4:15-5:00. A very nice looking bird! Also in the neighborhood were 2 COMMON GRACKLES, CEDAR WAXWINGS and 2 PINE SISKINS. cheers, Matt Young

[cayugabirds-l] E. Grosbeaks, Rough-legs, Bohemian Waxwing and Summer Tanager

Hello all, A quick run through Scott to Summerhill this morning yielded scattered small numbers of PINE SISKINS, a FEW flyover EVENING GROSBEAKS (Summerhill), 1 COOPER'S HAWK (Scott), 2 Red-tailed Hawks, afew HORNED LARKS, and 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS near Lick St and Hoag Summerhill --one dark

[cayugabirds-l] Summer Tanager, golden eagle in Cortland

Hello all, From Bill Toner yard in McGraw- the tanager was present at 11:30 am for a few minutes. Around 10am a birder named Bill (Purcell?) from north of Syr. saw a raptor soaring to the east and then it passed directly overhead- an immature golden eagle. So far today 5 visitors have

[cayugabirds-l] Summer Tanager in Cortland

Hello all, Over the last two days I've had many back and forth emails with Bill Toner of McGraw (4-5 minutes other side of city of Cortland) over an odd bird he has coming to his suet feeder. The long and short of it is he has a FEMALE SUMMER TANAGER coming in. Bill has nicely offered for

[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Counts

Hello all, The Cortland Christmas Bird Count will be Dec 18th and the Southern Highlands-New Woodstock CBC will be Jan 2nd. If anyone would like to help please contact me at the email above. It looks like it'll be a finchy winter. cheers, Matt

RE:[cayugabirds-l] [Cny-naturalhistory] Siskins and Evening Grosbeaks

Oh, there was also A single FOX SPARROW at Hovel and some A. TREE SPARROWS here and there. Matt Original Message: - From: grosb...@clarityconnect.com grosb...@clarityconnect.com Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:23:58 -0400 To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu, cny-naturalhist

[cayugabirds-l] Bohemian Waxwing

Hello all, As I was leaving work I had the BOHEMIAN WAXWING outside the lobby at the Lab. The flock of ~10 waxwings shortly flew off to the east with 3 Cedars circling back and landing. Perhaps it'll still be around in the morning. cheers, Matt

[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill-Bear Swamp

Hello all, Yesterday Dave McCart and I did some birding of Summerhill (I also covered Bear Swamp and Scott as well). Early morning there were many Cedar Waxwings, Robins, Blackbirds and Bluebirds moving. I did have PINE SISKINS at 5 different locations including ~40 at Bear Swamp, 12 on Lake

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

Hello all, At least a handful of PINE SISKINS, and 3 male PURPLE FINCHES along with 40+ Goldfinches here at yard in Scott today. cheers, Matt mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology -

[cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egrets - Sauquoit/Cortland County too

Hello all, Yesterday, Colleen Hamilton had a CATTLE EGRET at the corner of Cold Brook Rd and Rte 281 in Homer, Cortland County. There appraently has been a major incursion of Cattle Egrets in the northeast the past few days --birds have turned up in Rochester, Cortland, Sauquoit, Ontario, NH

[cayugabirds-l] Red Crossbills

Hello all, For those chaser and Basin Cuppers, I know in the last week there's been RED CROSSBILL sighted at Summerhill near beginning state forest on Salt Rd and on Hammond Hill near clearing next to conifer plantation. See ebird for better details. cheers, Matt

[cayugabirds-l] McIlroy Preserve

Hello all, Julie and I did a walk through the McIlroy Preserve and heard all 4 common local vireos --YELLOW- THROATED and WARBLING along the creek and BLUE-HEADED and RED-EYED in the interior. We also had 1 YELLOW-RUMPED, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED, 4-5 OVENBIRDS, many BLACK-THROATED GREENS, Yellows, 1

RE:[cayugabirds-l] [Cny-naturalhistory] McIlroy Preserve

4-5 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES were present as well. Matt Original Message: - From: grosb...@clarityconnect.com grosb...@clarityconnect.com Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:57:02 -0400 To: cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu, cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [Cny-naturalhistory

[cayugabirds-l] Scott/Skan. Lake

Hello all, It's pretty birdy out there. High Vista FLLT Preserve and the road along the east side of Skaneateles Lake yielded 2 YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, YB Sapsucker, Wood Thrush, Veery, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH,

[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands --IMMATURE GOLDEN EAGLE roadside

Hello all, Today Julie and I did a tour of the Southern Highlands. At Morgan Hill SF in Fabius/Truxton were 3 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, MANY PURPLE FINCHES, and many Brown Creepers and RB Nuthatches. At Muller Hill SF in DeRuyter/Georgetown were 2 BLUE-HEDED VIREOS, 1

[cayugabirds-l] Southern Highlands/Glaucous Gulls

Hello all, Yesterday Julie and I did some birding in the Southern Highlands of Chenango County. We had a flock of 60 HORNED LARKS and 20 SNOW BUNTINGS off of McFairlane Rd in Cincinnatus. 6 COMMON RAVENS were at the dump in Pharsalia along with many crows. One Type 1 RED CROSSBILL (1 PURPLE