Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Blackbirds

2013-02-27 Thread Claire Damaske
Here in Tyre, I have at least 150 in the trees and under the feeders after the cracked corn this morning! Claire Damaske On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu wrote: ** ** I birded around Stewart Park late yesterday afternoon and my heart was warmed by a flock

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Mount Pleasant Golden Eagle

2013-02-27 Thread tigger64
Tuesday afternoon we had an adult Golden Eagle go by Derby Hill on 15 mph ESE-SE winds. SE and ESE winds virtually guarantee that birds originating south of Lake Ontario will hit the lakeshore and make the turn north in the Derby Hill area, a unique situation that allows us to speculate

[cayugabirds-l] red winged blackbirds

2013-02-27 Thread Naomi Brewer
Hi All - Yesterday all the usual feeder birds were busy at my feeders. Of course many more Goldfinch Chickadees than when I needed them for the GBYBC. Then Yesterday afternoon 3 Red-winged Blackbirds came to the suet cake and ate about half of it. They ignored the sunflower tube

[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday

2013-02-27 Thread Susan Henne
2/26/13 Yesterday was a great day birding on Cayuga Lake.  Jill Vaughan and I were impressed by the hundreds of SNOW GEESE along the icy shore as we headed up the hill out of Aurora just past Great Gully Farm.  With the sun shining on a vibrant blue water, they almost looked tropical.  We