[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys in Lansing & Cass Psrk; Bald Eagles at Glenwood Pines

2014-04-05 Thread Candace Cornell
Area Osprey Comings and Goings: On Friday morning I saw a male osprey carrying sticks to the Portland Point nest and on Saturday Robyn Bailey saw the pair together with sticks for the nest. Saturday, the female spent much of her time sitting on the nest, but I only saw the male once as he delivere

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Whoops Pied billed

2014-04-05 Thread Candace Cornell
. A real Horned Grebe was fishing in the very rough waters of Salmon Creek.from at least 4 pm, until after 6 pm today. Candace On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Stuart Krasnoff wrote: > I guess I hallucinated nice orange horns on a pied billed gre

Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB Migration Today in Broome County

2014-04-05 Thread Dave Nutter
Caspian Tern and American Bittern are both due back in the Cayuga Lake Basin and would be new for 2014. The others species mentioned are already starting to be reported. http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-recordsThanks for the bird/weather report, Dave! Looking at Ithac

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden: Bonaparte's Gulls & Common Tern

2014-04-05 Thread Dave Nutter
On my SFO trip to Dryden Lake this morning Jason Huck found 2 winter plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the edge of the ice which still covers the middle half of the lake. Later I told Susan Danskin about them, and she went in search of them. She did not find the gulls, but at the pond along NYS-38 close

[cayugabirds-l] OOB Migration Today in Broome County

2014-04-05 Thread david nicosia
Lots of bird species on the move today. In several places we have had small flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS  in Broome County. Also CASPIAN TERNs in two locations,  RED-THROATED LOON in Upper Lisle(rare for Broome),  COMMON LOON,  and  BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Also  ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and AMERICAN BITTERN. 

[cayugabirds-l] Yellowlegs

2014-04-05 Thread Geo Kloppel
I spotted a Greater Yellowlegs on mud at the west end of the rte 31 causeway across the mucklands around noon. There was also a large Calidris-type sandpiper, probably Pectoral Sandpiper -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.North

[cayugabirds-l] N. Rough-winged Swallows

2014-04-05 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
I had my FOY Northern Rough-winged Swallows mixed with Tree Swallows Friday in the wind shadow of the Aurora bluffs. I don't think I've ever been happier to find a flock of Swallows as I am after this winter. I also did a quick trip around the auto loop at Montezuma. Large numbers of Ring-ne

[cayugabirds-l] Whoops Pied billed

2014-04-05 Thread Stuart Krasnoff
I guess I hallucinated nice orange horns on a pied billed grebe when from Stewart Park but I can only find pie billed from the southern end of the Eastshore sailing docks. >From the semi-opposable thumbs of SB Krasnoff via iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayug

[cayugabirds-l] Horned grebe near east shore

2014-04-05 Thread Stuart Krasnoff
There's a nice breeding plumage horned Grebe at east shore park south of the most southerly docks. >From the semi-opposable thumbs of SB Krasnoff via iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.

[cayugabirds-l] woodcocks

2014-04-05 Thread Susan Fast
This morning, at 0600, while getting the morning paper, I heard a WOODCOCK peenting and chirping from the field close-by.  I could make out another one singing farther to the west.  They quit at 0615.  Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabi