[cayugabirds-l] Volunteers capture Osprey fledgling flight

2014-08-25 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
FYI http://www.cornell.edu/video/volunteer-birders-capture-osprey-fledging-on-campus/?utm_source=cornellcast_weekly_updateutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=5485 Enjoy the work of these dedicated volunteers who spent most of their spare time watching the ospreys! Cheers Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] Mundy warblers

2014-08-25 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Blackburnian 3 FOY for me Bay breasted 2 Magnolia 3 No. Parula 1 Am. Redstart. 1 And usuals Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker at Palmer Woods

2014-08-25 Thread Jay McGowan
Sorry for the late post, I just realized this hadn't made it to Cayugabirds. This morning David Weber found an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Palmer Woods on north campus. He first had it fly over, then it returned to some dead trees and was present for at least an hour after that. This was in the

[cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks Renwick now

2014-08-25 Thread Geo Kloppel
At least nine Common Nighthawks over the Fall Creek estuary / Stewart Park suspension bridges right now! -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-08-25 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * August 25, 2014 *  NYSY  08. 25. 14   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 18, 2013 - August 25, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

2014-08-25 Thread Geo Kloppel
This evening Pat and I were delivering groceries to her 95 year old mother, who's recovering from temporal arteritis. We left her place on Triphammer Road at 7:15, stopped at Sunset Park to see if we could spot any Nighthawks from there, then zipped down to the RTJ golf course. We parked near

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

2014-08-25 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
I also saw one Nighthawk over the hills from Jennings Pond looking northwards. It flew in its erratic way but soon disappeared among the vegetation of the woods. I also saw an Indigo Bunting, two Pileated Woodpeckers and several Cedar Waxwings and Barn Swallows and an Eastern KIngbird was

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

2014-08-25 Thread Dave Nutter
I sought Common Nighthawks from 6:35 to about 8pm. I was hoping to see them from my yard but I think the surrounding trees have grown up too much impeding the low-altitude views of the flats. Anyway, that was a bust, even though I saw up to 9 of them far to the NNE while scoping from the NYS-89

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

2014-08-25 Thread Dave Nutter
PS: I assume Geo meant the City of Ithaca's Newman Golf Course next to Renwick Sanctuary and Jetty Woods and between Fall Creek and Cayuga Inlet, not Cornell's Robert Trent Jones Golf Course on Warren Rd. --Dave Nutter On Aug 26, 2014, at 12:07 AM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: I