[cayugabirds-l] 2014 Muckrace Report (long)

2014-09-16 Thread bob mcguire
Susan Danskin, Gary Kohlenberg, Ann Mitchell, Dave Nutter, and I ran the 2014 Muckrace as the Arrogant Bustards, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Here is our (long) report. The 18th annual Montezuma Muckrace came to a close at 7 pm on Saturday. The Muckrace is a fundraiser for bird and

[cayugabirds-l] MNWR: Eurasian Wigeon

2014-09-16 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Gerard Phillips has just found an eclipse male EURASIAN WIGEON at Montezuma NWR Main Pool. It is about 1/4 mile out, sitting on a muskrat mound, showing pretty well at 60x. Nothing of interest at Myers Point on his way up the Lake earlier today. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H --

[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs Ponds

2014-09-16 Thread job121830
Only thing of interest on the ponds is mallards the one redhead that spent the last 2 winters herewith a female mallard.Factory St. pond has a couple of mallards but the brush has grown up along the fence to the point thatit's frustrating, disgusting almost futile to even go there. I've been