[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens, Mon 10/13

2014-10-13 Thread Mark Chao
Diane Morton, Ken Kemphues, and I went looking for sparrows at the Freese Road gardens on Monday morning. Diane found a VESPER SPARROW on the fence at the east edge of the large Dyce Lab corral. We had long, close views of the bird's distinctive face and head, plus one diagnostic glimpse of

[cayugabirds-l] Julie Zickefoose, Cayuga Bird Club meeting TONIGHT

2014-10-13 Thread Laura Stenzler
A reminder... The Cayuga Bird Club will be meeting on Monday, October 13, at 7:30 at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with cookies and conversation at 7:15. Our speaker, Julie Zickefoose, a writer, artist and naturalist at home in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio, will give her

[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark and bald eagle

2014-10-13 Thread M K Mannella
At 4:00 this afternoon Driving north on Hall Road in Interlaken I was surprised to see an Eastern Meadowlark perched on the telephone wire just after seeing a KESTREL on a wire close by. Yesterday we saw a bald eagle flying low over Interlaken on Rt 89 just a few miles north of Sheldrake. I

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2014-10-13 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 6, 2014 * NYSY 10. 06. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 29, 2014 - October 06, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

2014-10-13 Thread Dave Nutter
I agree Sunday was a good migration day for Turkey Vultures. At about 1pm I was near the Lab entrance looking at the western skyline beyond the pond, and I watched a near-continuous line of them flying south, about 60 all told. They were gliding and gradually losing altitude, and when they got

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

2014-10-13 Thread James Gaffney
I counted 74 tv's golfing cornell's course today with most of them before 12 Jim Gaffney Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: I agree Sunday was a good migration day for Turkey Vultures. At about 1pm I was near the Lab entrance looking at the