[cayugabirds-l] Seeking group to join for bird count

2014-12-31 Thread Sandy 
Please email or text me if I can join your group. I won't check email until 
after 7am. Thank you!!!  Sandy 607-342-3666
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] another count-week species

2014-12-31 Thread Gary Kohlenberg 
Horned Grebes yesterday at Stewart Park. I don't know if they were reported.


On Dec 31, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Dave Nutter 
mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> wrote:

Northern Pintail today at Stewart Park.

--Dave Nutter

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Hancock Airport

2014-12-31 Thread gmail 
I took an unsuccessful lap around near sunset today, but I am decidedly 
amateurish at this.
On that note, I come from a background of photography ( but have a healthy 
desire to not disturb the wildlife). This list serve is great, but as someone 
who lives just east of Syracuse, it's not "actionable" given driving distances 
most days. I'd love to find a place nearby that i could visit with camera on a 
regular basis with a reasonable expectation of seeing something interesting. 
Does anyone have any suggestions, or know of a similar list for Onondaga 
county? The creek walk by the mall is ok but I've heard enough stories to be a 
little wary of taking high dollar camera equipment there regularly.
Thanks!


> On Dec 31, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Paul Schmitt  wrote:
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> I have a friend who is returning to France in a few months and would love to 
> see a Snowy before leaving.  Have there been any more sightings at Hancock 
> Field since December 26?
>  
> Appreciate any update. 
>  
> Thanks,
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> Paul Schmitt   pschmi...@gmail.com
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[cayugabirds-l] Shorteared Owls in Ovid

2014-12-31 Thread Marty Schlabach 
Mary Jean, Phil and I went looking for Shorteared Owls this evening in Covert, 
Lodi and Ovid.  Left home about 4:30pm, drove west from rt 96 on Kellys Corners 
Rd, then north on Keady Rd to Wycoff Rd.  Headed west on Wycoff toward rt 96A 
and then returned east on Wycoff Rd to the intersection of Wycoff and Rock 
River Rd.  The only bird activity of interest up to that point was a small 
flock of Horned Larks.

We saw our first shorteared owl from Wycoff Rd northeast of the intersection 
about 5:05pm, perched on the rack of a hay wagon well back from both roads.  We 
then moved to Rock River Rd, hoping for a better look.  It was comparably 
distant from the road, not really a better or closer view.  We watched it for 5 
minutes or so and then saw two shortears in flight against the clear and 
somewhat brighter sky northwest of the intersection.  We later saw two in 
flight this time to the east.  We last saw them about 5:20pm.  The most we saw 
at one time were 3 shorteared owls.

Good birding!

Marty

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[cayugabirds-l] another count-week species

2014-12-31 Thread Dave Nutter 
Northern Pintail today at Stewart Park.

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[cayugabirds-l] Wild Turkeys

2014-12-31 Thread Donna Scott 
About 62 WILD TURKEYS in a field north of red roofed barn on Algerine rd, west 
of intersection with Ludlow Road!
Barn says " Morrow Creek Farm" up under gable end. Lansing. 
Turkeys now on other side of hedge row in second field at back of field 
bordering road. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Hancock Airport

2014-12-31 Thread Paul Schmitt 
I have a friend who is returning to France in a few months and would love to 
see a Snowy before leaving.  Have there been any more sightings at Hancock 
Field since December 26?

Appreciate any update.  

Thanks, 

Paul Schmitt   pschmi...@gmail.com
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] West Hill crow roost?-or not

2014-12-31 Thread Anne Clark 
They may have returned to North Campus to roost at the end.

At 430-45 pm, there was a steady stream of crows coming E across the living 
units on Jessup Road and filling the woods of the Cornell Golf Course between 
Hasbrouck Community  and Mockley House, as well as the trees on the S border of 
A-Lot.  My rough counts of partly seen trees and sky-flow suggested 6-8 
thousand.  They swirled around for a bit until after 5pm, the dense treetop 
groups in woods E of Hasbrouck slowly erupting upward again and moving W back 
across Pleasant Grove Rd into both deciduous and coniferous trees in the campus 
and residential area bounded by Pleasant Grove, Jessup, Dearborn, Kelvin, Wait 
and Thurston.  Birds were still decorating trees along A-lot, but were NOT 
going into Jessup Woods proper.  In other words, they stayed in somewhat lit 
areas near buildings.

I left around 520pm and it was pretty dark.  No birds were moving very far west 
or south at that point, only swirling up and turning back into North Campus 
trees. 

Two of our 5 radioed crows were among them, based on radio signals, but I never 
saw a tagged bird---too diluted by untagged birds!

So---late counters in Jessup Road area might get the best count.  And if people 
do record large flocks of crows, be sure to record the time and direction of 
movement...that way we can probably put the observations together for an 
accurate count.   

my 2 cents!

Anne




On Dec 31, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Dave Nutter wrote:

> On my bike ride to Stewart Park yesterday about 3pm I noticed about a hundred 
> high-flying CROWS coming from the North Campus/Cayuga Heights area and headed 
> WEST over the valley presumably to roost, but I don't know where. It's worth 
> keeping an eye out for them on the count tomorrow. 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] more count week birds

2014-12-31 Thread Elizabeth King 
I've been hearing gun shots from Stewart Park since dawn today and every day. 
Be careful out there.

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> On Dec 30, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
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> In case they get scared off or shot before the year is out and can't be found 
> on the count, be it known that at Stewart Park today were 2 Long-tailed 
> Ducks, 3 American Wigeon, 3 Greater & 1 Lesser Scaup, and 1 Ring-necked Duck, 
> and yesterday there was one Common Goldeneye and 4 Double-crested Cormorants. 
> Several other species that would really surprise me by being AWOL on New 
> Year's Day have also been here for count week, such as Belted Kingfisher, 
> Great Blue Heron, and Common Loon, Song Sparrow, and on Nelson Road a flock 
> of Cedar Waxwings. 
> --Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] West Hill crow roost?

2014-12-31 Thread Dave Nutter 
On my bike ride to Stewart Park yesterday about 3pm I noticed about a hundred 
high-flying CROWS coming from the North Campus/Cayuga Heights area and headed 
WEST over the valley presumably to roost, but I don't know where. It's worth 
keeping an eye out for them on the count tomorrow.

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