[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday on Ross Road in Lansing

2015-02-03 Thread Tom
The cold temperatures and deep snow have increased morning activity at our feeders, but the diversity has been restricted mostly to the "usual suspects". The white-throats appeared a few days ago and the Carolina wren is new. We are blessed with woodpeckers-many downies and red-bellied and occ

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2 peregrines

2015-02-03 Thread Kim Haines-Eitzen
East side of Bradfield again, but only 1 right now that I can see. Kim Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Ray Zimmerman wrote: > > East side of Bradfield hall now. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Canvasback x Redhead hybrid

2015-02-03 Thread Jay McGowan
Sorry for not posting this before. Sunday evening Marshall Iliff found a Canvasback x Redhead hybrid in the flock of Canvasbacks off the ice edge between Stewart Park and East Shore Park. This is very likely the same bird seen a few times last winter in the same area and later at Myers Point. I did

[cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon, Seneca Falls

2015-02-03 Thread Jay McGowan
I just got a call from Joe Brin, who says that Richard Crossley was passing through Seneca Falls today and saw the GYRFALCON near the Seneca Falls landfill. That's all the information I have, but it is good to know that the bird is still around. Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon, Seneca Falls

2015-02-03 Thread tigger64
Just a reminder that the Seneca Falls Landfill uses falcons for gull control. I think they have a number of birds and I'm pretty sure some are hybrids where Gyrfalcon may be a parent. This from 2012 shows some of the birds. http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2012/01/video_trained_falcons_is_us