[cayugabirds-l] short-eared owl

2015-03-09 Thread Linda Post Van Buskirk
The owl: this evening at 5:45, just south of Long Point Orchard, Rt 90, Ledyard. Geese eagerly eating newly exposed grass along the roadside in Aurora. Linda Van Buskirk -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabirds

[cayugabirds-l] Male Harlequin at Oswego today, 3/9/15

2015-03-09 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
*_THE male __H__arlequin!!_ Our treat for today. Lifers for daughter, Becky & me, tho' 17 yrs. ago I had seen a female at Sodus. Becky was thrilled because she has thought Woodies & Common mergansers are the most colorful of the ducks. Beautiful day to be out. Less snow in Oswego than in Union

[cayugabirds-l] Screech-Owl red morph on side of road

2015-03-09 Thread Caroline Manring
Driving down 96 into town today, there was a suspiciously rusty-colored snowball on the shoulder. I pulled over and walked back, and sure enough, there was a red morph Eastern Screech-Owl. It was alive but looking poorly. By the time I got my coat off to get my sweater off so I had something to co

[cayugabirds-l] Killdeer

2015-03-09 Thread Brad Walker
Hi all, I just had a Killdeer flying over my house and calling in northeast Ithaca. Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARC

Re: [cayugabirds-l] No gyr, Merlin bonus

2015-03-09 Thread David Diaz
And approx 50 horned larks > On Mar 9, 2015, at 12:49 PM, David Diaz wrote: > > Did a quick drive through the Lott Farm/Ridge Road area in Fayette (south of > Seneca Falls). No gyrfalcon but did see 2 harriers and 1 billion red-tailed > hawks. A perched then hunting Merlin was a treat. It

[cayugabirds-l] No gyr, Merlin bonus

2015-03-09 Thread David Diaz
Did a quick drive through the Lott Farm/Ridge Road area in Fayette (south of Seneca Falls). No gyrfalcon but did see 2 harriers and 1 billion red-tailed hawks. A perched then hunting Merlin was a treat. It snagged a pigeon! Fast and angry. David Diaz Tburg, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2015-03-09 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* March 09, 2015*  NYSY  03. 09. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):March 02, 2015 - March 09, 2015to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just ou

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Saturday Birding

2015-03-09 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
I wonder if when the half of the duck’s brain is sleeping the opposite foot is kicking randomly like my sleeping dog does (and maybe I do it too!). Or maybe this is akin to a screensaver: the duck keeps one leg kicking so it doesn’t freeze in place! Just some random theories…. ChrisP __

[cayugabirds-l] Oswego river anecdotes

2015-03-09 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
??Hi all, Yesterday I was on Oswego River, like all looking for the Harlequin Duck, which was seen easily but I had more fun with other ducks, because Harlequin spent most of the time hidden away from us. There was a big chunk of ice at the back of the viewing platform. A female Greater Scaup