[cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant nest

2015-06-03 Thread Dave Nutter
To give credit, Sunday a week ago in the evening (24 May), I was at Stewart Park and saw what seemed to me like a lot of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS for this time of year in the treetops of Jetty Woods. I did not recall them spending the breeding season here, so I was counting them for an eBird

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-03 Thread Ellen Haith
F Red-Breasted Merganser right now with two presumed offspring, warned off another F of the same . She caught a very substantial fish but did not seem to share it with the offspring. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] A Bad Cat Bill

2015-06-03 Thread Gerry Rising
A bill (assembly 2778; senate 1081) has passed the NY assembly and is before the senate.. It is very important for birders to understand what the bill means to wildlife. I urge readers to contact their state senator to oppose this bill. Here's why: The bill supports and provides funding for

[cayugabirds-l] Wednesday lake birds

2015-06-03 Thread Jay McGowan
A morning vigil at Myers Point did not turn up any terns or shorebirds, but every day brings something different. Today it was an alternate-plumaged HORNED GREBE on the lake just north of the point. Last night, a white adult SNOW GOOSE was sitting on the sandbar in the creek. Both last night and

[cayugabirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Chenango County

2015-06-03 Thread Matthew A. Young
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Today (yesterday Tuesday) just about 6 o'clock I received a call from Gail Benedict that she was looking at a Scissor-Tailed flycatcher. She was in a small cemetery in Pharsaalia. Go to Lower Cincinnatus, take the Brackle Rd.(Rte. 23) towards Norwich continue a few

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Annual Dish-to-Pass Mon., June 8

2015-06-03 Thread cl...@juno.com
Mon, June 8, 6:30pm ndash; 8:30pm Pavilion A, Myers Point Annual Cayuga Bird Club Dish-to-Pass Dinner and bird walk. The annual dish-to-pass dinner will be held at Myers Park in Lansing. BRING:a generous dish to sharemdash;main dish, appetizer, or dessert. your own place setting

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

2015-06-03 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
I finally confirmed that the East Hill osprey stops at Beebe lake to fish. Today I saw him (or her?) catching a nice sized fish and fly away with the booty towards its mate/nest. Also saw a fresh specimen of a Giant Swallowtail around Beebe lake. And then saw a Lancet Clubtail among the

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [CNY Natural History] Scissor tail still remains as of 130pm today

2015-06-03 Thread David McCartt
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