Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins galore - thanks

Nestlings may have fledged, but Merlins still have to eat and hunt. Yesterday (Monday 27 July) at 9:32am I was on Meadow Street waiting to turn left onto Buffalo Street by the FastRack gas station when I heard a short succession of unidentified agitated call notes to my left. Immediately afterward

[cayugabirds-l] Knox-Marsellus: 13 shorebird sp incl RED-NECKED PHALAROPE

Today during the late morning and early afternoon I did some scouting at Montezuma NWR's Knox-Marsellus marsh in preparation for the field trip I'll be leading onto the dikes there next Sunday morning (2 August, 8am leaving from Visitor Center, 8:20am walking down from overlook on East Road). Sh

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Help

It's a woodcock. If you would like something done with it, please take it to the Lab of Ornithology front desk to be given to the museum. Jenn On Jul 28, 2015 5:44 PM, "Yvonne Fogarty" wrote: > We found this bird dead in our side yard. Can you help identify it? > Thanks, Yvonne > > > -- > > Cayu

[cayugabirds-l] Help

We found this bird dead in our side yard. Can you help identify it? Thanks, Yvonne -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVE

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Weekend Bird walk reports.

Sent from my iPad > On Jul 27, 2015, at 2:03 PM, "Chris R. Pelkie" > wrote: > > Speaking of compliant Phoebes, I walked to Sherwood Platform at lunch and met > (first time) a visitor/birder from NYC. As he was turning to leave and I was > approaching, I spotted a Phoebe on the hand rail and

[cayugabirds-l] OOB Northern Harrier family:Cortland County

Another AviCaching benefit: Random finds on random roads. While Kevin and I were between AviCaching spots yesterday I spotted an adult male Northern Harrier. We got out for a better look and photos. A homeowner from across the street from this large field came over excitedly to ask if we we

[cayugabirds-l] Merlins galore - thanks

*Thanks to assistance from participants in the cayugabirds-l,* Mark Witmer, Maddie Ulinski, and I were able to monitor 7 Merlin nests this spring-summer. The Briarwood Lane nest fledged the third of three nestlings this morning (28 July). Five nests were in Ithaca, one in Dryden and one of Well