[cayugabirds-l] Killdeer @ Myers

2016-01-09 Thread Suan Yong
Don't remember this having been reported at or since the CBC, but there's a killdeer in the gravel island of salmon creek by Myers - or there was until the hunters started firing nearby. I don't see it anymore, but can hear it calling from nearby somewhere. Also, lots of bluebirds near the

[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs North Mill Pond

2016-01-09 Thread David Scheck
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Saw 3 Green-winged Teal, 2 American Wigeon, several Redheads and numerous Gadwalls and Buffleheads at North Mill Pond around

[cayugabirds-l] Rough-legged Hawk

2016-01-09 Thread Diane Morton
Rough-legged hawk at Scofield Road 10:40 am -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Pipits @ Salt Pt

2016-01-09 Thread Suan Yong
At least 3, maybe 5, American Pipits foraging invisibly on the beach on the north side of Salt Point (flushed there by me from closer to the point). Still struggling to photograph them. Suan _ http://suan-yong.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Cranes in Savannah

2016-01-09 Thread M Miller
Had a pair of Sandhill Cranes at the Sandhill Crane Unit (Montezuma) on the south side of Van Dyne Spoor Rd around sunset Saturday. Also had a group of over 2 dozen Swans that appear to be Trumpeters. Photos available on Eaton Birding Society’s facebook page. (No Short-eared Owls seen, but

[cayugabirds-l] Pipits @ Salt Pt + others; Ravens

2016-01-09 Thread Donna Lee Scott
I met Suan at Salt Point after his Pipit post below. He said there were 7 AMERICAN PIPITS according to his heat sensing device/screen, and that they are very hard to see against the dull colored lake-bed rocks on the shore edge. I later saw one on the north side near the point. Never found the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cowbirds

2016-01-09 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Cowbirds

2016-01-09 Thread Dave Nutter
Peter, On the afternoon of 5 January Ann Mitchell & I saw a flock of about 25 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, males & females, on the shoulder of Fenner Rd near NYS-34B, which is in the northwest corner of the Town of Lansing in Tompkins County. They were not present during a couple of more recent

[cayugabirds-l] Mute Swans, northern Cayuga L betw Harris Park & Lower Lake Rd

2016-01-09 Thread Dave Nutter
Today (Saturday) some of the intrepid birders whom Donna Scott mentioned went to various places in the Cayuga Lake Basin, mostly trying to find birds which were previously reported and managing to overlook those which had not yet been reported. However a species which appears to be new for the

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Pipits @ Salt Pt

2016-01-09 Thread Suan Yong
I posted some photos of today's pipits, including the infrared image, on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10208622363774511 If you can't see the IR image, I posted it here too: https://flic.kr/p/CrsRQa I did eventually see all seven fly together a short distance. Suan