[cayugabirds-l] Ravens getting ready!
Hi all, Yesterday I hiked about 4 mile loop of Bob Cameroon loop in the afternoon with Cayuga Trails Club. Only bird on the hike was one Chickadee. Of course I do not spish or use playbacks. As we were leaving Tower station on Tower road there was a crisp shiny Raven circling and calling. Today I hiked Sweedler Preserve of Lick Brook with another group, we encountered the same pair of Ravens flying back and forth several times over our head often calling. This pair has nested in the ledges near the fall. This time also they seemed to be preparing for nesting in the same area. Other birds of interest were a couple of Downy, several Chickadees, a Red-belied and a pair of Golden-crowned Kinglets. I returned via King Road. On King Road just past the junction of Sand Banks road there was a pair of ravens on a electrical pole. One of them was shining and gorgeous looking and I think it was he as he was doing a some kind of display with head movements. So it was ravenous week-end! Cheer Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] funny
Really was our own SuperbOwl Sunday. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owls
On our way back from Montezuma this afternoon, Joe Wetmore and I took a quick detour down Lake Rd towards Long Point Winery to look for short-eared owls. Caught a quick glimpse, I believe, of Laura Stenzler, but no owls. It was getting late, so we headed back south on Rt 90. Almost immediately after making the turn onto the main road, Joe spotted the short-eared owls in the farm fields on the east side of 90. Not the greatest place to pull over, but in the quickly waning light, I was able watch one flap across the field just below the tree-line. Other highlights included a lot of common goldeneyes seen from the Wells boathouse, distant views of a large raft of snow geese mid-lake, and at Montezuma, a harrier and a bald eagle at Tschache Pool, another harrier at Mays Point Pool, as well as some entertaining muskrats swimming among the many lodges at Mays. A great little adventure. The only disappointment was that the Wildlife Drive was not open. Perhaps I misunderstood that it would be open from another post on the listerv. Quite the relaxing and beautiful afternoon. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
