[cayugabirds-l] Terns
Can anyone help? For the second evening I have spotted about a dozen terns at Myers Park on the little spit just to the left of the northern most pavilion. They are mixed in with a few gulls and ducks. I can't make a positive ID. They are crested and some have bright orange-red bills with completely black heads while the others (probably juveniles) have spotted wing plumage with dark feathers not completely covering their heads. All legs are dark. Lots of feeding on the soft shore with occasional popping up high to plunge back down to the sand. I have seen Elegant and Royal Terns on San Diego's beaches in the winter and these guys at Myers seem to look a lot like them but my books don't say they ever come to our neck of the woods. Thanks for your help! Sue Henne -- 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] Dryden Lake
It was a great evening after the rain to see birds on Dryden Lake. Three caspian terns (I think) plus two other terns that novice me cannot identify, an (American) bittern buried in the reeds on the north point (only my third ever), three presumably young wood duck males, three green herons perched in trees, two great blue heron, seven RT hummingbirds battling and diving over the butterfly bushes (the most this summer!), several Baltimore oriole families (I assume families, 11 birds in all, all shades of orange to dull yellow, swarming grape jelly, the hummer feeders, ripping off panicles from the butterfly bushes and seeming to chase the hummers(?); orioles also spent time pecking at the cups in the Silphium perfoliatum. Four cardinals, four phoebes, 1 kingbird, 1 kingfisher, 2 flickers, 1 downy woodpecker, 9 cedar waxwings, several catbirds stripping elderberries and large numbers of really adorable (sorry but I think they are beautiful and interesting ) immature Eur starlings feeding on the Rhys typhina drupes - so much fun to watch them tumbling about! Goldfinches still flying off with old cotton batting - isn't it late for nesting, even for them? Those were my highlights. So much activity. Lots of youngsters everywhere. Beautiful evening with so much birdsong, hard to come indoors. Nita Irby Dryden -- 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] FW: New post published Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan
Here’s an FYI… There's a new post at TownOfEnfield.org. Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Newfield Fire Dept., 77 Main St. Newfield, NY NYSDEC will host an open house to provide information on a recently finalized habitat management plan for Connecticut hill Wildlife Management Area located in the Towns of Catherine, Cayuta and Hector, ... You may view the latest post at http://townofenfield.org/meeting-on-connecticut-hill-wildlife-management-plan/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Thank you. Town of Enfield -- 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/ --
