Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

2021-03-04 Thread Joe DeVito
Red winged blackbirds? If you have red wings at your feeder, every birder in the country will be there tomorrow  Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:45 AM, Peter Saracino wrote: > >  > Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders! > Pete Sar > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

2021-03-04 Thread Marty Schlabach
We had four male redwings show up at our feeders in Interlaken today. --Marty From: bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Peter Saracino Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:51 PM To: Joe DeVito Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings With all due

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

2021-03-04 Thread Dave Nutter
I think Joe was teasing about using the term “Redwing,” which many Americans use as shorthand for “Red-winged Blackbird,” because Redwing is actually the proper name for a European thrush, Turdus iliacus, which bears some resemblance to an immature American Robin. The true Redwing is an

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

2021-03-04 Thread Peter Saracino
With all due respect Joe, I think not. I anticipate the usual late winter invasion any day now - for ALL to see. Be well. Pete Sar On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 7:33 PM Joe DeVito wrote: > Red winged blackbirds? If you have red wings at your feeder, every birder > in the country will be there tomorrow

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

2021-03-04 Thread Asher Hockett
Year after year for 20 years in Danby brought Red-winged Blackbirds back during the first week of March. The true harbingers of spring! On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 6:51 PM Peter Saracino wrote: > With all due respect Joe, I think not. I anticipate the usual late winter > invasion any day now - for ALL

[cayugabirds-l] Redwings

2021-03-04 Thread Peter Saracino
Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders! Pete Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] The joy they bring!

2021-03-04 Thread Judith Thurber
With Spring! ... on their wings. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2021, at 11:33 AM, Peter Saracino wrote: > >  > I'm having a wonderful morning here in Oaks Corners, NY. Have counted at > least 14 redpolls (which are so beautiful against the backdrop of the snow >

[cayugabirds-l] The joy they bring!

2021-03-04 Thread Peter Saracino
I'm having a wonderful morning here in Oaks Corners, NY. Have counted at least 14 redpolls (which are so beautiful against the backdrop of the snow flurries), at least 25 siskins, tree sparrows, goldfinch, juncos, bluejays, at least 14 redwings, a flicker...and to top it off, the quality of the

[cayugabirds-l] Killdeer

2021-03-04 Thread Bill Roberts
While scanning the banks of Salmon Creek this afternoon we spotted two Killdeer on the Salt Point side of the estuary in Myers Park in Lansing. As usual there were plenty of Ring-billed Gulls and four Great or Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Bill Roberts Aurora -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: