[cayugabirds-l] Seeking two lifers: Rusty Blackbird, Ross's Goose

With the spring migration now starting to flow, would like help in locating two lifers that we have missed over the years. Should anyone see Rusty Blackbirds in the Ithaca area or north of the city would be grateful. Second, in seasons past individuals has noted one or two Ross's Goose in

[cayugabirds-l] Beebe Lake

I stood at the overlook in the SE corner of Beebe Lake at Cornell this morning for about a half hour to see what might come by. A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was singing from down below and a KILLDEER and BELTED KINGFISHER made some noise, but went unseen. A TURKEY VULTURE lazily circled over the lake,

[cayugabirds-l] No Geese today

Hi all, I have been looking on and off at the sky when I get chance and hardly seen migrant geese today. Wow, all action occurs just in a day or two. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, 11 March

Location: Stewart Park Observation date: 3/11/10 Notes: A very nice morning at Stewart Park with a good selection of waterfowl, 3 Iceland Gulls and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Attempted to make exact counts of all waterfowl--there was still quite a bit of turnover while we were there.

[cayugabirds-l] 300-600K snow geese

Northern end of Cayuga lake Mucklands/Montezuma So far estimate but will analyze photos later as we are now driving and snow geese on lower lake road as far as the eye can see. Lots of waterfowl. Details later. Lee Ann van Leer Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Song

Hi all, At 4 pm, a SONG SPARROW was singing near the north feeders at the Lab of Ornithology. Ah, Spring! Laura Lab Manager Evolutionary Biology Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, New York 14850 Office: (607) 254 2141 Lab:(607) 254 2142 Fax:(607) 254

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, 11 March

Cayugabirders, I visited Stewart Park this afternoon between 3 and 4:30 and also had a nice variety of species. While many of my counts are similar to those Chris et al. made earlier, I did note a few big differences in the afternoon. These were a big flock of 74 Hooded Mergansers near the Fall

[cayugabirds-l] trills

My ear just got caught by a trill coming through an open window on the east side of Goldwin Smith Hall that sounded rather different than the juncos trilling at my house. On the other hand, it did sound very much like the recording of a Chipping Sparrow trill that I just listened to. I wasn't

[cayugabirds-l] A few lunchtime raptors

Having been away and missing the first spectacular push of spring migration over Ithaca, I was eager to get out at lunchtime for some sky-watching today - with Tom Schulenberg. We were surprised how quiet and empty the sky was at that time, but we did see 2 dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS

[cayugabirds-l] crow behavior

Hi all, I was out bird watching and photographing when I came upon some interesting crow behavior which I tried to photograph. You can see 4 of the images beginning with this image. http://www.pbase.com/image/122666482 There is an explanation of what I saw below the first image. Any

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock

Three woodcock sightings at dusk. Keuka Hill Road Julie Kurt Broken Road Farms Dundee, NY 14837 Email: k...@brokenroadfarms.com www.BrokenRoadFarms.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

RE: [cayugabirds-l] crow behavior

I think in general many animals behave in similar manner with their preys. Cat plays with the mouse till it is dead, actually it is not game for cat but it is making sure the mouse is killed. Here is a link to a similar behavior by a Great Egret at Bensten Rio Grande State park in Texas.

[cayugabirds-l] Finding Rusty Blackbirds

In spring, rusty blackbirds will forage on the edge of vernal pools and forested wetlands. Many of these birds will allow a close approach. OOB, Peter Scott Swamp road in the Town of Schroeppel is a reliable location to find rusty blackbirds during spring migration. Bernie Carr

[cayugabirds-l] Red-wings

Red-winged Blackbird in mass in the trees across the road and in my backyard about 4:30 today. Truly a spring sound and sight! Was going to hang out laundry tomorrow tomorrow but I guess I'll have to rethink that. Also my first Killdeer today (heard on Lockwood Rd, car window down--a real

[cayugabirds-l] Oh what a sight!!

There is nothing I can add to what Sue Norvell Lee Ann Van Leer have said about the tremendous numbers of Snows. I went to the Refuge the mucklands today tho' the haze was horrible for looking with the scope, the view of tens of thousands of birds was astounding. On Armstrong Rd. I watched

[cayugabirds-l] Around Cayuga Lake Today 3/11

Tremendous day around Cayuga Lake. Started at Stewart Park at 8 am. had the following: many bufflehead, few hooded merganser, several common merganser, wood duck, several american widgeon, two dozen or so green-winged teal, many canada geese, mallards, few black duck, many common goldeneye,