[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Ducks, Common Loon

On my way to Aurora today I turned onto that loop road that goes down to the lake in Levannah. Saw my FOY Common Loon not far from shore, and just a couple hundred feet south of it was a small raft of 11 Long-tailed Ducks. They were feeding very actively and it was now-you-see-them (for 5-10 se

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods House Wren

I stopped by the Lab after work and heard my first of the year House Wren on the Wilson trail. I still haven't seen or heard a Winter Wren, maybe this weekend. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Lake Street

It turned out that the bird I thought was a Pine Warbler last week was a RUBY- CROWNED KINGLET. I thought at the time that the song wasn't quite right for Pine Warbler. Today, I heard the full Kinglet song at Lake Street, and figured it out. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Willard Str. Rock Garden

Had a pleasant picnic lunch in Cornell's "secret garden", sharing a corner bench with singing RC Kinglet, titmouse, and White-throated Sparrow, and a rabbit. The mix of blooming flowers in that hidden oasis is incredible, just steps away from the milling crowds of Ho Plaza-- trillium just starti

[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Herons

I have put some photos of the male heron's feet, showing his missing right hallux at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2010. I put up one from last year that shows the same injury. When I looked through this year's first photos I was a little surprised to see the first male to be

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

The first Pine Siskins showed up at our feeders this noon. A pair, these are the first we've seen this year. How unlike the recent past. J -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.

[cayugabirds-l] Reminder: Monday Night Seminar

A reminder that this coming Monday Elizabeth Buckles from the Cornell Vet School will be giving a talk that focuses on white nose syndrome in bats. We hope to see you here! Monday, April 19, 2010 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Monday Night Seminar: Elizabeth Buckles "White Nose Syndrome: A Unprecedented

[cayugabirds-l] Thrasher at CLO

Came upon a BROWN THRASHER singing near the feeding station on the north trail of the Sapsucker Woods pond this AM. He moved up from a mid-level branch til he was in the topmost of the highest tree. I listened for a few minutes, then really had to get to work. My first movement sent him flying off.

[cayugabirds-l] Spotted Sandpipers - Salt Pt. and Private Marina; Yellow-rumped Warbler - Stewart Park

At ca. 7:30 this morning there were 3 Killdeer around the pool on the north side of the spit at Myers. One was vocalizing persistently from a brooding posture on a low mound of beach gravel near the pool. Later, In the bird's absence, I could see what looked like a nest excavation at the site.

[cayugabirds-l] Vultures

At Little Paine's Creek Three black vultures Rest on the bank Waiting. Waiting. Suckers are running. Yesterday there was one Tomorrow? Perhaps none. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) ht

[cayugabirds-l] sapsucker drumming

Aside from an occasional (and easily dissuaded) N. Flicker, I find Y-B Sapsuckers the only woodpecker with an apparent preference for the metallic resonance of building gutters and downspouts, testing and then rejecting perfectly good natural opportunities nearby (good enough for the downie

[cayugabirds-l] RC Kinglet

I found a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET dead on the ground outside the glassed stairway of Rhodes Hall on campus yesterday evening. A sad end to migration for this one. Look out for live ones! John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.Northe