[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, Wednesday November 3
Yesterday's entertainment at Stewart Park was highlighted by a thin man in a hooded black wetsuit standing tall atop a surfboard with an oar in his hands and slowly paddling the length of the shoreline. This of course caused every single waterbird to take flight in succession. He must've looked like the grim reaper to them. When I think of other people's odd hobbies, I wonder what they think of my hobby or how they view the world ("If I could only get past all those dang people with tripods on the shore and get rid of all the birds, then I could appreciate the view of the water," or "Birds swarming up and flying off are ever so much prettier than when they are just lazing around in the water near the shore.") It is surely a wonderful thing that even on days when there is not enough wind to raise a big kite and zoom around frightening the birds wholesale, that someone has still found an energy efficient way to clear them off. Despite the disruption I found a GREEN-WINGED TEAL swimming by herself. The single female COMMON GOLDENEYE was by herself as well. Small groups of BUFFLEHEADS and RUDDY DUCKS were flying back and forth. There was at least one AMERICAN BLACK DUCK afar on the water. Lots of CANADA GEESE, including the greylag hybrid, and MALLARDS were moving nervously on or over the water in the closer ranges. The Aythya flock was much further from shore. It now numbers about 60. I was able to pick out the BLACK SCOTER among them as they flew circuits around the southern end of the lake, and when they alit far off I could pick out a male REDHEAD as well as RING-NECKED DUCK, several LESSER SCAUP, and I think the female CANVASBACK. No doubt there was Greater Scaup still among them as well. A GREAT BLUE HERON also flew past, but the BELTED KINGFISHER stayed perched on the dock railing --Dave Nutter
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club speaker, Nov. 8
The Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome Marie Read as the guest speaker at our monthly meeting on Monday, November 8 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Marie, a wildlife photographer, spent six weeks this past spring in the Mono Lake Basin in eastern California. In her presentation, Sierra Sojourn, she will show us the birds of Mono Lake (an alkaline sea surrounded by sagebrush desert) and California's Eastern Sierra. There will not be a speaker dinner prior to the meeting this month. Have a great weekend of birding and hope to see you Monday night, Colleen Richards My 2010 Credit Scores Click Here to See Your 2010 Credit Scores! All 3 Scores are FREE ! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cd2c03145fb61e85am02duc -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins on the N feeders at the lab of Ornithology
-- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, Wednesday November 3
Here, here!! Ann On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Yesterday's entertainment at Stewart Park was highlighted by a thin man in a hooded black wetsuit standing tall atop a surfboard with an oar in his hands and slowly paddling the length of the shoreline. This of course caused every single waterbird to take flight in succession. He must've looked like the grim reaper to them. When I think of other people's odd hobbies, I wonder what they think of my hobby or how they view the world (If I could only get past all those dang people with tripods on the shore and get rid of all the birds, then I could appreciate the view of the water, or Birds swarming up and flying off are ever so much prettier than when they are just lazing around in the water near the shore.) It is surely a wonderful thing that even on days when there is not enough wind to raise a big kite and zoom around frightening the birds wholesale, that someone has still found an energy efficient way to clear them off. Despite the disruption I found a GREEN-WINGED TEAL swimming by herself. The single female COMMON GOLDENEYE was by herself as well. Small groups of BUFFLEHEADS and RUDDY DUCKS were flying back and forth. There was at least one AMERICAN BLACK DUCK afar on the water. Lots of CANADA GEESE, including the greylag hybrid, and MALLARDS were moving nervously on or over the water in the closer ranges. The Aythya flock was much further from shore. It now numbers about 60. I was able to pick out the BLACK SCOTER among them as they flew circuits around the southern end of the lake, and when they alit far off I could pick out a male REDHEAD as well as RING-NECKED DUCK, several LESSER SCAUP, and I think the female CANVASBACK. No doubt there was Greater Scaup still among them as well. A GREAT BLUE HERON also flew past, but the BELTED KINGFISHER stayed perched on the dock railing --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
