RE:[cayugabirds-l] three swans a-swimming

2010-12-22 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Looks like a family of Tundra Swans. Everyone has prominent eyes and rather short, kind of up-turned bills. The dark neck and face indicates a young of the year. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-7597918-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7597918-3493...@list.cornell.edu]

[cayugabirds-l] OT Great Chickadee Challenge-Ithaca Christmas Bird Count

2010-12-22 Thread Linda Orkin
*Christmas Bird Count Ithaca Update-January 1 Count Date* Great Chickadee Challenge *Black-capped chickadees!!* We are looking for as many as we can find. Our tally last year of 3,334 was good enough to place us first in the US, but Edmonton, AB beat us with 4,683. Our high tally was 3,962

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [Ontbirds] Redpolls Are Coming

2010-12-22 Thread joe Diana
Thought this might be of interest. No Redpolls at my feeder yet! Diana Begin forwarded message: From: Jean Iron jeani...@sympatico.ca Date: December 22, 2010 2:29:49 PM EST To: birdal...@ontbirds.ca Subject: [Ontbirds] Redpolls Are Coming I've had recent questions asking, When are the