[cayugabirds-l] George Road pond 23Mar11

2011-03-23 Thread Jay McGowan 
No luck with the Common Teal again this evening.  Very few
Green-winged Teal at all, so I suspect it has departed for the time
being, though it could easily turn up again.  New arrivals included at
least 6 AMERICAN PIPITS foraging along the ice edge and a WILSON'S
SNIPE.

Jay McGowan
Dryden, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] more Pipits-Myers

2011-03-23 Thread John Greenly 
lots of Pipits blowing around down on the shore at Myers, and along the roads 
nearby too.

--John Greenly

Ludlowville
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[cayugabirds-l] Pipits

2011-03-23 Thread Julie Bertram 

Hi Everyone,
  There were 35 Pipits on the North Drive at MacKenzie-Childs in Aurora 
at 5PM today.


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[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Horned Larks

2011-03-23 Thread Marie P Read 
Snowy Mt Pleasant had a flock of about 40 Horned Larks when I was walking up 
there around 11:00 this morning. It's hard to come back to winter from 2 weeks 
in hot, humid southern Texas!

Marie


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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, George Road

2011-03-23 Thread Jay McGowan 
By the way, I was not able to find the Common Teal yesterday morning.
The teal numbers were way down from a few days ago (about 15 instead
of close to 80), but a lot of water had opened up on the east end
where there is a lot of vegetation, and a lot of the dabblers were in
there, so I could easily have missed it.  I will try to check later
today and will report if I refind it.  Not too many other new ducks,
either.  I have seen a Tundra Swan on and off at Dryden Lake, and I
saw a single TREE SWALLOW there yesterday.

This morning we had 7 FOX SPARROWS under the feeders, digging little
holes in the snow which the other sparrows, Song and American Tree,
were taking over occasionally.

Jay McGowan
Beam Hill (for a few more weeks)
Dryden, NY

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Jay McGowan  wrote:
> The teal was still there when I left at 9:45.  All the ducks took
> flight shortly after I posted, but luckily almost all of them settled
> in again after a few minutes.  When I left, the best viewing was from
> Rt. 38 at Hart Road, where you can pull off on the north side or park
> on Hart Road and scope from there.  Most of the birds were along the
> shore in the open water there, though when I first found it, the
> majority of the birds were closer to George Road.  In the afternoon
> when the light has shifted, viewing might be better from George Road.
>
> As I mentioned before, Common Teal is currently considered a
> subspecies of Green-winged Teal, but it is still a very rare bird
> around here and could well be split before long.  They are common in
> the Old World.  I have found this form twice before at George Road,
> first on 5 March 2004, when the birds  was present for a few days and
> then refound (presumably the same bird?) on April 25; then I found one
> there again on 27 March 2007.
>
> Although it might not stand out if you're not looking for it, this
> subspecies is pretty distinctive.  The most obvious character is that
> instead of having the small white vertical shoulder bar of our
> American subspecies, it has a long, bold horizontal white bar along
> the side where the wing folds.  American Green-wingeds can show some
> white in this area too, but it is never as bold as on Eurasian (and
> Eurasian lacks the vertical shoulder bar.)  Other less obvious
> characters include bolder pale edges on the face (the green mask has
> bright gold edges) and a white (not buff) wing-stripe (haven't seen
> today's bird in flight yet.)
>
> Here are a few pictures I got this morning.  No matter where you look
> from the ducks are a little distant, so they're not great, but you can
> get a good sense of it (and even compare with some Americans in some
> shots.)  Scroll on from this photo to see more.
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-J_DMNrzf5l0piRft4IwHw?feat=directlink
>
> Other new arrivals at George Road were a male Bufflehead and a second
> female Redhead.
>
> I will post updates in the coming days if this bird sticks around.
> Good luck if you try for it!
>
> Jay McGowan
> Dryden, NY
>

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] lewis's woodpecker

2011-03-23 Thread Dave Nutter 
This is highly recommended if, like me, it would be a life bird and you don't have plans to spend a lot of time in the west to find it.  Fred is gracious and informative about this bird's habits, and he has an array of beautiful photos he has taken in case the bird does not cooperate.  In my case yesterday morning the bird was very cooperative, but it may migrate away soon.  It's about a 2 hour drive from Ithaca to near Honeoye, and Fred gave excellent easy directions. --Dave NutterOn Mar 20, 2011, at 05:15 PM, Carolyn Jacobs  wrote:Forwarded at Fred Jordan's request..-- Forwarded message --From: Fred A. Jordan 
Date: Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:05 PMSubject: lewis'sTo: Lyn Jacobs Lewis's Woodpecker in Ontario County, NY
The Lewis's Woodpecker arrived October 30, 2010.Up to now over 200 people have seen the bird by word of mouth.
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