John & I were at Sodus Point about 4 p.m. Sat.. Had the same birds as reported
by Mark. Ice in the bay had receded greatly but edges were covered with geese,
gulls & ?? Too far away to see well in the fading light. Did see the RT Loons
along the nearer ice from the little parking area at the b
I had just finished up a recording session along Hoag Avenue this
morning (100 Pine Siskins - no crossbills) when I got Dave's call
about the Eared Grebe at Aurora. I headed over to the boathouse, met
up with Susan Danskin, and spent a good hour scanning back and forth
among scattered group
After watching the Grebe yesterday, I too headed to Summerhill in the
afternoon. On Salt road, mostly I saw flocks of chickadees with Tufted
Titmouse, and several White and Red-breasted nuthatches were seen. Nothing else
except for the large truck with the backhoe was backing up on Dresser road
I had a great afternoon trip up the west side of Cayuga Lake today with Rick
Bonney and Judy Burrill. We started at Hogs Hole at 12:45, and as others
reported were not able to locate the Western Grebe. We did see the 2
RED-THROATED LOONS together -- an adult and a juvenile, solving a "two bird
For what it's worth, Bernie Carr and I spent several hours at the south end of
Cayuga Lake on Sunday afternoon and could not find the Western Grebe. We
looked from what we took to be Hog Hole and could see two Red-throated Loons
close together, and a Common Loon several hundred yards away. The
After Dave Kennedy's elaboration of Suzanne Broderick's directions to the Snowy Owl at the NY Chiropractic College, Susan Danskin saw it and explained how she and I and several other competent birders didn't look carefully enough yesterday. I swung by for a look about noon and learned from birders
The first 45 seconds (0:08-0:45) of this slo-mo clip, borrowed from a TED
lecture on pollinators, brilliantly captures hummingbird (spp.) behaviors
that are too difficult to see first hand <
http://www.youtube.com/v/xHkq1edcbk4?version=3>.
Watch how both predator-prey (0:35-0:45) spin in circ
Located approx 100 yards west of bleacher past hedgerow on the ground in
middle of field at 1:55pm
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Hi all,
I have been fortunate enough to have some experience comparing Western and
Clark's Grebes side by side, both in the breeding season and winter. Relevant
to this thread, my experience is that:
- At a distance or first glance the most obvious difference between
the species i
CayugaRBA SNOW OWL @ NYCC moved west to farm, hard to see past hedgerow,
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Great shots, guys! Wow, you sure saw it better than I did.
It's an interesting question about species ID. I don't have enough experience
with the species pair to be overly confident, but I'd have to come down on the
side of Western here, or perhaps a hybrid.
The face appears paler than a typi
Hi Dave,
Nice shots. I'm sending a link to the ones I took on Fri., the 3rd, which show
the view of the hind neck.
I struggled with the separation of Western / Clark's because I don't have
experience with either bird. I didn't doubt the great birders that found and
ID'd this guy as Western, but
Both birds can currently (11:00) be seen from hog hole. They seem to be near
where Ken Rosenberg saw the Grebe yesterday.
Robbie LaCelle
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On a walk along Mt. Pleasant Rd. early this morning, I encountered a flock
of 100+ CEDAR WAXWINGS. From a distance, I saw about 10 slightly larger
birds among, but these turned out to be STARLINGS. Couldn't see what they
were feeding on; they all flew west eventually.
Steve Fast
Brooktondal
Here is the link to the photos I took of the
Western Grebe...they are all digi-scoped images.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629174516367/
Dave Nicosia
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NY Chiropractic Snowy Owl was on the bleachers 8:15 this AM. Far West side of
the college campus behind (West of) the tennis courts and the maintenance
bldg.. It's a mowed field with soccer goals and a couple of sets of bleachers
strewn about.
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Chris Wood's eBird post from his first sighting contains notes that
describe the field marks distinguishing the grebe from a Clark's
Grebe:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9554251
Anne Marie Johnson
On 2/4/2012 9:08 PM, david nicosia wrote:
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