[cayugabirds-l] When a Snowy met the locals | North American Birding

[Don]

Cayuga Birders,

Here is a link to a great pictures and a fascinating story of an encounter
between a Snowy Owl and Peregrine Falcon near Chicago.


http://www.nabirding.com/2012/02/16/when-a-snowy-met-the-locals/

Don Timmons
Newfield
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[cayugabirds-l] Egg on the face? Or eat crow?

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Either is appropriate  because Becky erred in her identification of a Snowy 
Owl at the Outlet Mall & because I sent it to the list. 

She was near tears when she called to tell me on her way from Rochester. Asks 
for forgiveness of anyone who tried to find it. 

Fritzie :( :(
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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park treat

[Dave Nutter]

Late this afternoon I stopped by Stewart Park. From the shelter of my car I scoped across many of the usual waterfowl on the rotting ice, a few on the water, and some in between crawling among the mounds of frozen mud once kicked-up by storm waves. As I panned, a surprise appeared in the foreground of my view: on a dead tree which has been stuck offshore since last spring's floods, perched atop the tallest branch was an adult PEREGRINE FALCON. It was ruffled and soggy in today's rain, but those huge yellow feet are not to be messed with. These snags add so much to the habitat, and in a form which I find pleasing to the eye. Had the light been brighter I would have been alerting photographers. Also present were several pairs of AMERICAN WIGEON and AMERICAN BLACK DUCK on the ice among the numerous CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS, several AMERICAN COOTS on the dike of mud-ice, numerous COMMON MERGANSERS and a pair of RING-NECKED DUCKS swimming just beyond, and 1 RUDDY DUCK swimming alone out in the lake. Among gulls I only picked out the usual RING-BILLED, HERRING and GREAT BLACK-BACKED.--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] OUTLET SNOWY OWL STILL THERE

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Our daughter, Becky Sewell, again took a friend to Roch. today. She had Lisa 
call about 40 minutes ago on their way west to say she had seen the SNOWY in 
the same place but a bit lower in the tree than yesterday. Becky & Lisa plan to 
get off the Thruway on their return trip to try to get closer to the owl by the 
log house.

I returned today to try to find the owner of the Frontenac Harbor to ask 
permission to walk there to look for birds. Didn't find anyone.
In my  2.10.12 post I called it Frontenac Marine. Sorry. Senior moment!

Today at Frontenac Park was a raft of perhaps 500 redheads. At the outlet 
stream from Factory St. pond were well over 100 mallards in the shallows. Only 
once in our 20 winters here have I seen the lake level this low. Normally we 
would have a lot of snow melt & the mid-winter rains to keep it higher. 

Factory St. pond has been devoid of feathers for the past wk. with the 
exception of one gadwall last wk.. No screechie. Buffles & redheads are on Mill 
pond with an occasional gadwall. Didn't have time to go north to look for the 
many swans & large rafts of ducks seen last wk.. Canadas & snows are flying in 
every direction so maybe late goose season has started & that's why so many 
mallards are here.

I just saw about a doz. DE Juncoes under the feeders & in the grass around the 
garden. Mocker (mocking bird) is defending his territory. We've had the 7 
member crow family all winter, checking to see what goodies I throw on the 
garden.

Fritzie

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[cayugabirds-l] White-winged TV

[Robyn Bailey]

Today over lunch, Anne Marie and I saw the white-winged Turkey Vulture from the 
staff lounge of CLO. It coasted over Sapsucker Woods Pond a few times before 
disappearing.  Both of us were seeing it for the first time; it looked like one 
wing had been dipped halfway in some bleach. Was in the company of another, 
normal-looking, TV.

Best,
Robyn Bailey

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Donna Scott]

Thanks, Brad!

I arrived at E. Shore Park an hour after your posting and was able to see the 
Western Grebe in the distance towards that bluish-gray piling with a light that 
is north from the red lighthouse.  
The W. Grebe was still close enough to see with just binocs. It stood up in the 
water and flapped its wings, then a few minutes later, flew a bit towards 
Stewart Park.

All the photos people have posted helped me to identify the bird.

I drove over to the park to get a different view, but did not see it again even 
though I went from one end to the other. Maybe it went into the Inlet?

thanks again, it is a life bird for me!

Donna Scott
Lansing

  - Original Message - 
  From: Brad Walker 
  To: Cayugabirds 
  Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:02 AM
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park


  Hi all, 

  Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around 
off East Shore park. 

  Brad

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Meena Haribal]

This repeated sighting of a single grebe vs. two grebes together makes me think 
there are/were three birds on the lake.
But I must also say this, past Saturday I was sitting at Myers and watching 
bird movements, some seemed very random, but I watched lots of Common 
Mergansers head to south-end of the lake and they were flying quite high and 
sometimes not visible without binoculars, but they seemed to be heading further 
south than stopping at Myers. I saw several groups with total of more than 150 
birds. My thought was the that the north end was getting frozen, so birds moved 
 to south end of the lake. It would take them an hour plus if they flew 30 to 
40 miles an hour. So the grebes probably can also do this.
Yesterday afternoon I was home for an errand and I too heard a Bluebird singing 
in the yard from top of a Norway maple!
Today at the bus stop near East Hill Plaza, I heard robin's chuck chucking, but 
could not see any robins and then I realized a pair of starlings were engaged 
in romantic moments and one of the starling was making that sound. That was 
very cool!

Meena
Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
http://haribal.org/
http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf




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[mailto:bounce-40376313-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:02 AM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park


Hi all,

Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around off 
East Shore park.

Brad
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Brad Walker]

Hi all,

Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around
off East Shore park.

Brad

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[cayugabirds-l] bluebird singing

[Nancy W Dickinson]

In spite of the gloomy weather, a male bluebird is singing brightly in our 
yard, trying out his song from every treetop.

Nancy Dickinson
Mecklenburg

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