[cayugabirds-l] Brants in Skaneateles

2012-10-24 Thread William Roberts

I saw a flock of 50-60 Brants fly over Franklin St. & Elizabeth St. heading 
south in the direction of  the north end of Skaneateles Lake around 4:45 p.m. 
today. Bill Roberts
Aurora
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[cayugabirds-l] American Tree Sparrows

2012-10-24 Thread bluewing
This afternoon on Towpath Road, Montezuma NWR – several American Tree Sparrows. 
 

- Bob Grosek
Binghamton, New York

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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings and Brant, Montezuma

2012-10-24 Thread John VanNiel
The Brant continue where Jay reported them at the shorebird flats on the 
WIldlife Drive at MNWR. There were also about 40 snow buntings present.

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[cayugabirds-l] Ross's Geese, Montezuma

2012-10-24 Thread Jay McGowan
Now five ROSS'S GEESE (2 adults, 3 juveniles) with 29 Snow Geese in
Knox-Marsellus. Nine CACKLING GEESE joined the Brant on the wildlife drive.

Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Brant, Montezuma

2012-10-24 Thread Jay McGowan
A flock of 156 BRANT is currently sitting at Shorebird Flats on the
wildlife drive at Montezuma with several hundred Canada Geese. Not
unexpected, but this high a number at this close range is usually only
available along the coast.

Jay

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Rufus Hummingbird

2012-10-24 Thread Marty Schlabach
The Rufus Hummingbird was seen yesterday, but not seen this morning before my 
wife and I left for work.  Many people have reported to me after they stopped 
by, but no one has so far today.  I suspect it's still around and we just 
didn't happen to see it this morning.

Birders are welcome to stop by.  We may or may not be home.  Park in our 
driveway, which is on the south side of the house.  Walk around the back of the 
house to see the feeder on the north side of the house.  There is a picnic 
table on the lawn and chairs on the stone patio if you wish to sit while 
waiting.  On average, visitors report waiting 10-20 minutes for the hummer to 
show up.

Our house is at 8407 Powell Rd, Interlaken, NY.  From Ithaca take rt. 89 north 
(about 18 miles) and take the first left after the Cayuga Lake Creamery.  Then 
take the first left onto Powell Rd. and our house is the first house on the 
left.

Enjoy and share what you find.

Marty (& Mary Jean)
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8407 Powell Rd. home  607-532-3467
Interlaken, NY 14847   cell315-521-4315
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[mailto:bounce-69391160-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Steckler
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Rufus Hummingbird

Is the Rufus Hummingbird still around? If so can someone give me directions.
Thanks
Carl

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[cayugabirds-l] Rufus Hummingbird

2012-10-24 Thread Carl Steckler

Is the Rufus Hummingbird still around? If so can someone give me directions.
Thanks
Carl

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the protected will never know"
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[cayugabirds-l] eBird data and Kingbird Regional Reports

2012-10-24 Thread tigger64
Using Chris Wood's excellent discussion about the complexities of eBird data 
(on the NYSBirds list) as a segue...

Long-time Regional Editor Bill Purcell (Region 5) is passing the torch and Matt 
Perry and I have agreed to take over.  eBird records for a season number 
between 20,000 to 200,000 depending on the number of observers in the Region.  
To help in analyzing this data I have written a program in VISUAL Basic to 
perform various sorting and logical functions, including evaluating records in 
the split counties where the Regional boundary does not follow county lines.  
The program also generates maximum and average counts, first-of-season, 
last-of-season, contributor lists, species category evaluation, validity, and 
much more. 

With a full month left before the end of the Fall reporting period, I'm going 
to send an e-mail to Regional Editors outlining the program, what it needs as 
input, what it generates as output, and all the other Frequently Asked 
Questions.  Those that wish to use the output data will have time to become 
familiar with the format and look for errors (none known as of version 1.11), 
idiosyncrasies, shortcomings, etc.  There are many capabilities planned, and I 
hope it well help in reducing the large number of records to a managable 
summary.

The program is parametrically-driven and functions both to generate 
Kingbird-specific data, but can equally well be a general-purpose 
data-evaluation tool.  Regional Editors I know about will receive an e-mail in 
the next few days.  If you do not receive it, or have an interest in the 
subject generally, please e-mail me below and I will add you to the list.

David Wheeler
North Syracuse, NY
tigge...@aol.com

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