[cayugabirds-l] FW: Wild Snow Geese chase and RBA alert of Hoary Redpoll at Cayuga Lock

2012-12-02 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, I sent this but did not seem to have got posted. Also, an hour ago, Brad Walker posted seeing a Hoary Redpoll at Cayuga Lock (I am not sure which one is this) , one at north end is called Mud Lock and the one near Mays is called Lock 25. May be someone posted correct location but

[cayugabirds-l] Broome County Naturalist's Club Cayuga Lake Trip Saturday Dec 1st

2012-12-02 Thread david nicosia
Had the pleasure of leading the Broome County Naturalist's Club Field trip to Cayuga Lake today. We started at Stewart Park and saw mostly Canada Geese, Mallards, few Black Ducks, American  wigeon, Bufflehead, many hooded mergansers, some displaying,  1 Ring-Necked Duck, 2 green-winged teal, a

[cayugabirds-l] Broome County Naturalist's Club Cayuga Lake Trip Saturday Dec 1st

2012-12-02 Thread david nicosia
Had the pleasure of leading the Broome County Naturalist's Club Field trip to Cayuga Lake today. We started at Stewart Park and saw mostly Canada Geese, Mallards, few Black Ducks, American  wigeon, Bufflehead, many hooded mergansers, some displaying,  1 Ring-Necked Duck, 2 green-winged teal, a few

[cayugabirds-l] Black Scoter, Ruby-cr Kinglet Stewart Park

2012-12-02 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Highlight today at Stewart Park was a single adult male BLACK SCOTER fairly far off the center of the park, and a late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET with chickadees at the swan pen. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell)

[cayugabirds-l] Hooded mergansers Mud lock

2012-12-02 Thread Donna Scott
In waterway north of lock. Big flock! Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES:

[cayugabirds-l] re Hooded mergansers at Mud lock

2012-12-02 Thread Donna Scott
Viewing and counting the huge flock of HOODED MERGANSERS was difficult since many of them were diving, and many were not visible when they swam behind the little houses along the Seneca River, just past Mud Lock at the north end of Cayuga Lake. However, I conservatively estimate the number at

Re: [cayugabirds-l] re Hooded mergansers at Mud lock

2012-12-02 Thread Glenn Wilson
Kathy and I conservatively estimated 200. eBird did not like this count. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY Sent from my iPhone On Dec 2, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote: Viewing and counting the huge flock of HOODED MERGANSERS was difficult since many of them were diving, and

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch update

2012-12-02 Thread Ethan Kistler
Hi all, As you have probably guessed, the long delay in updates have been due to minimal loon movement. Here's a breakdown for the last week: Nov 25th - A frustrating day to say at least. Bill Evans joined today and we counted 219 (south), but for some reason the majority (159) returned north.

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Hoary Redpoll

2012-12-02 Thread Jay McGowan
Sorry for the somewhat vague directions earlier. The location we were referring to was what we have generally called Mud Lock, called Cayuga Lock in eBird and perhaps elsewhere. Tim and company found the flock on the west shore, opposite River Road on the east side. We parking in the small lot