Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

2012-12-06 Thread Brad Walker
Just now at Lab of Ornithology, I had a group of about 400 SNOW GEESE flying relatively high. - Brad Brad Walker Audio Archivist Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-254-2168 karl.fit...@cornell.edu Our Mission: To interpret and conserve

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

2012-12-06 Thread ohiobirder
Thousands from Taughannock also. Ethan Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edu Sender: bounce-72495559-42483...@list.cornell.edu Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 08:31:00 To: Jay McGowanjw...@cornell.edu Reply-To: Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edu Cc:

[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbill

2012-12-06 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
After reading a report of a Snowy Owl at St Simon's Island, GA of all places (we've not had many reports in the NE) we went to the window and Sue spotted a male White-winged Crossbill on the seed trays of our sunflower tube feeders! It's so unusual to see just one as they tend to flock but one's

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

2012-12-06 Thread Meena Haribal
After reading these posts I looked out to see if I can see any, when I scanned my eyes towards Vet School there was a loose flock of about 40 to 50 flying over the Vet tower. I quickly watched them with binocs. They were sparkling in sunlight! Cool! A good way to start day! Cheers Meena Meena

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch wrapup sightings

2012-12-06 Thread Ethan Kistler
Hi all, Monday and Tuesday produced no loon movement. It came down to yesterday's perfect NW winds to determine whether or not the loon migration is coming to an end. During the two hour period, we counted 135 (south) and 13 (north) plus another 100 in the fifteen minutes following the count.

[cayugabirds-l] snipe, Savannah Sparrows

2012-12-06 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Late this afternoon, while walking the dog in the fields west of Bluegrass Lane in Northeast Ithaca, we flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE from a wet grassy area, and at least 2 (possibly 4 or more) SAVANNAH SPARROWS from the remaining patches of taller dry grass. These would be exceptional birds on the