[cayugabirds-l] N Saw Whet Owl northeast Ithaca

After whistling hopefully off an on in my yard since October, I finally got a response from a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL this evening around 11:45 PM. The snow had stopped and it was extremely quiet -- the distant reverberating toots were coming from the direction of Muriel St., possibly further to t

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings

Around 3:10 pm today I watched a flock of ~50 Snow Buntings foraging just west of the Mt Pleasant/ Mineah Roads junction. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of

[cayugabirds-l] Summer Hill--Quiet but unknown raptor

About 3 PM this afternoon we drove out to the Summer Hill area, first driving up Lick St to Hoag. Very quiet. Then taking Hoag towards Salt Road we saw an almost black bird about the size of a crow fly up from the side of the road--the ambient light was quite gray. Thinking it was a crow, we stoppe

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls in Newfield, too.

Like Bill and Shirley, we, too, had 2 redpolls at our feeder today--feeding mostly on the ground-- with 6 junco; 2 house finch; 12 goldfinch; 2 tufted titmice; 2 nuthatches; about 6 chickadees and couple of blue jays. Therese "downtown" Newfield. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastB

[cayugabirds-l] Boxing day birding around Tompkins County

I did a little wandering birding today, from Dryden to Lansing, to Ithaca, and back again to Dryden. Highlights included 2 immature SNOW GEESE at Myers Point, grazing around the basketball court. Their messy white-with-bits-of-gray plumage made great camouflage in the broken snow of the lawn.

[cayugabirds-l] Reported Black Vulture in Lansing near Baker's Acres on Rt-34

This posting just in to the Cayuga Bird Club website. If anyone is in the area keep a lookout. Gary Julia Reich 2:32pm Dec 26 I just spotted a blac

Re: [cayugabirds-l] redpolls

And here, too. 20 redpolls just of Snyder Hill Rd. Bob On Dec 26, 2012, at 8:28 AM, Sara Jane Hymes wrote: We 'finally' joined the sighting list this morning with a flock of 15 Redpolls. Yay! -- Sara Jane and Larry Hymes East Ithaca on Vine St. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.N

Re: [cayugabirds-l] mockingbirds in winter

Mockingbird in a yew hedge at 971 E State/MLK Jr St at 8:15 this a.m. Michael Engle via iPod On Dec 25, 2012, at 12:17 PM, "Donna Scott" mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: There are Mockingbirds on both Sweazey and Algerine Roads, near here, just above the lake shore. This is definitely a slight

[cayugabirds-l] redpolls

We 'finally' joined the sighting list this morning with a flock of 15 Redpolls. Yay! -- Sara Jane and Larry Hymes East Ithaca on Vine St. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBir