[cayugabirds-l] Ride for CBC outing tomorrow
Would anybody going on the Cayuga Birding Club field trip be willing to pass by Cornell campus and take a student or two along?Thanks,Eric -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip: Short-eared Owls in Ovid, Sunday
Cayuga Bird Club field trip tomorrow, Sunday, will be for short-eared owls in Ovid. They have been hard to come by this year, but we'll give it a try. Mary Jean and I did some scouting on Friday and found one roosting in evergreens along Rock River Road near Wycoff Road. On other previous attempts over the last couple of months, we have often come up empty, and saw at most, just one. And no, the Rufous Hummingbird is no longer coming to our feeder!! Other birds seen yesterday and today in that general area included horned larks, snow buntings, red-tailed hawks, and kestrels. http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/ [https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yT/r/K6_TY47YS3x.png] Leader: Marty Schlabach, Mary Jean Welser, and Michele Mannella. This trip will start at Marty and Mary Jean's home on Powell Road in Covert and will carpool to the area around the intersection of Wycoff Road and Rock River Road in Ovid. The group will look for whatever can be found until it gets dark enough for Shorteared Owls to appear. Bring a spotting scope, if you have one, in case the owls are far off the road. Directions to Marty and Mary Jean's place: From Ithaca, take Route 89 north. After the Cayuga Creamery (all birders know where that is!), take the first left onto County Road 141. Then take the next left onto Powell Road. Their house is the first one on the left, and number 8407 is on the mailbox. Contact Marty at (315) 521-4315 with any questions. 3:00pm until 6:00pm 8407 Powell Road, Covert, NY == Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315 == -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --<>
[cayugabirds-l] Owl Call Playback Help
From my old files. Dave's hint might help someone. Did anyone ever try it?? Fritzie Original Message - Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 9:55 PM Here's an easy, cheap, low-tech, Saw-whet call: Get an Irish pennywhistle and repeatedly play a C natural on it. On a D-scale whistle, that means covering only the third from top hole. You can slide up through D to E to add some interest and realism. Last month I tried this at Hammond Hill and a Saw-whet not only replied, it nearly flew into my face. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpoll snow tunneling
We've seen other species tunnel for warmth and protection but this Common Redpoll chose the location perfectly! Some think they also do this to take a snow bath although we've not read that. Five photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kestrel_haven/8459866762/in/photostream/ We had a little over 8 inches overnight followed by lake effect all day today. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] visitors in the snow
Besides the Sharp Shinned Hawk that took a hapless Goldfinch, my feeder birds were also terrified by the resident Cooper's Hawk that missed the bird he was after. The female Pileated Woodpecker was here for a while on suet cakes, then rested on the trunk of a Hickory tree. Also sighted, besides the White Breasted Nuthatch, A. Crows, Carolina Wrens, Cardinals, Juncos, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, House Sparrows, House Finches, Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, and C. Redpolls, were Downy, Hairy, and Red Bellied Woodpeckers. Now the rumbling coal train scared away everyone. Yep, the power plant is still generating electricity. Yesterday midday, there was a sizeable raft of Redhead and Ringneck Ducks, with a few Gadwalls and Mallards and CA geese, offshore around 271 Lansing Station Rd., near the bottom of the long hill down to the lake. Donna Scott Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Downy Woodpecker drumming!
In a landscape heavily shrouded by snow, there is an optimistic Downy Woodpecker drumming in my backyard! 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 the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
