Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Blackbirds
Here in Tyre, I have at least 150 in the trees and under the feeders after the cracked corn this morning! Claire Damaske On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu wrote: ** ** I birded around Stewart Park late yesterday afternoon and my heart was warmed by a flock of about 50 Red-winged Blackbirds. They flew in from the NW and headed over Renwick Woods. Dave Nutter was also checking the area and mentioned that he had a flock a little earlier. Spring is good ! ** ** Gary ** ** -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Mount Pleasant Golden Eagle
Tuesday afternoon we had an adult Golden Eagle go by Derby Hill on 15 mph ESE-SE winds. SE and ESE winds virtually guarantee that birds originating south of Lake Ontario will hit the lakeshore and make the turn north in the Derby Hill area, a unique situation that allows us to speculate whether it is the same bird. It would need to have traveled about 80 miles in 4-ish hours and implies an average ground speed of ~20 mph, which seems reasonable for a bird spiraling on thermals and gliding out (over and over) and with a small tailwind. Had the winds been SW the bird might have never made it to the Ontario lakeshore and made the northward turn somewhere off the east end of the Lake. Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY -- 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] red winged blackbirds
Hi All - Yesterday all the usual feeder birds were busy at my feeders. Of course many more Goldfinch Chickadees than when I needed them for the GBYBC. Then Yesterday afternoon 3 Red-winged Blackbirds came to the suet cake and ate about half of it. They ignored the sunflower tube right near. My DE Junco's are no longer ground feeders only. They are at the hanging suet cake as well as the large tube feeder. That has a small ledge and is filled with cracked corn, sunflower seeds and nijer seeds. Naomi Brewer Wyers Pt. Rd. Sheldrake -- 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] Yesterday
2/26/13 Yesterday was a great day birding on Cayuga Lake. Jill Vaughan and I were impressed by the hundreds of SNOW GEESE along the icy shore as we headed up the hill out of Aurora just past Great Gully Farm. With the sun shining on a vibrant blue water, they almost looked tropical. We were treated to a GREEN-WINGED TEAL at the pond on Factory St. as well as RED HEADS dredging up and feasting on huge helpings of green plants. HOODED MERGANSERS were plentiful on Mill Pond. At the Mud Locks there was a BALD EAGLE sitting at the top of a tree to the right of, and not far from, the original nest #1. Hundreds of TRUMPETER SWANS congregated on the Lower Lake Rd. (west shore) with two MUTE SWANS seen among them. We couldn't help but notice the contrast between the busy but soft voices of swans compared to the raucous vocalizations of CANADA GEESE. Sue Henne -- 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/ --