Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: March 14, 2013

2013-03-15 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
Song Sparrows made it back here on the 13th. A single bird and it was banded! That's always great to see but we doubled down when an adult male redwing joined it -he was also wearing a band. Yesterday we had our first TV up here. J -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven

[cayugabirds-l] Comet watching geese

2013-03-15 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Last evening, 3.14.13, watching westward for the comet from my LR window I suddenly saw tremendous flocks of SNOW GEESE heading north over the lake + more over the west shore. I immediately thought of Donna Scott's post earlier in the day about 100s of thousands of Snows on the lake down her

[cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl

2013-03-15 Thread Donna Scott
1 SHORT EARED OWL well after sunset on Carncross Rd., near the berm and the new bridge to Howland Island. After viewing the 100s of thousands of SNOW GEESE at Cayuga Lake State Park, after my sister left to return to Fairport, I drove north to Carncross Rd. to see if I could find a Short Eared

[cayugabirds-l] meadowlarks

2013-03-15 Thread Susan Fast
Two days ago, Susie heard the buzz call note of an E. MEADOWLARK in the field across from our house. I couldn't find it, however. She heard it again this morning, and this time I found 3 of them foraging low to the ground. No song yet. S. S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow in Brooktondale

2013-03-15 Thread Tom Hoebbel
We have a Fox Sparrow on Burns Rd in Brooktondale that joined the song sparrow which arrives yesterday. ...stay hungry, stay foolish. -Steve Jobs Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video www.TH-Photo.com http://www.th-photo.com/

Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlarks

2013-03-15 Thread Therese O'Connor
First American Tree Sparrow at my house this AM Therese Main St. Newfield On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Susan Fast sustf...@yahoo.com wrote: Two days ago, Susie heard the buzz call note of an E. MEADOWLARK in the field across from our house. I couldn’t find it, however. She heard it

[cayugabirds-l] Lesser Black-backed invasion and other gulls

2013-03-15 Thread Jay McGowan
As you may have noticed from recent posts, we are in the midst of what by Cayuga Lake standards amounts to an invasion of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. The day of the white-fronted goose, several observers had 7-9 Lessers at Stewart Park (mostly adults), Brad Walker found five at Bluegrass Lane a

[cayugabirds-l] Cool cardinal courtship behavior

2013-03-15 Thread Marie P Read
This morning in Sapsucker Woods I observed some fascinating Northern Cardinal courtship. Listening to the male sing, I was struck by how long the trills were at the end of his song phrases. He was obviously hot, hot, hot!!! Suddenly he flew down parachuting his wings to where the female

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon

2013-03-15 Thread Ann Mitchell
Coming home from work around 5:25 today, I was stopped at a traffic light on Buffalo and Meadow Streets. There were 25 or so Rock Pigeons flying about. I noticed a PEREGRINE FALCON flying among them. Luckily my binoculars were on the front seat which confirmed the ID. Good Birding, Ann --

[cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures

2013-03-15 Thread Judith W. Jones
Are continuing to come to roost late afternoon in the norway spruces in 4 and now 500 block S Plain St. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon

2013-03-15 Thread Donna Scott
How long did you hold up traffic watching the falcon?! :- ) Ha ha! Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Mar 15, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: Coming home from work around 5:25 today, I was stopped at a traffic light on Buffalo and Meadow Streets. There were 25