RE:[cayugabirds-l] Id (hawk)

2013-07-18 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Interesting, and it's good to see more photos. I had the opportunity to take a few Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile photos yesterday morning, and it is interesting to compare them. See https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Summer2013#5902023748124579442 and surrounding photos. I would agree

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Id (hawk)

2013-07-18 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Below is a post on behalf of Tom Carrolan who thought others might be interested. Sincerely, Chris T-H Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Carrolan mailto:t...@hawksaloft.com>> Subject: Re: Id (hawk) Date: July 18, 2013 12:28:24 PM EDT A week ago Greg Ward asked for ID help with a young hawk

Re: [cayugabirds-l] bathing birds

2013-07-18 Thread Donna Scott
I Saw an E. phoebe diving into the lake, off a fallen willow snag in the water near my beach. It actually dove quickly under the water & out again, & flew up to the over-hanging branch. There it fluffed its feathers & preened, then repeated its dives a few times. My brother has a house on one

[cayugabirds-l] bathing birds

2013-07-18 Thread Sara Jane Hymes
With the heat we've had lately, I am not surprised to see birds frequently cooling off in our (normal/basic-sized) bird bath. However the other day, I was surprised to see 3 different species all trying to cool off at the same time!! ROBIN, BLUE JAY and MOURNING DOVE. One flew away before I

[cayugabirds-l] Hummingird and others in my yard

2013-07-18 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all, I was pleasantly surprised to find an hummingbird (female) at my monarda flowers half an hour ago. I looked out of my window and saw something flying into the monarda flowers, I thought it was too early for insects to be active in the morning. Then it dawned on me that it was a hummingb