[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens, Sun 10/6

2013-10-06 Thread Mark Chao
On Sunday morning, ten birders joined me for a Cayuga Bird Club group walk around the Cornell Community Gardens on Freese Road. Among all the ~100+ times I've birded at this site in fall, today's outing towers above all the rest in terms of LINCOLN'S SPARROW encounters. In about an hour, we

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture, Cornell compost

2013-10-06 Thread Jay McGowan
Anne Clark reports a BLACK VULTURE on the piles and then in a tree at the compost on Stevenson Road. She doesn't see it at the moment so it may be airborne but is likely still in the area. Keep an eye out! She also said she would be more than happy to trade vulture info for crow sightings. If you

[cayugabirds-l] South End 6Oct2013; Montezuma 5Oct2013

2013-10-06 Thread Jay McGowan
After seeing some good waterbird movement on Onondaga Lake yesterday I was hoping to make it to Myers this morning so see what might be moving through in the wake of yesterday's favorable winds. I never made it to Myers, but Andrew Van Norstrand and I did walk around Hog Hole mid-morning to look

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Spring-like sounds

2013-10-06 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
I forgot to mention that a RUFFED GROUSE was drumming loudly at the power line cut on Updike Rd yesterday mid- day. Always a surprise to hear them in the fall. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com wrote: Out here on Sorry Hunter Hill (West

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture, Stewart Ave

2013-10-06 Thread Jay McGowan
Ben Barkley reports: Black Vulture soaring with a kettle of turkey vultures seen from Stewart Ave. bridge to north. Just east of Stewart Park. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Michigan Hollow birds

2013-10-06 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Today Ngampit and I spent a couple of hours hiking in Michigan Hollow WMA. Highlights were two WINTER WRENS loudly calling and were seen (separately)! After years I have seen Winter Wrens. In two different flocks of chickadees, there were several RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS, one