Really looking forward to this year's Christmas Bird count on Thursday,
except.. We have had some folks move away : (We have some regular helpers
go out of town for the holidays : ( So we really need a little extra help from
some of you to make this count work.Area I TBD:West Dryden, Hile
RBA * New York* Syracuse* December 29, 2014* NYSY 12. 29. 14 Hotline:
Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):December 22, 2014 - December 29, 2014to report
by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga,
Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
Hi all,
I am now working on a story for the Finger Lakes Community Newspapers about
short-eared owls (thanks to Candace Cornell for the suggestion!). They've
been mentioned a lot on the listserve lately. If anyone would like to make
an official statement about recent sightings, they can contact me
We just had a male Kestrel in our small backyard area. We have a Sharpie
once in a while, but this was the first Kestrel I've seen anywhere except
on local power lines. He scoped out the possible breakfast items from two
locations but sadly for him there were no birds in view at that time, even
tho