[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine at Bradfield Hall
A peregrine falcon is again on the east side of Bradfield Hall on Cornell Campus ( very tall brick building on tower rd). The peregrine is in the sun, eating a bird. 8:35am. -- 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] Friday Harriers, Bluebirds, Algonquin
While driving back to Lansing from Canada/Rochester yesterday/Friday, I saw a graceful male NORTHERN HARRIER on Rt. 90, south of Cayuga, opposite the Gorwydd housing development on lake. Then on Long Pt. Rd., near south curve near lakefront, I saw at least 5 E. BLUEBIRDS. Saw 4 males at one time, plus 1 female. May have been more females but didn't see all at once. They were feeding down in long grass/weeds and flying back up into nearby trees. Got some lousy photos. Also JUNCOS at roadside eating grit/salt. Driving East up the hill towards the Long Point winery, I spotted at least 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 females, 1 male. The male and the nearby female seemed to be interacting with each other. This was about 12:30 PM. Then back on Rt. 90 heading south, in field across from Aurora Shoe Co., I spotted a largish brown bird on ground, so turned around and parked in shoe co. driveway. It was a female NORTHERN HARRIER eating a dark rodent! Got some lousy photos of her, including her taking flight and flying north. Since this area is close to Long Pt. Rd. and the winery fields, I suppose this one could have been one of the females I saw there, but not sure. Things were quiet, snowy, and VERY COLD ( - 18 dgrs F ) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, this past week, but sister Lynn and I did see charming GRAY JAYS and at least one BOREAL CHICKADEE (at Spruce Bog feeders), as well as 6-8 COMMON REDPOLLS, 1 HOARY REDPOLL, and several RAVENS, along with BC CHICKADEES, BLUE JAYS, HAIRY DOWNY WOODPECKERS and WHITE- RED- BREASTED NUTHATCHES. Also a RUFFED GROUSE by the Visitor Center feeders. Up there we do NOT see Tufted Titmouse or No. Cardinal. Driving to and from Canada thru a couple veritable blizzards was challenging. 2/3 of the trip is spent driving around Lake Ontario, hence a lot of lake effect snow and white outs! Algonquin Prov. Park is straight north from Rochester (Fairport), where Lynn lives. We always regret we can't fly the car across the Great Lake there and save a lot of time! Donna Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 d...@cornell.edu mailto:d...@cornell.edu -- 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] Warblers in the cold
Hi All, Ton and I are in Austin,Tx where it has been unusually cold and rainy. Today it is just above freezing and sleeting. I am seeing Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned warblers eating pecans that have fallen to the ground and been crushed, so the meat is available. A resourceful solution to the absence of insects in this cold weather. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Peregrine
The peregrine was still at Bradford hall 30 minutes ago high up on the east wall in shadow. It was recessed in a ways so it was hard to see until I got where I had a good view of the east Sent from my iPhone -- 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] No Warblers, just a TV
I think it may be too cold in upstate NY for warblers to be out much, but I did have a Turkey Vulture fly over downtown Waterloo. Haven’t seen them around the fairgrounds lately (their local hangout in warmer weather, especially the water tower on Swift St). Mark Miller Sent from Windows Mail -- 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] Ithaca waterfowl
In contrast to yesterday, the last day of duck-hunting season when I had fewer than a dozen individual waterfowl at Stewart Park and East Shore in the morning, there were good numbers of interesting species of ducks at the south end of Cayuga Lake today. Most impressive was the flock of REDHEADS hugging the west shore, north of Hog Hole down to the ice limits. I estimated 8,000 Redheads, although the trees and houses blocking the limited view from route 89 make that a pretty rough estimate. Lots, though, and very impressive in the afternoon sunshine. It never gets old to me. I started at East Shore Park earlier, and from there I could see the flock across the way in the shimmer. Something spooked it, and the back-lit flock of thousands of flying Redheads inspired a gasp, even from that far away. I did not scan that flock thoroughly, so I know I missed some of the species in it. I did manage first-of-year-for-me CANVASBACK (probably 100 or more), a few scaup of each species, a single RUDDY DUCK, and two TUNDRA SWANS. Earlier I scanned from East Shore Park and spotted far to the NW a few interesting waterfowl, including a single adult male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 3 male LONG-TAILED DUCKS. These were so far in the distance and heat shimmer that I probably wouldn't have identified them if I hadn't been drilling so much with my waterfowl webinars, and the concept of where's-the-white! (Coming soon as a fold-out guide in the bookstore near you!) :^) The person with the intimidating don't-look-at-our-lake fence north up rt 34 had left their gate open, and I got better and confirming looks of these birds more or less straight out from there through their gate. Another group of about a dozen mixed-sex LONG-TAILED DUCKS was off the miserable-pull-off viewing spot just outside the town of Ithaca where the houses stop. (Yes, I have issues with viewing access to Cayuga Lake, I admit it.) No unusual gulls for me today. All interesting I had at the Cornell compost today was a single COMMON RAVEN as a high fly-by. Also, more than a dozen Red-tailed Hawks in the area, and the Peregrine Falcon on Bradfield Tower. Kevin -- 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] SEOW article link
Thanks again for the help from listserve members! http://www.ithaca.com/news/winter-visitors-short-eared-owls/article_d84784c8-96ac-11e4-a8f0-af9a98d43123.html#.VLFHGTKwrWU.facebook Happy birding, Clara MacCarald -- __ Clara MacCarald (607) 229-5789 cmm...@gmail.com -- 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] Long Point winery SE Owls, N Harriers
I arrived at Long Point Winery around 3:30 pm Saturday, and parked just west of the large old barn. Several North Harriers were foraging in the fields on either side of the road, and were duly photographed. Around 4:40 3 Short-eared Owls suddenly appeared flying over the fields a couple of hundred yards toward the lake from where I was located, on the south side of the road. I didn't see where they emerged from, perhaps other people who were there noticed that? The three owls were heading toward the lake and disappeared shortly after I moved location. Later, as I left, a Short-eared Owl was foraging closer to the winery buildings, presume a fourth individual. Also present very briefly was an American Kestrel, with prey. A long, cold wait, but nice to see all these species. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ --
