[cayugabirds-l] FOS BOBO

2015-05-02 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
We had a week early male Bobolink here this morning. Otherwise birds were 
lulled to
sleep by the toads and peepers.
John
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[cayugabirds-l] Redstarts at jetty woods

2015-05-02 Thread Stuart Krasnoff
A few.

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[cayugabirds-l] Owl pellets, bats

2015-05-02 Thread Geo Kloppel
My morning walk produced no new birds, but I did find an owl pellet, presumably 
cast by one of the local Barred Owls (very talkative around my place lately).

Last night and the night before, several bats were flying around the yard. I 
suppose these might be migrants, but I've seen evidence of bats wintering under 
the siding on my shop too...

-Geo Kloppel, West Danby
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[cayugabirds-l] Blue-winged warbler

2015-05-02 Thread Linda Orkin
South Hill rec way. Heard only. At 2.5 grey mile marker heading south.  And an 
oven bird. 

Linda Orkin 
Ithaca ny 



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[cayugabirds-l] House Wrens

2015-05-02 Thread Laurie Ray
Have arrived in Etna NY. At least 3 heard in my morning walk:-)

Laurie Ray
Etna, NY

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RE: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Albino Purple Finch Correction

2015-05-02 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Actually, I believe the term albino is more accurate for this bird. Albinism 
refers to the lack of melanin pigments. True albinos can still contain 
carotenoid-based pigments, such as the rosy wash on your bird.

Kevin

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In my initial post the term leucistic would have been a more accurate 
description of the bird...

Bill
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[cayugabirds-l] LP Chestnut-Sided, etc

2015-05-02 Thread Suan Yong
A morning walk around Lindsay Parsons yielded many field sparrows, at least two 
prairie warblers, seemingly ubiquitous singing from invisible towhees and 
black-and-white warblers. An adult bald eagle sat on a branch over the northern 
side of Coleman Lake, unfazed by my presence. Approaching the woods before the 
railway tracks was a chestnut-sided warbler song that refused to stay put and 
took much patience to visually confirm, eventually. Also heard were bursts of 
thrasher and yellow-rumps, while above a handful of chimney swifts chattered 
away. Near the railway tracks were two phoebes and two kingfishers.

Earlier at the fire house pond, a great blue heron sat low on its nest while 
two others stood preening in the same tree in close proximity: family group?

Suan

PS. Pine siskins continue to sing from the trees outside my house in Commonland.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Albino Purple Finch Correction

2015-05-02 Thread Donna Scott
Is there a requirement for albino birds to have pink eyes?
Animals that are white are considered albino only if they have pink eyes, I 
believe. The Seneca army depot white deer are not albinos because they have 
brown eyes and they are considered to  have just the recessive genes for color 
in Whitetail deer. 
Bill's bird has dark colored eyes. Or it looks like that in photos. 

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On May 2, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Actually, I believe the term albino is more accurate for this bird. Albinism 
 refers to the lack of melanin pigments. True albinos can still contain 
 carotenoid-based pigments, such as the rosy wash on your bird.
 
 Kevin
 
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