[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

2015-06-22 Thread Donna Scott
Flying w fish towards south, Salt Point, presumably. ( seen from cayuga lake shore in NW Lansing) Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl

2015-06-22 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: PS: Yesterday around 5.00 am there was a Great Horned Owl calling from Strawberry Hills woods. On Friday night when I got home at 10:30pm, a Great Horned Owl was hooting away atop a spruce tree right outside my

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl

2015-06-22 Thread Donna Scott
That is so cool you can see the outline of the owl in the top of the Spruce Tree in your image! Sent from my iPhone donna Scott On Jun 22, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Suan Hsi Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: PS:

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2015-06-22 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* June 22 2015*  NYSY  06. 22. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 15, 2015 - June 22, 2015to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Caspian Terns Cayuga Inlet/ Stewart Park

2015-06-22 Thread Dave Nutter
I saw 4 CASPIAN TERNS foraging at Van Dyne Spoor Rd on Sunday. They were distant but I thought they were adults and that it would be too early for any juveniles flying. In Ithaca I've assumed adults at this time of year to have had an early nest failure. It's not far for them from breeding

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma babies or future babies

2015-06-22 Thread Dave Nutter
Add a family of VIRGINIA RAILS along the channel on the opposite side of the Wildlife Drive from Larue's Lagoon. I saw at least 2 downy black chicks with 2 adults. I was alerted by persistent 'pip-pip' calls. The WOOD DUCK family at Larue's had 10 babies on Sunday. On Thursday I counted 14.

[cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Hamlin Beach State Park June 22 2015

2015-06-22 Thread david nicosia
Red headed woodpecker was calling by snackbar between area 1 and 2. Also had an almost adult COMMON LOON. There were plenty of CASPIAN TERNS. There were many COMMON TERNS too, one that had almost an entirely red bill. There was a small touch of gray at the very tip but only from the right side

[cayugabirds-l] Morning birds

2015-06-22 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Today when I got out of house to walk to work, first thing I heard was a Scarlet Tanager singing from my yard. Along the EIRW, there was Common Yellowthroat in his usual location. He sang and kept on eye on me while I walked past him. Further little down along the way right on the edge of the

[cayugabirds-l] Birds by lake

2015-06-22 Thread Donna Scott
Hearing several different beautiful songs of a common loon on the water at 8:30, I decided to go eat breakfast at my beach. It is very quiet and serene down here this time of day. No Loon seen yet, but Caspian tern flew by uttering its sounds, a common merganser female just swam by doing