[cayugabirds-l] Raven gets friendly?-and Crow 9U

2016-03-26 Thread AB Clark
As I was coming back to Freeville via Hanshaw Road (13 to West Dryden Road), there was a Raven just sitting in a tree along the road, basically in the front yard of the house or two on the W side of Hanshaw, just before getting to Niemi Road. Two crows came out from W of the house to call at

[cayugabirds-l] Glossy Ibis

2016-03-26 Thread Ann Mitchell
Susan, Gary, and I saw 2 Glossy Ibis across from the Potato Building in the south east corner of the Mucklands around 6:00 pm. They were still there when we left. Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Local birding and amazing mockingbird

2016-03-26 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
I was doing crow work today, which means nest finding (they started incubating!! All nest site information and activity reports are most welcome.), and had a few non-crow interesting observations to report. I had FOX SPARROWS in three different locations today, so watch out for them. All

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Infrared Skydance III

2016-03-26 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] white-winged Turkey Vulture; Western Tanager

2016-03-26 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Golden Eagles

2016-03-26 Thread Annette Nadeau
A friend let me know that two GOLDEN EAGLES soared over her house today around noon. She's on Nelson Road in the Town of Ithaca. She said they were quite low; didn't say in which direction they were flying. She said she wasn't confident of the ID so checked the Lab's website. Annette -- from my

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma visitor center

2016-03-26 Thread Jay McGowan
Highlights from an hour around the visitor center at Montezuma were two LESSER YELLOWLEGS on the mudflats, a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW with Tree Swallows over the water, and a calling RING-NECKED PHEASANT from back towards the Seneca Trail. Someone saw a Purple Martin checking out the

[cayugabirds-l] Infrared Skydance III

2016-03-26 Thread Suan Yong
Best skydance video yet. Watch til the landing, then listen for the soft "gulp" before the peents: https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10209252257281455/ There was a second woodcock sitting nearby, which once vocalized a funny higher-pitched peent, and eventually took off. A female,