[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures: Union Springs

At 9:30 this a.m at least 24 TVs were in the field between Spring St. & Seminary St. with wings outstretched, facing the sun. They stayed for nearly an hour with one at a time eventually taking off. I have seen them circling around the tall evergreens immediately west of where they sat &

[cayugabirds-l] Eagle Nest on Weyers Point Road

Dear birding friends. As one heads down toward Cayuga Lake on Weyers Point Rd. off of Rt. 89 (just north of Shelldrake)(about .7 of a mile down the road from Rt. 89) one can see what I think is an eagle nest off along the tree line across the field (as you look north). On my

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park walk

The sun came out, and the wind died, and about a dozen birders joined me for a slow stroll around the Swan Pond. Some beginning birders saw several life birds, and we all enjoyed spectacular looks at our breeding ducks. Any place that boasts WOOD DUCKS and HOODED MERGANSERS and COMMON

[cayugabirds-l] Lansing Red-throated Loon & Red-necked Grebes

This morning before my walk at Stewart Park I biked north on East Shore Drive to the start of the hill. There is just enough room between the guardrail and the embankment to set up a tripod, and I scanned the lake in the hope of re-finding the RED-THROATED LOON which Tom Auer found yesterday

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Ospreys, Sat 9 Apr

On Saturday morning I took my SFO group to Salt Point. We saw no Ospreys on platform #69 (Church Hill), #3 (Salmon Cr), or #2 (Salt Pt). From Salt Pt we saw an Osprey perched in a tree along Salmon Cr on the Myers Park side. We also saw an Osprey atop #4 (Myers Hill), and a second Osprey,

[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Heron

First one for us this year, up on a pond on Comfort Rd in Danby, near Jersey Hill Rd. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] osprey activity at Treman

The osprey nest # 59: Treman Marina nest, on the Cayuga Lake Osprey map had some promising activity today! While walking around the Treman Marina and lake shore area at around 11:30 or noon, we saw and heard an osprey calling on the nest. As we came closer to the nest, another osprey flew in,

[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run South, Sun 4/10

The seasonal birding at Monkey Run South was even a little better than I had hoped on Sunday morning. * Three sightings of probably four FOX SPARROWS -- two along red-blazed trail where it runs low along Fall Creek, one by parking area, one singing near wide grassy path where it crosses the

[cayugabirds-l] Loons

Hi, I am on my way to Montezuma along the east side of the lake. I want to share that the lake is very calm right now and there are lots of common loons in breeding plumage. Most are close in. I've watched them from Meyers and Long Point parks. Also red-breasted mergansers doing their displays

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock interactions

Meanwhile, in the world of woodcockery: https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10209416615430306 Suan _ http://suan-yong.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered @ Sapsucker Woods

During this morning's CBC walk around sapsucker woods, I heard from Podell Boardwalk the call of a red-shouldered hawk. Around then, the cacophony of bird sounds went silent, as we watched a red-bellied woodpecker freeze itself at a spot on a tree trunk. Soon a Cooper-sized raptor came by low