[cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds

[Peter]

Here at the feeder in Phelps, NY I am being "treated" to mixed flocks of 
starlings, crackles, cowbirds and redwings devouring the seed.


I wish it WERE March!!

Bah, humbug!!!  (smile)

Pete "Ebenezer" Saracino


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[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose, Sapsucker Woods

[Jay McGowan]

Brad Walker and I stepped outside for a few minutes late morning after
having seen a few Snow Geese moving earlier and were rewarded with an
impressive movement of birds, including several thousand SNOW GEESE with
groups of Canadas mixed in. Several CACKLING GEESE were present, mostly in
the Snow flocks, and the highlight was a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
overhead with a small group of Snows at 11:08AM.

List with a couple of photos here:
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Heron - Upper Buttermilk

[Peter]

Larry and all.

I, too, spotted a Great Blue during our weekly raptor survey at the 
Montezuma NWR yesterday. I asked it if it wanted to borrow my compass, 
but it politely said no, it had learned how to both orient AND navigate 
a few seasons back. (smile)


It WAS a pleasure to see one at this late date.

Happy Holidays to each of you!!

Pete Saracino



On 12/14/2016 5:27 PM, W. Larry Hymes wrote:
On a walk around Upper Buttermilk yesterday afternoon I was surprised 
to see a GREAT BLUE HERON lift off and fly upstream from the marshy 
area at Lake Treman.  Don't see how it could find sufficient food 
there to survive, much less just keep warm. Selfishly it would be nice 
to have it stick around for the Xmas Bird Count, but I would much 
prefer that it fly farther south where there is a much better source 
of food.


The only other birds seen were a flock of ROCK DOVE and a loudly 
calling PILEATED WOODPECKER.


Larry




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] A Crow flight

[Robin Cisne]

And yesterday at the same time, when I was near Beechtree Care Center (cor.
Clinton & Albany), hundreds were streaming overhead from the north.

I always think that crows must enjoy the winter as a fun, social
alternative to the summertime responsibilities of raising their nuclear
families.  Perhaps these community exercises are when then young check out
potential mates.





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dogged, non-rational faith that the peoples of this world are very slowly,
messily, and painfully evolving into better human beings. I just wish the
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Ann Mitchell 
wrote:

> I saw hundreds of crows flying down Rte 13 heading towards Cornell around
> 4:30.
> Ann
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 14, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
>
> For almost 25 minutes that I have been here, a steady flow of AMERICAN
> CROWS are flying over South Lansing from NE to somewhat SW over East Shore
> Drive.
> They are coming from North Lansing at least. I am now on Conlon rd north
> of rt. 34B/ Ridge Rd. and see some crows stopping briefly in a line of
> trees south of a large corn stubble field. Some stopped in the corn field,
> too.
>
> Donna Scott
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