RE:[cayugabirds-l] White Crowned Sparrow

[Kevin J. McGowan]

We had two on Yellow Barn Rd yesterday, too. Both adults, which is sort of 
surprising. It seems that hatch-year birds, with brown crowns, are more 
frequently seen out of season than adults.

Kevin

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] White Crowned Sparrow

...along with White Throated Sparrow scootching around in leaves under bushes 
today.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] White Crowned Sparrow

[Donna Lee Scott]

...along with White Throated Sparrow scootching around in leaves under bushes 
today.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] pine siskins

[Sara Jane Hymes]

Almost a dozen pine siskins finally visited our feeders on Vine St in Ithaca 
today.  We have also had 2-3 fox sparrows scratching on the ground for the past 
2 days.
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Sara Jane



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[cayugabirds-l] 6 wild turkeys at our bird feeder Friday afternoon, West Danby

[Nigel]

We had 6 wild turkeys at our birder feed this afternoon ~13:15. They hung around for about 30 minutes enjoying the mixed and sunflower seeds in a tray we use for ground feeding. As well as scratching around for dropped seed. I got some photos of them.
 
Later that afternoon I saw their tracks in our front field when I went X-C skiing.
 
I guess it's ok to call them late for dinner. grin  Nigel near the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, West Danby, NYhttp://www.fllt.org/preserves/lindsay-parsons-biodiversity-preserve/

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[cayugabirds-l] snow geese

[Marty Schlabach]

Saw several flocks of snow geese flying over Rt 96, east of Ovid and also north 
of Ovid.  This afternoon.

--Marty

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[cayugabirds-l] Pink gull, etc.

[Dave Nutter]

On a slow taxi day I had time to check Stewart Park a couple times this 
afternoon. Around 2pm I was scanning the gulls which were resting on the new 
lake ice near the dock and large pavilion. It was mostly Herring with a few 
Great Black-backed and Ring-billed Gulls. One sleeping adult gull was notable 
for having a pink blush on the breast and belly. It looked like a Ring-billed 
Gull in size compared to one standing nearby and in general pattern - light 
gray mantle, black wingtips with white spots (white spots perhaps a bit on the 
large side), some gray streaking on the hind-crown or nape.  It lay on the ice, 
so I did not see its legs, and its head was tucked, so I did not see its bill, 
nor eye, nor face. I think it was a Ring-billed Gull. It seemed too big for a 
Franklin’s and lacking the very dark hind-crown and not dark enough on the 
mantle. Still the pink breast/belly was intriguing. I took a couple digiscoped 
photos which showed the pink, but not as intensely as I noticed it, and I’m 
willing to share them. If anyone else has noticed such a bird or has theories 
about what it is and how it got that way, I’m interested.

I returned around 3:30pm hoping the pink gull had woken or changed position, 
but I did not refind it - either it was hidden by more Herring Gulls, or it had 
left. Nor did I see it in a distant cursory scope view of the resting gulls on 
the ice along the east edge of the lake south of East Shore Park, nor in the 
group on the ice off the Swan Pond. 

In other news today, while driving through Cass Park (on actual taxi business) 
I saw a pair of adult Bald Eagles flying south together at a height and manner 
which suggested that it was a local pair. The female/larger bird was slightly 
in the lead, and dipped her wings once. It didn’t surprise me to see eagles 
acting like they were pair bonding in such wintry weather, but this may be on 
the early side for them.  In the past week or so I have also seen Red-tailed 
Hawks sitting in pairs in a couple places. This did seem early to me. I think 
of Red-tailed Hawk pairing happening in March. Folks who pay more attention to 
such behaviors and calendars are welcome to chime in.

On a more local note, I think Regi Teasley may be monopolizing the West Hill 
Pine Siskin flock with her many feeders and shell-less seeds. I saw one Pine 
Sisken there above a feeder today as I took a slight taxi detour and I think I 
saw a crowd of them there on a feeder on Wednesday as I took a legitimate taxi 
trip. We haven’t seen any Pine Siskins at our place since Tuesday, although we 
had at least 11 on Sunday the 18th, which was also the day I noticed the 
first-of-season American Tree Sparrow in our back yard, but not near any 
feeders.

- - Dave Nutter


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[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

[Charisse Oates]

We recently moved to Afton, NY and I have not joined the birds list there -
but we have two bald eagles hanging around in our backyard down by the
river and they are THE most graceful birds I have ever seen.

Charisse

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[cayugabirds-l] Screech-Owl

[bob mcguire]

I got up in the middle of the night to put wood on the fire, and it was quite 
light outside: full moon and cloudless skies. As I walked past the porch door I 
noticed a familiar silhouette, an Eastern Screech-Owl perched on a box about a 
foot from the glass! Our heat loss was its gain, I hope.

Bob McGuire
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