[cayugabirds-l] Two N. pintails on Union Springs Factory Pond

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Two magnificent Northern pintails were seen on Factory pond on 3/7/19, 
diving along with many mallards, gadwall, wigeons & a couple 
canvasbacks, buffles & golden-eye.  Many birds are on Mill pond along 
Rte. 90 but light has been wrong for me to see what.


I saw a GBH at the boat launch with many Canadas. The GBH seems to have 
been hanging around all winter.


This report is delayed but on Thurs. 3/7/19, Becky & I were looking at 
several obvious male A. wigeons in breeding plumage. A couple had more 
white on the wings/sides than we thought was usual but one had a very 
impressive amount of white, much more than the others. We tried to think 
of what other duck might have mated with a wigeon to get so much pure 
white & came up empty-handed. Hopefully someone else has seen them. She 
sent several photos to Dave Nutter & Bob McGuire.  Dave thought there 
was an abnormal amount of white in the flight feathers but even the 
white shoulder feathers were bright & flashy.


This evening, we were pleased after 2 yrs. of drought, to have seen 2 
short-eared owls at 7:03 p.m.. Becky got a good picture even in the 
dark, foggy conditions. To save harassment of the owls, the location is 
not given.


Last evening we saw several good sized flocks of robins on local back 
roads. Horned larks are still along the side roads picking up gravel. I 
must remember to put some sand for the birds near my feeders both for 
bird baths & for needed grit to eat when it's snowy or icy.


The beautiful little skunk comes nearly every night to get food scraps. 
Hopefully the red fox is getting some, too.


Fritzie

Union Springs




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] osprey

[Candace Cornell]

This is a few weeks early for ospreys, but possible. I'm guessing it's
migrating through. (It's a great time for
them to get lake trout.)

Breeding ospreys start appearing on Cayuga Lake starting about March 25,
although most return in early April.
I usually start looking around the 20th just to be safe, but I've never
seen one at either end of the lake before
the 25th. The older birds return first, followed by younger birds.

Until recently, ospreys were like the swallows at Capistrano, returning on
the exact same day each year. However,
in the last three years, a number of nests I observe have been arriving a
day or two earlier each year. Birds that
traditionally arrived on April 5 until 2016 returned on March 31 in
2018—climate change suspected.

Eyes to the sky!
Candace

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 2:01 PM Carol Cedarholm  wrote:

> I believe I saw an Osprey on the top of a tall pine on N. Cayuga st.
> yesterday.  When do they typically come back?
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] [geneseebirds-googlegroup] Possible Yellow-billed Loon at Charlotte on 3/4

[Lynn Bergmeyer]

Since this report I have determined that I definitely saw a Yellow billed
loon.  No question after investigating all possibilities.

Lynn Bergmeyer, Greece NY 585-576-0422

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 10:55 AM Pat Martin  wrote:

> Sorry for the late report, but Lynn Bergmeyer reported to me yesterday
> that she had a huge brown loon with large yellow bill in the Genesee River
> channel at Charlotte, Monroe County on Monday March 4th. There was also a
> Red-throated Loon in the channel that day, which she eventually saw and
> declared different from the bird she had had. She also ruled out
> Double-crested Cormorant. Her description fits Yellow-billed Loon most
> closely. In case the bird is still around the area (circling the lake?) I
> thought I'd get the word out for people to keep their eyes open for it.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] osprey

[Carol Cedarholm]

I looked at eBird and the last one recorded was October. It really looked
more like an osprey than a juvenile bald eagle.

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 4:09 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> This is a couple weeks early, but there have been some south winds. What
> details did you see? Several immature Bald Eagles have been around the
> south end of Cayuga Lake, and some have a head pattern similar to an Osprey
> and quite a bit of white on the belly.
>
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
> On Mar 10, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Carol Cedarholm  wrote:
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> I believe I saw an Osprey on the top of a tall pine on N. Cayuga st.
> yesterday.  When do they typically come back?
> Carol
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] osprey

[Dave Nutter]

This is a couple weeks early, but there have been some south winds. What 
details did you see? Several immature Bald Eagles have been around the south 
end of Cayuga Lake, and some have a head pattern similar to an Osprey and quite 
a bit of white on the belly. 

- - Dave Nutter

> On Mar 10, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Carol Cedarholm  wrote:
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> I believe I saw an Osprey on the top of a tall pine on N. Cayuga st.  
> yesterday.  When do they typically come back?
> Carol 
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[cayugabirds-l] osprey

[Carol Cedarholm]

I believe I saw an Osprey on the top of a tall pine on N. Cayuga st.
yesterday.  When do they typically come back?
Carol

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-winged Blackbird

[bob mcguire]

FOY Red-winged Blackbird singing in the yard. Must have come in on the strong 
south wind!
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