[cayugabirds-l] Binocular comparison review needed

2019-03-11 Thread Lanie Wilmarth
I would like to upgrade from my Eagle Optics Rangers 8x42's.

I went to find the latest Lab comparison report, and it looks like it's
about five years old.  Is that possible?  Maybe I'm just not seeing it?

If anyone has any suggestions, would love to hear them.  Weight is a
concern.

Lanie Wilmarth
Email:  lwilmarth...@gmail.com

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[cayugabirds-l] Mt. Pleasant Snow Geese

2019-03-11 Thread Marie P. Read
Some asked about Snow Goose movements. A flock of 30 or so flew north over Mt 
Pleasant around 10:30 this morning. And a large flock of Canadas much higher.
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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2019-03-11 Thread Joseph Brin







 RBA




*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - March 11, 2019
   - NYSY 03. 11. 19




Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: March 04 - March 11,  2019

To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com

Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, 
Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex

compiled: March 11 AT 11;30:00 a.m. EDT

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org







Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on March 04, 
2019




Highlights:




RED-THROATED LOON

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

CACKLING GOOSE

BARROW’S GOLDENEYE

CANVASBACK

KING EIDER

SURF SCOTER

BLACK SCOTER

PEREGRINE FALCON

SANDHILL CRANE

ICELAND GULL

SNOWY OWL

NORTHERN SHRIKE

VESPER SPARROW

EASTERN TOWHEE

LAPLAND LONGSPUR

EVENING GROSBEAK

PINE SISKIN










Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)

   




     3/5: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Gravel Road just east of Rt. 89.

     3/8: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Morgan Road.







Onondaga County






     FISH CROWS were reported on many occasions from Baldwinsville, the north 
side of Syracuse and the west shore trail of Onondaga Lake. Overwintering 
EASTERN TOWHEE (Manlius) and VESPER SPARROW (Tully) were again reported.

     3/4: 12 species of waterfowl including 52 CANVASBACKS were seen along the 
west shore trail of Onondaga Lake. A PEREGRINE FALCON, possibly the same bird, 
was seen in two different locations in Baldwinsville.

     3/8: 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Bardeen Road south of Fabius. A 
CACKLING GOOSE was seen in Baldwinsville. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inner 
Harbor in Syracuse.

     3/10: The BARROW’S GOLDENEYE at the west shore trail of Onondaga Lake and 
the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Green Lakes State Park were both reported on 
Saturday but not on Sunday.







Oswego County



     3/4: The male KING EIDER was again reported in Oswego Harbor but has not 
been reported since. A male KING EIDER has since been seen in Sodus Bay in 
Wayne County and may possibly be the same bird.

     3/5: 2 PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder in Constantia.

     3/8: A MALE BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and a RED-THROATED LOON were seen in Oswego 
Harbor.

     3/10: A female SURF SCOTER and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen in Oswego 
Harbor.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     Eight species of Raptors have been identified as migrants so far this 
season. Three GOLDEN EAGLES have been recorded.







madison County






     3/8: Up to 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder on Eden Hollow Road 
near Erieville.

     3/9: Up to 50 EVENING GROSBEAKS are still visiting a feeder on Carpenter 
Road near Sheds. A SNOWY OWL was seen at the sod farm on Lakeport road north of 
Chittenango. A MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at Ditchbank Road near 
Canastota.

     3/10: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Stephans Road south of South Bay on 
Oneida Lake.







Oneida County






     3/4: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Westmoreland Road west of Whitesboro.




     




    

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Joseph Brin

Region 5

Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA




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[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Common Redpolls - still...

2019-03-11 Thread Marie P. Read
Hi everyone,

Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon there was a flock of 100 or so Common Redpolls 
over the weedy field between the radio tower on Mt Pleasant Rd and the farm in 
the dip between the hills. Later (around 3pm) I saw presumably the same flock 
in the weedy field on the easternmost hill of MT Pleasant Rd where they spent 
many weeks previously. Despite many weed stems, there are very few seeds left 
in these fields, but I am still only getting a couple of redpolls at my feeders 
each day. So the large flock must be finding plenty of wild food.

And on another topic, anyone seeing Wild Turkeys displaying yet? 

Marie


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