[cayugabirds-l] Oregon junco

2019-12-13 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Today, Fri. 12/13/19, my daughter, Becky Sewell, again saw an Oregon junco at my feeders. She & I both  saw it a number of times at the feeders on Sat. 12/6/19. She is quite familiar with Oregon juncos as they were very common on her ranch in CO during her 30 yrs. there. That's where I saw my

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pileated Wdpkr returns

2019-12-13 Thread Donna Lee Scott
“My” male Pileated Woodpecker has been here lately, loudly announcing his approach as he flies in from woods across road to the large suet cake hanging on back porch! Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2019, at 6:11 PM, Nari Mistry mailto:n...@cornell.edu>> wrote: This

[cayugabirds-l] Pileated Wdpkr returns

2019-12-13 Thread Nari Mistry
This afternoon I was happy to see a Pileated Woodpecker female at our feeder tree just outside the window. These regular visitors had not appeared since all the disruption started along Dodge Rd for the Solar Farm. (I think they used to nest somewhere in the woods to the East of Dodge Rd.) I'm

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip- West side of lake- waterfowl and winter raptors

2019-12-13 Thread Joshua Snodgrass
Hi all, Just a reminder I will be leading an afternoon - sunset trip on Sunday, December 15 on the west side of Cayuga Lake. We'll look for overwintering waterfowl along the lake shore, grassland birds (snow buntings, etc.), and try for Short-eared Owl and Snowy Owl at regular sites. Should be a