RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birds/eclipse

I'll go ahead and report a fairly astonishing (to me at least!) occurrence that came with the eclipse as witnessed on the shores of Lake Ontario (Southwick Beach State Park), where the clouds graciously opened just in time and just in time to show the sun at totality at 3:21 p.m. Some seconds

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds/eclipse

Early in the darkening before the eclipse proper, I saw a changing of roosting duties by the Mourning Dove pair nesting in a hanging flower pot on my back porch. I'm pretty sure it was mom who demanded the reluctant dad to leave his nap so she could take over. She regurgitated some food for the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds/eclipse

> Ithaca, New York (where the skies are very rarely clear during celestial > events.) The evening _before_ the eclipse the skies were quite clear. I went up to the top of my hill in West Danby with a couple of my neighbors, and we enjoyed viewing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks through binoculars and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds/eclipse

It was neat at the arboretum. Birds silenced themselves and peepers started a lively chorus. Then peepers were silent mostly and birds slowly started up again,  but kind of like they didn’t quite trust that the day was resuming regular programming. Linda OrkinIthaca, New York (where the skies are

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks and Owls

Hello listserv, The Cayuga Bird Club will be leading a woodcock and owling trip this Saturday evening, with Stephanie and I as leaders. Alas, I won't have much time to do any scouting. If anyone has intel on how well the airport woodcocks are performing this season, or if you know of any

[cayugabirds-l] Birds/eclipse

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Brown Thrasher in Newfield

I got several good looks at my FOY Brown Thrasher this morning. This is the earliest arrival I've recorded in my neighborhood, by one day. Merlin reported what would be a FOY Field Sparrow, but I was too busy watching the Brown Thrasher and the 2 Northern Mockingbirds to notice. Laura --