Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red bellied woodpecker nest hole?

2017-04-03 Thread Dave Nutter
I have seen this behavior, too. I think it is advertising possession of a nest cavity ready to share. --Dave Nutter > On Apr 3, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Carol Cedarholm wrote: > > Yesterday I saw a red bellied woodpecker on a tree right across from llenroc > on Cornell Ave, very close

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rose-breasted Grosbeak

2017-04-02 Thread Dave Nutter
Very cool bird! As far as I can tell, Miller Creek drains south, and South Danby Road is outside the Cayuga Lake Basin. It's exciting to hear what birds are just beyond and contemplating migrating beyond the next set of hills or through the next saddle as they make their way north. -

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys, wren

2017-03-30 Thread Dave Nutter
arrying a green strand of what looked like moss. I assume its nest is ready for a lining. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigu

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Migration on radar this evening

2017-03-24 Thread Dave Nutter
As the rain hits before dawn there may even be a bit of fallout. I wish I had the day off to see what birds are out there. --Dave Nutter > On Mar 23, 2017, at 11:19 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > As meteorologist/birder Dave Nicosia predicted, it looks like birds are on > their

[cayugabirds-l] Migration on radar this evening

2017-03-23 Thread Dave Nutter
As meteorologist/birder Dave Nicosia predicted, it looks like birds are on their way tonight. Binghamton, State College PA, & Sterling VA all show that telltale huge fuzzy blossom centered on the radar site. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese

2017-03-23 Thread Dave Nutter
e of Snow Geese. I think we may have a different and smaller group now from a more recent wave. --Dave Nutter Sent from my iPad > On Mar 23, 2017, at 11:11 AM, Bill Mcaneny wrote: > > Not all the Snows are heading for the corn fields. About an hour ago several > well-formed Vees f

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

2017-03-21 Thread Dave Nutter
ay, the Ag Quad, and had run out places where they could put solar panels without being destructive, I'd be more supportive. I think that grove is pretty special, having seen several Long-eared Owls and a Northern Saw-whet Owl there. --Dave Nutter > On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:18 P

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2017-03-14 Thread Dave Nutter
hough there is a bit of woods and wetland adjacent. I think it was visiting feeders at my neighbor's. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastB

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Downy woodpecker behavior question

2017-03-12 Thread Dave Nutter
predators, but I think perhaps this one is just resting. Also to address your question, Sandy, I can't recall ever seeing a crow chase or attack a Downy Woodpecker. --Dave Nutter > On Mar 9, 2017, at 10:58 PM, Sandy Wold wrote: > > I've been meaning to post this for a few

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures over Lansing

2017-02-23 Thread Dave Nutter
rds seen from the deck at the Lab of O between noon & 1pm by Tom Auer, Drew Weber and several others. Pretty cool! --Dave Nutter > On Feb 23, 2017, at 4:36 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > > Meena's two Black Vultures are visible now, 4:30, over Lansing. > SE of the Cayuga

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fox sparrow

2017-02-16 Thread Dave Nutter
As far as I know, Yvonne, yours is the first 2017 Fox Sparrow found in the Cayuga Lake Basin. Another species which migrates early was also first reported today: a Golden Eagle seen by Tim Lenz northbound over the Lab of O. Happy sort-of-Spring! --Dave Nutter Sent from my iPad > On Feb

[cayugabirds-l] More Count Week birds; young adult Bald Eagles

2017-01-04 Thread Dave Nutter
but settled again on a tree across the creek in Renwick. Maybe they are a young couple looking for a nest site. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Tundra Swans for Ithaca Count Week

2017-01-02 Thread Dave Nutter
ecies, Tundra Swan, in addition to the Canvasback, Greater Scaup, Black Scoter, and Glaucous Gull which were present on 29 December. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBird

[cayugabirds-l] 1 Jan 2017 Ithaca "Christmas" Bird Count preliminary results

2017-01-01 Thread Dave Nutter
for the Cayuga Lake Basin on the Cayuga Bird Club website. Please send me corrections or missing information. Thanks. --Dave Nutter SNOW GOOSE ROSS'S GOOSE     Ken Rosenberg     Stewart Park ice shelf and adjacent Cayuga Lake, Ithaca (This bird was present for awhile this morning

[cayugabirds-l] red-throated loons, white-winged gull

2016-11-25 Thread Dave Nutter
laucous, but I'm open to persuasion. I wish I'd had >more time to study it, but dang, I had to work just then. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] yard loon watch

2016-11-20 Thread Dave Nutter
Inlet to view it from farther upstream or downstream. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Loon Watch

2016-11-12 Thread Dave Nutter
luck tomorrow! --Dave Nutter On Nov 08, 2016, at 12:44 PM, "Wesley W. Blauvelt" wrote: Hi All - Just a reminder that I will be leading a Loon Watch at Taughannock Falls State Park this Sunday, November 13, 2016 beginning at 6:20 AM. We will assemble on the south side of Taughannock Cr

[cayugabirds-l] migrating crows

2016-11-06 Thread Dave Nutter
doubt we could assemble that many Fish Crows here. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gray Kingbird continues Bergen, NY

2016-10-31 Thread Dave Nutter
ld and perched at the very top of a mostly leafed tree, but soon it was back on the wires in the same area as before. I did not witness either flight nor do I know if anything provoked it.  Anyway for a gray bird it is pretty cool. I hope it stays for more people to see it. --Dave Nutter On Oct 3

[cayugabirds-l] OOB: wild goose chase: no Barnacle Geese for us in SW Herkimer County

2016-10-30 Thread Dave Nutter
wants to continue the search, I hope this provides some ideas. —Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrows...anyone?

2016-10-04 Thread Dave Nutter
some edges on the west and south and a remnant milkweed patch. The lowlands of Hog's Hole itself, i.e. the northwest part of the park, had not been mown as of Sunday. --Dave Nutter On Oct 03, 2016, at 08:08 PM, "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" wrote: Just a heads-up that tonigh

[cayugabirds-l] any October Brown Booby reports?

2016-10-03 Thread Dave Nutter
The last Brown Booby report I know of was from 30 September. Has anyone looked for or seen it since? --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Please get permission to see Booby from "Townline Road"

2016-09-22 Thread Dave Nutter
channel marker 49, which no longer had people nearby. I knew that if the bird had fed, it might not fly again all day, so even though I never saw it dive, I declared victory and went home. --Dave Nutter PS Pasted at the bottom is my original message from the 20th about getting permission. I hop

[cayugabirds-l] Please get permission to see Booby from "Townline Road"

2016-09-20 Thread Dave Nutter
ow sedentary it was. Perhaps that's how it evaded detection for almost 3 weeks. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLea

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Imm northern goshawk

2016-09-07 Thread Dave Nutter
earned. Unfortunately, the names of the places are only in code, with no reference to any place anyone else would recognize.  --Dave Nutter On Sep 07, 2016, at 06:46 PM, Joshua Snodgrass wrote: Hi John and Sue, Interloken trail about a mile south of blueberry patch. It is on Mathews rd between

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Audubon Center shorebirds

2016-09-02 Thread Dave Nutter
ough from the East Road lookout.  --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/ca

[cayugabirds-l] Morgan Rd. Montezuma Wilson's Phalaropes ID changed to Red-necked

2016-09-01 Thread Dave Nutter
l we saw, but instead we suspect that this trio was the remaining 3 of the 4 phalaropes which Mike saw. Anyway, that's how we came up with 4. We stopped in at the DEC office, but although Mike was not there. Jim Eckler said Mike had already looked up the phalaropes and changed his ID to Red-n

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma yesterday

2016-08-28 Thread Dave Nutter
. --Dave Nutter On Aug 28, 2016, at 08:28 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: I went on Dave Nicosia's Montezuma shorebird trip yesterday morning (Sat 28 Aug), which first toured the refuge Wildlife Drive. At the Seneca Slough we saw a Lesser Yellowlegs and 2 each of Solitary Sandpiper and Spotted Sand

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma yesterday

2016-08-28 Thread Dave Nutter
t for the male Garganey that was at Knox-Marsellus this spring. In eclipse plumage he should have multiple horizontal blackish and whitish stripes through the face, and in flight the secondaries should show a white trailing edge.  --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebirds, Sat a.m. 20 Aug

2016-08-20 Thread Dave Nutter
Red-headed Woodpecker in dead trees near the Montezuma NWR headquarters buildings. Good birding to all tomorrow.  --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES h

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] report: Montezuma trip Sat 13 Aug; next trip Sat 20 Aug 7am

2016-08-13 Thread Dave Nutter
a hat when the sun finally broke through.  --Dave Nutter On Aug 13, 2016, at 08:49 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: This morning I led a shorebird trip starting at 7am at the Montezuma NWR Visitor Center. Next Saturday (20 Aug) Dave Nicosia will lead a trip starting at the same time (7am) & place (

[cayugabirds-l] report: Montezuma trip Sat 13 Aug; next trip Sat 20 Aug 7am

2016-08-13 Thread Dave Nutter
rom fresh, bright-edged feathers, but its tertials had diagnostic black and orange barring. Although this bird was gray on the face and neck, it was not overall cool in tone nor so extensively grayish as a juvenile Long-billed. The positive ID of a dowitcher to species is a wonderful thing.  --Dave

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebird trips: report for 7 Aug, plan for SAT 13 Aug at 7am

2016-08-09 Thread Dave Nutter
earlier onto the dikes, please let me know. Dave Nicosia will be leading trips on the 20th & 27th. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubsc

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Banded Canada Geese

2016-08-09 Thread Dave Nutter
TED STATES" or "1.2 mi WNW of SOUTH HILL, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES."  * I don't know if the BBL lists other dates and locations the bird has been reported. That would be interesting.  --Dave Nutter On Aug 08, 2016, at 11:03 AM, Marc Devokaitis wrote: Hi All, I&

[cayugabirds-l] next Montezuma trip Sun 7 Aug at *8* am

2016-08-03 Thread Dave Nutter
the plan is to cover multiple sites. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Shorebird Trip Report for July 31st, 2016

2016-08-01 Thread Dave Nutter
the Wildlife Drive to find, share, and discuss birds was extremely helpful to the birding and learning experience. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabird

[cayugabirds-l] report: 24 July Montezuma shorebird trip

2016-07-26 Thread Dave Nutter
fine dark chevrons on their backs, whom we saw get fed several times. We also saw a couple of brown Sandhill Crane necks periscoping out of the distant vegetation. I hope to see birds and birders at Montezuma again next weekend. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] tomorrow's Montezuma NWR shorebird walk

2016-07-23 Thread Dave Nutter
her, you should join us. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabird

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebird walk Sun 24 July leaving Vis Ctr 7am

2016-07-19 Thread Dave Nutter
lt had been reported recently but not on Sunday. Several additional species are likely to show up as the southbound migration continues. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES h

[cayugabirds-l] Why larger predatory birds flee smaller birds

2016-07-17 Thread Dave Nutter
. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] This morning's Montezuma shorebirds walk, and future?

2016-07-17 Thread Dave Nutter
Correction on the shorebird list: it should say "Semipalmated Plover - a couple" after Killdeer. So far I have one volunteer co-teacher next weekend, preferably Sunday again, and one maybe participant. --Dave Nutter On Jul 17, 2016, at 08:28 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: How much i

[cayugabirds-l] This morning's Montezuma shorebirds walk, and future?

2016-07-17 Thread Dave Nutter
cooperative Red-headed Woodpecker took several flycatching sallies out over the Clyde River from a large dead tree just beyond the big gravel 'Fishing Access' parking lot before disappearing south into the woods where I assume this year's nest tree is located. --Dave Nutter -- C

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR shorebird walk this Sunday, 17 July

2016-07-12 Thread Dave Nutter
t bring dogs. I hope to see many of you - and many more birds - there. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHI

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park goose study

2016-06-25 Thread Dave Nutter
rn in the southern sky in the evening. --Dave Nutter On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: Many of the Canada Geese at Stewart Park have recently been banded. The young were given a red band on one leg and a standard aluminum band on the other. One of these young is dragging an injure

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park goose study

2016-06-22 Thread Dave Nutter
near East Shore Park. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@co

[cayugabirds-l] OOB: 24/7 web cams of arctic bird island

2016-06-18 Thread Dave Nutter
burrows. Krykkje means Kittiwake, and they are lined up on narrow ledges of a cliff. This site worked better for me than the one Stefhan used: http://www.birdwatch.tv/ --Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: From: Stefhan Ohlström Date: June 18, 2016 10:08:17 AM To: David Nutter Subject: 7 24

[cayugabirds-l] adult Little Blue Heron at Sapsucker Woods

2016-06-12 Thread Dave Nutter
At 11:16am David Weber reported that an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was at Sapsucker Woods foraging in the main pond on the west side across from the Lab building. It had previously been perched in the snag which held the Great Blue Heron nest. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirdin

Re:[cayugabirds-l] First 2016 Cayuga Lake Basin Records list is updated

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Nutter
n edge the Cayuga Lake watershed. Gridley Creek drains into the Tioughnioga River which goes south. --Dave Nutter On May 30, 2016, at 08:06 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: I think I have the 2016 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list up to date again: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-b

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole at Children's Garden

2016-05-31 Thread Dave Nutter
the 28th, and 1 singing at Jetty Woods today, all of unspecified plumage, plus an adult male singing at Stewart Park's Swan Pond on the 20th. This is a lot for Ithaca, it seems to me. --Dave Nutter On May 31, 2016, at 05:00 PM, Sandy Podulka wrote: This morning, a first spring male Orch

[cayugabirds-l] First 2016 Cayuga Lake Basin Records list is updated

2016-05-30 Thread Dave Nutter
tastic yard bird, and Ethan Chaffee was the first to report one in the now-traditional area along South Mays Point Road in Tyre. There was a vague report earlier which was not accepted by eBird. Have a great summer. I hope to meet you out birding. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: ht

[cayugabirds-l] yard birds

2016-05-22 Thread Dave Nutter
ng that time, 7:30pm to be precise, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK flew over going somewhat erratically north east. It was high enough to be out of the shadow of West Hill, and it looked tan in the sunshine, with the white stripes near the wingtips easily visible through binoculars. --Dave Nutter -- Cay

[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods, Renwick Wildwood, Stewart Park

2016-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
Swift. * an adult with 2 fuzzy fledgling Great Horned Owls in Jetty Woods * my first Baltimore Orioles and American Redstarts of the spring --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak similar species

2016-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
-you!). We won't have any at our own feeders. Laurie has gotten fed up with the squirrels and has taken down the suet and sunflower feeders. --Dave Nutter On May 03, 2016, at 07:25 PM, Vonnie Kennedy wrote: A male rose breasted grosbeak came to my feeder yesterday (Auburn). I though

[cayugabirds-l] radar this evening: migration v rain

2016-04-30 Thread Dave Nutter
There's some migration going on, but there's also rain moving in from the west in an arc which stretches south of us. Will the rain cause a fallout here, or will it cut off the supply of migrants from the south beforehand? Tomorrow morning may be interesting, or it may just be we

[cayugabirds-l] Prairie Warbler, etc.

2016-04-29 Thread Dave Nutter
rm at the east end of Stewart Park in use. A presumed female sat on the platform while a presumed male brought a substantial stick. The stick fell off to the ground, but I hope he gets some credit for effort. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabir

[cayugabirds-l] 2016 CLB first records

2016-04-27 Thread Dave Nutter
I think I have the 2016 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list up to date: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records Please let me know of possible errors. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] SFO Montezuma weekend highlights

2016-04-17 Thread Dave Nutter
Y BLACKBIRD flock on Howland's Island, Conquest COMMON RAVEN pair high over DEC office on Morgan Rd, Savannah, Sunday Thanks to a great group and fine weather! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] more migration on radar tonight

2016-04-15 Thread Dave Nutter
ation, bigger and thicker on heavy migration nights like this. If you watch as it forms in the evening it seems to blossom, while in the morning it shrinks and retracts as the birds descent. Using doppler radar show the birds are moving, and this is a circular sample of a vast cloud layer. -

[cayugabirds-l] big migration on radar overnight

2016-04-15 Thread Dave Nutter
just checked radar, lots of birds on the move --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma

2016-04-14 Thread Dave Nutter
Yesterday there were also some Greater Yellowlegs near the NW corner of Knox-Marsellus visible in a quick scan from East Rd. --Dave Nutter On Apr 14, 2016, at 08:46 PM, bob mcguire wrote: For leaders and participants on this weekend’s Montezuma SFO trip - I scouted several of the

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park walk

2016-04-10 Thread Dave Nutter
again for several weekends, but if anyone else would like to do lead such a walk, an announcement on CayugaBirds-L and to Friends of Stewart Park via Rick Manning helped get the word out. People really appreciate learning about the birds seen in and from this park! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Lansing Red-throated Loon & Red-necked Grebes

2016-04-10 Thread Dave Nutter
ch I had never seen or heard so well before. As Laura mentioned elsewhere, there were displaying RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. There was also a tight flock of 7 LONG-TAILED DUCKS swimming fairly close to shore. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWEL

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Ospreys, Sat 9 Apr

2016-04-10 Thread Dave Nutter
. Maybe it was coming from #68 (Cargill). We did not see that platform nor Portland Pt #1 & #2. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] is Western Tanager still present?

2016-04-09 Thread Dave Nutter
Anybody, when & where is the last time you saw the Cornell Western Tanager? --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave

[cayugabirds-l] birding tip, birding trip

2016-04-05 Thread Dave Nutter
the weather, birds will be somewhere around there no matter what, and I plan to be there, too. I wouldn't even know how to cancel. However, it's a good idea to dress warmly in case of chilly breezes off the lake. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirdin

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey nest #59 occupied near Treman Marina

2016-03-30 Thread Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Infrared Skydance III

2016-03-26 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] white-winged Turkey Vulture; Western Tanager

2016-03-26 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] signs of spring, vestiges of winter

2016-03-19 Thread Dave Nutter
I’m guessing is an unusual bird there. Also present were 3 HORNED GREBES - 2 in winter plumage and one in transitional. —Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] working on response to City

2016-03-13 Thread Dave Nutter
At the suggestion of some bird club members I am drafting a resolution to bring before the Cayuga Bird Club meeting tomorrow night asking the City of Ithaca to halt its plans to ban feeding waterfowl, to haze geese on City land and water, and to disrupt nesting. Reasons are several and may incl

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nest-sitting Eagle

2016-03-13 Thread Dave Nutter
it’s worth a bit of care to observe wildlife. After all, a skunk is a lot prettier walking away than smeared on the wheels and undercarriage. And a Turkey Vulture is magnificent in flight and a service to everyone on the ground, but not what you want coming through the windshield. —Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 'round Cayuga Lake Saturday highlights

2016-03-13 Thread Dave Nutter
when the lake is refilled? Will the young will be hatched before then? It will be interesting to follow what happens here. --Dave Nutter > On Mar 12, 2016, at 6:00 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Today Bob McGuire, Susan Danskin & I made a relatively quick trip around > Cayuga Lake.

[cayugabirds-l] 'round Cayuga Lake Saturday highlights

2016-03-12 Thread Dave Nutter
ut I think we were pretty fortunate today. —Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive

[cayugabirds-l] text of City goose hazing memo and feeding ban

2016-03-10 Thread Dave Nutter
TO: Common Council FROM: Josephine Martell DATE: March 3, 2016 RE: No Feeding Geese Ordinance As part of a city-wide effort to better manage the Canada goose population and protect our wildlife, the City of Ithaca has been working to come up with a humane management plan that addresses the needs

[cayugabirds-l] City of Ithaca to haze geese

2016-03-10 Thread Dave Nutter
rslick mailto:gkersl...@cityofithaca.org>>, and Josephine Martell and Mayor Svante Myrick may be helpful. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/C

[cayugabirds-l] migration on radar overnight

2016-03-09 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant, midday Tuesday 8 March

2016-03-08 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] grebes

2016-03-07 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] please keep reporting Western Tanager

2016-03-04 Thread Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [bsbp-discuss] Pileated Woodpecker?!

2016-03-04 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle on nest, Ulysses

2016-03-01 Thread Dave Nutter
The Bald Eagle nest off NYS-89 along the west shore of Cayuga Lake in the Town of Ulysses is technically possible to see, but it’s obscured by vegetation. The most satisfying time to watch is when the young are big and standing up or even climbing around. Verifying an incubating or brooding adul

[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still at Cornell U

2016-02-27 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] another Red-winged Blackbird, plus Raven & raptors, in Ithaca

2016-02-25 Thread Dave Nutter
elf off Stewart Park. An adult Bald Eagle flew north over the lake but did not flush the ducks below. --Dave Nutter > On Feb 25, 2016, at 8:01 AM, AB Clark wrote: > > A young male Redwinged Blackbird, still in all stripy plumage with no visible > red on wing, sat outside the house at 7

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eagles "everywhere"

2016-02-21 Thread Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin downtown

2016-02-11 Thread Dave Nutter
north and down out of sight. It was my first Merlin encounter in Ithaca this year. She could be associated with the male John saw just upstream today. —Dave Nutter > On Feb 11, 2016, at 4:55 PM, John Confer wrote: > > I drove around South Titus near the Meadow Court Motel for 10-1

[cayugabirds-l] birds at Treman Marina & Stewart Park

2016-02-09 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] vultures on carcass, Burdick Hill Rd, Lansing

2016-02-06 Thread Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Baltimore oriole at Treman Marina!

2016-02-04 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yesterday Snowy owls. Seybolt Road and North End of Cayuga lake. probable Common Yellowthroat.

2016-02-04 Thread Dave Nutter
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Around the Lake Saturday

2016-01-31 Thread Dave Nutter
n's Cove. Some were still headed that way after sunset during our gull search. --Dave Nutter On Jan 30, 2016, at 09:48 PM, bob mcguire wrote: > Ann, Dave, Diane, Ken and I spent the day out looking for birds. We found a > few new year birds for each of us and experienced a few remarkabl

[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow musings - possible intergrade at Liddell?

2016-01-24 Thread Dave Nutter
over-generalized or overstated the red on the Red Fox Sparrow, but maybe this is a Red x Slate-colored intergrade. I hope other folks who know more about this stuff will take a close look at the bird and offer an opinion. —Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirdin

[cayugabirds-l] Goshawk in Covert, southeast Seneca County

2016-01-21 Thread Dave Nutter
f Seneca Falls. Not only was this a gorgeous male bird with his long tail fluttering in the wind, but he wasn't alongside the game farm, so he seemed more wild. It's possible he grew up in the game farm, but we've seen pheasants in this area last year and this past fall, so may

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks

2016-01-20 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake Basin 2016 First Records, with explanation

2016-01-19 Thread Dave Nutter
rd category even though they were “already generally here” only at the north end of the basin, but I figure the folks who go to the trouble to find them on New Year’s Day deserve credit. —Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.Nort

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rough legged hawk

2016-01-19 Thread Dave Nutter
Trail appears to be close to or on the divide where it crosses Searsburg Rd. So, most of those fields are in the Cayuga Lake Basin along both sides of Potomac, but the western extreme along Searsburg is out. —Dave Nutter > On Jan 19, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote: > > Everythi

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake Basin 2016 First Records

2016-01-19 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] ducks

2016-01-15 Thread Dave Nutter
watch Mallards and Redheads more. I have many excuses to return. —Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

[cayugabirds-l] surprises at Jetty Woods & white lighthouse yesterday

2016-01-15 Thread Dave Nutter
white near the base. The eye was yellow. I suspect this bird is a hybrid, probably with Redhead. Jay did not refind it during his brief scan. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon, Stewart Park

2016-01-12 Thread Dave Nutter
Come to think of it, I saw an adult Bald Eagle later Sunday afternoon on the dead tree in the lake near the white lighthouse. That could explain the dead goose and perhaps the relative paucity of birds on the ice. —Dave Nutter > On Jan 12, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > For

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon, Stewart Park

2016-01-12 Thread Dave Nutter
stoop. Then again, there’s a lot of geese, and perhaps one was too slow or complacent. By the way, Stuart Krasnoff & I had great looks at an adult Peregrine Falcon at Myers Point on Sunday afternoon. —Dave Nutter > On Jan 12, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > An adult PEREGR

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