Re: [cayugabirds-l] Glossy Ibis, Avocet - MNWR

Late Saturday afternoon after Dave Wheeler spoke to us and left, Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman (?), and I saw a PLAGADIS IBIS SP, fly across Knox-Marsellus and land in the open. We were scoping from the overlook with excellent conditions - sun behind us, no heat shimmer. We could clearly see the

[cayugabirds-l] Park Preserve, Sunday afternoon

GRAY CATBIRD, and a flyover MOURNING DOVE. Across the street from the parking area were some AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 9/20

By early afternoon the Wilson Trail was quiet for me (or else I was burned out after walking the woods trails staring vainly for thrushes). The only migrant I found was there a/the PHILADELPHIA VIREO near the Fuller Wetlands. Jay Livia were just headed down the trail as I was leaving. Maybe they

[cayugabirds-l] Marsh Wren near Freese Road

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Cayuga Lake Basin first records

beyond.--Dave NutterOn Jun 02, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:I finally think I have the 2011 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records up to date again. Here they are in taxonomic order, like a checklist:http://cayugabirds.pbworks.com/w/page/35364396/Taxonomic-2011-First-Recordsand

[cayugabirds-l] RFI: Muckrace Sedge Wren Long-eared Owl

grateful.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --

[cayugabirds-l] daytime radar like night migration now

=42.23885727lon=-76.01076508label=Glen%20Aubrey,%20NYmap.x=400map.y=240scale=1.000centerx=400centery=240showlabels=1rainsnow=0lightning=0lerror=20num_stns_min=2num_stns_max=avg_off=smooth=0--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freese Road - Dickcissel, Lincoln's, etc

Gary Kohlenberg started searching the gardens at dawn, before Ann Mitchell's Cayuga Bird Club field trip arrived after meeting at the Lab of O at 7:30, so he was separate. I arrived about 7:50 and joined the club group. We (or at least I with them) saw lots of SONG SAVANNAH, 1 or 2 FIELD, 1

[cayugabirds-l] info video re HYDRILLA in Cayuga Inlet

Begin forwarded message:From: "owlgo...@earthlink.net" owlgo...@earthlink.netDate: September 25, 2011 10:08:39 AMTo: Natural History Network natural-histor...@cornell.eduSubject: Our new video: HYDRILLA attacks CASCADILLA and the Cayuga Inlet Our new video about the environmental emergency in

[cayugabirds-l] Knox-Marsellus, Puddler, May's Point Pools 29 Sept

Late this afternoon (29 Sept) I went just to the Knox Marsellus, Puddler, and May's Point Pools of Montezuma NWR. From the Knox Marsellus overlook on East Road I counted 220 SNOW GEESE, including 1 each juvenile and adult dark "Blue" Geese. There were lots of CANADA GEESE, and GREEN-WINGED TEAL,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freese Rd. and Sapsucker Woods, Sat 10/1

I went to Sapsucker Woods this afternoon hoping to see one of the Gray-cheeked Thrushes that have been reported lately. Although I did not have success there, eventually I did find a congener and a good variety of other migrant songbirds. I started on the Dryden side at the little parking lot.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 10/4

I also had a very good morning at Sapsucker Woods, seeing many of the same birds as Mark although we did not meet. I only have a few additions. I arrived at the parking lot along the Dryden Rd side midway along Sapsucker Woods at 8am and walked north along the trails of the Ithaca side toward the

[cayugabirds-l] Puddler's 4 Oct: Avocet yes; Hudsonian Godwits no

from somewhere along NYS 89--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Puddler's 4 Oct: Avocet yes; Hudsonian Godwits no

PS - also 11 GREAT EGRETS at Mays (plus a few uncounted at K-M Puddlers), 3 SANDHILL CRANES together in Knox-Marsellus, and an adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW along EAST RD. It was a good day even without godwits. Now I'll shut up for a few hours.--Dave NutterOn Oct 04, 2011, at 09:05 PM, Dave Nutter

[cayugabirds-l] Treman Marine Park, Hog Hole, etc, 6 Oct

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma [RED] Phalarope

I'm heading up to Montezuma NWR Sunday morning with Ann Mitchell to look for the Red Phalarope reported Saturday from Shorebird Flats along the Wildlife Drive. If anyone else finds it or hears a positive report, please call me: 607-229-2158, and I'll put it on the text-message Rare Bird Alert.

[cayugabirds-l] RED PHALAROPE

people who saw this bird!--Dave NutterOn Oct 09, 2011, at 08:03 AM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: CayugaRBA RED PHALAROPE refound by Mark Miller, open water of shorebird flats, wildlife dr, Montezuma NWR 8am. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA HUDSONIAN GODWIT at Puddler's,

Nutter On Oct 09, 2011, at 12:45 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: CayugaRBA HUDSONIAN GODWIT at Puddler's, sleeping among distant Green-winged Teal in heat shimmer. GOOD LUCK! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park turnover, etc.

ouse jetty. A male MERLIN perched atop a tree across NYS 89 from the Cass Park skating rink. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 13 Oct

BenningEuropean Starling - hundreds near Main Pool TowerSwamp Sparrow - 1 near Main Pool TowerSong Sparrow - 2 near Main Pool TowerRed-winged Blackbird - several over/in vegetation of Main Pool--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma, October 15

Also 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Larue's Saturday mid-day.There were also many other distant dabblers at Knox-Marsellus and some at Puddler's. --Dave NutterOn Oct 15, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Bob McGuire I headed to Montezuma late this morning through mid-afternoon

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flat Iron Rd Caroline, construction?

John Confer recently mentioned wetland creation work at Goetchius Preserve. I don't know any details.--Dave NutterOn Oct 11, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu wrote:Anyone know what is the construction that is being done next to the Goetchius Preserve on Flat iron Road in Caroline?

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Owl Prowl, Avoiding duplication

Ann Mitchell had talked about owling with Bob McGuire at Monkey Run North, Sapsucker Woods and other places. Sounds like some coordination is in order. --Dave NutterOn Dec 30, 2010, at 08:23 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote:Hi John, thanks for sharing this very ambitious route

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Phalaropes, Montezuma

returned to the visitor center but did not find them. Moral: Birds are flighty. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, NY On Aug 21, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: David Wheeler informs me that there are two WILSON'S PHALAROPES at the Visitor Center pool at Montezuma NWR

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine, Bald Eagles

to my fare, and I was pleasently surprised when he correctly identified the hawk, then he reminisced about the Merlins which nested on Seneca Street a few years back and continued by telling me about a Great Horned Owl which had killed a crow. I like this town. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] RED-THROATED LOON juv far e

this afternoon. I figure this could be the same bird which Jay saw at Myers many days ago, and perhaps which Bob refound there.--Dave NutterOn Nov 01, 2011, at 05:16 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: RED-THROATED LOON juv far e of Ith Yacht Clubjm also far fr RR midway betw E Shore Portland Pt --Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Greater White-fronted Goose, etc

Also there were about a hundred AMERICAN COOTS close to NYS 89, I think just south of Lower Lake Rd.--Dave NutterOn Nov 06, 2011, at 06:46 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Ann Mitchell I went to Montezuma NWR today. The biggest highlight for me (year bird) was the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park 11/7

Earlier in the day during taxi breaks at Stewart Park I noticed that there were still 10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS on a log far to the northwest. Also present closer were 13 REDHEADS, at least 14 RUDDY DUCKS, and 1 GADWALL. --Dave NutterOn Nov 07, 2011, at 07:59 PM, Lee Ann van Leer

[cayugabirds-l] Sheldrake, Ithaca Yacht Club, Taughannock., Tue 8 Nov

scope views. When it dove we spent awhile trying to refind it. It had swum considerably north of the point, and on successive dives worked its way west, staying under for about a minute each time. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Aurora Birds

Doing some even more crude calculations I figure Bob had 4.54 Double-crested Cormorants. Bob I crossed paths at Myers at noon, and thanks to his brief note of what he'd found, I made the effort and also saw the RED-THROATED LOON far out in the lake, along with, coincidentally, 110 COMMON LOONS.

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park loons

During a brief taxi break this afternoon (30 Nov) at Stewart Park I scoped at least twelve COMMON LOONS and one RED-THROATED LOON. Other species were much the same as recent days, including four DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics

[cayugabirds-l] loons scoters, etc, off Treman Marine park

it did eBird.12 TURKEY VULTURES soaring over Cayuga Heights. This impressed eBird more than it did me.I may have also heard a COMMON REDPOLL calling from a tree along the lakeshore, but it and its buddy flew off before I could get a look.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: What did 'your' Merlins eat?

: December 08, 2011 5:19:02 PMTo: nutter.d...@me.comSubject: Re: Fwd: What did 'your' Merlins eat? Begin forwarded message: From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com Date: December 8, 2011 2:47:03 PM EST To:kimb...@geneseo.edu Subject: What did 'your' Merlins eat? Jim Kimball, There's been some

Re: [cayugabirds-l] What did 'your' Merlins eat?

:58 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Just to add to the discussion of Merlin prey, below is one birder's notes on what Merlinseither ate or scared offduring the course of the nesting season this year in a neighborhood in a small city in western NY. No doubt the prey items are based

[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Turkey Vulture at Cornell compost

one on the ground.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon, Iceland Gull

, but a male CANVASBACK has joined the small group of REDHEADS. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net

Re: [cayugabirds-l] NE Ithaca, Fri 12/16

Yesterday afternoon about 2:45pm from the NYS-89 bridge over the Flood Control Channel I saw to the north, around Stewart Park, a kettle of 14 TURKEY VULTURES, also contending with considerable wind. After a minute or so the kettle was strewn sideways, and they seemed to be working their way back

[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl, etc.

n a tree at the edge of the woods north of Knox-Marsellus and another adult BALD EAGLE perched next to a nest in woods northeast of the intersection of NYS-89 NYS-31. I also saw a distant eagle flying over Mays Point Pool.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics R

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill Goshawk

This morning (Tuesday 27 Dec) Laurie and I took a second lovely walk in Hammond Hill State Forest. Having gone there Christmas day to not see Bob's White-winged Crossbills, today we went to not see his Northern Goshawk. Again I was not surprised, because both species are wide-ranging and

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca CBC Count Week birds

LE-CRESTED CORMORANT - 1COMMON LOON - 2RUDDY DUCK - 2 (These guys may not last - they were swimming toward hunters' decoys.)NORTHERN PINTAIL - 1 maleGADWALL - ! male, 1 female...plus many more common waterfowl, including hordes of geese gulls, but no odd ones among them that I could pick out so

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl

Glad to hear it's still there!Has anyone input this Snowy Owl into eBird? It hasn't shown up on the map yet.--Dave NutterOn Dec 31, 2011, at 09:42 AM, Val Stevens valstev...@yahoo.com wrote:The snowy owl is still at the outlet mall. At 9:42 it was perched on the tower by J Crew. --

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl

...@cornell.edu wrote: I put the Waterloo Outlet Mall Snowy Owl in E-Bird just now. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: Dave Nutter To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl Glad to hear

[cayugabirds-l] 2012 Cayuga Lake Basin reports outside Ithaca area, e.g. Snowy Owl

report, we can probably figure that out. Here's to a brand new year of birding!--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds

Re: FW: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl

You are not the only one who said it'd been there a week. Fred Bertram's Facebook page said that, too, but didn't give a name to check the date with.--Dave NutterOn Jan 01, 2012, at 07:55 AM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote:I am the one who said it has been seen for a week.The ONLY time I

Re: [cayugabirds-l] any news on Snowy Owl?

I was there from 1:15 to 2:15pm on Tuesday 3 Jan with no luck. A guy who worked there and was familiar with the bird said it had not been seen on the 2nd or 3rd. I tried to look on the roof of the mall from the Thruway overpass, and I scanned the Thruway rest stop (1 tantalizing gull atop the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Duck, 1 male, southern

. On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:56 AM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: Long-tailed Duck, 1 male, southern Cayuga Lake --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA PEREGRINE FALCON atop Holiday

onal world at ground level, and all the things going on in the sky and atop the buildings, including 50 ROCK PIGEONS which continued throughout to fly over the neighborhood.--Dave NutterOn Jan 05, 2012, at 03:32 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: CayugaRBA PEREGRINE FALCON atop Holiday Inn, Ithaca --D

[cayugabirds-l] white-winged Turkey Vulture

Today at 4:18pm I saw the white-winged Turkey Vulture cruising southeast alone over the intersection of Drake Rd and East Shore Dr in Lansing.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave

[cayugabirds-l] Crow seasonality

gathering. I haven't noticed the phenomenon before or since this winter, but haven't tried hard.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Broken-bill Loon

How about a page on the Cayuga Bird Club website to track sightings (with photos too) of individually recognizable birds such as* Broken-billed Loon wintering off Myers.* Turkey Vulture with white outer left wing (and right outermost primary)* Canada X domestic Greylag Goose resident at Stewart

[cayugabirds-l] evening grosbeak report

Yesterday morning (11 Jan) Terie Rawn of Newfield (in the basin) briefly saw a female Evening Grosbeak at her feeder, but has not reported it since.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave

[cayugabirds-l] Portland Point Osprey nest gone

immature), MALLARDS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, COMMON GOLDENEYE, 5 BUFFLEHEAD, singles of COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, distant flying small REDHEAD flocks, plus a few of the usual RING-BILLED, HERRING, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome

[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous Gull, Stewart Park

GULLS around the south end of Cayuga Lake and several AMERICAN PIPITS at Myers Point and along the lakeshore of Treman Marine Park. Bob McGuire and I also saw the BROKEN-BILLED COMMON LOON at Ladoga.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules

[cayugabirds-l] new automatic CayugeRBA text message alert

to have text messages sent in case another alert comes up before the system in running. I will communicate via email instructions on how to sign up as I figure it out. Also tell me if you were on the old CayugaRBA alert system as it may make a difference.Thanks--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bohemian Waxwing Cemetary L.

As far as I know, no one refound the Bohemian Waxwing nor a waxwing flock in the vicinity Friday or Saturday. Please check all waxwings carefully for Bohemians. If you find a Bohemian, please call me607-229-2158or send a message to the CayugaRBA as well as posting promptly to the

[cayugabirds-l] Ovid birding (no Snowy Owl), Sunday a.m.

Susan Danskin I spent the morning wandering roads in Ovid staring at suspicious lumps of snow and other inanimate objects and not seeing any Snowy Owl. We encountered 5 other parties, each with the same story. A couple other people were planning to try later, and since I haven't heard from them,

[cayugabirds-l] Ovid Snow Owl and northern Cayuga Lake

Snow Goose visible to the south.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your

[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbills, Summerhill State Forest

reported 8 of them from Lick St a half mile south of Hoag near the pipeline sign 165.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds

[cayugabirds-l] Downtown Green-winged Teal; south Monkey Run both Kinglets

(first of the year for both of us), and near the abandoned bridge girders seeing 1 each of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave

[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill north basin birding

On this final day of January Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell I went birding to several places around the Cayuga Lake Basin.In Summerhill State Forest along Hoag Avenue we enjoyed a mixed flock of PINE SISKINS and COMMON REDPOLLS feeding in Hemlocks in the swamp.We searched unsuccessfully for

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA SNOW OWL @ NYCC

After Dave Kennedy's elaboration of Suzanne Broderick's directions to the Snowy Owl at the NY Chiropractic College, Susan Danskin saw it and explained how she and I and several other competent birders didn't look carefully enough yesterday. I swung by for a look about noon and learned from birders

[cayugabirds-l] grebes and distortion

When I started my search for grebes at Well College boathouse late yesterday morning I scanned from the dock and saw zero of them. The water was calm but the air temperature was below freezing, so there was heat shimmer as I looked through the layer of warmer air at the water surface, and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2 or 3 Grebes??

For what it's worth, this afternoon I scanned the lake from Treman Marine Park with very good viewing conditions - calm, sun behind me, air temperature somewhat above water temperature, and saw ZERO grebes of any kind, although I did see 1 RED-THROATED LOON and at least 4 COMMON LOONS I think the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crow hunting regulations

"Devastation" makes it sound like the birds are knocking down buildings and people are dying. I think the word to describe crows' noise and droppings is "nuisance". And the term "murder" for a crow flock is a tad biased. I've also heard the term "congress" which is perhaps less derogatory.. or

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

A WESTERN GREBE was visible far to the northwest from Stewart Park until at least 10:30am. I wasn't sure if I could see a light loral spot. The flank seemed more uniformly gray than I recall from my previous closer sighting from the southwest corner of the lake, and the only whitish part may have

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday south Cayuga Lake additions

over flying north mid-afternoong, putting most gulls and many waterfowl into the air.Also on Friday from East Shore Park I saw a PIED-BILLED GREBE close to shore to the north.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe

[cayugabirds-l] male kestrel behavior

A biologist once told me, "Everything is display." I wonder if eating on a conspicuous perch while turning so that one's colors may be viewed from every angle is a good way to advertise to any female who might be in the neighborhood that one is a good provider.--Dave NutterOn Feb 23, 2012, at

[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbirds at Sapsucker Woods

I just heard from Bob McGuire on a tip from Jay McGowan that the 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS are with a large and noisy flock of AMERICAN ROBINS foraging in a wet area beside the Wilson Trail north, along the lower fork.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics

[cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant

on the substructure of one of the docks in the marina. Were there 2 all along? Is this a new arrival? Was the carcass something else?--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday mid-day Mt Pleasant

small flying passerine, perhaps a Horned Lark, which alit far off to become invisible in a field. In between these sightings I inadvertently honed my skills by tracking numerous windblown leaves and shreds of corn stubble.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics

[cayugabirds-l] white-winged Turkey Vulture white American Robin

compost piles and saw, cruising low, the WHITE-WINGED TURKEY VULTURE. Its left primaries are totally white, as are its outermost right primary and a small patch on the underside of each wrist. If this bird travels out of our area, I hope somehow we continue to get reports about it.--Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

I can't go Monday, but if the bird is still around, and anybody's going Tuesday, I'd like to go along.--Dave NutterOn Mar 04, 2012, at 07:58 PM, Carl Steckler c...@cornell.edu wrote:After obtaining permission to see the GCRF, I plan on going up there tomorrow morning, If anyone would like to

[cayugabirds-l] OOB Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

unsuccessfully for a Ross's Goose, skeins kept taking off and flying northwest (Do they feed at night to avoid hunters?). There were also a few GREEN-WINGED TEAL nearby on the mud.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe

[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous Gull, Stewart Park

About 3:30pm today (8 March), just as I was starting a class with home-schoolers at Stewart Park, I found a beautiful all-white immature GLAUCOUS GULL in the very shallow lake water near shore where the usual 3 gull species were resting. Shortly afterward all the gulls took flight for unknown

[cayugabirds-l] Hog Hole, Mt Pleasant

to report that he'd been watching a trio of immature NORTHERN GOSHAWKS cavorting in a valley beyond our view. With no birds to compete with the eagle or the goshawk report we left shortly before 2pm.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules

[cayugabirds-l] various local birds

cooperative) 1 BROWN CREEPER in the woods in the valley between the peaks of Mt Pleasant1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 BROWN CREEPER, 1 RUFFED GROUSE in Monkey Run south, all heard only.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe

[cayugabirds-l] short questionnaire about Hydrilla invasion treatment

Last year Hydrilla, a prolific invasive aquatic plant, was discovered in southern Cayuga Lake, particularly along the jetties, and in Cayuga Inlet, particularly near the mouths of Cascadilla Creek and Treman Marina. Eventually boaters were asked to examine their boats to remove viable bits of the

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey, Bald Eagles, etc.

et.Several pairs of HOODED MERGANSERS were displaying inside Treman Marina and in the Inlet next to the white lighthouse jetty.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives:

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake birds

along the edge of the woods halfway between Knox-Marsellus overlook and NYS-89 to the north. Along Morgan Rd we saw a FIELD SPARROW which sang a lovely and, for this species, elaborate song.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information

[cayugabirds-l] Freese Rd, Myers Pt, Montezuma

LLED GREBE at the pond, near which we heard a spontaneous call from a VIRGINIA RAIL. High water elsewhere but maybe still worth walking the zigzag dike to the south.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration

Re: [cayugabirds-l] George Pond

I think the William George Agency (a.k.a. George Junior Republic) owns not only the fields/pond in question, but also much of the length of the abandoned railroad bed in the area.Matt Young may know more about people to talk to or institutional policies, as I believe he once worked there.If the

[cayugabirds-l] playback

are in this community - even the folks who do rigorous scientific ornithological work - because of an irrational love of birds. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives

[cayugabirds-l] migration

I've been looking at the weather maps charts. It's calm enough overnight for some migration, but Saturday will be the first day in many that we'll have south winds in the daytime. I'm betting on terns, scoters, swallows, and raptors to be moving through in big numbers.--Dave Nutter

[cayugabirds-l] migration: Caspian Tern, Broad-winged Hawks

nding well-hidden SAVANNAH SPARROWS and male and female HORNED LARKS in the dead grass. Our final bird of the day as we tallied our list next to the observatory was the drumming of a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER from the woods across a field.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] migration: Caspian Tern, Broad-winged Hawks

I forgot to mention at Salt Point: a CHIPPING SPARROW plus lots of SONG SPARROWS for more sparrow comparisons, an OSPREY (probably local), and several DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS - one northbound and a small flock southbound.--Dave NutterOn Apr 14, 2012, at 08:31 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com

Re:[cayugabirds-l] American Bittern (Sapsucker Woods, Sat 4/14)

niversity of Vermont came over and joined me in watching the bird. Then, as I borrowed one student’s phone and called Dave Nutter, the bird disappeared.I slowly walked around the island of vegetation twice to no avail, but finally I saw it again very close to its original spot. Again it was out in the open,

[cayugabirds-l] Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve: Louisiana Waterthrush, Brown Thrasher

way out I met Suan Yong. As the rain began and we were about to leave we saw and heard a BROWN THRASHER near the entrance.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives

[cayugabirds-l] Serious migration tonight (as of 10:30pm)

lutter=0ID=BGMtype=N0Rshowstorms=0lat=42.23885727lon=-76.01076508label=Glen%20Aubrey,%20NYmap.x=400map.y=240scale=1.000centerx=400centery=240showlabels=1rainsnow=0lightning=0lerror=20num_stns_min=2num_stns_max=avg_off=smooth=0--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome

Re: ADMIN: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl??? (Cayuga Lake Basin defined)

I agree with Chris T-H in welcoming reports from beyond the Cayuga Lake Basin, especially big, rare, easy-to-ID-from-a-respectful-distance birds like Snowy Owls, but also anything wild-bird-related which is unusual or interesting to you the writer/observer.I just want to set the record straight

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

from the taxi a half hour later did not show me any grebes. I think it's inconclusive whether there are 3 and our southern bird was playing its usual hide and seek or whether it flew north and joined another bird for a total of 2. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, NY On Feb 8, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Matthew

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock owl night

spontaneously vocalizing during broad daylight with playback neither necessary nor recommended.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Palm too at Swan Pen

A Palm Warbler I saw by the Swan Pond on April 14 (possibly the one first reported by Tim Lenz at Stewart Park on the 11th) had yellow confined to the throat and undertail coverts and the breast and belly more gray (western). A Palm Warbler I saw there on the 20th had large irregular blotches of

Re: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 4/23

envious of Mark Chao.--Dave NutterOn Apr 23, 2011, at 09:05 AM, Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu wrote:Hi Mark et al, So, Dave Nutter and I led a group of intrepid birders for Spring Field Ornithology along the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods this morning, between 7:30 and 9 Am, in the TEEMING RAIN

Re: [cayugabirds-l] week-end notes

My understanding is that Salt Point, the part of the delta north of Salmon Creek, although owned by the DEC has for the last couple years been managed by the Town of Lansing, who put in the gravel loop road. I agree that their decision to wreck so much good bird habitat by clearing the eastern

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd

It may be disheartening to think we are barely past the solstice, yet people are already talking about fall migration, but it's true. Shorebirds are already starting south, or at least dispersing after breeding. Other birds are as well, but the shorebirds are more obvious. I think it was generous

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sanderling, Myers Point

I tried for the Sanderling(s) at Myers today (4 Sept) without success Laurie is away with the car, so I biked there, and I got a late start, arriving about 11am. There were 6 beginnner sailboarders in the swimming cove, but the spit had plenty of Ring-billed Gulls (I later counted 64). However the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma area, etc.: snowy owl

I know of at least 4 and probably 5 parties who looked around the mucklands for the Snowy Owl this morning, but I've not heard of any success. Maybe the bird migrated overnight, but it's very possible that it simply chose a less visible place to spend the day. For all we know it may have been

Re: [cayugabirds-l] spectacular viewing Stewart Park

Keep an eye out for a gorgeous male WOOD DUCK at the south end of the lake. I saw it off Stewart Park on Wednesday 14 December. Sorry I forgot to post it, as that was a busy taxi day. On 10 December I also saw a flock of about 20 NORTHERN PINTAIL off Stewart among the CANADA GEESE. They took

Re: [cayugabirds-l] snowy owls

It's neat that Snowy Owls are irrupting enough that USA Today took notice and included some background biology. For more info on this ongoing story, there's a neat article from the eBird folks at the Lab of O.--Dave

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Phoebe!

Last night I learned that a few days ago (maybe mid-week?) Stefhan Ohlström saw what sounds to me like an Eastern Phoebe at his house on West Hill near EcoVillage. It was near his pond, I think. He hasn't seen it since.--Dave NutterOn Dec 24, 2011, at 08:04 AM, Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu

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