[cayugabirds-l] Spencer Marsh and Danby Area

Hello all, I was not going to bird or ode as I want to finish my garden work, but could not resist this beautiful weather. So I headed to my favorite Spencer Marsh to look for Northern Bluets. I was not disappointed as I saw quite a few of those. Plus I believe I saw an Emerald Spreadwing, wh

[cayugabirds-l] Additoins: RE: Spencer Marsh and Danby Area

Also a raven croaked all the time I was there! Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-116267989-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal Sent: Sunday, June 15

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuta Gulf

Hi Bob and all, Recently, I have been going to this location a lot. This also a wonderful place for seeing gems of dragonflies and damselflies. Well I am missing this weekend, though I saw Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia for the first time in its native habitat. But Japan is very low i

[cayugabirds-l] The book about birds' food! (posted with permission from the list owner!)

Dear Cayuga birders Have you been spending the summer complaining about birds that are hard to find? Is it not fun to look at the what birds are eating? You see those sneaky grackles always along the shores of the ponds and streams picking something. The bluebirds and blackbirds come back to

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and sap trees

Hi all, I am still looking for sapsuckers with sap trees for a research project and sampling the sap. If you any of you have come across a tree with sap holes this summer please get in touch with me at (m...@cornell.edu) if you do not mind sharing the location. I am wil

[cayugabirds-l] Merlins and a reminder to the odonate book recption today at 3.00 pm at BTI

Hi all, I have heard the East Ithaca Cemetery merlins several times in morning when I walk to work, so they must have continued there and may have been successful in nesting. I mean to stop by at the cemetery and check it out but have had no chance to do so far. Also, today I noticed most

[cayugabirds-l] FW: Moth Week: Yet another bird food related celebrations

FYI: It is lot of fun, might be able to hear some owls when we are in the field. Hope to see some of you there! Cheers Meena From: bounce-117434025-3384...@list.cornell.edu mailto:bounce-117434025-3384...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of Bill E

[cayugabirds-l] Jason Dombroskie's talk on Moths and importance of understandoing ecology of moths/insects

Hi all, Yesterday I posted about the moth week but did not emphasize on this talk on this Thursday 24 June from 6.30 pm to 7.30 by Dr. Jason Dombroskie on New York State Moths at Borg Warner Room of Tompkins County Public Library. According to me it is a must talk for all bird lovers. Jason

[cayugabirds-l] MNWR yesterday

Yesterday I was thinking of going on the morning group walk to MNWR, but I came back from Moth Week Party at Treman SP only around 1.00 Am and after that too spent another hour at my moth sheet, which was fun where we saw over hundred species of moths. So when I got up at 6.00 am, I decided to g

RE:[cayugabirds-l] MNWR yesterday

-117669890-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:32 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR yesterday Yesterday I was thinking of going on the morning group walk to MNWR, but I came back from Moth Week Party at Treman SP only around 1.00

Re: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Caspian Terns and pedestrians on the Wildlife Drive :(

Hi John and all, My question to you is were the birds disturbed by so many people being out. I have been to MNWR for more than 20 years. When I started birding MNWR there was no restriction of being in the car. We could walk around on the drive. I have been to many NWR refuges, nowhere there was

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ...pedestrians on the Wildlife Drive :(

Hi Kevin and all, Great thoughts Kevin! I am with you on these points! Also I would like enjoy other creatures too, it is a wildlife refuge not just for birds. I would like to see a dragonfly or a flower or a digger wasp making it home for its progeny. You can't see a digger wasp from your ca

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ...pedestrians on the Wildlife Drive :(

Sorry for the major typo- read comprises and compromises! -Original Message- From: Linda Orkin [mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 1:12 PM To: Meena Madhav Haribal Cc: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] ...pedestrians on the Wildlife

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ...pedestrians on the Wildlife Drive :(

chattering very excitedly. Cheers Meena -Original Message- From: bounce-117687193-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-117687193-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Madhav Haribal Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 1:15 PM To: Linda Orkin Cc: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject

RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion

If the following is true why there is hunting allowed on the refuge? Is it better than foot traffic just disturbing them to some extent? It seems refuge managers are interfering with the nature in variety of ways by changing the habitats constantly. For example Benning Marsh was one of the

RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion

Because what happened after that! -Original Message- From: Marie P. Read Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:44 AM To: Meena Madhav Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion How do you know that? M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road

[cayugabirds-l] Foot traffic and impact

Hi all, One more important thing about wildlife drive and foot traffic - It is the small amount of the area which will be disturbed for birds (not for insects and other lowly creatures) compared to the area that is available for the wildlife, some hundreds of acres. 28.33 km2 is the refuge area

[cayugabirds-l] Cooper's Hawk and commotion

Hi all, Just a few minutes ago there was lot of commotion in my yard. Every bird in the area seem to be at my home. Several Robins, Black-capped Chickadees, Nuthatches, Blue Jays and House Wrens, were going nuts and everyone seemed to be looking in the spruces. After 10 minutes I decided to g

[cayugabirds-l] East Hill Osprey

East Hill Osprey was hunting somewhere near the Beebe lake and was heading towards its nest via Mundy Wildflower garden today during my lunch walk. Three Giant Swallowtails were seen in the garden. Yesterday on EIRW (East Ithaca) there was a young (I think because the way he was singing) Brow

[cayugabirds-l] Jim Shcug trail and a visit to David Kiefer's garden in Dryden

Hi all, I went to visit David Kiefer's garden, which was on display as a natural flora garden and he also wanted me to see his odonates. After that I went on the south trail that part of Dryden Jim Schug trail, which I have never visited in the last 20 years. I have no clue why I have not d

[cayugabirds-l] Raven in my yard croaking

Hi all, There is raven on one of my spruces and croaking merrily! Yesterday in the afternoon, I was looking out of my living room window, when a male GOLDFINCH came and sat on my yew about 3 feet from window. It seemed it was literally shivering. It sat there for a minute or so shivering. The

[cayugabirds-l] Mundy Lunch walk

Hi all, I took my lunch walk today in the afternoon. I came across a small group of migrants at different places. Migrants consisted of Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding on Sambucus berries and there was a warbler which kept chipping almost sounded like Yellow-rumps chip but I could not locate the

[cayugabirds-l] Night flight calls

There are lots of birds migrating now but the traffic noise from my house is obnoxious. I heard several cheeps and zeeps and possibly a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in about 15 minutes. I need to do something about this traffic noise. There are some couple of Catocala pseices of moths at my moth s

[cayugabirds-l] Giant Swallowtail

A Giant Swallowtail just flew in front of my window and to south! Meena -- 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] Insect question

Hi Betsy, They are called Black Tiger Bee fly or simply Tiger Bee Fly http://bugguide.net/node/view/2803/bgimage Species Xenox tigrinus - Tiger Bee Fly - BugGuide.Net An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Com Nighthawks over Sapsucker Woods

One year (may be about 10 years ago), I saw hundreds of Nighthawks flying in a group over Varna as I was driving by. I just have the picture in my brain where I saw lots of them flying lazily in a typical nighthawk fashion but can’t recollect exact number. May be 300+. That was a neat sighting.

[cayugabirds-l] Shorebirds

Just now four shorebirds flew from front of my window, I think they were Yellowlegs! They were heading from west to east. Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugab

RE: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park

I have not read the article, but I feel lawns are "nuisance". So if you have lawn then the geese love to be on the lawn! Just my thoughts. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q

[cayugabirds-l] Willet at Myers

For those who are not on Cayuga RBA, there has been a Willet at Myers from about 3.00 PM onwards found by Gary K. Just now Jim Taroli sent an RBA and is still present! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca are

[cayugabirds-l] Volunteers capture Osprey fledgling flight

FYI http://www.cornell.edu/video/volunteer-birders-capture-osprey-fledging-on-campus/?utm_source=cornellcast_weekly_update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5485 Enjoy the work of these dedicated volunteers who spent most of their spare time watching the ospreys! Cheers Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] Mundy warblers

Blackburnian 3 FOY for me Bay breasted 2 Magnolia 3 No. Parula 1 Am. Redstart. 1 And usuals Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayuga

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

I also saw one Nighthawk over the hills from Jennings Pond looking northwards. It flew in its erratic way but soon disappeared among the vegetation of the woods. I also saw an Indigo Bunting, two Pileated Woodpeckers and several Cedar Waxwings and Barn Swallows and an Eastern KIngbird was hear

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

Just now an Osprey flew overhead, was seen from yard where i was having my dinner. There is also a dead Am. Robin flegdling in my yard, which i just saw. The reason for death is not known. Meena Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Ca

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow -bellied Flycatcher at Mundy

Hello all, Today on Mundy walk I saw a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher actively fly -catching near the overlook (I don't remember the name of the person in whose honor it is built) over Fall Creek. Also there were three Carolina Wrens calling from different locations in the Mundy and from behind Vet S

[cayugabirds-l] Co. Nighthawks

A few minutes ago I was having my dinner on my front door step while listening to Selected Shorts. I felt I needed more salt in my spicy rice so I was about to get up and go to the kitchen when I saw a Nighthawk flying purposefully in the same direction as the clouds (Southwest to Northeast). S

[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Screech owl

Since just about midnight, a screech owl has been calling in my neighborhood. I hope he is not going to my juicy underwing moths. Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/C

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Screech owl continued and other birds

...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal Sent: Monday, September 1, 2014 1:14 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Screech owl Since just about midnight, a screech owl has been calling in my neighborhood. I hope he is not going to my juicy underwing moths. Meena

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma area 30-31August2014

Thanks Jay and Dave for great reports! I hope to head down that way in search of Northern Spreadwing and some clubtails, so might find some of the great birds too! Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://t

[cayugabirds-l] FW: Migration of Willow Flycatcher

FYI! Wow that is an amazing feat! This came on another list. - Original Message - From: "Manuel Grosselet" To: birdb...@listserv.ksu.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 2:02:10 PM Subject: [BIRDBAND] Migration of Willow Flycatcher We always speak about amazing migration achievements

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-breasted Chat and Philadelphia Vireo at Jetty Woods

Hi all, Today I decided to checkout Jetty woods. As I entered the woods, I saw a Philadelphia Vireo feeding by itself. As I was reaching the end of the walk, in a willow tree I saw two birds sitting on a branch about a foot apart, facing each other. One with yellow underside with streaks and

[cayugabirds-l] lots of warblers in Mundy

I hit a jackpot of warblers, while standing among the Sycamores in Mundy. Lots of Magnolia and Chestnut-sided Northern Parula Am. Redstart Bay-breasted Black-throated Green Black and White Probably a Tennessee Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed vireo feeding a young A white-breasted Nut

[cayugabirds-l] American mink

Today Mundy walk had practically no birds, but I had a good look at a Mink for about 10 minutes. It came down from the seepage near the south east corner where steps that lead to Plantations building. Then it bounced along various dead trees trunks and large branches fallen on the ground and ins

[cayugabirds-l] EIRw mixed flock

Hi all, Walk to work produced good birds. Am. Redstart Wilsons warbler Two Philadelphia Vireos Blackburnian Magnolia Common Yellowthroat young male, looked so very cute H. Wren C. Wren Along with other usual birds Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.Northea

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday Sabine's Gull?

All you know is that Sabine's Gull may have passed through the Muckrace area before it headed down to the south end of the Cayuga Lake, unfortunately no body was keeping an eye on the north end of the lake, which is part of Muckrace territory! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42

[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Screech Owl

I had left the window open yesterday night and was facing the window and sleeping to catch the cool breeze. Early morning at 1.50 am I was woken up to a call of Eastern Screech Owl. After a few seconds it became louder, so I went to pick up my recorder and tried to record the sound, to my dis

RE: [cayugabirds-l] [nfc-l] Thursday: Night Flight in Northeast

Chris, I went out and listened for 15 minutes around 10.15 am. I did not hear anything . maybe I was listening at the lull period or birds might not have been flying over my house at that time. Meena From: bounce-117987749-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-117987749-3493...@list.cornell.

[cayugabirds-l] NYSOA trip to Arboretum, Mundy Wildflower Garden and Flat Rocks

Hi all, Today I lead a trip for the participants of NYSOA group. There were about 12 people in the group. First we stopped at the second parking lot of the arboretum on the west road. We saw a couple of warblers fall down from the sky but they disappeared into the trees. Next stop was at the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lincoln's Sparrow, Palmer Woods, N Campus Cornell

Last week-end, on Sunday, I wanted to take a walk in the late afternoon, so I too decided to explore Palmer woods. I was on the eastern side of the woods, I don't know particular names for the Palmer woods, in the larches there was an empid feeding actively. It kept calling "whit whit" as it for

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stony Point Wheatear - Yes

I looked up ABA rare bird alert, and found Northern Wheatear from variety of regions in last few days. As early as late August from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick of eastern Canadian regions Then on September 9 from Ohio where the bird seemed to be continuing till 14 of September. Then in Onta

[cayugabirds-l] A famous local birder (Bill Evans) featured in SOS blog.

FYI: http://songbirdsos.com/renegade-scientists-bird-acoustic-monitoring-project/?utm_source=Songbird+SOS+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a930d36803-SongbirdSOS_Newsletter_39_23_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_03a4849d7a-a930d36803-161655469 Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone

[cayugabirds-l] Google's logo today

The fall logo with leaf falling on the bird reminds me of Red-headed Woodpecker. Does anyone else also think the same? I think it is drawn from the RH Woodpecker photo. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Starry Blue Jays

As Anne Marie noted quite a few Blue Jays were migrating throughout the day. May be they got cue from the equinox?? But the best part was while I waiting for my bus around 4.49 pm, I looked up in the sky there were about 80+ migrating Blue Jays. The height at which they were migrating and the

[cayugabirds-l] Morning songs

In last few days I have heard the Eastern Screech Owl everyday. Sometimes at 1.51 am or 3.55 am and various other times. He seems to have taken residence nearby in my neighborhood. In the last few days I am being woken up or hear song of a cheery and merry Carolina Wren. He changes his songs

[cayugabirds-l] Haks and tvs migrating

Slow and steady migration is going on. Saw six monarchs migrating today. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfig

[cayugabirds-l] American Avocet as per Gary Kohlenberg at the reservoir

Text from RBA from Gary received at 3.40 pm: American Avocet on Burns Road reservoir at Island Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample

[cayugabirds-l] A raven flying by my office window!

Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- C

[cayugabirds-l] Kingbird

Hi all, I just saw a kingbird fly over my window. Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample page

[cayugabirds-l] Birds moving south

Unfortunately I did not hear to night flight migrants, I hope it was spectacular (in the hearing version whatever it is called). Just now I poked my head out for a few minutes out side my house and looked up at the beautiful sky. There were several Turkey Vultures, some were gliding south wester

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagles for (during) lunch

Hi all, I had three adult Bald Eagles circling over Mundy during lunch time. One of them came fairly low enough to admire its beauty and the other two were also quite nicely visible. Then they gained height on the thermals and headed south westerly direction along with some TVs. Also in Mundy

[cayugabirds-l] Ruby-crowned Kinglets and OT info Ecuador

Hi all, Today morning at about 9.00 am, I had a flock of 6 to7 Ruby-crowned Kinglets inspecting one of my large maple trees with out any leaves (all other maples have lots of foliage left) along with chickadees and a Brown Creeper! Yesterday there were more than a dozen of noisy Ruby-crowned

[cayugabirds-l] Mystery seed collector

Hi all, I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I was trying to empty my recycle bin, which a meter tall and had mixed recycling materials like papers and bottles and plastic container. When I was transferring the recyclers to a paper bag to take it to recycling unit, I heard strange clunking

[cayugabirds-l] Day of Golden eagles and Red-shoulered Hawk

Hi all, Today I was out on a seed collecting trip with FLNPS and when we were at the main pond (I think it is called Mud Pond) of the Mclean Bog, there was a strong north wind. So I was generally looking up at the sky often. There were some raptors migrating. Once when I looked up, I found fou

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock

I have seen them on Thanks Giving Holidays! I think Sue also reported some during that period a couple of year ago. Meena -Original Message- From: bounce-118252492-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118252492-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Sunday, Octobe

[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper

Still there! Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- 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/c

[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper

?Hi all, Here is a link to the clip I took of Purple Sandpiper this afternoon. At times it came as close as 6 feet from me. It moved very fast in general. At one time the surfer had left his surfboard at the edge of the lake and the bird foraged in between the boards. Quite a cute bird! htt

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Purple Sandpiper

://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf From: bounce-118301087-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal

[cayugabirds-l] A raven being followed by four Am. crows observed from my office window

Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- C

[cayugabirds-l] Eaton Marsh in MNWR

Hi all, Which is Eaton marsh in MNWR? Every day I learn new names for old locations. Thanks in advance. Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspo

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Eaton Marsh in MNWR

Thank you all very much for enlightening us about Eaton Marsh aka Shorebirds Flat! Hopefully the ibises have not departed after the snow showers today. Cheers Meena From: Leona Lauster [mailto:le...@lauster.me] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 11:06 AM To: Meena Madhav Haribal Cc: CAYUGABIRDS

[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip 11/8/14 report

?Hi all, Yesterday, four of us went on a CBC bird trip. Our first halt was Myers Point. A Merlin flew pat us and landed in a tree conveniently, although very high but gave us long scope views. Scanning of the lake produced a very distant grebe, based on its profile I think it was a Red-necked

RE: [cayugabirds-l] 2 Bald Eagles

Two more or may be the same adult Bald Eagles flying over Six Miles Creek reservoir heading south. Seen from the bus around 8.05 AM. Cheers Meena From: bounce-118462373-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118462373-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Devokaitis Sent: Tuesday, Novem

[cayugabirds-l] Impressive crows

There was strong flock of some 8000+ crows which have been gathering on the trees along Beebe lake and Mundy, just across my office and swirling around for some time and some of them have been taking off further south-south west. Even my colleagues came to ask the questions as to what those bird

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Impressive Robin flights

Meena Madhav Haribal Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 4:34 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Impressive crows There was strong flock of some 8000+ crows which have been gathering on the trees along Beebe lake and Mundy, just across my office and swirling around for some time and some of

[cayugabirds-l] Fw: [GeneseeBirds-L] Reed; Snowy Owl Millcreek is back

?Follow the link and read the story of this Snowy Owl... I thank the owl and the banders and donors for enlightening us about its adventures. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ I

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Winter birds, Ithaca area

​Thank you Jay for posting about the recent birds for the benefit of non-ebirders! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample page

[cayugabirds-l] EIRW walk from Honness lane to Game Farm Road

?Hi all, Yesterday I walked EIRW and the highlights of my walk are below here. Sparrows included White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrows and Tree Sparrows near the feeder at house on EIRW near the junction of Hawthorn/foot ball field south entrance, where they usually hang around with local sp

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Christmas Bird Count unofficial summary

Dave, You seem to have unofficially expanded Ithaca CBC to CLB. Dave Nicosia' s most of birds don't count in Ithaca CBC circle. So it is not summary of ICBC. Cheers PS:Good to be back home! Meena Ithaca Dave Nutter wrote: These are preliminary records. Some may be adjusted. There may be err

[cayugabirds-l] Gynandromorphic cardinal story

? http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/12/half-male-half-female-bird-has-rough-life [http://news.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/sn-cardinal.jpg] Half-male, half-female bird has a rough life | Science/AAA

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Belle School Rd - CL Basin or Not?

What if water runs in both directions depending upon precipitation? It happens in many locations. Famous example is of a tributary of Amazon, which flows into Orinoco in general, but if the precipitation is heavy then it flows into Amazon. Meena Ithaca Geo Kloppel wrote: Well, collectively w

[cayugabirds-l] Myers withput binoculars

?Hi all, I was going grocery shopping as the weather cleared I decided to head to Myers. Then realized I don't have my cell phone, scope and not even binoculars. But still decided to continue. At the point there were a few gulls, a few Ring-billed, a couple of Great Black-backed and a few Her

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Myers withput (= without) binoculars

From: bounce-118671310-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 8:02 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Myers withput binoculars ?Hi all, I was going grocery shopping as the weather cleared I decided to head to Myers. Then realized I

[cayugabirds-l] Sharpie with something in its talon

Just now a sharpie flew over my office window with something in its talon. Meena Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: h

[cayugabirds-l] YB Sapsucker at Hummingbird feeder: has any one recorded it?

Hi all, I am curious to know if anyone has recorded YB sapsucker feeding at humming bird feeder? I would love to hear from you! Cheers Meena Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://hariba

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Peregrine outside my window

I happened to be reading about Gyr Falcon on Genesee list and when I looked up there was a falcon flying in front of my window and by the size I think it was a Peregrine, may be the same one which was reported by Marty today morning. It headed straight towards the Vet Tower along Tower road in

[cayugabirds-l] OT : Comet Lovejoy is visible right now

?Hi all, If you are interested in seeing the comet then today right now is good chance. It is almost on top of your head when you are slightly looking to the South west. If you know where the V of the Taurus is (i.e Aldebaran and five stars that make a V shape) is pointing towards the comet

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Goshawk Fingerlakes National Forest, Schuyler Co.

Foster Pond is in Finger Lakes National Forest. It probably is not in the basin. But I have not looked at the details where the water flows! Here is the map with Foster Pond! http://www.cnyhiking.com/FingerLakesNationalForest.htm Meena From: bounce-118706019-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:b

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Goshawk Fingerlakes National Forest, Schuyler Co.

Oh I forgot to point where the pond is on the map. It is close to the yellow box “see inset A” but on the left hand side adjoining the black dotted line in the center of the map! From: bounce-118706019-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118706019-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Donn

[cayugabirds-l] Spin around Perry City road etc.

?I decided to go look for shrikes and larks and buntings. But here is what I found. As I was crossing Route 13, I got a ping on my phone that means something rare has bee seen. So checked the message and there was Jay's message about Tufted Duck. So I spent some time watching the waterfowls bet

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Screech-owl

Just in time when I was listening to a screech owl call on my computer! I was trying to identify what sounded to me like a Screech Owl from recordings of my recent Ecuador trip. I finally nailed it down as Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis. It amazingly sounds like our screech owl, but only

[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues visble near Hog Hole from Allan H Treman State Marine Park

?I should say I was lucky, finally I got to see the Tufted duck in few glimpses before it every time dived to eat something! Initially, I scanned the flocks but no luck. Joe Wing was standing nearby so I went to ask him if he had seen it recently. Then both of us almost simultaneously saw the

[cayugabirds-l] One snow goose in a flock of Canada

One snow goose in a flock of about 15 Canada geese flew over my window. M Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://t

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Peek @ My Apps - Birding & Transportation Apps - Fun Interactive Event!

By looking at the subject title I was not sure if I want to open the email or not. But it seems I was fooled by the title. Sounds like an interesting app! Meena From: bounce-118751002-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118751002-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Gary R. Cremeens Sen

[cayugabirds-l] Cardinal and Coopers Hawk

I was shoveling snow at the end of my driveway when I heard something behind me about two feet away and a branch shake. So I looked back to hear a cardinal click and from corner of my eye I caught Coppers Hawk fly away. I thought the cardinal was saved. Just in five minutes I finished my drive a

[cayugabirds-l] Pregrine on the ledge of Bradfield finally

?I have passed Bradfield several times in last two weeks but had no luck of seeing the Peregrines. But today I met Jeff Doyle and his wife who mentioned to me that they have been seeing the Peregrines everyday and they saw one on the west ledge of the building a few minutes earlier. So I decide

[cayugabirds-l] Juncos feeding on rubbish

?On Thursday I was waiting for a bus at Mudd Hall stop, when I observed a FY Junco land on the large trash bin next to the bus stop and entered inside to look for something to eat and found too. And soon an adult arrived it also entered inside both recycle bin and trash bin and both spent about

Re: [cayugabirds-l] many Longspurs, Tompkins/Cayuga Co border, 1 mi east of NYS-34B

?Initially when I saw RBA message from Bob, I thought I don't want to chase the birds. But when Ben reported 11 Lapland Longspurs, I thought I have not seen them in a long time, so I might as well go and look for them. I followed Dave's directions, but I think better road is Fenner ( a road sou

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birding information

I guess you all are referring to the earlier posts of owls. If you read the title of the message and then the rest of the message itself will give you general idea of the locations. Of course the second one was about the residence hall, so that must pertain to some college or university. A simpl

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls (No) and snow buntings, horned larks and lapland longspurs

?Hi All, Yesterday around 1.30 PM I took a spin around to look for Redpolls at Triphammer Terrace and Hillcrest Road in Lansing. I did not see any redpolls. I did not dare to watch the surrounding neighborhoods as it seemed like I would be staring into their houses. So I decided to go look fo

[cayugabirds-l] Cardinal Singing

?Today around 7.00 am a Cardinal was singing his "Kiddo kiddo" song. I went to the window to see him. He was in one of the maple's looking beautifully red. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcom per Tim Lenz, 928am

?For those who are not on RBA, According to Dave Nutter "Gyrfalcon flew from Stahl rd a couple of miles but dropped as if landing"at 11.13 AM. But in which direction I don't know. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Itha

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