[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Many raptors at game farm
My fingers were so cold I forgot to type the location earlier this afternoon when I was at Game Farm Road and the Compost today from 3:30-4:30. It seemed like raptor-ville; so I thought I would post. Someone suggested I was looking at Short-eared Owls, which I had never seen before. (Thanks, Sue!) And now I'd like to amend what I saw. If anyone was out there today and can verify anything, please do! I think I saw 6 juvenile Red-tailed Hawks, 2 juvenile SEOs, and 2 unidentified falcons. And they all looked so very hungry! I got a very good look (20 ft) at the gorgeous (black/grey/brown mix) feathers on the back of the SEO while it sat on the posts before they disappeared suddenly. I was looking up for them, and if they were owls, I now realize I should have looked down! And here is a link to a picture, which matches the colors of the birds back, which I definitely saw today, https://www.flickr.com/photos/teagden/4732173060/ I did not have the right angle or enough time to see its face and was distracted by the six hawks in the hedge row that caught the corner of my eye at the intersection of Dodge/Stevenson/Game Farm Road. They were buteo in form when flying, and many had a red tail when the sun was out. I watched them for about an hour as they hunted in the 200+ acres of fields surrounding me. The two smaller hawks showed up near the end of my time there, and I am still not sure after having looked in my bird book. They were very dark on top and white on the underside, falcon-shape, crow-size. I saw a similar-looking one circling over Sapsucker Woods pond one hour earlier, around 3:30pm. The closest look I got was about 60 feet in flight. Could it be the Peregrine??? Joyful birding! Sandy Wold -- Forwarded message -- From: Sandy sandra.w...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM Subject: Many Hawks at game farm To: Upstate NY Birding cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu I think I am looking at 6 juvenile Red-tailed Hawks and saw two crow-size Hawks and one other hawk that is not a RTH. They are very active right now and have been resting on posts and on trees in the hedge row. Will try to identify later. Sent from my iPhone -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Bird ID Help Needed
Today after the storm clouds parted around 3pm, the sun came out and Cayuga Lake at Stewart Park was glorious, and may still be! Can anyone verify the following birds at Stewart Park? They were in the far eastern corner and then some of them moved westward. 1 Red-throated Loon in winter plumage? gorgeous, elegant, stunning and looked more like a Western Grebe, which I know is highly unlikely if impossible. 2 Red-necked Grebes? but the heads were dark black and bird looked more like a Double-crested Cormorant but Mallard-size, swimming with 6 domestic(?) Snow Geese (orange beaks, no black feathers). 2 Common Mergansers? but looked the coot-size! and there was a Great Blue Heron napping in the muck near the RR tracks! Thanks in advance for any help! Sandy -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Wanted: old Charlie Harper or Bird Calendars
I am working on some art projects and would appreciate any you don't want or need any more. I can pick up at potluck tonight or any bird meeting or GreenStar. I live downtown. Thank you! Sandy * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold Interdisciplinary Educator/Author/Artist/Curriculum Developer https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-sandy-wold/a7/114/877 Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ NYS Certified Math, Science, Chemistry Teacher/Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: November 01, 2014
Hey all, When you post a sighting, it would be greatly appreciated if you could specify the area in which you saw your bird as many of us may not know where you live. I don't need your personal address, just perhaps an intersection or landmark is enough. Thank you for your postings! Sandy * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold Interdisciplinary Educator/Author/Artist/Curriculum Developer https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-sandy-wold/a7/114/877 Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ NYS Certified Math, Science, Chemistry Teacher/Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 12:07 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu wrote: CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, November 01, 2014. 1. Short-eared Owl 2. Sandhill cranes -- Subject: Short-eared Owl From: bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 16:19:37 + X-Message-Number: 1 Walking back from the mailbox this morning, I had a Short-eared Owl fly low across the field in front of me. It landed briefly in a hedgerow until chased back up by crows. The crows proceeded to escort it higher and higher until it finally disappeared into the overhanging clouds to the south. Bob McGuire -- Subject: Sandhill cranes From: Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.com Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 19:27:48 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2 Hi - did anyone see any today? I am hoping to see my first. Thanks! --- END OF DIGEST -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Wildlife Refuge Report 10/28
Here is what a bird biologist friend from Argentina and I saw today at Montezuma. I put an * next to ones we were not 100% sure about. Visitor Center/View from Observation Tower KILLDEER, GULLS (not sure what kind), 5 BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN HARRIER, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-TAIL HAWK Larue's Lagoon (woods between Wildlife Drive and lagoon) DOWNY WOODPECKER, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED TITMOUSE, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Wildlife Drive gazillions of CANADA GEESE, MALLARD, PINTAIL, many AMERICAN WIGEON, SHOVELER, many GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK*, GADWALL*, REDHEAD, 2 BUFFLEHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, PIED BILLED GREBE, gazillions of COOT, GREAT BLUE HERON AND JUVENILE Around Photo Blind nearer to Wildlife Drive Road 2 GREATER YELLOW LEGS Esker Brook Trail STARLING, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold Interdisciplinary Educator/Author/Artist/Curriculum Developer https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-sandy-wold/a7/114/877 Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ NYS Certified Math, Science, Chemistry Teacher/Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Any field trips for observing migrations this weekend?
I saw an announcement earlier this week but cannot find it. I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could repost or send to me? Thank you! * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold NYS Certified Math, Science, Chemistry Teacher/Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ Environmental education and project management -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Want to buy: used quality binoculars
Anyone have a pair of used binoculars for sale? I would like to find a lightweight pair with easy focus and quality. I'd also love to have brand suggestions for buying one online. Thank you! * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold NYS Certified Math, Science, Chemistry Teacher/Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ Environmental education and project management -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Robin ferocity
Wow, I love this listserve and learn so much from it! This Robin behavior observed explains why I feel like a local Robin has been dive-bombing me every morning I walk out into my back yard (downtown Ithaca). She must have babies nearby. She had a nest nearby last year which was attacked by something, and I found the remains. Sandy -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
