Lest any anxious readers of this list saw my message last night, after a
West End appointment this morning I went to see for myself and immediately
saw the tethered critter was an admittedly realistic bird scare kite
attached to the Cornell Boat House.
Messages have been sent, eye appointments
My wife met friends at the Boatyard grill and saw a large raptor,
possibly an osprey, that seemed to be tethered by some line on the higher
part of the CU boathouse. she noticed it at 6 and it was still there when
she left more recently. It seemed to hover quite a bit and a pole was
leaning as i
Lots of drama over the past week. We have a colony of barnswallows that
live in one of our barns. Approx 25-45 individuals but they are hard to
count. Plus tree swallows in nest boxes. What I am pretty sure is a Merlin
has been coming around and driving them absolutely crazy. both Swallow
speci
on an electric pole watching ravens eat a deer carcass, about 1/2 mile
north of Sandbank Rd
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Is this possible? we are listening to it from the woods off Yaple Rd in
Danby
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This poor guy was in the yard perhaps after black caps. Did a double
take cause he was really red with a bright red beak. But no feathers on his
head, no crest! apparently his skin is very dark because he presented
basically a black head and red everything else. I'm curious what might
cause th
I was strolling towards Lowes from Wegmans Friday morning and there is
a separate lagoon I believe next to the inlet that goes behind Wegmans and
startled what I thought at first was a green heron but then it seemed a bit
bigger. It flew up to a tree and hid, emitting an unlikely croak. I may
h
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bark.
There was very little bird activity in the immediate area (the
understory temperature was much higher than normal)and I wondered if this
would induce the worm eaters to go elsewhere.
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one the local barred owls must have hit it.
March 19 fr Northern Oriole? seems early
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One mile south of the FLNF
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>> This morning I spotted a bright orange object in the orchard, thought a
>> raven might have dropped a tangerine skin. I went out to look and as I
Our barn swallows arrived yesterday during the morning hours, 3 in total.
Many more than that left here last fall, I always wonder if some of the
others succumbed to the stress of the trip or moved elsewhere. It looks
like there is enough insect activity for them.
tree swallows seem to have come th
First one for us this year, up on a pond on Comfort Rd in Danby, near
Jersey Hill Rd.
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Perhaps the same Merlin I witnessed nailing a redwing or starling on
Spencer Rd. near the roundabout. He attacked across the northbound lane,
luckily there was no southbound traffic and I was able to stop to hold off
the truck behind me and the catch was flown off back across the lane into
the tree
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More than I personally have ever seen at once flying north over Danby. At
least 15 minutes or more of V's crossing the sky at high altitude. there
are subsequent groups going over.
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On my way up the hill from Rt 96/34 I saw a bald eagle in a tree and
then another one perched above the road. The second was an immature
eagle and it took off up the road, I followed it up the road driving
somewhat slowly. It flew about 90 meters along the tree covered
street, sometimes only 6-8' a
We had a mockingbird in our orchard on South Hill today. It was having a
territorial dispute with a crow.
I dont recall seeing them in wintertime.
Toby Dean
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 10:03 PM, wrote:
> This morning (Mon), after I left for Handwork, Shannon looked ou
Yesterday I found this mostly consumed corpse in the ditch very close to
our house on South Hill. I can guess at an identification but I am sure the
group will know. I saw crow or raven tracks around it in the snow but
could it have been a car strike or a larger hawk?
Also, would the Lab
The feet are 3 toed, hawklike, I was wondering if it is a Coopers Hawk? I
am not
clear on the size being correct for Coopers, the glove shows its fairly
small
size.
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> The feet are 3 toed, hawklike, I was wondering if it is a Coopers H
on the back.
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I am kind of surprised that people can shoot wood ducks, I have no
problem with the common ducks and geese being hunted but wood ducks just
seem too special to me. Are there sufficient numbers of wood ducks to
maintain a breeding stock?
and on another note regarding carcasses, in the fall
I found this picture amusing.
they are watching a long-billed murrelet
http://www.surfbirds.com/media/Photos/appletonmurrecrowdlarge.jpg
could we muster this many at once on Cayuga Lake?
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Second hand sighting: Wife Elizabeth said a very large owl, very white with
beige markings evenly spread on wings and back, flew right in front of her
at headlight level last night on E.King Rd. in Ithaca.
She didn't get a good look at the head.
this was well after dark.
Toby De
Driving by at 4:45 PM there were at least half a dozen hawks that looked
like the same species eying the pheasants. When they soared the underside
of the tails seemed to have a yellowish tinge, but the tails seemed red
above.
I would love a more expert observer to identify them for me.
thanks all for the advice. I observed these hawks for a while to try to set
the details in my mind. I thought they were red tails, as that is the type
I see the most often, but wanted to make sure. Great spot for observing
them in different positions.
Toby
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at
And right on the other side of the road from my house, about 30' into the
empty mowed field next to an iced over wet spot. 2 common snipe, feeding or
trying to feed. I had a great look at them for quite awhile before they
left.
this is off W.King Rd in Danby.
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At the Ithaca Beer company last night I spotted something up high, I had my
binocs. and rushed outside and saw 3 Sandhill cranes heading north up the
Inlet Valley. At first I thought they might be herons but there were 3
flying tightly together and they were way bulkier than herons. I have only
see
at the Bird Lab. standing on the bridge opposite the main entrance I saw a
larger bird on the far side of the pond, roosting fairly high. My poor old
binochs just weren't up to a very good look at it. I thought it might be
another Great Blue H. but it did seem a bit smaller, with the nesting pair
t
If anyone wants to observe Ravens come to my house. They have been nesting
in the tall pines at the end of Yaple Rd(and King Rd.)
for at least 2 years. I am a bit concerned they are going to go after my
peaches, they certainly like my compost.
Last summer there was a family hanging around, and I ha
Kind of late I guess but I finally got my visual memory set for Common
Merganser, there were at least 3. Lots of canvas backs, kingfisher,
possible yellow rumped warbler but I am still learning those. I didnt see,
or recognize any terns.
also, one woodchuck that seems to live under the st
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We had a nice birding hike in the Sweedler preserve this morning, down lick
brook gorge and at the bottom we saw among other things multiple
Northern(am I supposed to say that instead of Baltimore?) orioles,
including a nesting pair I happened to see the nest of, 2 indigo buntings,
a scarlet tanag
While at the Grassroots Festival yesterday I noticed a bluebird with
an insect hovering and perching around the entrance to the infield area.
Its a sort of bottleneck created by fences, where hundreds of people pass
through on their way to the camping, infield stage and track every hour.
Th
came to see what the vultures were nibbling on in the open field at the
W.King Rd. end of Yaple Rd. in Danby. Now perched in a white pine.
The vultures didn't like it being around and left.
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Before 7:30 this morning we observed a murder of crows, I would just
estimate at close to 1000?, multiple hundreds anyway, come up along the
tree line heading south right over our house on South Hill past Upper
Buttermilk Park. I was struck at how low they were flying, and they just
kept coming fo
Last night at Wegmans, dusk, in the lane by the water. Two police cars,
officers interviewing some poor soul in trouble at the end of the lane that
divides the lot in half. ( they were doing a very good job keeping things
calm). Going back to my car I saw a shape fly along the water away from the
s
First of the year for us. Two dropped down onto the still frozen farm pond
behind us on South Hill. Expert flying as they dropped almost vertically in
the stiff NW wind. Not sure they would want to take off in this wind, in
spite of frozen water.
Toby
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Here at North Danby near Upper Buttermilk.
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2-3 individuals along the power line between W.King Rd. and Comfort Rd
along the Spur Trail between Lick Brook and Upper Buttermilk park.
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Our barn swallows left yesterday, some may have left a few days earlier but
there was a core group that waited until sometime during the day to
depart. I had counted 3 individuals in the spring, there may have been
more that straggled in. A couple of weeks ago I counted around 40
individuals, tho
I was able to enjoy two of my interests by skiing on the inlet, starting at
Cherry St and heading out to the white lighthouse. A steady north wind made
returning easier.
there was what seemed to be a solitary tundra swan possibly in
distress just south of the entrance to the Marina. It was sit
Another ski on the inlet today revealed the carcass of the aforementioned
swan, now moved near the park police building. Head and neck missing.
Toby
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Mixed in with the mallards at the little bit of open water next to Wegmans
Ithaca parking lot.
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