[cayugabirds-l] cuckoo

I had a Black-Billed Cuckoo in my yard briefly today. He sang a couple times before I saw him fly off. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabi

[cayugabirds-l] vireo

I briefly had a Yellow-Throated Vireo in my yard, singing like a 'Redeye with a sore throat.' Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSu

[cayugabirds-l] Ravens

For the second time in a month, I have seen crows chasing Ravens near my house. They seem to be drifting south from Summerhill. I live in farm country, not the deep woods. An interesting development! Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayug

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday trip

After leaving Jay at Morgan Road, my dad and I went over to Marten's Tract. Highlights were another MOORHEN and an immature ORCHARD ORIOLE hanging out in the grass. We also got looks at a perched Bald Eagle (immature), Pied-Billed Grebe, Swamp Sparrow, Bluebird and a pair of Bobolinks.

[cayugabirds-l] Vireo

I went over to Lansing this morning to look for the White-Eyed Vireo. Didn't see him, but I saw a Field Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, and Catbird. There must have been a hundred Cedar Waxwings. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME ht

[cayugabirds-l] offline

Hello, I seem to not be getting the listserve again. No e-mails since the weekend. Just checking. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.co

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday Walk

After splitting up from the birdwalk at Mudlock, my dad and I went over and checked out Montezuma. There was a little open water at the pool by the visitor's center, which had a Tundra Swan, Wigeons and several Green-Winged Teals. Mixed in was a EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, the white stripe on him

[cayugabirds-l] spring birds

In the last couple days, my dad saw a ROBIN in Groton, and a BALD EAGLE over Cornell plantations. I got a nice look at a REDTAIL, hovering in midair over a field. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirdi

[cayugabirds-l] Lansing birds

I just started getting e-mails today. Yesterday, I saw a flock of ten Snow Geese fly over Lansing. I was eating lunch in my car today and a Raven flew over. A crow was chasing him. I got out of my car, and heard him cawing. He landed briefly on a telephone pole, and then flew off. Bruce Packa

[cayugabirds-l] offfline

Is the Cayuga Bird Club list serve still going? I haven't gotten any e-mails from them for about a week and a half. Just wondering. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVE

[cayugabirds-l] king eider

I was at the Marina Saturday morning. No eider, but several decoys on the water, with a duck hunter crouched on the shore. At the spit at Myers were small sparrow like birds hopping on the ground. Pipits, perhaps ? Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] Thanksgiving birding

Hello everyone, I just got back from Wisconson for Thanksgiving, so I wanted to give people a brief description of birding highlights. In Ohio, we stayed at a hotel on Lake Erie. I got good looks at Ruddy Ducks and several Bonaparte's Gulls on the lake. As we drove past a nuclear pow

[cayugabirds-l] Cockatiel

My neighbor down the road just called to tell me she found a cockatiel flying around her yard. She coaxed it in the house, and was holding on to it when she called me. I told her that her best bet was to take the bird to the Cornell vet school. I wonder if this was the same cockatiel flying ar

[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlarks

I flushed out six MEADOWLARKS in a field behind my house. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2)

[cayugabirds-l] Fall Birds

I birded behind my house yesterday. I saw a Purple Finch, Flicker, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, and a female Rose- Breasted Grosbeak. There was a flock of about fifty Robins in the woods. Today, I saw three crows chase a Raven right over Route 13 near Warren Road. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cay

[cayugabirds-l] Treman Marina

Bald Eagle flew over the lighthouse near Treman Marina Saturday morning. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake

I birded Dryden Lake Saturday afternoon at 3 PM. Highlights were a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a flying OSPREY with a fish in its claws, WOOD DUCK, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, RED-EYED and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. As I was watching the vireos, a small brownish hawk with a short tail flew over my head. I got

[cayugabirds-l] Egret

A Great Egret has been hanging around Fall Creek between Etna and Freeville. My dad saw him several days ago, and I saw him yesterday. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARC

[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay Parsons Sunday

After I split up from Mark and the birders at Celia's Cup, I walked around the Blue Trail. I got a good look at a Scarlet Tanager, and heard a Black-Throated Blue Warbler. When I got to the spot where the Black-and White Warbler hangs out, I saw a HOODED WARBLER dive in the bushes about te

[cayugabirds-l] saturday birds

I birded behind my house in Groton today. I saw or heard nine different warblers- highlights being a PARULA and BLACK-THROATED BlUE. Lots of YELLOW- RUMPS. I also saw a ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 2 male BOBOLINKS. A VEERY was calling, but I didn't see him. Plus, I flushed out a HORNED LARK.

[cayugabirds-l] White-Crowned Sparrow

My dad saw a WHITE- CROWNED SPARROW at the feeder of an Amish farmhouse on Montgomery Road, towards Summerhill. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-

[cayugabirds-l] Lake Street

It turned out that the bird I thought was a Pine Warbler last week was a RUBY- CROWNED KINGLET. I thought at the time that the song wasn't quite right for Pine Warbler. Today, I heard the full Kinglet song at Lake Street, and figured it out. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Warbler

I saw my first warbler today. I was working on Lake Street. My radio was playing Ornette Coleman's 'Endangered Species', and the bird flew over to check out the music! I didn't have binocluars, but it looked a lot like a PINE WARBLER- very greenish- yellow. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayuga

[cayugabirds-l] phoebe

Heard my first PHOEBE this morning, as I went out to get the paper. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillis

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma and Chimney Bluffs

I went with birding with my parents all day today (Saturday). We drove up the lake. Near King Ferry, we saw a flock of about a hundred Snow Geese flying around, Blues mixed in. At Montezuma, there were tons of ducks, and many Tundra Swans. Highlights included a close up Ruddy Duck , and Green

[cayugabirds-l] bluebirds

I saw a couple of BLUEBIRDS today at my work site on Troy Rd. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.ht

[cayugabirds-l] pigeons

I was coming out of Ithaca Wal-Mart, when I heard a cooing sound. I looked up. The whole neon Wal Mart sign had roosting pigeons on top! Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES A

[cayugabirds-l] raven

I saw a RAVEN being chased by three crows today on Troy Rd. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Cortland Sparrowhawk

The Cortland SPARROW HAWK is still on the wire at the farm, before the Jehovah's Witnesses church, on Rte.222. (I saw him there a couple of weeks ago). Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayu

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday CBC Walk

On our way back from the CBC walk on Saturday, we stopped at Long Point. My dad picked out a COMMON LOON on the telescope, in addition to lots of GOLDENEYES and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. Coming up out of Long Point, we saw about seven BLUEBIRDS. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List In

[cayugabirds-l] Turkeys

I saw a flock of about 50 turkeys feeding in a field in Lansing, driving on 34b towards Triphammer Rd. They were on the left hand side of the road. I've seen them there before. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.N

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday Birds

I birded around the lake this afternoon. At Stewart Park, I saw several LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEADS, and COOTS mixed in with the geese and seagulls. Next, I went to Cass Park. There were six RUDDY DUCKS cruising on the inlet, along with lots of COMMON MERGANSERS. I saw four woodpecker specie

[cayugabirds-l] Groton birds

I birded the woods behind my house today. The highlight was a brief glimpse of a HERMIT THRUSH. I saw a REDTAIL fly down a field, calling as he flew. I flushed out a single COMMON MERGANSER on the Groton Gun Club pond. There were also a couple large robin flocks. Bruce Packard Groton --

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake

I birded Dryden Lake Sunday afternoon with my parents. The bushes next to the parking lot were 'Kinglet Alley', with several of both species of KINGLET. There was also a YELLOW- RUMPED WARBLER mixed in. There were lots of sparrows afoot,- SWAMP, SONG, WHITE-THROATED and WHITE-CROWNED. I got a

[cayugabirds-l] Vultures

I was driving through the village of Groton this morning when I noticed about eight Turkey Vultures perched on the roof of one of the local churches. Two of them were perched on the steeple! Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOM

[cayugabirds-l] Monday Birds

I was driving to my job site this morning, and I saw a kettle of about thirty Turkey Vultures over the Ithaca High School. Then I was driving down Randolph Road in Cayuga Heights, and a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers were hopping around on a tree in someone's front yard. Bruce Packard Groton

[cayugabirds-l] fall birds

I birded the woods behind my house Sunday morning. I flushed out a pair of wood ducks at the pond by the Groton Gun club. There was also a flock of twenty to thirty robins and a few song sparrows. The most interesting sight was a pair of MEADOWLARKS flying around the field behind my house. My

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake

I birded Dryden Lake Saturday afternoon. Nothing really exciting. There was a warbler flock in the bushes near the parking lot. I picked out NASHVILLE and BLACK- THROATED GREEN WARBLERS. There was also Red-Bellied and Hairy Woodpecker around. The lake had one Cormorant. Then there were common b

[cayugabirds-l] malloryville preserve

I birded the Von Englen preserve Sunday afternoon. I saw a few interesting things. Just as I was starting, where the two trails branch off, I saw a thrush. I'm pretty sure it was a SWAINSON'S THRUSH. It had buffy cheeks and eye ring, and it wasn't one of the more common thrushes. I heard a

fall birds

I birded East Hill and South Hill recreation parkways today. On the East Hill trail, the highlight was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO (new life bird) along with more common birds like FIELD SPARROW, RED EYED VIREO and others. A buteo hawk flew through the woods and landed on a dead tree. As I walked back,

Summerhill

I birded Summerhill with my parents this (Monday) afternoon. We started on Dresser Road, combing the beaver swamp in hopes of finding an Olive- Sided Flycatcher. No luck. I saw very few birds there. Then we stopped at McIlroy Preserve. Highlights included a GREEN HERON, HAIRY WOODPECKER, BR

Dryden Lake

I hiked Dryden Lake Sunday afternoon. Saw 2 CASPIAN TERNS and a single CORMORANT on the lake. At the far end by the road were a family of BLUEBIRDS on the phone lines- 6 or 7 of them, many fledglings. Driving home on Malloryville Road were a family of TURKEYS crossing the road. Lots of BARN

Dryden Lake- Sunday

I walked the Dryden Lake trail this (Sunday) afternoon. The highlight was a pair of CASPIAN TERNS flying over the lake. Also heard an ALDER FLYCATCHER. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayug