[cayugabirds-l] Hummer in Mecklenberg
Just one more sighting to add to all the others. I've been hearing from a woman in Mecklenberg who still has a young male Ruby-throat coming regularly to her feeder and she's got the photos to prove it. Anne -- 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] Siskins and Goldfinches in abundance
I haven't had a Pine Siskin at my feeders (at least when I was watching) all season. This morning there was a large flock of American Goldfinches littering the trees and with them were at least six Pine Siskins. Clearly either feast or famine at my house. The goldfinches who were already in their full breeding plumage looked like yellow flowers in the snow of our trees... Anne -- 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] OT --Historic Peterboro Celebrated Green Smith's 170th birthday
Hi, All, I know this is OT but I'm also told for the last celebration, two carloads of people from the area made the trip! Hope you can make it. Anne BIRD MAN OF PETERBORO: Greene Smith Saturday, April 14: Historic Peterboro Celebrates Famed Ornithologist's 170th On April 14, 1842, Greene Smith was born in Peterboro, NY to famed abolitionists Ann and Gerrit Smith. He became a world-class citizen-scientist and a renowned sportsman who was also an early conservationist. An expert ornithologist who worked with the Smithsonian Institution, Smith acquired one of the world's finest mid-19th century collections of bird specimens, many of which were rare, some already extinct. Smith's remarkable 3-story Bird House museum, built in 1863, featured indoor heating and plumbing, a stocked fishpond and running streams, live as well as stuffed birds, and a state-of-the-art taxidermy lab. His donated specimens helped to establish the collections at Cornell and Colgate Universities and Harvard's Agassiz Museum. An informal presentation detailing Smith's life and contributions begins at 2 p.m. at the Smithfield Community Center at 5255 Pleasant Valley Road in the village of Peterboro. Afterward, a short walk will take interested participants to the nearby Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark, site of Greene's renowned Bird House museum, the ruins of which volunteers will begin to clear and catalogue this summer. An informal birding ramble will follow on the Estate and nearby grounds. Dress accordingly. $2 suggested donation supports the work of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark . For more information, call 684-7025. -- 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] FW: hawks nesting on new I.C. bldg
Hi, All, You may already know about this nest but a pair of red-tailed hawks has built a nest on a ledge on the north-east side (facing the lake) of the Peggy R. Williams Center, the building that looms over Rte. 96B at Ithaca College. The nest is actually visible while driving up south hill. Cheers, Anne -- 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) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
