[cayugabirds-l] YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER

figure out a different route to the clothesline. Jill Vaughan in Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http:

[cayugabirds-l] Male Indigo Bunting

Last evening I watched my FOY Indigo Bunting flit around the avian buffet where he appeared to favor the Oriole feeders. The combined colors of the fruit and the bird were stunning. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] YBSA

My summer feeders do not include suet, so I have been surprised this past week at the appearance of a male Yellow Bellied Sapsucker at the peanut feeder. It came by itself for a few days, but last evening at around 8 PM I saw two. One sat on the top of the pole, and the male repeatedly

[cayugabirds-l] How to join the list

on the planet! Jill Vaughan Sent from my iPad -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Raft of LOONS

Marianne Ludwigsen and Diane Mawbey just texted to me a report of a raft of about 150 LOONS at Mudlock. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] SNOW BUNTINGS, HORNED LARKS, displaying MALLARDS

At the favored location of the corner of Mahaney and Genoa/Lansing Town Line Rds earlier this afternoon, friends and I enjoyed snowstorms of swooping, banking and ground-feeding SNOW BUNTINGS. There were hundreds of them traveling around to their choice spots on the farm. There was also an

[cayugabirds-l] SHORT-EARED OWLS

Inspired by Donna's report of Rick's owl sightings on Scofield Road, and (perhaps) by the PBS Nature Show on Owls, a friend and I returned for the third time this Winter in hopes of an owl display. We arrived at 5:40, when there was still plenty of sun, and our first SHORT-EARED OWL swooped

[cayugabirds-l] SHORT-EARED OWLS

A group of us watched four (unless that fourth one doubled back unnoticed to join the other three) of the Scofield Road SHORT-EARED OWLS just after sunset yesterday (Wednesday). They spent most of their time over the western side of the large field located to the west of the road. It was great

[cayugabirds-l] COMMON EIDER

Marianne ludwigsen just called me from Dryden Lake where she saw a BALD EAGLE and a COMMON EIDER. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] PURPLE SANDPIPER AT MYERS

The bird is still foraging. We just left after a long show at 4:15. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Programs

Thank you, Chris and Dave, for spreading the word on NPR and PBS programs of interest to us. It is a fine use of the List. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] HUMMINGBIRD

Last evening there was a Ruby-throated HUMMINGBIRD at one of my hummer feeders here in Lansing, near the Asbury Church/Triphammer intersection. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] EASTERN PHOEBE

About a week and a half ago, during one of several swings I made up Cayuga Vista Drive looking for the Northern Shrike, I saw a bird in the hedgerow that dropped down as soon as I got my binoculars up. I had observed a dark head, light chest. I waited for it to appear again, but it did not. I

[cayugabirds-l] NORTHERN SHRIKE

grass before it took off again, flying low into the hedgerow. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

[cayugabirds-l] HORNED LARKS

traditionally been our lark/bunting road, but no buntings today. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

[cayugabirds-l] HORNED LARKS Center Road

The Center Road mentioned in my previous post is next to the Treleaven Winery (King Ferry address) and is off Lake Road, just before it reaches Rte. 90. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] GODWIT and more

Marianne L. and I watched the HUDSONIAN GODWIT moving around at Benning Marsh (11 a.m.) - handsome with the chestnut color showing in the sunlight. On Vandyne Spoor Road, we heard an ORCHARD ORIOLE singing just at the edge of the woods before it opens up into the marshy area. Two other audio

[cayugabirds-l] Myers, Harris Park, MWR

At Myers this morning, at 9:30, Marianne Ludwigsen and I saw a lone NORTHERN PINTAIL. It left soon after we arrived. In Cayuga, from a distance, we thought we saw a swan, but a drive down into Harris Park revealed a SNOW GOOSE swimming close to shore. We were concerned with the way it held one

[cayugabirds-l] LOONS and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

Birding highlights today for Marianne Ludwigsen and me included seventeen LOONS off the dock at the Wells boathouse in Aurora, and the GREATER WHITE--FRONTED GOOSE (a life bird for each of us) spotted by Marianne in the main pool at the Visitor Center. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info

[cayugabirds-l] BCNH at Myers yesterday

Around 9 a.m. yesterday at Myers, a friend and I saw what we thought was an immature Black-crowned Night Heron. We returned home to consult several books, and visit three websites; the result was that we were reasonably comfortable with our identification. However, since I lacked the confidence in

[cayugabirds-l] PALM WARBLER

This morning at about 6:45, the PALM WARBLER entertained (singing, tail wagging, hopping about) for several minutes among the bushes east of the Swan Pen at Stewart Park. I walked around the pen, and it was still there when I returned and enjoyed it for quite a while again. Jill Vaughan

[cayugabirds-l] RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS

Sixteen RWBB are lunching at all the feeders and on the ground here in Lansing. JILL VAUGHAN -- 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] GREAT HORNED OWL

A Great Horned Owl was hooting at 1:30 a.m. in my woods not far from the Hillcrest - North Triphammer Road intersection. No answering call heard. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] HARLEQUIN DUCK

Using Steve Fast's directions from six days ago, I arrived near Long Branch Park this afternoon at 2:00. I did make one change; I pulled into the parking area to the right just before the stop light for the one-lane bridge. With help from another birder who pointed out which of the two Mallard

[cayugabirds-l] Cedar Waxwings Mt. Pleasant

Although my friend's search for snow buntings on Mt. Pleasant this morning did not yield any larks or buntings, she did see a large flock of Cedar Waxwings in what she called a scrubby hedgerow not far from the Observatory. She said the Waxwings just kept coming, and estimates their number to be

[cayugabirds-l] Check it out.

Interesting, frustrating -- 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)

[cayugabirds-l] LOONS continue

the Point today. Jill Vaughan -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Cranes near Genoa

There were only three cranes at the East Venice Road/Route 90 intersection this morning, noted at 7:45 and again at 8:45. Jill Vaughan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail