[cayugabirds-l] FOY Baltimore Oriole
An hour ago I heard the unmistakable sound of the "i am here now" male who appeared to be waiting for food where I always provide it. Grape Jelly and fresh oranges are now waiting for his return to North Triphammer Road in Lansing. -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
This evening a friend and I watched from my porch a YBS going back and forth between the peanut and suet feeders. When I first saw it, I went on All About Birds and also brought out the Crossley Guide for us to more clearly see the striking difference between this bird and a Downy or Hairy. I saw a YBS here last summer, but it did not stay around long. The bird this evening liked the "upside down suet feeder." I have been away for over a week, and am sure my return disappointed the EASTERN PHOEBE already sitting eggs in her porch light nest (side porch). I will 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://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] 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://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] 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 took peanut pieces to it. I assumed it was feeding a female, but the red parch was lacking and I decided on juvenile instead. The male has returned several times today, but usually by itself. It must enjoy those unsalted peanuts. A Tufted Titmouse came to feed yesterday, a bird I have not had at the feeders in recent weeks. -- 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] How to join the list
I have forgotten how I joined and want to advise someone who wants to be part of the List. Her husband saw an Indigo Bunting today in Lansing along Salmon Creek, and I think that is worth sharing. Please reply to me and I will forward to her. Thank you. Best free bird news releases 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@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] 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 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] 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 abundance of HORNED LARKS. We remained in the car using our binoculars (no scope), but even "naked eye" viewing in the winter sunlight yielded stunning aerial antics and bright contrasts of color in the Buntings themselves as well as the contrast of white birds on dark manure spreads. At Myers Private Marina we watched several male MALLARDS displaying for the females. -- 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] 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 toward us from the field on the east of the road, prompting Sue to comment, "I was just face to face with an owl!" It was not long before two others were also swooping across the field, and one settled into the Sumac bush (east side, not far from the northern end of the road) giving us amazing views (what an array of colors on the bird) for several minutes.We watched them as they flew, swooped, (sometimes) landed on the ground, then perched on different bushes in the area, including two near the buildings. We were there for a little over half an hour, and had at least two owls in view the whole time. Someone in another car said she had just seen another on a telephone pole where Buck Road and Van Ostrand intersect. Venus and the Crescent Moon on the drive back were a bonus. -- 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] 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 to have young, enthusiastic birders enjoying the show. -- 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] 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 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] 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) 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] 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 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] 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 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] 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 returned later in the day but did not see it. Last week, I saw the bird when I did not have binoculars with me. (What kind of birder am I, huh?) It was in the same area as it had been. Two days ago, I posted the Northern Shrike and again saw the mystery bird with the flycatcher head and coloring of a phoebe. I checked eBird, and decided it was too early for an appearance in our area. This afternoon, Sue Henne (an experienced birder) emailed me that she had just seen an EASTERN PHOEBE on Cayuga Vista Drive. I called her immediately, and she said there was no doubt, since she had been quite close to the bird, and even observed the tail-flicking. With the "backup" of her identification, I am now comfortable to report to that a week and a half ago and again two days ago, I saw an EASTERN PHOEBE on Cayuga Vista Drive. Sue and I drove there right after we talked, and while the phoebe made no appearance, two RED-TAILED HAWKS were busy hunting and a flock of seven AMERICAN ROBINS perched in a tree. -- 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] NORTHERN SHRIKE
Seen at 3:30 this afternoon at the end of Cayuga Vista Drive where there will be a new development - I walked the lane (cannot drive in there). The NORTHERN SHRIKE flew in front of me, then landed in the field. I got some fine views as it stayed still a few moments, then moved about in the dry 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://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] 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 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] HORNED LARKS
There was a flock of HORNED LARKS on Center Road this morning. We first saw them flying and circling around, then observed them doing their ground scampering and hopping about. They were fun to watch, especially since neither Marianne nor I have had lark sightings this winter. Center Road has 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://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] 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 treats: AMERICAN BITTERN and (whinnying of) a SORA. At the east end of the road, there were several BLACK TERNS swooping around and skimming the water, and a COMMON MOORHEN dabbled close to shore. -- 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] Armitage PROTHONOTARIES and CERULEANS
Having seen the posts about the Armitage Road PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, Marianne Ludwigsen and I pursued the bird this morning around 11. A male gave us great views, including one on a low stump in front of us. He moved across the road to the top of a sign, then to a post on another where he appeared to be eating something on the back of that sign. He went to the back of a third sign where another PROTHONOTARY joined him. They disappeared together. The CERULEANS were in top vocal form, but we did not see any. Other birders at the spot told us that an S.U. professor had earlier pulled in with a caravan of cars. Twenty students were told there would be extra credit if they could find the PROTHONOTARY. They spotted it almost immediately, since the bird was right there beside the road. One wonders just how many got the credit. -- 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] 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 of its wings. We returned over an hour later, and it was not there. Also at Harris Park we had a closeup view of a ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW giving us a trifecta with earlier tree and barn swallows. There was an abundance of BLUE-WINGED TEALS and many GREEN-WINGED TEALS at Montezuma. On the loop at the shorebird end, a pair of CASPIAN TERNS entertained us for a long time with a feeding ritual (one waited while the other went off and returned with food). -- 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] 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: 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] 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 our skills, and since I did not think there was much history of BCNH(s) at Myers, I did not post. I appreciate the post by Cir82 that confirmed our identification. -- 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] 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 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/ --
[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/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/ --
[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 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/ --
[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 groups the Harlequin was in, I saw the duck with several Mallards and one Black Duck hanging out near the abutment. The Harlequin rarely went more than a dozen feet from it. It was bitterly cold and windy standing there in the snow, but he made it well worth it. -- 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/ --
[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 around seventy. -- 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/ --
[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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Threat to COOTS at Stewart Park?
Late this morning, at Stewart Park, three of us saw a dead Coot on the shore of the Swan Pen. It was intact. The post from Marie Reed makes us wonder if there is a threat to the Coot population, since the Coot we saw was clearly not the one Marie saw given the different times we were there. (We did remove a leaded fishline with hook and bobber from a bush by the pen.) -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] LOONS continue
A "GULLOON" line formed across from the Wells College boathouse this morning with hundreds of gulls and loons congregated in a North-South line. There was a gull feeding frenzy off Long Point, but it did not reach the Sunday (October 24) numbers, and there were far more gulls than loons off 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://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[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-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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker 5/7
Two additions to birds posted earier: an INDIGO BUNTING (spotted by Hugh Powell) on the Wilson Trail past the Fuller Wetlands where the trail turns right into the woods and a pair of SOLITARY SANDPIPERS under the duck box off the Davis Memorial Bench (seen with Drew Fuller and Linda Madeo) 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://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] mnemonic
Although this attention to "mnemonic detail" may not be helpful to some people, I think it is worth sharing. I was not lucky enough to hear the CANADA WARBLER posted by Mark this morning, but on the trail did hear Mark mention a beginning sound I now realize I missed. I listened to sounds again upon returning home, and, having found that missing syllable, think that either one of these mnemonics could be helpful: "I'm too too busy now to watch tv." (All About Birds) or "I'm too busy now to watch tv." (Thayer Birding Program). I know that in the field we are not going to be lucky enough to count those syllables, but learning the syllabic counts can be fun, and the gist of this might just work for somebody who is too too busy bird watching to watch tv. 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://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Blue-winged warblers
Blue-winged warblers buzzing at the Genung Preserve in Freeville this morning. 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://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
