[cayugabirds-l] loads of cormorants

Today early afternoon about three miles north of Myers I came upon the largest flock of Cormorants I can remember on the lake, about 120 birds sitting on the water, all took off and flew north as I rowed by. John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Sanderlings

5 Sanderlings at Myers point, 7 pm, (juvenile plumage). John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES

[cayugabirds-l] Bonapartes flock Myers

heading north. Probably more on the way, though! John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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] Salt point Osprey

came over and left heading north along the shore. John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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] Black-Bellied Plover Myers

A Black-Bellied Plover at Myers point 8:30 tonight, in mostly breeding plumage. Ate 4 nice fat worms in 10 minutes… could be too full to fly away tonight? John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Salt point Flicker, etc

A quiet walk around Salt Point at Myers today found the resident flock of a dozen or so E BLUEBIRDS at the north end of the meadow, along with a N FLICKER. Along with the usual gulls and Mallards there was a small flock of C GOLDENEYE off the north shore. John Greenly Ludlowville

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loon watch and foy here

from the lower part of the lake. Maybe that's what they are using, to gain altitude. --John Greenly On Nov 15, 2015, at 8:20 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: > John, Meena, > I was joking about following Rte 15 southbound! The majority of birds > yesterday were > indeed flyi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loon watch and foy here

they follow it or just go straight, which would save hours of flight. Cheers, John Greenly On Nov 14, 2015, at 6:42 PM, John Confer wrote: > Hi Meena, > > Good to see you at Taughannoch. > > John and Sue Gregoire and I thought that some of the big, loose flocks of > lo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Screech owl and eclipse

Our local Screech Owls were calling continuously last night as the eclipse began, but they went silent as the moon dimmed into totality. Coincidence?? John Greenly Ludlowville On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:36 AM, M & K Mannella wrote: > On both Saturday and Sunday morning we heard the whin

[cayugabirds-l] heron near miss

me crossing their flight path or miscalculated how fast I was going. Wouldn't that be a spectacular way for a birder to go... skewered by a heron! Much better than a falling coconut. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Black-crowned Night Heron

side- it may be roosting there. John Greenly -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.

yes, that Mockingbird is a virtuoso- when he's really geared up , so many songs go by so fast that it is bewildering. And he doesn't only do the showy songsters, his Willow Flycatcher imitation is just about perfect! But Marie knows him well, and his Wood Thrush isn't his best rendition.

[cayugabirds-l] Many Myers Loons, grebes

! John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Gr Yellowlegs Myers

There was a single Greater Yellowlegs foraging at the mouth of Salmon Creek at Myers, on the Salt Point side, this morning at about 10 am. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] GB Heron Myers

I was surprised to see a Great Blue Heron at the edge of open water in the private marina at Myers this afternoon. Unfortunately I surprised it, too- it flew off eastward toward Ladoga as I was driving in the marina road. John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

[cayugabirds-l] snow buntings Myers

Two SNOW BUNTINGS blowing around in the ferocious wind on the point at Myers, 2pm. --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] dark red-tailed hawk

, lost Zone-tailed be likely to be calling at all? Interesting! But I'm definitely no expert. --John Greenly On Jun 16, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: Ray, I think arguments could be made for a couple species / morphs based on the backlit photos, and I have my opinion, but as you

Re: [cayugabirds-l] dark red-tailed hawk (zone-tailed hawk?)

. I’m leaning pretty strongly toward zone-tailed hawk, but would love to hear any further comments. Ray On Jun 16, 2014, at 11:32 AM, John Greenly j...@cornell.edu wrote: I have watched Zone-tailed in the SW, and they really do fly like Turkey Vultures. Everything I can see

Re: [cayugabirds-l] dark red-tailed hawk (zone-tailed hawk?)

have found, and in my memory, much narrower than the first. ...but why did it call like a Red-tail...? cheers, John Greenly On 6/16/2014 3:02 PM, Christopher Dalton wrote: Hi Cayuga birders, I have been following the discussion with interest and enjoying the back and forth. I have to admit

[cayugabirds-l] Black-billed Cuckoos

. Nice to get such good looks at such handsome birds! --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black-billed Cuckoos

Yellow-billed Cuckoos vocalizing overhead over the course of a couple of hours. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:12 AM, John Greenly j...@cornell.edu mailto:j...@cornell.edu wrote: Following up on Geo's YB Cuckoo post, I watched a pair of Black-Billed Cuckoos in the Salmon Creek sanctuary

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Salmon Creek Bird Santuary

Yes, this is great news!! there have been none there for a number of years. I've heard none up to now. Can you say exactly where your found them? --John Greenly On 6/4/2014 3:41 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: Cerulean Warblers are very good ! It seems they have been absent for a while. Gary

[cayugabirds-l] Robin ferocity- Salt Point

two singing Yellow-throated Vireos- one seen near the RR bridge; fly-over Wood Duck, heading for the creek upstream of the RR bridge. --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Gr. Yellowlegs

6 Greater Yellowlegs at 7 pm today at Myers, foraging around the gravel bar in Salmon Creek 50 yd or so up from the lake. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens

? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two together in the winter before. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens

, my two must be a pair. --John On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole

I woke this morning to the sound of our Oriole back in the yard. This is two days later than last year, and for the last ten years one has arrived between May 4 and 7. --John Greenly Ludlowville On May 8, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Tom Vawter wrote: Our annual Baltimore oriole is once again

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey's stick tricks

before he could let go. Interesting flying, to say the least. The female sat and watched the whole show, not noticeably impressed. I assume this is must be the standard method of getting nice clean fresh sticks, but I didn't know about it and was amazed. --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Point - Spotted Sandpiper

a confrontational situation unless we really need to. Many thanks, John Greenly Ludlowville On 11/9/2012 10:14 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Myers was pretty cold and dull this morning, with very few waterfowl migrating. Lots of gulls were on the spit but nothing out of the ordinary (although on Tuesday I had

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles Salt Point

was not nearby at the time. John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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] Grouse psychology?

with a Ruffed Grouse before. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] best gull toy

at the ball and making it bounce and roll, clearly something fascinating that is not within the repertoire of the sticks and stones that normally serve as gull toys. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] TV flock

as they wheeled upward in a tight bunch. It looked as if they had been roosting and were flushed out by something. They headed off in a southwesterly direction. --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Petraglyph bird quiz: Are there any Finger lakes Native art preserved somewhere that I can visit?

. Their images and designs had symbolic and religious meaning, they were not intended to be likenesses. The hominid drawings were of spirits, not people. You can still see some related forms today in Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo kachina masks. Thanks very much for sharing these with us. --John Greenly

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Horned Grebes

A pair of very handsome winter-plumage HORNED GREBES off the point at Myers at 7:45 am. Otherwise, the usual suspects. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER

Rd just off 96, on the left on the way up to the hospital. It is a retirement community, I don't know anything about the situation for public access. --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER

a pin-tailed wydah. Cool bird. On Thursday, September 8, 2011, John Greenly j...@cornell.edu wrote: The dregs of this tropical storm appear to have brought us more than rain- I was just shown a very clear cell-phone photo of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER perched on a horizontal wire, said

[cayugabirds-l] Salmon Creek

was just there for the overall musical effect- you want precision, ask somebody else... it was a beautiful, soft, singing morning. Even with all those Catbirds. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] 3 Orchard Orioles Myers

was at the extreme north on Salt Point, I could hear the two singing at once. Could the other one from the park entrance have come over there- don't know, but it was in the same place both before and after I saw/heard the two on Salt Point, so I doubt it. John Greenly Ludlowville

[cayugabirds-l] SFO local trip

SPARROW and FOX SPARROW, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE. A 57 sp. morning, thanks to all good observers! --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds

[cayugabirds-l] Myers Osprey

. The Osprey, with its wriggling prey, flew off to the south. I'm sure the Osprey knows that the rainbow trout are massing at the mouths of the creeks right now, waiting for higher flow to make their spawning runs. John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] more Pipits-Myers

lots of Pipits blowing around down on the shore at Myers, and along the roads nearby too. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com

[cayugabirds-l] strange duck adventure??

and thoroughly duck-shaped. What had happened? I can still feel the strange sensation of holding up that absolutely limp neck, and then suddenly felt it come to life. John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] LITTLE GULL

A first winter LITTLE GULL flew past Myers ( I think would have stopped there but a dog flushed the gulls off the spit just as it approached) at about 8 am this morning, heading south. Might be worth a look at the south end of the lake. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info

[cayugabirds-l] OOB Sandhill Crane

OOB- Seneca lake basin: This morning Lisa, Sandy and Bill Podulka and I heard and then saw a single SANDHILL CRANE flying north over the Catherine creek marsh S. of Watkins Glen. John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey 1, fishermen 0

out a fat fish, and flew away. The fishermen didn't even see it. By the way, the Osprey made a big circle over Myers park and headed off in a southward direction with its catch. I wonder where it was going. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] calling Loon

rowed away. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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] raven's the bad guy

-down several times to fend them off, but soon gave up and flew away fast. The crows chased after, continuing to ignore the RED-TAIL and TV, who were still circling. I am getting more suspicious that we have nesting RAVENS somewhere in the Salmon Creek valley. John Greenly Ludlowville

[cayugabirds-l] RC Kinglet

I found a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET dead on the ground outside the glassed stairway of Rhodes Hall on campus yesterday evening. A sad end to migration for this one. Look out for live ones! John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma tree swallow

Seems like someone must have reported one by now but I can't remember, so: one TREE SWALLOW yesterday, over the pond on East Rd past May's point. --John Greenly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES