[cayugabirds-l] Snow Bunting

[Nena J. Winand]

The past 2 days I've had a snow bunting visiting my (black oil sunflower) 
feeders in the early morning. That's a first for my property (presumably they 
are not uncommon out in the neighborhood farm fields), particularly for a 
feeder bird.

Nena J. Winand, DVM, PhD
30 Torok Road
Groton, NY 13073 USA

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Red-tailed Hawk pair sightings

[Nena J. Winand]

Interesting post Dave, as I had a pair hunting over here at my home (30 Torok 
Road, Groton) yesterday.  We had a pair here 2 years ago but something killed 
one in my pasture (and left enough to identify), and in the summer I only ever 
saw a solitary red-tailed hawk.  This was the first time I'd seen a pair since, 
and I would also guess these were a male and female.  I am not sure where they 
nest, but probably north of my farm between Torok Road and Sovocol Hill Road 
where there are tall trees and structures.

Nena

Dr. Nena Winand
Department of Molecular Medicine
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[cayugabirds-l] Bird hawk heaven

[Nena J. Winand]

Yesterday we had a juvenile Coopers hawk hunting (unsuccessfully) at our 
feeders.  He had not honed his craft and positioned himself poorly (he/she, 
that is).  We have a mature sharpie that is much more polished (posted about 
him before).  Just a few minutes ago we had a kestrel strike, followed by a war 
with several crows, who briefly ran off the perp. and tried to abscond with the 
meal.  The kestrel rallied and dove back in and airlifted his dinner much to 
the dismay of the thugs! We are at 30 Torok Road in Groton.

Nena
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Department of Molecular Medicine
C4-149 VMC
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[cayugabirds-l] Dinner guest

[Nena J. Winand]

We just had a sharp-shinned hawk join us for dinner.  He struck (prey 
unidentifiable in seconds) right in front of our deck windows and spent about 
40 min on the ground disassembling and eating his catch.  His eating style was 
very animated.  Truly a remarkable sight. I saw a sharpie (likely the same 
bird) hunting from a tree right next to the deck last year.  This puts him in a 
perfect place to strafe our feeders-sort of like Wegmans for bird hawks.  

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30 Torok Road, Groton NY
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[cayugabirds-l] Predator

[Nena J. Winand]

I just had a mink take a woodpecker (downy I think-smallish)!  I have never 
seen that before.  Yikes!  She lives on my pond (for better or worse).  
Apparently she is not getting an adequate intake of bass.
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