Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins in Brooktondale

2024-01-31 Thread bob mcguire
This is pure speculation - but we had a flock of 40 +/- PISK on January 1st (Christmas count) foraging on white pine cones in the small grove at the corner of Hanshaw and Etna Roads. Same flock??? Bob > On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:14 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > I have yet to see Pine Siskins at my

[cayugabirds-l] This Weekend's Field Trip - Changed Again

2024-01-24 Thread bob mcguire
I will be leading a day-long trip to Lake Ontario, south shore (Sodus Bay, Fair Haven, etc.) this coming SATURDAY (Jan 27th). The reason for the change is to take advantage of somewhat better weather conditions. Meet at the Children’s Garden, Cass Park, at 8 am for carpooling. We will be

[cayugabirds-l] CANCELLED - Cayuga Bird Club Trip Sunday

2024-01-13 Thread bob mcguire
Normally, I would go regardless of the weather. But in light of the forecast low temperature and strong WSW winds tomorrow - and the possibility of significant lake-effect snow, I am going to reluctantly cancel the trip - and look to reschedule a Lake Ontario trip for late January. Stay tuned.

[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip Sunday

2024-01-13 Thread bob mcguire
I will be leading a trip tomorrow (1/14) to Lake Ontario. Meet at the Children’s Garden - Cass Park at 8:00 for carpooling. We will be home by the end of the afternoon. It is going to be cold, with a strong wind out of the SW (which means offshore at the lake - at least not in our faces). The

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures perched in Ithaca

2023-12-11 Thread bob mcguire
Right after theTaughannock loon watch concluded (Nov 18th) several of us observed a group of four Black Vultures flying in the gorge opposite the visitor’s center. At the same time there were 10 - 15 TUVU’s roosting on the cliff face, backs to the sun, wings outstretched (to catch the sun). I

[cayugabirds-l] Common Nighthawk

2023-09-16 Thread bob mcguire
, but wanted to get the word out, nevertheless. We were alerted to its presence by the alarm calls of a group of birds - several warblers and vireos. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwing?

2023-07-23 Thread bob mcguire
I don’t see any current records - but this is interesting. https://ebird.org/checklist/S80316072 Bob > On Jul 23, 2023, at 7:38 PM, Carol Cedarholm wrote: > > No definitely not. Very prominent white eye stripe. Stripy breast, reddish > patch near the

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club "block busting" Trip

2023-07-03 Thread bob mcguire
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[cayugabirds-l] Upcoming Atlasing Trip

2023-06-30 Thread bob mcguire
experience says that the actual conditions often turn out milder than predicted, so at this point I intend to show up at Cass Park ready to go. We will make a final decision there in the parking lot at 7 am. Bob McGuire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com <mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.

[cayugabirds-l] Today's Trip up the Lake

2023-03-11 Thread bob mcguire
). We missed the Eurasian Wigeon in the Morgan Road marshes but still had lots of ducks - and a few (first-of-year for me) Northern Shovelers. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon

2023-03-03 Thread bob mcguire
occasionally, quite loud above the falling water of the falls. After about a half hour several Turkey Vultures flew up the gorge and shortly after that the Peregrine departed downstream. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodpeckers wreaking havoc

2022-12-04 Thread bob mcguire
You could try a suet feeder (or multiples) out away from the house. Bob > On Dec 4, 2022, at 1:23 PM, Karin Suskin wrote: > > Any creative strategies besides Mylar strips for deterrence of woodpecker > hole making? Our home and garage are looking awfully tinselly. > Thank you, > Karin

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Common Loons on Seneca

2022-11-24 Thread bob mcguire
Today on Lake Ontario at Fair Haven SP: 15 Horned Grebes, 560 Red-breasted Mergansers, 17 Bonaparte’s Gulls, but only ONE Common Loon. I, too, am wondering if the loons just haven’t begun to move yet. Bob > On Nov 24, 2022, at 5:46 PM, Stephanie P. Herrick wrote: > > Our report, from trip

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread bob mcguire
So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch several years ago, stuck fast in the burrrs of a burdock along the East Ithaca RecWay (near Game Farm Road). Sadly, by the time I came by, it had perished. Bob > On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: > > So

[cayugabirds-l] Sights and Sounds of Fall

2022-09-26 Thread bob mcguire
will show up and the pair will begin duetting. (male’s voice higher - females’ lower) I’ve never found their nest, never even come across a fledgling up here (they usually give themselves away by their loud, incessant calls). Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake

2022-07-11 Thread bob mcguire
will find their way there (eventually). The island will survive. Come stand sometime under the cormorant colony at Jetty Woods - in the spring. (Wear a hat with a broad brim!) Listen to the croaks of the adults and the barks of the young. You might grimace. It makes me smile!! Bob McGuire

[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill Field Trip

2022-05-27 Thread bob mcguire
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] First black-billed cuckoo

2022-05-14 Thread bob mcguire
Yellow-billed Cuckoo singing (pow-pow-pow) here right now. Snyder Hill area. Bob > On May 14, 2022, at 12:19 PM, John Gregoire > wrote: > > Same over here to the west Anne. It must have been quite a flight last night > as besides the vociferous BBCU we had Kingbird, Scarlet Tanager, Red-eyed

[cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds!

2022-02-25 Thread bob mcguire
I have a voracious flock of some 45 Grackles and Red-wings at/under one of the feeders this morning. Glad I filled it last night! Bob McGuire Snyder Hill area -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip this Sunday

2022-02-22 Thread bob mcguire
Ken Haas will lead a half-day trip this coming Sunday (February 27th) up the west side of the lake - looking for ducks, grebes, loons, and perhaps a Snowy Owl. Meet at the Turtle, Children’s Garden, Cass Park at 8:00 am. This trip is for vaccinated only, and there is a limit of 6 cars. Please

[cayugabirds-l] Bird Club Field Trip this Coming Sunday

2022-02-16 Thread bob mcguire
ebsite Calendar for more announcements. Bob McGuire -- 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-archi

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrine

2022-02-07 Thread bob mcguire
Hawk. The Peregrine called continuously, and I stood there with my mouth wide open (!), completely forgetting that I could have activated “Voice Memo” and gotten a decent recording. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Meadowlarks

2022-01-23 Thread bob mcguire
to move uphill as I watched for a few minutes, about twenty feet away. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES

[cayugabirds-l] Looking for Photos

2022-01-08 Thread bob mcguire
The Cayuga Bird Club is in the process of revising (updating, adding to) the Basin Bird Guide and intends to have the Second Edition out in the spring. Since it was published in 2012 we have sold over 1700 copies. In the past ten years a couple of the sites have become extinct and several new

Re: [cayugabirds-l] A great read for birders to consider by Bryan Pfeiffer

2021-12-09 Thread bob mcguire
they are a major player in habitat conservation, and the SPCA because they (and I’d have to check this out) play a role in reducing the number of feral/outdoor cats. Local organizations, local impact. Could something like this fly? Bob McGuire > On Dec 8, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Dave Nut

[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip to Lake Ontario

2021-11-26 Thread bob mcguire
are interested. (bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com) We will meet at the Lab of O north parking lot at 7:30 (note change from previously-published 7:00) and return mid-to-late afternoon. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip this Weekend

2021-10-28 Thread bob mcguire
thing uncomfortable but not bad enough to call the trip off. I will cancel only if it looks like a steady downpour. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirdi

[cayugabirds-l] Up the Lake Yesterday

2021-10-24 Thread bob mcguire
Ken Kemphues and I drove up the lake yesterday see what we could find. With the Loon Watch just two weeks away, I was curious to see what there was in the way of loons and grebes - and ducks, on the lake. We had a couple of Common Loons at Long point SP and a few more in Aurora Bay. No grebes

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip Sunday

2021-10-16 Thread bob mcguire
Bob McGuire will be leading a trip Sunday morning to “where the birds are”. Meet at he Lab of Ornithology, north parking lot at 8 am. As of this moment, it looks like the rain will hold off until noon, but it will be cold - so dress warmly. I am still working out the destination(s), but we

[cayugabirds-l] Report from the Montezuma Refuge

2021-08-07 Thread bob mcguire
. Next Saturday begins the series of dike walks at K-M Marsh (see the Cayuga Bird Club FB page for information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub). This will be a great opportunity to get close to the shorebirds and, hopefully the rare birds mentioned above. Bob McGuire

[cayugabirds-l] Towhees

2021-07-27 Thread bob mcguire
I’ve got two recently fledged towhees under the feeder today, already exhibiting the “scratch-back” feeding behavior we know so well from the adults. Cute! Bob Mcguire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] OT

2021-07-03 Thread bob mcguire
nd his kind words. My condolences to his wife, Ginny. Bob McGuire > On Jul 3, 2021, at 9:16 AM, Laura Stenzler wrote: > > Nari was also a long-time participant in the Ithaca Christmas bird count for > area IV, usually counting along Dodge Road and Ellis Hollow Road. He was an >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] YR Warbler

2021-04-23 Thread bob mcguire
They’re back! I just had my first-for-the-year Yellow-rumped Warbler at Salt Point, plus a Palm and several kinglets. Bob McGuire > On Apr 23, 2021, at 12:13 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > FOY Yellow-rumped Warbler 698 Lansing Station Rd. ! > > Donna Scott > Lansing >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Help with ID

2021-03-29 Thread bob mcguire
Yes. Pine Warbler. Good for you! Bob > On Mar 29, 2021, at 10:29 AM, Diane Morton wrote: > > Pine Warbler! > > Diane Morton > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:27 AM Barbara Chase > wrote: > Who was at my feeder in Enfield for about 2 minutes this morning.. It had a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB redpolls

2021-03-22 Thread bob mcguire
Same here. A small group has been regular at the sunflower feeder for the past few weeks. Snyder Hill area, Ithaca. I wonder when they will decide to head back north? I’ll miss them! Bob > On Mar 22, 2021, at 9:42 AM, Christie Rochester > wrote: > > I still have a few (4) that come to my

[cayugabirds-l] Red-winged Blackbird

2021-03-06 Thread bob mcguire
First Red-winged Blackbird of the year sharing the feeder, briefly, with a few Redpolls! Snyder Hill area. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Surprises at Salt Point

2021-02-21 Thread bob mcguire
as well. While we were there a pair of White-winged Scoters flew in from the south and landed in the cove just north of Salt Point. And there was the continuing Killdeer across the creek from us, hunkered down at first, then foraging in the gravel. Bob McGuire > On Feb 21, 2021, at 3:08

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

2021-02-15 Thread bob mcguire
I just got back from a walk with the dogs along Whitted Road (Snyder Hill area, Town of Dryden). We had a flock of at least 140 American Robins. None appeared to be feeding, but were moving leisurely from tree-to-tree in a SE direction. Bob > On Feb 15, 2021, at 4:19 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Shorebird at Myers

2020-12-09 Thread bob mcguire
c 8, 2020, at 10:58 PM, > wrote: > > Hi, Bob, > > Dunlin might be a good candidate this late in the year. > > -- Bill Ostrander > > -Original Message- > From: bounce-125204494-56173...@list.cornell.edu > On Behalf Of bob mcguire >

[cayugabirds-l] Shorebird at Myers

2020-12-08 Thread bob mcguire
on ID? Bob McGuire -- 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.h

[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Falls Gyrfalcon Continues

2020-12-03 Thread bob mcguire
field marks. I could have been the Gyr - or a Peregrine or, possible, a Cooper’s Hawk. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch

2020-11-21 Thread bob mcguire
9 Per 5 10 Per 6 32 Per 7 3 Bob McGuire -- 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] Red Crossbills

2020-11-12 Thread bob mcguire
I just posted several photos of Red Crossbills at Shackham Road on the Cayuga Bird Club FB page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub ) Bob -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Winter Finches/ Red Crossbills

2020-11-10 Thread bob mcguire
of the corner. There is plenty of gone-to-seed goldenrod around, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we’ll get some Common Redpolls shortly. Note: If you get there early enough, you might still hear the Barred Owl calling from down on Shackham Pond. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

[cayugabirds-l] Flight of Blue Jays

2020-09-22 Thread bob mcguire
Nothing says “first day of fall” to me like a flock of some 50 Blue Jays winging south just above the treetops right after sunup. Even the dogs stopped to look up and watch. One of our local jays took ofter the flock, then thought better of it and headed back to the feeder. Bob McGuire

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Listening to birds

2020-06-01 Thread bob mcguire
Thanks, Pete, for posting. And note that the sounds come from local folks - the best in the business! Lang Elliott, Matt Medler, Greg Budney, Will Hershberger. Bob McGuire > On Jun 1, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Peter Saracino wrote: > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/31

[cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern

2020-05-26 Thread bob mcguire
was different, leading me to believe that they were male and female - perhaps a mated pair. Also present were two Virginia Rails, an American Bittern, and a Wood Duck family with six young. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Up the Lake Today.

2020-04-05 Thread bob mcguire
Ken, Diane, and I drove up the lake today in search of migrants. I am sorry that we were not able to invite others as it would have meant a long string of cars. It was a great day to be out, and there were lots of parties along the Wildlife Drive. Diane has already posted the major find of

[cayugabirds-l] Winter Wren

2020-03-26 Thread bob mcguire
continuously for at least five minutes. The other highlight was a Red-bellied Woodpecker calling and drumming in the marshy area at the SW corner of the preserve. It eventually disappeared from view and then emerged (head only) from a cavity, continuing to call. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wildlife drive?

2020-03-21 Thread bob mcguire
You don’t need to wait for the Wildlife Drive to open! There are thousands of waterbirds (ducks, swans, cranes) in readily accessible areas of the entire Montezuma Complex. Check Knox/Marsellus Marsh (MNWR) and Carncross, Morgan, and Vay Dyne Spoor Roads in Savannah. Bob McGuire > On Mar

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose island, FOY Sandhill Cranes

2020-03-05 Thread bob mcguire
Ken and I were a bit farther north, doing the waterfowl count at Knox/Marsellus & Puddlers for the DEC/Refuge folks. Still a lot of ice, but the ducks were beginning to fill in. There was a report from one of the counters of some 15,000 NOPI at West Loop Road! Bob > On Mar 5, 2020, at 8:32 PM,

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Bird Club Trip Postponed

2020-02-27 Thread bob mcguire
, encourage more folks to come out. Bob McGuire -- 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] Saturday Field Trip

2020-02-20 Thread bob mcguire
Park at 8:00 am for carpooling. Dress warmly and bring a scope if you have one. Questions? Contact Suan: suan.y...@gmail.com <mailto:suan.y...@gmail.com> Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULE

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday's Field Trip

2020-02-13 Thread bob mcguire
at the LHNC visitor’s center on McLean Road at 8:00. It’s going to be cold early on, so bundle up! Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Today

2020-02-09 Thread bob mcguire
falcon. The weather was perfect (for winter): lots of sun, light breeze, and temps into the high 30’s. Next time, I hope that more folks will join us. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Postponed

2020-02-07 Thread bob mcguire
The Bird Club field trip planned for tomorrow (Saturday) has been postponed until Sunday. Same trip - better weather. Meet at Stewart Park at 8 am for carpooling. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip Saturday

2020-02-06 Thread bob mcguire
. Questions? Contact me at bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com Bob McGuire -- 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] CBC Trip Around the Lake

2020-01-10 Thread bob mcguire
for the wintering Snowy Owls and possible sighting of the Gyrfalcon. Bob McGuire -- 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] Horned lark flock

2019-11-08 Thread bob mcguire
Marie and I had Horned Larks flying around, calling, while doing a loon count on Mt Pleasant this morning. Zero loons! Bob > On Nov 8, 2019, at 9:55 AM, Nancy Cusumano wrote: > > Steve says there's a flock of 20 or so horned larks in the ag field across > from our house on Duboise Rd. A first

[cayugabirds-l] Dawn Chorus

2019-10-29 Thread bob mcguire
north. Most of the birds banded this year have been second year birds (and later). The vast majority of the birds caught last year were hatch year so the second year birds this year are the survivors. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday's Bird Club Trip Up the Lake

2019-10-28 Thread bob mcguire
Ken Kemphues and I led a bird club trip up and around the lake yesterday. Actually, we WERE the trip as no one else showed up to brave the rain/wind (which ended by the time we got to Aurora). Loons were abundant (including one Red-throated seen by Bob) and even more so, the ducks. From the

[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip Sunday

2019-10-24 Thread bob mcguire
. The cranes, of course, are still there (70 +/-). Email with questions. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1

[cayugabirds-l] 2019 Muckrake Report

2019-09-19 Thread bob mcguire
The Cayuga Bird Club sponsored two teams in this year’s Montezuma Muckrace, held over a week ago. The event is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Over the past 23 years it has raised over $145,000 for projects in the Complex. If you would like to donate you may do

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock and waterthrush...interesting yard birds!

2019-07-29 Thread bob mcguire
Thanks Marie! Funny about the woodcock. Last night, as I lay in bed, I heard the wing-feathers whistling of a woodcock right outside the window. No “peanuts”, no sky display with chirps. Just a woodcock on the move. We had as many as 5 woodcocks in our fields this spring, and I often hear them

[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Crane Ithaca

2019-05-04 Thread bob mcguire
I was just about to come in for lunch when I heard the unmistakable calling of a SANDHILL CRANE. I spotted the bird, almost overhead, flying NW. When it got over the Ithaca reservoir it circled several times then disappeared beyond the treeline, still headed NW. First for the yard for me! Bob

[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay Parsons This Morning

2019-05-02 Thread bob mcguire
, Evening Grosbeak and Baltimore Orioles, Hermit and Wood Thrushes. The Canada Warbler was an especially thrilling sighting, as it sang its typical song with chips - directly overhead and at close range. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpipers

2019-04-19 Thread bob mcguire
through in search of the birds. However, they request that one phone before entering - simply to let them know that you will be there. Call 315 568-9501 and tell whomever answers that you are in such-and-such car and will be looking for the sandpipers. Or leave a message. Good birding! Bob McGuire

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Little Gull

2019-04-19 Thread bob mcguire
, I’d say that there is a strong possibility of a LITTLE GULL on the lake today, so keep eyes open. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Size of Owl vs Pitch of Call

2019-04-14 Thread bob mcguire
. It makes sense that the male would have the primary role in driving away intruders. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock/Owl Crawl Saturday Evening

2019-04-14 Thread bob mcguire
more than ten minutes, the owl did come in and begin to call. It was the presumed female, based on the lower frequency call. Shortly after that, the male arrived, and we were treated to a duet that lasted for several minutes! Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks

2019-03-15 Thread bob mcguire
Woodcocks here, too. 5 of them. Began peenting at 7:28 pm. Bob > On Mar 15, 2019, at 7:45 PM, Leigh Stivers wrote: > > I am finally hearing Woodcocks tonight! I thought I heard them last night but > it was very windy. Spring is almost here! > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics

[cayugabirds-l] Red-winged Blackbird

2019-03-10 Thread bob mcguire
FOY Red-winged Blackbird singing in the yard. Must have come in on the strong south wind! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Today

2019-02-24 Thread bob mcguire
was unremarkable. And from there we ran ahead of the cold front (wind and rain) all the way home. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-winged Blackbird

2019-02-12 Thread bob mcguire
A strange day at the feeders today! We have 10 male and 6 female NORTHERN CARDINALS coming in with the WT Sparrows, Juncoes, and Chickadees. Bob > On Feb 12, 2019, at 1:13 PM, Rachel Lodder wrote: > > One adult male at my feeders today. With very numerous tree sparrows, juncos, > chickadees

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

2019-02-04 Thread bob mcguire
for several years now as well as a nest in Spencer Marsh (I believe). And it appears that the eagle shot in Caroline may have been prospecting for a nest site in the Geotchus Preserve on Flat Iron Road. Bob McGuire (I am happy to be corrected/updated on any of the above information.) > On Fe

[cayugabirds-l] Barred Owl in Sapsucker Woods

2019-02-04 Thread bob mcguire
: Pileated, Red-bellied, Downy, and then a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER that flew in quietly to a tree right beside me. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Myers This Morning

2018-12-15 Thread bob mcguire
turned up there yesterday. Bob McGuire -- 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] Screech-Owl

2018-11-23 Thread bob mcguire
. Bob McGuire -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeak

2018-11-18 Thread bob mcguire
A pair (m & f) Evening Grosbeaks just cruised through our feeder. Off of Snyder Hill Rd. Bob -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeak

2018-11-16 Thread bob mcguire
Female Evening Grosbeak under the feeder NOW! Picking up spilled sunflower seed along with Mourning Doves, Juncoes, and a Tree Sparrow. The Bluejays keep the feeder to themselves, filling their crops then flying off to stash their dinner. Bob McGuire Snyder Hill area -- Cayugabirds-L List Info

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Owling Field Trip

2018-11-04 Thread bob mcguire
missing Barred and Great Horned Owls all evening, I was awakened by a pair of Great Horneds dueting outside my window in the middle of the night! Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit, Montezuma NWR

2018-10-07 Thread bob mcguire
checked there an hour later and were unable to spot it. The visitor’s center pool held an ever-changing set of shorebirds: Long-billed Dowitchers, Stilt Sandpiper, and Dunlin. Bob McGuire > On Oct 7, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > The HUDSONIAN GODWIT that has been

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Montezuma NWR Shorebird Walk This Saturday 1 September 7 am

2018-08-28 Thread bob mcguire
Forwarded at Dave Nicosia’s request. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: David Nicosia > Subject: Fwd: Montezuma NWR Shorebird Walk This Saturday 1 September 7 am > Date: August 28, 2018 at 4:44:08 PM EDT > To: Jay McGowan , Ann Mitchell , > bob mcguire , Dave Nutter ,

[cayugabirds-l] Sharp-shinned Hawk Nest

2018-07-08 Thread bob mcguire
(Sharp- not Shark! I thought I was so careful with proof-reading.) I am closing in on 600 ABA birds recorded - and just noticed that I have never recorded Sharp-shinned Hawk! It may be too late in the season to catch a family in/on/around a nest, but I’d like to try. Does anyone know of an

[cayugabirds-l] Shark-shinned Hawk nest?

2018-07-08 Thread bob mcguire
I am closing in on 600 ABA birds recorded - and just noticed that I have never recorded Sharp-shinned Hawk! It may be too late in the season to catch a family in/on/around a nest, but I’d like to try. Does anyone know of an active nest? Recording simply entails standing on the ground in the

[cayugabirds-l] A Spring Morning Bird Walk - podcast from Lang Elliott

2018-04-23 Thread bob mcguire
tardy this year. Lang’s recording pretty well covers the soundscape of backyard birds in the Ithaca area right now - shortly before it becomes overwhelmed with warblers, vireos, and flycatchers. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] What a Morning!

2018-04-23 Thread bob mcguire
in, perched for a bit, then flew off. And, finally, my first-of-year BLUE HEADED VIREO was singing as I drove back down the road. After all that, it seemed like everyone I ran into downtown was smiling! It must be the change in weather. For me, it’s the birds. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Up the Lake Today

2018-04-15 Thread bob mcguire
flushed it towards Stewart Park. What were sailboats doing out there on a day like this?? Never have I seen so many rare/unusual birds on one day, at least around here. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Around the Lake Today

2018-03-29 Thread bob mcguire
ound the three foraging BLUE-WINGED TEAL just short of Woolfy’s. Again, the lake was almost empty of ducks, and the teal stood out beautifully! Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES htt

[cayugabirds-l] Yellowlegs

2018-03-27 Thread bob mcguire
on the spit. It is only three days early from the mean/median date on Matt Medler’s 2000 - 2009 list so definitely one of the expected birds for this week. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

2018-03-18 Thread bob mcguire
Wasn’t that amazing??? We observed that extended flock - and another one farther south, opposite Aurora - this afternoon. We gave up trying to count (and looking for Ross’s Goose) and made a “questimate” of at least ONE MILLION. I wonder if anyone actually has a count? Bob > On Mar 18, 2018,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] RW Blackbirds, Fisher

2018-03-14 Thread bob mcguire
300+ blackbirds descended on our feeders this morning. Mainly grackles, but many red-wings as well. They went through about a gallon of sunflower seeds before leaving for - ? And the other poor feeder birds! They just had to wait it out. Now they’re back, trying to catch up on calories. Bob >

[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point Pipits

2018-03-09 Thread bob mcguire
While checking on the goldeneye in the cove on the north edge of Salt Point this morning - I flushed a pair of American Pipits. They flew north, but I suspect that they returned after I left. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow

2018-03-03 Thread bob mcguire
Ditto here (Snyder Hill area). Our first Song Sparrow, female Red-wing. Along with a large (20) flock of Grackles. All yesterday. Oh - and our first Woodcock doing it’s sky dance at 6 am Thursday morning. Now, where’s the Towhee?? Bob > On Mar 3, 2018, at 12:31 PM, W. Larry Hymes

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

2018-02-21 Thread bob mcguire
Just returned from a waterfowl count in the Montezuma Complex. Several thousand Snow Geese in the Rt 31 Mucklands. Much of the ponds/wetlands are still frozen (in general about 80% ice cover). Nevertheless, Northern Pintails, American Wigeon were there by the hundreds as well as a few GW Teal,

[cayugabirds-l] Bob's Talk on Siberia

2018-02-13 Thread bob mcguire
. Yes, it really was - the trip of a lifetime! Bob McGuire -- 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] Fwd: [birding-club-at-cornell-l] Feb 23-25: Coastal Massachusetts Trip

2018-02-08 Thread bob mcguire
Sounds like a great trip! Bob Begin forwarded message: > From: Alex Wiebe > Subject: [birding-club-at-cornell-l] Feb 23-25: Coastal Massachusetts Trip > Date: February 8, 2018 at 8:34:18 PM EST > To: birding-club-at-cornel...@cornell.edu > Reply-To: Alex Wiebe

[cayugabirds-l] European Goldfinch

2018-01-25 Thread bob mcguire
eeks and had assumed that it had perished. I posted a photo with my (today’s) eBird list. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave

[cayugabirds-l] No Gyrfalcon today - but lots of gulls

2018-01-16 Thread bob mcguire
in. Viewing conditions were ideal: diffuse light, no wind, and the birds only about 100m away. On the way home we again checked the quarry and surrounding roads. We had a Harrier and Red-tails, but again no Gyr. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Sunday

2018-01-15 Thread bob mcguire
No idea! On Jan 15, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > PS - One more thought: has a falconry bird been ruled out? > > Thanks > > Sincerely, > Chris > > On Jan 15, 2018, at 3:05 PM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityco

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