For a dozen years, starting in the late 1980s, there were three Bald
Eagles at Montezuma, two males and one female, who all stayed there year
round. They nested as a trio and successfully fledged young several
years in a row. If memory serves, only one of the males was ever
observed
There has been a male Baltimore Oriole at our feeders in SW Ovid off and
on since Sunday morning. This morning briefly there were two. Given the
strong NW winds last night, seems less likely that a new one came in
than that there have been two birds for at least 24 hrs. There
frequently are
Male was singing here in SW Ovid (Seneca Basin) at 7:30 am, it or
another one was eating sunflower seeds (and ignoring the adjacent suet,
which is what they normally prefer) on our feeder at 11:45.
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On Route 96, north of Trumansburg, one osprey was perched today at 11:25
am on the superstructure of the tower where they have nested for at
least three years. Someone (presumably whoever owns the tower) tore the
2021 nest down last summer pretty much the moment the nestling fledged,
giving
We do the same thing, but only put out white millet there. The squirrels
are more interested in scavenging under the sunflower seed feeders, and
the doves also prefer the sunflower seed, so the juncos & other sparrows
mostly get the area under the picnic table to themselves.
On 3/13/2022 8:16
Not in the basin, but several years ago one overwintered in Lodi, and
pre-eBird we had one at our feeder in Ovid very early one year - I can't
find the date for that right now but at that time we only put feed out
in winter and very early spring, generally not after mid-March.
Migration may be
Three options (at least):
(1) Peter's resource is great because it seems like at least initially,
the government will have kits on hand to send out.
(2) But /in addition/_,_ for those who can find at-home tests for sale,
anyone with health insurance /also/ can get 8 free tests/month. So if
I love Pine Tree Farms - nice people, good prices - and we get all our
seed and suet there, but have never seen any suet there that didn't have
seeds or peanuts in it. You could try calling first - 607-532-4311.
They also might have ideas for where to get some. In decades of bird
feeding, I
Hi,
At 11:30 this morning there were two Snowy Owls at the airport. One
heavily bared bird was nestled against a runway light southeast of and
not far from the main terminal building. A lighter individual was
hunkered down farther away, on a ridge almost due east of the building.
Eight or
Hi Reggie,
This isn't a hot water system heat pump, but we are very happy with the
performance of the heat pump we tied into our forced air ventilation
this summer. It now is our heating source on days when it is above 25
or 30 degrees outside, and has the additional benefit that it can be
This may be old news to many, but Audubon just sent out an email out
noting this award! Link to the excellent story included in the quote
below.
> Three Award-Winning Stories from /Audubon/ Magazine
>
There presently are at least 22 loons in a loose group, relatively close
to the west shore midway down Seneca Lake. None of them shows a trace
of adult plumage so am guessing it's a group of juveniles who might be
migrating together. Lots of calling, some bathing and feeding
activity. Two
Haven't seen this on the list, in case anyone wants to head out to Penn
Yan. I have no info after this email about whether the bird still is
being seen.
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Subject:[nysbirds-l] Swallow-tailed Kite continuing at location below,
Yates Co., Penn Yan
Hi,
I think we may have spotted someone's hawk gone astray. At 7:05 pm, we
saw what we took to be a Red-Tailed Hawk on top of a utility pole. It
was standing in an odd position, almost like it was mantling something
there. We turned back, concerned that it's wing might be caught in a
loop
They were there this morning at 8:30 AM, feeding briefly on the standing
(weed?) stalks and then flying up and moving 25 or 50 feet and settling
down to feed briefly again, all the while calling continuously. At times
they were right next to the road. I would have guessed 250 birds based on
my
Apparently there is a sizeable carcass of something in the middle of
a field on the south side of Kellys Corners Road, maybe 1/4 mile west
of Tunison. At 1:00 pm this afternoon, a vulture was feeding on it
and an adult Bald Eagle was standing 3-4 feet away, watching. The
instantaneous
I had a flock of 40 or more last week all afternoon and spent some
time looking at them since they are such cool birds. Oddly, not one
had even a drop of red "wax" on its wings. I know juveniles don't
always show the red, so maybe the juvies flock up as a group and that
was what these were, but
Our (mostly red) oak trees had a huge mast year two years ago, but
last year and this year the acorns have been at more normal
production levels. Red oaks have a two year cycle for acorn
production - the flowers from this year are next year's acorns - so
it could be that 2018 will be another big
I did not, and would love to have one if you are willing to share!
Pls pm any reply since attachments are verboten on this list.
Thanks -
Alicia
- Original Message -
From: Mark Chao
To:"Cayugabirds- L"
Cc:
Sent:Sun, 28 May 2017 17:34:33 -0400
Subject:[cayugabirds-l] Bock-Harvey and
In Bangladesh trained otters herd fish into fishing nets, and in Japan
cormorants involuntarily fish for their owners, so maybe having fresh
fish caught and delivered by an eagle isn't as special as I think but it
was cool. Earlier today I was returning to our house after an hour of
Apparently I got too excited: I meant *Golden-_Winged_ Warbler,* which I
think is warbler species 26 for our yard. (It's golden crown made a big
impression on me ... .)
Thanks, Janet -
Alicia
On 5/2/2017 11:52 AM, Janet Akin wrote:
> Golden Crowned Warbler?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May
Well, we always turn off lights not being used - and more importantly we
have switched over to LED lights pretty much all through the house. We
hang almost all of our laundry up to dry. We keep our thermostat very
/very/ low all winter and do not have air conditioning. We have no
'instant
At 8:25 am today, an unusually white Snowy Owl was near the corner
of Wycoff Road and Cty Rte 129 in the Town of Ovid. It was about .2
mile south of the intersection, on the west side of 129, about 150'
from the road on a small rise. A female harrier was hunting in the
same large field
At 8 am this morning, there were several thousand snow geese flying over
and browsing in stubble in the northwest corner of Covert &
south-central portion of the town of Ovid. All the flying geese were
headed south, some funneling into the fields and the rest only
moderately high up, looking
YS Flicker on our suet in Ovid. Only other winter flicker we have seen
in 20+ yrs here was a sad pile of feathers under a cedar tree found in
February 2012.
Also have now been able to see both 2 male and 2 female redpolls
simultaneously, so definitely have at least 4, am guessing between 4-8
A mixed flock of 200-300 snow buntings and horned larks was on Munson
Road across from Countryside Market in Ovid at 2:00 and still at 3:30.
Had no time to stop and check for longspurs or other more sought after
birds. They were covering strips of bare ground where the snow had been
blown
Hi,
Was traveling between Interlaken and Lodi on Rte 96-A when a wood
duck family scurried across the highway, the tiny ducklings strung so
close together behind their mother that momentarily it looked like a
strange long-tailed wood duck! Traffic on both sides hit the brakes and
the
Hi,
For over a decade there has been a white, but not albino, red tail
on the west side of the town of Lodi, hanging around near Shaw Road. I
have heard it is there year round but we don't drive by often enough in
daylight in winter to confirm that it overwinters there. We have,
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