[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Sunday April 14th

Hi all , Just a reminder I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club Trip tomorrow. Join me at 7:30 AM at the east end of Stewart Park for a half day trip. We will check the waterfront and then carpool up the east side of the lake. We will make a few stops along the lake but also check fields for

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Sunday June 3ed

Hello Everyone, I will be leading a half-day trip to the Dorothy McIlroy Bird Sanctuary, a preserve of the Finger Lakes Land Trust on Sunday, June 3, 7:00 am - noon. The preserve is located along the outlet of Lake Como in the town of Summerhill, and has a peat swamp and hemlock forest that

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

Tom Mc Donald in his talk at Montezuma had some suggestions as to why Snowy Owls come to the same areas. Lights at airports seem to attract them. They stop where there is water. In the winter they often hunt waterfowl. Cayuga lake is right near the airport and gives them another source of

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

No idea! On Jan 15, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 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 wrote: > > Here is my

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

Good questions. I think it will become clearer as more/better photos come in. Along those lines, how is it that the Snowy Owls find their way, year after year, to the area of the Seneca Falls Airport? The assumption is that all of these are hatch year birds (with no memory of having done it

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

PS - One more thought: has a falconry bird been ruled out? Thanks Sincerely, Chris On Jan 15, 2018, at 3:05 PM, bob mcguire > wrote: Here is my report on yesterday’s trip around the lake. Of particular note: 3 Snowy Owls,

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

Thanks also for these details, Bob. Some questions I have are: is there any reason to suggest this was the identical individual Gyrfalcon as the one seen last year? Or, is there a possibility that this is a new/different bird? If the latter, how did this one come to settle near or at the same

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Sunday

Here is my report on yesterday’s trip around the lake. Of particular note: 3 Snowy Owls, Gryfalcon, Wood Duck, Glaucous Gull. Bob McGuire Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip 14 January 2108 Seven well-bundled up folks joined Ken and me for a day-long jaunt around the lake. This trip was postponed

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Sunday

For anyone who missed the post of a couple of days ago, I will be leading an impromptu trip up the lake tomorrow. Meet at the Lab of O at 8 am. Back around 2 pm. We will check the lake spots for waterfowl (Eared Grebes still at Aurora?), side roads for Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, Longspurs,