[cayugabirds-l] Saturday birding, Ithaca to Union Springs

2013-01-06 Thread nutter.dave
Some friends and I had a great day of birding yesterday. Our itinerary included Stewart Park, East Shore Park, a shrike search, Ladoga and Myers point, a quest for winter field birds, the Wells College boathouse and the bluffs to the south, the ponds and Frontenac Park in Union Springs, and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Saturday birding, Ithaca to Union Springs

2013-01-06 Thread bob mcguire
A couple of additions to Dave's list of Saturday birding: LAPLAND LONGSPUR (seen by a few - not all - of us) in a flock of some 200 Snow Buntings/ Horned Larks at the corner of Davis Jerry Smith Rds, lansing. SNOW BUNTING several flocks. one along Lansingville Rd just south of Davis Rd.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Saturday birding, Ithaca to Union Springs

2013-01-06 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
It should be noted that a hunt club in the King Ferry area gets released pheasants. Several yrs. ago I found one with a cheepie leg band that had been hit killed by a car. I took it to a conservation office in Cortland was told Cornell provided the birds for the club. Fritzie From: bob