Re: [cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbill, Enfield
Hi all, This morning a received an email from the homeowner hosting the crossbill in Enfield. She asked me to relay to the list that, while she is very much in favor of bird enthusiasm (and did not call the sheriff on Gary), she feels very uncomfortable having people park near her house and look into her windows with binoculars, which is hard to avoid given the placement of the feeder in question. It's a difficult situation and we can't tell anyone not to drive on a public road, but please, if you are considering looking for this bird, keep your distance and wait for the bird to appear in a more neutral location, perhaps in the larch stand farther west on the road. Jay On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu wrote: I had a little time this afternoon to head up and try and see this uncommon Crossbill. I wasn't able to hear or see him unfortunately but was able to attract the attention of 2 Sheriff patrol cars. The neighbors in this area are obviously bored or have overdosed on reality TV. Otherwise our public servants are very professional and friendly, but not well versed in winter finch activities. Gary On Mar 11, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: All, An immature male WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL is frequenting a private feeder in Enfield, just west of the intersection of Sheffield Road and Enfield Center Road. The homeowner reported this bird to eBird a few days ago. I have not spoken with her, but I was able to see the bird from the road this morning. It flew in and landed in a tree between Sheffield Road and Hedgerow Drive. It stayed there calling for several minutes, then flew up to a tamarack to feed. We did not see it visit the feeder, but it has apparently been coming for several days. Its head and upperparts were quite red, but the underparts were brownish and streaked. Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymcgowan/16761068526/ -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbill, Enfield
I had a little time this afternoon to head up and try and see this uncommon Crossbill. I wasn't able to hear or see him unfortunately but was able to attract the attention of 2 Sheriff patrol cars. The neighbors in this area are obviously bored or have overdosed on reality TV. Otherwise our public servants are very professional and friendly, but not well versed in winter finch activities. Gary On Mar 11, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: All, An immature male WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL is frequenting a private feeder in Enfield, just west of the intersection of Sheffield Road and Enfield Center Road. The homeowner reported this bird to eBird a few days ago. I have not spoken with her, but I was able to see the bird from the road this morning. It flew in and landed in a tree between Sheffield Road and Hedgerow Drive. It stayed there calling for several minutes, then flew up to a tamarack to feed. We did not see it visit the feeder, but it has apparently been coming for several days. Its head and upperparts were quite red, but the underparts were brownish and streaked. Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymcgowan/16761068526/ -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbill
After reading a report of a Snowy Owl at St Simon's Island, GA of all places (we've not had many reports in the NE) we went to the window and Sue spotted a male White-winged Crossbill on the seed trays of our sunflower tube feeders! It's so unusual to see just one as they tend to flock but one's more than enough for a thrill! He stayed about two hours and hasn't returned as yet today. J -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbill
Hi all, The House Finches that rediscovered our feeding station in Horseheads about a week ago were joined by a single WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL this morning. While the finches came to the feeder, the crossbill moved to the spruce trees, though I never noticed him feeding on the abundant cone crop. Might be worth re-reading this story about crossbills, written during their irruption in 2008-09: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/got-white-winged-crossbills Good birding, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, Chemung Co., NY -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbill
This morning I had a single White-winged Crossbill flyover calling at Monkey Run (but not from the yard). Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu Senior Leader, WINGS Birding Tours http://wingsbirds.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
