Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread Tobias Dean
The feet are 3 toed, hawklike, I was wondering if it is a Coopers Hawk? I am not clear on the size being correct for Coopers, the glove shows its fairly small size. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Tobias Dean tobydea...@gmail.com wrote: The feet are 3 toed, hawklike, I was wondering if it is

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread Tobias Dean
. From: bounce-72554867-3493...@list.cornell.edu [ bounce-72554867-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tobias Dean [ tdea...@twcny.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:42 AM To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread Tobias Dean
I am kind of surprised that people can shoot wood ducks, I have no problem with the common ducks and geese being hunted but wood ducks just seem too special to me. Are there sufficient numbers of wood ducks to maintain a breeding stock? and on another note regarding carcasses, in the

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
That's a Wood Duck. Note the yellowish, webbed feet, the shiny patch on the top of the wing with a small white line on the feathers below it, the tuft of red and yellow near the rump, and, as Ryan pointed out, the intricately barred flank feather. Nothing else has those. Looks like it had

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread nutter.dave
From this should we assume that there was a live Wood Duck in the count circle during count week or in the basin in 2012?--Dave NutterOn Jan 03, 2013, at 11:28 AM, "Kevin J. McGowan" k...@cornell.edu wrote:That’s a Wood Duck. Note the yellowish, webbed feet, the shiny patch on the top of the wing

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread nutter.dave
I meant 2013. Even typing I'm not used to the new year.--Dave NutterOn Jan 03, 2013, at 01:15 PM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote:From this should we assume that there was a live Wood Duck in the count circle during count week or in the basin in 2012?--Dave NutterOn Jan 03, 2013, at 11:28 AM, "Kevin J.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul

2013-01-03 Thread Linda Orkin
Only if Chris saw it!! : ) Linda. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2013, at 1:12 PM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote: From this should we assume that there was a live Wood Duck in the count circle during count week or in the basin in 2012? --Dave Nutter On Jan 03, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Kevin J.