[cayugabirds-l] Black-capped chickadee

2010-03-22 Thread David Werier
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I saw a black-capped chickadee (Brooktondale area) with some white flecks in its black cap. At first I noticed the bird because it looked like it had something on its cap. When I looked with my binoculars I saw that the something was a small fleck or patch of white. I

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Black-capped chickadee

2010-03-22 Thread Susan Fast
David, I saw a b.-c. chickadee along the Dryden Lake Trail last fall with an all-white head. The body color looked normal. I refound it this past February, and noted further that it had very light colored legs and feet. Steve Fast Brooktondale -Original Message- From: bounce-5462191-92

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Black-capped chickadee

2010-03-22 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Yes. Check out http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/BasinSpecies2009#5286788581196008386. Kevin From: bounce-5462191-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-5462191-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of David Werier [nak...@lightlink.com] Sent: Monday

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2010-03-22 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 22, 2010 * NYSY 2203.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 15, 2009 - March 22, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (j

[cayugabirds-l] Purple Finches in Brooktondale

2010-03-22 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
Three Purple Finches (two males and a female) just showed up on my feeders--the first of the year. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma, Chimney Bluffs; Towhee & other basin 2010 firsts

2010-03-22 Thread Dave Nutter
This morning I decided to go to the Lab of O seeking a RUSTY BLACKBIRD, but as I was about to pass Kip's Barn by the north end of Sapsucker Woods Road I saw 4 of them, all males, foraging on the lawn with some EUROPEAN STARLINGS. Although the birds (and the driver behind me) tolerated me pulli