[cayugabirds-l] BALD EAGLE @ Treman Marina, Ithaca

2010-07-16 Thread Eric Anders Ungberg
Hi All, this is my first time posting to this illustrious list... Yesterday late morning a mature BALD EAGLE was spotted flying over the water near the light houses on the southern end of Cayuga Lake. It was harassed by some gulls then it flew toward the woods that are between the marina and

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club mention in this Cornell cast interview with Krissy Faust FYI

2010-07-16 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, You might enjoy this Cornell Cast interview of Krissy Faust, the Mundy Wildflower Gardner, who has been pulling out garlic mustard and honeysuckles to create native plants garden for birds and insects. http://www.cornellplantations.org/news/krissy.interview Cayuga Bird Club gets

[cayugabirds-l] Stilt Sandpiper, Towpath Road

2010-07-16 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Had a good day birding, but missed Chris's two best birds. Best we could find was a pale basic-plumaged STILT SANDPIPER with about a dozen Short-billed Dowitchers along Towpath Road. Kudos to the Montezuma crew for creating a number of openings in the vegetation that allow some close

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 16 July - Prothonotary Warbler, YH Blackbird, +++ shorebirds

2010-07-16 Thread Tom Johnson
All, Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Matt Medler, and I birded around the Montezuma area (Seneca/ Wayne Co.) this evening (Friday 16 July). We had some excellent birds thanks to some nice picks by Chris. The continuing adult Tundra Swan was standing on a log next to the observation tower at Tschache

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 16 July - Prothonotary Warbler, YH Blackbird, +++ shorebirds

2010-07-16 Thread Tom Johnson
I left out 39 Short-billed Dowitchers from the shorebird tally at East Rd. MNWR. All but one appeared to be prairie birds. Good birding, Tom On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu wrote: All, Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Matt Medler, and I birded around the Montezuma area