Tim's counts don't seem unreasonable at all. Here is a count for one of my
stops yesterday, midday, on my way up the east side of the lake. The Tundra
Swan numbers are high here and at Towpath Mach. Where I counted over 500.
Location: Harris Park
Observation date: 2/20/11
Number of sp
I see that others are reporting their lake finds, so I better put mine in,
such as they were. I went up in the afternoon to the farmland northwest of
Locke to check on sandhill cranes. I was inspired by the GBBC data showing
the phalanx of crane migration from Florida up to Indiana, and into sout
Over the weekend I had at least one female HOARY REDPOLL coming to my feeders,
along with about 20 Common Redpolls. I have put photos at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2011.
Unfortunately, the feeders are not visible from the road or driveway, and the
driveway itself is treac
Swung by the Lock yesterday noon and found both adult Bald Eagles at the nest,
one in it, another in a nearby tree. The latter swung down and caught a fish,
flew to the nest where it proceeded to eat it, while the one that had been in
the nest flew into a tree, presumable to watch for lunch.
Both of the Carolina Wren pair appeared together today at our suet,
just so they could be counted for the GBBC. They were missing since
last Thursday and only one at a time has appeared sporadically last
week. A red squirrel happily sits all day inside the outer suet cage,
discouraging small bi
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* February 21, 2011
* NYSY 2102.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 14, 2010 - February 21, 2011
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
Nari -
Your story of your squirrel made me want to share my story -
Saturday(2nd day of bird count) morning I noticed the cardinals flying to my
big green metal feeder, then flying away without stopping for food. I
thought it must be empty, my son thought not. He went out with a bucket of
f
This evening, just before dark, Mary Jean and Phil headed to the Wycoff Rd and
Rock River Rd area to check for SHORT-EARED OWLS. They saw 4 owls in that
area, flying, perching on posts or treetops and one sitting in the middle of
the road eating a mouse. Then on their way home, they saw anothe
