[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: FW: Structural engineer... amazing

2012-06-10 Thread Therese O'Connor
-- Forwarded message -- From: Therese O'Connor Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012 Subject: FW: Structural engineer... amazing To: cayugabirds-l-requ...@cornell.edu Can someone identify this bird for me? See shots below. -- Forwarded message -- From: Therese A O'Connor

[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler et al

2012-06-10 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, I was working in the garden, when I heard call of a insistent mourning warbler several times in the morning from across the street in front of my house. My house is just 500 ft from Six Miles creek preserve and perfect habitat for Mourning warblers. I also heard, redstart, Common

[cayugabirds-l] Nat history lesson = skunks

2012-06-10 Thread Susan Fast
I returned home this morning at 0930 to find 2 STRIPED SKUNKS foraging at our open compost pile. The local family is different in that the back and sides are pure white and the tail 90% white, the rest deep black. The pattern of both skunks was the same. One of them looked dirty, and it was

[cayugabirds-l] African Grey escaped in Lansing

2012-06-10 Thread Melissa Craven Fowler
If anyone spots (or hears the whereabouts of) an escaped African Grey Parrot in the Lansing area (Sears Rd/ Rte 34/34B), please phone the distraught owners at 607-592-4201 (Marion) or 607-280-0256 (Gil) Feel free to forward this message to anyone you know who might be able to help. Melissa

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca airport Grasshopper Sparrows

2012-06-10 Thread Dave Nutter
I spent 3 hours this morning walking all of Snyder Rd and also the part of Cherry Rd alongside the fields by the airport. I found 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. Two were within the airport fence, one seen singing reasonably close and a bit west of the nearly bare-ground area by Gate O, and another seen

[cayugabirds-l] Strange Oriole behavior

2012-06-10 Thread Carl Steckler
While driving around the back roads above Groton I observed an Oriole apparently feed on roadkill. Has anyone else noted this behavior? Carl Steckler -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Frustrated Oriole

2012-06-10 Thread Marie P Read
You could use bar-soap to draw a bunch of streaks on the outside of the window, thereby breaking up the reflection, which should put him out of his frustrated misery! It will also free him up to put his energy to better use. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frustrated Oriole

2012-06-10 Thread Tom
Tried that or similar. The window is inaccessible w/o a ladder, but I put things up the w/ poles. Also, put a light behind the window to dull the reflected image, but the sign stimulus and the fixed action pattern overwhelm my attempts, Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2012, at 9:05 PM, Marie

[cayugabirds-l] Hooded Warblers more at Roy H. Park Preserve Baldwin Tract 6/10/12

2012-06-10 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
We had an excellent Girls Day Out of Birding this morning. This was the first time for all of us to the Roy H. Park Preserve--Baldwin Tract. I must say that this preserve is stunningly beautiful. I loved the lush green wooded areas and the blue path to the creek. We will definitely be back! The