Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows mobbing Great Horned Owl on nest

HI All, A very quick comment, although I do not in fact know of any data on how effective mobbing of owls is in moving them any substantial distance. Crows are indeed migratory in parts of their range and they do indeed often join roosts in winter. If they have migrated, they won't be present

[cayugabirds-l] Ravens

Our Ravens have been absent all winter. It is well into the courtship and nesting season for them, so we had just about given up on having them as neighbors this year. They mate for life, so we were ready to assume one of our resident pair had perished and the other had dispersed. That changed

[cayugabirds-l] Robins

Just had a flock of 20 Robins feeding on my lawn! Spring is coming. I still have a few Redpolls each day at the feeders. Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] We had a Redwing Blackbird on Fri 2/15 in West Danby

Here just north of Lindsay Parsons in West Danby we had our first Redwing Blackbird on Fri 2/15. This is probably a month earlier than I have seen one before in the past. I try to capture some quick photos as a record each year. Also the Redpolls are causing a giant sucking sound on our thistle

[cayugabirds-l] Dark-eyed Junco singing

Heard the first soft hints of trilling from a Dark-eyed Junco in the yard this morning. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dark-eyed Junco singing

Same thing this morning at our place, though it was a fairly loud and strong trill! David McCartt Tubbs Hill Rd. Richford --- On Tue, 2/19/13, Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: From: Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dark-eyed Junco singing To: CAYUGABIRDS-L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dark-eyed Junco singing

My junco at work on downtown east state street ithaca has been strongly singing for two weeks. Love hearing him. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Heard the first soft hints of trilling from a Dark-eyed Junco in the yard this

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: The City Dark: documentary discussion next Wednesday (2/27)

Sounds like this film has relevance for birds and natural history in general.--Dave NutterBegin forwarded message:From: Jing Jin jj...@cornell.eduDate: February 19, 2013 4:06:35 PMTo: hu...@cornell.edu,snr...@cornell.edu,lightsof...@cornell.edu,kyotonow-member...@cornell.edu,takebackthetap-l