[cayugabirds-l] NE Ithaca, Th 4/24

This morning, for the first time in 29 days, an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL is roosting in view in our nest box in northeast Ithaca. It's been about nine years since we've seen an owl here so late in April, but this bird has a long way yet to break our late-spring screech-owl record date of May 21, 2005.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Royal Terns at Myer's Spit

Hi everyone, I believe these are Caspian Terns. There is quite a bit of variation in bill color of Caspians and they can puff up the rear of their crown to make them appear a bit more like Royal Tern. Royal would have a thinner bill that is more orange in color (sometimes at this time of year they

[cayugabirds-l] White-Eyed vireo still present at Sapsucker Woods

Seen this morning from the Sherwood Platform along with Kinglets and Rusty Blackbirds. One of the RC Kinglets was seriously punked out with the most visible red crest I've ever seen, in the early morning sunlight it glowed:-) Happy spring, Laurie Ray -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.North

[cayugabirds-l] Caspian, not Royal Terns, of course.

Silly me, that's what I get for posting something when I'm exhausted and near-frozen after a day at the spit looking at birds. I meant Caspian Tern, of course, I guess I had royalty on the mind after staring at the ospreys all day, thinking of how regal they look when perched siting upright. Thank

[cayugabirds-l] Glossy Ibis, Montezuma

Ann Mitchell posted to the RBA at 1:36PM today that she and Dave Nutter had found a GLOSSY IBIS at Shorebird Flats on the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma NWR. Also, the WHITE-EYED VIREO at Sapsucker Woods in Lansing was still around at 1:00 this afternoon, foraging on the peninsula between the two pon

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Royal Terns at Myer's Spit

On 4/24/2014 10:41, Christopher Wood wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I believe these are Caspian Terns. There is quite a bit of variation > in bill color of Caspians and they can puff up the rear of their crown > to make them appear a bit more like Royal Tern. Royal would have a > thinner bill that is

[cayugabirds-l] Glossy Ibis

Dave Nutter and I were at Shorebird Flats past the main pool at Montezuma. It flew in front of us and landed across from us. We had great looks at it. Beautiful bird!! Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBir

[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue

While many people saw at least one Great Blue Heron at SSW over the past month, and the nest on the snag is in fact falling apart, I wanted to note for the record that while unsuccessfully looking for the pesky vireo today at noon, I came upon a GBHE striding through the pool just behind the ben

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

A pair of Osprey are trying to build a nest on the power structure at the beginning of Towpath Rd. I watched them break off sticks then lay them on the wooden tower. So, keep your eyes on the beginning of Towpath to see if they successfully construct a nest. It's a new one for Fritzie and Cand

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Royal Terns at Myer's Spit

On Wednesday morning this week, I observed one osprey bringing a stick to the new Myer’s Park hill platform. This morning, I observed 2 ospreys sitting on one of the power poles at the bottom of the hill. There are a few sticks sitting atop that pole, and they are atop the wires. Jason

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Royal Terns at Myer's Spit

No surprise they Ospreys stopped building at the new site along the road to Myers. Did you see those terrifying inflatable easter rabbits and stuff? They are enough to scare off anything in the natural world. ;^) Kevin From: bounce-114786989-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-114786989

[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlarks

After checking daily over the course of a week, I finally observed my first two Eastern Meadowlarks of the season flying and roosting along either side of Lake Rd near the Long Point Winery , west of Rt. 90 near Aurora. Also earlier this week (Monday) I heard and observed my first pair of House

[cayugabirds-l] Virginia Rail, West Danby

At 7:00 pm a Virginia Rail was calling from the cattails on the south side of Hillview Road, West Danby, alongside the former Tompkins County landfill. The marsh is about 100 yards wide there, and the rail was near the back, where it meets the grassy mound capping the old landfill. At about 10:

[cayugabirds-l] Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at Salt Point by Cayuga Lake in Lansing at about 5 PM. Very blue little bird! Also, I admired the festive, but "scary" Easter Bunnies and eggs on Myers Rd. hill! Hope those Ospreys get off the power line and back to the new nest box. Donna L. Scott Lansing, NY 14882 d...@co

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field trip April 26

Hey All, An invitation and reminder to all. Gladys Birdsall will be leading this Saturday's field trip. Meet at the north (overflow?) parking lot at the Lab of O 7:30AM Saturday April 26. Hopefully south winds will bring some new arrivals. The group will go locally till noon looking for migrant

[cayugabirds-l] 3 Osprey nest starts & locations

On our trip to Montezuma this afternoon, Ann Mitchell & I went north on the east side of Cayuga Lake and returned on the west side. We saw the same Osprey nest-start which Carol Keeler reported below. An Osprey brought a stick to the middle of the long double crossbar of the first double power

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Glossy Ibis

Details: about 1:30pm Ann was driving the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma NWR, and I was in the back seat to be able to see out the left window better. When we were abour halfway along the Shorebird Flats impoundment (about here: 42.99, -76.735), which is the pond on the left after the Seneca Spillw

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls at Van Dyne Spoor

About 5:30pm today (Thursday 24 April) Ann Mitchell & I were on Van Dyne Spoor Rd when I noticed a SHORT-EARED OWL flying north toward us over the middle of the flooded marsh. It then proceeded to hunt along either side of the ditch which runs along the north side of the road. We had prolonged e

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

Around 6:30 tonight, watching baseball practice at Cass park in a field adjacent to the Cayuga Inlet, a single adult Bald Eagle flew fairly low (50 feet or so) over the Inlet from south to north. Last seen heading toward the lake. It's white head and yellow beak clearly visible even without binocul

[cayugabirds-l] Carncross Rd shorebirds - 250 Greater Yellowlegs, +

There were also shorebirds at the mucklands. Yellowlegs carefully identified and counted. Dunlin mostly in transitional plumage. David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY Montezuma (NMWMA)--Carncross Rd., Wayne, US-NY Apr 24, 2014 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Royal Terns at Myer's Spit

*RE: **Attack of the 50 ft Rabbit on Myer's Hill * No kidding! Those pneumatic Lagomorphs are dreadful. ​On my​ last sighting of the Myer's Hill osprey ​ pair​ ​(​ over​ a week ago ​)​ , the biggest of the pneumo-rabbits was deflated ​ flat, pancaked, and hopefully punctured. ... ​ ​ ​a​ hhh, ​s​

[cayugabirds-l] Please report any eagle-osprey interactions during 2014

Please report any interactions you see this spring and summer between eagles and ospreys in the *Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake drainage basins* to me at <*cec...@gmail.com *>. In addition to osprey nest locations, I am collecting preliminary data on the pressures these two species exert on one anothe