I saw a bird doing some soaring, which distracted my attention from driving
because it seemed unusual, as if it were in display. As I identified it as a
raven flying south across Rt. 79 about 0.4 miles west of intersection with
Flatiron Rd at ~11, Monday, 12 Feb., I was able to see that it had a
Folks after MANY attempts over the past two winters at looking for this
Arctic "Fox" my friend, Janet Aiken, and I finally spotted the beautiful
falcon this morning (2/12/18)around 10 a.m. We were traveling north on
Seybolt Rd. just south of the Left turn that would put you onto Stahl
Rd. when
TONIGHT!! Monday, February 12, will be the monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird
Club.
Speaker:Bob McGuire
Across Siberia: Birding with a Microphone
Bob spent part of last summer traveling across Siberia, from the Mongolian
border to the Arctic Ocean. Join him for recordings, videos, and photo
On Feb 12, 2018, at 12:42 PM, John Confer wrote:
>
> Alright, why is it called Speed Hill and why is the other called Buffalo?)
>
Hi John and all other interested Cayugabirders. The answer to those questions
can be found here:
http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/files2/historian/placenames/kammen%
With permission, I thought I would share an offline conversation I had with
falconer Tim Gallagher a few weeks ago (below). The discussion started because
I questioned why eBird was blocking eBird RBA alerts of Gyrfalcon sightings
while at the same time possibly instilling fear in people wanting
* New York* Syracuse
- January 29, 2018
* NYSY 02.12.18 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 05 2018 -
February 12, 2018to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate
NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands
Complex (MWC)