[cayugabirds-l] Towhee at my door!

Lovely male E Towhee foraged and back kicked snow on my deck about 12” from the sliding door this am. Quite a sight in the fluffy snow and a first for the fenced yard. Anne Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge Cormorant Flock off East Shore Park

100 plus cormorants on Dryden Lake, Wednesday 3:30 pm; also of note, 50 plus buffleheads Arnold Talentino From: bounce-125561293-28222...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of david nicosia Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:50 PM To: Donna Lee Scott ; Sandy Podulka

[cayugabirds-l] yesterday's feeder birds

18 species were sighted at our feeders yesterday. Of particular note were one brown thrasher and one lingering redpoll. Marty === Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken,

[cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised I'd try. A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a large dark bird apparently feeding with them. The shot is

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Maybe a turkey vulture? Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2021, at 10:30 AM, Sandra J. Kisner mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote: I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised I'd try. A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of

[cayugabirds-l] Towhee

I had my FOY TOWHEE this morning. A beautiful male! I guess they're finally coming back. Larry Hymes === W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu === -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Field sparrow and other observations

A field sparrow joined the current sparrows (song, white-throated, and a lone fox) at our feeder station this morning picking through the snow. We last had a redpoll at our Nyjer feeder on Monday of this week. We were also visited by a hermit thrush scratching under the feeder station this

[cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), but would crows tolerate it? I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area. Sandra From: Joshua

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Raven? Sar On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 12:41 PM Sandra J. Kisner wrote: > By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was > short), but would crows tolerate it? I'll suggest it to her; I don't > actually know where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to > be

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would tolerate being next to them. Kevin McGowan would know. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote: By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

I suggested raven to her, but it was an awful lot larger. Is there that much difference between crows and ravens? Sandra From: Donna Lee Scott Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:45 PM To: Sandra J. Kisner Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l]

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Sibley: Ravens 24" long Crows 17.5 " long On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:24 PM Sandra J. Kisner wrote: > I suggested raven to her, but it was an awful lot larger. Is there that > much difference between crows and ravens? > > Sandra > > > From: Donna Lee Scott

Reminder - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge Cormorant Flock off East Shore Park

Just a reminder to scan over all D-c Cormorants for other potential goodies, such as Great Cormorant or Neotropic Cormorant! For example, a single Neotropic Cormorant was found yesterday in Ottawa (still present today). I’ll never forget this statement from Kevin McGowan: “bad weather = good

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

I'm afraid I don't know. Sandra From: Geo Kloppel Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:39 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: Donna Lee Scott; Sandra J. Kisner; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird What food was being offered to attract the

RE: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Crows would not tolerate an eagle unless it was very focused on eating something else. Vulture sounds most likely. Kevin From: bounce-125566860-3493...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:46 PM To: Sandra J. Kisner Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

What food was being offered to attract the Crows ? -Geo Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:22 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote: > >  > Crows would not tolerate an eagle unless it was very focused on eating > something else. Vulture sounds most likely. > > Kevin > > > > From: