RE:[cayugabirds-l] Firsts

2023-04-04 Thread Deb Grantham
I saw at least 6 eastern phoebes at a friend's house on Creamery Road, Caroline this afternoon. I saw a junco today at my house on Sheffield Road and I think there were others flitting around. I've been seeing robins for weeks, of course, but saw a flock of close to 50 on Bundy Road, Ithaca.

[cayugabirds-l] Mt.Pleasant bird sightings

2023-04-04 Thread Marie P. Read
Hi everyone, I check out the fields at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd twice today. Once by car: I stopped to look and listen for Horned Larks. Nothing. Usually by now, if they're there, I would have noticed their display flights high in the sky over the fields. But I DID notice an Eastern

[cayugabirds-l] Firsts

2023-04-04 Thread Laura Stenzler
Had our first of the year Phoebe and sapsucker today! And loads of spotted salamanders in the pond since Saturday. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Firsts

2023-04-04 Thread Candace E. Cornell
I woke up to phoebes singing—it was a delight. Good birding to all! Candace On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 2:43 PM Deb Grantham wrote: > I saw at least 6 eastern phoebes at a friend's house on Creamery Road, > Caroline this afternoon. > > I saw a junco today at my house on Sheffield Road and I think

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey at Sapsucker Woods this evening

2023-04-04 Thread Jane Leff
4/4/23 6:30pm I watched an osprey perched near top of a snag overlooking Sapsucker Woods pond. I wonder, is there an Osprey nest somewhere in SSW? Janie Leff -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Opinion | The Audubon name must go. It will save more birds. - The Washington Post

2023-04-04 Thread Peter Saracino
Food for thought... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/04/audubon-enslaver-name-change/ Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Great Egret

2023-04-04 Thread Ann Mitchell
At the east end of Stewart Park. Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Caspian Tern

2023-04-04 Thread Ann Mitchell
There is a Caspian Tern at Stewart Park. Found by Gladys Birdsall. Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Large migratory flocks and new FOY birds

2023-04-04 Thread John Gregoire
Radar indicates a very strong and stalled migration on our doorstep this morning so we went through the sanctuary looking. Soon we were wishing that we still banded, but after 40 years we called that project ended. Kestrel Haven is off Fitzgerald Rd and a private wildlife sanctuary protected by