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4 Feb American Coots & G-h Owl [William Roberts ] 4 Feb Short-eared Owls, Cayuga Co. [] 4 Feb FWD: DaveNutter: Please report Western [] 3 Feb Geneva Coots [Mark Miller ] 3 Feb Ring-necked Ducks [Donna Scott ] 3 Feb Seneca & Cayuga State Parks [Mark Miller ] 3 Feb Summerhill ["grosbeak AT clarityconnect.com" ] 3 Feb Re: Western Grebe at Hog Hole [bob mcguire ] 3 Feb Western Grebe still there [Jay McGowan ] 3 Feb Western Grebe at Hog Hole [Gary Kohlenberg ] 3 Feb Predator ["Nena J. Winand" ] 3 Feb FLICKER [John and Fritzie Blizzard ] 3 Feb Sodus & Geneva highlights - Thurs. 2/2/12 [] 3 Feb Western grebe, Hog Hole [Brad Walker ] 2 Feb Dead bats in PA [Don ] 2 Feb Re: Portland Point Osprey Update [Linda Orkin ] 2 Feb Portland Point Osprey Update [Robyn Bailey ] 2 Feb Re: NYCC Snowy Owl [Michele Mannella ] 2 Feb NYCC Snowy Owl [Dave K ] 2 Feb Re: question on Snowy's locale [Jae Sullivan ] 2 Feb Re: question on Snowy's locale [Claire Damaske ] 1 Feb Re: Snowy [John and Fritzie Blizzard ] 1 Feb question on Snowy's locale [Mark Miller ] 1 Feb Snowy [Jae Sullivan ] 1 Feb Re: Western Grebe report 1Feb2012 [Ann Mitchell ] 1 Feb Cayuga Basin boundaries input needed [charles eldermire ] 1 Feb Western Grebe report 1Feb2012 [Jay McGowan ] 1 Feb White winged TV and others [Meena Haribal ] 31 Jan Ruffed Grouse [Donna Scott ] 1 Feb Summerhill & north basin birding [Dave Nutter ] 1 Feb Re: Any recent news of Western Grebe? [Gary Kohlenberg ] 31 Jan Any recent news of Western Grebe? [Meena Haribal ] 31 Jan 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn [] 31 Jan W Grebe still there [Laura Stenzler ] 31 Jan Western Grebe [Jay McGowan ] 31 Jan Re: Golden Eagle, Stewart Park [Kenneth Victor Rosenberg ] 31 Jan Update? Western grebe [Laura Stenzler ] 31 Jan RE: Golden Eagle, Stewart Park but TVs [Meena Haribal ] 31 Jan Golden Eagle, Stewart Park [Jay McGowan ] 31 Jan Raft of S now Geese Aurora mile [William Roberts ] 31 Jan South Hill Merlin [Annette Nadeau ] 31 Jan Freeville Northern Shrike ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 31 Jan Western grebe [Brad Walker ] 31 Jan Glaucous Gull at Stewart Pk [] 31 Jan Western Grebe at Stewart Pk [] 31 Jan Glaucous Gull [Jay McGowan ] 30 Jan NW Cayuga Lake - Eurasian Wigeon, Cackling Goose, roost flight [] 30 Jan Weekend Birding--Golden Eagle, Lapland Longspur, Northern Shrike, Screech-Owls, etc. [Tim Lenz ] 30 Jan Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 30 Jan Re: EURASIAN WIGEON, Cayuga Lake State [Gary Kohlenberg ] 30 Jan EURASIAN WIGEON, Cayuga Lake State [] 30 Jan Red-shouldered Hawk Sunday [Annette Nadeau ] 30 Jan Downtown Green-winged Teal; south Monkey Run both Kinglets [Dave Nutter ] 29 Jan Summerhill; Dryden Shrike; South End: 29Jan2012 [Jay McGowan ] 29 Jan Re:Ovid snowy-no; short-eared-yes [Ray Zimmerman ] 29 Jan Northern Shrike [Susan Danskin ] 29 Jan Red-Winged Blackbirds Seneca Falls ["Michael and Joann Tetlow" ] 29 Jan Sandhill Cranes [] 29 Jan Summer hill ww xbills [Laura Stenzler ] 29 Jan Cackling Goose at Sheldrake on Saturday [Stuart Krasnoff ] 29 Jan Savannah Mucklands - Saturday PM [] 28 Jan Re:Sweazey screechless, Ovid owlless ["Donna Scott" ] 29 Jan huge flock of robins ["clr82 AT juno.com" ] 28 Jan Sweazey screechless, but... [Suan Yong ] 28 Jan White-winged Crossbills [Carl Steckler ] 28 Jan Flyover Evening Grosbeak [Jeff Gerbracht ] 28 Jan RE:any Short-eared Owl sightings in Ovid? [Marty Schlabach ] 27 Jan any Short-eared Owl sightings in Ovid? [Robyn Bailey ] 27 Jan Re: Merlin eating House Sparrow [Stephanie Greenwood ] 27 Jan Summerhill 27Jan2012 [Jay McGowan ] 27 Jan Cleaning a scope [Richard Tkachuck ] 27 Jan Merlin eating House Sparrow [Bill Evans ] 26 Jan Red Heads Salt Pt/Screechie at Sweazey Rd. [Donna Scott ] 26 Jan 20+ White-winged Crossbills, ~100 Pine Siskins, Hoag St, Summerhill [Dave Nutter ] 26 Jan Fwd: IBA Day Festival, May 5th at MAC - info [Dave Spier ] 26 Jan Fwd: IBA Day Festival, May 5th at MAC - info [Dave Spier ] Subject: American Coots & G-h Owl From: William Roberts <bluehorsestudio AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:36:38 +0000 At about 1:30 p.m. yesterday a raft of approximately 150 American Coots were gathered near the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in Aurora between the Masonic Lodge and the United Ministry church.One lakeside resident reported that the Coots had been in the area for two or three days. This evening at approximately 5:40 p.m., two to three miles east of Long Point state Park near Aurora, I saw and heard a Great-horned Owl on Dixon Rd. south of Britt Rd. The owl moved from a tree next to the east side of Dixon Rd. several hundred yards further east to the top of a spruce. The location was approximately 200 to 250 yards south of Britt Rd. Bill RobertsAurora -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Short-eared Owls, Cayuga Co. From: <mwitmer AT lightlink.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:52:30 +0000 3:20-3:30 pm today, three Short-eared Owls were foraging over weedy field to west of rt. 90, about 0.25 mi. n. of jct. Lake Ridge Rd. (Triangle). REally nice views. --Mark --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: FWD: DaveNutter: Please report Western From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:41:22 +0000 FWD: DaveNutter: Please report Western Grebe to CayugaRBA. Once per day per location should suffice. m.textmarks.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Geneva Coots From: Mark Miller <mmiller010 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:33:59 -0500 Forgot to mention, next to the pier in Geneva (west of the chamber of commerce) was a raft of about 100 coots. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Ring-necked Ducks From: Donna Scott <dls9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:27:34 -0500 East side of Cayuga Lake, viewed from RR track near 591 Lansing Station Rd. about 1:30 PM, flock of around 175-200 Aythyas, about 4/5 RING-NECKED DUCKS with about 1/5 REDHEADS. Also, two COMMON LOONS diving nearby. Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 DLS9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Seneca & Cayuga State Parks From: Mark Miller <mmiller010 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:09:46 -0500 Spent an hour or 2 driving around north ends of Seneca & Cayuga lakes. Seneca Lake State Park had it's normal mallards & black ducks, along with a female long-tailed duck, several bufflehead, and 1 pair of common mergansers "getting busy" until a GBB gull dived at them. Gulls were mainly ring-billed, with 1 herring, and about 10 greater black-backed. The Egyptian Goose was on the left side of the main drive near the boat launch, just past the office area. (I'll count it as long as it's not in a cage or pen, and is listed in Sibley's). Cayuga Lake St Park had a lot of swans (trumpeters?), mallards, black ducks, common mergansers, 1 great blue heron, and 1 canvasback (male). Canada Geese were at both parks and several fields across the county. A run around the Chiropractic College didn't turn up any snowy owl. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summerhill From: "grosbeak AT clarityconnect.com" <grosbeak@clarityconnect.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:17:14 -0500 Hi all, A quick run through of Summerhill this morning yielded 14 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on Lick Street and 9 PINE SISKINS and a COMMON REDPOLL on Salt St.. I also had the NORTHERN SHRIKE at the corner of Lick and Rte 90. South of Rte 90 I had 2 Red-tails and a soaring BALD EAGLE. Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Western Grebe at Hog Hole From: bob mcguire <bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:47:28 -0500 I visited Hog Hole about an hour before Gary, noting the Western Grebe close in – and a Red-throated Loon out past the White Lighthouse. Bob On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > W. Grebe easily visible from Hog Hole now. Directly north with small > flock of Scaup. > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe still there From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:30:37 -0500 The WESTERN GREBE is being very accommodating near the southwest corner of the lake. I was looking from along Taughannock Boulevard, but I think it would have been almost equivalent viewing from Hogs Hole or the white lighthouse (and it would have been fantastic looks from the red lighthouse!) As it was, the bird was close enough for very good looks through a scope, unsatisfying looks in binoculars, and mediocre (but better than earlier in the week) photos. It was spending some time with a group of scaup as well as diving and wandering around a bit, but generally due north from Hogs Hole. A male RUDDY DUCK was also swimming nearby, and I saw a male LONG-TAILED DUCK fly north up the lake. This morning Tim and Brad also had two distant WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS from East Shore looking towards the yacht club. Last night I stopped by Stewart Park to look for gulls. I succeeded in finding two 1st-cycle ICELAND GULLS and what I took to be a 2nd-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, perhaps the same as the 3rd-cycle others have reported? The overall look was of a 1st-cycle Lesser, with some pattern on the back and a mostly dark bill. However, the back was quite dark (darker than any Herring) with some yellow on the bill. I would like to see this bird again in better light. Finally, yesterday morning I spent a little time at Summerhill, where I had 33+ WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on Salt Road just south of Hoag, and a few more (or some of the same) crossbills and about 40 PINE SISKINS at the swamp on Hoag. Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe at Hog Hole From: Gary Kohlenberg <jgk25 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:25:07 +0000 W. Grebe easily visible from Hog Hole now. Directly north with small flock of Scaup. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Predator From: "Nena J. Winand" <njw2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:11:55 +0000 I just had a mink take a woodpecker (downy I think-smallish)! I have never seen that before. Yikes! She lives on my pond (for better or worse). Apparently she is not getting an adequate intake of bass. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: FLICKER From: John and Fritzie Blizzard <job121830 AT verizon.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:54:58 -0500 Just have my first FLICKER of the year in our English Walnut tree here in Union Springs. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Sodus & Geneva highlights - Thurs. 2/2/12 From: <tigger64 AT aol.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:39:43 -0500 The ice edge at Sodus has receded so far into the bay that much of the action is beyond scope range. Female King Eider continues and an adult male Surf Scoter finally showed up. Over at the Geneva waterfront, not much change. By far the most unexpected bird was an Egyptian Goose grazing in the grass all alone at Seneca Lake SP. This is an incredibly beautiful bird and highly recommended even though presumed an escapee from captivity. Photo on my (not used nearly enough) Flickr page at the link below. A good sunset fly-in of Canada Geese also took place with 2000-3000 birds. I wasn't in position early enough to properly monitor it and didn't come up with anything unusual. Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY Egyptian Goose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060 AT N08/6811937059/in/photostream -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western grebe, Hog Hole From: Brad Walker <edgarallenhoopoe AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:32:06 -0500 Hi all, The Western Grebe is currently swimming near the cormorant snag off of hog hole. It was refound by Chris and Jessie. Tim Lenz and I can see it distantly from East shore. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Dead bats in PA From: Don <timbury2 AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:07:42 -0500 Cayuga Birders, While this is not specifically about birds, and most people may already know about White Nose Syndrome, I thought it might be of interest, as many of us would see bats while out birding or owling in the evenings. I guess I would add that last summer, when I lived near Saratoga Springs, I would find dead bats on my windowsills, and a couple times bats would fly right through my wide-open windows on hot nights (there were no bugs, either, no need for screens!!) and slam into the wall and drop to the floor, dead. Don Timmons Newfield > >From: "Brauning, Daniel" >Subject: [PABIRDS] 125+ bats in East Brady >To: PABIRDS AT LIST.AUDUBON.ORG > > >Carole and PA Birders, > > >What you have described is an outbreak of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) >-- a fungal disease that has been devastating the hibernating bat >populations across eastern North America. This is the typical >scenario: bats, infected with this disease, have been massing >toward the entrance of their hibernacula in mid-winter (long before >they should be coming out of hibernation). Then, during a winter >warm spell (like we are in now), they emerge from their mine and >attempt to forage across the landscape. Well, there is very little >food, and depleted of resources and infected by the fungus, they die >in large numbers. So, Carole, you witnessed one of the most >unprecedented wildlife population collapses of modern history, and >due to a disease! > >You are also correct that this is a heavy mining area, and these >abandoned mines are used extensively by bats for hibernation. There >are probably many mines in the area, but this location (Rt 68 in >Armstrong county) is fairly close to one of the state's largest >hibernacula - Long Run Mine. This mine is (or should I saw was) >inhabited by a colony of roughly 90,000 bats, including >approximately 100 federally-endangered Indiana bats (one of PA's >largest concentrations). Little brown myotis and tri-colored bats >(formerly eastern pipistrelles) also hibernate here (from the >Important Mammal Area site description). If this follows recent >history, 98% of those bats will be gone next year. > >We were already aware WMS is at Long Run but your report further >confirms the extent of the impact. There is little that can be >done. WNS moved across Pennsylvania from east to west over the past >4 years. > >For more information, the official FWS site is: >http://www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome/ > >Note, that PA's own Cal Butchkoski creates the WNS national map. As >a bat conservationist with the Game Commission for the past nearly >30 years, his conservation work is being undone before his eyes! > >Sorry for the gloomy report on a mild February day. > >Daniel Brauning >Wildlife Diversity Chief >Pennsylvania Game Commission -- Gregory W. Grove, Ph.D. Genomics Core Facility 407 Chandlee Lab, Penn State 814 865 3332 gwg2 AT psu.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Portland Point Osprey Update From: Linda Orkin <wingmagic16 AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:31:27 -0500 Wow Robyn, this is so great!!! Good work...tell Paul thanks also. And the ospreys thank all of you too. It will be exciting to see them set up housekeeping (fingers crossed) Linda On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Robyn Bailey wrote: > Good morning. I have an update on the Osprey platform progress so far. > Here is the report:**** > > ** ** > > “Great news! Paul Batz, one of the Line Supervisors in Auburn, has agreed > to build the Osprey platform this weekend – NYSEG will contribute all > materials at no charge. We will also provide the Bucket Truck and labor to > install the platform once it is ready. The pole extension has arrived here > in Ithaca and will also be donated to the project. Paul built the platforms > in Auburn and at Montezuma – he has a running permit with the Cortland > region 7 DEC to work with Osprey and is thrilled to be assisting our > community with this endeavor. NYSEG will also install aluminum flashing > 10’ below the structure to deter predators.”**** > > ** ** > > Thanks to Ron Rohrbaugh and Alan Poole for helping out. Also thanks to > those of you who have offered suggestions or contacts to me. Tompkins > Weekly will be doing a story about this effort, so look for that as well.* > *** > > ** ** > > Best,**** > > ** ** > > Robyn Bailey**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > *Please submit your observations to eBird > !* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Portland Point Osprey Update From: Robyn Bailey <rb644 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:17:42 +0000 Good morning. I have an update on the Osprey platform progress so far. Here is the report: "Great news! Paul Batz, one of the Line Supervisors in Auburn, has agreed to build the Osprey platform this weekend - NYSEG will contribute all materials at no charge. We will also provide the Bucket Truck and labor to install the platform once it is ready. The pole extension has arrived here in Ithaca and will also be donated to the project. Paul built the platforms in Auburn and at Montezuma - he has a running permit with the Cortland region 7 DEC to work with Osprey and is thrilled to be assisting our community with this endeavor. NYSEG will also install aluminum flashing 10' below the structure to deter predators." Thanks to Ron Rohrbaugh and Alan Poole for helping out. Also thanks to those of you who have offered suggestions or contacts to me. Tompkins Weekly will be doing a story about this effort, so look for that as well. Best, Robyn Bailey -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: NYCC Snowy Owl From: Michele Mannella <mkm37 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:03:54 +0000 In 2009, the Ovid snowy and the airport snowy in Senecan Falls stayed in the same places for several months. Perhaps this warm winter is forcing these visitors to be even more nomadic? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Michele Interlaken / Ovid The Hayward House Bed & Breakfast www.thehaywardhouse.com From: Dave K > Reply-To: Dave K > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:30:32 -0500 To: Cayuga Birds > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] NYCC Snowy Owl Went to NY Chiro College this AM looking for the Snowy Owl. Not found. Talked to Building and Grounds crew who said the owl was there all of last week but has not been seen this week. Spent its time on the far Westside of the campus most often seen on bleachers behind the maintenance building. Will check on it and post. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: NYCC Snowy Owl From: Dave K <fishwatchers AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:30:32 -0500 Went to NY Chiro College this AM looking for the Snowy Owl. Not found. Talked to Building and Grounds crew who said the owl was there all of last week but has not been seen this week. Spent its time on the far Westside of the campus most often seen on bleachers behind the maintenance building. Will check on it and post. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: question on Snowy's locale From: Jae Sullivan <blueheron555 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:27:08 -0800 > > Sent:Wednesday, February 1, 2012 10:28 PM >Subject:Re: [cayugabirds-l] question on Snowy's locale > > >No, just Chiropractic College at the back..................... > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Mark Miller >>To: Cayugabirds Posting >>Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:48 PM >>Subject: [cayugabirds-l] question on Snowy's locale >> >> >>Just wondering if you had a better location for possible Snowy Owl location by Chiropractic College (Seneca Falls). The campus doesn't actually lie along routes 5&20. Maybe they meant route 89 and E. Bayard St. (NE corner of campus)? >>-- >>Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>Welcome and Basics >>Rules and Information >>Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>Archives: >>The Mail Archive >>Surfbirds >>BirdingOnThe.Net >>Please submit your observations to eBird! >>-- >> >> > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: question on Snowy's locale From: Claire Damaske <cdamaske AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:23:24 -0500 There was a picture posted on Facebook yesterday via Seneca Daily of the snowy on some bleachers at NYCC. Said it was on the 27th. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Mark Miller wrote: > ** > Just wondering if you had a better location for possible Snowy Owl > location by Chiropractic College (Seneca Falls). The campus doesn't > actually lie along routes 5&20. Maybe they meant route 89 and E. Bayard St. > (NE corner of campus)? > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > *Please submit your observations to eBird > !* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Snowy From: John and Fritzie Blizzard <job121830 AT verizon.net> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:52:48 -0500 Rtes. 5 & 20 don't go anywhere near the Chiropractic College. That's Rte. 89. Nearer to the refuge Rtes. 5 & 20 intersect with Rte. 89. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jae Sullivan To: Jae Sullivan Cc: Cayugabirds-L Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:36 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy I "heard" there is a Snowy Owl at the Chiropractic College at the intersection of 5 and 20. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: question on Snowy's locale From: Mark Miller <mmiller010 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:48:55 -0500 Just wondering if you had a better location for possible Snowy Owl location by Chiropractic College (Seneca Falls). The campus doesn't actually lie along routes 5&20. Maybe they meant route 89 and E. Bayard St. (NE corner of campus)? -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Snowy From: Jae Sullivan <blueheron555 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:36:02 -0800 I "heard" there is a Snowy Owl at the Chiropractic College at the intersection of 5 and 20. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Western Grebe report 1Feb2012 From: Ann Mitchell <annmitchell13 AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:53:31 -0500 I showed up 2+ hours after Tim. The wind was a brisk WNW and the waves were high. I scanned 20+ minutes and didn't see it. I scanned south of East Shore also but no luck. The sun didn't help. Maybe tomorrow. Best, Ann On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: > Although several of us failed to relocated the WESTERN GREBE this > morning from Stewart Park and East Shore Park, Tim Lenz posted to the > Cayuga RBA that he saw the bird distantly to the north from East Shore > Park swimming south around 12:45PM. I have heard no subsequent reports > of it, but at least it is still in the area. > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > jwm57 AT cornell.edu > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Cayuga Basin boundaries input needed From: charles eldermire <cre9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:53:49 +0000 Hello- We're looking to make sure we have an accurate rendition of the Cayuga Basin for querying eBird data presented at upcoming Monday Night Seminars, and I'm looking for input from the community of birders that knows the most about the boundaries: YOU! Right now we have a polygon that was digitized from the 1926 edition of Wiegand & Eames' "Flora of the Cayuga Basin" that was melded with the official Cayuga Basin watershed map used by local & regional land managers. I've placed the map on Google Maps for inspection—rather than send me your edits, please let me know if you would like to make adjustments and I can add you as an editor of the map. Editing is a simple affair of clicking and dragging, so hopefully anyone that has input will be able to share it. If you have an account with Google you can sign in & click this link, otherwise you'll need to email me with your interest and I can add you as a collaborator (which may still require some kind of sign-in). *After you make an edit or a series of edits, please leave a comment (option on the left side under the map description) mentioning what you altered so others will know.* Thanks again for your interest in birding and the Cornell Lab, and I look forward to seeing this map reflect the knowledge of the greater birding community! charles. ****************************************** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu/visit twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods facebook.com/sapsuckerwoods -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe report 1Feb2012 From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:59:13 -0500 Although several of us failed to relocated the WESTERN GREBE this morning from Stewart Park and East Shore Park, Tim Lenz posted to the Cayuga RBA that he saw the bird distantly to the north from East Shore Park swimming south around 12:45PM. I have heard no subsequent reports of it, but at least it is still in the area. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: White winged TV and others From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:27:20 +0000 Hi all, I just watched the White-winged TV circling outside my office window above USDA building along with the other commons. They all seem to heading towards the lake. There were at least 25 of them. White-winged TV is beautiful! In Laluz canyon NM we observed a symmetrically white three secondaries on a Raven. That too stood out very well among the others. Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Ruffed Grouse From: Donna Scott <dls9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:17:33 -0500 RUFFED GROUSE pecking around in bushes about 5:15 pm on Lansing Station Rd., in brushy lot, between mailbox #s 343 and 353, on the lake (west) side of the road. Across the road (east side) is mostly woods, with one household in woodsy yard. It was crossing from east to west side of road as I drove up in my car. Also, SCREECH OWL was snoozing in its hole on Sweazey Rd. just prior to this above. Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 DLS9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summerhill & north basin birding From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT me.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 02:21:45 +0000 On this final day of January Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell & I went birding to several places around the Cayuga Lake Basin.  In Summerhill State Forest along Hoag Avenue we enjoyed a mixed flock of PINE SISKINS and COMMON REDPOLLS feeding in Hemlocks in the swamp.  We searched unsuccessfully for yesterday's Eurasian Wigeon, both where Jim Tarolli and Dave Wheeler found it along Lower Lake Rd, Bridgeport, Town of Seneca Falls and where Ann Mitchell and Gary Kohlenberg re-found it south of Mud Lock, Town of Aurelius. In the former location it seemed we could pretty well see all the CANADA GEESE and TUNDRA SWANS (& sleeping ringers), along with a few GADWALLS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, MALLARDS, AMERICAN WIGEON, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and COMMON MERGANSER, plus one sleeping female RUDDY DUCK, and plenty of GREAT BLACK-BACKED and HERRING GULLS.  But at the latter location we contended with lots of heat shimmer, glare, and distance, so it may still be around. On the backroads of Tyre we tracked down a group of 4 Sandhill Cranes which were reported by Suzanne Broderick from 2 days ago. The location today was off Gravel Rd north of NYS-318 and I-90, and east on East Tyre Rd. Although all 4 birds had red crowns, I suspect this was a family. They varied in the amount of brown in their gray plumage, but it was not obvious to me which were what generation. Oddly, one had orange bottoms of its feet, while the other 3 were slate gray there as well as the rest of their feet and legs.  Another bit of excitement was seeing a single COMMON GRACKLE (year bird for me) atop a tree in a yard along NYS-90 just north of Ledyard Rd, Town of Ledyard.  When we stopped it turned out there was a flock of at least 40 of them which flew out of the trees in that yard, started to fly north, then returned to that yard.  Were Common Grackles migrating north on today's extraordinarily warm south winds at the close of January?? Other interesting birds seen today included:  2 adult BALD EAGLES at nest (1 in, 1 in a tree nearby) at Mud Lock, and 2 adults and 1 immature together in a tree south of the Wells College Boathouse.  From the latter location we saw 4 HORNED GREBES (and zero Eared Grebe), a substantial flocks of AMERICAN COOTS and CANADA GEESE, scattered COMMON GOLDENEYES, and a distant smear of SNOW GOOSE out on the lake A female NORTHERN HARRIER over the Main Pool at Montezuma NWR, viewed from the tower because the Wildlife Drive was closed. The Main Pool is mostly frozen but did host a couple dozen distant MALLARDS and a handful of sleeping presumed TUNDRA SWANS. An AMERICAN KESTREL on a utility pole... um...  somewhere fairly far north along the east side of the lake. It was a long day. When we finally got back to Stewart Park we found several other birders but did not see the Western Grebe, Glaucous Gull or Golden Eagle which cause excitement there for others this morning. However we did see a/the 3rd year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL which Jay McGowan mentioned - it has a cool bill, dark with a yellow tip - and the presumed hybrid SNOW x CANADA GOOSE, plus a gang of birders.  We also speculated on the spring-like weather bringing other birds over a month early in addition to the Golden Eagles and Eurasian Wigeon. Are there Wilson's Snipe around? Are there American Woodcock displaying tonight? Are there Eastern Meadowlarks? How about an Osprey?  Are the Sandhill Cranes holdovers from the fall or are they 2 months early? If we do get more winter and the north end of the lake freezes up again, will we get to see the Eurasian Wigeon where Jim & Dave found it and we traditionally search for it in early March in the melting ice near the south end of Lower Lake Rd?  --Dave Nutter PS: Bob has observed 111 species in the Cayuga Lake Basin this year, which I suspect is a record among participants in the quest for the David Cup. See results here: http://cayugabirds.pbworks.com/w/page/6630177/FrontPage Also for people interested in what has been found so far in the basin, those lists are now on the Cayuga Bird Club web page under resources here: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records As far as I know there have been 132 species found so far in 2012. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Any recent news of Western Grebe? From: Gary Kohlenberg <jgk25 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:33:07 +0000 I checked Stewart Park after work ,3:40 to 4:30, but couldn't find any Western Grebe'ish looking candidates. I checked Myers also on the chance it moved up the lake , but nothing. I hope it reappears again. Gary On Jan 31, 2012, at 4:17 PM, "Meena Haribal" wrote: Any recent news of Western Grebe? Meena -----Original Message----- From: bounce-39194223-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39194223-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:56 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn field opposite corner of East Tyre & Wood Marsh Rds west of Tschache Pool. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Any recent news of Western Grebe? From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:15:50 +0000 Any recent news of Western Grebe? Meena -----Original Message----- From: bounce-39194223-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39194223-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:56 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn field opposite corner of East Tyre & Wood Marsh Rds west of Tschache Pool. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:55:58 +0000 4 Sandhill Cranes in corn field opposite corner of East Tyre & Wood Marsh Rds west of Tschache Pool. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: W Grebe still there From: Laura Stenzler <lms9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:14:03 +0000 Visible from Stewart Park at 1 pm. I was very lucky to have Kevin McGowan show up with a scope. The W Grebe is pretty far out but clearly visible with binocs. It's diving a lot and travels quite far under water. Laura Laura Stenzler lms9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:29:58 -0500 The WESTERN GREBE is still present. I can see it to the NE from Stewart, probably fairly close from East Shore. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Golden Eagle, Stewart Park From: Kenneth Victor Rosenberg <kvr2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:12 +0000 Thanks Jay for posting my sighting so promptly. Here are a few more details. After getting fairly views of the WESTERN GREBE at East Shore Park (thanks everyone for the RBA posts), I headed around to Stewart Park to do an additional scan. While pointing out the grebe to two visiting birders (Richard and Cindy, I think), all the gulls went up in a frenzied flock and then flocks of noisy geese came across from the golf course area. I immediately thought "eagle" and we stepped back from under the willows to see more sky. Cindy spotted the bird cruising fairly high directly overhead, but when I looked at it I realized that it was an immature GOLDEN EAGLE -- much more unusual for the time and place. It appeared as an all-black (i.e. no mottling on underparts or underwing coverts, very large raptor with striking and distinctive white patches at the base of the primaries (about 2/3 out on the wing) and a sharply demarcated white base to the tail. Shape was right for Golden, with non-wedge-shaped tail slightly shorter than projection of neck and head; wings were very broad and "warped" into a slight dihedral with wingtips held closed and slightly turned up. As it banked in profile (never circled above), I caught a goldish sheen to the neck and head in the bright sun and could see the yellow cere on the bill. The bird continued to cruise toward the southeast, out of sight in the direction of the High School and Cornell campus. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) kvr2 AT cornell.edu On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > Ken Rosenberg just called to say he just had an immature GOLDEN EAGLE > fly over Stewart Park and head towards campus. > > -Jay > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > jwm57 AT cornell.edu > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Update? Western grebe From: Laura Stenzler <lms9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:40:46 +0000 Close to lunch time - any update on the Grebe for those of us who can get out at noon? L Laura Stenzler Lab Manager Evolutionary Biology Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, New York 14850 Office: (607) 254 2141 Lab: (607) 254 2142 Fax: (607) 254 2486 lms9 AT cornell.edu From: bounce-39192661-8866834 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39192661-8866834 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:07 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western grebe The grebe is currently between east shore park and the white light house, associating with the golden eye flock. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: RE: Golden Eagle, Stewart Park but TVs From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:25:29 +0000 I looked up t see if it is passing my window, but nooo :-( But I did see three TVs floating lazily! Hope the Grebe hangs out for some more time! Carless on the campus:-( Meena -----Original Message----- From: bounce-39193061-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39193061-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:21 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Golden Eagle, Stewart Park Ken Rosenberg just called to say he just had an immature GOLDEN EAGLE fly over Stewart Park and head towards campus. -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Golden Eagle, Stewart Park From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:48 -0500 Ken Rosenberg just called to say he just had an immature GOLDEN EAGLE fly over Stewart Park and head towards campus. -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Raft of S now Geese Aurora mile From: William Roberts <bluehorsestudio AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:04:06 +0000 There is a large raft of Snow Geese approximately a mile to a mile and a half off shore in Aurora. The raft is visible from the Wells College boat house. Bill RobertsAurora10:00 a.m. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: South Hill Merlin From: Annette Nadeau <ANadeau AT hospicare.org> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:12:57 -0500 A MERLIN just flew quite low over the pond toward bushes where many chickadees, sparrows, etc. congregate on the north side of the pond. Also heard the regular CAROLINA WREN singing near Six Mile Creek when I stopped at Brookton's Market on my way to work this morning. 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If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender or forward to administrator AT hospicare.org and delete the original communication. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Freeville Northern Shrike From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:12:01 +0000 The NORTHERN SHRIKE that Jay and I saw on Sunday was still present along Johnson Rd this morning. It was at the top of a bare tree east of the road, just southeast of the gun club, south of Freeville. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western grebe From: Brad Walker <edgarallenhoopoe AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:07:19 -0500 The grebe is currently between east shore park and the white light house, associating with the golden eye flock. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Glaucous Gull at Stewart Pk From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:06:42 +0000 Glaucous Gull at Stewart Pk says Stuart Krasnoff. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe at Stewart Pk From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:53:44 +0000 Western Grebe at Stewart Pk says Tim Lenz. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Glaucous Gull From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:32:38 -0500 A first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL is currently in the gull flock on the ice off the center of Stewart Park. A 3rd-cycle Lesser Black-backed was reported two days ago, but I have not seen it. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: NW Cayuga Lake - Eurasian Wigeon, Cackling Goose, roost flight From: <tigger64 AT aol.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:48:16 -0500 Thinking there might be an impressive roost flight on the NW corner of Cayuga Lake, Jim Tarolli and I started at Cayuga Lake State Park. The first bird Jim put bins on was a beautiful EURASIAN WIGEON. It flew around with Am Wigeons and we eventually lost sight of it. I was glad Gary and Ann relocated it. Looks like the text message system worked well. Huge numbers of geese and ducks and gulls in the NW corner, and we found a close Cackling Goose. A strong roost flight developed into the ice edge along Lower Lake Rd near Noble Rd. About sunset, 1000 Herring Gulls were 100 yards away on the ice edge. 3 Iceland Gulls found each other, 1 adult and 2 first-winter. 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull adults didn't find each other. Careful observation of this large group saw some weird ones but nothing really unusual. Aside from Cackling we couldn't find any others among an estimated 5000 Canada Geese. Jim posted some photos of the Cackling Goose and Eurasian Wigeon at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44545168 AT N06/ David Wheeler N Syracuse, NY Cayuga Lake SP, Seneca, US-NY Jan 30, 2012 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Comments: With Jim Tarolli; strong evening roost flight of Herring Gulls, Canada Geese, ducks into the ice edge south of Cayuga Lake State Park 29 species Cackling Goose 1 Canada Goose 5000 estimated Mute Swan 1 Trumpeter Swan 1 Wing-tagged immature Tundra Swan X Gadwall 50 or more American Wigeon 30 American Black Duck 100 Mallard 100 Northern Pintail 3 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 Common Goldeneye 7 Hooded Merganser 6 Common Merganser X Great Blue Heron 2 Bald Eagle 1 Ring-billed Gull 100 Herring Gull 1000 on the ice edge at sunset Iceland Gull 3 two first-winter birds joined an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 adults Great Black-backed Gull 25 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 American Crow X Strong roost flight over the lake going south, taking place at a higher altitude than the geese and gulls; presume the crows were traveling farther Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 European Starling 1 Northern Cardinal 1 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Weekend Birding--Golden Eagle, Lapland Longspur, Northern Shrike, Screech-Owls, etc. From: Tim Lenz <tcl6 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:14:22 -0500 Hi all, Maria Stager, Brad Walker, and I meandered around the Cayuga and Seneca Lake basins this weekend and found a few interesting birds. The highlight was a GOLDEN EAGLE on Sunday in the town of Ledyard http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9710625 On Saturday we encountered an enormous flock of SNOW GEESE in Ovid and also had a flyover LAPLAND LONGSPUR. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9707843 Missing the Snowy Owl here, we wandered over to the west shore of Seneca Lake to try (unsuccessfully) for the bird that has been reported there recently. On the way, we stopped at Sampson State Park where we had excellent views of NORTHERN SHRIKE and SNOW BUNTING http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9702375 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9702428 Between Dresden and Long Point, we counted an amazing (for winter) 37 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. A massive Aythya flock close to shore in good light at Perry Pt. was rather enjoyable to watch: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9703252 At the south end of Seneca Lake, we found a LONG-TAILED DUCK http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9705613 On Sunday we ended up encountering three different EASTERN SCREECH OWLS--known birds on Sweazy Rd and Union Springs, and a (new ?) bird south of Aurora that Brad spotted in a hole in a tree as we were driving by. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9710728 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9711837 This morning, Brad and I heard and saw two COMMON RAVENS flying west high over the Swan Pen at Stewart Park. Good birding, -- Tim Lenz tcl6 AT cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Syracuse RBA From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:58:39 -0800 RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse *  January 30, 2012 *  NYSY 01.30.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 23, 2012 - January 30, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland compiled:January 30 AT 4:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org     #290 -Monday January 23, 2012     Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 16 , 2012   Highlights: ----------- TURKEY VULTURE SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE BOHEMIAN WAXWING WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------      1/29: Although not in the complex proper, 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Gravel Road just east of Rt. 89. Madison County ------------      1/24: At the Madison County Landfill 4 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen. The next day 6 ICELAND GULLS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found. Onondaga County ------------      1/26: 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found with a flock of Cedar Waxwings at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. The next day one of the BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was relocated. They were found in an open area along a service road east of 60 Road near the Bald Eagle nest.      1/27: An overwintering TURKEY VULTURE was spotted in Elbridge.      1/29: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at the inner harbor near Carousel Mall.      Despite some unsuccesful reports SNOWY OWLS are still being seen at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport. Two birds were reported today. Oswego County ------------      1/28: 25+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on the east side of County Rout 3 just north of Selkirk Shores State Park.      1/29: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on Fort Leazier Road north of Mexico. Cayuga County ------------      1/28:  A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen with American Tree Sparrows at the Sterling Nature Center.     End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: EURASIAN WIGEON, Cayuga Lake State From: Gary Kohlenberg <jgk25 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:53:14 +0000 Eurasian Wigeon visible from Cayuga Marine directly west near shore at 4:40 pm. Gary , Ann On Jan 30, 2012, at 2:55 PM, "6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM" <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> wrote: EURASIAN WIGEON, Cayuga Lake State Park, found by Jim Tarolli, reported to RBA by Dave Wheeler. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: EURASIAN WIGEON, Cayuga Lake State From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:54:49 +0000 EURASIAN WIGEON, Cayuga Lake State Park, found by Jim Tarolli, reported to RBA by Dave Wheeler. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Red-shouldered Hawk Sunday From: Annette Nadeau <ANadeau AT hospicare.org> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:51:07 -0500 I didn't post this yesterday because I couldn't bear to turn on my computer, but around noon yesterday at the top of Burns Road in Brooktondale I heard a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK fly over calling. It was too strong a call to be a Blue Jay and coming from too high. A friend from North Carolina recognized it right away, also. I couldn't find it in the beautiful blue sky even with binocs. Annette Nadeau Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Downtown Green-winged Teal; south Monkey Run both Kinglets From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT me.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:11:26 +0000 Ann Mitchell & I did some local birding this morning, starting with tracking down the female Green-winged Teal which Jeff Gerbracht reported yesterday and Ken Rosenberg reported on New Year's Day behind Wegmans. Could this be the same bird year after year? Please someone check how far back there has been a female Green-winged Teal hanging out with the downtown Ithaca Mallards. Anyway Ann & I tracked it down on the lawn behind Titus Tower resting among scores of Mallards just north of the stream with the footbridge.   On our way north through town to Stewart Park we saw an adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK fly west over BJM Elementary School, then we found a couple of FISH CROWS among several AMERICAN CROWS near a dumpster in the parking lot near the corner of 4th and Morris. One of these smaller crows had white wing tags with G5 in black. I also heard 2 Fish Crow calls. On the subject of marked birds, on January 9 I saw two Fish Crows, one with yellow wing tags marked O6, with several American Crows a block away near the corner of 3rd and Morris. At Stewart Park we saw much of what Jay described including the striking SNOW x CANADA GOOSE, which has dark brown back, wings, sides & breast, white undertail, and mostly white head and neck with gray/black flecks on the crown, hindneck and lower sides of the neck. Its bill is black.  Our last stop of the morning was the south side of Monkey Run. We'd been to the north side yesterday and got the impression that all the birds were across the creek in an area with lots of fruit - nannyberries and rosehips. Today we re-found a flock of I'm guessing 40 or more AMERICAN ROBINS, but we did not re-find yesterday's flock of 13 Cedar Waxwings.  Other treats today included hearing RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES (I always like them), seeing a BROWN CREEPER (first of the year for both of us), and near the abandoned bridge girders seeing 1 each of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summerhill; Dryden Shrike; South End: 29Jan2012 From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:33:41 -0500 Hi all, Kevin and I went to Summerhill today, where we, like many others, had a nice WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL experience on Lick Street just south of Hoag. We saw probably 45 crossbills in several large flocks that moved around constantly, mostly feeding in the white spruces but briefly in norway spruces and in some nearby tamaracks. I heard a couple Pine Siskins, but did not see any redpolls as Laura reported. We checked the Hovel Chalet feeders where a redpoll was seen yesterday but saw nothing there. On the way up there (around 8:15), I asked Kevin to find me a shrike, and 15 seconds later he did, a beautiful gray immature NORTHERN SHRIKE in the top of a tree on the east side of Johnson Road in Dryden, about half a mile north of Rt. 13. In the early afternoon I went down to the lake, first to Hogs Hole and then to Stewart Park. From Hogs Hole I saw many of the same birds others have been seeing down there (although I don't think anyone has posted in a while), including a large flock of Redhead (perhaps 700-800, a couple thousand fewer than in past days) with over a hundred of each scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, half a dozen Canvasback, four RUDDY DUCKS, several AMERICAN WIGEON, 16 Hooded Mergansers, lots of Common Mergansers, a single Double-crested Cormorant, four GREAT BLUE HERONS on the shoreline. I saw only three COMMON LOONS from Hogs Hole, but from Stewart Park Ken Rosenberg and I saw two RED-THROATED LOONS. I also had a HORNED GREBE with the goldeneye flock of Stewart Park. The only goose of note we found in the thousands of Canada Geese was the presumed CANADA x SNOW GOOSE hybrid that I have been told has been around since the first of the year. I did not see the male WOOD DUCK today, but it was seen at Hogs Hole in the morning and was around the boat house at Stewart Park last night. I checked for the female GREEN-WINGED TEAL found by Jeff Gerbracht yesterday afternoon in the channel by the old Verizon store (across from Lowe's) downtown, but did not see it. Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re:Ovid snowy-no; short-eared-yes From: Ray Zimmerman <rz10 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:26:30 -0500 Today we saw a single SHORT-EARED OWL and a male NORTHERN HARRIER along Wycoff Rd about a 1/2 mile west of Rock River at about 5:15 pm. Unfortunately, no snowy. Ray On Jan 26, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Michele Mannella wrote: > Last evening around 4:30 we looked for the Ovid snowy owl once again, with no luck. > > We did see 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS on Wycoff/Rock River flying over the fields, with fairly close viewing. > Just before it was too dark to see anything, a male NORTHERN HARRIER appeared from the west, flying towards the east field and disappearing into the woods. In my opinion, that is one of the most beautiful birds. > > Michele > -- > Michele > Interlaken / Ovid > The Hayward House Bed & Breakfast > www.thehaywardhouse.com > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Northern Shrike From: Susan Danskin <danskin AT twcny.rr.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:50:36 -0500 2 pm today: NORTHERN SHRIKE north of airport on Snyder Rd near tan fenced-in Cornell building -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Red-Winged Blackbirds Seneca Falls From: "Michael and Joann Tetlow" <mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:32:27 -0500 There was a flock of approximately 1000 Starlings, 300 Red-winged Blackbirds and 8 Brown-headed Cowbirds along Lay road just east of Gravel Road in Seneca Falls around noon today. At least 500 Crows were in adjacent fields. Mike Tetlow -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Sandhill Cranes From: smb4inc AT aol.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:10:29 -0500 (EST) While birding at the north end of Cayuga Lake/Montezuma we saw 4 SANDHILL CRANES foraging in a corn field north of 864 Gravel Road. Suzanne Broderick -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summer hill ww xbills From: Laura Stenzler <lms9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:50:17 +0000 Ton and I are watching a nice group of W W Crossbills (30ish) feeding on cones along Lick St in Summerhill Forest. They are often in trees right along the road. Also present is a large flock of Robins, a few Redpolls and one Siskin. 11 am - 11:45. Where? Well, there is a stream passing under the road at this spot and there is a sign with the number 165 on it about 200 yards to the south. Laura Laura Stenzler lms9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Cackling Goose at Sheldrake on Saturday From: Stuart Krasnoff <sbk1 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:09:51 +0000 Sorry for the late post. There were a lot geese (1000's) in the Sheldrake area yesterday. At the park I saw two possible Cackling Geese. #1 looks a bit less likely than #2 to me. Videos for vetting are posted: Goose #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-wKF8wwV1o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvwFbpxRSaw Goose #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6G1OA2ajTM Sheldrake also hosted 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye and Mallard. Judy Abrams reported seeing a Brown-headed Cowbird at 9045 Seneca St. in T'burg. Best...Stuart -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Savannah Mucklands - Saturday PM From: <tigger64 AT aol.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:15:14 -0500 Two hours at the Mucklands and the roost flight appeared to be into the mucks rather than away from them. Many gulls (1000), most very distant, and mostly Herring with some Ring-bills mixed in. Good numbers of distant ducks but I could only find 3 species. Snow goose numbers building from 1 to 1200 during the roost flight, but coincided with frontal passage and strong wind and rain. May have missed one of the unusual geese. Best part of the fly-in was really unbirdable except from the car. David Wheeler N Syracuse, NY Savannah Mucklands (Seneca Co), Seneca, US-NY Jan 28, 2012 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Wind building to 20kt SW made observing very difficult from 4:30 pm on 10 species Snow Goose 1200 estimated; all but 1 came in on the roost flight Canada Goose 600 Tundra Swan 3 American Black Duck 70 or more Mallard 500 or more Northern Pintail 20 or more Bald Eagle 2 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull X many Herring Gull 500 or more -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re:Sweazey screechless, Ovid owlless From: "Donna Scott" <dls9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:13:14 -0500 No Screech Owl in sight at Sweazey Rd at 3:30 PM either. Still in basement?! At 4:20 PM or so, ~six cars of owlers showed up at the intersection of Wycoff and Rock River Rds. in Ovid and drove up and down looking for the Snowy and the Short Eared Owls. It was darkly cloudy and blustery and as soon as many of us got out of cars to scan the fields with binocs, a pelting, freezing rain with a strong wind started. After getting wet and cold, many retreated to the warmth of autos and drove around a little, and most folks left as dusk set in. I stayed till after 5:20 and I/we never saw any owls. Such is birding. However, I believe that raft of aythas to which Suan refers - on Friday afternoon and around noon today - has flown up to the bay south of Milliken Station, circled around and then headed back south, as fast as they could fly, out of my sight around the bend, and probably back to where Suan saw them by Salt Point later this afternoon. Donna Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Suan Yong To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:20 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sweazey screechless, but... Checked out the hole at Sweazey Road at 2pm, no screech owl, but when I first approached I thought I saw the corner of some being peek out the hole then disappear back into the depths. I waited around for a few minutes but it did not reemerge. So, to the question of where else the owl may be spending its days, may be just the basement. Salt point hosted an aythya raft, about 50/50 redheads and ringnecks, accompanied by a handful of gadwalls (and mallards and Canada geese). Morning walk around Sapsucker woods saw a song sparrow. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: huge flock of robins From: "clr82 AT juno.com" <clr82@juno.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:03:04 GMT Just before 5 we had a flyover flock of nearly 300 robins here in Etna. Our local backyard sharp-shinned hawk seemed to be following them just above the treetops in our yard and continuing across the field south of us (he usually just skulks about and nabs our neighbor's homing pigeons). Colleen Richards ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f248cdbef97834672st04duc -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Sweazey screechless, but... From: Suan Yong <suan.yong AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:20:21 -0500 Checked out the hole at Sweazey Road at 2pm, no screech owl, but when I first approached I thought I saw the corner of some being peek out the hole then disappear back into the depths. I waited around for a few minutes but it did not reemerge. So, to the question of where else the owl may be spending its days, may be just the basement. Salt point hosted an aythya raft, about 50/50 redheads and ringnecks, accompanied by a handful of gadwalls (and mallards and Canada geese). Morning walk around Sapsucker woods saw a song sparrow. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: White-winged Crossbills From: Carl Steckler <cjs9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:48:34 -0500 On Lick St. (Summerhill) by the triangular gas pipe on the East side in the spruce trees. Flock of about 20-30. 10:30 AM Also if someone finds a Nikon point and shoot camera in that area let me know, Meg lost her's. Carl Steckler -- "For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Flyover Evening Grosbeak From: Jeff Gerbracht <jag73 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:46:02 -0500 At the corner of Hammond Hill and Irish Settlement, after spending the early part of the morning birding Star Stanton and Hammond Hill Rds, I stopped the at the corner after hearing what I thought could have been an Evening Grosbeak. Got out of the car in time to hear it clearly as it flew across the valley. Same general area where Chris and Jessie had a couple Evening Grosbeaks earlier this month. Jeff -- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: RE:any Short-eared Owl sightings in Ovid? From: Marty Schlabach <mls5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:26:31 +0000 Mary Jean, Michele and Kevin saw several on Wednesday. Mary Jean and I spent a little time looking this evening about 5pm, but did not see any. Marty ====================================== Marty Schlabach MLS5 AT cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 ====================================== From: bounce-39181915-3494012 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39181915-3494012 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robyn Bailey Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 5:10 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] any Short-eared Owl sightings in Ovid? Has anyone seen the Short-eared Owls in Ovid today? I'm going to try and go Saturday and was hoping for an update! Best, Robyn Bailey Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: any Short-eared Owl sightings in Ovid? From: Robyn Bailey <rb644 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:09:50 +0000 Has anyone seen the Short-eared Owls in Ovid today? I'm going to try and go Saturday and was hoping for an update! Best, Robyn Bailey Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Merlin eating House Sparrow From: Stephanie Greenwood <stgreenwood AT ev.ithaca.ny.us> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:03:20 -0500 Yippee! One down.... On 1/27/12 9:45 AM, Bill Evans wrote: > 9:45AM atop a Green St. telephone pole next to Agway parkinglot. > Bill E > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > *Please submit your observations to eBird > !* > -- -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summerhill 27Jan2012 From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:59:06 -0500 Hi all, I made a brief trip to Summerhill this morning before work. I did not get a visual on any of the crossbills, but I did have two WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS fly over on Lick Street a bit south of Hoag near where others saw them yesterday. Also a flyover PURPLE FINCH and a flock of about 10 PINE SISKINS. Probably the best bird was an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK that perched in a tree in the swamp on Hoag Road for a while before flying south into the spruces. Here are a couple of photos of this bird, which can present an ID challenge if seen only briefly: https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367558901606514 https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367564042291730 https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367661776838354 https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367672027795938 https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367672027795938 This was not a huge goshawk, so the large size was not particularly helpful as a field mark (I thought it was a Cooper's when I first saw it based on size). Actually, it looked more like a small Buteo in silhouette, and note the barrel-chested appearance in flight. Especially apparent in the first picture (because the bird was wet and fanning its tail) is the "uneven" tail-barring, which seems to be due to the wavy shape of the dark bands on each feather. Also, the streaking on the underparts is very dark, very thick, and very extensive, almost reaching the undertail. On most of the Cooper's I see this streaking fades out around the flanks. Finally, the white supercilium is extremely bold on this bird, and the overall ground color seems paler and buffier than the average Cooper's (visible especially in the last shot where it's against the spruces). Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Cleaning a scope From: Richard Tkachuck <rictkalist AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:54:30 -0500 My swarovski scope needs a cleaning. Is there someone local that does this or should I send it off? Richard Tkachuck -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Merlin eating House Sparrow From: Bill Evans <wrevans AT clarityconnect.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:45:53 -0500 9:45AM atop a Green St. telephone pole next to Agway parkinglot. Bill E -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Red Heads Salt Pt/Screechie at Sweazey Rd. From: Donna Scott <dls9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:35:03 -0500 I stopped by Myers Pt. from ~4:30 - 5 PM today and saw lots of gulls and Mallards by Myers beach. Many Coots in the marina area, with Mallards and Canada Geese. North of Salt Point were hundreds of Redheads, 40-50 Ring-necked Ducks, a Bufflehead female and a Gr.? Scaup. It was rainy and misty, so there may have been other species in the raft of Redheads, but it was hard to see out there. I don't think there were any Canvasbacks, but I could be wrong. On the way home, I went down Sweazey Rd., off Rt. 34B, and there was the Screech Owl dozing in its hole in the dead tree on the north side of the dirt part of the road, about half-way down to Bill George Rd. from the bottom of the Cornell Orchard. I had not seen this Screech Owl the last 3 times I went there over a 2 week period. It must have different places to sleep during the day. Yesterday, I saw the Screech Owl in the box in the Factory St. Pond in Union Springs, before and after going to see the thousands of swans near Lock CS-1 (Mud Lock) at the north end of the lake (~4 PM). Also saw 2 adult Bald Eagles in trees south of the big eagle nest by the dam and lock, and a Hooded Merganser male in the distance (thanks to Steve and Linda Benedict's scope). Later, thousands of Snow Geese and Canada Geese flew over in noisy vees, towards the southwest. A lone Greater Scaup with brown and white feathers on one flank and pure white feathers on its other side was swimming with a Mallard pair near the barges and the little jetty between the dam and the lock. Donna Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: 20+ White-winged Crossbills, ~100 Pine Siskins, Hoag St, Summerhill From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT me.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:03:36 +0000 I also went to Summerhill State Forest on the excuse that my son, who is off from school, needs driving practice in snow, and the only snow we could find was on Salt Road, Dresser Rd, and Hoag St. Toward the west end of the swamp on Hoag I immediately saw 6 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS perched atop a bare tree. Several flew down to the underbrush below the shrubs close by.  I couldn't see why - drinking? When they emerged from the underbrush, re-grouped and flew to the top of another tree I counted 23 crossbills and saw white wingbars on most of them. I wasn't able to rule out a Red Crossbill among them before this flock flew up and southeast out of my view from inside the car. Moments later a larger flock swirled into view from the shrublands to the north and alit in the same tree the crossbills had vacated: about a hundred PINE SISKINS, who also soon flew off the same direction, I think. We declared victory and left at 12:27, close to the same time Lee Ann was on Lick Street, but we turned north and did not meet. Brief looks at feeders at Hovel's (Fillmore Rd just west of Salt) and Nick's (drive E, 1194? Lake Como Rd) revealed nothing unusual except 3 WILD TURKEYS at Hovel's. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Fwd: IBA Day Festival, May 5th at MAC - info From: Dave Spier <northeastnaturalist AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:50:06 -0800 (PST) The Montezuma Audubon Center is planning its 6th Annual Wildlife Festival for Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10 AM to 3 PM. The theme for this year’s event is “Important Bird Area (IBA) Day.”  Informational exhibitors can attend for FREE and will be located at Indoor Spaces or Outdoor Spaces. (Informational exhibitors are welcome to provide information about their organization to the Festival attendees, but selling merchandise will incur a reduced vendor fee. See the schedule at the end.) Types of vendors: 1) non-profits/government entities/educational institutions  and 2) commercial vendors. Vendors may choose between Outdoor Spaces or Protected Spaces that will be under a large tent.  Please request an application from: Montezuma Audubon Center, PO Box 187, Savannah, NY 13146 -- email montezuma AT audubon.org  FYI: Payment needs to be made before the requested space will be guaranteed. Spaces can be reserved on a first come first serve basis. Registrations and payment are due by April 15, 2012. You will need to provide your own tables, chairs and coverings. If you would like to rent tables, they are available for $10.00 and chairs for $1.00 each. Please note those needs on your registration form.   A confirmation letter along with a map of the grounds will be sent to you on April 20th with all the additional information regarding location, parking and a time frame for the day. Exhibitor’s and vendor’s booths must be set up and ready to serve the public by 9:30 AM.   If you have any other questions, you may contact Chuck Gibson at 315-945-2167 or email the above address.   I hope that you will consider joining us for this exciting avenue to help connect our world with nature.   Sincerely, Chuck Gibson Vendor Coordinator   Vendor Fees: Outdoors at 10’ X 10’for $15.00 as a non-profit, government entity or educational institution vendor Under the Tent at 10’ X 10’for $30.00 as a non-profit, government entity or educational institution vendor Outdoors at 10’ X 10’for $30.00 as a commercial vendor Under the Tent at 10’ X 10’ for $55.00 as a commercial vendor_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Fwd: IBA Day Festival, May 5th at MAC - info From: Dave Spier <northeastnaturalist AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:50:06 -0800 The Montezuma Audubon Center is planning its 6th Annual Wildlife Festival for Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 10 AM to 3 PM. The theme for this year’s event is “Important Bird Area (IBA) Day.”  Informational exhibitors can attend for FREE and will be located at Indoor Spaces or Outdoor Spaces. (Informational exhibitors are welcome to provide information about their organization to the Festival attendees, but selling merchandise will incur a reduced vendor fee. See the schedule at the end.) Types of vendors: 1) non-profits/government entities/educational institutions  and 2) commercial vendors. Vendors may choose between Outdoor Spaces or Protected Spaces that will be under a large tent.  Please request an application from: Montezuma Audubon Center, PO Box 187, Savannah, NY 13146 -- email montezuma AT audubon.org  FYI: Payment needs to be made before the requested space will be guaranteed. Spaces can be reserved on a first come first serve basis. Registrations and payment are due by April 15, 2012. You will need to provide your own tables, chairs and coverings. If you would like to rent tables, they are available for $10.00 and chairs for $1.00 each. Please note those needs on your registration form.   A confirmation letter along with a map of the grounds will be sent to you on April 20th with all the additional information regarding location, parking and a time frame for the day. Exhibitor’s and vendor’s booths must be set up and ready to serve the public by 9:30 AM.   If you have any other questions, you may contact Chuck Gibson at 315-945-2167 or email the above address.   I hope that you will consider joining us for this exciting avenue to help connect our world with nature.   Sincerely, Chuck Gibson Vendor Coordinator   Vendor Fees: Outdoors at 10’ X 10’for $15.00 as a non-profit, government entity or educational institution vendor Under the Tent at 10’ X 10’for $30.00 as a non-profit, government entity or educational institution vendor Outdoors at 10’ X 10’for $30.00 as a commercial vendor Under the Tent at 10’ X 10’ for $55.00 as a commercial vendor -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --