[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbills, Summerhill State Forest

This morning (26 Jan) there have been two text RBA reports of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in Summerhill State Forest, Town of Summerhill, in the southeast corner of Cayuga County. First at 9:16 Bob McGuire reported 12 of them fly over him and 2 land near him along Hoag St and at 10:50 Richard Tkachuck

[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbills @ Summerhill

With the approach of snow/rain for this afternoon, I elected to get in a walk along Salt Road this morning. I encountered numerous chickadees Red-breasted Nuthatches, more than any other day this winter. At the corner of Salt Hoag at about 9:15 I had several birds fly over, calling like

[cayugabirds-l] My Current Location

Refound 10-12 White-winged crossbills Last seen 12:20pm I saw hear a few flying across St from 165 marker sign described by R. Tkachuck on Lick St. Carl Steckler arrived a few minutes later and we had 2-4 come back. Were able to obtain some silhouetted photos and in photos clearly the

[cayugabirds-l] W-winged Crossbills refound Summerhill/Moravia

Here is correct headline. Apologies but google maps auto-filled the subject line when I was retyping my email. Was snowing steady when I left. 748 Lick St summerhill/Moravia NY Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Lee Ann van Leer l...@earthlink.net wrote: Refound 10-12

[cayugabirds-l] Red Heads Salt Pt/Screechie at Sweazey Rd.

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,

[cayugabirds-l] Ovid snowy-no; short-eared-yes

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

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Saw-whet Owll (heard only)

Hi everyone, On my way in to work this morning I heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL calling in the western part of Sapsucker Woods. I only heard and did not see the bird calling from near the top of a tall white pine located south across the path from the shelter that is at the intersection of

[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill = robins

On a walk this morning, Susie I encountered a small flock of AMER. ROBINS on top of Hammond Hill. This is a first for us in January. They acted very boisterous, apparently feeding on fermented buckthorn berries. Also several RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES and 1 STARLING. S. S. Fast Brooktondale

[cayugabirds-l] no owls for me

I spent 45 minutes this morning looking for the snowy owl in Ovid. No luck. Darn. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Blue Jays

This morning Blue Jays seemed to be everywhere on Burns Road in Brooktondale. For a few minutes, there were 19 BLUE JAYS perched at the very top of a tall oak tree. Many were giving the same two-noted vocalization, along with a sound reminiscent of a Crow's comb call but quieter and more rapid.