[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club November meeting

2015-11-04 Thread cl...@juno.com
The Cayuga Bird Club will be meeting on Monday, November 9, at 7:30 at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with cookies and conversation at 7:15. Our speaker will be Marie Read, wildlife photographer and Cayuga Bird Club member. In her presentation, "Alaska's Pribilof Islands: Bucket List Trip!",

RE: [cayugabirds-l] eBird mobile app question

2015-11-04 Thread Wesley M. Hochachka
Hi, As best I know, there's a functioning alpha-test version of the Android eBird app that just appeared yesterday. So a beta test version is probably a small number of weeks away, and a publically released version some larger number of weeks (very small number of months?) away. Apologies

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant SNOW BUNTING and Horned Larks

2015-11-04 Thread Marie P. Read
As of 20 minutes ago, at least one Snow Bunting persists on Mt. Pleasant...it and maybe a second were in a ditch in the shade and may have been taking a drink. Also 5 Horned Larks opposite the observatory, one of which was duly chased by a Merlin...damn, those little falcons are FAST! Marie

[cayugabirds-l] eBird mobile app question

2015-11-04 Thread Mona Bearor
Does anyone happen to know when the eBird mobile app will be available for Android devices? I was introduced to it on an iphone a few days ago and loved it, but have an LG phone. Mona Bearor South Glens Falls, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [nysbirds-l] Cinnamon Teal - yes, Montezuma

2015-11-04 Thread Christopher Wood
Hi everyone, I thought I’d chime in with a few reasons why this teal is a hybrid. I have only seen photos of this bird, but do spend a fair amount of time looking at ducks particularly in transitional plumage. There are several features that simply aren’t ever shown by Cinnamon Teal and are