[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake area

I checked the Dryden Lake area later yesterday afternoon.  The lake is still frozen; the walking trail looks rough with slushy snow.  As an alternative to looking over an expanse of water (Cayuga Lake), one could stop along Purvis Rd. and gaze over an almost unlimited expanse of cow poop.  Both

[cayugabirds-l] Red-winged blackbirds

Two male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS are eating seed on the ground under my feeders this morning. Pleasant Valley Rd. in Groton. Marla L. Coppolino Groton, New York USA http://marlacoppolino.com http://www.thesnailwrangler.com/ http://kibibiacres.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] Bohemian

I am still puzzled by - and have to apologize for - what happened to my post of yesterday morning regarding the bohemian. I am guessing that something went awry with Clarity’s email server - as I just now began to receive messages again (after almost 24 hrs without). As Jay mentioned, I could ha

[cayugabirds-l] Dead waterfowl/ice breakup

I too have seen several corpses of waterfowl here, including a pure white tundra swan a few beaches north of mine on Lansing Station Rd. 3 days ago masses of broken ice from north of my previously open water area were blown in by the wind and piled up noisily on shore & on any beach structure n

[cayugabirds-l] myer's saturday afternoon

I startled an Amer Pipit as I walked up to the lighthouse, and it flew up in front of me landed on ice not too far out. No sign of the tufted duck, but I also hit a spot of rain that made viewing difficult. Also, forgot to grab my gloves, and my hands were freezing. Coots, herring, great blac

[cayugabirds-l] Lots o redpolls

A flock of 50+ Redpolls at our feeders onHunt Hill Rd, east of Ithaca, this afternoon. No redwinged blackbirds or robins yet. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls

I still have 2 Redpolls coming to my feeders. Seems crazy - red-wings one day and Redpolls the next day. Such is winter! Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBir

[cayugabirds-l] Pipit, Snow Buntings, & Killdeer

Went on the Eaton Birding Society field trip this morning. Birds of note include several Killdeer, small flock of Snow Buntings, & a single Am. Pipit along Yale Farm Rd between Rtes 96 & 96A in Seneca County. Also had a nice selection of Canvasback, Redhead, Scaup, C. & RB Mergansers, RN Duck, &

[cayugabirds-l] dead cooper's

While cleaning up the yard yesterday, I found a dead cooper's hawk under our forsythia bushes (my grandson had reported a big bird hunting sparrows a while back). Heavily horizontally streaked breast, rounded tail. One would have thought that the English sparrow population would have kept it w

[cayugabirds-l] Muckrace contact?

Seeking contact for Muckrace. Thanks Richard Tkachuck cbcedit...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http:

[cayugabirds-l] Large Red-winged Blackbird Flock, North Lansing

Saturday, 3/14, at 12:11pm, about 100 Red-winged Blackbirds in field with manure on Storm Road ( just off of 34) in North Lansing, near Baker's Acres! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Northea

[cayugabirds-l] Bird Highlights from West side of Cayuga Lake

Here are the highlights of birds Dave Nutter and I saw today on the west side of Cayuga Lake. This list is not all-inclusive of what we saw. Dave will be posting a detailed list on eBird. Six of these birds were my first ever and marked with an asterisk. Taughannok Marina Canvas Backs, Lesser S

[cayugabirds-l] redwings, grackles, brown-headed cowbirds, oh my

Today, 15 Mar 15, at my feeders, 147 Hile School Rd, Freeville, a hop-skip and wing-pump out of the Basin. At least 6 Common Grackles and 6 male Redwinged Blackbirds in the morning; 2 male cowbirds around 1600h. With 2 groups of feeders and birds going back and forth, not sure of total red

[cayugabirds-l] Northern Saw-whet Owl - Village of Lansing

While letting the dog out just now, I was surprised by a Northern Saw-whet Owl calling from the northern section of the Village of Lansing Greenway that ends at the Bomax Rd. fields. The vocalization lasted for about 15 seconds, paused for about 10, and then resumed for another 10 seconds or so, be