[cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike- Ellis Hollow Cr. Rd

[Laura Stenzler]

Hi all
 There was a Northern Shrike on Ellis Hollow Creek Rd., on the telephone wire 
just east of the intersection with Turkey Hill Rd. at 12:33 this afternoon 
(Thursday). I believe somebody reported a possible shrike at that location last 
week. It was quite visible and active!
Laura


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[cayugabirds-l] King Eider Myers Pt. 1:00pm

[France]

The King Eider was present today 12/2 at 12:45 pm at Myers Point south
of the marina, easily visible from the lighthouse.


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Re:[cayugabirds-l] King Eider Myers Pt. 1:00pm - also pipits

[Tom Schulenberg]

  Ken Rosenberg and I also had four American Pipits (late) foraging on the
south side of the spit at midday today at Myers.



The King Eider was present today 12/2 at 12:45 pm at Myers Point south of
> the marina, easily visible from the lighthouse.
>



tss

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[cayugabirds-l] Myers -- eiderless once again

[Gordon Bonnet]

I was at Myers from a little before 4 till sundown, and there were  
large flocks of Mallards & Coots (plus one Red-breasted Merganser and  
three Great Blue Herons) -- no Eider that I could see.  I scanned the  
large Mallard flocks one bird at a time, and nada.  There was one  
raft of ducks further out that I couldn't resolve with binoculars, so  
perhaps the Eider was further out, but a walk from the parking area  
to the lighthouse, then across to the marina and south along the  
shore, turned up no Eider.


Gordon

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[cayugabirds-l] more predations

[Dave Nutter]

I walked to and from Stewart Park today (02 Dec).  On may return, crossing Taughannock Blvd I noticed all the ROCK PIGEONS who rest on the wires, along with a few EUROPEAN STARLINGS take flight.  Then I saw there was one bird perched on the power pole midway among where the other birds like to rest: an adult COOPER'S HAWK.  It was unsuccessful.  When I got home I went into the garden to harvest some frozen greens and I scared up a substantial bird:  a juvenile SHARP-SHINNED HAWK with the remains of what was so red I think it was a Northern Cardinal.   On the subject of predation, on Tuesday about 7:50am I was at Stewart Park taking a break from taxi driving by looking at a/the male MERLIN perched atop a snag across the mouth of Fall Creek from the Cascadilla Boathouse.  Suddenly it took flight toward the swan pond and was quickly lost to my view, but moments later it was flying back to the same perch with a small bird in tow.  It held the bird at an angle and so hidden behind its perch that I could not identify the intact victim.  Moments later an AMERICAN CROW took interest and displaced the Merlin from the perch.  The Merlin flew south with its prey and the Crow moseyed off elsewhere among shoreline trees.  Later I returned to the area and saw that the Merlin had returned to the same perch and had consumed much of its meal.  Other birds of interest today include:AMERICAN BLACK DUCK - 3 on lakeCOMMON MERGANSER - several on Fall Creek, Cascadilla Creek, and InletHOODED MERGANSER - 1 male, 5 females on Inlet from Farmer's MarketAMERICAN COOT - at least 5 together near Stewart Park dock; other singles along shoreBALD EAGLE - 1 adult on snag across from Cascadilla BoathouseRED-TAILED HAWK - 1, stayed in tree beside swan pond as I walked pastDOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - 1 immature on piling clusterNORTHERN FLICKER - 1 in Stewart Park BROWN CREEPER - 1 in Stewart Park BELTED KINGFISHER - 1 by pool between golf course and fishing area (clearer water than Fall Creek today!)DARK-EYED JUNCO - several in several weedy/brushy areas I passedAMERICAN TREE SPARROW - a few in with JuncosThe lake lacked interesting ducks, and I don't think it's just because I lacked a scope.--Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike- Ellis Hollow Cr. Rd

[Asher Hockett]

And that same area had one several years ago, if my memory serves me right.
Same one??

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:

> Hi all
>  There was a Northern Shrike on Ellis Hollow Creek Rd., on the telephone
> wire just east of the intersection with Turkey Hill Rd. at 12:33 this
> afternoon (Thursday). I believe somebody reported a possible shrike at that
> location last week. It was quite visible and active!
> Laura
>
>
> Laura Stenzler
> l...@cornell.edu
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