[cayugabirds-l] Red Winged Black birds
This morning there are two Red Winged Blackbirds singing and exposing their red epaulets.Maybe the Groundhog was right. And the Rusty Blackbird is still coming to the Treman Bird Garden. Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473 Travel is fatal to prejuidice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime -Mark Twain- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine at Stewart Park
At Stewart Park this morning, a Peregrine Falcon was perched in the tree opposite the boathouse. -- Paul Anderson. GrammaTech, Inc.Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x18 mailto:p...@grammatech.com http://www.grammatech.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stevenson Road
A few gulls were attending the compost pile this morning, including (finally) a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, the first one I have seen there this season. The only other gull of interest was a Herring-type with a lot of white in the wingtips, tending toward Thayer's pattern. The head looked pretty flat and I believe it had a light eye, so I suspect it was just an atypical Herring Gull, but the wingtips had large white bars from above and appeared very frosty below as well, so it might be worth keeping an eye out for this bird. Unfortunately, the gulls on the hill reshuffled before I could study it long and I was unable to refind it before I had to go. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] OT: Ithaca's 3rd Annual Designing With Native Plants Conference
HI Folks, People interested in native plants and gardening, including bird-friendly gardening, might be interested in attending this local conference: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e34lo0nn53db6548llr=qhf8yceab Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] American Tree Sparrows on the increase
Just thought it might be worth reporting that today I counted 42 American Tree Sparrows under and on my feeders, my highest count yet. And I still have around 30 Redpolls (including a Hoary or two or three) visiting daily, as well as the other usual feeder birds. Stephanie -- 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Farmers Market Robins
Hi all, I birded at the Ithaca Farmer's Market around 5 pm. The treetops held 160 A. ROBINS. That's the most I've seen in one place in a while. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Young TV feeding, and many RTHA at Game Farm
Yesterday, Wednesday, Feb 23 around noon, a young TV was having lunch near one of the game farm buildings, visible from Game Farm Rd. It faced us in bright sunlight, making it easy to see the grayish head without any discernable red. We couldn't see what it was eating, but watched it repeatedly mantle over the food to fend off several hopeful crows. Thirty-eight red-tailed hawks were perched on posts, nets, and the tree at the Game Farm; and more were in flight or perching in trees bordering the farm. There must have been 45 to 50 RTHA in total. Sue and Bud Norvell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
