Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl?

[Christopher Wood]

This sounds like it may be a Short-eared Owl. Snowy Owls do not have beige or 
brown on the wings. The markings are black. This seems to be a great year for 
Short-eared Owl and the habitat around King Road looks good for Short-eared. 
That would be my best guess.

Chris Wood

On Mar 1, 2013, at 12:42 PM, "Linda Madeo" 
mailto:lwma...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I saw a bird that looked like this, too ... yesterday around 5:30 pm on W. King 
Rd.
Linda Madeo

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Tobias Dean 
mailto:tdea...@twcny.rr.com>> wrote:
Second hand sighting: Wife Elizabeth said a very large owl, very white with
beige markings evenly spread on wings and back, flew right in front of her
at headlight level last night on E.King Rd. in Ithaca.
She didn't get a good look at the head.
this was well after dark.

   Toby Dean


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[cayugabirds-l] Hawks at Game Farm Rd.

[Tobias Dean]

Driving by at 4:45 PM there were at least half a dozen hawks that looked
like the same species eying the pheasants. When they soared the underside
of the tails seemed to have a yellowish tinge, but the tails seemed red
above.
I would love a more expert observer to identify them for me.

  thanksToby

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Sunday

[bob mcguire]

I got a really late start today (overslept) and was surprised to run  
into Dave Nutter shortly after arriving at Salt/Dresser Roads. We both  
noted the 14 Evening Grosbeaks at the feeder at 1158 Salt Rd, then  
together walked down to the snowmobile clubhouse and back, and a  
stretch of Dresser Road, all without encountering more than 1 -2  
chickadees, a possible Golden-crowned Kinglet, and some thrashing wing  
noises that may have been a Ruffed Grouse. Oh, and a raven that kept  
us company for part of the walk.


From there Dave went north to chase the Trumpeter Swans (they are the  
ones with the green neck tags, if anyone has trouble telling them  
apart from tundra Swans). And I drove home via Lake Como. One of the  
feeders on East Lake Como Rd. was full of chickadees, nuthatches,  
cardinals, tree sparrows, a flock of some 40 Common Redpolls - and  
three early-season Red-winged Blackbirds.


It was not a bad morning to be out: no wind to speak of, few  
snowmobiles, and even a patch of near-blue overhead.


Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] Ermine

[John A-X. Morris]

I spotted 4-5 chickadees out the window, seemingly chittering about
something, and a closer look revealed an ermine below in the snow.  Hadn't
heard of chickadees mobbing a weasel before!

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[cayugabirds-l] More Lapland Longspurs

[Jay McGowan]

After watching at least two LAPLAND LONGSPURS (neither in alternate
plumage, sadly) with Horned Larks and Snow Buntings at the north end of
Lake Ridge Road near the Triangle Diner around midday today, Livia and I
found two more longspurs with ~100 Horned Larks and half a dozen Snow
Buntings in one of the first fields on Lansingville Road just off Rt. 34B.



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Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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[cayugabirds-l] Morgan rd SEOWs, n. shrike, and harrier

[Andrew Myers]

This afternoon John Confer, Julia Gillis, Michaela TerAvest, and I drove up
to the NYSDEC office on Morgan rd. in the Montezuma complex and had
wonderful views of no fewer than 5 short-eared owls gliding and careening
over the fields. We also saw a harrier and a strike in a shrub in the
field. We had a great time, and I highly recommend making the trip!

Cheers,

Andrew

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[cayugabirds-l] OT; A long drawn whistle

[Meena Haribal]

Hi all,

Yesterday I heard a repeated call of long drawn whistle and I am stymied by 
that. First thought was yes, it is a familar bird. Then it dawned on me that 
familiarity is from Indian origin, It sounded like a Common Iora or a Magpie 
Robin call, but this was in Caddo National Grassland in TX near Decatur.

Anyone has any suggestions as to what it could be? I did record it among the 
calls of other species of birds and wind. I will post the cut when I get chance 
to do so in next few days.



http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Copsychus-saularis Here is a call of magpie 
robin, this has shorter intervals, but I think the call I heard was more like 
Common Iora with longer drawn and longer intervals too, funny I did not find 
any samples of Common Iora on Xeno Canto.



Thanks in advance!



Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
http://haribal.org/
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/


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[cayugabirds-l] Sunday morning longspur, shrike, pintails

[Kenneth Victor Rosenberg]

Tom Schulenberg and I birded up to Triangle Diner area this morning, and like 
others, found a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR with HORNED LARKS on Lake Ridge Road -- 
a dull streaky bird feeding very close to the barn on the west side of the road 
(not with most of the larks and SNOW BUNTINGS further south).

At Myer's Point, the highlights were an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL sleeping 
on the north gravel spit (my first one this year), a calling AMERICAN PIPIT, 
and a raft of over 180 NORTHERN PINTAIL to the south off the marina.

We stopped by Cayuga Vista Rd. in Lansing and the NORTHERN SHRIKE was 
obligingly on the wire (11:30 AM).

Back at home earlier in the morning, a flock of 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS flew 
over, and a lone male COMMON REDPOLL was looking a bit sick under my feeders.

KEN


Ken Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2412
607-342-4594 (cell)
k...@cornell.edu



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