[cayugabirds-l] Barred Owl
It was a little breezy last night for owling, but Ann and I decided to try and continue a fantastic day of birding into the dark. The first two stops on Irish Settlement Rd. didn't produce a single hoot. We drove back on Ellis Hollow Creek Road and were surprised by a spontaneously calling Barred Owl out over Cascadilla Creek. It was like birding desert; we didn't really need it, but it sure was good. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Purple Finch at feeders; and maple-sap popsicles for birds
This morning we were visited by a lone male Purple Finch at our feeders. No females. In early spring, with freezing nights and warm days, we get some large maple-sap icicles on one red maple. From our kitchen we get to see the amusing spectacle of chickadees titmouse(s) fluttering, hovering and sipping the drips from these popsicles. I should have been smart enough to photograph this a few days ago, now the nights are too warm. Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, New York For my paintings, see http://www.artbynari.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 4/7
Tilden and I went to the Wilson Trail North in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday, hoping to find migrants seeking shelter from the wind. After much patient effort, we saw three FOX SPARROWS making short dashes across the trail. Listening for a rising call note helped us to locate these birds. We also found three RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (2 M, 1 F) perching together and one TREE SWALLOW prospecting nest boxes. Then on the way home, we saw a wind-driven MERLIN slashing across the sky above Warren and Uptown Roads, heading northeast. Maybe this was the same bird that Meena and her group saw yesterday. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow
We had our first of the season FIELD SPARROW at our feeders today. Beautiful little bird with its pink bill and bright white eye ring. (I've never really taken particular note of the eye ring before.) Hope it sings for us before it moves on. We also had a single REDPOLL. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Pileated nest - FLT
I happened to see a Pileated Woodpecker enter a neat round hole in a sycamore this morning. I sat down and watched from a distance for five or ten minutes, to see what might happen. The woodpecker remained inside the entire time, only peeping out occasionally. Looks like a nest hole. Nice to catch one so early in the season! The Finger Lakes Trail passes directly under the tree, but of course observation is much better from some distance off to the side. Since the tree is in a campground in Lower Robert Treman Park, I might as well share directions that will permit observation from a distance. Park in the FLT / Lick Brook/ fishing access parking area on the east side of rte 13 along the south bank of Enfield Creek. Follow the FLT west under the highway. Fifty yards beyond, the trail reaches the campground lane. Walk west on the lane about 100 yards, until you reach campsite #71. Make yourself comfortable at the conveniently situated picnic table, and look south across the lane into the open woods. At the back, you'll easily spot the sycamore, which has an old fissure in its trunk, maybe 16' above the ground, and just a short distance above the fissure, the woodpecker hole. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Chipper
Just now I saw a Chipping Sparrow eating millet on our patio. A few moments ago we had a YB Sapsucker on a nearby tree. Meanwhile, two Robins are working our wood chip path for lunch items. Happy Spring, Regi West Hill in city -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long Point Lakewatch
Given the weather and the winds I decided to do a Lakewatch from Long Point State Par, arriving around 8 am. It was almost too windy to stand and look through a scope but I was able to huddle on the lee side of the small lighthouse on the point. I did have two small groups of BONAPARTE'S GULLS but they were streaming up the far shore and almost in invisible in the heat shimmer. Almost nothing else came by in 2 hours and like Jay I was disappointed. 3 scattered COMMON LOONS Nd a group of 3 male RED BREASTED MERGANSERS. the most tantalizing sighting though was distant flock of 5 Cormorants flying fairly high up the middle of the lake. All were adults but the lead bird was 30% larger than the rest- both in bulk and in wingspan. I had the In my scope for about 20 seconds. It it was pretty bouncy and I could not make out any white or other field marks. It's hard to see how that wouldn't be a Great Cormorant, though. Up in the cedars above Long Point I saw a flock of 12 GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS and a very red FOX SPARROW. KEN Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Treman Osprey nest building
I spent some time at Stewart Park and Treman Marina this morning. There wasn't anything too unusual. I did see the Northern Shovelers , but missed the Horned Grebe Jay saw. I was happy to see the Osprey pair actively adding to their nest in Treman Marina. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SFO trip yesterday
I forgot to mention a highlight. At Mudlock, we looked at the eagle's nest. I noticed the adult standing on the side of the nest looking down. Soon two fuzzy heads appeared! Good birding, Ann Mitchell Sent from my IPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip today
I led a group of four on a Cayuga Bird Club field trip today: Caroline, Judy, Lee-Ann and Becky. Given the very strong South winds, I was hopeful that something interesting had arrived, but no luck. The starlings in the trees teased us with their imitations of Meadowlarks, Towhees and Red-tailed Hawks, but there were few real birds of interest among those trees other than an Eastern Phoebe. Looking out on the lake we saw the usual three gulls, Mallards, Common Mergansers, Bufflehead, Canada Geese, and a single Common Loon. To the East were flocks of Coots, Scaup (both), three Ruddy Ducks. If there had been Shovelers and Lesser Black-backed Gulls around then, I think we would have found them, so they must have arrived later. An adult Bald Eagle flew over as we were scoping, a female Belted Kingfisher strafed the surface, and a few Tree Swallows flew around the mouth of the inlet. Further in the inlet were Wood Ducks, more Bufflehead, more Common Mergansers, several Hooded Mergansers, and a Pied-billed Grebe. We then headed into Renwick in the hope of finding the Great-horned Owl. No luck. There were many more Wood Ducks though, at one point a flock of about eight males flew over above the treetops. We found a female perched high in a tree. The possibility of Bohemian Waxwings was too good to pass up, so we then headed to Drake Road. No luck on those, but we did add a few more species: Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Flicker. We then stopped at Myers, and picked up three Killdeer, a small flock of Redhead and another Common Loon. Finally we went to Sapsucker Woods, starting with the field beyond the far parking lot. There we found about half a dozen Golden-crowned Kinglets that were very cooperative. A single American Tree Sparrow was mixing with the Song Sparrows. We then walked along the first stretch of the Wilson Trail hoping to find a Fox Sparrow or two. No luck there either, but we did find a couple of White-throated Sparrows. Despite missing our target species and that fierce wind, it was still a great day to be out. Paul -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SFO Montezuma Day II
To help plan our trip around the forecast strong south winds with possible rain, I checked the satellite last night and found the entire national map aglow with migration - actually, starting south of the PA boundary - and by this morning it seemed that a new crew had arrived. We started the day at Howland Island, greeted by at least a dozen golden-crowned kinglets, getting good close looks at brown creepers, and at one corner getting good comparative looks at four american tree sparrows with a song sparrow and a brightly ruddy swamp sparrow. There was a sharp-shinned hawk fly-by, and from the various ponds were flushed many wood ducks and american wigeons. I'm starting to think that for viewing of shyer species like wood ducks and hooded mergansers, you can't beat a place like Stewart Park where they're at least partially tolerant of human presence - in a wild-feeling place like Howland island, it was hard to get within binocular distance without triggering a reaction -- especially when you're in a group of 8. For the rest of the morning we were hard pressed to find any good birding spots that wasn't facing into the strong south wind - I think the south end of the lake was the place to be this morning. We drove across the new bridge at Carncross Road to the parking lot at the end where a large flock of red-winged blackbirds and grackles were foraging and flying about together - when they flew, I thought to detect one, perhaps two, female RWBBs. Back on the mainland we struggled to scope in the strong wind the few yellowlegs foraging in the muck - I heard at least one greater tew-tew-tew call, and was otherwise too teary-eyed to ID their greater/lesser-ness. Some distance away was a lone snow goose accompanying a flock of about 8 Canada geese, and when a juvenile bald eagle arrived they flushed and flew about for a good bit giving us good looks, then away downwind as the lone snow started to lag behind; moments later the snow goose returned alone to the original spot, its left wing with a few missing primaries noticeably less proficient in its flight. At the MAC Frank pointed out a great horned owl nest distantly visible from the center, and our group now combined with Meena's took a walk down to get a closer look at one parent with prominent horns and at least one white puffball next to it. For our final stop our group crossed to the marsh opposite the MAC to add a distant trumpeter swan to our list, and with the sun suddenly shining and the weather pleasant we decided to go through our checklists there, under the shadow of a new communication tower with an osprey nest atop. As we went through the list, an osprey caught a bright orange fish and flew about in a strange soap opera we couldn't understand - it hovered and whistled while a second osprey soared nearby, and the two slowly veered away; then the osprey with the gold fish landed on a snag right below the nest, and momentarily another osprey swooped by and shooed it away. We could never figure out how many ospreys were involved, which were the owners of the nest, which if any was an intruder... Suan _ http://suan-yong.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Long Point Lakewatch
Driving south on NYS-89 this afternoon, coming home from the SFO Montezuma overnight, we saw a single CORMORANT, SP in the water close to shore north of Ernsberger Road, but we did not stop to ID it, which was probably dumb. If anyone wants to track it down, it may still be there and there may be time to double check it before sunset.--Dave NutterOn Apr 07, 2013, at 04:16 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" k...@cornell.edu wrote:Given the weather and the winds I decided to do a Lakewatch from Long Point State Par, arriving around 8 am. It was almost too windy to stand and look through a scope but I was able to huddle on the lee side of the small lighthouse on the point. the most tantalizing sighting though was distant flock of 5 Cormorants flying fairly high up the middle of the lake. All were adults but the lead bird was 30% larger than the rest- both in bulk and in wingspan. I had the In my scope for about 20 seconds. It it was pretty bouncy and I could not make out any white or other field marks. It's hard to see how that wouldn't be a Great Cormorant, though. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] egrets yesterday
Yesterday, while scanning the lake from the Wells College Boathouse, I saw two white egrets flying south, down the lake. Unfortunately, they were too far away for me to get an ID, although I suspect they were Great Egrets. Has anyone seen any egrets in the basin this year? Candace -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bluegrass Lane Vesper Sparrow
Hi all, On a walk around Bluegrass Lane with my housemate, I found a lone VESPER SPARROW on the north side of the large oval horse enclosure on the south side of the woodlot. The bird flew up from the base of a fencepost as our dog ran by and perched on the fence for a minute before the dog scared it off to the wood edge. -- Brad Walker -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bluegrass Lane Vesper Sparrow
Livia and I walked around Bluegrass Lane and across to Freese Road this evening as well. We missed the Vesper Sparrow, although we were looking for them, but we did find a pair each of AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and RING-NECKED DUCK on the pond by Liddell Lab, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE in the wet areas around the pond (both landed in the dry cornfield to the west of the pond), 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS just north of the pond, and a calling BROWN THRASHER in the hedgerow on the south side of the garden plots. -Jay On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, On a walk around Bluegrass Lane with my housemate, I found a lone VESPER SPARROW on the north side of the large oval horse enclosure on the south side of the woodlot. The bird flew up from the base of a fencepost as our dog ran by and perched on the fence for a minute before the dog scared it off to the wood edge. -- Brad Walker -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bluegrass Lane Vesper Sparrow
Yet another Bluegrass lane experience this evening as my dog and I flushed 8 SNIPE and 10 KILLDEER from the wet field to the west of Bluegrass. We did not go In far enough to see the Vesper Sp. but I did see the pair of AM WIGEON and GREEN-w TEAL that Jay must have flushed. A sky watch on the late afternoon in my yard produced 2 high and fast-flying COMMON LOONS, a SHARP SHINNED HAWK, and an imm. BALD EAGLE. KEN Sent from my iPhone On Apr 7, 2013, at 6:32 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Livia and I walked around Bluegrass Lane and across to Freese Road this evening as well. We missed the Vesper Sparrow, although we were looking for them, but we did find a pair each of AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and RING-NECKED DUCK on the pond by Liddell Lab, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE in the wet areas around the pond (both landed in the dry cornfield to the west of the pond), 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS just north of the pond, and a calling BROWN THRASHER in the hedgerow on the south side of the garden plots. -Jay On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.commailto:edgarallenhoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, On a walk around Bluegrass Lane with my housemate, I found a lone VESPER SPARROW on the north side of the large oval horse enclosure on the south side of the woodlot. The bird flew up from the base of a fencepost as our dog ran by and perched on the fence for a minute before the dog scared it off to the wood edge. -- Brad Walker -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Long Point Lakewatch
Yesterday, when we were on 89 somewhere north of Union Springs, I saw one Cormorant and another one was on main drive, but did not have enough time to alert to others as they were busy looking at something else. Our group also encountered a singing Brown Creeper and a few Golden Crowned Kinglets. South wind were killers in the morning. If I had let loose myself to fly, I think I could have flown easily. I had to consciously keep my feet to ground. No doubt birds were also doing the same. Today, watching Great Horned owl on the nest reminded me of two childhood stories- one of Mahabharata and second Birbal-Akbar stories. As Suan mentioned in his post all of us watched the Great Horned Owl adult through the scope as we were looking for the adult until I saw through the scope fourth time and found the fuzzy white ball of a baby. One story was about if teacher asks to focus on a subject how sharp students can focus on one subject alone and ignore the surroundings and the second was about trust in teachers. I know now why these kinds of stories are told to kids! Same was true for noticing or not noticing American Goldfinches and House Sparrows during the trip, which were ubiquitous at some locations. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-79964342-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-79964342-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of nutter.d...@me.com [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 5:44 PM To: Kenneth V. Rosenberg Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Long Point Lakewatch Driving south on NYS-89 this afternoon, coming home from the SFO Montezuma overnight, we saw a single CORMORANT, SP in the water close to shore north of Ernsberger Road, but we did not stop to ID it, which was probably dumb. If anyone wants to track it down, it may still be there and there may be time to double check it before sunset. --Dave Nutter On Apr 07, 2013, at 04:16 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote: Given the weather and the winds I decided to do a Lakewatch from Long Point State Par, arriving around 8 am. It was almost too windy to stand and look through a scope but I was able to huddle on the lee side of the small lighthouse on the point. the most tantalizing sighting though was distant flock of 5 Cormorants flying fairly high up the middle of the lake. All were adults but the lead bird was 30% larger than the rest- both in bulk and in wingspan. I had the In my scope for about 20 seconds. It it was pretty bouncy and I could not make out any white or other field marks. It's hard to see how that wouldn't be a Great Cormorant, though. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
