[cayugabirds-l] Red Tagged crow
I watched a red tagged crow (could not read number as it would not let me read by the way it sat), dipping its mouth in the snow on the parapet of the BTI lower roof in front of my office. So I thought it was eating snow, but turned out it had a piece of food, which it had dunk in the snow. The piece of food could not have been at the location as there is no way anybody could throw the food at that spot. So it suggests that the crow had brought it with it. After a few seconds it flew off with piece of whatever that was. It looked like flat piece of dry bread. Then I went out to trace the bird to see where it had flown. It was behind the BTI and was in the snow trying to eat the food. Then it decided that the road was the better choice to eat so landed on the road and stabbing at the food. But it was too far to read the number by 7x20 binoculars! I will keep an eye on this bird if I see it again. Meena Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Ph: 607-3011167 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- 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] Live Smithsonian webcast on forensic ornithology featuring Carla Dove
Hello all, We were just informed of a webcast happening tomorrow that may be of interest to some. See below. I've been told by several people that Carla Dove is *the* feather expert. Marc - The National Museum of Natural History will be doing two *live webcasts about forensic ornithology* on Wednesday, February 12, featuring Carla Dove. The free 25-minute programs will be broadcast at 11AM and 2PM and can be viewed on any computer or smartphone. The webcasts are geared toward middle- and high-school students, but they will be of interest to adults as well. We will also be archiving the videos. More information is available here: https://qrius.si.edu/forensic-ornithology-bird-detective-featuring-carla-dove Karen Fitzgerald Office of Education and Outreach National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution 202.633.0814 phone 202.786.2778 fax P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. Thank you. -- 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/ --
