[cayugabirds-l] Odd (hybrid) goose at Stewart Park
What looked to be a Canada/domestic goose cross in the area nearest the entrance to Stewart Park Photo here: bird of the day | | | | | | | | | bird of the dayOnline reports had cackling geese hanging around with the Canada geese in West Concord, MA, so I decided to go see if I could find them. I headed out to have a look and found a hundred or so geese floating in the back of Warner's Pond. | | | | View on www.philpho.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | -- 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] Mt Pleasant Horned Larks
Hi all, Friday afternoon around 3:30, I watched a large flock of Horned Larks foraging along the roadside and in a newly harvested cornfield at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd...a rough count turned up 70 but there were more. I tried at first to turn them into Snow Buntings but did not succeed, telling myself that a flock of larks that big was just as cool ;-)) 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 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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] N. Gannet at Seneca Lake
I was able to find the Northern Gannet this morning about 9:45. It was swimming far to the north of Seneca Marina. I scanned from Clute Park at 60x. The huge size jumped out especially compared to the Common Loons nearby. An incredible bird for the lake and a wonderful find by the Gregoire's. After much enjoyable viewing I lost sight of him as he stretched his wings and dove once. I'm hoping he just moved up the lake to reappear later. I never saw him fly closer to the park. Gary On Nov 21, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: The immature NORTHERN GANNET was still present in the southeast corner of Seneca Lake at dusk just now, sleeping and swimming around between swans. Visible from the pulloff and from Warren Clute Park. On Nov 21, 2014 3:13 PM, John and Sue Gregoire k...@empacc.netmailto:k...@empacc.net wrote: At 1400 today, we had a mixed flock of Tundra and Trumpeter Swans close in to shore on Seneca Lake at the bottom of the Rte 79 hill. While separating the swans a huge seabird swam into view and eventually came right offshore. It was a juv. Northern Gannet!! Plumage much as the one we had there two years ago. Earlier today a Peregrine falcon buzzed that area and landed on the old salt tower at Clute Park. Many ducks in the area and in the canal including three merganser species. Three Sandhill cranes (two adult one juv) remain in Queen Catharine Marsh as well as the two adult Bald Eagles that successfully nested there this summer (they were on the nest tree). Didn't tarry much beyond that as we manged to run the battery down, get a jump start and head into town for a new battery! Worth it. JS -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 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] N. Gannet at Seneca Lake
I searched for several hours from several vantage points this morning beginning just before 10. No luck. Some other birds of note were 58 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, and a late SAVANNAH SPARROW in a flock of juncos on the way up to Salt Point. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edumailto:jg...@cornell.edu wrote: I was able to find the Northern Gannet this morning about 9:45. It was swimming far to the north of Seneca Marina. I scanned from Clute Park at 60x. The huge size jumped out especially compared to the Common Loons nearby. An incredible bird for the lake and a wonderful find by the Gregoire's. After much enjoyable viewing I lost sight of him as he stretched his wings and dove once. I'm hoping he just moved up the lake to reappear later. I never saw him fly closer to the park. Gary On Nov 21, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: The immature NORTHERN GANNET was still present in the southeast corner of Seneca Lake at dusk just now, sleeping and swimming around between swans. Visible from the pulloff and from Warren Clute Park. On Nov 21, 2014 3:13 PM, John and Sue Gregoire k...@empacc.netmailto:k...@empacc.net wrote: At 1400 today, we had a mixed flock of Tundra and Trumpeter Swans close in to shore on Seneca Lake at the bottom of the Rte 79 hill. While separating the swans a huge seabird swam into view and eventually came right offshore. It was a juv. Northern Gannet!! Plumage much as the one we had there two years ago. Earlier today a Peregrine falcon buzzed that area and landed on the old salt tower at Clute Park. Many ducks in the area and in the canal including three merganser species. Three Sandhill cranes (two adult one juv) remain in Queen Catharine Marsh as well as the two adult Bald Eagles that successfully nested there this summer (they were on the nest tree). Didn't tarry much beyond that as we manged to run the battery down, get a jump start and head into town for a new battery! Worth it. JS -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 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: 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Field Trip
Bob Horn and I led a trip to Montezuma today. We were accompanied by four great birders -Diane, Ken, Judy, and Phil. This report will not show all the species we saw at each spot (like ebird does), but I repeated some of them. We started at Stewart Park, birding the east side. The species were: Mallard, Coot, Hooded and Common Merganser, Redhead, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Northern Pintail, Common Goldeneye, the regular three species of gulls, Canada Goose, Black Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Rock Pigeon. East Shore Park: New species were Pied-billed Grebe, American Crow, and Song Sparrow. Of note 50 Redheads were counted. Drake Road: House and Tree Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Junco, Mourning Dove, Goldfinch, House Finch, Downy Woodpecker, Cardinal, Blue Jay, European Starling, and Red-tailed Hawk. We saw a Turkey Vulture around there. Myers Point was great! Bonaparte's Gull, Common Loon, Snow Bunting, American Pipit, and killer looks at a Merlin! It posed in a tree near us. Great photos by some! Lake Ridge Road: 2 Pheasant, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and an American Kestrel. (It was one of 4 we saw). Factory Pond in Union Springs was noted for many Gadwall. We saw our first Green-winged Teal. Long Point: Northern Harrier, 7 Pheasant, several Common Loons on the water, Driving into Aurora, Bob, Diane, and Ken saw two American Eagles at a nest, one sitting in it. Of course we had to stop at Dories. Montezuma Wildlife Drive: Snow Geese flying, 13 Bald Eagles sitting on Muskrat mounds, one was an adult. Many Tundra Swans. East Road: The only new species was a Great Blue Heron. Bob saw an Accipiter. He thought it was a Cooper's Hawk, but wasn't totally positive. No Sandhill Cranes were seen and no Snow Geese either. It was much different than last week. We had a total of 51 species. If we count the accipiter sp., then it is 52. Not bad for a cold and eventually wet day. We had a great time. Thank you to everyone who joined us! 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/ --
