[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma highlights today. Rough-legged Hawk. many habitat changes from rain

[Michael Tetlow]

Visiting Montezuma today it was a whole new world from last week pre-rain.
There were no shorebirds at the visitor center. It's too deep for all but
the biggest if someone gets lucky. 50 plus No. Shoveler and only a couple GW
Teal and No. Pintail. The Solitary spot is full and water is in Larue's so
teal are dropping in to complete hiding. Seneca Flats is the only shorebird
habitat and was empty except a few ducks. The main pool had even higher
number of Ring-necks, Coot, Am. Wigeon and Gadwall. I found only one
lingering Common gallinule. A large group of about three hundred Redheads
with 50ish Lesser Scaup joined the increased number of Ruddies. My first
pair of Canvasback and a single Bufflehead were new for me. I couldn't find
Snipe at Benning or along the north shore. The graylag type domestic goose
has moved over to the pond by the eagle sculpture. The only shorebird was a
dunlin that flew north  over the wildlife drive. Tschasche had the
highlights where a light morph Rough-legged Hawk harassed one of the 10
Northern Harriers until it dropped its rodent. The Rough-leg disappeared for
a while as it ate but reappeared soaring only to be harassed by a young
probably male peregrine that passed back and forth not even flushing ducks.
There were no teal there to flush but 8ish hundred No. Pintail some
Mallards, Black Duck and again good numbers of Wigeon and Gadwall. I suspect
the Eurasian Wigeon was there as it was reported there yesterday and May's
Point had a few less but still good numbers of Wigeon, Gadwall and
Shovelers. There were a couple hundred GW Teal hiding in the back edges of
May's Point so looking there for that rarity is probably a good idea. Many
Rusty Blackbirds were in the trees above the deck. 22 Sandhill cranes were
along the  dike at Tschasche and another 8 were along route 89 between East
road and the 31 mucklands. They are just cutting the corn on the mucklands
and one field had the lone Snow Goose waiting for his friends to return. The
fields on both sides of Armitage road west of 89 are now flooded with a few
Trumpeter Swans mixed with the geese and mallards. A nice flock of 15 wood
ducks were in the SE corner on the south side of the road. Likely the same
Peregrine appeared and was in pursuit of, maybe, that same dunlin. They
disappeared to the south. 1 Greater yellowlegs calling from there was the
only other shorebird.  Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's have water but most
ducks were invisible unless they flushed. Hunter were scattered around
Carncross and Marten's tract so the only highlight was a singing young male
Purple Finch at eh beginning of Carncross. Good birding,  Mike Tetlow 

 


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-tailed Hawk--partial albinism?

[Lee Ann van Leer]

Larry,



>From the descriptions being given it sounds like a (Red-tailed Hawk) with 
>partial albinism.



I haven't seen the bird yet though so I'm sure the experts will weigh in after 
getting a look at it.



Here is an article we have about  this topic on Bird Academy:

https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/plumage-variations/#_ga=1.10089589.1731798539.1477501650



I remember seeing one in the basin in the past and hearing of others. This one 
sounds like a beauty. I'm not sure if certain species are more prone to it. 
Around here I have seen it in chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, American 
Goldfinches, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawks,  an American Crow and perhaps 
others I have forgotten about.



Kevin (McGowan) also discusses partial albinism and similar plumage variations 
in depth in his Ask an Ornithologist webinar.



http://store.birds.cornell.edu/product_p/edu-hsc-webinar-ar-askan.htm



I look forward to seeing the photos and hoping someone uploads them to eBird.



Thanks for alerting us. :-)




Sincerely,

Lee Ann van Leer

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl=strikingly white Redtail Hawk

[AB Clark]

I checked out the Snowy Owl report and found the bird after getting conflicting 
directions from Thompson Veg farm workers.  It is actually a strkingly 
beautiful Red-Tail Hawk, with markings that make no genetic sense to me.  It 
has a brilliant adult-red tail, lots of dark streaking in head, a nice sharp 
breast line of dark feathers, and everything else is snowy white, not 
leucistic/tan, but white.  No wonder it was mistaken for a Snowy Owl.

Currently perched in the tallest bare tree along Fall Creek as it winds E from 
Herman Rd, which extends S from Fall Creek at the Veg Farm, connecting you with 
38 going to Dryden.  The tree is 2 bends of the Creek, a tall fairly full oak 
next to a poplar?, a stand-out bare tree next to the Creek.  Bird can be hard 
to see, and was just now on the SE part of the tree.  I got looks from along 
Herman Rd, and from the crossing point of the Creek, you can actually see its 
head.  From farther back N, you can see the lower body.  At least that is how I 
left it..and it seems pretty solid right now.

No crows are bothering it, and one normal Red-tail did a circle over it earlier 
but didn’t stop. It preened and may be just watching for prey.

I got some distant pictures, enough to remove doubts about owl vs hawk.

Anne
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl - NOT

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Just got a call from Anne Clark at the scene. Apparently the bird is a mostly 
white Red-tailed Hawk, although it has a red tail. Last seen south of Fall 
Creek Rd, where the stream crosses the road.

Kevin

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[mailto:bounce-120934548-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of AB Clark
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:38 AM
To: W Larry Hymes 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl

That would be just E of Ed Hill Rd, on Fall Creek rd.  Heading out there now.  
Don't be fooled by the wooden sculptured owl that is on the right, leaving 
Freeville, going E.

Anne

> On Oct 26, 2016, at 9:33 AM, W. Larry Hymes  wrote:
> 
> Just got a call from the manager of the Thompson Veg. Research Farm that a 
> SNOWY OWL is hanging around the farm.  The farm is just outside Freeville on 
> the road that goes to McClean.  It was last seen in a cherry tree on the 
> south side of the road near Fall Creek.  Isn't this way early
> 
> Larry
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl

[AB Clark]

That would be just E of Ed Hill Rd, on Fall Creek rd.  Heading out there now.  
Don’t be fooled by the wooden sculptured owl that is on the right, leaving 
Freeville, going E.

Anne

> On Oct 26, 2016, at 9:33 AM, W. Larry Hymes  wrote:
> 
> Just got a call from the manager of the Thompson Veg. Research Farm that a 
> SNOWY OWL is hanging around the farm.  The farm is just outside Freeville on 
> the road that goes to McClean.  It was last seen in a cherry tree on the 
> south side of the road near Fall Creek.  Isn't this way early
> 
> Larry
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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl

[W. Larry Hymes]

Just got a call from the manager of the Thompson Veg. Research Farm that 
a SNOWY OWL is hanging around the farm.  The farm is just outside 
Freeville on the road that goes to McClean.  It was last seen in a 
cherry tree on the south side of the road near Fall Creek.  Isn't this 
way early


Larry

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