[cayugabirds-l] RC Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet seen on my walk by #301 Lansing Station Rd. ! Foraging with BC Chickadees & a Tufted Titmouse. Donna Scott Lansing 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] Common Redpolls flock on alders
This morning between about 9:15-10:00, I watched and video'd a flock of Common Redpolls (about 20) feeding in the tall line of (Speckled) Alder trees along Rt 366 just adjacent to the Cornell Orchards. I was actually scouting for waxwings, checking the various crabapple trees around the area and I was sitting in Cornell's A-Lot parking lot, when I noticed these little birds flitting around in the alders across the road. They have since flown and I could not relocate them, but it's worth a heads-up to birders to check these trees and other redpoll natural foods, such as other alder species, birches, plus weedy areas of fields. There are still a few redpolls being seen occasionally in the fields along Mt Pleasant Rd but they are nowhere near as consistent as they were there 2 years ago. I will post some video when I get the chance to process it. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ -- 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] Common Redpolls
Hi all, I was very excited to find three Common Redpolls at the feeders just now here in Dryden. Kevin -- 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] What to make of 1000 Swans
Suppose all the swans of a typical winter were for some reason concentrated on the Main Pool instead of on flooded mucklands along the Clyde & Seneca rivers (Armitage, NYS-31 to Carncross Rd) and on Cayuga Lake from Mud Lock to the RR bridge plus farther south along the shores of Cayuga Lake to Union Springs and Red Jacket, I wonder if that would total 1000 Tundra Swans. What is the ice situation on the lake and the refuge? What’s the flooding situation in the mucklands? Did the earlier waterfowl shooting season affect where the swans concentrate? I’d like to hear what the DEC Cayuga Lake waterfowl count shows, and I hope the refuge gets counted at the same time. I wonder what their typical Tundra Swan count is. Also I wonder what the number of Trumpeter Swans and Mute Swans is, although I know that’s harder to count if they are sleeping. I wonder if the attractiveness of Montezuma this year for swans is in any way related to the attractiveness for cranes - weather patterns for nesting success, bringing them here during migration, mild weather other than that one big snow storm keeping them here? - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 12, 2021, at 7:10 PM, Peter Saracino wrote: > > Today we conducted a brief survey at the Montezuma Refuge (Wildlife Drive > only) while also looking for the locations of some possible new eagle nests. > In addition to a good number of ducks (mostly mallards, blacks, ring necks, a > few geese and one redhead), we encounterd over 1000 swans - mostly tundra > with some trumpeters as well. Most were simply sitting on the ice and many > appeared to be sleeping. A number of young were among the larger group. So > I'm wondering if their presence in mid-January is simply a testament to the > mild winter we've had thus far? Will more severe weather send them packing? > Have they given up the thought of Migration this year? > Thoughts, opinions, musings all appreciated. > Thank you. > Pete Sar > -- > 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 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/ --
