[cayugabirds-l] Hoary redpoll question.
Hi folks. I was watching some birds on a tray feeder recently -some redpolls, tree sparrows, siskins and a few house sparrows. One redpoll looked suspiciously like a hoary. While I've definitely seen 3 hoaries this winter, I haven't yet seen enough to feel really confident in positively identifying one. Needless to say the house sparrows were bullying the other birds, and all the other birds soon scattered. All but one - the "hoary" It would have none of the sparrows' bullying and, in fact, was quite aggressive toward them. It charged at them and caused THEM to flee. I was quite surprised by this so my question is this - do hoary redpolls tend to be more aggressive than common redpolls? Might this be another "mark" to help identify one? Thanks for the help. Pete Sar -- 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] Hoary Redpoll and Snow Buntings
This morning around 9:30 I looked out at the Redpolls and other birds at the feeders and found an overall lighter looking Redpoll with a white rump, and after a bit of watching, got a good enough look to confirm clean unstreaked under tail coverts, the first Hoary Redpoll on our yard list. It was feeding not at the feeders, but on the Black eyed Susan seed heads we had left in the front garden. Later this morning on my way home coming over Buffalo Hill Rd I found a flock of close to 100 Snow Buntings on the fields of the Snow Farm. This is the farm towards the south end of Buffalo Rd (the only farm on Buffalo Rd.) While I did look for Longspurs, and found none, it was not a long look, as it was quite windy up there and I was less warmly covered than I could have been... Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- 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] Hoary Redpoll in Brooktondale
We have a Hoary Redpoll that's been coming consistently to our feeders in Brooktondale for the last few days!! It has taken me about 30 looks and a few pictures to convince myself, but it really does look different Sandy Podulka -- 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] Hoary Redpoll
Hi All, Sorry for the late post. The Hoary Redpoll I saw was on Lake Como Road (in Summer Hill) at Nick's place. Sorry I don't know the exact address. I actually stayed on Lake Como Road even though his home is on the lake. There was a cleared off area, so... I grabbed my scope and watched from above. There were 3 or so feeders I could see, and Redpolls came in by the numbers. The Hoary was distinctive to me because there were hardly any strips on the sides. It did have a reddish breast, so it wasn't totally frosty. The face was a little more squished in than the other Redpolls. Three or so years back, Chris Wood and Jeff Gerbrecht helped me ID them. Good Birding, Ann ps While I was there I heard a bird call 3 times. I had no idea what it was and I couldn't find it. I am pretty good with bird songs, but I did't recognize that sound. If you go there, please pay attention to it. Thanks. -- 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] Hoary Redpoll and N. Goshawk
We had a large flock (over three dozen) Redpolls descend on the feeders today and one was a classic Hoary; they joined Red-breasted Nuthatches and a huge flock of goldfinch as well as two Pine Siskins. While doing our count here this morning we had a beautiful adult male Northern Goshawk as well as a Northern Mockingbird, cowbirds and red-wings among the more common species. Merry Christmas to all JS -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Hoary Redpoll
Sorry for the somewhat vague directions earlier. The location we were referring to was what we have generally called Mud Lock, called Cayuga Lock in eBird and perhaps elsewhere. Tim and company found the flock on the west shore, opposite River Road on the east side. We parking in the small lot just north of the main parking area to view the eagle nest, then crossed the lock on the small bridge (I didn't know you could do that!) The redpoll flock was working a variety of weeds between two dikes on this side, probably 120-150 birds all together, though the flock size would vary as some birds moved out of sight behind the dikes. One of the birds was a fairly obvious female HOARY, extremely pale (visible even in flight), with very limited streaking on the sides, only a very thin streak on the undertail, and a fluffy white rump. A second female was very likely another Hoary, but not quite as obvious. Dim light and distant birds made for difficult photography, but here is a shot of the more obvious bird: https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Winter20122013?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfOr5y2mYH36QE#5817549408969593586 Andrew Van Norstrand and I had been working up the lake and continued after the redpolls. Generally it was very quiet today with the wind and the rain. The only other real birds of note were several hundred Snow Geese and a single juvenile ROSS'S GOOSE that flew into Knox-Marsellus Marsh while we were scanning the other birds there. On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Brad tried to post earlier, but he, Tim, and Luke found a HOARY REDPOLL with 100+ Common Redpolls feeding in the weeds on the other side of the Cayuga Lock at the north end of the lake. Bird is still present. Jay -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hoary Redpoll, Greater Common Redpolls, Evening Grosbeaks and Purple Finches
Hello all, Julie and I did a little birding and then snowshoeing today. In Scott on Glen Haven Rd were 40+ COMMON REDPOLLS and 6 PURPLE FINCHES ( a few nice males). I talked to the person that lives at the Eaton Rd feeders Summerhill and he said he hadn't seen the flock of 30 Evening Grosbeaks in 10 days. I did however find 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS at the Hovel Chalet on Fillmore --this is just uphill from Eaton Rd. On Lake Como Rd at Fire Ln E there was a massive flock of 250+ COMMON REDPOLLS. In the 30 minutes I checked the flock I found 1 Immature ssp. exilipes HOARY REDPOLL, 1 possible Immature ssp. hornemanni Hoary Redpoll, and 2 good GREATER COMMON REDPOLLS. The possible hornemanni was noticeably large and the two Greater Commons also noticeably larger and darker than the other redpolls. The black bib was much more extensive on both Greater Common Redpolls. This flock is worth spending some time with. It's one of the most impressive redpoll flocks I've ever seen at a feeder station. I could have stayed all day, but needed to get going for some snowshoeing. cheers, Matt mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
