[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins, Lapland Longspurs
I have 5 PINE SISKINS at my feeders, but I guess my Redpoll flew across Cayuga Lake to Bill Mcaneny's, since I have not seen it today. Around 50 A. GOLDFINCH, 36 MOURNING DOVES, as usual and other usual feeder birds, including 1-2 CAROLINA WRENS, who live here and sleep in a basket nest on my roofed, east facing front porch at night. At 4 PM yesterday, I read Dave N's 2 PM post about the 1000 H. Larks, Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs at the corner of Mahaney and Genoa/Lansing Town Line Rds, and hopped in the car to drive there. By then it was snowing a lot and there were only 100s of birds seen here and there, many on top of the big silage structure nearest the corner and the new silo. There was a lot of feedstuffs on the ground so many of the birds were foraging there near the open ingredient bays in the shed to the back. I enjoyed seeing the many HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS and was able to scope 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, while my coat neck filled up with snow! I left at 5:15 as the snowing increased and drove across G/L Townline rd. down to Fenner Rd., which as Meena said, is better plowed than the G/L Townline Road. Also, there might be more birds on that route down Davis Rd to Fenner, but there were none last night since it was getting dark. Donna Scott Lansing Stat. Rd Lansing -- 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] Pine Siskins, Lapland Longspurs, etc.
Today (17 Jan) there were still PINE SISKINS among the AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and other feederbirds around Drive E on Lake Como Rd. Ann & I also heard rumors of Redpolls from a feeder-owner, but we did not see any. A day which is not pouring down rain would encourage waiting longer and looking up more. On Elm St Extension east of Salt Rd (Town of Groton) the HORNED LARK flock was very cooperative on both sides of the road in the dairy farm's fields. I saw 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS but Ann saw 4, and I glimpsed a single SNOW BUNTING during a rare moment of flight. The Longspurs were close and afforded great views, with some showing more of the rusty nape & upper back and wing patch than I've often seen. One Longspur stood tall while walking in the snow and looked odd to me because I so seldom see their legs. I still didn't see the long spur, hidden in the snow. Also, many Larks were showing small rusty rump patches, and streaky backs, which was neat. Along Stevenson Rd in Dryden we encountered a flock of hundreds of EUROPEAN STARLINGS with dozens of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS and at least one RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD mixed in. --Dave NutterOn Jan 16, 2012, at 12:33 PM, bob mcguire wrote:Susan, Ann, and I just returned from the Summer Hill area. There were several PINE SISKINS at feeders along Lake Como Rd - #1182. This is just south of Nick's house & feeders. On our way home we detoured east of Elm St Ext to watch a flock of some 60 Horned Larks, 2 SNOW BUNTINGS, and 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'>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 Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
