RE:[cayugabirds-l] Saturday birds (so far)
Just to follow up on Ken's original hope, there was nothing on Dryden Lake today, either. One Pied-billed Grebe and a small pod of chilly Mallards. White-headed Lesser Black-backed Gull continues on Stevenson RD, but nothing else to report. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-69274415-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-69274415-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kenneth Victor Rosenberg Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 3:30 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Saturday birds (so far) With the passage of this strong front, I headed to Cayuga Lake today around noon and watched from East Shore Park and then Stewart Park. Not much to report, actually -- the only possibly new arrivals were a flock of 7 male RUDDY DUCKS off the east side of Stewart Park. Still 30+ PIED-BILLED GREBES scattered about, but they've been there for awhile. Although no longer an unusual bird around here, it was nice to see a minimum of 4 (and possibly 6) BALD EAGLES flying around, including two adults in a dog-fight above the west side of the lake, an immature carrying a fish over the jetties, and several more single adults and immatures that may have been the same or different birds. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@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/ -- - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5313 - Release Date: 10/06/12 -- 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 birds (so far)
With the passage of this strong front, I headed to Cayuga Lake today around noon and watched from East Shore Park and then Stewart Park. Not much to report, actually -- the only possibly new arrivals were a flock of 7 male RUDDY DUCKS off the east side of Stewart Park. Still 30+ PIED-BILLED GREBES scattered about, but they've been there for awhile. Although no longer an unusual bird around here, it was nice to see a minimum of 4 (and possibly 6) BALD EAGLES flying around, including two adults in a dog-fight above the west side of the lake, an immature carrying a fish over the jetties, and several more single adults and immatures that may have been the same or different birds. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Saturday birds
Is the screech owl in the gox in the middle of the pond on Factory St in Union Springs? I've gone there several times and not seen the owl. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. Thanks, Deborah Lynn On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jody W Enck wrote: > Hi all, > My two sons (ages 8 and 11) and I went around Cayuga Lake Saturday, > starting after a mid morning music lesson. > > Highlights were: > > Excellent scope views of the Great Horned owls in Renwick Woods (Stewart > Park, Ithaca), a domestic-Canada goose hybrid and a domestic?-mallard mixed > female (the really light brown one reported from Stewart previously). > > A Merlin flying and perching in the top of a spruce tree just north of > Myers Point. > > "Screechie" at the Factory St. pond in Union Springs. > > Snow geese as reported by others in the north parts of the Montezuma > complex. Throughout the day, my kids were trying to estimate and keep track > of the number of birds seen by species. With respect to the Snow Geese, my > 8 year-old said, "I don't know how many birds there were. My eyes know, but > they can't talk so I can't ask them." > > On Center Rd. Ovid, among the hundreds of Canada Geese in a field right > next to the road was one of the coolest birds I have ever seen. It clearly > was a Canada-Snow goose hybrid. Seen from 20 yards with binoculars. > Slightly smaller than surrounding Canadas. Base plumage similar to Canada > (i.e., black head and neck with white chin strap, body more or less brownish > gray [sort of]). Bill shaped like a Snow Goose, complete with a grinning > patch. I have never seen one of those on a Canada before. Black of head > and neck was flaked with white feathers making it really stand out from the > crowd. Body had substantial number of white feathers mixed in with the > typical brownish-gray Canada-type feathers. When it flew a short distance > with the rest of the flock (they all picked up, flew in a really tight > circle and landed back in the same spot next to the road), its flight > feathers looked like a typical Canada Goose. All gray-brown. No noticeable > white feathers or black ends to primaries. Some day I'll actually buy a > camera. I could have gotten a decent picture with a cell phone. But I > don't have one of those either. Did I mention that we drive a horse and > buggy (just kidding on that one). > > Last highlight was that my 8 year-old really wanted to see a Loon as he had > never knowingly seen one. We got a decent scope view of one just north of > Sheldrake Point. Another cool bird in transitional plumage. Pretty far > out, but easily seen in the scope. At that distance, and with the > transitional plumage, the best thing I had to go on was bill structure to > call it a Common Loon (I have personally never seen the Pacific Loon in that > area -- too difficult to get up there often by horse and buggy :)) > > At the end of the day, both kids said that the day was even more fun than > they thought it would be. Not a bad way to spend my birthday. > > Jody Enck > -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Saturday birds
Hi all, My two sons (ages 8 and 11) and I went around Cayuga Lake Saturday, starting after a mid morning music lesson. Highlights were: Excellent scope views of the Great Horned owls in Renwick Woods (Stewart Park, Ithaca), a domestic-Canada goose hybrid and a domestic?-mallard mixed female (the really light brown one reported from Stewart previously). A Merlin flying and perching in the top of a spruce tree just north of Myers Point. "Screechie" at the Factory St. pond in Union Springs. Snow geese as reported by others in the north parts of the Montezuma complex. Throughout the day, my kids were trying to estimate and keep track of the number of birds seen by species. With respect to the Snow Geese, my 8 year-old said, "I don't know how many birds there were. My eyes know, but they can't talk so I can't ask them." On Center Rd. Ovid, among the hundreds of Canada Geese in a field right next to the road was one of the coolest birds I have ever seen. It clearly was a Canada-Snow goose hybrid. Seen from 20 yards with binoculars. Slightly smaller than surrounding Canadas. Base plumage similar to Canada (i.e., black head and neck with white chin strap, body more or less brownish gray [sort of]). Bill shaped like a Snow Goose, complete with a grinning patch. I have never seen one of those on a Canada before. Black of head and neck was flaked with white feathers making it really stand out from the crowd. Body had substantial number of white feathers mixed in with the typical brownish-gray Canada-type feathers. When it flew a short distance with the rest of the flock (they all picked up, flew in a really tight circle and landed back in the same spot next to the road), its flight feathers looked like a typical Canada Goose. All gray-brown. No noticeable white feathers or black ends to primaries. Some day I'll actually buy a camera. I could have gotten a decent picture with a cell phone. But I don't have one of those either. Did I mention that we drive a horse and buggy (just kidding on that one). Last highlight was that my 8 year-old really wanted to see a Loon as he had never knowingly seen one. We got a decent scope view of one just north of Sheldrake Point. Another cool bird in transitional plumage. Pretty far out, but easily seen in the scope. At that distance, and with the transitional plumage, the best thing I had to go on was bill structure to call it a Common Loon (I have personally never seen the Pacific Loon in that area -- too difficult to get up there often by horse and buggy :)) At the end of the day, both kids said that the day was even more fun than they thought it would be. Not a bad way to spend my birthday. Jody Enck -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] saturday birds
I birded behind my house in Groton today. I saw or heard nine different warblers- highlights being a PARULA and BLACK-THROATED BlUE. Lots of YELLOW- RUMPS. I also saw a ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 2 male BOBOLINKS. A VEERY was calling, but I didn't see him. Plus, I flushed out a HORNED LARK. Bruce Packard Groton -- 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/ --
