[cayugabirds-l] Groton birds last Thursday, Friday (Ruffed Grouse, Mockingbird, Pileated)

2009-10-20 Thread bankswallow
I was in Groton last week for my annual fall trip to visit and help some friends there.    Although I wasn't able to visit Stewart Park or Sapsucker Woods etc. since we only had a church van with us, I was able to do a bit of birding on Thursday morning (4 hours) and Friday afternoon, on the o

[cayugabirds-l] Eagles filmed hunting reindeer

2009-10-20 Thread Meena Haribal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8314000/8314558.stm Intersting! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showi

[cayugabirds-l] "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler - Ithaca

2009-10-20 Thread Tom Johnson
Cayugabirders,I found a dull Audubon's Warbler (western subspecies of Yellow-rumped Warbler) at Allan Treman Marine State Park in Ithaca earlier this afternoon. I flushed the bird off the ground, upon which it gave a series of distinctive short, buzzy, rising "zhree" callnotes. I saw the bird onl

[cayugabirds-l] Audubon's Warbler, Hog Hole

2009-10-20 Thread Jay McGowan
Tom Johnson just called to say he has just found a dull AUDUBON'S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at Hog Hole, near the first woods you encounter coming from the parking lot. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.c

[cayugabirds-l] Campus golden plover

2009-10-20 Thread Ryan Douglas
Earlier this afternoon I was hauling some corn between the field house and Gutterman Greenhouse on the east end of campus. While walking back and forth I gazed over at the tractor sweeping the field when a decent sized plover was spooked up. When it didn't show black arm pits I knew Black-bellied P

Re: [cayugabirds-l] north and south basin, 18 Oct - apologies

2009-10-20 Thread Leona Lauster
Dave and all, I apologize to you and your group for the mention of a Western Sandpiper at the MNWR Visitor's Center Sunday. I saw the bright rufous upper scapulars and thought Western but I now realize it would be in a different plumage at this time of year. Leona Lauster I have also learned