[cayugabirds-l] Bomax Drive (Field Sparrow), Airport, East Shore Park

2010-01-31 Thread Ryan Douglas
Bomax Drive has seen a marked decline in bird numbers over the past week. Today I turned up one NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, a screaming RED-TAILED HAWK, one AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, a handful of HOUSE SPARROWS and four or five HOUSE FINCHES. However, I also came across one FIELD SPARROW, which made the

[cayugabirds-l] Mt. Pleasant Snow Buntings

2010-01-31 Thread Marie P Read
There was a flock of 40+ Snow Buntings flying around when I took my walk on the hill around 2:30 pm today. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari --

[cayugabirds-l] rafts of ducks

2010-01-31 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, My daughter Marjolein and I went looking for the large raft of Redheads and other ducks reported to have been in Aurora bay, but when we arrived around 12:30 today (Sunday), there were only Canada Geese. We headed further north but did not find any large groups of ducks. The ice is

[cayugabirds-l] Weekend birds

2010-01-31 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi all, I went up the east side of Cayuga Lake yesterday, and then again today with Tom Johnson leading a small field trip for ornithology. Here are my highlights: Saturday, 30 January 2010 Stevenson Road compost - GLAUCOUS GULL (2nd cycle, somewhat small-bodied but with diagnostic bicolored

[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Rough-legged Hawk

2010-01-31 Thread Dave Nutter
I went to Sapsucker Woods today. As I got out of my car I saw a shadow crossing the parking lot and looked up in time to see a departing MERLIN. After I gave up trying to refind it for a more satisfying look, I met Ann Mitchell and Linda Clougherty. We saw the RED-SHOULDERED HAWK west of