[cayugabirds-l] Sunday at MNWR

Hi all, On Sunday Stuart Krasnoff and I spent some time on Rail Road Marsh and other spots of MNWR. Highlights were several calling marsh birds. Moorhens were going nuts! We also heard (only through the telinga mic), both American and Least Bitterns, Sora (just called couple of times in an hour

[cayugabirds-l] enjoy spring birding? fight to keep it

Fellow birders, Since we are the happy observers of the remarkable return of these winged creatures, let's help them. http://earthsky.org/biodiversity/stuart-butchart-on-world-governments-failure-to-slow-biodiversity-loss Regi -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cay

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard 2010 bird pics

I haven't taken too many "digi-binoc" bird pictures at the Hawthorn Orchard yet this year, but I have put up a tiny handful here: http://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2010HawthornOrchardBirds# These include my best shot of the cooperative Blackburnian Warbler that Anne Klingensmith and I saw

[cayugabirds-l] FW: Plant Sale of MG plants Thurs. and Sat.

Perennials that were left over from the Master Gardener Plant Sale will be on sale at discounted prices at Cooperative extension on the dates and times listed below. Note these are MG plants only, not all the vendors. Here are the 2 times scheduled: Thurs. 5/20, 4-6:30 pm Sat. 5/22, 10am -

[cayugabirds-l] Two indigo buntings this morning

Perhaps a pair. My place in Lansing. Rose Broome -- 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/mailingli

[cayugabirds-l] Orioles and cranes

On Saturday I observed a first-year male Orchard Oriole in the morning before heading for the Stewart Park plant sale, and several times in the afternoon at our house a few hundred yards north of the German Cross Road bridge over Six Mile Creek east of Ithaca. As far as I can tell he sang nearly

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey 1, fishermen 0

Last Sunday evening I was at Myers for about half an hour and observed two fishermen in kayaks flailing away fruitlessly at the water with their lures. They had just given up and were heading in to shore when an Osprey came gliding in behind them, made the standard spectacular dive, plucked ou

Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB/Chimney Swifts

I saw the Chimney Swifts on Tuesday evening on schedule and in the correct place. The Blue Water Grill looks like a super place for dinner. They were probably wondering what i was looking at with the binoculars. Thank you Fritzie, Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY While this is out of the bas