[cayugabirds-l] Night on the Mount

Great night listening up on Mount Pleasant tonight. Surprising large flight. Most birds were high and the calls were faint to the ear but listening via the micorphone was amazing. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Swainson's Thrush I think predonminated for us with many zeeps and tsips of warblers.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Listening on Mt. Pleasant tonight

Hi all, Bill, I hope you had a nice flight at Mt. Pleasant tonight. 35 mi SW, in Horseheads, we had cloudy skies with light winds from the northwest and quite a few birds moving between 10:15 - 10:45. The calls were predominantly Swainson's Thrush with a fair number of Veery and I believe few Re

[cayugabirds-l] various recent mildly interesting birds

Several items in reverse chronological order, none of which alone seemed to warrant posting.  Does collecting them here make them worthwhile, or does it make them a more certain waste of time?  Anyway:Around 4pm today looking SSE from Freese Road I saw 2 kettles totalling ~35 TURKEY VULTURESWaterfo

[cayugabirds-l] "Wild Urbania" art opening at the Cornell Lab on Saturday

Stop by the Cornell Lab tomorrow (Saturday September 18) from 4:00-6:00 PM for an art opening reception for Tricia Zimic's "Wild Urbania" exhibition, featuring oils and ceramics that transpose birds and other wildlife with urban settings. You'll get a chance to meet the artist, enjoy refreshme

[cayugabirds-l] Listening on Mt. Pleasant tonight

Greetings, Forecast is for clear skies and a light north wind early tonight. There may be some birds migrating early on, though I don't expect a huge flight. For anyone interested, I'll be up in the near vicinity of the Mount Pleasent Observatory (top of Mt. Pleasant Rd. a few miles east of Ith

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Odd waterfowl at Stewart Park

Yep, domestic Mallards all. Kevin On 9/17/10 9:45 AM, "Paul Anderson" wrote: > Hi: > > On a quick visit to Stewart Park this morning I spotted five waterfowl > near the east shore. I'm confused because I don't know what they are! > They seem to be the size of a Brant. Their plumage varies co

[cayugabirds-l] Odd waterfowl at Stewart Park

Hi: On a quick visit to Stewart Park this morning I spotted five waterfowl near the east shore. I'm confused because I don't know what they are! They seem to be the size of a Brant. Their plumage varies considerably. One looks a bit like a pintail. Another is almost completely black with a sm