[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbirds, more Snow Buntings, etc.

2010-12-10 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Today, I saw 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at the bend of Sapsucker Woods Rd, near the Lab's bird feeding garden -- apparently they were seen yesterday as well. Also in that area was a flock of at least 50 HOUSE FINCHES (the largest flock I have seen in several years), and about 10 WAXWINGS -- all Cedars.

[cayugabirds-l] snows - buntings and geese

2010-12-10 Thread Alicia Plotkin
Hi, A flock of 35-40 snow buntings has been hanging around the intersection of Munson Rd & Hall Rd (town of Ovid) this week; and a flock of ~200 snow geese was foraging through the stubble of a corn field just south of Interlaken, in the bend of Rte 96, at 11:30 this morning.

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings

2010-12-10 Thread Marie P Read
Driving home over Mt Pleasant Road about 1:30 I watched a flock of 21 Horned Larks and, a little farther down the road, a flock of 14 Snow Buntings. All were in the cornfield on the south side of Mt Pleasant Road just west of its junction with Mineah Road. A couple of days ago, 27 Wild Turkeys w

[cayugabirds-l] winter additions on Teeter rd.

2010-12-10 Thread Watt W. Webb
A Northern Flicker, with bird feeder experience arrived at ours on upper Teeter Rd. this morning, joining the numerous Red Bellies, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. The first White Throat Sparrows arrived just last week and the usual Junco flock on the deck has begun to build up. Hmmm, I can't ign

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls

2010-12-10 Thread Jane Graves
Chuck Gibson reported 3 SEOW from the Wilgoose Grassland after Bob talked with him. Jane -Original Message- From: bounce-7515281-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of bob mcguire Sent: Thu 12/9/2010 7:21 PM To: cayugabirdlist Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls After lunch I con

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club speaker dinner invitation

2010-12-10 Thread Dave Nutter
Karen Allaben-Confer is not just John's wife, she is an incredible artist who spent time in Arizona officially documenting the project.--Dave NutterOn Dec 09, 2010, at 08:56 PM, cl...@juno.com wrote:  The Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome John Confer as guest speaker at our monthly meeti

[cayugabirds-l] 12/9 SS Woods: Rusty Blackbirds & more

2010-12-10 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
Sapsucker Woods Highlights: RUSTY BLACKBIRDS & male PILEATED WOODPECKER Spotted the Rusty Blackbirds right away just by their silhouettes (SFO classes are paying off! :) ) upon my arrival just before 4pm. I went in to the visitor center and asked if anyone else had seen Rusties and yes Dave Nutt