[cayugabirds-l] Black-capped Chickadee singing!

2010-12-23 Thread Marie P Read
As if on cue immediately after Winter Solstice, there was a Black-capped Chickadee singing its "fee-bee-bee" song as I got into my car this morning! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marier

[cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon in Ithaca????

2010-12-23 Thread France
There is an eBird report from today of a Gyrfalcon in S. Ithaca. Anyone know anything about this? Would make a nice Christmas present. -France -- //--France Dewaghe // \\--Web Programmer

[cayugabirds-l] King Eider from Treman

2010-12-23 Thread mwitmer
1255: From west side of inlet (followed mowed trail from Treman Marine Park) spotted King Eider directly across channel, bobbing up against the concete breakwater of the jetty. After one dive he calmly churned his way diagonally up and across the inlet, joining the periphery of a throng of abo

[cayugabirds-l] Fw: [OneidaBirds] Harlequin Ducks

2010-12-23 Thread Joseph Brin
- Forwarded Message From: Joseph Brin To: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 1:32:12 PM Subject: [OneidaBirds] Harlequin Ducks I got a call from Mickey Scilingo at noon about a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS on Onondaga Lake at the fisherman's access near the State Fa

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Lewis's Woodpecker along Cayuga lake East shore

2010-12-23 Thread Meena Haribal
A colleague of mine told me that she saw a woodpecker, which she had never seen earlier at her house. She knows all the woodpeckers from this area. She described that it was greenish brown and had some reddish on the head. She did not get chance to see the front of the bird as it kept facing awa

[cayugabirds-l] American Kestrel

2010-12-23 Thread Linda Orkin
Just spotted on the wires by the Oxley Polo Arena. Tough day for a kestrel. Linda Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornel

[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpolls

2010-12-23 Thread Jeff Gerbracht
We were planning on driving out of state last night but circumstances prevented our planned departure, luckily, because we were greeted this morning with 2 Common Redpolls mixed in with the Goldfinches at our feeders this morning. I hope they show up at everyone else's feeders as well, makes a nic

[cayugabirds-l] snow buntings-Ellis Hollow Ck

2010-12-23 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, Ton Schat saw a flock of about 100 Snow Buntings this morning in a field on the south side of Ellis Hollow Creek Rd., just west of Ringwood Rd.! Laura Laura Stenzler Lab Manager Evolutionary Biology Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, New York 14850 Office

[cayugabirds-l] Cornell T.V s

2010-12-23 Thread J. Gary Kohlenberg
Driving by Bluegrass Lane and the Cornell golf course yesterday afternoon there were seven Turkey Vultures coursing low over the golf course. The white light made the silvery flight feathers look brighter than I have ever seen before. Crows and gulls were streaming down Fall Creek. I think all th