[cayugabirds-l] no SE Owls but lots of snow geese this evening in Ovid

2011-03-02 Thread Alicia Plotkin
Hi, I managed to get over to Wycoff Rd between Hall Rd & Rock River (Ovid) around 6 pm today. Was not lucky enough to see any SE Owls, but did see many hundreds of snow geese, lifting off in waves from the fields south of Wycoff over a period of about 10 minutes. There were relatively

[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese

2011-03-02 Thread Meena Haribal
Around 11.13 am I saw two small flocks of snow geese from Vet School bus stop on Cornell campus. There were also a couple of larger Canada Geese heading north. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ h

[cayugabirds-l] Brooktondale--grackles & rwbb

2011-03-02 Thread Susan Fast
Stopped home for lunch and found 15 GRACKLES & 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS at our feeders. Steve Fast -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] flying geese

2011-03-02 Thread Michael O Engle
At 11:30 I saw four vees of geese, three of Canadas and one of snow geese, flying toward the lake and bucking the winds that had just shifted into the northwest. Fourteen in the snow goose vee, 36 in one of the Canada vees. The other two vees looked to be Canada geese about the same size of the

[cayugabirds-l] New birds

2011-03-02 Thread Carol Keeler
Had my first grackles today. Also had a flock of snowgeese go over. Spring migration seems to be starting some. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http:/

[cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls

2011-03-02 Thread Jay McGowan
I checked the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road just now. I didn't drive in because it didn't look like there were many gulls on the piles, but a large group (perhaps 500 or 600) were loafing in the field at the corner of Stevenson and the compost entrance road. Besides the common three s

[cayugabirds-l] bald eagle

2011-03-02 Thread Linda Post Van Buskirk
An adult bald eagle, high in the tree west of the road, was surveying the fields just south of the May farm, about a quarter mile from the Triangle when I passed by at 7:45. Linda P. Van Buskirk, Ph.D. Sr. Lecturer in Communication Cornell University Ithaca, New York 607-255-2161; fax 607-254-13