Re: [cayugabirds-l] Singing birds

2011-10-15 Thread david nicosia
I heard a Blue-headed vireo singing the other day too...in the hemlocks where they breed at my dad's home. Was it a migrant? or the bird that bred there singing  before he leaves for the south? hard to say... From: Lisa Wood To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Fr

Re: [cayugabirds-l] bird sound or frog sound?

2011-10-15 Thread Mark Walls
*Do some thrushes kinda "peep" like a peeper? * On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Susan Fast wrote: > ** ** > > Spring (or Fall) Peepers > > ** ** > -- > > *From:* bounce-38153248-9286...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-38153248-9286...@list.cornell.edu] *On Be

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, Myers, 15 Oct

2011-10-15 Thread Dave Nutter
This morning (Saturday 15 October) I met Bob McGuire, Lee Ann vanLeer, Stuart Krasnoff, and Brett Haranin at Stewart Park.  These are the birds I recall: Canada Goose - scores Wood Duck - 4 males, 3 females (at least) in Swan Pond American Black Duck - a few Mallard - scores Blue-w

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma, October 15

2011-10-15 Thread Dave Nutter
Bob McGuire & I headed to Montezuma late this morning through mid-afternoon in the vain hope of seeing a Greater White-fronted Goose.  High wind and rain showers made birding challenging, but we did see plenty of birds, including very large numbers of dabbling ducks, especially American Wigeon on t

[cayugabirds-l] Great Walk at SSW (Sapsucker Woods) 10/15/2011

2011-10-15 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
Well it was great for the bird walkers but I can't quite figure out exactly why. I lead the Beginner Bird walk at Sapsucker Woods at 9:30am. 12 eager birders showed up from as far away as Minnesota and Atlanta, along with several birders from around NY State. It was 49F, mostly overcast and wi

[cayugabirds-l] P.S., SSW

2011-10-15 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
Forgot to thank Tom Cowing for helping with the walk and Mary Winston for being her wonderful usual self taking care of people inside the Lab of O as well as the folks at Wild Birds Unlimited. Most of all thanks to the birds and chipmunks that put on a show so as not to disappoint. They are t