[cayugabirds-l] Vultures @ Dryden

This morning, at 0715, Susie & I were headed north on Mill St. in the Village of Dryden, bound for the Dryden Hotel. Susie suddenly noticed a large mass of dark birds rising from the treetops to the east. We whipped in that direction, parking at the intersection of Ferguson Rd. and Rt. 38. Approx

[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Today

A stroll up Salt Road in Summerhill SF this morning produced numerous birds, but nothing out of the ordinary (no crossbills!) Common Raven2 Ruffed Grouse (4 flushed from the west edge of the trees, about 200 m past the snowmobile clubhouse) Brown Creeper 2 Blue Jay

[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar Reminder: Lynn Barber, "Extreme Birder"

A reminder for this coming Monday's seminar by Lynn Barber: (online flyer here: http://bit.ly/Oct24MNS_LynnBarber) Extreme Birder: One Woman’s Big Year Lynn Barber, Author/Birder In 2008 Lynn Barber conducted a big year of birding in which she birded in 25 states and 3 provinces. Lynn will shar

[cayugabirds-l] "Extreme Birder" book signing @ Monday Night Seminar

Sorry for the double post! Forgot to mention that Wild Birds Unlimited will be selling Lynn's book "Extreme Birder: One Woman's Big Year" prior to and after the seminar, and Lynn will be available to sign books! Makes a great gift for birdy friends

[cayugabirds-l] Upcoming Cornell Lab Outreach Volunteer orientation

Hello Cayugabirders! For the last 3 years the Cornell Lab has been excited to be able to offer weekend guided bird walks in Sapsucker Woods throughout the year and innovative, interesting programming to groups and visitors from all over the world. Thanks to the hard work of a number of volunte

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Friday afternoon birds

After a hard day in the mine I stopped at Stewart Park to scan the lakeshore. There was good diversity and larger numbers of some species. Among the expected birds there were 2 SURF SCOTERS, up from one the other day, over 350 D.C. CORMORANTS, 200 A. COOT, 22 RUDDY DUCKS and 16

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Friday afternoon birds

I, too, stopped by Stewart Park around lunchtime today. In addition to Gary's birds (missed the scoters), I had: 1 GADWALL, 8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 9 SCAUP, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, and a few mallards. On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:24 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote: After a hard day in the mine I stopped at