[cayugabirds-l] bird injury/pecking

2012-06-12 Thread Melissa Groo
I thought some might be interested in my anecdote about an injured bird and its companion, as I remembered the discussion a few weeks ago about behavior of birds when one is injured and the other is pecking at it. I observed a similar scenario. I was driving along Ellis Hollow Rd on Sunday

[cayugabirds-l] CBC dish to pass and evening birds

2012-06-12 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, We had great CBC dish to pass dinner with great turnout and tasty food! After the dinner, we went for a walk in search of Orchard Orioles. We were rewarded by wonderful sights of the orioles, especially those who had patience to wait longer got to see them up fairly close for long

[cayugabirds-l] oops forgot to mention location RE: CBC dish to pass and evening birds

2012-06-12 Thread Meena Haribal
oops forgot to mention location... This was all at Myers Point! Meena From: bounce-61058830-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-61058830-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:59 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] CBC dish to pass and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] oops forgot to mention location RE: CBC dish to pass and evening birds

2012-06-12 Thread Linda Orkin
Yes Meena, thanks so much for posting. It was a lovely evening made special by the people in attendance, the beautiful birds and great food. Perfect weather with a breeze and a pink sunset on sparkling water. We were so excited to have a successful Orchard Oriole quest. Much gratitude to all

[cayugabirds-l] Some birds from California (pics)

2012-06-12 Thread Raghuram Ramanujan
I was visiting friends in the Bay Area this past week and had the good sense to carry my camera with me. I managed to see (and photograph) several life birds, including White-tailed Kites, Acorn Woodpeckers, Lazuli Buntings and Marbled Godwits. For those who are interested, here's a link to the

[cayugabirds-l] Ravens

2012-06-12 Thread Susan Fast
I looked out our front windows a bit ago and saw 4 large, dark birds milling close together in the driveway of the Brooktondale firehall. It was raining pretty hard, and I thought at first they were the local crow family. Two of them wandered off across the lawn picking at probably snails or