Re: [cayugabirds-l] wood ducks

2012-09-06 Thread Linda Orkin
Okay. Time for me to bow my head in shame. A dear friend pointed out to me that there was no mention of the gender of Bill's neighbor. Sometimes we are slapped in our own faces by biases that run so deep. As the mother of two women and the grandma of a little girl I find it so strange that I le

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club meeting - Monday, September 10

2012-09-06 Thread cl...@juno.com
All are invited to the Cayuga Bird Club's first meeting for this fall on Monday, September 10, 7:30pm – 9:00pm [7:15 for cookies & conversation] in the Johnson Center Auditorium. Please note: there will be NO speaker dinner before the meeting. Our speaker is Sahas Barve, Ph.D. Candidate, Ecolog

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants (06 Sep)

2012-09-06 Thread Tom Schulenberg
I had a little flock this morning along Sapsucker Woods Road near the "Frog Barn" (91 Sapsucker Woods Road) with Warbling, Philadelphia, and Red-eyed vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and a few warblers (Magnolia, Blackpoll, Black-throated Green). There was a (the?) Prairie Warbler along the nort

Re: [cayugabirds-l] wood ducks

2012-09-06 Thread Catherine Cooke
I am envious. I love Wood Ducks. Cathy Cooke On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Bill Mcaneny wrote: > ** > Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. > A neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big > maple tree on my street. The mothe

Re: [cayugabirds-l] wood ducks

2012-09-06 Thread Linda Orkin
Wow, that is a great story and something that young boy will never ever forget!! One of my goals this year is to get a "young birders" club goingunder the umbrella of the Cayuga Bird Club. I wonder if your neighbor would be interested in something like this. and I don't have anything actually

[cayugabirds-l] wood ducks

2012-09-06 Thread Bill Mcaneny
Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. A neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big maple tree on my street. The mother headed for a tiny pond nearby and my neighbor assisted by herding the ducklings in that direction. My neighbor

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-06 Thread Marie P Read
Finally able to get away from the wife and kids for a well-earned break?? ;-)) Just a joke, after all the only thing the male contributes is sperm! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marier

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-06 Thread Sally Eller
I am wondering why the males leave earlier than the females in the fall? I know that they return in May earlier to establish territory for mating, but why do they leave earlier in the fall? Sally Eller West shore, Cayuga Lake Ovid -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayu

[cayugabirds-l] RT Hummingbirds

2012-09-06 Thread Naomi Brewer
I have been reading all your messages about our "little jewels". It is early this year but I believe they are beginning to migrate . I always tell in my bird column, to keep their feeders out through the fall as there are Hummingbirds much farther north that need food as they com

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants (06 Sep)

2012-09-06 Thread Brad Walker
Hi all, On my walk in to work this morning, I found a small flock of migrants at the Sherwood Platform including RED-EYED VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and the brightest yellow PHILADELPHIA VIREO I've ever seen. -Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-06 Thread Mary E. Winston
There are still several humming birds coming to the feeders at the Lab of O and I still have a couple. I live at Northwood Apartments too. Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473 "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many o

Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-06 Thread Ellen Haith
We still have hummingbirds at our two feeders on Elm Beach Road, W side of Cayuga Lake, and I've seen them at another feeder down the road. Curiously, we have only females, which has been true for years. There MUST be males out there but they seem self-sufficient. And the hummers at the Lab ,

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-06 Thread Mary E. Winston
And the hummers at the Lab , that's as late as this a.m. at 8 Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473 "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable v