[cayugabirds-l] Freese Rd Gardens Monday

I spent a bit over an hour this morning around the gardens on Freese Road. There appeared to be fewer birds than even yesterday. Highlights were a young male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK perched atop a tomato cage (just a little red beginning to show on its breast), a clean, fresh- looking

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday

Four folks joined me for a morning-long trip on Sunday. We began at Myers Town Park but soon left because of the traffic on the spit! Salt Point proved to be a gold mine, with great looks at a juvenile Cooper's Hawk chasing a Flicker and other birds, unsuccessfully, before flying across

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * September 24, 2012 *  NYSY  09.24.12   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 17, 2012 - September 24, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[cayugabirds-l] Warbler flocks--SSW and Dryden trail

At 3:30 today I walked the trails on the east side of the road and came across a nice warbler flock between the two little ponds. They were mostly too high to see, but I did manage to get good looks at a Magnolia Warbler, a Bay-breasted Warbler, and a Black-throated