[cayugabirds-l] Raptors around Ithaca, Mon/Tues 9/9 and 9/10

2013-09-11 Thread Mark Chao
Late on Monday morning, just when the winds were shifting from northerly to southerly, Tilden and I saw six BROAD-WINGED HAWKS over the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods. Two birds flew west quite low over and possibly into the treetops. Two rose on a thermal and drifted south. One glided fast and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Raptors around Ithaca, Mon/Tues 9/9 and 9/10

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Nutter
It's fascinating that the Broad-winged Hawks had apparently been roosting together, yet went so many different directions when they took off for the day. I wonder if they were hunting rather than migrating, and whether they would somehow gather again later to roost or migrate.--Dave NutterOn Sep

[cayugabirds-l] Wednesday Morning Walk

2013-09-11 Thread bob mcguire
I spent a couple of hours this morning walking the Park Preserve and then the community gardens on Freese Road, trying to get some birding in before the full weight of the heat wave descended. The Park Preserve was cool and a bit foggy and not especially birdy. I ran into one chickadee feeding

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip on Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Paul Anderson
Linda: Thanks! What location should I tell them to congregate at? Paul On 9/11/2013 2:14 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: Thanks Paul, I can pick Cornell Students up if they want to go. Linda On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Paul Anderson p...@grammatech.com mailto:p...@grammatech.com wrote:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip on Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Linda Orkin
Thanks Paul, I can pick Cornell Students up if they want to go. Linda On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Paul Anderson p...@grammatech.com wrote: I will lead the first Cayuga Bird Club field trip of the season to Montezuma this Sunday. As usual, this trip is open to members and non-members

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip, Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Nutter
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