Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl, Stewart Park

2014-01-19 Thread Jay McGowan
No sign of the owl on the ice so far this morning. On Jan 18, 2014 8:26 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" wrote: > I had gone down to Stewart Park initially to look through the afternoon > concentration of gulls, but when I arrived about 4:25 there was a > parasailer and his dog on the ice at the east

[cayugabirds-l] Eared Grebe, Aurora

2014-01-19 Thread Jay McGowan
The EARED GREBE is visible now off the boathouse in Aurora. Lots of Horned Grebes as well as a large Aythya flock off the point to the south with a probable male scaup x Redhead hybrid. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owls?

2014-01-19 Thread Maryfaith Miller
Hi, I have friends visiting today. Where should I take them to hopefully find a Snowy to see? Are they still present at Hancock? The Freeville Owl location confuses me...there are Cornell barns on 366, also in Dryden. I dont know of any in Freeville. Can anyone give a street crossing that would hel

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings Mt Pleasant

2014-01-19 Thread Laura Stenzler
12:00 pm. Several hundred Snow Buntings on Mt Pleasant. Very close to the road. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscr

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owls? Freeeville

2014-01-19 Thread Donna Scott
Go on NY Rt. 366 to the center of Freeville where NY Rt. 366 ends at the intersection with NY Rt. 38. Stop. Go straight across on the continuation of the road that was Rt. 366 towards McLean. in no more than a mile, the next crossroad past that Rt. 38 intersection is where we all saw the F'vill

[cayugabirds-l] Trumpeter,Tundra Swans, Mergansers, Common Loon- Sterling Pond. Snowy Owl- west spit Little Sodus Bay

2014-01-19 Thread Michael and Joann Tetlow
Nice collection of waterfowl very close to the road in Sterling Pond-Fairhaven beach SP. See ebird checklist below. Jill Church spotted a dark Snowy Owl close to the road on the beach on the west spit of Little Sodus Bay. Good numbers of Long-tailed ducks and WW Scoters in the outlet there. Mike T

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owls?

2014-01-19 Thread Jay McGowan
The Snowy Owl on Indian Field road is still present as of right now. It is out in the corn field on the west side of the road just south of the second group of barns north of 90. Groups of Horned Larks with Snow Buntings and longspurs along the road to the north as well. On Jan 19, 2014 11:37 AM, "

[cayugabirds-l] SNOWY OWL on ice edge, Frontenac Park, Union Sprin...

2014-01-19 Thread 6072292158
SNOWY OWL on ice edge, Frontenac Park, Union Springs. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.m

[cayugabirds-l] Game Farm Road Snow Buntings

2014-01-19 Thread Brad Walker
Hi all, A few minutes ago, while counting a kettle of Turkey Vultures, I spotted a group of at least 20 SNOW BUNTINGS on the dirt road along the north edge of the pheasant pens on Game Farm Road. They flew up briefly, but landed again on that dirt road. - Brad Walker -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] No Snowy owl for me at Freeville

2014-01-19 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all, I made a trip to Freeville to try find the or a Snowy Owl. There were a few more people when I was there all looking for Snowy Owl. We did not find it. I suspect it relaxes during the day time behind some tuft of grass and becomes active in the evening. If anyone sees it please post.

[cayugabirds-l] Indian Field Road Owl(s!)

2014-01-19 Thread Maryfaith Miller
Hi, thank you for all the great bird location tips today, you all are an awesome resource. There are two Snowys on Indian Field as of 4:52 today. We saw them together. Both sitting on different telephone poles. One is larger and less barred. No SEOW activity at Long Point as of 3:30-4:00. Maryfaith

[cayugabirds-l] some good winter birds

2014-01-19 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Hi all, In the last week or so, I've been having good luck finding or relocating uncommon winter species from the Christmas Bird Count (or before), not all of which have been posted here. A GRAY CATBIRD is wintering on Arrowwood Trail -- the east-west lane that continues east from Arrowwood Dri

Re: [cayugabirds-l] some good winter birds

2014-01-19 Thread Susan Danskin
Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman and I had two Gray Catbirds at that location this morning. Unfortunately we failed to find the Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, or Brown-headed Cowbirds at Bluegrass Lane. A brisk walk through Lettie Cook Woods in Union Springs did yield 1 Brown Creeper, 1 Yellow-c

Re: [cayugabirds-l] some good winter birds

2014-01-19 Thread Jay McGowan
Kevin and I went up the east of the lake. I posted most of the highlights already, but on the way back down we followed up on an earlier text from Bob McGuire about longspurs in north Lansing. We found at least 19 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in a flock of several hundred Horned Larks and a couple dozen Snow

[cayugabirds-l] West side of Cayuga

2014-01-19 Thread Susan Fast
A recent report indicated few birds along the West side of Cayuga Lake.  Hoping then for an easy day of wave watching,  little taxing of my ID powers, etc., this is where I went.  Boy was I disappointed--birds up the wazoo. Starting at the Ithaca Yacht Club, the CORMORANT was there, along with 6

Re: [cayugabirds-l] some good winter birds

2014-01-19 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Interesting. There were 2 catbirds there around Thanksgiving, but I've only had one (at a time) since then. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 19, 2014, at 5:49 PM, "Susan Danskin" mailto:dans...@twcny.rr.com>> wrote: Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman and I had two Gray Catbirds at that location this mor

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Indian Field Road Owl(s!)

2014-01-19 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
Thanks for the note on the Snowys. We missed the one at Freeville today (we saw Meena though!), though I saw it there on Thu afternoon. We also tried on Fri afternoon at Freeville without success, but did have a great fish fry dinner at Toad’s (which by the way is now only open during days and o

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings

2014-01-19 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
Forgot to mention that on the way back from Freeville, we swung down to come across on Snyder Rd: no Snowy Owl, several other birders in quest of one, but I spotted and photographed a drift of at least 46 SNOW BUNTINGs almost at the intersection of Snyder and Warren foraging in the gravel edge o

Re: [cayugabirds-l] SNOWY OWL on ice edge, Frontenac Park, Union Sprin...

2014-01-19 Thread Dave Nutter
The SNOWY OWL which I found this afternoon in Union Springs was sitting on lake ice eating a catfish. The bird was facing away from me, so I can't compare directly with the lake-ice bird at Stewart Park yesterday which faced me, but it also appeared pretty dark - heavily barred, including several b

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freeville Snowy owl subject heading in Junk

2014-01-19 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
Anything “Free” on the internets is probably a scam! (:-) It is not happening to me (different spam blocker, I guess: I use SpamSieve on Mac Mail). Chrisp On Jan 17, 2014, at 18:06 , Meena Madhav Haribal mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Hi all, I seem to be having trouble about Freeville Snowy