[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture at compost piles, etc.

Hi all, This afternoon, a BLACK VULTURE showed up over the compost piles at Game Farm Road. It circled for a while, then drifted to the northeast. Thanks to Jay's post, Brian Magnier and myself were also able to find the Short-eared owls at Scofield Road near Buck Road. We counted five at once, b

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday's field trip

Nine people joined me for a trip to see Short-eared Owls. We ended up birding at the end of Scofield Road near Buck Road, because of a post from Jay McGowan stating that at least three owls were there. When we arrived, we immediately saw three of them - one was flying, one was sitting on the g

[cayugabirds-l] Phone accessory

A couple people asked for more info on my new toy that arrived an hour before Ann’s successful owl hunt this afternoon. A while back I tried to buy a digiscoping adapter for iPhone to fit my Zeiss scope but the new eyepiece was larger and existing devices did not work. However, I tried looking

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls

At least three cooperative SHORT-EARED OWLS are currently around the Buck/Scofield intersection in Lansing. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigura

[cayugabirds-l] East Shore Park Saturday

>From East Shore Park just before noon today: distant (to the NW) WHITE-WINGED >SCOTER and EARED GREBE along with 2 Horned Grebes. In the SE corner of the >lake was the beginning of the typical winter flock of Redheads and Coots, with >several Ring-necked and Ruddy Ducks and a single Greater Sca

[cayugabirds-l] Raven article link

As promised, here is the raven article: http://www.ithaca.com/news/ravens-making-a-comeback/article_e0a483f2-8601-11e4-bf41-e343a5d1040b.html Thank you to everyone who contacted me, even if I wasn't able to include your perspective in the story. Clara MacCarald -- ___