RE: [cayugabirds-l] Great Lakes Ice Cover heading for the record books...

2015-02-20 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Thanks, Dave, for the link. Certainly Cayuga Lake has more ice on the south end than I’ve ever seen in my 27 years here. Could be a good few weeks to look at the power plant outflow in Lansing. One word of caution about the Great Lakes historical data, though. Note that they extend only back a

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club trip Sun. 2/22

2015-02-20 Thread bilbaker
I will be leading a half day "local" field trip for the Cayuga Bird Club on Sunday 2/22. This trip will meet at the Lab of Ornithology at 8 am and return around noon. While there is a possibility for snow on Sunday the temperatures will be relatively balmy with a high of 30 projected. Specific loc

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club trip Sun. 2/22

2015-02-20 Thread Linda Orkin
Thanks Bill. Sounds as though it will feel very pleasant to be out before the next bout of polar air early in the week. I'm sure the birds will be enjoying the moderated temps also. I just want to emphasize that all are welcomed to come along regardless of experience level or membership status

[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers in Fall Creek?

2015-02-20 Thread Sandy Wold
Hi All, I am 95% sure I saw and heard a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers (male and female in my back yard but couldn't get to my binoculars in time before they flew away. Exciting (My first!) This was on the block flanked by West Jay/Cayuga/Lincoln/Auburn. If anyone in Fall Creek sees them o

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Lakes Ice Cover heading for the record books...

2015-02-20 Thread Dave Nutter
This morning the ice edge at the south end of Cayuga Lake was below 1308 East Shore Drive, the dentist's office with the purple sign halfway up the hill. That's a mile and a quarter farther north than the typical ice edge at East Shore Park, which is half mile from Stewart Park. This morning a

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake ice and birds

2015-02-20 Thread cl...@juno.com
My teenaged sons and I were doing a science project this week on mapping the ice on Cayuga Lake. Thanks everyone for your references, etc.We saw 3 immature bald eagles and 1 adult on the ice near the east shore on Tuesday, approximately .2 miles south of the ice edge. There were none in sight w