[cayugabirds-l] Evening at Knox-Marcellus, Montezuma NWR

2015-08-22 Thread Kimberly Sucy
After a great RBA field trip, which is not my story to tell (but worth waiting for!), I headed to a few spots and ended up at the Knox-Marcellus overlook well after 7 PM for my traditional evening "last-call" birding. Before too long, I'd picked out a Phalarope that looked much different (SPOI

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird at Van Dyne Spoor Rd

2015-08-22 Thread Dave Nutter
I just heard from Mike Tetlow that he and others saw a/the male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD fly south along the power line and drop into the marsh near the pond at the east end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd this evening. --Dave Nutter On Aug 22, 2015, at 03:57 PM, Mamie Weed wrote: > At 10:50 am this mo

[cayugabirds-l] shorebirds today, trip tomorrow at Montezuma

2015-08-22 Thread Dave Nutter
I was at Larue's Lagoon at first light and stayed for an hour, but it seemed that the Willet, which was found by Jay McGowan early yesterday morning and seen by Gary Kohlenberg in the evening near dusk, departed overnight. At least I didn't find it, although I did see a WILSON'S SNIPE, six juven

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird at Van Dyne Spoor Rd

2015-08-22 Thread Mamie Weed
At 10:50 am this morning my husband & I found a Yellow-headed Blackbird in the reeds at the end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd. I posted it to Cayuga RBA Text immediately. Unfortunately, the Yellow-headed Blackbird didn't stick around long. It flew away north, over the road, about 20 minutes after we firs

[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons: Drained lake, mud, and a jungle-gym of stumps & snags

2015-08-22 Thread Benjamin Freeman
Alexa and I stopped by Lindsay-Parsons today midday to investigate the wetlands. We were curious to see if the drained beaver pond held shorebirds, and if water levels had dropped in the larger lake (Coleman Lake). We were successful on both counts -- a group of Killdeer & Least Sandpipers were on

[cayugabirds-l] short notice, but...

2015-08-22 Thread Bill Evans
The forecast looks great for hearing flight calls of night migrating birds across the region tonight. If anyone is interested in learning some calls, I’ll be up at Mount Pleasant Observatory listening from 8:30-11pm. For directions, google Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory. Park on the side of the

[cayugabirds-l] bobolinks

2015-08-22 Thread Marty Schlabach
A flock of a couple dozen what we think are bobolinks in non-breeding plumage in the field behind our house this morning. Marty === Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken,

[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird

2015-08-22 Thread Carol Keeler
One of my female hummingbirds was sampling the grape jelly at the Oriole feeder. She seemed to like it since she ate for several minutes. I haven't seen a hummer eat jelly before. Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.No