[cayugabirds-l] West side Ravens

2019-10-28 Thread Nancy Cusumano
I don't know h ow often you all see Ravens. We have a family up here, see them pretty much daily so I forget how uncommon they are for most. The local pair fledged 4 young this year. We see them singly or in pairs regularly and today one landed in the field across the street, where he was almost

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lots O Loons

2019-10-28 Thread Jay McGowan
We have seen good numbers staging in the middle-north part of the lake this and last weekend, with a peak in Varick on October Big Day of over 900 visible at once: https://ebird.org/checklist/S60759738 As well as many hundred visible from the Lake Road bluffs in Aurora on Saturday:

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2019-10-28 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA *New York October 28, 2019 NYSY 10. 28. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga,  Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lots O Loons

2019-10-28 Thread Nancy Cusumano
We tried just south of Taughannock, and from north point. Had only 2 from the south and none from the northside. They must like Myers better! On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 12:36 PM Laura Stenzler wrote: > Good afternoon! Cayuga Lake at Myers Park is like glass, making it easy to > see the 18 Common

[cayugabirds-l] Lots O Loons

2019-10-28 Thread Laura Stenzler
Good afternoon! Cayuga Lake at Myers Park is like glass, making it easy to see the 18 Common Loons I just counted. Quite a sight. Now I’m off to Aurora to see if there are still hundreds, as Bob McGuire reported yesterday. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday's Bird Club Trip Up the Lake

2019-10-28 Thread bob mcguire
Ken Kemphues and I led a bird club trip up and around the lake yesterday. Actually, we WERE the trip as no one else showed up to brave the rain/wind (which ended by the time we got to Aurora). Loons were abundant (including one Red-throated seen by Bob) and even more so, the ducks. From the