Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Major Broad-winged Hawk flight 16 Sept Tioga County NY

Yes, my mistake, that is of course OWEGO, not Oswego. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: Wes Blauvelt > Date: September 17, 2021 at 8:55:45 PM EDT > To: Dave Nutter > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Major Broad-winged Hawk flight 16 Sept Tioga > County NY > > > Dave - That

[cayugabirds-l] Major Broad-winged Hawk flight 16 Sept Tioga County NY

I just got a report from Adam Troyer who was with a group of 6 birders on a high steep hill off Blodgett Rd, which is off West Creek Rd near NYS-38 in Flemingville, north of Oswego. This is close to the confluence of the East and West Branches of Oswego Creek. In that location yesterday

[cayugabirds-l] crazy amazing migration redux

I second Dave Nutter's description of migration. I was settling down yesterday afternoon just past 4 for some lunch on my deck (in Trumansburg village) when I noticed a warbler flying into some of our goldenrod. I grabbed my bins, and about 45 minutes later, had, more or less in order:

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Raptors aloft despite south winds

That shallow glide was *southbound* making progress to more than offset the northward drift while circling up. - - Dave Nutter > On Sep 17, 2021, at 12:18 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Since then I’ve watched a Broad-wing glide north at a ridiculously shallow > angle before circling up again, a

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Raptors aloft despite south winds

Since then I’ve watched a Broad-wing glide north at a ridiculously shallow angle before circling up again, a kettle of 6 climb beyond my view in cloud mist, and a climbing kettle of 13 drift north out of view behind trees, yet at least 9 likely from that group gliding SSW a short time later.

[cayugabirds-l] Raptors aloft despite south winds

Yesterday I watched a couple of Broad-winged Hawks and a couple of Turkey Vultures kettling upward only to disappear into the misty base of a cloud. I didn’t know they flew in clouds. This morning I was watching the sky despite the south winds, and the Broad-winged Hawks were moving again. I

[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures

Hi There are well over 100 Turkey vultures along Stevenson Road, many in the air and many more perched on the solar panels and fence posts around the solar farm. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Webinar recording

FYI, the recording from Monday's Cayuga Bird Club webinar - "Northern Cardinal Urban Ecology" by Dan Baldassarre, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2021baldassarre The recording will be available until next month's webinar. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: