[cayugabirds-l] Iceland Gull at Stevenson Road

This morning I had a first cycle ICELAND GULL at the compost by the Game Farm. It was a very dark-chested individual. So dark, in fact, I thought it might be a Thayer's when I first saw it. But the wingtips are very pale, as is the tail. It was a little timid coming in to the active pile.

[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk at Lab

The RED-SHOULDERED HAWK is currently sitting in the big snag in the pond at the Lab of O. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/m

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Basin photos 2010

Although I haven't really finished my 2009 Cayuga Basin Birds gallery, I just posted my 2010 Basin gallery (up to this point) at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/BasinBirds2010. As usual, these are my choice of one single photo per species of the birds I've recorded in the Cayuga Lak

[cayugabirds-l] Merlin at Lab of O

A MERLIN is currently perched on a snag in the back of the pond at CLO. It is not on the normal big snag. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabird

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bradfield peregrine

. The latter was frustratingly during the 45 minutes between when I reported the Peregrine and when Kevin McGowan showed up to see it. So even if you see a Peregrine, someone else may see a Red-tail shortly afterward in the same place. --Dave Nutter On Friday, January 15, 2010, at 02:40PM, wrote

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday birds

Upon entering the Stevenson compost compound to census crows today, I was greeted by the juvenile THAYER'S GULL and an adult LESSER-BLACK BACKED GULL. (Smooth, clean, chocolaty dark chest, all dark bill, intermediately sloped forehead, frosty white under the wingtips, and not-quite-dark-enough

[cayugabirds-l] Basin photos

I finally have updated my gallery of 2009 Basin species photographs. It can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/BasinSpecies2009. As usual, this is a mix of shots I really like and some that just barely pass muster for identification. I seem to be missing nearly a dozen sp

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow Rails (thoughts and photos, not sightings)

John Confer's story of his dog catching a Yellow Rail was amazing. His description of the bird was detailed, but just the circumstances alone probably would have convinced me of the identification. A bird caught by a dog running along in a hayfield. That's just a perfect Yellow Rail story.

[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbird at Lab of O

A bright female RUSTY BLACKBIRD was just visible in the 10 square feet that is the view from my cubicle at the Lab, on the north side of the building. A few rusties have been seen on the trails over the last week or two. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cay

[cayugabirds-l] daring nuthatch cache

Friday morning I had my sliding door open onto my deck while I was trying to photograph kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers in the snowy golden leaves. I suddenly realized that a bird had flown past me and into the house. I turned and a Red-breasted Nuthatch with a seed in its bill was perche

[cayugabirds-l] bad communication, Cackling Goose

So, did anyone know about the three golden-plovers seen on Thursday at the Ithaca airport? Come on guys, let's be a little more neighborly. A number of people would like to have seen them. One bird that did not get posted yesterday was a CACKLING GOOSE in with the Canada Geese north of Myers

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freeze Rd. Orange-crowned Warbler

Did I miss something? What Orange-crowned Warbler? k At 06:27 PM 10/17/2009, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: This afternoon I was able to re-find the Orange-crowned Warbler that Nathan Senner discovered while birding with Ann Mitchell. A quick call to Ann gave her a second chance to see it as she wasn

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskin

Last siskin I saw was 9 July at the Lab feeders. Kevin At 01:20 PM 10/6/2009, Tom Schulenberg wrote: I heard several clear calls of a PINE SISKIN flying overhead near the Green Hills Cemetery in the Village of Dryden yesterday afternoon (5 Oct 2009). Has anybody else seen or heard any siskin

[cayugabirds-l] 4 larids, 4 corvids at compost

While watching crows at the Stevenson Road compost facility today I had one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL adult, 1 Great Black-backed Gull juvenile, a modest number of Herring Gulls (all ages), and lots and lots of Ring-billed Gulls. Also present were about 150 American Crows, 10 or more Fish Crows

[cayugabirds-l] Merlin on the snag at Lab of O

At 4:07. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your

[cayugabirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow in Freese Rd gardens

I saw a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW north of the parking lot of the Freese Rd. gardens this morning at about 8 am. It was sitting up on a post preening in the NW quadrant of the gardens, right in front of a large patch of sunflowers that had red in the petals. This is approximately the middle of 3 su

George Rd sandpipers

George Rd has sandpiper habitat in the back, and this morning I saw 6+ LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and lots and lots of Killdeer. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsR

singing Dickcissel, Dubois Rd

This evening I am pretty sure I heard a DICKCISSEL singing along Dubois Road on the west side of the lake. It was near the north end of the first field north and east of the intersection with Perry City Rd., near where a stream or wet ditch comes to the road. I heard only one song as I drove