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9 Feb Re: Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County [Don ] 9 Feb Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County [Tom Johnson ] 9 Feb Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County [Tom Johnson ] 9 Feb CORRECTED Cayuga bird club trips [Laura Stenzler ] 9 Feb Cayuga Bird Club Field Trips - Feb 11 and 12 [Laura Stenzler ] 9 Feb Flickers courting [Dan & Kathy C ] 9 Feb Wednesday Around the Lake [bob mcguire ] 9 Feb CayugaRBA 2 WESTERN GREBES Twin [] 8 Feb Re:Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. [Tom Johnson ] 8 Feb Re: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. [Dave Nutter ] 08 Feb Great Horned Owl [Stephanie Greenwood ] 8 Feb Crow appreciation in Montour Falls ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 8 Feb Crow appreciation in Montour Falls ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 8 Feb Western Grebes... [Asher Hockett ] 8 Feb CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE by red [] 8 Feb Re: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. [Tim Lenz ] 8 Feb Re: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. [Matthew Medler ] 8 Feb Re:Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. [Tom Johnson ] 8 Feb Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. [Tom Johnson ] 7 Feb Re: snowbirds [B Mcaneny ] 7 Feb snowbirds [Nancy W Dickinson ] 7 Feb Western Grebe still around [Jay McGowan ] 7 Feb Upcoming Events at the Cornell Lab [charles eldermire ] 7 Feb Lesser Black-backed Gulls - Cornell compost [Jay McGowan ] 7 Feb Killdeer and Lesser Black-back at compost ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 7 Feb NYCC Snowy Owl [Dave K ] 7 Feb red tail next on Cornell campus [Marty Schlabach ] 7 Feb Eagle nest Decorah Iowa webcam [Donna Scott ] 7 Feb Re: Snowy Owl gone [Carol Keeler ] 7 Feb Snowy Owl gone [John and Sue Gregoire ] 6 Feb Summer Hill - Aurora - Ithaca [] 6 Feb Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 6 Feb Eastern Towhee in Interlaken [Marty Schlabach ] 6 Feb Stewart Park Eagle and Peregrine [Brad Walker ] 6 Feb Redpoll ["Susan Fast" ] 6 Feb grebes and distortion [Dave Nutter ] 5 Feb Sodus Point & Bay [John and Fritzie Blizzard ] 5 Feb Tying Up Loose Ends [bob mcguire ] 6 Feb Yesterday and today bird chasings [Meena Haribal ] 6 Feb west side Cayuga Lake Sunday [Kenneth Victor Rosenberg ] 5 Feb Western Grebe - No (Hog Hole) Sunday PM [] 5 Feb Re: CayugaRBA SNOW OWL @ NYCC [Dave Nutter ] 5 Feb OT: video clip of twirling hummingbird [Candace Cornell ] 5 Feb Snowy at chiropractic [cobra ] 5 Feb RE: Question on the Western Grebe ID [Wesley M Hochachka ] 5 Feb CayugaRBA SNOW OWL @ NYCC [] 5 Feb RE: Question on the Western Grebe ID ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 5 Feb Re: Question on the Western Grebe ID [Gary Kohlenberg ] 5 Feb Western grebe, RT Loon [Robbie LaCelle ] 5 Feb CayugaRBA EARED GREBE far west [] 5 Feb cedar waxwings ["Susan Fast" ] 5 Feb Re: Question on the Western Grebe ID [david nicosia ] 5 Feb NYCC Snowy Owl [Dave K ] 5 Feb Re: Question on the Western Grebe ID [Anne Marie Johnson ] 4 Feb Fish crows at Cass Park [M Kardon ] 4 Feb Question on the Western Grebe ID [david nicosia ] 4 Feb NY Chiro Snowy [] 4 Feb Western Grebe, Shrike, White-winged TV [Kenneth Victor Rosenberg ] 4 Feb swan correction, Esker Brook Trail, Sodus Point [Mark Miller ] 4 Feb CayugaRBA EURASIAN WIGEON far NW [] 4 Feb Western Grebe close in hog hole [] 4 Feb Western Grebe Was there! [Meena Haribal ] 4 Feb CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE, south end [] 4 Feb 03 Feb - Western Grebe, RT Loon, SE OWL [Mike Powers ] 4 Feb American Coots & G-h Owl [William Roberts ] 4 Feb Short-eared Owls, Cayuga Co. [] 4 Feb FWD: DaveNutter: Please report Western [] 3 Feb Geneva Coots [Mark Miller ] 3 Feb Ring-necked Ducks [Donna Scott ] 3 Feb Seneca & Cayuga State Parks [Mark Miller ] 3 Feb Summerhill ["grosbeak AT clarityconnect.com" ] 3 Feb Re: Western Grebe at Hog Hole [bob mcguire ] 3 Feb Western Grebe still there [Jay McGowan ] 3 Feb Western Grebe at Hog Hole [Gary Kohlenberg ] 3 Feb Predator ["Nena J. Winand" ] 3 Feb FLICKER [John and Fritzie Blizzard ] Subject: Re: Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County From: Don <timbury2 AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:59:31 -0500 Excellent photos. It does seem a conundrum. I do note that in the large Sibley Guide (p.29), he says in regard to the Western and Clark's Grebes, Intermediate birds, seen regularly, especially during winter, are unidentifiable. Some may be hybrids". Don Timmons Newfield -------Original Message------- From: Tom Johnson Date: 2/9/2012 1:41:38 PM To: cayugabirds; nysbirds Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County Hi again, After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday, several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe. This pale bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been hanging out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County. Honestly, I don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe or proven hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a hybrid should be seriously considered. It seems clear to me that the bird isn't a pure Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps more importantly, the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom. However, the bird in question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face) with a slightly brighter bill than the "obvious", full-black-capped/ -faced, dull-billed Western present. I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here: flickr.com/bonxie88 I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio recording of both birds. Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any vocalizations out of the pale grebe. Thanks - and good luck! Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:41:03 -0500 Hi again, After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday, several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe. This pale bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been hanging out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County. Honestly, I don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe or proven hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a hybrid should be seriously considered. It seems clear to me that the bird isn't a pure Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps more importantly, the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom. However, the bird in question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face) with a slightly brighter bill than the "obvious", full-black-capped/ -faced, dull-billed Western present. I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here: flickr.com/bonxie88 I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio recording of both birds. Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any vocalizations out of the pale grebe. Thanks - and good luck! Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe & paler Western-type Grebe - Cayuga County From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:41:03 -0500 Hi again, After sharing photos and discussing the two grebes that Jay and I saw at Twin Oaks Campground north of Union Springs, Cayuga County yesterday, several knowledgeable people have suggested that the paler bird is actually a hybrid Western x Clark's Grebe instead of a pure Western Grebe. This pale bird is either the same or very similar to the bird that has been hanging out on Cayuga Lake between Myers and Ithaca in Tompkins County. Honestly, I don't know enough about the limit of variation in Western Grebe or proven hybrids to feel confident either way, but the possibility of a hybrid should be seriously considered. It seems clear to me that the bird isn't a pure Clark's Grebe - the flanks seem dark for that, and perhaps more importantly, the bill is too dusky with dark on the top and bottom. However, the bird in question is obviously paler overall (flanks and face) with a slightly brighter bill than the "obvious", full-black-capped/ -faced, dull-billed Western present. I've added more photos to my Flickr page, online here: flickr.com/bonxie88 I'm sure there will be some more discussion on this - if anyone journeys up the lake to check the birds out, I'd recommend trying to get an audio recording of both birds. Jay and I heard the dark one calling, and it sounded like a normal Western Grebe; however, we didn't hear any vocalizations out of the pale grebe. Thanks - and good luck! Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CORRECTED Cayuga bird club trips From: Laura Stenzler <lms9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 Hmm. Some how my formatting got mixed up. Here it is again. Laura Hi All, There are TWO Cayuga Bird Club field trips scheduled for this coming weekend, open to the public. For details, go to the Cayuga Bird Club calendar webpage (http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar). Below is a brief summary. Laura Feb. 11 Saturday 7:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Field Trip: Cayuga Lake Leader: Bob McGuire Meet: Johnson Center, Cornell lab of Ornithology parking lot Bob will lead a full-day trip, concentrating on Cayuga Lake but also visiting areas where birds have been reported. The trip will return by 4 p.m. Bring lunch and warm clothes. Contact Bob at bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com if you have questions. Feb. 12 Sunday 3 p.m.-dark Field Trip: Short-eared Owls in the Ovid area Leader: Marty Schlabach, Mary Jean Welser, and Michele Mannella Meet: This trip will start at Marty and Mary Jean's home in Covert and we will carpool to the area around the intersection of Wycoff Road and Rock River Road in Ovid- please check the Cayuga Bird Club website for details and directions (http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar). The group will look for whatever can be found until it gets dark enough for Short-eared Owls to appear. Bring a spotting scope, if you have one, in case the owls are far off the road. Laura Stenzler lms9 AT cornell.edu Laura Stenzler Lab Manager Evolutionary Biology Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, New York 14850 Office: (607) 254 2141 Lab: (607) 254 2142 Fax: (607) 254 2486 lms9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Cayuga Bird Club Field Trips - Feb 11 and 12 From: Laura Stenzler <lms9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:54:38 +0000 Feb. 11 Saturday Hi All, There are TWO Cayuga Bird Club field trips scheduled for this coming weekend, open to the public. For details, go to the Cayuga Bird Club calendar webpage (http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar). Below is a brief summary. Laura 7:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Field Trip: Cayuga Lake Leader: Bob McGuire Meet: Johnson Center, Cornell lab of Ornithology parking lot Bob will lead a full-day trip, concentrating on Cayuga Lake but also visiting areas where birds have been reported. The trip will return by 4 p.m. Bring lunch and warm clothes. Contact Bob at bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com if you have questions. Feb. 12 Sunday 3 p.m.-dark Field Trip: Short-eared Owls in the Ovid area Leader: Marty Schlabach, Mary Jean Welser, and Michele Mannella Meet: This trip will start at Marty and Mary Jean's home in Covert and we will carpool to the area around the intersection of Wycoff Road and Rock River Road in Ovid- please check the Cayuga Bird Club website for details and directions (http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar). The group will look for whatever can be found until it gets dark enough for Short-eared Owls to appear. Bring a spotting scope, if you have one, in case the owls are far off the road. Laura Stenzler lms9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Flickers courting From: Dan & Kathy C <kathyclem AT twcny.rr.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:46:51 -0500 There are two flickers engaging in courtship behavior in the brushy area a few feet off our lawn. They are making piercing calls accompanied by downward head movements, playing tag around tree trunks and generally flitting and chasing each other. Is this normal timing for courtship (early Feb.) or are they rushing things? Kathy Clements Danby -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Wednesday Around the Lake From: bob mcguire <bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:59:52 -0500 John Confer and I spent the day yesterday looking for birds around the lake. We began by walking the old RR bed between Powell Rd and the village of Interlaken, ostensibly to look for the Towhee reported by Marty over the weekend. No Towhee, but we did encounter a large number of American Tree Sparrows (at least 30) in several flocks, 4 Song Sparrows, and a Field Sparrow. There were several Downy and a couple of Red-bellied Woodpeckers, but most surprising were 4 Northern Flickers which we imagined were the beginning of a spring push north. When we got back to the car (on Powell Rd) we were greeted by a sheriff's note asking that we call him. It turned out that there was a neighbor who was concerned about our activity - and the RR bed may well be posted. (It is not clear from the posted sign whether it is the path itself, or the adjoining fields that are off limits.) At Dean's Cove we had the resident Lesser Black-backed Gull, struggling to land a rather large mudpuppy. We spent quite a while looking for the Snowy Owl at the chiropractic college and the roads around the airport - to no avail. And there were no new pellets on the bleachers where the owl had been seen earlier. From Mud Lock and Towpath Road (village of Cayuga) we scoped the distant flocks of Canada geese, swans, and ducks on the water and remaining ice. The number of birds was considerably less than last weekend. Along with the mallards and Black Ducks, we found a few Northern Pintails, Buffleheads, and Goldeneye, but no Wigeon (American or Eurasian). We drove in the road to Twin Oaks campground around 2 PM and were greeted by a HUGE flock of milling Aythya ducks. We estimated the entire flock (often split into several rafts) contained about 15,000 birds, with some 2,000 Canvasbacks, 1,000 Scaup (Greater predominated) and 12,000 Redheads. AND one lone Ring-necked Duck. During the 45 minutes that we were there we did NOT see any grebes. The Western Grebes that Jay and Tom found there later could have been there all the time (though we had clear views of the area where they found them) – or they may have flown in after we left. So, in thinking about the possibility of three WESGRE on the lake . . . . . . . Our last stop was the Aurora Boathouse where we ran into Jay and Tom and told them about the Aythya flock at Twin Oaks. The water was nearly calm, and we eventually picked out 11 actively diving Horned Grebes. No Eared Grebe. Two small flocks of Goldeneye; a few Buffleheads. And a large, distant raft of Snow Geese. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CayugaRBA 2 WESTERN GREBES Twin From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:47:26 +0000 CayugaRBA 2 WESTERN GREBES Twin Oaks camp Union Spr w/Aythyas says Jim Tarolli -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re:Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:30:13 -0500 Cayugabirders, A few photos of the two Western Grebes that Jay and I saw this afternoon on northern Cayuga Lake are here: http://www.flickr.com/bonxie88 Just to clarify the location of the grebes - they were associating with a huge (>15,000) flock of Redhead, Canvasback, and other ducks at Twin Oaks Marina/ Campground. The location is found at these coordinates: 42.872017,-76.70453. If you copy/ paste those into Google Maps, you can visualize the spot. The grebes were mostly hanging out between the duck flock and the shoreline. Good birding! Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT me.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:04:29 -0500 About 2:40pm I got a call from Jerry Lazarczyk saying he and Doug Beattie had briefly seen a Western Grebe at 2pm near the red lighthouse close to a Horned Grebe, but they were giving up on refinding it. I did it get a chance to look thoroughly because I was working, but a brief limited scan from the taxi a half hour later did not show me any grebes. I think it's inconclusive whether there are 3 and our southern bird was playing its usual hide and seek or whether it flew north and joined another bird for a total of 2. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, NY On Feb 8, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Matthew Medler wrote: > Can anybody go to Stewart Park right now to see if there might be three Western Grebes on the lake at the moment? > > Great finds, guys! > > From: Tom Johnson > To: Tom Johnson > Cc: cayugabirds > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 3:59 PM > Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. > > We were wrong. There are actually TWO Western Grebes here. > > On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs. The bird is with a big Aythya raft. > > Cheers, > > Tom > > > > -- > > Tom Johnson > > Hummelstown, PA > > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > > > > -- > Tom Johnson > Hummelstown, PA > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Great Horned Owl From: Stephanie Greenwood <stgreenwood AT ev.ithaca.ny.us> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:44 -0500 I was gently awakened this morning at around 5am by a Great Horned Owl hooting outside my bedroom window. And just now a neighbor spotted it nearby in the NW corner of our wood. Stephanie -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Crow appreciation in Montour Falls From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:24:27 +0000 I take no stand on the crow shoot in Schuyler County this coming weekend, but I will be giving a talk about how cool crows are at 1:00 PM Saturday, 11 Feb 2012, at the Old Havana Courthouse Theater, 408 West Main Street, Montour Falls, NY. (In the top of the County Courthouse.) The talk is free and open to the public. Several of my crow research collaborators and I will be there to talk crows, show photos and videos, and pass out crow trading cards. We will have chocolate, too. Come on over and see the crow show. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Ithaca, NY kjm2 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Crow appreciation in Montour Falls From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:24:27 +0000 I take no stand on the crow shoot in Schuyler County this coming weekend, but I will be giving a talk about how cool crows are at 1:00 PM Saturday, 11 Feb 2012, at the Old Havana Courthouse Theater, 408 West Main Street, Montour Falls, NY. (In the top of the County Courthouse.) The talk is free and open to the public. Several of my crow research collaborators and I will be there to talk crows, show photos and videos, and pass out crow trading cards. We will have chocolate, too. Come on over and see the crow show. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Ithaca, NY kjm2 AT cornell.edu -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebes... From: Asher Hockett <veery715 AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:35:35 -0500 Jerry Lazarczyk is a very credible seasoned birder who spends much time verifying RBA sightings for some organization - NYSARC I think. So it would appear that Matt Medler's query about the presence of 3 Western Grebes on Cayuga Lake has a positive response. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE by red From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE by red lighthouse Ithaca 2pm by J Lazarczyk --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. From: Tim Lenz <tcl6 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:02:59 -0500 Wow! For what it's worth, I couldn't find the bird at the south end of the lake at lunch today even though viewing conditions were perfect. I did see the two RED-THROATED LOONS and five COMMON LOONS. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > We were wrong. There are actually TWO Western Grebes here. > > > On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground > on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs. The bird is with a > big Aythya raft. > > Cheers, > > Tom > > > > -- > > Tom Johnson > > Hummelstown, PA > > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > > > > -- > Tom Johnson > Hummelstown, PA > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > *Please submit your observations to eBird > !* > -- > -- Tim Lenz tcl6 AT cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. From: Matthew Medler <matthewmedler AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:03:09 -0800 Can anybody go to Stewart Park right now to see if there might be three Western Grebes on the lake at the moment? Great finds, guys! ________________________________ From: Tom Johnson To: Tom Johnson Cc: cayugabirds Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 3:59 PM Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. We were wrong.  There are actually TWO Western Grebes here.   On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson wrote: > Hi, > Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs.  The bird is with a big Aythya raft. > Cheers, > Tom > > -- > Tom Johnson > Hummelstown, PA > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re:Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:59:52 -0500 We were wrong. There are actually TWO Western Grebes here. On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson wrote: > Hi, > Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs. The bird is with a big Aythya raft. > Cheers, > Tom > > -- > Tom Johnson > Hummelstown, PA > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe - Cayuga Co. From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:42:53 -0500 Hi, Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs. The bird is with a big Aythya raft. Cheers, Tom -- Tom Johnson Hummelstown, PA tbj4 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: snowbirds From: B Mcaneny <bmcaneny1 AT fltg.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:54:17 -0500 Nancy's observation is timely. The same happened here today, but our number was smaller, only 10 juncos. Still, that's double our usual number. Bill McAneny T'Burg ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy W Dickinson To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:10 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] snowbirds This afternoon my yard holds by far the biggest flock of juncos I've seen this year-- at least 20-- and I wonder if winter weather might finally be on the way. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: snowbirds From: Nancy W Dickinson <nwd1 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:10:14 +0000 This afternoon my yard holds by far the biggest flock of juncos I've seen this year-- at least 20-- and I wonder if winter weather might finally be on the way. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe still around From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:49:12 -0500 I haven't seen any posts for a day or two, but Tom Johnson saw the WESTERN GREBE around 2:15 this afternoon (7 February 2012) from Stewart Park. He said it was near the red lighthouse jetty. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Upcoming Events at the Cornell Lab From: charles eldermire <cre9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:47:26 +0000 Hello- If you want the inside skinny on upcoming events at the Cornell Lab, check out the midwinter edition of Sapsucker Woods Events (hosted as a google doc): Monday Night Seminars, public events & birdwalks, book readings, art shows & new exhibits, all in one place! You can pick up your own copy (to share with others) at the front desk if you prefer the paper version :) Feel free to share the link on FB, too! Thanks, charles. ****************************************** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu/visit twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods facebook.com/sapsuckerwoods -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Lesser Black-backed Gulls - Cornell compost From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:52:38 -0500 Hi all, This morning I saw two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS with the many Herring and Great Black-backed gulls at the Cornell compost facility. The 2nd cycle bird I saw at Stewart Park last week was present, along with a 3rd cycle bird, perhaps the bird others had been reporting last weekend. Photos of the two birds are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Winter20112012#5706464428233004434 An adult Lesser Black-backed has also been seen at Stewart Park as recently as Saturday, so there are at least three individuals around (plus the Deans Cove adult that was seen a bit south around Poplar Beach and Elm Beach this weekend.) A 1st cycle ICELAND GULL was at the compost on Saturday and then it (or the other 1st cycle that is around) was at Stewart Park in the evening. I did not see either Iceland today at the compost, and I have not seen the Glaucous again since the day it was at Stewart Park in the morning. Good birding, Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Killdeer and Lesser Black-back at compost From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:53:27 +0000 A quick lunchtime trip to the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Rd turned up a KILLDEER (seen and heard) between the piles and a 3rd cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. Several FISH CROWS around as well. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: NYCC Snowy Owl From: Dave K <fishwatchers AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:49:04 -0500 Chiro College grounds crew reports that the Owl was on the bleachers yesterday. Last seen being harassed by three crows and flying over a hedge row. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: red tail next on Cornell campus From: Marty Schlabach <mls5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:31:44 +0000 It appears that a pair of redtail hawks are again building a nest on a light pole at the north end of the field hockey field on the Cornell campus. This would seem like an ideal location for a webcam, if someone were so inclined to pursue it. Marty -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Eagle nest Decorah Iowa webcam From: Donna Scott <dls9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:55:59 -0500 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/one-more-eaglet/ Plug this link into Google to see a nice view of Decorah, Iowa Bald Eagle on its new nesting material. Captions with video are from last year, but I looked at this link a couple weeks ago and there were just bare sticks and no bird in the nest. The camera must stay on all the time. Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 DLS9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Snowy Owl gone From: Carol Keeler <carolk441 AT adelphia.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:05:45 -0500 Well, she was there about 9:00 am yesterday. She was sitting on the blue bleachers out near the hedgerow. She was very hard to see from the maintenance building . She seemed to be nestled inside the bleachers, like where you put your feet rather than sit. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:40 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: > The Chiropractic College Snowy was gone yesterday. Probably didn't appreciate so > many visitors. Later in the afternoon we were returning on Rte 414 through Seneca > Falls and spotted a Snowy flying overhead. ran a few side streets trying to keep up > and eventually lost the youngster over the downtown area. Awesome powered flight and > fast! > J&S > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Road > Burdett,NY 14818-9626 > Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Snowy Owl gone From: John and Sue Gregoire <khmo AT empacc.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:40:28 -0500 The Chiropractic College Snowy was gone yesterday. Probably didn't appreciate so many visitors. Later in the afternoon we were returning on Rte 414 through Seneca Falls and spotted a Snowy flying overhead. ran a few side streets trying to keep up and eventually lost the youngster over the downtown area. Awesome powered flight and fast! J&S -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summer Hill - Aurora - Ithaca From: <bluewing AT stny.rr.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:57:20 -0500 Summer Hill Forest – (mostly on Hoag Avenue near Salt Road) White-wing Crossbills, Pine Siskins, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Northern Raven, White-throated Sparrow Aurora – Horned Grebes, Snow Geese Hog’s Hole – around 1:45 PM NO grebe or loon - Bob Grosek Binghamton, New York In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Syracuse RBA From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:54:36 -0800 RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse *  February 06, 2012 *  NYSY 02.06.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 30, 2012 - February 06, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland compiled:February 06 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org     #291 -Monday February 06, 2012     Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 30 , 2012   Highlights: ----------- RED -THROATED LOON WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) TUNDRA SWAN NORTHERN HARRIER TURKEY VULTURE ICELAND GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW BOHEMIAN WAXWING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL COMMON REDPOLL PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------      2/6: NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center and May’s Point. Onondaga County ------------      SNOWY OWLS were reported at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport again this week, mostly from the Corregidor Road area but also from Malden Road south of the airport. Also being seen was a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.      1/31: CANVASBACK and RED HEAD ducks were seen in Skaneateles Lake from the village.      2/1: 9 species of waterfowl including GREEN-WINGED TEAL and CANVASBACK were seen at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek on Onondaga Lake. 10 FISH CROWS were found at the Marina in Liverpool.      2/2: A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen on Maple Road in the Town of Clay. A TURKEY VULTURE and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were found in the fields east of 60 Road at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.      2/4: PINE SISKINS were seen on Shakham Road near the Cortland County line.      2/6: A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen in the fields east of 60 Road in the Three Rivers WMA. Madison County ------------      2/1: 7 ICELAND GULLS and 1 GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at the Madison County Landfill.      2/6: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were spotted at the Chickadee Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Erieville. Oswego County ------------      2/3: 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found on North Church Road in Boylston.      2/5: WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were again seen on North Church Road along with PINE SISKINS. On Wart Road a NORTHERN SHRIKE wass found. 20 COMMON REDPOLLS were found at Selkirk Shores State Park.      2/6: At Derby Hill a RED-THROATED LOON was seen from the overlook and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted south of Rt.104-B near Sage Creek Road. Extralimital ------------      A WESTERN GREBE has been seen through the week from Stewart Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake near Ithaca.       End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Eastern Towhee in Interlaken From: Marty Schlabach <mls5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:23:26 +0000 On a Sunday walk along the old Black Diamond RR bed between Powell Rd and the village of Interlaken, Mary Jean and I found an EASTERN TOWHEE. Also sighted were downy, red belly, chickadee, white breasted nuthatch, titmouse, cardinal, blue bird, blue jay and red tail. Often seen, but not yesterday, were mockingbird, robin and an array of sparrows. Marty ====================================== Marty Schlabach MLS5 AT cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 ====================================== -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Stewart Park Eagle and Peregrine From: Brad Walker <edgarallenhoopoe AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:13:16 -0500 Hi all, This morning Tim Lenz and I visited Stewart Park between 8:30 and 9. We couldn't see the Western Grebe, but we did get nice looks at a distant RED-THROATED LOON swimming with the DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Other highlights were an adult BALD EAGLE that flew by and landed above Jetty Woods, a beautiful adult PEREGRINE FALCON perched on the lake side of the Swan Pen on a snag and a singing EASTERN BLUEBIRD that could be heard from Jetty Woods. -Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Redpoll From: "Susan Fast" <sustfast AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:40:49 -0500 We had a single COMMON REDPOLL briefly at our feeders in Brooktondale this morning. S. & S. Fast -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: grebes and distortion From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT me.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:08:55 +0000 When I started my search for grebes at Well College boathouse late yesterday morning I scanned from the dock and saw zero of them. The water was calm but the air temperature was below freezing, so there was heat shimmer as I looked through the layer of warmer air at the water surface, and mid-distance Canada Geese looked all garbled. I figured a bit of elevation would help me see farther and also let me look down through the air layers so the distortion effect would not occur nearly as close. It worked, I could see farther clearly, and I immediately found a couple groups of HORNED GREBES plus a very distant pair of birds, one of which was a Horned Grebe and the other of which was similar in size and behavior but darker.  During the next half hour I watched as they swam obliquely closer, and eventually was able to make out the dark bird's taller neck leaning more forward, the smaller head with higher crown, and briefly the light mark curving up behind the ear patch: EARED GREBE. Then, before Jay and Tim and Brad and another person whose name I don't know (sorry) arrived, the viewing conditions began deteriorating with a very slight breeze, and more distortion. Nonetheless, they agreed on the ID. As they headed north, I texted a report, but when I looked up I saw a boat traveling through the place the birds had been and one bird flying north, a Horned Grebe by its angled body and neck, which flew far north and alit again. I didn't see the Eared Grebe again, but learning Bob and Susan were on their way I gave them what info I had When I heard from Bob a long time later that it was only from the dock that they could ID it, I felt bad that maybe my advice to view from the hill was bad. Then I realized that in the interim the temperature had risen to the high 30s, likely about water temperature, and probably whatever distortion effects I had dealt with had changed. In fact if the wind calmed at that temperature, the viewing was probably nearly ideal. Anyway I'm glad they finally found the bird.  --Dave Nutter On Feb 05, 2012, at 08:42 PM, bob mcguire wrote: I had just finished up a recording session along Hoag Avenue this morning (100 Pine Siskins - no crossbills) when I got Dave's call about the Eared Grebe at Aurora. I headed over to the boathouse, met up with Susan Danskin, and spent a good hour scanning back and forth among scattered groups of grebes. A light breeze had picked up, ruffling the water and bouncing the distant dots around a bit. We eventually confirmed ten of the dots as Horned Grebes (the same number reported earlier by Dave) and focused on the eleventh, most distant of all. After awhile the breeze subsided and the water smoothed out. We had been scanning from the parking lot, thinking that a bit of elevation would help with the shimmer. Susan suggested that we get closer to the bird by walking out on the dock. So, instead of 7,000 ft, we narrowed the distance to 6,900! But that was all it took. The shape we had been looking at was now clearly an Eared Grebe: darker overall than Horned Grebe, higher, fluffier "bustle", much less white on the neck and face, thin bill, and the head had a definite "crown" above the eye. 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Had the same birds as reported by Mark. Ice in the bay had receded greatly but edges were covered with geese, gulls & ?? Too far away to see well in the fading light. Did see the RT Loons along the nearer ice from the little parking area at the boat launch as you go down the hill into Sodus Point, as well as 8 or 10 RB Mergansers, maybe 20 or 30 Coots, many WW Scoters as well as the pair of G. Scaup. The Goldeneye were along the breakwall along with close to 100 Long-tailed Ducks .... a delightful sight! We stopped at Geneva just after noon .... light was wrong to ID anything much other than Canadas, gulls & mallards but we did see 2 Mute Swans with their orange bills & the knob at the base. A Bald Eagle was on the Mud Lock nest. Hundreds of swans were north of Cayuga. Screechie was in the box on Factory St. pond. It amazes me at how many village people don't know about the owl. In re-reading my records, my 1st recording of seeing the owl was in 1996!!! We're pleased to report that the Auburn NYSEG crew has put new osprey platforms on poles along Rte. 90 north of Union Springs & also on Backus Rd., the 1st road heading towards the lake north of the village. I'm enjoying the discussions & pictures of the "foreign" grebe off Hog Hole. Fritzie Mark Miller wrote: Sat. afternoon at Sodus Point pier had lots of Long-tailed Ducks & WW Scoters, a few Horned Grebes, and a couple (Red-throated?) Loons. Only a few RB Mergansers. Also a couple Am Goldeneye & Greater Scaup. Great picture opportunities, will need to review my pics to see if I missed anything unusual. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Tying Up Loose Ends From: bob mcguire <bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:42:06 -0500 I had just finished up a recording session along Hoag Avenue this morning (100 Pine Siskins - no crossbills) when I got Dave's call about the Eared Grebe at Aurora. I headed over to the boathouse, met up with Susan Danskin, and spent a good hour scanning back and forth among scattered groups of grebes. A light breeze had picked up, ruffling the water and bouncing the distant dots around a bit. We eventually confirmed ten of the dots as Horned Grebes (the same number reported earlier by Dave) and focused on the eleventh, most distant of all. After awhile the breeze subsided and the water smoothed out. We had been scanning from the parking lot, thinking that a bit of elevation would help with the shimmer. Susan suggested that we get closer to the bird by walking out on the dock. So, instead of 7,000 ft, we narrowed the distance to 6,900! But that was all it took. The shape we had been looking at was now clearly an Eared Grebe: darker overall than Horned Grebe, higher, fluffier "bustle", much less white on the neck and face, thin bill, and the head had a definite "crown" above the eye. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Yesterday and today bird chasings From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:24:54 +0000 After watching the Grebe yesterday, I too headed to Summerhill in the afternoon. On Salt road, mostly I saw flocks of chickadees with Tufted Titmouse, and several White and Red-breasted nuthatches were seen. Nothing else except for the large truck with the backhoe was backing up on Dresser road made so much of noise that it was hard to hear any birds. Via Hovel Chalet and Fillmore Glen birth place I drove back to Lick street. A Kestrel was seen half way between Hoag and Fillmore road. As I came to the intersection of Lick and Hoag, I slowed down and scanned the trees. Nothing seemed to be around and then shortly from the tree that did not have anything, a bird took off calling loudly and right behind it a few more took off, of course they were White-winged Crossbills. Once I saw some, I saw more. Another group of some twenty plus joined. So they were there . In the flock I saw one I think young male, he had beautiful yellowish head with lots of red on the back. He was sat on the top of the spruce and sang. He was stunningly beautiful. I spent some fifteen to twenty minutes. Several minutes in between it seemed like there was no one. I guess all of them were busy feeding. On the way back to Ithaca, I saw another Kestrel, two Red-tailed hawks, one Northern Harrier and a few Eastern Bluebirds between Lick and Ed Hill Road. Today morning, I too made an early morning trip to Snow Owl at NYCC. First, I stopped at the South Field and looked at the benches, they were empty. Then I stopped at building with sign D from the parking lot, I saw a blue bleacher that looked like there was big white plastic bag stuck. I was still in the car and watching from inside. As I was watching the plastic bag rose slowly and I could a pair of eyes watching my car. I am sure it was aware of my presence. The bird was 500 feet away from me. After a couple of seconds again, ducked down such that it could not see me. The second set of bench was in line with birds eyes, blocking it from seeing me. I still sat in the car, then again it peaked at me for few seconds and hid behind again. So I felt the bird probably was disturbed by someone in the car so it was wary of the cars. So I did not get out to scope it. I went to parking lot on the other side of the building and sat near dumpster and watched it. It did the same thing, peak out of its hiding place and then hunker down. After sometime it lost interest in my car. The body was very dark and face disc was white, so think may be it was a first year female. From there, I went further north and turned on east side of the lake, Lake seemed pretty much empty, except for Canada Geese. Most of the left over Tundra Swans were heading towards MNWR. I did not stop at the Aurora as I had to be back home for some errands, so I missed the Eared Grebe, but I did see Dave Nutter! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: west side Cayuga Lake Sunday From: Kenneth Victor Rosenberg <kvr2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:33:23 +0000 I had a great afternoon trip up the west side of Cayuga Lake today with Rick Bonney and Judy Burrill. We started at Hogs Hole at 12:45, and as others reported were not able to locate the Western Grebe. We did see the 2 RED-THROATED LOONS together -- an adult and a juvenile, solving a "two bird theory" mystery from the Christmas Bird Count. Judy spotted the male WOOD DUCK walking on the gravel beach right below Rt. 89. Next stop was Poplar Beach, where a HORNED GREBE was very close in (with a Common Loon), and 4 LONG-TAILED DUCKS out in the middle of the lake, near an ISLAND of several thousand SNOW GEESE. The light was spectacular and I could make out quite a lot of details on the geese through the scope. I counted about 10 Blue Geese and another dark goose turned out to be a Canada-type, but was smaller than the surrounding Snows - most likely a CACKLING GOOSE. (a separate raft of large Canada Geese was nearby). While we were there, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew by close to shore, heading north to it's regular hangout at Dean's Cove. Along Lower Shore Rd. to Cayuga Lake State Park, spent a lot of time looking for Eurasian Wigeon (not successful). Did find 4 close and very obvious CACKLING GEESE in the large Canada flock, pretty good numbers of AMERICAN WIGEON and GADWALL, with 5 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 2 pairs of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and an impressive count of 640 COMMON MERGANSER. (No Redhead or other aythea seen on the lake today). We then headed up to the Chiropractic College to look for the SNOWY OWL. Our first scans of the soccer field and adjacent areas came up empty, as did an attempt to scan the fields to the west from Bayard Rd. Then as we came back through the campus, there was the OWL perched on a treetop at the west edge of the soccer field. After allowing great scope views and a few digiscopes, the owl flew directly towards us and then banked higher and flew by to the north, looking back over it's shoulder at us. It seemed to keep going, fairly high over the campus, and looked like it was heading all the way to the lakeshore. On the way home we stopped along Wycoff Rd. in Ovid and got a clear but distant look at a single SHORT-EARED OWL to the west of Rock River Rd. at about 5:15 PM. A good afternoon, indeed. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) kvr2 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe - No (Hog Hole) Sunday PM From: <tigger64 AT aol.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:55:15 -0500 For what it's worth, Bernie Carr and I spent several hours at the south end of Cayuga Lake on Sunday afternoon and could not find the Western Grebe. We looked from what we took to be Hog Hole and could see two Red-throated Loons close together, and a Common Loon several hundred yards away. The RT Loons were distant and we looked at them carefully but still thought they were both Red-throated Loons. Over at East Shore Park we could see the same two birds and thought they were both RT Loons from that position, plus a total of three Common Loons. We didn't go up Rte 89 and were out of time and did not go north of East Shore Park. We also dipped on the White-winged Crossbills at Summerhill, finding only Pine Siskins plus a single Goldfinch at the Hovel Chalet. Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: CayugaRBA SNOW OWL @ NYCC From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT me.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:31:39 +0000 After Dave Kennedy's elaboration of Suzanne Broderick's directions to the Snowy Owl at the NY Chiropractic College, Susan Danskin saw it and explained how she and I and several other competent birders didn't look carefully enough yesterday. I swung by for a look about noon and learned from birders at the site that the bird had flown west past the hedgerow onto the ground in an adjacent farm field where a poor view through the trees was possible (but difficult) if one knew where to look.  It seemed not to be visible from East Bayard St either.  However, the bird clearly likes that bleacher. There's quite a bit of whitewash on it. It's been seen several times there by birders, and also by a security guard who came to investigate us and had seen but not recognized the bird several days earlier. I think if people stay out of that soggy athletic field and stay by the maintenance building and adjacent places where one is allowed to have a car, the bird is likely to return to that bleacher.  --Dave Nutter On Feb 05, 2012, at 12:17 PM, 6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM wrote: CayugaRBA SNOW OWL AT NYCC moved west to farm, hard to see past hedgerow, -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: OT: video clip of twirling hummingbird From: Candace Cornell <cec222 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:37:32 -0500 The first 45 seconds (0:08-0:45) of this slo-mo clip, borrowed from a TED lecture on pollinators, brilliantly captures hummingbird (spp.) behaviors that are too difficult to see first hand < http://www.youtube.com/v/xHkq1edcbk4?version=3****>. Watch how both predator-prey (0:35-0:45) spin in circles, all while flying right-side up, up-side down, or side ways. Is the predator mimicking the prey's movements or are these normal hunting tactics for hummers? (Is there an alternative explanation?) G.B.! Candace Cornell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Snowy at chiropractic From: cobra <gone13 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:21:39 -0500 Located approx 100 yards west of bleacher past hedgerow on the ground in middle of field at 1:55pm -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: RE: Question on the Western Grebe ID From: Wesley M Hochachka <wmh6 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:07:34 +0000 Hi all, I have been fortunate enough to have some experience comparing Western and Clark's Grebes side by side, both in the breeding season and winter. Relevant to this thread, my experience is that: - At a distance or first glance the most obvious difference between the species is that Clark's Grebes appear not just subtly lighter in shade along their sides, but are blatantly lighter to the extent that even a quick scan of a mixed-species group can pick out pick out Clark's Grebes typically as being essentially white in appearance along their flanks. - To me the second most obvious feature distinguishing the two species is bill colour. Again, my impression is that the distinction between the species is not subtle as long as one is not colour blind. Specifically, I found that Clark's Grebes have a clearly "warm" (reddish-orange) colour cast, whereas Western Grebes' bills have a "cool" green colour cast. So, to my eye, the difference in bill colour is greater than is illustrated for example in the Sibley guide, and in direct comparisons between the species I have found that this difference pops out quickly in reasonable lighting conditions. - For wintering grebes, my impression is that the amount of white on the side of the face is a far less clear differentiator of the two species than the above two characteristics. In side-by-side comparisons of the two species, I could see consistent differences. However, in order to find a pair of nearby birds to compare, I would have used flank shade and bill colour to pick out the pair, and then spend time looking carefully at the faces. All in all, I think that Dave's nice photos show all of the characteristics of a Western Grebe, without any clear suggestions of Clark's. All of the above just echoes what Chris wrote in his eBird checklist, to which Anne Marie pointed people. I figured that it would be useful to chime in as to which of the characteristics Chris mentioned are the ones that a lesser mortal would most immediately notice as differentiating the two species in winter. Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-39533270-3494022 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39533270-3494022 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:49 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Great shots, guys! Wow, you sure saw it better than I did. It's an interesting question about species ID. I don't have enough experience with the species pair to be overly confident, but I'd have to come down on the side of Western here, or perhaps a hybrid. The face appears paler than a typical winter Western Grebe, but the eye is not close to showing out of the dark the way a Clark's should. The flanks are pale, but they do not ever appear as having white in them the way Clark's do. The bill is olive-yellow, not clear yellow, and there is an obvious dark bottom edge that is typical of Western. Gary's shot of the back of the neck is pretty convincingly wide and dark. Great bird. Let's keep the photos coming. Kevin From: bounce-39533224-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39533224-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Kohlenberg Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:18 AM To: david nicosia Cc: Meena Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Hi Dave, Nice shots. I'm sending a link to the ones I took on Fri., the 3rd, which show the view of the hind neck. I struggled with the separation of Western / Clark's because I don't have experience with either bird. I didn't doubt the great birders that found and ID'd this guy as Western, but took the opportunity to refine my eye. The field guides like Sibley's / Crossley's etc. leave some ambiguity with these guys. What I wondered about was light lores and the lighter shading of the flanks with a plain demarkation which seems to fall more in line with the Clark's illustrations. The light lores can show in both I gather and the bill is definitely more to the olive-yellow end than bright yellow at least in the light that I had, which wasn't bad. The hind neck black stripe is broad as you can see in my photo and the illustrations of Clark's narrower stripe would seem to be distinctive enough to catch my eye. I didn't get any shots of a spread wing. What ultimately makes me confident is that I heard this guy vocalizing several times. Listening to Lang's recording of both species I have no doubt I was hearing a Western Grebe. Clarks Grebe has more of a clear whistle quality than the vibrato that reached my ear. This is a great bird and learning experience. I was excited to finally get look after several trips into the wind and waves. Happy birding, Gary https://picasaweb.google.com/103826758925032410864/WesternGrebe?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCObEttC66ZHZjAE&feat=directlink On Feb 5, 2012, at 9:13 AM, david nicosia wrote: Here is the link to the photos I took of the Western Grebe...they are all digi-scoped images. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629174516367/ Dave Nicosia ________________________________ From: Meena Haribal > To: david nicosia > Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:21 AM Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Dave, After seeing your pics, you seem to have been much closer than I am, the bill looks yellowish and pointed. Plus average more grayish white flanks on the back too. I would also tend to call it Clark's Grebe. And I think you are the only one who got such detailed pictures. Here is Chris's link. Where you dont see much detail at all. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinicola/6673387385/in/photostream/ So it would be interesting see what people would call it after your pics. You dont seem to have given link to your pics. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] on behalf of david nicosia [daven1024 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:08 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID I got a comment on my flickr account saying that the western grebe photos I posted look more like a clark's grebe. This forced me to do a little research on this as I have never been out west to have to learn to distinguish between these two similar species. The white lore would suggest a clark's grebe in non-breeding plumage but I have read in several field guides and on-line that western grebes in non-breeding can show this too. The bill on the bird I saw today was definitively olive-yellow and I had good lighting. Is this the main field mark that is making this a Western Grebe to everyone? Has anyone considered this could be a clark's grebe? Just curious to what other's thought process was on this. Thanks. Dave Nicosia -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CayugaRBA SNOW OWL @ NYCC From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:17:45 +0000 CayugaRBA SNOW OWL AT NYCC moved west to farm, hard to see past hedgerow, -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: RE: Question on the Western Grebe ID From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:48:44 +0000 Great shots, guys! Wow, you sure saw it better than I did. It's an interesting question about species ID. I don't have enough experience with the species pair to be overly confident, but I'd have to come down on the side of Western here, or perhaps a hybrid. The face appears paler than a typical winter Western Grebe, but the eye is not close to showing out of the dark the way a Clark's should. The flanks are pale, but they do not ever appear as having white in them the way Clark's do. The bill is olive-yellow, not clear yellow, and there is an obvious dark bottom edge that is typical of Western. Gary's shot of the back of the neck is pretty convincingly wide and dark. Great bird. Let's keep the photos coming. Kevin From: bounce-39533224-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39533224-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Kohlenberg Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:18 AM To: david nicosia Cc: Meena Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Hi Dave, Nice shots. I'm sending a link to the ones I took on Fri., the 3rd, which show the view of the hind neck. I struggled with the separation of Western / Clark's because I don't have experience with either bird. I didn't doubt the great birders that found and ID'd this guy as Western, but took the opportunity to refine my eye. The field guides like Sibley's / Crossley's etc. leave some ambiguity with these guys. What I wondered about was light lores and the lighter shading of the flanks with a plain demarkation which seems to fall more in line with the Clark's illustrations. The light lores can show in both I gather and the bill is definitely more to the olive-yellow end than bright yellow at least in the light that I had, which wasn't bad. The hind neck black stripe is broad as you can see in my photo and the illustrations of Clark's narrower stripe would seem to be distinctive enough to catch my eye. I didn't get any shots of a spread wing. What ultimately makes me confident is that I heard this guy vocalizing several times. Listening to Lang's recording of both species I have no doubt I was hearing a Western Grebe. Clarks Grebe has more of a clear whistle quality than the vibrato that reached my ear. This is a great bird and learning experience. I was excited to finally get look after several trips into the wind and waves. Happy birding, Gary https://picasaweb.google.com/103826758925032410864/WesternGrebe?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCObEttC66ZHZjAE&feat=directlink On Feb 5, 2012, at 9:13 AM, david nicosia wrote: Here is the link to the photos I took of the Western Grebe...they are all digi-scoped images. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629174516367/ Dave Nicosia ________________________________ From: Meena Haribal > To: david nicosia > Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:21 AM Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Dave, After seeing your pics, you seem to have been much closer than I am, the bill looks yellowish and pointed. Plus average more grayish white flanks on the back too. I would also tend to call it Clark's Grebe. And I think you are the only one who got such detailed pictures. Here is Chris's link. Where you dont see much detail at all. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinicola/6673387385/in/photostream/ So it would be interesting see what people would call it after your pics. You dont seem to have given link to your pics. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] on behalf of david nicosia [daven1024 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:08 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID I got a comment on my flickr account saying that the western grebe photos I posted look more like a clark's grebe. This forced me to do a little research on this as I have never been out west to have to learn to distinguish between these two similar species. The white lore would suggest a clark's grebe in non-breeding plumage but I have read in several field guides and on-line that western grebes in non-breeding can show this too. The bill on the bird I saw today was definitively olive-yellow and I had good lighting. Is this the main field mark that is making this a Western Grebe to everyone? Has anyone considered this could be a clark's grebe? Just curious to what other's thought process was on this. Thanks. Dave Nicosia -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Question on the Western Grebe ID From: Gary Kohlenberg <jgk25 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:17:56 +0000 Hi Dave, Nice shots. I'm sending a link to the ones I took on Fri., the 3rd, which show the view of the hind neck. I struggled with the separation of Western / Clark's because I don't have experience with either bird. I didn't doubt the great birders that found and ID'd this guy as Western, but took the opportunity to refine my eye. The field guides like Sibley's / Crossley's etc. leave some ambiguity with these guys. What I wondered about was light lores and the lighter shading of the flanks with a plain demarkation which seems to fall more in line with the Clark's illustrations. The light lores can show in both I gather and the bill is definitely more to the olive-yellow end than bright yellow at least in the light that I had, which wasn't bad. The hind neck black stripe is broad as you can see in my photo and the illustrations of Clark's narrower stripe would seem to be distinctive enough to catch my eye. I didn't get any shots of a spread wing. What ultimately makes me confident is that I heard this guy vocalizing several times. Listening to Lang's recording of both species I have no doubt I was hearing a Western Grebe. Clarks Grebe has more of a clear whistle quality than the vibrato that reached my ear. This is a great bird and learning experience. I was excited to finally get look after several trips into the wind and waves. Happy birding, Gary https://picasaweb.google.com/103826758925032410864/WesternGrebe?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCObEttC66ZHZjAE&feat=directlink On Feb 5, 2012, at 9:13 AM, david nicosia wrote: Here is the link to the photos I took of the Western Grebe...they are all digi-scoped images. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629174516367/ Dave Nicosia ________________________________ From: Meena Haribal > To: david nicosia > Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:21 AM Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Dave, After seeing your pics, you seem to have been much closer than I am, the bill looks yellowish and pointed. Plus average more grayish white flanks on the back too. I would also tend to call it Clark's Grebe. And I think you are the only one who got such detailed pictures. Here is Chris's link. Where you dont see much detail at all. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinicola/6673387385/in/photostream/ So it would be interesting see what people would call it after your pics. You dont seem to have given link to your pics. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] on behalf of david nicosia [daven1024 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:08 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID I got a comment on my flickr account saying that the western grebe photos I posted look more like a clark's grebe. This forced me to do a little research on this as I have never been out west to have to learn to distinguish between these two similar species. The white lore would suggest a clark's grebe in non-breeding plumage but I have read in several field guides and on-line that western grebes in non-breeding can show this too. The bill on the bird I saw today was definitively olive-yellow and I had good lighting. Is this the main field mark that is making this a Western Grebe to everyone? Has anyone considered this could be a clark's grebe? Just curious to what other's thought process was on this. Thanks. Dave Nicosia -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western grebe, RT Loon From: Robbie LaCelle <thebooksearcher AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:03:21 -0500 Both birds can currently (11:00) be seen from hog hole. They seem to be near where Ken Rosenberg saw the Grebe yesterday. Robbie LaCelle Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CayugaRBA EARED GREBE far west From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:02:53 +0000 CayugaRBA EARED GREBE far west of Wells College boathouse, Aurora -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: cedar waxwings From: "Susan Fast" <sustfast AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 09:33:24 -0500 On a walk along Mt. Pleasant Rd. early this morning, I encountered a flock of 100+ CEDAR WAXWINGS. From a distance, I saw about 10 slightly larger birds among, but these turned out to be STARLINGS. Couldn't see what they were feeding on; they all flew west eventually. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Question on the Western Grebe ID From: david nicosia <daven1024 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 06:13:32 -0800 (PST) Here is the link to the photos I took of the Western Grebe...they are all digi-scoped images.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157629174516367/  Dave Nicosia  ________________________________ From: Meena Haribal To: david nicosia Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:21 AM Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID Dave, After seeing your pics, you seem to have been much closer than I am, the bill looks yellowish and pointed. Plus average more grayish white flanks on the back too.  I would also tend to call it Clark's Grebe. And I think you are the only one who got such detailed pictures. Here is Chris's link. Where you dont see much detail at all.   http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinicola/6673387385/in/photostream/   So it would be interesting see what people would call it after your pics. You dont seem to have given link to your pics.    Meena   Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/   ________________________________ From: bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-39530942-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] on behalf of david nicosia [daven1024 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:08 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Question on the Western Grebe ID I got a comment on my flickr account saying that the western grebe photos I posted look more like a clark's grebe. This forced me to do a little research on this as I have never been out west to have to learn to distinguish between these two similar species.  The white lore would suggest a clark's grebe in non-breeding plumage but I have read in several field guides and on-line that western grebes in non-breeding can show this too. The bill on the bird I saw today was definitively olive-yellow and I had good lighting. Is this the main field mark that is making this a Western Grebe to everyone?  Has anyone considered this could be a clark's grebe? Just curious to what other's thought process was on this.  Thanks.  Dave Nicosia  -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: NYCC Snowy Owl From: Dave K <fishwatchers AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 08:45:39 -0500 NY Chiropractic Snowy Owl was on the bleachers 8:15 this AM. Far West side of the college campus behind (West of) the tennis courts and the maintenance bldg.. It's a mowed field with soccer goals and a couple of sets of bleachers strewn about. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Question on the Western Grebe ID From: Anne Marie Johnson <annemariejohnson AT frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 07:35:41 -0500 Subject: Fish crows at Cass Park From: M Kardon <mk2486 AT pol.net> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 23:15:26 -0500 Friday (Feb 3) while walking on the Waterfront Trail, we saw 4 fish crows perched on a tree next to the inlet and not far from Treman State Marina. They gently chided us for invading their space as they flew away. Fred and Marsha Kardon -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Question on the Western Grebe ID From: david nicosia <daven1024 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:08:10 -0800 I got a comment on my flickr account saying that the western grebe photos I posted look more like a clark's grebe. This forced me to do a little research on this as I have never been out west to have to learn to distinguish between these two similar species.  The white lore would suggest a clark's grebe in non-breeding plumage but I have read in several field guides and on-line that western grebes in non-breeding can show this too. The bill on the bird I saw today was definitively olive-yellow and I had good lighting. Is this the main field mark that is making this a Western Grebe to everyone?  Has anyone considered this could be a clark's grebe? Just curious to what other's thought process was on this.  Thanks.  Dave Nicosia  -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: NY Chiro Snowy From: <smb4inc AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:41:47 -0500 The SNOWY OWL at the NY Chiro. was still present this morning. It was sitting on a bench near the South Field. Suzanne Broderick Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe, Shrike, White-winged TV From: Kenneth Victor Rosenberg <kvr2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:15:44 +0000 Some incidental birding today produced some excellent birds. At 12:30, in between errands, I decided to to a quick check from the first pullout on Rt. 89 (#829) above Hogs Hole. I could see only 4 birds in the SW sector of the lake -- 3 LESSER SCAUP and a WESTERN GREBE. The grebe was fairly close and gave excellent scope views in the emerging sunlight, and some fair digiscoping chances. A little later, I drove behind the Ithaca airport hoping for a shrike, and found crisp adult NORTHERN SHRIKE on Neimi Rd -- just at the west edge of the ponds. Two TURKEY VULTURES flew over, one of them the striking partially white-winged individual that has been around this winter -- actually the first time I've seen it. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) kvr2 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: swan correction, Esker Brook Trail, Sodus Point From: Mark Miller <mmiller010 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:26:43 -0500 I meant Tundra Swans (most likely) at Cayuga State Park Friday, but it was too far for positive ID's. Dozens were flying by the park and congregating about 1/4 mile south of the park. Saturday morning Esker Brook Trail at Montezuma offered several E. Bluebirds, but didn't see any GC Kinglets (had about 6 last week). Also had a N. Mockingbird and a N. Shrike squabbling over territory near the South Spring below the Ridge Trail. Sat. afternoon at Sodus Point pier had lots of Long-tailed Ducks & WW Scoters, a few Horned Grebes, and a couple (Red-throated?) Loons. Only a few RB Mergansers. Also a couple Am Goldeneye & Greater Scaup. Great picture opportunities, will need to review my pics to see if I missed anything unusual. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CayugaRBA EURASIAN WIGEON far NW From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 CayugaRBA EURASIAN WIGEON far NW of Towpath Machine, Water St, Village of Cayuga north of railroad. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe close in hog hole From: <daven1024 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:47:22 +0000 Western Grebe easily found hog hole at 120pm. Still present close in at 144. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe Was there! From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:29:22 +0000 Thanks Dave Nutter for keeping track of the Western Grebe! I finally did manage to go down to the lake, first time I went to Stewart park, my tripod did not work well. So had to go to get my better tripod, which was in the lab. Then as I came down from the campus, I had to make split second decision as to go to Hogs Hole or go to the White Lighthouse Jetty. Decided to do a mile trek to the lighthouse. I scanned the previously noted location twice and did not see the grebe. So I scanned rest of the lake. Then on third scan, I managed to watch it, as it was just ducking into the water. So it was there at least. A little later came up next a pair of displaying Goldeneyes. This time it did not dive back immediately. Actually, remained on the surface and waved his leg in the air as if to let me know it was there! Then it preened, dove, preened again and dove. Then sat on the water and lazily watched around, especially three of its neighbors were displaying Goldeneyes, putting there head back and probably saying something. After watching the grebe and other waterfowls for half an hour plus, I headed back. I had almost reached my car and then suddenly I felt I need to find car keys. I had this nagging doubt that I had left it on the jetty. So stopped at one of the picnic tables and searched my numerous pockets on numerous jackets I was wearing and my backpack, but did not find it. So headed back to the lighthouse and the place I had stopped was behind the lighthouse, so I could not see if the keys were there or not until I reached the end. After reaching the I did not find the keys. Then I once more was looking for them in my pockets, first pocket I felt, there it was! Probably it was hidden between the gloves when I first checked. But as I had come back, I thought I will scan the lake for the grebe again. This time I did not find it nor I found any other ducks it was hanging with. Maybe some of the local residents had disturbed them. I scanned the lake, but seemed not anywhere in view. Probably it is hanging around somewhere at the middle of lake. But anyway I had pay to the grebe debt in 4 miles! It was good to practise with load, hopefully an exercise for my upcoming Himalyan trek! Cheers meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE, south end From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:26:57 +0000 CayugaRBA WESTERN GREBE, south end Cayuga Lake, north of piling cluster. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: 03 Feb - Western Grebe, RT Loon, SE OWL From: Mike Powers <noflickster AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:22:48 -0500 Hi all, Apologies for the day-late posting. At 4:30 yesterday afternoon (Friday, 03 February) I stopped by Stewart Park in Ithaca with hopes of spotting the WESTERN GREBE that Bob, Gary, and Jay reported a few hours earlier from Hog's Hole. My third attempt was the charm: viewing conditions were excellent and it was fairly easy to pick it out to the north of the red lighthouse. Like others have reported, it was actively diving but tended to resurface not too far from where it dove. While I watched it stayed solitary, not in the neighborhood of the scaup (farther south) or goldeneye (farther north). There was a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT perched on a large log in the vicinity. Much farther north was the RED-THROATED LOON that Bob also reported. When I left at 4:45 both birds were still visible. Finally, at 5:30 on Veteran Hill Road (Chemung County, about a half mile north of Sutton Rd) I noticed a strange bump on a large roll of hay that isn't usually there, a benefit of driving the same way to work every day. Having my fingers crossed for a Snowy Owl I turned around but the lump had disappeared -- only to be refound much closer, just about 25 meters from the road. By far the best looks at a SHORT-EARED OWL I've had in recent memory. The "ears" weren't visible as it actively scanned the field, eventually flying across the road right in front of me, dropping into an adjacent field where it sat for a few moments, then crossing back and disappearing. Best commute home I've had in a long, long time! Good birding, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: American Coots & G-h Owl From: William Roberts <bluehorsestudio AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:36:38 +0000 At about 1:30 p.m. yesterday a raft of approximately 150 American Coots were gathered near the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in Aurora between the Masonic Lodge and the United Ministry church.One lakeside resident reported that the Coots had been in the area for two or three days. This evening at approximately 5:40 p.m., two to three miles east of Long Point state Park near Aurora, I saw and heard a Great-horned Owl on Dixon Rd. south of Britt Rd. The owl moved from a tree next to the east side of Dixon Rd. several hundred yards further east to the top of a spruce. The location was approximately 200 to 250 yards south of Britt Rd. Bill RobertsAurora -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Short-eared Owls, Cayuga Co. From: <mwitmer AT lightlink.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:52:30 +0000 3:20-3:30 pm today, three Short-eared Owls were foraging over weedy field to west of rt. 90, about 0.25 mi. n. of jct. Lake Ridge Rd. (Triangle). REally nice views. --Mark --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: FWD: DaveNutter: Please report Western From: <6072292158 AT VTEXT.COM> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:41:22 +0000 FWD: DaveNutter: Please report Western Grebe to CayugaRBA. Once per day per location should suffice. m.textmarks.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Geneva Coots From: Mark Miller <mmiller010 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:33:59 -0500 Forgot to mention, next to the pier in Geneva (west of the chamber of commerce) was a raft of about 100 coots. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Ring-necked Ducks From: Donna Scott <dls9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:27:34 -0500 East side of Cayuga Lake, viewed from RR track near 591 Lansing Station Rd. about 1:30 PM, flock of around 175-200 Aythyas, about 4/5 RING-NECKED DUCKS with about 1/5 REDHEADS. Also, two COMMON LOONS diving nearby. Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 DLS9 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Seneca & Cayuga State Parks From: Mark Miller <mmiller010 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:09:46 -0500 Spent an hour or 2 driving around north ends of Seneca & Cayuga lakes. Seneca Lake State Park had it's normal mallards & black ducks, along with a female long-tailed duck, several bufflehead, and 1 pair of common mergansers "getting busy" until a GBB gull dived at them. Gulls were mainly ring-billed, with 1 herring, and about 10 greater black-backed. The Egyptian Goose was on the left side of the main drive near the boat launch, just past the office area. (I'll count it as long as it's not in a cage or pen, and is listed in Sibley's). Cayuga Lake St Park had a lot of swans (trumpeters?), mallards, black ducks, common mergansers, 1 great blue heron, and 1 canvasback (male). Canada Geese were at both parks and several fields across the county. A run around the Chiropractic College didn't turn up any snowy owl. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Summerhill From: "grosbeak AT clarityconnect.com" <grosbeak@clarityconnect.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:17:14 -0500 Hi all, A quick run through of Summerhill this morning yielded 14 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on Lick Street and 9 PINE SISKINS and a COMMON REDPOLL on Salt St.. I also had the NORTHERN SHRIKE at the corner of Lick and Rte 90. South of Rte 90 I had 2 Red-tails and a soaring BALD EAGLE. Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Re: Western Grebe at Hog Hole From: bob mcguire <bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:47:28 -0500 I visited Hog Hole about an hour before Gary, noting the Western Grebe close in – and a Red-throated Loon out past the White Lighthouse. Bob On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > W. Grebe easily visible from Hog Hole now. Directly north with small > flock of Scaup. > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe still there From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:30:37 -0500 The WESTERN GREBE is being very accommodating near the southwest corner of the lake. I was looking from along Taughannock Boulevard, but I think it would have been almost equivalent viewing from Hogs Hole or the white lighthouse (and it would have been fantastic looks from the red lighthouse!) As it was, the bird was close enough for very good looks through a scope, unsatisfying looks in binoculars, and mediocre (but better than earlier in the week) photos. It was spending some time with a group of scaup as well as diving and wandering around a bit, but generally due north from Hogs Hole. A male RUDDY DUCK was also swimming nearby, and I saw a male LONG-TAILED DUCK fly north up the lake. This morning Tim and Brad also had two distant WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS from East Shore looking towards the yacht club. Last night I stopped by Stewart Park to look for gulls. I succeeded in finding two 1st-cycle ICELAND GULLS and what I took to be a 2nd-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, perhaps the same as the 3rd-cycle others have reported? The overall look was of a 1st-cycle Lesser, with some pattern on the back and a mostly dark bill. However, the back was quite dark (darker than any Herring) with some yellow on the bill. I would like to see this bird again in better light. Finally, yesterday morning I spent a little time at Summerhill, where I had 33+ WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on Salt Road just south of Hoag, and a few more (or some of the same) crossbills and about 40 PINE SISKINS at the swamp on Hoag. Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jwm57 AT cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe at Hog Hole From: Gary Kohlenberg <jgk25 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:25:07 +0000 W. Grebe easily visible from Hog Hole now. Directly north with small flock of Scaup. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Predator From: "Nena J. Winand" <njw2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:11:55 +0000 I just had a mink take a woodpecker (downy I think-smallish)! I have never seen that before. Yikes! She lives on my pond (for better or worse). Apparently she is not getting an adequate intake of bass. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: FLICKER From: John and Fritzie Blizzard <job121830 AT verizon.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:54:58 -0500 Just have my first FLICKER of the year in our English Walnut tree here in Union Springs. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --