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18 Mar Chautauqua Waterfowl ["David Neveu" ] 18 Mar 81+ Cacklers - Wednesday [Barbarah Henderson ] 18 Mar Western Grebe [Carolyn Jacobs ] 18 Mar Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/17/10 ["Dave" ] 18 Mar Re: eBird Report - Ontario, Town of , 3/18/10 ["Dave" ] 18 Mar Re: Barnacle Goose Photos - 3/18 [Jay Greenberg ] 18 Mar Correction: Barnacle Goose Photos [Joseph Mitchell ] 18 Mar Barnacle Goose Photos - 3/18 [Joseph Mitchell ] 17 Mar Barnacle Goose at Iroquois NWR, Orleans Co. [] 17 Mar Barnacle Goose at Iroquois NWR, Orleans Co. [] 17 Mar 3/17/10--Little Gulls in Lewiston, spring is comming back in Holland, NY ["Christian Newton" ] 17 Mar Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs, 4PM Wends. ["James G. Kohlenberg" ] 17 Mar HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (17 Mar 2010) 200 Raptors [] 17 Mar Western Grebe [Bill Purcell ] 17 Mar Forest Lawn woodcock [David Gordon ] 17 Mar Barnacle Goose at Iroquois [] 17 Mar Winter Wren [Phil & Cindy Marino ] 17 Mar Re: Montezuma NWR (D Stout) [Jim Ochterski ] 17 Mar Re: GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 80, Issue 25 [] 17 Mar HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (16 Mar 2010) 70 Raptors [] 17 Mar NO Woodcocks-Grand Island ["Jerry Lazarczyk" ] 17 Mar NO Black-headed Gull ["Jerry Lazarczyk" ] 17 Mar Montazuma NWR ["Dian Stout" ] 16 Mar ravens at Mendon [Pat Martin ] 16 Mar Chimney Bluffs and other sightings ["Kurt and Jeannine Fox" ] 16 Mar Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/16/10 ["Dave" ] 16 Mar Western Grebe Tuesday 3/16/10 ["Leona Lauster" ] 16 Mar Western Grebe Tuesday 3/16/10 ["Leona Lauster" ] 16 Mar Bald Eagle-Constantia and Little Brown Bat [Larry Toole ] 16 Mar Groveland & Conesus [] 16 Mar Chautauqua Lake [abeebe ] 16 Mar Re: [nysbirds-l] Western Grebe - Wayne County ["Jerry Lazarczyk" ] 15 Mar Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/15/10 ["Dave" ] 15 Mar HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (15 Mar 2010) 66 Raptors [] 15 Mar Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 15 Mar Bald Eagle - East End Oneida Lake [Larry Toole ] 15 Mar Niagara B-h Gull, plus Cackling Geese [] 15 Mar Snow Geese! ["David" ] 14 Mar Black Headed [Barbarah Henderson ] 14 Mar York: Red-shouldered Hawk [] 14 Mar Turkeys & Canada Geese ["JEANINE SMITH" ] 14 Mar Black Vulture, White-fronted Goose - Hartland, Niagara County ["Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" ] 14 Mar Black Vulture, White-fronted Goose - Hartland, Niagara County ["Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" ] 14 Mar Turkeys Are Back [Ron Wellman ] 14 Mar Snow Geese ["thomas&celeste morien" ] 14 Mar Sunday: Alexander Bald Eagles [kimmarie ] 14 Mar ad. Black-headed Gull @ Lewiston docks [] 14 Mar late psot from Montezuma and Wayne Co - 3/13 [ROBERT SPAHN ] 14 Mar Buffalo: Red-winged blackbird (FOY) [] 14 Mar FYI FW: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario [Meena Haribal ] 14 Mar Nations Rd.: N. Shrike [] 13 Mar (no subject) [] 13 Mar HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (11 Mar 2010) 19 Raptors [] 13 Mar N. Chautauqua Arrivals ["David Neveu" ] 13 Mar Cattaraugus County [Jeffrey Reed ] 13 Mar HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (12 Mar 2010) 3 Raptors [] 13 Mar Greater White-fronted Goose -- Genesee Co. [Christopher Wood ] 13 Mar Misc sightings ["Kurt and Jeannine Fox" ] 13 Mar Batavia WWTP Sat 3/13 ["Kurt and Jeannine Fox" ] 12 Mar Alabama, INWR areas [Joseph Mitchell ] 12 Mar Cackling Goose ["Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" ] 12 Mar East Bay Golden Eagles, Montezuma Tree Swallows and in between ["Mike & Joann Tetlow" ] 12 Mar East Bay Golden Eagles, Montezuma Tree Swallows and in between ["Mike & Joann Tetlow" ] 12 Mar salamanders are out! ["Zettel, Martha" ] 12 Mar Alabama Swamps (Iroquois NWR and vicinity) ["Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" ] 12 Mar Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/12/10 ["Dave" ] 12 Mar (no subject) [Jeffrey Reed ] 12 Mar salamanders, not birds ["Zettel, Martha" ] 12 Mar Conesus Lake birds on March 11th [Emily Hill ] 12 Mar Gulls Thursday ["Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" ] 11 Mar Northern Pintails Shelby/Cedar Waxwing correction Ridgeway ["thomas&celeste morien" ] 11 Mar Chautauqua County [abeebe ] 11 Mar West lakeshore - 3/11 [ROBERT SPAHN ] 11 Mar Geneseo: Woodcock [] 11 Mar Snow Geese in Bergen ["Melissa Coniglio" ] 11 Mar 32 Snow Geese, Rusty Blackbird, 126 Tundra Swan, Ruddy Duck Lake Erie Shore [] Subject: Chautauqua Waterfowl From: "David Neveu" <daveneveu AT roadrunner.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:08:49 -0400 3/16/10 - 15 Redheads, 9 Buffleheads, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 4 C. Mergansers, 43 C. Goldeneyes, 2 Gadwalls, 307 Ring Necked Ducks, 1 A. Black Duck and 3 A. Coots, Lucille Ball Memorial Park, Celeron, south Chautauqua Lake. - 5 Tailed Hawks, Dunkirk Airport. - 1 Song Sparrow, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 2 Red Bellied Woodpeckers, 2 DE Juncos, 1 Carolina Wren, 1 Tufted Titmouse and 1 White Breasted Nuthatch, our yard in Silver Creek. 3/17/10 - 2 Song Sparrows, 1 Carolina Wren, 2 DE Juncos and 1 Red Bellied Woodpecker, our yard in Silver Creek. 3/18/10 - 2 DE Juncos, our yard in Silver Creek. - 5 Red Breasted Mergansers, 2 Buffleheads, 4 Gr. Scaup, 2 Gadwalls, 2 Hooded Mergansers and 1 Pied Billed Grebe, Dunkirk Harbor. - 3 Green Winged Teals, 3 Ring Necked Ducks, 4 A. Robins, 1 Red Bellied Woodpecker, 1 Red Tailed Hawk, 1 A. Kestrel and 3 Turkey Vultures, Berry Rd. Marsh, Pomfret. - 1 N. Flicker, 1 Song Sparrow, 2 Turkey Vultures and 2 Red Tailed Hawks, Lake Erie State Park, Portland. - 2 Hooded Mergansers, flooded field at Hamlets Farm, Center Rd, Sheridan Center. David Neveu_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: 81+ Cacklers - Wednesday From: Barbarah Henderson <henyoe131 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:33:16 -0700 (PDT) After nice views of the supposedly wild Barnacle we had -   ~11 Cacklers flying over the headquarters building towards Cayuga Pool. 81 Cacklers w/~1,000 Canadas in late-day sun from the dike at Windmill Marsh (off E. Shelby Rd.). They were conveniently on the near side of the flotilla. 17 spcs. waterfowl total - 1 Tundra 1 Snow Canada ~ 92 Cacklers the Barnacle Black Gadwall Mallard Pintail Wigeon Woody 1 GW Teal 1 Canvasback 1 Red Head Ring Neck Bufflehead Hoody   Peter Yoerg, Barbara & John     _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Western Grebe From: Carolyn Jacobs <jaclyn AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:26:30 -0400 Present AT 12 noon-Garner Rd entrance, right of the rightmost "no swimming" sign. Lyn Jacobs .......from my Droid_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/17/10 From: "Dave" <dktetlow AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:41:02 -0400 -------------------------------------------------- From: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:30 PM To: Subject: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/17/10 > > > Location: Braddock Bay Hawkwatch > Observation date: 3/17/10 > Number of species: 57 > > Canada Goose 260 > Mute Swan 14 > Wood Duck 1 > Gadwall 3 > American Wigeon 4 > American Black Duck 2 > Mallard 13 > Northern Shoveler 3 > Northern Pintail 8 > Green-winged Teal (American) 9 > Canvasback 2 > Redhead 11 > Ring-necked Duck 4 > Greater Scaup 65 > Lesser Scaup 8 > White-winged Scoter 3 > Long-tailed Duck 20 > Bufflehead 15 > Common Goldeneye 6 > Hooded Merganser 2 > Common Merganser 35 > Red-breasted Merganser 15 > Red-throated Loon 5 > Common Loon 3 > Turkey Vulture 56 > Bald Eagle 2 > Northern Harrier 4 > Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 > Cooper's Hawk 15 > Red-shouldered Hawk 36 > Red-tailed Hawk 69 > Rough-legged Hawk 2 > Sandhill Crane 1 > Killdeer 8 > Ring-billed Gull 30 > Herring Gull (American) 225 > Great Black-backed Gull 5 > Rock Pigeon 4 > Mourning Dove 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Pileated Woodpecker 2 > Blue Jay 4 > American Crow 67 > Horned Lark 12 > Tree Swallow 1 > Black-capped Chickadee 3 > Tufted Titmouse 1 > American Robin 2 > European Starling 215 > Song Sparrow 1 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 110 > Common Grackle 25 > Brown-headed Cowbird 3 > House Finch 2 > American Goldfinch 3 > House Sparrow 2 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: eBird Report - Ontario, Town of , 3/18/10 From: "Dave" <dktetlow AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:44 -0400 The Black Vultures were seen at 11:10. Two of them were last seen circling east out of sight. -------------------------------------------------- From: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:38 PM To: Subject: eBird Report - Ontario, Town of , 3/18/10 > > > Location: Ontario, Town of > Observation date: 3/18/10 > Number of species: 13 > > Black Vulture 3 These birds were seen drifting west into a WSW > wind. Two of them began to circle together, while the other one could not > be relocated. > Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 > Red-shouldered Hawk 2 > Red-tailed Hawk 6 > Ring-billed Gull 30 > Blue Jay 2 > American Crow 45 > Song Sparrow 1 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 115 > Common Grackle 20 > House Finch 4 > House Sparrow 6 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: Barnacle Goose Photos - 3/18 From: Jay Greenberg <conservationist AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:19:57 -0400 I don't know if anyone is interested in an old photo of a barnacle goose, but here is a link to one that I took in 2003: http:// thegreenjay.com/World_Bird_Photos/010%20Geese/pages/page_5.html Jay Greenberg conservationist AT earthlink.net http://www.thegreenjay.com Rochester, NY On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Joseph Mitchell wrote: > I thought I would post a couple of pictures of yesterday's Barnacle > Goose to go along with Jim Pawlicki's post. I was fortunate to get > there in time to view the bird and to get a few snapshots through > Jim's scope. > 4 pictures > http://picasaweb.google.com/josephcmitchell/2010#5449779850838984850 > Joe Mitchell > > > _______________________________________________ > GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu > http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Correction: Barnacle Goose Photos From: Joseph Mitchell <rhettbutler81 AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:17:56 -0400 The pictures of the Barnacle Goose are from YESTERDAY (3/17) despite what the title of my post might imply. Sorry for any confusion. Joe Mitchell _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Barnacle Goose Photos - 3/18 From: Joseph Mitchell <rhettbutler81 AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:55:27 -0400 I thought I would post a couple of pictures of yesterday's Barnacle Goose to go along with Jim Pawlicki's post. I was fortunate to get there in time to view the bird and to get a few snapshots through Jim's scope. 4 pictures http://picasaweb.google.com/josephcmitchell/2010#5449779850838984850 Joe Mitchell _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Barnacle Goose at Iroquois NWR, Orleans Co. From: Jmpawli88 AT aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:40:18 EDT Congrats to Peter Yoerg for finding and then quickly getting the word out on the BARNACLE GOOSE present this afternoon (Wed. 3/17--luck of de' Irish noh?) at the "Forestall Flats" within Iroquois NWR. The bird was present during the late afternoon/early evening from 5 to 6 pm where it was viewed by a small group of people as it mostly slept, and then briefly stretched, foraged, and swam amongst roughly 800 Canada Geese (+ a white Snow Goose) at the west end of the partially flooded hayfield north of Oak Orchard Ridge Rd. and east of Route 63. Despite being reasonably close to Route 63, the bird was not visible from the roadside due to a rise in the field, but was well visible looking north from the highest point along Oak Orchard Ridge Rd. west of Ring-neck Marsh overlook. Around 6 pm the bird took off with about a dozen Canada Geese after which they headed NE towards Fletcher Chapel Rd. before disappearing over the distant woodlot at the E end of the field. Kurt Fox and I later searched through a few of the cornfields along Fletcher Chapel, but did not turn up the bird--2 Cackling Geese heading north with separate flocks of Canadas were notable though. As for the Barnacle Goose, no bands were present on either of its legs while interestingly there were at least 2 Canadas within the flock that did sport shiny metal bands of unknown origin (presumably USFWS or CWS). Obviously it cannot be said for certain whether the bird is of captive origin, but regardless the settings in my opinion arguably bode well for wild origin (no bands, at known location for migratory geese during migration amongst a migratory flock of Canada Geese... ). If you have not already, a good read on the NYS Avian Records Committee's updated take on the status of Barnacle Geese in the state can be found under the Barnacle Goose reports in the 2006 NYSARC report here: _http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2006.html_ (http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2006.html) Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Barnacle Goose at Iroquois NWR, Orleans Co. From: Jmpawli88 AT aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:40:18 EDT Congrats to Peter Yoerg for finding and then quickly getting the word out on the BARNACLE GOOSE present this afternoon (Wed. 3/17--luck of de' Irish noh?) at the "Forestall Flats" within Iroquois NWR. The bird was present during the late afternoon/early evening from 5 to 6 pm where it was viewed by a small group of people as it mostly slept, and then briefly stretched, foraged, and swam amongst roughly 800 Canada Geese (+ a white Snow Goose) at the west end of the partially flooded hayfield north of Oak Orchard Ridge Rd. and east of Route 63. Despite being reasonably close to Route 63, the bird was not visible from the roadside due to a rise in the field, but was well visible looking north from the highest point along Oak Orchard Ridge Rd. west of Ring-neck Marsh overlook. Around 6 pm the bird took off with about a dozen Canada Geese after which they headed NE towards Fletcher Chapel Rd. before disappearing over the distant woodlot at the E end of the field. Kurt Fox and I later searched through a few of the cornfields along Fletcher Chapel, but did not turn up the bird--2 Cackling Geese heading north with separate flocks of Canadas were notable though. As for the Barnacle Goose, no bands were present on either of its legs while interestingly there were at least 2 Canadas within the flock that did sport shiny metal bands of unknown origin (presumably USFWS or CWS). Obviously it cannot be said for certain whether the bird is of captive origin, but regardless the settings in my opinion arguably bode well for wild origin (no bands, at known location for migratory geese during migration amongst a migratory flock of Canada Geese... ). If you have not already, a good read on the NYS Avian Records Committee's updated take on the status of Barnacle Geese in the state can be found under the Barnacle Goose reports in the 2006 NYSARC report here: _http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2006.html_ (http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2006.html) Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: 3/17/10--Little Gulls in Lewiston, spring is comming back in Holland, NY From: "Christian Newton" <cnewton2 AT roadrunner.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:36:09 -0400 Hey all, after birding through the mid west to south Texas and back I was ready for some WNY birding. Especially after a fairly non eventful February at least at my feeders. I ran up to Lewiston docks with my son searching for that ever elusive Black-headed Gull, still can't find one for WNY, however 12 or more Little Gulls was nice to see. Lots of Long-tailed Duck's cooing always a delight. And one flyby Common Merganser. Apparently I should have been east where a Barnacle Goose was located, that will be tomorrows trip. Here in Holland/Colden area it's nice to see the snow melting and Snow Drops blooming, Robins are back in force, the band of blackbirds that hang by our pond have returned (grackle's and Red-wings) also saw the Eastern Bluebirds have returned to the yard after a bit of a winter retreat. Still have a couple American Tree Sparrows, I would assume the Chipping's will be back soon. This evening I went out to listen for American Woodcock, I probably should have stayed a little longer, but I did hear a distant Barred Owl and my second shorebird for my yard list, a fly over Killdeer. I'll be dreaming of Barnacle Goose tonight, see yah out there and Good Birding. Christian H. Newton Holland, NY Chris Newton's Wildlife Photography chriswildlifephotography.com cnewton2 AT roadrunner.com Have a good one and good birding!! _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs, 4PM Wends. From: "James G. Kohlenberg" <jgk25 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:24:58 -0400 With beautiful calm, sunny weather I was able to find the Western Grebe this afternoon, Wednesday, at 4 PM. It was straight out from the parking area, swimming, snoozing and preening. Over about an hour it swam leisurely west until it was behind the bluff. I was able to pick it up again by scanning from the State Park shore. I noticed a couple things; it doesn't associate with the Red-necked Grebes at all. Once when crossing paths with another Grebe it dove and swam underneath to avoid a close encounter. Many times it looked like it had something trailing behind like a tail extension, but was only dragging a leg. I've seen other birds stretch their legs, but this guy seemed to do in constantly mostly the right leg. Sometimes he would windmill his leg around the side of his body. I don't think anything was wrong, maybe it just felt good. When past the bluff toward the State Park he resumed actively feeding, diving about every 30 seconds and staying down about 20 seconds each time. He came up with a fish on very many of those dives. This lasted about 1/2 hour. He then resumed swimming out to the northwest in a straight line, but not diving anymore. He must have been full. When I left at 6 PM he was still visible in the scope. Gary Kohlenberg _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (17 Mar 2010) 200 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 17 Mar 2010 21:03:38 -0400 Hamburg Hawk Watch Hamburg, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 86 218 218 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 8 8 Northern Harrier 0 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 15 15 Cooper's Hawk 2 13 13 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 48 63 63 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 52 161 161 Rough-legged Hawk 6 8 8 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 2 2 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 200 495 495 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Bob Andrle, Jim Landau, Mike Zebehazy Observers: Bob Andrle, Dean DiTommaso, Jim Landau, Mike Zebehazy Visitors: Dean DiTommaso Weather: Bright blue skies with a light to moderate breeze primarily from the northwest. Raptor Observations: A steady movement of Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks, with some great looks at 6 Rough-legged Hawks... two dark phase. One adult Bald Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: 2 flocks of Tundra Swans in the afternoon. Predictions: It could be a copy of today, weather- and raptor-wise. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Landau (kjlandau AT localnet.com) Directions to site: Lakeside Memorial Park in Hamburg, NY. is located about 10 miles southwest of Buffalo, NY at the Hamburg Exit 57 of the NY State Thruway. Bear right after the toll booth onto Camp Road (Route 75). Proceed through the traffic light at Southwestern Blvd.(Route 20). The entrance to Lakeside Memorial Park is on the left, less than 1/4 mile from the light. The watch is normally conducted half way between the entrance and the woods. An alternate site for easterly wind flights is at the William Williams Ball Park, located on Rogers Rd. Take Route 20 south from Camp Rd. one traffic light and turn right till just before the railroad crossing. For additional information/directions contact Jim Landau at kjlandau AT localnet.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Western Grebe From: Bill Purcell <wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:25:16 -0400 The Western Grebe was seen through the middle of the day on Wednesday from the west side of Chimney Bluffs State Park. At first it was near the closest mud plume beneath the bluffs and later further out where most of the other grebes were. There were at least 20 each Red-necked and Horned Grebes present along with 2 Red-throated Loons and a Surf Scoter. Bill Purcell Hastings NY 13076 _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Forest Lawn woodcock From: David Gordon <dgordonphoto AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:22:44 -0700 (PDT) An American woodcock was seen this morning during a brief birding visit. I saw the bird three times during my walk around warbler ridge and once it flushed within feet of me. Other birds seen are as listed. Location: Forest Lawn Cemetery Observation date: 3/17/10 Number of species: 12 Canada Goose 40 Mallard 12 Green-winged Teal 1 American Woodcock 1 Rock Pigeon 10 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/ny) In birding, David Gordon _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Barnacle Goose at Iroquois From: WilliamWatsonSr AT aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:57:04 EDT Peter Yeorg reported a Barnacle Goose at Forestal Flats (which is north of Oak Orchard Ridge Road) at about 3:30 PM TODAY!!! Bill Watson_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Winter Wren From: Phil & Cindy Marino <pcmarino AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:43:34 -0400 As I left for an early morning meeting, there was a Winter Wren singing in the wooded ravine across the street from my house on Parkview Drive in Penfield. What a great way to start the day! Cindy Marino _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: Montezuma NWR (D Stout) From: Jim Ochterski <ochterski AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:20:14 -0400 Adding observations to this report from the Montezuma area on March 16, 2010 . . .a momentary concentration of tussling Bald eagles on the Tschache Pool brought seven individual eagles into scope view at once. The high-contrast conditions (sun-filled, dry, cloudless air) allowed for observation of dark morph Snow geese within in the large groups. Most often the dark morphs were clustered noticeably within the migrating flocks. Also of note were waves of 100+ Northern shovelers descending to the Main Pool, low enough to hear the audible wash of air through all those beating wings. Jim Ochterski Farmington, NY_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 80, Issue 25 From: <Terence.Mosher AT fredonia.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:57:54 -0400 Willie and Betsy: The Black Vulture images are superb. What a bird for Niagara County #300! I also just looked at your Arizona trip images for the first time. The Vermilion Flycatcher shot is a breath-catcher, but the "Christmas Lights" may be my favorite. Good birding, Terry -----Original Message----- From: geneseebirds-l-bounces AT geneseo.edu [mailto:geneseebirds-l-bounces AT geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of geneseebirds-l-request AT geneseo.edu Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:14 PM To: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Subject: GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 80, Issue 25 Send GeneseeBirds-L mailing list submissions to geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to geneseebirds-l-request AT geneseo.edu You can reach the person managing the list at geneseebirds-l-owner AT geneseo.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of GeneseeBirds-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Nations Rd.: N. Shrike (ljkim AT rochester.rr.com) 2. FYI FW: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario (Meena Haribal) 3. Buffalo: Red-winged blackbird (FOY) (hikepmc AT roadrunner.com) 4. late psot from Montezuma and Wayne Co - 3/13 (ROBERT SPAHN) 5. ad. Black-headed Gull AT Lewiston docks (Jmpawli88 AT aol.com) 6. Sunday: Alexander Bald Eagles (kimmarie) 7. Snow Geese (thomas&celeste morien) 8. Turkeys Are Back (Ron Wellman) 9. Black Vulture, White-fronted Goose - Hartland, Niagara County (Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 9:33:03 -0400 From: To: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Nations Rd.: N. Shrike Message-ID: <20100314133303.9DN3W.389978.root AT hrndva-web02-z02> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 There was a Northern Shrike yesterday late afternoon, perched on the wire along S. Avon Rd. at Nations Rd. I also saw a number (100+)of Black Ducks & Mallards in the corn fields north of Little Rd. and several Horned Larks in various fields. We've had Grackles at our feeders in Geneseo since Friday. Jim Kimball ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:04:27 -0400 From: Meena Haribal To: "geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu" Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] FYI FW: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario Message-ID: <87E29E09F4093546AA006105B4D21F4E0D69FF263D AT MBXA.exchange.cornell.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thought some of you may be interested. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY http://haribal.org/ -----Original Message----- From: bounce-5427889-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5427889-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Medler Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:40 AM To: Cayugabirds-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario Hi All, I just received a message from Chris Wiley to say that he and some other Ithaca birders are currently (10:30 am, 14 March 2010) watching a WESTERN GREBE at Chimney Bluffs State Park, located on Lake Ontario in Wayne County. The bird is just off-shore from the parking lot area. There are also about 30 Red-necked Grebes present, but the Western Grebe is apparently staying to itself. This bird appears to have "swum under the radar" for the past few days. It was reported to eBird on 11 March 2010, and because of its rarity in the state, triggered a report on the eBird Notable Birds Google Gadget (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/Google_Gadget.html) for New York. However, I have not seen any mention of it on any local listserves. Good luck if you go! Matt Medler Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:11:01 -0400 From: To: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Buffalo: Red-winged blackbird (FOY) Message-ID: <20100314151101.ODX1S.283276.root AT cdptpa-web07-z01> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi all- Saturday 3/13, Teresa and I observed our first RWB (one male, with brilliant "epaulets") in our Parkside neighborhood backyard. The march toward spring appears to be in full force. Great birding, Peter/Teresa Corrigan ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:04:16 -0700 (PDT) From: ROBERT SPAHN To: geneseebirds Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] late psot from Montezuma and Wayne Co - 3/13 Message-ID: <332128.78295.qm AT web80205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ??? Yesterday, Sue and I took a ride through the Montezuma area, then north to Rt 104 and back to Webster. Time; about 8:30 at Montezuma to 10:50 at Rt 104 at Lasher Rd. Large number of Tundra Swans on the Main Pool. ??? Good numbers of a few species on Tschache Pool. 10 Bald Eagles. ??? Little from Knox-Marcellus overlook. ??? Lots of Mallards, Am.Black Ducks, Gadwall, Am Wigeon, N. Pintail, and green-winged teal along both sides of Rt 31 from Rt 89 east to the river. Only 100 or so Snow Geese resting north of the potato shed. ??? From Van Dyne Spoor east of the woods looking south - 10,000+ very conservatively for N. Pintail. Birds all through all different heights of vegetation, so hard to arrive at a good total. Two N. Harriers working the area kept moving ducks out?pf the taller vegetation towar the east, but no real panic. Clearly the tall weeds were full of mallards, pintail, wigeon and smaller numbers of other puddle ducks.? ??? Zig zagged roads north looking for feeding Snow Gesse. No luck until we located a field full on the east side of Lasher Road and a smaller number across on the west side less that 1/4 mile south of Rt 104. Hard to get a view of the total flocks between farm buildings and the rolling topography of the area; on the order of 15,000 birds. Bob Spahn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:14:01 EDT From: Jmpawli88 AT aol.com To: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] ad. Black-headed Gull AT Lewiston docks Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Just passing the word along that Tom Johnson, Chris Wood et al report near alternate (half-hooded) ad. BLACK-HEADED GULL amongst Bonaparte's and 20+ LITTLE GULLS at the Lewiston Docks along the lower Niagara River today (Sun. 3/14) around 11 am. Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:21:54 -0700 (PDT) From: kimmarie To: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Sunday: Alexander Bald Eagles Message-ID: <938639.59972.qm AT web35504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 3/14 at 1:30pm - We stopped and watched the adult Bald Eagles in Alexander for about 10 minutes today. They were sitting on a branch next to the nest, one was preening while the other just looked around. We also heard a Kildeer in the field east of the nest. I've looked at my photos from last year and the first ones I have of an adult sitting in the nest are from March 14 and 15 2009. kimmarie Buffalo/Orangeville, WNY ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:47:06 -0400 From: "thomas&celeste morien" To: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Snow Geese Message-ID: <6a1d09a21003141347w756d36e6xcf54473b80744906 AT mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Birders, On the north side of Barber Road, Shelby, in Orleans County 3 Snow Geese and on Posson Road 1 Northern Harrier. Also 1 Turkey Vulture each on South Woods Road and Fletcher Chapel Road. There was still a group of Northern Pintail and Mallards present on Hemlock Ridge Road this morning with 4 Wood Ducks and 200 Canada Geese. The intrepid Chipping Sparrow at our feeder is still a daily visitor. Celeste Morien -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ron Wellman ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:48 -0400 From: "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" To: "'Genesse_Birds'" , , "Suggs, David" Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Black Vulture, White-fronted Goose - Hartland, Niagara County Message-ID: <002f01cac3d4$62b51c80$281f5580$ AT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" With the rain about over this afternoon, Betsy and I took the opportunity to get some birding in this weekend. Our best sighting, a milestone bird for me, was a BLACK VULTURE along Somerset-Hartland Townline Road at Drum Road. When first seen in flight as we were driving, it was being harassed by a crow. I thought it would turn out to be a Red-tailed Hawk (it was not lit well and may have been partially obscured by treetops). At some point, since I was not seeing a pale body, I decided to pull over and put the bins on it. Suddenly, I nailed my life Niagara County bird #300! It shortly landed in a tree and I took some quick digiscoped images but a real Red-tailed Hawk came along and put it up, despite the vulture?s much larger size. What a wimp! We watched the bird off and on over the next 20 minutes or so, occasionally near two Turkey Vultures, frequently losing it behind trees. It seemed to want to set down in a spruce plantation, and I think it did for a short spell. Eventually we lost it for about five minutes and decided to leave. We made a pass through the area about an hour later but did not stop long and did not see it again. I have put a couple of images up on Betsy?s web site (address below). Click on ? Willie?s Photos?, then ?Recent Photos?. We checked out the field at the southwest quadrant of Somerset-Hartland Townline Road and Johnson Creek Road, which is about ? mile west of where we saw the vulture. It had a lot of geese and ducks and while we were there, several massive flocks of a few thousand more geese dropped in. I was able to pick out a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE just before it landed but we were never able to find it on the ground among the throngs of Canadas. There were 1100 NORTHERN PINTAILS here, as well as a handful each of AMERICAN WIGEON, BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, and RING-NECKED DUCK. There were also at least nine and as many as 15 CACKLING GEESE ? I kept finding groups of three Cacklers and I was unsure if these were the same birds I had already seen. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l End of GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 80, Issue 25 ********************************************** _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (16 Mar 2010) 70 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 17 Mar 2010 11:03:01 -0400 Hamburg Hawk Watch Hamburg, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 16, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 16 132 132 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 7 7 Northern Harrier 0 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 11 11 Cooper's Hawk 1 11 11 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 15 15 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 37 109 109 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 1 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 70 295 295 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4.75 hours Official Counter: Bruce Chilton Observers: Visitors: Jim Pawlicki Clark Griebe Lewis Crowell Jerry Skrzeczkowski Weather: Sky clear except for numerous contrails. Temp. at start about 4C; at end, 10C. Humidity dropped from 60% to 45%. Wind at start, ENE, 2 km/hr; at end, WNW, 16 km/hr. Barometer steady at 30.13. Ground completely clear of snow. Raptor Observations: Redtails dominated the flight. The first substantial red-shoulder flight took place. Turkey vultures were few; there were none until afternoon. The flight was toward NE for most of the period, shifting inland later as the wind direction changed. Non-raptor Observations: Meadowlarks (2) Wood Ducks Cedar Waxwings(3) Bluebird (1) Plus other birds previously seen at the hawkwatch. Predictions: Continuation of sunny weather. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bruce Chilton (BChi314159 AT aol.com) _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: NO Woodcocks-Grand Island From: "Jerry Lazarczyk" <lazarcg1 AT netzero.net> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:59:14 GMT I visited some of my favorite Woodcock habitats on Grand Island on Tuesday evening with no joy. It seemed like perfect weather and the beginning of the right time of the year. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY ____________________________________________________________ Senior Assisted Living Put your loved ones in good hands with quality senior assisted living. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=fIm_RCIGjyRaai-iyavlAgAAJ1Hl0TAC0bJpKxEwP51e65BFAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASUQAAAAA= _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: NO Black-headed Gull From: "Jerry Lazarczyk" <lazarcg1 AT netzero.net> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:54:38 GMT On Tuesday afternoon I birded from Grand Island to the USCG base at Fort Niagara. There was a dearth of gulls in the river. The fishing platform was closed. Off shore at Lewiston and Fort Niagara there were plenty of Long-tailed Ducks (formerly Old Squaw). At Fort Niagara was a Horned Grebe transitioning to breeding plumage. It sure looked wierd with the beginnings of yellow plumage on its head and its body looking like a smudge of black and white. It was a beautiful day. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY ____________________________________________________________ Love Spell Click here to light up your life with a love spell! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=WWqlDvYr0LRsj_I8hR9YeAAAJ1Hl0TAC0bJpKxEwP51e65BFAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARwAAAAA= _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Montazuma NWR From: "Dian Stout" <dstout2 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:35:49 -0400 Yesterday, Al and I visited with a man who is head of this summer's construction at Montazuma. They plan to drain the main pool again this year after the migration is over (near the middle to end of April) and then have a two way road on the Main drive only up to the Carp gate. With it dry, he said there "won't be much to see this summer." The idea is to dig out and remove a huge quantity of muck to make more smaller pools that will be better for the ducks to hide in. As it stands now the big wetlands is aging too fast and not as useful in the long run to all the birds. In the fall before fall migration they will flood the main pool again. The drive was closed yesterday but he said it would be open again in a "day or two." He said since they have such a small staff, all this takes longer than usual...and it would be a two year project or maybe more but the wetland would be better for it. Meanwhile we saw many nice large flyovers of many hundreds of SNOW GEESE groups. Also three immature Bald Eagles flying and the hundreds of Tundra Swans through the shimmering heat off the high tower past the outdoor bathrooms. On VanDyneSpoor Rd. there were the hundreds of Pintails that we could only see when they were flushed up into the air. The man we talked to said the count of Snow Geese is 80,000....and I'm not sure if he said, that was total, or in one day. We saw at least 2,000 in our visit. GREAT SPECTICLE!!! What a beautiful spring we're having. Happy Birding. _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: ravens at Mendon From: Pat Martin <emartin139 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:28:21 -0400 (GMT-04:00) A raven flying over in Mendon Ponds Park today while I was on what I call the East Esker trail near the kennels. Also one on February 4th at Quaker Pond that I probably didn't report, in case its not too late to get it on the February list. Pat Martin _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Chimney Bluffs and other sightings From: "Kurt and Jeannine Fox" <jfox62 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:48:45 -0400 Summary: --------------- Spent all morning trying to find the Western Grebe. Thanks to Bob Guthrie for spotting from road-level! (WARNING: do not go near the edge, the ground and snow is thawing and the edge is unstable. Several times, large clumps of earth fell while I was scanning). All geese flying north across lake in the morning were Canadas. All geese flying near Montezuma were Snows. Van Dyne Spoor uneventful. 17 eagles at Tschache Pool. Finally got a Mendon raven. Snow Goose count there was unexpected. I believe that the Snow Goose count near Gypsum Ponds on Sunday was an area high for me. No GWF Goose. ======================================================= Location: Mendon Ponds Park Observation date: 3/16/10 Number of species: 1 Mute Swan 2 Pair seen at north end of park in pond/marsh that abuts the NYS thruway (I-90). A pair seem to have nested here every year for over 10 years now. Detection can only be made from Thruway, or concerted effort thru heavy brush (off trails). This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Location: Chimney Bluffs State Park Observation date: 3/16/10 Notes: Started at the west (main) entrance to the park and scanned for over 2.5 hours. Walked to bluff on the east side of the park. Scanned from bluff for another 1.5 hours. Scanned from lake level on east side parking lot for another 0.5 hour. Number of species: 40 Snow Goose 0 Cackling Goose 1 Canada Goose 3500 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 2 Redhead 2 Ring-necked Duck 4 White-winged Scoter 25 Long-tailed Duck 100 Bufflehead 20 Common Goldeneye 75 Red-breasted Merganser 150 Red-throated Loon 1 Horned Grebe 75 about 25 west of bluffs, about 50 east of bluffs. Reverse of RN Grebe Red-necked Grebe 75 about 50 west of bluffs, about 25 east of bluffs. Reverse of Horned Grebe Western Grebe 1 As first reported by others. seen west of the east end of the park, close to shore near the bluffs. Ring-billed Gull 25 Herring Gull 100 Mourning Dove 4 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Calling and drumming in woods at top of bluff Blue Jay 5 American Crow 12 Black-capped Chickadee 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 heard-only American Robin 20 European Starling 2 American Pipit 1 heard-only American Tree Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 3 Snow Bunting 1 heard-only Northern Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird 250 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Two flying east together. Common Grackle 20 American Goldfinch 10 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Location: Van Dyne Spoor Rd. Observation date: 3/16/10 Notes: Most of the ducks were wll concealed by the long grass in the flooded fields. Song Sparrows were singing. Horned Larks were on field edge before railroad tracks, not in open area. Number of species: 24 Snow Goose 3500 Canada Goose 100 American Black Duck 25 Mallard 100 Northern Pintail 5 Hooded Merganser 2 Northern Harrier 3 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Ring-billed Gull 25 Rock Pigeon 15 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 30 Horned Lark 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 10 European Starling 10 American Tree Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 100 Common Grackle 20 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Location: Montezuma NWR--Tschache Pool Observation date: 3/16/10 Number of species: 9 Canada Goose 100 Gadwall 75 Eurasian Wigeon 0 <== NOT FOUND American Wigeon 250 Northern Pintail 20 Hooded Merganser 2 Ruddy Duck 1 Bald Eagle 17 Only 2 adults - one on ground, another flying. The rest were various-aged immatures. Eagles were on muskrat huts, and tree snags (5 on one snag) and a few flying. Ring-billed Gull 25 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Location: Mendon Ponds Park--Quaker Pond Observation date: 3/16/10 Notes: Snow Geese were traveling high, heading almost due east. Number of species: 24 Snow Goose 450 Canada Goose 30 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Ring-billed Gull 5 Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker 2 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 25 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 10 European Starling 10 American Tree Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird 40 Common Grackle 12 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Location: Gypsum Ponds Observation date: 3/15/10 Notes: Gypsum Ponds was 100% iced over. All waterfowl were in flooded area across the street or on farm fields. Number of species: 18 Snow Goose 57 North end of road - 38 in field (only 1 blue). Another 19 in field across from Gypsum Pond Canada Goose 3500 Rough estimate as they flushed as soon as I stopped the car. Scattered in all direcitons, 0 returned to the same field/spot. American Black Duck 20 Mallard 40 Wild Turkey 25 On the south end of Hutton Road in field among Canadas. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 103 100 on field at norht end of road, only 3 on pond (still ice-d over). Mourning Dove 2 American Crow 4 Horned Lark 6 various spots along road - singles or pairs. American Robin 20 European Starling 300 Song Sparrow 1 Snow Bunting 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Common Grackle 10 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Location: Alexander Bald Eagle nest Observation date: 3/15/10 Number of species: 1 Bald Eagle 1 One adult on branch in nest tree, but not on nest. This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ======================================================= Kurt Fox Alexander, NY_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/16/10 From: "Dave" <dktetlow AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:32:22 -0400 -------------------------------------------------- From: Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:31 PM To: Subject: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/16/10 > > > Location: Braddock Bay Hawkwatch > Observation date: 3/16/10 > Number of species: 56 > > Canada Goose 360 > Mute Swan 18 > Wood Duck 3 > Gadwall 12 > American Wigeon 14 > American Black Duck 6 > Mallard 25 > Northern Pintail 6 > Green-winged Teal (American) 9 > Ring-necked Duck 4 > Greater Scaup 35 > Lesser Scaup 7 > White-winged Scoter 1 > Long-tailed Duck 30 > Bufflehead 26 > Common Goldeneye 35 > Hooded Merganser 4 > Common Merganser 30 > Red-breasted Merganser 12 > Ruddy Duck 5 > Turkey Vulture 105 > Bald Eagle 5 > Northern Harrier 8 > Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 > Cooper's Hawk 12 > Red-shouldered Hawk 32 > Red-tailed Hawk 100 > Rough-legged Hawk 4 > Killdeer 4 > Ring-billed Gull 60 > Herring Gull (American) 225 > Great Black-backed Gull 6 > Rock Pigeon 6 > Mourning Dove 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 > Blue Jay 3 > American Crow 55 > Common Raven 1 > Horned Lark 18 > Black-capped Chickadee 6 > Tufted Titmouse 2 > Eastern Bluebird 3 > American Robin 14 > European Starling 365 > American Tree Sparrow 1 > Lapland Longspur 1 > Snow Bunting 3 > Northern Cardinal 4 > Red-winged Blackbird 220 > Eastern Meadowlark 1 > Common Grackle 35 > Brown-headed Cowbird 10 > House Finch 4 > American Goldfinch 3 > House Sparrow 2 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Western Grebe Tuesday 3/16/10 From: "Leona Lauster" <leonal AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:51:50 -0400 I missed the Western Grebe late yesterday afternoon and then read the post from Jerry Lazarczyk this morning and decided to try again on the eastern access to Chimney Bluffs. It was a much better day to try as there was less wind and therefore less wave action and there was better light today. We arrived at 11:00 am and found Curt Fox searching. Bob found the Grebe in just minutes. It was out to the west or left from the parking area. Too far away for a photo for us. Then it swam in closer. Then Jean Skelly arrived and got a look through Bob's scope before it disappeared behind the cliffs. Curt climbed the walk to the top of the bluffs and saw it from there. It might have been possible to see it from the beach also but we didn't try that as I had to get back to work. Leona Lauster Lyons, NY Thanks again to Chuck Gibson. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Western Grebe Tuesday 3/16/10 From: "Leona Lauster" <leonal AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:51:50 -0400 I missed the Western Grebe late yesterday afternoon and then read the post from Jerry Lazarczyk this morning and decided to try again on the eastern access to Chimney Bluffs. It was a much better day to try as there was less wind and therefore less wave action and there was better light today. We arrived at 11:00 am and found Curt Fox searching. Bob found the Grebe in just minutes. It was out to the west or left from the parking area. Too far away for a photo for us. Then it swam in closer. Then Jean Skelly arrived and got a look through Bob's scope before it disappeared behind the cliffs. Curt climbed the walk to the top of the bluffs and saw it from there. It might have been possible to see it from the beach also but we didn't try that as I had to get back to work. Leona Lauster Lyons, NY Thanks again to Chuck Gibson._______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Bald Eagle-Constantia and Little Brown Bat From: Larry Toole <larry3t AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:49:30 -0700 (PDT) Early sunny afternoon saw a Little Brown Bat come from the woods North of Lakeshore Drive at Edgewater Bay, hunted over the green yard by the campground boat launch. Circling and flitting in the sun occasionally diving apparently catching insects it reminded me very much of a Roughleg or Harrier or similar sound hunter working its field (about a third acre here) in miniature. Also drove to the grocery in Constantia and on the way back just east of Constantia Cove an adult Bald Eagle was circling hunting the shoreline. Very crisp black and white in the sun - breeding plumage. Larry Toole North Bay NY larry3t AT yahoo.com from my Dell Axim _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Groveland & Conesus From: <ljkim AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:09:12 -0400 I drove down through the Groveland flats area this morning, along Rte. 63 and 258. I was looking primarily for T. Swans & Snow Geese which are often there this time of year, but I found none, though there are some good flooded areas with open water. Birds of interest included: Canada Geese 800-1000 Ring-necked Duck 8 Gr. Scaup 4 Bufflehead 9 C. Goldeneye 3 Killdeer 5 Tree Swallow 2 Horned Lark 8 Song Sparrow 2 (the first I've heard singing this spring) I watched two male Horned Larks going through a bit of territorial display and confrontation in front of a female. I then went over to Conesus Lake & inlet swamp. The lake and most of the swamp area are still frozen over, with open water close to the connecting creek area. I could hear the ice cracking while I was there and assume it will open up before long. Birds of interest with approximate numbers: Canada Goose 50 Mallard 8 Ring-necked Duck 30 Bufflehead 4 C. Goldeneye 50 Hooded Merganser 4 C. Merganser 6 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Am. Coot 5 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Red-winged Blackbird 8 The Eagles were at the nest (same place as last year). I couldn't see the Eagle in the nest at first. Then the other adult flew across the swamp area and landed on the edge of the nest. The Eagle in the nest got out and flew to a nearby branch. The incoming Eagle was doing something with its head down in the nest (feeding young already?, turning eggs, working on the nest?). After a few minutes it left and the Eagle originally in the nest returned and settled down out of sight. Our backyard Grackles have started doing their display moves (beaks pointed up, puffing out, etc.) - one of those things I look forward to in early spring. We had a Red-breasted Nuthatch stop by the suet yesterday, the first we've had here for a few months. Jim Kimball _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Chautauqua Lake From: abeebe <abeebe AT windstream.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:11:40 -0500 March 16- The outlet and Chautauqua Lake are open to Celeron. Today I saw 2 Common Mergansers, 75 Commobn Goldeneye, and 17 Redheads. Ann _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Western Grebe - Wayne County From: "Jerry Lazarczyk" <lazarcg1 AT netzero.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:22:01 GMT I dipped on the Western Grebe late on Sunday afternoon despite going to both the east and west Lake Ontario accesses to Chimney Bluffs State Park.. The only birds seen were less than ten C. Mergs and some RB Gulls. I returned Monday and found that the east access is where the Western Grebe was seen. I was not able to see much from the road level so I climbed the stairway to near the top of the cliff and had a much better but less safe view. Not much was around but the WESTERN GREBE eventually was found. A few Red-necked Grebes were seen plus some Long-tailed Ducks and C. Mergs. The birds were beyond the mud line in the blue water and a scope is needed. The water was roily and the added height is very helpful. A gal showed after I was there and she told me that the W. Grebe was seen from the east access where we were. She had just seen a pheasant off the road and I looked for it and dipped. She said the she raised pheasants with her husband for years for release by the DEC. I am drawing a complete blank for her name and location and I apologize to her. I should have written that info down. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY NYSbirders, Chuck Gibson reported a Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park (Wayne Co.) on 11 March using eBird (report visible on the eBird Google Gadget). Tim Lenz and Chris Wiley relocated it this morning, and many people were able to see it throughout the day (though others struck out). The bird seems to range widely along the shoreline and spent a good deal of the day diving/ feeding, often at considerable distance. There are also many (easily >60) Red-necked Grebes and a few Horned Grebes in the area. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY tbj4 AT cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- ____________________________________________________________ Nutrition Improve your career health. Click now to study nutrition! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=esby1b_ddze4CjgL6k309gAAJ1Hl0TAC0bJpKxEwP51e65BFAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASQwAAAAA= _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/15/10 From: "Dave" <dktetlow AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:09:24 -0400 -------------------------------------------------- From: Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:06 PM To: Subject: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/15/10 > > > Location: Braddock Bay Hawkwatch > Observation date: 3/15/10 > Number of species: 58 > > Snow Goose 90 > Cackling Goose 11 > Canada Goose 8600 > Mute Swan 14 > Wood Duck 2 > Gadwall 6 > American Wigeon 8 > American Black Duck 7 > Mallard 46 > Northern Shoveler 3 > Northern Pintail 75 > Green-winged Teal (American) 6 > Canvasback 32 > Redhead 12 > Ring-necked Duck 5 > Greater Scaup 70 > Lesser Scaup 4 > White-winged Scoter 6 > Long-tailed Duck 15 > Bufflehead 16 > Common Goldeneye 35 > Hooded Merganser 6 > Common Merganser 65 > Red-breasted Merganser 30 > Ruddy Duck 1 > Red-necked Grebe 1 > Turkey Vulture 9 > Bald Eagle 1 > Northern Harrier 4 > Cooper's Hawk 1 > Red-shouldered Hawk 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 10 > Rough-legged Hawk 7 > Ring-billed Gull 65 > Herring Gull (American) 80 > Great Black-backed Gull 6 > Rock Pigeon 6 > Mourning Dove 2 > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 > Blue Jay 4 > American Crow 238 > Horned Lark 42 > Black-capped Chickadee 4 > Tufted Titmouse 1 > American Robin 6 > European Starling 110 > Song Sparrow 1 > Lapland Longspur 1 > Snow Bunting 2 > Northern Cardinal 4 > Red-winged Blackbird 325 > Eastern Meadowlark 1 > Common Grackle 70 > Brown-headed Cowbird 4 > House Finch 2 > American Goldfinch 3 > House Sparrow 1 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (15 Mar 2010) 66 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 15 Mar 2010 19:03:04 -0400 Hamburg Hawk Watch Hamburg, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 15, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 37 116 116 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 6 6 Northern Harrier 0 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 10 10 Cooper's Hawk 5 10 10 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 17 72 72 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 1 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 66 225 225 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Bill Watson Observers: Dave Wheeler Visitors: Clark Griebe Weather: 100% cloudy, ENE to NNE winds at 16 to 18 mph Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Cackling Goose Predictions: less cloudy ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill Watson (WilliamWatsonSr AT aol.com) Site Description: This spring only "all volunteer" watch is conducted at Lakeside Memorial Park in Hamburg, NY. It is located on flat lake plain located along the shoreline of the east end of Lake Erie, about 10 miles south of Buffalo, NY. Many North American hawk watch sites report their daily raptor counts at www.hawkcount.org To see what's being seen, where and when, check it out! For additional information contact Jim Landau at kjlandau AT localnet.com Directions to site: Lakeside Memorial Park in Hamburg, NY. is located about 10 miles southwest of Buffalo, NY at the Hamburg Exit 57 of the NY State Thruway. Bear right after the toll booth onto Camp Road (Route 75). Proceed through the traffic light at Southwestern Blvd.(Route 20). The entrance to Lakeside Memorial Park is on the left, less than 1/4 mile from the light. The watch is normally conducted half way between the entrance and the woods. An alternate site for easterly wind flights is at the William Williams Ball Park, located on Rogers Rd. Take Route 20 south from Camp Rd. one traffic light and turn right till just before the railroad crossing. For additional information/directions contact Jim Landau at kjlandau AT localnet.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Syracuse RBA From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:44:57 -0700 (PDT) RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 15, 2010 * NYSY 1503.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 08, 2009 - March 15, 2010 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:March 15 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #196 -Monday March 15, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 01 , 2009 Highlights: ----------- WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) ROSS’S GOOSE SNOW GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE AMERICAN WOODCOCK ICELAND GULL LONG-EARED OWL NORTHERN SHRIKE Migrants this week: -------------- AMERICAN WOODCOCK - 3/8 GREEN-WING TEAL - 3/10 TREE SWALLOW - 3/10 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK - 3/10 GOLDEN EAGLE - 3/12 CHIPPING SPARROW - 3/13 (possible overwinterer but not reported previously) Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 3/11: An estimated 100,000 SNOW GEESE were reported in the mucklands on Rt.31. In ensuing days the numbers have dropped to “mere thousands”. 3/12: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen along Rt.89 between East Road and Rt.31. 3/13: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the end (drivable) of VanDyne Spoor Road. Onondaga County ------------ 3/8: AMERICAN WOODCOCK were heard and seen along Kellog Road in the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 5 PURPLE FINCHES were seen in the Tully Valley area. 3/14: A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to hang around the Split Rock area west of Syracuse. An ICELAND GULL was seen feeding in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 3/13: A LONG-EARED OWL was found at Noyes Sanctuary along Lake Ontario. Derby Hill ------------ A slow week due to indifferent weather. The first GOLDEN EAGLE 3/12 and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 3/10 were recorded. The count so far is 11 species of raptor and 312 individuals. Most impressive was the Goose flight on 3/14. An estimated 55,000 CANADA GEESE and 77,500 SNOW GEESE were recorded flying over. Extralimital ------------ 3/11: A WESTERN GREBE was initially reported on ebird at Chimney Bluffs State Park on Lake Ontario in Wayne County. It was relocated on 3/14 but there have been no updates today. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Bald Eagle - East End Oneida Lake From: Larry Toole <larry3t AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:24 -0700 (PDT) About 3 PM I saw a Bald Eagle cross Oneida Lake from North to South when walking down Lakeshore Drive on Edgewater Bay just north of Sylvan Beach.. I probably would've missed it but a big flock of geese and a few gulls took off in a hurry west down the lake. I stopped and looked around and the eagle glided quickly a few hundred feet up about 20 seconds later. It tipped its white tail down part way across the lake and I knew it was an adult. It was on a beeline and was going faster than a mile a minute. Saw a Sharpshin near the same place hunting the shoreline on yesterdays walk. Larry Toole North Bay, NY _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Niagara B-h Gull, plus Cackling Geese From: Tigger64 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:52:10 EDT Jim Pawlicki and I saw the Black-headed Gull from the Lewiston boat launch at around 3pm. It was rafting with Bonaparte's Gulls somewhat downstream but staying within scope range. We then tried for the Black Vulture found by Willie D'Anna, but struck out on it. Geese near the intersection of Johnson Creek Rd. and Somerset-Hartland Townline Rd were the evening highlight. Lots of Cackling Geese were seen, many with white neck band below the black "neck sock". Jim kept a tally and got to 79 Cackling Geese. A Greater White-fronted Goose eventually flew in and dropped out of site behind the 3000+ geese in the field. Dave Wheeler._______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Snow Geese! From: "David" <fdd AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:02:34 -0400 Today about 3:00pm we viewed approx. 3000-4000 snow geese in a field on Stone Church Rd, off of 318 about 3/4 mile from the outlet center in Waterloo. With my 48x scope taking a random sampling about 15 geese there was 3 blue phase. _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Black Headed From: Barbarah Henderson <henyoe131 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:25:14 -0700 (PDT) Found it mid-late afternoon floating w/Bonies then flew alone up-river to feeding area off old Queenston sand docks. Long & close flying views from a closed-for-winter boat dock upstream from Lewiston docks. Fly-by at Ft. Niagara yielded 7+ LITTLES.   Peter, Barbara _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: York: Red-shouldered Hawk From: <ljkim AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:51 -0400 I saw a Red-shouldered Hawk this afternoon, along Rte. 36 near Anderson Rd. in the town of York. It flew low just about 20 yards from me - a very unexpected surprise. Jim Kimball _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Turkeys & Canada Geese From: "JEANINE SMITH" <jesmith AT netsync.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:22:35 -0400 (EDT) Chautauqua County Birds Saturday, March 13 - 1 pm Town of Chautauqua, Rt 394, north of Mayville, 50 WILD TURKEY pecking along in a field. Sunday, March 14 - 3 pm Town of Hanover, Allegany Rd/Rt 20 streams of CANADA GEESE heading east. Also, TURKEY VULTURES seen daily now in Northern Chau Co. Jeanine Smith Fredonia, NY _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Black Vulture, White-fronted Goose - Hartland, Niagara County From: "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" <dannapotter AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:48 -0400 With the rain about over this afternoon, Betsy and I took the opportunity to get some birding in this weekend. Our best sighting, a milestone bird for me, was a BLACK VULTURE along Somerset-Hartland Townline Road at Drum Road. When first seen in flight as we were driving, it was being harassed by a crow. I thought it would turn out to be a Red-tailed Hawk (it was not lit well and may have been partially obscured by treetops). At some point, since I was not seeing a pale body, I decided to pull over and put the bins on it. Suddenly, I nailed my life Niagara County bird #300! It shortly landed in a tree and I took some quick digiscoped images but a real Red-tailed Hawk came along and put it up, despite the vulture’s much larger size. What a wimp! We watched the bird off and on over the next 20 minutes or so, occasionally near two Turkey Vultures, frequently losing it behind trees. It seemed to want to set down in a spruce plantation, and I think it did for a short spell. Eventually we lost it for about five minutes and decided to leave. We made a pass through the area about an hour later but did not stop long and did not see it again. I have put a couple of images up on Betsy’s web site (address below). Click on “ Willie’s Photos”, then “Recent Photos”. We checked out the field at the southwest quadrant of Somerset-Hartland Townline Road and Johnson Creek Road, which is about ˝ mile west of where we saw the vulture. It had a lot of geese and ducks and while we were there, several massive flocks of a few thousand more geese dropped in. I was able to pick out a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE just before it landed but we were never able to find it on the ground among the throngs of Canadas. There were 1100 NORTHERN PINTAILS here, as well as a handful each of AMERICAN WIGEON, BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, and RING-NECKED DUCK. There were also at least nine and as many as 15 CACKLING GEESE – I kept finding groups of three Cacklers and I was unsure if these were the same birds I had already seen. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: Black Vulture, White-fronted Goose - Hartland, Niagara County From: "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" <dannapotter AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:48 -0400 With the rain about over this afternoon, Betsy and I took the opportunity to get some birding in this weekend. Our best sighting, a milestone bird for me, was a BLACK VULTURE along Somerset-Hartland Townline Road at Drum Road. When first seen in flight as we were driving, it was being harassed by a crow. I thought it would turn out to be a Red-tailed Hawk (it was not lit well and may have been partially obscured by treetops). At some point, since I was not seeing a pale body, I decided to pull over and put the bins on it. Suddenly, I nailed my life Niagara County bird #300! It shortly landed in a tree and I took some quick digiscoped images but a real Red-tailed Hawk came along and put it up, despite the vulture’s much larger size. What a wimp! We watched the bird off and on over the next 20 minutes or so, occasionally near two Turkey Vultures, frequently losing it behind trees. It seemed to want to set down in a spruce plantation, and I think it did for a short spell. Eventually we lost it for about five minutes and decided to leave. We made a pass through the area about an hour later but did not stop long and did not see it again. I have put a couple of images up on Betsy’s web site (address below). Click on “ Willie’s Photos”, then “Recent Photos”. We checked out the field at the southwest quadrant of Somerset-Hartland Townline Road and Johnson Creek Road, which is about ˝ mile west of where we saw the vulture. It had a lot of geese and ducks and while we were there, several massive flocks of a few thousand more geese dropped in. I was able to pick out a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE just before it landed but we were never able to find it on the ground among the throngs of Canadas. There were 1100 NORTHERN PINTAILS here, as well as a handful each of AMERICAN WIGEON, BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, and RING-NECKED DUCK. There were also at least nine and as many as 15 CACKLING GEESE – I kept finding groups of three Cacklers and I was unsure if these were the same birds I had already seen. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Turkeys Are Back From: Ron Wellman <rawellman AT frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:15:00 -0400 11 Turkeys have returned to our Webster woods near Mill Creek. (N 43 15.001 W 077 26.357) Perhaps only notable because this small flock is typically here but they have not been around for the last 3 months or so, maybe longer. They are here now, Sunday March 14 6:00 PM EDT. Ron Wellman _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Snow Geese From: "thomas&celeste morien" <tcmorien AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:47:06 -0400 Hello Birders, On the north side of Barber Road, Shelby, in Orleans County 3 Snow Geese and on Posson Road 1 Northern Harrier. Also 1 Turkey Vulture each on South Woods Road and Fletcher Chapel Road. There was still a group of Northern Pintail and Mallards present on Hemlock Ridge Road this morning with 4 Wood Ducks and 200 Canada Geese. The intrepid Chipping Sparrow at our feeder is still a daily visitor. Celeste Morien_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Sunday: Alexander Bald Eagles From: kimmarie <auroramn61 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:21:54 -0700 (PDT) 3/14 at 1:30pm - We stopped and watched the adult Bald Eagles in Alexander for about 10 minutes today. They were sitting on a branch next to the nest, one was preening while the other just looked around. We also heard a Kildeer in the field east of the nest. I've looked at my photos from last year and the first ones I have of an adult sitting in the nest are from March 14 and 15 2009. kimmarie Buffalo/Orangeville, WNY _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: ad. Black-headed Gull @ Lewiston docks From: Jmpawli88 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:14:01 EDT Just passing the word along that Tom Johnson, Chris Wood et al report near alternate (half-hooded) ad. BLACK-HEADED GULL amongst Bonaparte's and 20+ LITTLE GULLS at the Lewiston Docks along the lower Niagara River today (Sun. 3/14) around 11 am. Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: late psot from Montezuma and Wayne Co - 3/13 From: ROBERT SPAHN <rspahn AT prodigy.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:04:16 -0700 (PDT)     Yesterday, Sue and I took a ride through the Montezuma area, then north to Rt 104 and back to Webster. Time; about 8:30 at Montezuma to 10:50 at Rt 104 at Lasher Rd. Large number of Tundra Swans on the Main Pool.     Good numbers of a few species on Tschache Pool. 10 Bald Eagles.     Little from Knox-Marcellus overlook.     Lots of Mallards, Am.Black Ducks, Gadwall, Am Wigeon, N. Pintail, and green-winged teal along both sides of Rt 31 from Rt 89 east to the river. Only 100 or so Snow Geese resting north of the potato shed.     From Van Dyne Spoor east of the woods looking south - 10,000+ very conservatively for N. Pintail. Birds all through all different heights of vegetation, so hard to arrive at a good total. Two N. Harriers working the area kept moving ducks out pf the taller vegetation towar the east, but no real panic. Clearly the tall weeds were full of mallards, pintail, wigeon and smaller numbers of other puddle ducks.      Zig zagged roads north looking for feeding Snow Gesse. No luck until we located a field full on the east side of Lasher Road and a smaller number across on the west side less that 1/4 mile south of Rt 104. Hard to get a view of the total flocks between farm buildings and the rolling topography of the area; on the order of 15,000 birds. Bob Spahn_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Buffalo: Red-winged blackbird (FOY) From: <hikepmc AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:11:01 -0400 Hi all- Saturday 3/13, Teresa and I observed our first RWB (one male, with brilliant "epaulets") in our Parkside neighborhood backyard. The march toward spring appears to be in full force. Great birding, Peter/Teresa Corrigan _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: FYI FW: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:04:27 -0400 Thought some of you may be interested. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY http://haribal.org/ -----Original Message----- From: bounce-5427889-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5427889-3493976 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Medler Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:40 AM To: Cayugabirds-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario Hi All, I just received a message from Chris Wiley to say that he and some other Ithaca birders are currently (10:30 am, 14 March 2010) watching a WESTERN GREBE at Chimney Bluffs State Park, located on Lake Ontario in Wayne County. The bird is just off-shore from the parking lot area. There are also about 30 Red-necked Grebes present, but the Western Grebe is apparently staying to itself. This bird appears to have "swum under the radar" for the past few days. It was reported to eBird on 11 March 2010, and because of its rarity in the state, triggered a report on the eBird Notable Birds Google Gadget (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/Google_Gadget.html) for New York. However, I have not seen any mention of it on any local listserves. Good luck if you go! Matt Medler Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Nations Rd.: N. Shrike From: <ljkim AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 9:33:03 -0400 There was a Northern Shrike yesterday late afternoon, perched on the wire along S. Avon Rd. at Nations Rd. I also saw a number (100+)of Black Ducks & Mallards in the corn fields north of Little Rd. and several Horned Larks in various fields. We've had Grackles at our feeders in Geneseo since Friday. Jim Kimball _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: (no subject) From: WilliamWatsonSr AT aol.com Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:24:57 EST March 13 - Newstead Sinks - Stage Road - 800 Canada Geese, 27 Northern Pintail, 1 American Wigeon Royalton - along Cedar Street detour - 22 Rusty Blackbird Tonawanda WMA Lewistoin Road Overlook 26 American Wigeon 49 Ring-neck Duck 2 Gadwall 2 American Coot 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Common Merganser Iroquois Cayuga Pool Bald Eagle on nest -- Ringneck Marsh - 2 Ad Bald Eagles next to the Osprey nest!! Shelby - Fletcher Chaple and Posson Roads - Cackling GooseOak Orchard WMA - 7 American Wigeon Oakfield - 4 N. Pintail, Am. Wigeon, Am. Black Duck Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (11 Mar 2010) 19 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 13 Mar 2010 17:03:31 -0400 Hamburg Hawk Watch Hamburg, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 12 75 75 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 5 5 Northern Harrier 1 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 7 7 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 3 55 55 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 1 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 19 151 151 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Fran Rew Observers: Visitors: Tom Connare, Jim Landau, Karen Landau, Dennis Russell, Bill Watson, Jim Pawlicki, Clark Griebe, Jerry Lazarczyk, Dean DiTommaso Weather: Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Landau (kjlandau AT localnet.com) Directions to site: Lakeside Memorial Park in Hamburg, NY. is located about 10 miles southwest of Buffalo, NY at the Hamburg Exit 57 of the NY State Thruway. Bear right after the toll booth onto Camp Road (Route 75). Proceed through the traffic light at Southwestern Blvd.(Route 20). The entrance to Lakeside Memorial Park is on the left, less than 1/4 mile from the light. The watch is normally conducted half way between the entrance and the woods. An alternate site for easterly wind flights is at the William Williams Ball Park, located on Rogers Rd. Take Route 20 south from Camp Rd. one traffic light and turn right till just before the railroad crossing. For additional information/directions contact Jim Landau at kjlandau AT localnet.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: N. Chautauqua Arrivals From: "David Neveu" <daveneveu AT roadrunner.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:52:36 -0500 3/10/10 - 2 A. Wigeons, 3 Pied Billed Grebes, 60 Buffleheads, 1 C. Merganser, 85 C. Goldeneyes, 43 Gr. Scaup, 3 L. Scaup, 2 Redheads, 4 Red Breasted Mergansers, 6 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Horned Grebes, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Killdeer and 3 juv. Bald Eagles, Dunkirk Harbor. - 1 A. Goldfinch and 1 Hairy Woodpecker, our yard in Silver Creek. - 2 Killdeers, 15 A. Robins and 2 Red Tailed Hawks, Berry Rd., Pomfret. - 10 A. Robins, 1 Horned Lark, 1 Turkey Vulture and 3 Red Tailed Hawks, Dunkirk Airport. - 3 Green Winged Teals, 1 N. Pintail, 2 A. Black Ducks, 1 Killdeer, 5 A. Robins and 1 Song Sparrow, mouth of Cattaraugus Creek. 3/12/10 - 6 Ring Necked Ducks, 9 A. Wigeons, 3 Gadwalls, 1 Pied Billed Grebe, 1 Redhead, 30 Buffleheads, 9 Gr. Scaup, 2 C. Goldeneyes, 2 Killdeers, 2 A. Robins, 3 Great Blue Herons, several Horned Larks (flyover) and 1 juv. Bald Eagle, Dunkirk Harbor. - 4 Horned Larks, 1 A. Robin, 4 Killdeers, 1 E. Bluebird, 1 Turkey Vulture and 3 Red Tailed Hawks, Dunkirk Airport. - 1 N. Harrier, 3 Turkey Vultures and 2 Killdeers, flying over Silver Creek. - 1 Carolina Wren, 1 A. Goldfinch, 68 C. Grackles, 20 Red Winged Blackbirds and 1 Hairy Woodpecker, our yard in Silver Creek. 3/13/10 - 2 Green Winged Teals, 2 Gadwalls, 6 A. Wigeons, 4 L. Scaup, 15 Gr. Scaup, 7 C. Mergansers, 2 Buffleheads, 2 Pied Billed Grebes, 1 Ring Necked Duck, 1 Redhead, 3 Great Blue Herons and 1 Red Tailed Hawk, Dunkirk Harbor. - 2 Wood Ducks, Van Buren Bay area, Pomfret. - 1 Red Shouldered Hawk, 1 Red Tailed Hawk, 2 E. Bluebirds and 1 Song Sparrow, Wilbur Rd., Pomfret. - 1 Rough Legged Hawk, 6 Red Tailed Hawks and 2 E. Bluebirds, Dunkirk Airport. - 1 A. Goldfinch, 2 Tufted Titmice, 1 Red Bellied Woodpecker, 1 Hairy Woodpecker and 1 White Breasted Nuthatch, our yard in Silver Creek. David Neveu_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Cattaraugus County From: Jeffrey Reed <jeffreed58 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:49:20 -0500 Hi, My Red-winged Blackbirds have finally arrived - en masse. This is later than previous years and I'm thinking the series of February and early March storms that brought lots of snow to places south of us may have played a role by making it difficult to forage. Also, a few Robins mixed in. Plus, I had 13 Herring Gulls soaring over the house today during some of the heaviest rain. Not an uncommon bird but the first I've seen here in 10+ years. They were drifting from east to west. Jeff _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: HSR: Hamburg Hawk Watch (12 Mar 2010) 3 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 13 Mar 2010 17:03:32 -0400 Hamburg Hawk Watch Hamburg, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 12, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 64 64 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 5 5 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 6 6 Cooper's Hawk 1 5 5 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 47 47 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 1 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 3 130 130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Mike Hamilton Observers: Visitors: None Weather: Warm (11 degrees Celsius) overcast skies with occasional showers. Wind from the east and southeast at 19-20 kilometers an hour. Raptor Observations: No real flight. Just an occasional raptor (3 in 5 1/2 hours). Non-raptor Observations: Many flights of mixed blackbirds during and between showers. Three Killdeer, one Red-bellied Woodpecker. Predictions: More rain, strong east wind and lower temperatures. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Mike Hamilton (mhsr AT wzrd.com) Site Description: This spring only "all volunteer" watch is conducted at Lakeside Memorial Park in Hamburg, NY. It is located on flat lake plain located along the shoreline of the east end of Lake Erie, about 10 miles south of Buffalo, NY. Many North American hawk watch sites report their daily raptor counts at www.hawkcount.org To see what's being seen, where and when, check it out! For additional information contact Jim Landau at kjlandau AT localnet.com Directions to site: Lakeside Memorial Park in Hamburg, NY. is located about 10 miles southwest of Buffalo, NY at the Hamburg Exit 57 of the NY State Thruway. Bear right after the toll booth onto Camp Road (Route 75). Proceed through the traffic light at Southwestern Blvd.(Route 20). The entrance to Lakeside Memorial Park is on the left, less than 1/4 mile from the light. The watch is normally conducted half way between the entrance and the woods. An alternate site for easterly wind flights is at the William Williams Ball Park, located on Rogers Rd. Take Route 20 south from Camp Rd. one traffic light and turn right till just before the railroad crossing. For additional information/directions contact Jim Landau at kjlandau AT localnet.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Greater White-fronted Goose -- Genesee Co. From: Christopher Wood <pinicola AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:54:35 -0500 Along Hutton Road sw of Oakfield. The bird flew overhead (alone) and landed on east side of road .5 south of Judge Road. Also 9 Snow Geese with 370 Canadas here and third year Lesser black-backed Gull on S Pearl Rd south of Oakfield. Chris Wood Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Misc sightings From: "Kurt and Jeannine Fox" <jfox62 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:21:21 -0500 ============================================= Location: Downtown Batavia - Latinas Observation date: 3/13/10 Number of species: 1 Ring-billed Gull 75 RB Gulls were recorded in the NYS BBA at the WWTP. Since then, although discouraged, they have purportedly been nesting on the roof of the "mall" in Downtown Batavia. These birds were all adult and appeared to be staking out nesting territory on the roof of the now-closed Latina's supermarket. ============================================= Location: Twn of Darien - misc site 1 Observation date: 3/10/10 Notes: two crows mobbing a raven Number of species: 2 American Crow 2 Common Raven 1 ============================================= Location: Alexander Bald Eagle nest Observation date: 3/10/10 Notes: Two adult eagles feeding on deer carcass within 1 mile of nest. Seen south of Brookville Rd at intersection of Old Creek Rd. Number of species: 1 Bald Eagle 2 ============================================= Location: Alexander Bald Eagle nest Observation date: 3/6/10 Number of species: 1 Bald Eagle 1 Adult on branch on nest tree. 3.5 hours later, an adult at same location on same branch. No eagle in nest. ============================================= Kurt Fox Alexander, NY_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Batavia WWTP Sat 3/13 From: "Kurt and Jeannine Fox" <jfox62 AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:19:00 -0500 Location: Batavia Wastewater Plant--East male Bufflehead and N. Shoveler Aerated ponds were ice-free but no ducks Wetlands <10% ice-free Location: Batavia Wastewater Plant--West Observation date: 3/13/10 Notes: Weather: rainy, windy & wet, about 40F Ice on ponds S1, S2, T1, T2, T3, T4 were 95%, 100%, 90%, 95%, 90%, 75% Wetlands <10% ice-free. All gulls were adults. Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 37 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 4 Northern Shoveler 1 Common Merganser 36 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull 52 American Crow 4 Horned Lark 3 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Alabama, INWR areas From: Joseph Mitchell <rhettbutler81 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:22:26 -0500 Today I spent a little time looking through the geese to the south of Iroquois NWR. On Kenyon Rd. there was a large flock of Canadas (2500+) that had 5 Snow Geese and 2 Northern Pintail. On Rte. 63 a few miles east of Rte. 77 were 4 Tundra Swans in a wet area close to the road. I stopped by Cayuga Pool and had more geese flying over, some ducks that I wasn't able to ID (looked like Pintails), 2 G.B. Heron flyovers, and a few Killdeer. Joe Mitchell Alden _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Cackling Goose From: "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" <dannapotter AT roadrunner.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:19:34 -0500 I forgot to mention that I had one of these little guys along Roberts Road, in the big field a little west of Sour Springs Road. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: East Bay Golden Eagles, Montezuma Tree Swallows and in between From: "Mike & Joann Tetlow" <mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:07:23 -0500 Today at 4:00 pm on East Bay Rd. at the northern overlook for the East Bay Marsh Unit in the town of Huron we watched 2 adult Golden Eagles soaring along the ridge to our west for about 20 minutes before landing to roost. At the East Bay inlet bridge on Slaught Rd. we saw our first No. Shoveler of the year along with 6 Ring Neck Ducks and 4 Hooded Mergansers. At the Ridge Rd. bridge at the back of Sodus Bay there were 19 Hooded Mergansers, 45 American Widgeon, 2 Green Wing Teal, 18 Mute Swans and one Mink! On to Route 89 and the Northern Montezuma Complex we started seeing many large flocks of snow geese. 2 Trumpeter Swans were seen at Crusoe Creek. Highlight on Morgan Rd. was one Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk. At the Route 31 muck lands along with tens of thousands of Snow Geese we saw large numbers of Mallards, Northern Pintails and Black Ducks. At Montezuma NWR Visitor Center four Tree Swallows hunted over the mostly frozen pond circling over the four Northern Shovelers and 24 Green Wing Teal. At this time (6:00 pm) huge numbers of Snow Geese were joining the Tundra Swans and other water fowl at the main pool for the evening. Common Grackles and Red Wing Blackbirds were covering every hardwood tree in sight, raising quite a ruckus! Mike & Joann Tetlow -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Subject: East Bay Golden Eagles, Montezuma Tree Swallows and in between From: "Mike & Joann Tetlow" <mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:07:23 -0500 Today at 4:00 pm on East Bay Rd. at the northern overlook for the East Bay Marsh Unit in the town of Huron we watched 2 adult Golden Eagles soaring along the ridge to our west for about 20 minutes before landing to roost. At the East Bay inlet bridge on Slaught Rd. we saw our first No. Shoveler of the year along with 6 Ring Neck Ducks and 4 Hooded Mergansers. At the Ridge Rd. bridge at the back of Sodus Bay there were 19 Hooded Mergansers, 45 American Widgeon, 2 Green Wing Teal, 18 Mute Swans and one Mink! On to Route 89 and the Northern Montezuma Complex we started seeing many large flocks of snow geese. 2 Trumpeter Swans were seen at Crusoe Creek. Highlight on Morgan Rd. was one Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk. At the Route 31 muck lands along with tens of thousands of Snow Geese we saw large numbers of Mallards, Northern Pintails and Black Ducks. At Montezuma NWR Visitor Center four Tree Swallows hunted over the mostly frozen pond circling over the four Northern Shovelers and 24 Green Wing Teal. At this time (6:00 pm) huge numbers of Snow Geese were joining the Tundra Swans and other water fowl at the main pool for the evening. Common Grackles and Red Wing Blackbirds were covering every hardwood tree in sight, raising quite a ruckus! Mike & Joann Tetlow_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: salamanders are out! From: "Zettel, Martha" <Martha_Zettel AT URMC.Rochester.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:51 -0500 For anyone interested the salamanders are out in full force tonight in Rush NY. Shortly after it got dark hundreds of salamanders emerged and began the trek to the breeding ponds. Most numerous were Jefferson Complex Salamanders of all sizes and both sexes. Also seen were many Spotted Salamanders but all of them I checked were males. As of 7pm they began moving into the ponds. Also seen were many Red Backed salamanders and Red Spotted Newts. The salamanders were so numerous that we left to avoid stepping on any of them. Martha Zettel _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Alabama Swamps (Iroquois NWR and vicinity) From: "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" <dannapotter AT roadrunner.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:35:50 -0500 There were tens of thousands of Canada Geese around the swamps this late afternoon/evening. All of the ponds were still frozen so loafing and feeding birds were widely scattered in fields. However, about an hour before sunset, the geese started to pour into Forrestel Flats (located along the east side of Rt 63, north of Oak Orchard Ridge Road). We then headed over to Cayuga Pool where there had been no geese earlier and watched as thousands dropped in on the ice there. When we were driving home after sunset, I could see several thousand more on the ice at Ruddy Marsh at Tonawanda WMA. The rain and wind made it difficult but I was still surprised that I could not even find one Snow Goose. I had at least 500 NORTHERN PINTAIL and three GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Also, there were a couple of large flocks of blackbirds and grackles, which I looked through for something else. As usual, the eagles were at the nest at Cayuga Pool. A GREAT BLUE HERON flew over there. Four TURKEY VULTURES were just south of the refuge. This weekend at the swamps would be great, if the weather forecast was not so lousy - high winds and wet. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Re: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/12/10 From: "Dave" <dktetlow AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:32:27 -0500 -------------------------------------------------- From: Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 4:31 PM To: Subject: eBird Report - Braddock Bay Hawkwatch , 3/12/10 > > > Location: Braddock Bay Hawkwatch > Observation date: 3/12/10 > Number of species: 51 > > Cackling Goose 1 > Canada Goose 365 > Mute Swan 6 > Tundra Swan 23 > Wood Duck 2 > Gadwall 14 > American Wigeon 26 > American Black Duck 18 > Mallard 32 > Blue-winged Teal 2 > Northern Shoveler 1 > Northern Pintail 67 > Green-winged Teal (American) 7 > Canvasback 23 > Redhead 8 > Ring-necked Duck 4 > Greater Scaup 85 > Lesser Scaup 12 > White-winged Scoter 2 > Long-tailed Duck 6 > Bufflehead 5 > Common Goldeneye 38 > Hooded Merganser 2 > Common Merganser 45 > Bald Eagle 1 > Northern Harrier 2 > Killdeer 7 > Ring-billed Gull 35 > Herring Gull (American) 70 > Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) 1 > Great Black-backed Gull 4 > Rock Pigeon 6 > Mourning Dove 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Eastern Phoebe 1 > Blue Jay 8 > American Crow 32 > Horned Lark 9 > Black-capped Chickadee 4 > American Robin 16 > European Starling 180 > American Tree Sparrow 1 > Song Sparrow 1 > Snow Bunting 11 > Northern Cardinal 3 > Red-winged Blackbird 115 > Common Grackle 14 > House Finch 2 > American Goldfinch 2 > House Sparrow 2 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: (no subject) From: Jeffrey Reed <jeffreed58 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:09 -0500 Hi, It's interesting to hear about people seeing Red-winged Blackbirds. Up here on the Allegheny Plateau, I haven't seen or heard a single one yet. I did have one along the Allegheny River today as well as two Robins along the River near Wolf Run but that's it. Wolf Run itself was very quiet with Crows the only bird actually seen. Jeff _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: salamanders, not birds From: "Zettel, Martha" <Martha_Zettel AT URMC.Rochester.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:40:39 -0500 For those of you asking about salamander emergence- As Rod Stewart once sang "Tonight's the night". At least I think it is for locations south of the thruway. For more northern locations and those deep in the woods tomorrow night may be a better bet and Sunday night looks good for observing Spotted Salamanders already in the ponds breeding. Happy herping! Martha Zettel _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Conesus Lake birds on March 11th From: Emily Hill <emilysuzanne31 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:59:15 -0800 (PST) I went to the south end of Conesus Lake yesterday afternoon and saw: a Belted Kingfisher who lives near the DEC boat launch parking lot - pretty sure it was a male American Coot Red-winged Blackbird Mallard Great Blue Heron Hooded Merganser - was very excited to see these... they're very cool, I think Canadian Geese A couple others I couldn't identify for sure. I'm brand new to birding, and new to any kind of list like this.  If I'm sending too much information or too little, please let me know. Thank you! Emily _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Gulls Thursday From: "Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter" <dannapotter AT roadrunner.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:01:15 -0500 As I drove home along Youngstown-Wilson Road yesterday afternoon, there were thousands of gulls in a couple of fields along the south side of the road. These were between Porter-Center and Dickersonville Roads and between Dickersonville and Ransomville Rds in the Town of Porter. The former spot had two adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. The latter had more birds but I needed a scope to find something different. It was unusual that I did not see any white-winged gulls though I am certain a scope would have made a difference. One more field with 2-3000 more gulls was at the corner of Randall and Braley Roads, another mile or two further inland from the other spots. Another LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was there. I also had five KILLDEER, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLE, AMERICAN ROBINS, and a SONG SPARROW. Virtually no geese in the fields in this area. This area only occasionally sees large concentrations of geese. I usually need to go further east to see them. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Northern Pintails Shelby/Cedar Waxwing correction Ridgeway From: "thomas&celeste morien" <tcmorien AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:38:53 -0500 Hello birders, The 19 Cedar Waxwings I reported to Dial-a-Bird were actually seen Monday March 8th on Telegraph Road between Beals and Bates Road. (no BOWAs) Across from our home on Hemlock Ridge Road in the Town of Shelby this morning & afternoon, in the cornfield wet spot among about 400 noisy Canadas, were 46 Northern Pintails feeding, courting and preening. Such a gorgeous duck, those Pintails and great close to the road views, too. Loose flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds overhead while watching and a singing Eastern Bluebird. Sounds of spring! Celeste Morien Medina_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Chautauqua County From: abeebe <abeebe AT windstream.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:11 -0800 Clymer, March 10- Nazareth Rd,- heard a Barred Owl, maybe two Sherman- Wait Corners Rd. 1 Robin, 1 Red-winged Blackbird, Clymer, March 11 Raspas Hill Rd- 1 Turkey Vulture _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: West lakeshore - 3/11 From: ROBERT SPAHN <rspahn AT prodigy.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:07:14 -0800 (PST)     Sue and i wandered out the west lakeshore, took a long walk in Hamlin Beach SP, then wandered back a bit inland.     The more interesting observations includes: generally, lots more waterfowl and blackbird migrants over and in the fields. Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Irondequoit Bay Outlet, 4 Ruddy Ducks on Braddock Bay from the west side, 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove on the wire in front of the 1st house on the north side of Church Rd west of the Greenwell farm and the low spot on the south side with the ducks and geese. Bob Spahn_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Geneseo: Woodcock From: <ljkim AT rochester.rr.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:37:08 -0500 There was an Am. Woodcock doing its display flights this evening in the fields west of Rte. 63, across from the dorms & arboretum in Geneseo - same area I have found them for a few years now. There was a Mockingbird singing nearby as well as two or three Robins, the first I've heard them really singing this season. A few Redwings and lots of Canada geese were flying over just after sunset. Jim Kimball _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: Snow Geese in Bergen From: "Melissa Coniglio" <mconiglio AT bbschools.org> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:54 -0500 Dear List, On my way home I checked the productive spot on RT 33 at the intersection of Griswold Road. There were many Canada Geese still, some Ring-Billed Gulls and rather surprisingly a large flock of SNOW GEESE in the cornfield near the road. Melissa Coniglio_______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l Subject: 32 Snow Geese, Rusty Blackbird, 126 Tundra Swan, Ruddy Duck Lake Erie Shore From: WilliamWatsonSr AT aol.com Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:29:25 EST March 11 - Central Buffalo Harbor 900 Greater Scaup 400 Canvasback 120 Redhead 6 Common Merganser 12 Red-br. Merganser 15 Hooded Merganser 13 Tundra Swan 20 Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck 16 Am. Wigeon 2 Am Coot Hamburg Hawkwatch 1334 Red-wing Blackbird 210 Am. Robin 11 Horned Lark 31 Snow Geese (white phase) Peregrine Falcon Red-shouldered Hawk Northern Harrier Evans 2 Rusty Blackbird Eastern Bluebird Brant 126 Tundra Swan 3 Bald Eagles 11 TV Hanover 13 TV Dunkirk Harbor Snow Goose (white phase) 138 D-c. Cormorants 39 American Coot 12 Great Blue Heron 7 Ring-necked Ducks 6 Am. Wigeon 2 Pied-billed Grebe The Yellow-billed Loon seen Monday was not observed. Spring has sprung the grass has rizz know you know where the birdies is. ...Ralph Waldo Longfellow Best, Bill Watson _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - GeneseeBirds-L AT geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l