Northern_NY_Birds (NNYBirds) Monthly Help & Information File Please read the list guidelines (see below) before engaging in discussion. In addition,...
Northern_NY_Birds@yah...
Mar 1, 2002 11:16 am
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To: NNYBirds, HMBirds, Oneidabirds, VTBird, There was no clear winner in my recent poll. Results varied depending on the group polled. There was significant...
Hi. Got a chance to go out to AuSable Point Thursday, 2/28 around 5 p.m. Saw the five Tundra Swans. Did not see the odd swan that has been reported there....
Hello Julie, and all; I know a while back Dana asked where everyone was- we were back in Maryland so I did not have anything to report but we are back for a...
Emily
epugsley@...
Mar 3, 2002 3:16 am
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A report has been received of a Say's Phoebe on the Camp Dudley Road, Westport, Essex Co., on February 24th at about 4:30 p.m. The observers are familiar with...
When I went out this , about 0630, morning the air was full of bird songs. There were our usual 6-8 crows ,15 or so redpolls, a white breasted nuthatch 2-3...
3/4/02 A quick drive-by of Camp Dudley around 4:00pm yielded no phoebes - Say's or otherwise. Wind probably blew him to Maine! Afterward, A.P. showed good...
I got home for lunch and was looking out over the Thendara Lake (the impound made by Lock&Dam downstream from the Old Forge/Thendara bridge on Rt. 28, Northern...
Larry H
cordovan@...
Mar 5, 2002 6:03 pm
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I want to correct my assertion that the Bewick's/Whooper (or whatever it is)'s legs are orange. The bird was in the same area just north of the entrance to...
Larry, Who knows what an eagle is thinking, but my guess is that he wasn't after the otter, but associates otters with an opportunity to steal a fish. The...
3/5/02 The last few days have seen an increase in bird activity. Highlights today were ~ 75 C. Redpolls and 3 Hairy Woodpeckers. Bluebirds have been heard...
... I think this is probably the case. If the otter had a fish out on the ice he took it with him when he saw the eagle incoming. Larry...
Larry H
cordovan@...
Mar 6, 2002 4:11 am
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Mr. David Rutkowski, "A Pictorial View of Anasazi Culture" Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 Time: 7:30PM EST...
Northern_NY_Birds@yah...
Mar 7, 2002 12:33 am
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3/6/02 10am This morning I stopped at Wickham Marsh because I noticed the water was like a sheet of glass. I could view waterfowl with my 12x50 binocs all the...
All, The High Peaks Audubon website has been updated to include upcoming spring events and field trips. They can be found at: www.hpas.org . Reminders for the...
Subject: DERBY HILL OBS 3/8/02 From: gphillips <gphillips(AT)A-ZNET.COM> Date: 8 Mar 2002 7:42pm There was a reasonable flight of raptors today with most...
Ausable Point WMA, Clinton Co.: 8 March 2002-- John M.C. Peterson, John & Patricia Thaxton 1 Mute Swan American Black Duck Mallard 2 Mallard x domestic hybrid*...
I live in Central NY, near Syracuse. I'm trying to identify a certain bird sound I hear in this area. Usually early in the morning. It is a 2 sound call. A...
Sounds like the mating call of the Black-capped Chickadee. Tom barber...
Tom Barber
gray.jay@...
Mar 9, 2002 4:49 pm
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Sounds like a Black-capped Chickadee song to me, BEA..VER is a good one, I like Hey..Willie as well to denote the song. Will Raup Albany, NY -- Get your...
Hi Conn. Birder, Sure good to see such a bird list that far north this early. We here in Montana are so dry and are birds are usually late,Keep up the...
WRoney@...
Mar 9, 2002 10:54 pm
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3/9/02
This evening I was sitting in my car in the campground scanning with the
binocs toward Port Kent when I saw 3 dark birds flying quickly with the wind...
Early arrival date for Tree Swallow is at "Essex March 4, 1974 (JP)", according to Birds of Essex County, New York (3rd Ed.). Birds of Clinton County (2nd...
Well, Tom and Will are right! I checked it out on the web, and it is the exact same bird sound. Thank you both !!! Mystery solved. You guys really know...
Mike, Yes, after I posted I looked up Tree Swallows in Bull's and mid-March is the norm for NYS, with the north country being a week or so later. So, I feel...
Please can your reporters please use names for their birds not simple your local codes What are: RE RT XK AK? MIGHT AS WELL BE SPORTS CARS Not all of your...
... Peter and others, I think you're referring to a message that Dana cross-posted from another listserv. There is a set of 2-letter codes that hawkwatchers ...
Peter, The post that you are referring to, a Derby Hill report, was actually forwarded from Oneidabirds < http://www.borg.com/~svcselem/kirkland/oneidabirds >,...
