[cayugabirds-l] subscribing with gmail address
Colleagues, I've recently had all my Wells College email forwarded to my gmail address, which is very convenient. But, when I try to respond to a post from the cayugabirds listserve, the list doesn't recognize me. Can I subscribe to the list from my gmail account? Does anyone know how to do this? Tom A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D Professor of Biology Environmental Studies, Herbert E. Ives Professor of Science Wells College Aurora, NY 13026 315.364.3269 (voice) 315.364.3464 (fax) tvaw...@wells.edu (e-mail) Visiting Fellow Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] ROBINS
I noticed robins, not in large flocks but a few, around our place in Lansing. They hadn't been in evidence for most of the winter so far. The birds I saw were foraging in the few areas of open ground--mostly under parked cars--free from the recent snow cover. My guess was that the recent snows had covered foraging areas they'd been using most of the mostly snow-free winter, but that the snow and colder weather had forced them to congregate in suitable areas. Winter roosting aggregations is an interesting question. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Linda P Van Buskirk l...@cornell.eduwrote: While walking the dogs over the years, it has seemed to me that the robins cluster in the deeper gullies woods during harsh weather. The behavior may have something to do with wind speed and temperature. Also, if they roost en masse, they will be warmer. A response to the North Atlantic Oscillation?? At 06:46 PM 1/5/2010, Eben McLane wrote: Here in Scipio at the edge of forest above Owasco Lake I also saw and heard an unusual number (maybe 50 or so) of AMER. ROBINS at dusk in the trees and along the driveway; when they left they seemed to be headed north and into a snow squall. Never saw this behavior before in these conditions--wind strengthening from the NW. I'd like to hear more about this, too. Eben McLane On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Susan Fast wrote: At 1615 this afternoon, I was driving down Dixon Rd. (N. of King Ferry), then turned west on Rafferty. I noticed a bunch of birds flying NORTH over the road, in the distance. Coming up to them, I noted they were AMER. ROBINS, so I stopped to watch. The sky was pretty much full of what turned out to be a long and wide straggling stream. They continued overhead for at least 8 minutes. The stream stopped, so I drove on to Rt. 90 and turned south. After a mile, the stream started again and continued till a couple miles south of the Triangle Diner, where I ran out of birds. I didn’t actually count them, but my conservative estimate is 3000. I thought they might be going to some preselected roost (following them was not an option today), but why so many this time of year? Constructive ideas welcomed. Steve Fast Brooktondale Linda Van Buskirk, Ph.D., Sr. Lecturer Department of Communication 336 Kennedy Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4203 (607) 255-2161; fax (607) 254-1322 -- A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D. Prof. of Biology Environmental Science Chair, Biological and Chemical Sciences Herbert E. Ives Professor of Science Wells College Aurora, NY 13026 315.364.3269 tvaw...@wells.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
ADMIN: Re: [cayugabirds-l] subscribing with gmail address
If anyone else has any logistic-related questions concerning the mechanics of subscribing, unsubscribing, or change of email address, please either consult the Welcome page (linked off http://www.NortheastBirding.com and available in my signature below) or contact the Listowner directly. Thanks! Sincerely, Chris T-H Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, NY On 1/6/2010 1:31 PM, tvawter wrote: Colleagues, I've recently had all my Wells College email forwarded to my gmail address, which is very convenient. But, when I try to respond to a post from the cayugabirds listserve, the list doesn't recognize me. Can I subscribe to the list from my gmail account? Does anyone know how to do this? Tom A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D Professor of Biology Environmental Studies, Herbert E. Ives Professor of Science Wells College Aurora, NY 13026 315.364.3269 (voice) 315.364.3464 (fax) tvaw...@wells.edu (e-mail) Visiting Fellow Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 === Cayugabirds-L Listowner Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4/CayugabirdsRULES.htm === -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] raptor week for me too
I have not posted to this list in ages, but I'm an on-line lurker. Good to be back. Yesterday, there was a female (I believe) Coopers Hawk stalking my feeder birds. She is around every winter. Yesterday, she swooped in, missed all targets, but I think she must have bumped into one of the feeder poles because she sat there kind of stunned for a few seconds, then flew into a low branch and sat for a few more seconds. Had a red tail in the yard yesterday as well. While driving home on Duboise road at 12:30pm today, there were 2 adult bald eagles in the large field across from Houghton's big new barn. First I've ever seen eagles up this way. Same two from Stewart park? They flew southwest toward the lake, and went by the buffalo ranch where I lost them. Then this afternoon while walking the dogs around the block, had another red tail flyover, setting off the crows, and another (the same?) cooper's hawk fly right over my head with what looked like a titmouse in it's talons. Check in at the blog: www.hairofthedogs.blogspot.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Steve Fast's query re: ROBINS
Below is part of what I wrote to Steve yesterday about my robin thoughts
observations.
Fritzie Blizzard
Union Springs
Steve wrote:
I thought they might be going to some preselected roost (following them was
not an option today), but why so many this time of year? Constructive ideas
welcomed.
Hi, Steve,
your question about the robins the roost idea. From Union Springs
to well south of King Ferry between Rte 90 the lake are many water sources
and 100s of acres of cedars, with many of them along deep, sheltered gorges.
Certainly wild rose bushes also can be found. Even here, in the swamp north of
Frontenac Park, robins have food, water shelter they stay in the winter.
One winter day, probably 10 yrs. ago, John I were in Auburn when the 1,000s
of crows were coming into the city to roost. I assumed I was seeing lots of
starlings with them but suddenly I realized that instead of starlings it was
what seemed like an endless stream of robins. When I finally thought to count
after watching for maybe 8 or 10 minutes, I got to 350 gave up because there
were so many we had to leave. It sure upset my thinking about robins
migrating.
Back in the winters of 1991-'92 '92-'93 when I was still driving to Ithaca
to work, I would regularly see robins crossing Rte. 90 as I was going up the
hill out of Aurora . lots of cedars there.
So maybe we have a larger number of wintering birds than thought but we just
aren't in the right spot at the right time to see them.
Fritzie
Steve Fast
Brooktondale
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[cayugabirds-l] Coopers and Red-tailed Hawks—overall attack success rates?
New Year's Greetings! Similar to Nancy Cusumano's report, a Coopers Hawk(s) has also been stalking my feeder birds on and off lately. I live across from the CU agriculture fields on Hanshaw Road with the greater Sapsucker Woods—Briarwood and the Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary— behind our house. Excellent mixed-hawk habitat. I've seen a Coopers Hawk swoop by our feeder area between 1-2:30 pm this past Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday. We've had mild lake-effect snow for over a week, and the hawk only visits during the brief periods of calm. It's effective at instantly scaring the large flock of finches and other resident cardinals, chickadees, juncos, jays, etc., but I don't think it's caught anything. Also on Sunday afternoon, a Red-tailed Hawk was prancing around the deep snow, hunting rodents in the backyard feeder area. It appeared that the hawk could hear the creatures scurrying beneath the snow's surface but it could not get a talon on one. These sightings made me wonder how successful Coopers and Red-tails are at winter hunting? What is their attack success rate (effort:kill ratios)? I found a 2003 article entitled *HUNTING BEHAVIOR AND DIET OF COOPER'S HAWKS: AN URBAN VIEW OF THE SMALL-BIRD-IN-WINTER PARADIG* by Timothy C. Roth II and Steven L. Lima. The Condor 105(3):474-483. 2003. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1650/7219?cookieSet=1prevSearch=journalCode=cond Of the eight Cooper's Hawks (7 female, 1 male) radio-tracked during the winters of 1999–2001, Roth and Lima observed 179 attacks, 35 of which were successful, for an overall attack success rate of 20%. What's the rate in other COHA populations? In Red-tails? Other hawks? I've got to run but I'll search Google and the BNA later. Does anyone know of relevant studies? I haven't examined this topic before. Best of Birding in 2010! Candace PS The 2010 Hooters Calendar is available at http://www.capitalstool.com/forums/index.php?act=attachtype=postid=120608 . -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] raptor week for me too
I would bet it's the same 2 Bald Eagles on Duboise Rd as have been at the south end of the lake. Several times I've seen them fly from the south end of the lake up the west side to a point midway to the Ithaca Yacht Club and seeming to favor a particular tall White Pine. I haven't seen them since the turn of the year, nor were they reported on the Count, but Kevin McGowan saw one at Stewart Park on 3 January putting it on Count Week and nabbing a coveted first report of the year for that species until someone else reports a Bald Eagle in the basin on the first or second. I strongly suspect the birds were around. Speaking of raptors, I saw my second ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the year today, another light form, and again just outside the Town of Ithaca, but this time to the northwest of the intersection of Sheffield and Hayts Rds. It dropped from a tree with talons grasping into the snow, but I didn't see if it caught anything. A RED-TAILED HAWK was working the same field. On New Year's Day I saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on the Danby side of Sandbank Road. Probably if I had waited around instead of continuing with my work I could eventually added it to my Ithaca list. --Dave Nutter On Wednesday, January 06, 2010, at 12:15PM, Nancy Cusumano necusum...@yahoo.com wrote: -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
