RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday Cayuga Lake Birding
Tim's counts don't seem unreasonable at all. Here is a count for one of my stops yesterday, midday, on my way up the east side of the lake. The Tundra Swan numbers are high here and at Towpath Mach. Where I counted over 500. Location: Harris Park Observation date: 2/20/11 Number of species: 15 Canada Goose 310 Tundra Swan 304 Gadwall 6 American Wigeon 3 American Black Duck 6 Mallard 2 Canvasback 220 Redhead 3800 Ring-necked Duck 21 Greater Scaup 11 Lesser Scaup 3 Greater/Lesser Scaup 14 Common Goldeneye 21 American Coot 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 American Crow 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) From: bounce-8346169-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-8346169-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:15 PM To: CayugaBirds Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday Cayuga Lake Birding Hi, This afternoon I went up the west side of Cayuga Lake and circled around eastward to Union Springs before it got dark. Three LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a pair of AMERICAN WIGEON were about the only birds of note at Sheldrake. There's now open water at Mud Lock, which is hosting three TRUMPETER SWANS and many TUNDRA SWANS. A polynya north of Harris Park was filled to the brim with Aythya ducks, dabblers, gulls, and swans: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5463545394/lightbox/ I spent the last half hour before sunset scanning through the mother raft of waterfowl off Frontenac Park in Union Springs: Frontenac Park, Cayuga, US-NY Feb 20, 2011 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast, calm winds. Glass lake. 22 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 300 Tundra Swan 50 Gadwall 30 American Wigeon 15 American Black Duck 100 Mallard 150 Northern Pintail 4 Canvasback 2500 Redhead 18000 Two unbroken parallel lines of amorphous width spanning from the island to Farleys Pt. Ring-necked Duck 500 Greater Scaup X Lesser Scaup X Greater/Lesser Scaup 2000 Bufflehead 30 Common Goldeneye 175 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 250 Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull (American) X Great Black-backed Gull X Eastern Bluebird 7 Flew in from the south into the large willow in front of the building, then continued northward. European Starling 15 American Tree Sparrow 1 heard only Of course the numbers above are only estimates but I don't think any of them are too unreasonable. Good birding -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edumailto:t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mud Lock Eagles
Swung by the Lock yesterday noon and found both adult Bald Eagles at the nest, one in it, another in a nearby tree. The latter swung down and caught a fish, flew to the nest where it proceeded to eat it, while the one that had been in the nest flew into a tree, presumable to watch for lunch. Proceeding from there south down the lake there were a lot of Tundra Swans in groups ranging from 15 to over 300. My rough estimate is around 1500. Kathy Strickland -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today.
Both of the Carolina Wren pair appeared together today at our suet, just so they could be counted for the GBBC. They were missing since last Thursday and only one at a time has appeared sporadically last week. A red squirrel happily sits all day inside the outer suet cage, discouraging small birds -- in spite of my efforts to persuade him away to seed elsewhere, cajole him, threaten him. In past years a CAWren pair has stayed around all year and even once nested in a brush pile. Hope they do again. Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, New York For my paintings, see http://www.artbynari.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 21, 2011 * NYSY 2102.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 14, 2010 - February 21, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:February 21 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #244 -Monday February 21, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of February 14 , 2010 Highlights: --- RED-THROATED LOON TUNDRA SWAN CANVASBACK TURKEY VULTURE NORTHERN HARRIER NORTHERN GOSHAWK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK PEREGRINE FALCON COMMON SNIPE EASTERN PHOEBE NORTHERN SHRIKE COMMON RAVEN BOHEMIAN WAXWING EVENING GROSBEAK RUSTY BLACKBIRD PURPLE FINCH COMMON REDPOLL GREATER (COMMON) REDPOLL HOARY REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 2/18: 108 TUNDRA SWANS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 34 more were at the intersection of VanDyne Spoor and Savannah-Spring Lake Roads. 2/20: 7 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were spotted on Carncross Road. Onondaga County 2/15: A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in Skaneateles. The behinning of migration, perhaps? 2/16: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen hunting in Oakwood Cemetary in Syracuse. An early RUSTY BLACKBIRD was spotted in Tully. A COMMON RAVEN was heard at the Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Another was heard the next day. 2/17: An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen along the Charlie Major Nature Trail in Skaneateles. At this date this bird probably has overwintered. A PURPLE FINCH was heard singing in Pompey. 2/18: Three more TURKEY VULTURES were spotted flying over the Three Rivers WMA in Baldwinsville. 2/19: A COMMON RAVEN was spotted on East Sorrell Hill Road in the Town of Van Buren. 2/20: 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS were on Shakham Road near the Onondaga/Cortland County line. Also spotted was a “GREATER” COMMON REDPOLL in with a large group of COMMON REDPOLLS. Oswego County 2/16: NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen on Spaeth Road and Salisbury Road in the Town of Mexico and Town of Richland area. At Oswego Harbor 5 waterfowl species including CANVASBACK were seen. 2/17: A RED-THROATED LOON was found in the Oswego Harbor. 2/18: 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen flying over at Derby Hill. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted at the Sage Creek Road and Rt.104B intersection. 2/19: 5 species of migrating raptor including a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen at Derby Hill. 2/20: A COMMON SNIPE continues near a Brewerton residence. Madison County 2/20: A HOARY REDPOLL was found with a group of COMMON REDPOLLS at Dr.Coon Lane in DeRuyter. Nearby on Paradise Hill Road 40+ EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at a feeder. Jefferson County 2/20: An attempt to find the TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE on Point Peninsula was unsuccessful. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today.
Nari - Your story of your squirrel made me want to share my story - Saturday(2nd day of bird count) morning I noticed the cardinals flying to my big green metal feeder, then flying away without stopping for food. I thought it must be empty, my son thought not. He went out with a bucket of food anyway and as he got to the feeder he could see gray fur where the birds would eat so he carefully raised the metal cover and out flew a gray squirrel. It had to have spent the night in there at least. And he had eaten all the food.!! I don't see how he got the metal cover up enough to get in. My 4 pair of Cardinals and all the other birds are happy again. Naomi Brewer 7214 Wyers Pt. Rd. Ovid, N.Y. 14521 -Original Message- From: bounce-8362824-9392...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-8362824-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Nari Mistry Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:17 PM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today. Both of the Carolina Wren pair appeared together today at our suet, just so they could be counted for the GBBC. They were missing since last Thursday and only one at a time has appeared sporadically last week. A red squirrel happily sits all day inside the outer suet cage, discouraging small birds -- in spite of my efforts to persuade him away to seed elsewhere, cajole him, threaten him. In past years a CAWren pair has stayed around all year and even once nested in a brush pile. Hope they do again. Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, New York For my paintings, see http://www.artbynari.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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] short-ears in ovid
This evening, just before dark, Mary Jean and Phil headed to the Wycoff Rd and Rock River Rd area to check for SHORT-EARED OWLS. They saw 4 owls in that area, flying, perching on posts or treetops and one sitting in the middle of the road eating a mouse. Then on their way home, they saw another along Munson Rd between Hall Rd and Rt. 96. Best, Marty == Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315 == -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
