[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/23/2011 - NO Warblers

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Today, from 5:30am to 6:30am, I did not encounter any transient migrants in
the Hawthorn Orchard. It could have been that I was just there too early,
but I certainly suspect that all have picked up and migrated North with the
Southerly winds we've been having. The only potential transient migrant was
a singing EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE in the North ravine area. Other than that, only
locally breeding birds were heard or seen in and around the Hawthorn
Orchard.

 

I did succeed in locating one of this year's brood of EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS.
One of the adults and single immature bird were perched in the maple grove,
downhill from the Northeast corner. I could hear the immature Eastern
Screech-Owl occasionally producing their short alarm moan call. 

 

While moving West along the North ravine area trail, I heard a couple of
crows going berserk over something. Through the trees, I could see an
American Crow mobbing what I initially thought was probably just a Turkey
Vulture; however, upon closer inspection, this bird turned out to be a
juvenile (or even subadult I) plumaged BALD EAGLE. This bird was very low
and may have been perched in the tall oak along the East edge of the
Hawthorn Orchard, since the height, direction, and timing (of onset of
mobbing) was about right.

 

This year's arrival of Blackpoll Warblers really held true to the statement:
When the Blackpoll Warblers arrive, migration is over! Well, I know it's
not totally over for neotropical migrants, but the bulk has certainly moved
on. We'll only be getting individuals or tiny groups of birds here and there
over the next few days.

 

Good birding!

 

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

 

 

 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren report, just out of basin

2011-05-23 Thread Jay McGowan
Chris and Jessie's Sedge Wren was still in the same area on Hile School Road
this morning but very uncooperative.  I only heard a few chips and one half
song.  Lots of Alder Flycatchers were in this area, as well as Blue-winged
Warbler and Nashville Warbler.  I heard some very odd loud vocalizations
coming from the woodlot to the east along the road that at one point
culminated in an extremely Red-headed Woodpecker-like call, but I am still
unclear on what was making these calls.

George Road was pretty quiet, with 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Plover,
2 Killdeer, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and a female Wood Duck with four tiny
chicks (as well as the usual 60+ Bank Swallows.)  I heard Blackpoll Warblers
in at least four locations in Dryden, and both Alder and Willow flycatchers
were vocalizing near Dryden Lake.  So far Alder Flycatchers seem more
abundant than they were last year.

Also, I forgot to mention, after birding the Hawthorn Orchard with Hope
Batcheller on Saturday morning (where we could add Blackburnian Warbler and
Red-breasted Nuthatch to Chris's list), we tried for Grasshopper Sparrows on
West King and Sandbank Roads on South Hill.  We were unsuccessful with this,
but the number of Bobolinks in those fields was truly impressive, probably
over 40 birds along that stretch.  Saturday morning in my yard I had a
singing Wilson's Warbler (great bird for the neighborhoods) and two Northern
Parulas.  Today just a singing Blackpoll Warbler.

Finally, walking into the Lab this morning I had three American Crows and a
Fish Crow circling around over the parking lots, being mobbed by various
blackbirds.

Jay McGowan
Ithaca, NY

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:

 This evening on the CayugaRBA text message service Chris Wood  Jessie
 Barry reported a SEDGE WREN at the stream crossing on Hile School Rd  This
 very neat area is just east of NYS-38 northwest of Freeville in the Town of
 Dryden, and I believe it is a bit outside the Cayuga Lake Basin with the
 stream flowing north there to Owasco Lake out of a wetland in a saddle on
 the Cayuga Lake Basin's border.
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[cayugabirds-l] YB Eastern Wood Pewee

2011-05-23 Thread Kathy Strickland

Another FOS yardbird today--Eastern Wood Pewee. Was around past couple of years 
as well. Watched it drop out of the pear tree and catch insects just above the 
grass, then resume it's perch in the tree and sing both songs (that I'm 
familiar with, anyway) before flying off. Usually hear it singing from what's 
left of the swampy woods across the road.
 
Kathy Strickland, Waldron Rd, Union Springs area.   
  
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?

2011-05-23 Thread Geo Kloppel
No shortage of Field Sparrows here either.

-Geo

On May 23, 2011, at 2:50 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote:

 This morning at Park Preserve there was no shortage of Field  
 Sparrows. I hadn't been there this year and the new trails really  
 extend the fun.
 Gary


 On May 23, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:

 Where are all the Field Sparrows?  The severe mowing of the  
 powerline cut beside my house could account for the lack of my  
 regular yard one, but I haven’t heard a single song this spring.

 Kevin
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[cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpeckers Aurora

2011-05-23 Thread Donna Scott
Thanks for Jay's good description of the location of the RED HEADED WOODPECKERS 
in the woods at the south end of Aurora (SE cor. of NY Rt. 90 and Poplar Ridge 
Rd.)!

I spent an hour and a half there today (~1-2:30 pm) and even saw the pair mate 
on a branch of the large Sycamore tree near Rt. 90.
They did not do anything with the large holes in that tree, but kept flying 
east, back into the woods. That woods goes on for quite a ways up P. Ridge 
Road, so maybe they have a more secluded hole picked out for a nest.

Also, now and then one flew across the street towards the lake and worked the 
trees over there. I observed quite a bit of vehicular traffic on that corner 
and now I am worried that one of the woodpeckers might fly too low at the wrong 
time.

Saw one woodpecker fly out of the Sycamore and catch a red bug in the air.

If you go, don't wear shorts, as I foolishly did. Lotsa thorny plants and 
poison ivy. 

-Donna Scott

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY 14882
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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2011-05-23 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  May 23, 2011
*  NYSY 2305.11
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 16, 2010 - May 23, 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:May 23 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#256 -Monday May 23, 2011
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 16 , 
2010
 
Highlights:
---
 
WHITE-FACED IBIS
BRANTBLUE-WINGED TEAL
SWAINSON’S HAWK
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
BLACK TERN
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
SWAINSON’S THRUSH
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


 5/16: A WHITE-FACED IBIS ws seen at the new shorebird area along the 
wildlife drive. Unfortunately it was not relocated.
 5/17: 7 species of shorebird including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen 
along the wildlife drive. 3 BLACK TERNS were also present. A GREAT EGRET was at 
Tschache Pool. 4BLACK TERNS were seen at the end of VanDyne Spoor Road and 9 
TRUMPETER SWANS were seen from Carncross Road.
 5/18: A female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was spotted at the new shorebird area.
 5/21: A MARBLED GODWIT was seen along the wildlife drive. neither the 
Phalarope or the Godwit were relocated.
 5/22: DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, and SEMI-PALMATED 
PLOVER were all seen at Tschache Pool.


Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) lakewatch


 After a slow week today (5/23) there was more action. At least 100 BRANT, 
7 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 2 COMMON LOONS, 58 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 11 WHIMBREL, and 
145 DUNLIN were counted as the flew by.


Derby Hill


 1543 Raptors were counted this week. A Sharp-shined Hawk on 5/20 was 
recorded as the 35,000th. Hawk of the season. 

 5/18: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen.
 5/19: 2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen.
 5/21: 40+ BRANT and 6 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were spotted.
 5/22: The season’s second SWAINSON’S HAWK was found.


Oswego County


 5/16: 14 species of warbler including an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen 
at Sunset Bay Park. SWAINSON’S THRUSH was also spotted.
 5/20: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at the “Mosquito Station” which is on 
West 
Road off of Lower Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake.


Madison County


 5/16: 10 species of shorebirds were seen at Ditchbank Road north of 
Chittenango. 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were seen at the intersection of Colton and 
Warners Road north of Canastota.
 5/18: A male RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at Ditchbank Road. 2 ORCHARD 
ORIOLES were also seen in the area. The Phalarope ws not seen the next day.


Oneida County


 5/16: A BLACK TERN was seen at Verona Beach.


Onondaga County


 5/17: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville. 2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS were also seen.
 5/17: 11 species of warblers including GOLDEN WINGED and BAY-BREASTED were 
seen at Schiller Park in Syracuse. 11 species were again seen the next day at 
the park along with a SWAINSON’S THRUSH.
 5/22 A BLACK TERN was seen at Three Rivers WMA near the Eagle’s nest.


Jefferson County
--
 
 5/20: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on the South Sandy Creek Trail.

   

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[cayugabirds-l] Singing Black-billed Cuckoo?

2011-05-23 Thread Matthew Medler
Hi All,

I am wondering if anybody on the listserve is consistently hearing a singing 
(cu-cu-cu) Black-billed Cuckoo in our area. I would like to try to get a 
high-quality recording of this vocalization from this species to add to the 
Macaulay Library collection. If you happen to hear this sound with some 
regularity in a relatively quiet area, and would be willing to provide me with 
details, I would be greatly appreciative. All recordings I make are available 
for listening on the Macaulay Library web site, where one can listen to more 
than 100,000 total recordings:

http://macaulaylibrary.org

Thanks,
Matt Medler
Ithaca

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?

2011-05-23 Thread Alicia Plotkin
I'm over in the Seneca Basin, but there seems to be one or two singing 
males in each of the usual fields near our house in Ovid, FWTW.

 Alicia
 Ovid

On 5/23/2011 12:39 PM, Annette Nadeau wrote:

 I heard one Field Sparrow singing last week along Central Chapel Road 
 (just before it intersects with Boiceville and Valley roads) in 
 Brooktondale.

 Annette

 Brooktondale

 *From:*bounce-31540423-14356...@list.cornell.edu 
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 *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?

 Where are all the Field Sparrows?  The severe mowing of the powerline 
 cut beside my house could account for the lack of my regular yard one, 
 but I haven't heard a single song this spring.

 Kevin

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[cayugabirds-l] Salmon Creek

2011-05-23 Thread John Greenly
A short listen to the chorus at the Salmon Creek FLLT preserve this 
morning revealed the usual breeding species, and no migrants- and no 
Ceruleans, as has sadly been the case for several years now. I did not 
hear Acadian Flycatcher, but did not go up the side ravines.


Scarlet Tanager
E wood-Pewee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Veery (lots)
Wood Thrush (not enough)
Catbird (too many)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
all the usual woodpeckers
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat (tons)
MOURNING WARBLER- heard in the dense shrubbery on the right before 
Brooks Hill Rd- have had them there in other years)

Am Redstart (distant, down by the creek)
Cedar Waxwing (a gang)
B. Oriole (many)
C. Raven (breeding??? they are around regularly)

and probably others I have forgotten- I was just there for the overall 
musical effect- you want precision, ask somebody else... it was a 
beautiful, soft, singing morning.  Even with all those Catbirds.


--John Greenly
Ludlowville




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?

2011-05-23 Thread J. Gary Kohlenberg
This morning at Park Preserve there was no shortage of Field Sparrows. I hadn't 
been there this year and the new trails really extend the fun.
Gary


On May 23, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:

Where are all the Field Sparrows?  The severe mowing of the powerline cut 
beside my house could account for the lack of my regular yard one, but I 
haven’t heard a single song this spring.

Kevin
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren report, just out of basin

2011-05-23 Thread J. Gary Kohlenberg
I wasn't able to see or hear a Sedge Wren this morning. The only wren was a 
House Wren for me. I did have my FOS BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. I may try again later 
today.

Gary



On May 23, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Jay McGowan wrote:

Chris and Jessie's Sedge Wren was still in the same area on Hile School Road 
this morning but very uncooperative.  I only heard a few chips and one half 
song.  Lots of Alder Flycatchers were in this area, as well as Blue-winged 
Warbler and Nashville Warbler.  I heard some very odd loud vocalizations coming 
from the woodlot to the east along the road that at one point culminated in an 
extremely Red-headed Woodpecker-like call, but I am still unclear on what was 
making these calls.

George Road was pretty quiet, with 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 2 
Killdeer, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and a female Wood Duck with four tiny chicks 
(as well as the usual 60+ Bank Swallows.)  I heard Blackpoll Warblers in at 
least four locations in Dryden, and both Alder and Willow flycatchers were 
vocalizing near Dryden Lake.  So far Alder Flycatchers seem more abundant than 
they were last year.

Also, I forgot to mention, after birding the Hawthorn Orchard with Hope 
Batcheller on Saturday morning (where we could add Blackburnian Warbler and 
Red-breasted Nuthatch to Chris's list), we tried for Grasshopper Sparrows on 
West King and Sandbank Roads on South Hill.  We were unsuccessful with this, 
but the number of Bobolinks in those fields was truly impressive, probably over 
40 birds along that stretch.  Saturday morning in my yard I had a singing 
Wilson's Warbler (great bird for the neighborhoods) and two Northern Parulas.  
Today just a singing Blackpoll Warbler.

Finally, walking into the Lab this morning I had three American Crows and a 
Fish Crow circling around over the parking lots, being mobbed by various 
blackbirds.

Jay McGowan
Ithaca, NY

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Dave Nutter 
nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com wrote:
This evening on the CayugaRBA text message service Chris Wood  Jessie Barry 
reported a SEDGE WREN at the stream crossing on Hile School Rd  This very neat 
area is just east of NYS-38 northwest of Freeville in the Town of Dryden, and I 
believe it is a bit outside the Cayuga Lake Basin with the stream flowing north 
there to Owasco Lake out of a wetland in a saddle on the Cayuga Lake Basin's 
border.
--Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?

2011-05-23 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
No shortage of Field Sparrows up here.
Miss the migrants, though. They have vamooshed as if by magic.
Stephanie

On 5/23/11 2:50 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote:
 This morning at Park Preserve there was no shortage of Field Sparrows. 
 I hadn't been there this year and the new trails really extend the fun.
 Gary


 On May 23, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:

 Where are all the Field Sparrows?  The severe mowing of the powerline 
 cut beside my house could account for the lack of my regular yard one, 
 but I haven't heard a single song this spring.
 Kevin
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