[cayugabirds-l] Oswego Harbor - Godwits, Red Phalarope
Highlights so far lakewatching from the fort bluff overlook include a distant phalarope on the water and thought to be Red. A flock of approx 25 large shorebirds went by. Some were Hudsonian Godwits, the others Marbled or possibly Whimbrels. I just couldn't tell in binoculars but could see the black and white tail on the HuGo. Dave W. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Freese Rd. and Sapsucker Woods, Sat 10/1
I had an unusually quiet walk on Saturday morning through the garden plots on Freese Road (Song Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Indigo Buntings, no unusual songbirds). But then, as just as I was leaving, I saw a bird overhead, speeding south on powerful pointed wings. A minute later, Nate Senner arrived. Having just seen it attacking Killdeer in the flooded Hanshaw field, Nate confirmed my hopeful suspicion - the southbound bird was a PEREGRINE FALCON. Then, recalling Nick Sly's excellent finds from this week, I went to the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods. Between 91 Sapsucker Woods Road and the middle of the Woodleton Boardwalk, I found a pulse-quickening, even doubly jaw-dropping flock of birds, including a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (brief but very close, stirring views from various angles), CAPE MAY WARBLER (1 M), BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BROWN CREEPER (2+), plus chickadees, titmice, and woodpeckers. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freese Rd. and Sapsucker Woods, Sat 10/1
I went to Sapsucker Woods this afternoon hoping to see one of the Gray-cheeked Thrushes that have been reported lately. Although I did not have success there, eventually I did find a congener and a good variety of other migrant songbirds. I started on the Dryden side at the little parking lot. Between there and the south end of the Woodleton Boardwalk I encountered a flock of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES, and 1 each MAGNOLIA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BROWN CREEPER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and female/young AMERICAN REDSTART, plus 3 other warblers I did not see well enough to ID. Birds along the embankment which hides 91 Sapsucker from the trail, and by the western bench by the frog pond, included AMERICAN ROBIN, NORTHERN CARDINAL, BLUE JAY, GRAY CATBIRD, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. I also walked alot of trail on both sides of the road with little to show for it, but when I got to the south end of the Podell Boardwalk I found 3 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, another unidentified warbler, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 2 AMERICAN ROBINS, and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH. There were also HAIRY, DOWNY, and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, plus WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and TUFTED TITMOUSE various places. Near the feeders at the Lab entrance there was a SONG SPARROW and a male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. --Dave NutterOn Oct 01, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Mark Chao markc...@imt.org wrote:I had an unusually quiet walk on Saturday morning through the garden plots on Freese Road (Song Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Indigo Buntings, no unusual songbirds). But then, as just as I was leaving, I saw a bird overhead, speeding south on powerful pointed wings. A minute later, Nate Senner arrived. Having just seen it attacking Killdeer in the flooded Hanshaw field, Nate confirmed my hopeful suspicion – the southbound bird was a PEREGRINE FALCON.Then, recalling Nick Sly’s excellent finds from this week, I went to the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods. Between 91 Sapsucker Woods Road and the middle of the Woodleton Boardwalk, I found a pulse-quickening, even doubly jaw-dropping flock of birds, including a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (brief but very close, stirring views from various angles), CAPE MAY WARBLER (1 M), BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BROWN CREEPER (2+), plus chickadees, titmice, and woodpeckers.Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Bird vs Wind-turbine ( Very Disturbing)
Caution, this video is very disturbing, but it is a reality. Not for the faint of heart. http://junkscience.com/2011/09/30/video-poll-whacking-birds-by-wind-turbine/#more-3253 Carl -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Photos
Hi everyone, While everyone has been sending in lists of the warblers migrating through Sapsucker Woods, I thought I'd complement them with a few photos of the warblers. http://ebarrientos.smugmug.com/Nature/nature-in-new-york/Sapsucker-Woods/16338857_nC8Fr2#1507366217_QBz3vSS Enjoy! Evan Barrientos -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Swainson's Thrush Sandhill Cranes
I birded Van Dyne Spoor Road this morning even though it was drizzling and then raining. My best find was a beautiful Swainson’s Thrush. It was near telephone pole number 310 on the south side of the road; the spicebush there had a lot of reddish fruits which thrushes like. I stopped there to look at two small Black Tupelo trees that I found in August; I wanted to see how they were showing their fall colors. They are turning red and are on the north side of the road. In August I noticed them because they have very shiny leaves. Canada Goose 110 Pied-billed Grebe 7 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Bald Eagle 2 American Coot 16 Ring-billed Gull 18 Herring Gull 2 Mourning Dove 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Great look: I saw a buff eye-ring, an olive-brown solid back, buffy cheeks and breast with spots and light pinkish gray legs. I also heard a couple whit calls. Gray Catbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 80 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org/ny) Two Sandhill Cranes have been hanging out at Muckrace Flats. Leona Lauster Lyons, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
