Re:[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Myers Point
The loon is a bit closer now. A RED-NECKED GREBE is now visible in the bay north of the point, and several Bonaparte's Gulls have been around. Jay On Oct 25, 2011 8:19 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: A RED-THROATED LOON is swimming out on the lake a little north of the spit at Myers Point. It has a dusky neck and throat, giving it a very white-chinned appearance. Lots of other loons moving, but nothing else of note so far. Jay McGowan -- 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] loon flight
I didn't read the aurora alert until 11:30, oh well! But at 6:15 this morning the moon rolled up over the top of Thatcher's Pinnacle, framed by dark tattered clouds that were moving south at quite a clip. Before dawn the eastern sky turned to gold, and ducks were already up in it, so I decided to stand out in the yard and see what migrants might come off Cayuga. By 9:15 I had counted 192 loons. I also saw a little flock of 11 or 12 Brant go over. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- 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] OT: but still very cool..Buckeye
This has been a remarkable buckeye irruption year here in central New York (and presumably elsewhere in the northeast), with dozens showing up at places along the Lake Ontario shoreline and quite a few here in the Ithaca area as well. I have seen them multiple times in the last couple months around Freese Road and in Dryden. Here's a photo I took of one in September, if anyone wants to know what they look like: https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Fall2011#5666403685459225058 -Jay On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:14 PM, bilba...@pop.lightlink.com wrote: While Shannon and I were doing some late harvesting this morning I noticed a medium sized butterfly that I initially thought was a Painted Lady. When it landed though I realized it was a Buckeye (Junonia coenia), which is quite unusual/rare around here, rather more unusual than the Giant Swallowtails we sometimes see. This is the first live one I have seen in many years... To add a few bird notes soon after the Buckeye sighting we had a Raven cruise quietly by heading north. We have had quite a few House Finches showing up, after not having basically any at all over the summer. As of yesterday there was still a large flock of Red-winged Blackbirds just up the road from our house. Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- 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/ -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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] Wood ducks at Stewart Park
At about 3 this afternoon there were 12 wood ducks in Stewart Park on the south side of the big pond you come to on your left just before you have to turn right around the one-way circle. Gorgeous. Also one great blue heron. Bob -- 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] SCREECHIE IS BACK!!
Today, daughter Becky, went by the Factory St. pond. She saw no face in the hole of the duck box so she sucked several times on the back of her hand to make a squeeking sound. Figured the 2 men across the street thought she must be off her rocker but so what!! She knew what she was doing 'cause she'd done it before. Mama taught her. To her great delight the hole soon had an adorable little face in it. Hey, that made her day ours!!! Then she came up helped me clean away more garden mess while 6 or 8 bluebirds flitted around in the nearby trees. The 100 acre field behind us was mowed today so many crows, 1 red-tail hawk, 1 TV maybe 200 rb gulls were scavenging for dead or injured rodents. Then, with the evening rain, came the flocks of blackbirds robins heading to their MNWR roosts. For those of you who missed the Aurora Borealis last evening, you can go to Spaceweather.com see many fabulous photos sent in from many different states. It's worth your time!! Fritzie -- 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] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now
Yes Ken, I did see that bright shooting star from Game farm Road as I was heading back from Mt Pleasant! That was a beautiful one. As I watched it I ooh oohed loudly. After I posted about Aurora, I ran out of the house got into my car, as I came out of my driveway I could see dazzling red lights all across the sky towards the zenith. Then I stopped at Lutheran church on Honness lane and watched some red and green columns being formed over Cornell campus' bright lights. After few minutes I drove to Game Farm road, even here campus lights are too bright, but at least city light is not mixed in. I watched glow for sometime, by then it had started fading. I took some video, but all you can see in that is a red glow with one bright star. Then I headed to Mt Pleasant, but by then we could only see green columnar glows but faint over Dryden lights. But milky way was awesome. From the observatory telescope we watched Jupiter and its moon, Pleiades etc. I did hear some bird calls, but they were not very audible among Cornell under graduates chatter, I did hear a shorebird, which sounded familiar but cant say for sure what it was. Also couple more shooting stars from Mount Pleasant! I am glad so many of you got see! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: Kenneth Victor Rosenberg Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:40 PM To: Riko Stan Cc: Meena Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now Darn, I saw these emails way too late -- when I went out at 10:45 it had mostly clouded over to the north and west and couldn't make out any aurora from the city glow. I did see about the brightest shooting star I've ever seen, though -- at 10:56 in the eastern sky -- it was so big and bright orange, then it turned green for a second before disappearing. Very low. Anyone else see that? should have put the Aurora on the RBA. Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Riko Stan wrote: We are right on lake Ontario and it is dark red. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: FYI Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: cornell-boun...@freeoutingclubs.org [cornell-boun...@freeoutingclubs.org] on behalf of Don Barry [d...@isc.astro.cornell.edu] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:23 PM To: corn...@freeoutingclubs.org Subject: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now From dark skies an obvious green band of aurora is on the northern horizon right now. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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: 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 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] Walk to work birds
Hi All, On my walk to work (because I missed the bus, instead of waiting for the next, I decided to walk) first I saw my first migrant lone loon fly overhead. After a few minutes over foot ball field of Hawthorn, I saw a flock of 21 common loons. I also several skeins of Canada Geese, a few Red-winged Blackbirds and two flocks of Cedar waxwings. Crows also seemed to be moving in loose flocks. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- 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] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now
I discovered the aurora as I was leaving a dance rehearsal. Was awestruck, but managed to grab the gear from the trunk and take a photo. Not great, and a bit past the peak, but a nice memento. http://lightbody.zenfolio.com/auroras/e347244cf Then I drove up to Mount Pleasant observatory, where I ran into Meena. On the way home, I saw two bright flashes of light in the sky, in quick succession. Before I could barely form the thought, what the he..., I saw the super bright meteor streak emerge from behind the trees lining the road. I'm assuming that's where the flashes came from, but don't know for sure. Meena and Ken, if you saw the flashes in association with your sighting, please let me know. -Rick -Original Message- From: bounce-38191663-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38191663-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:46 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now Yes Ken, I did see that bright shooting star from Game farm Road as I was heading back from Mt Pleasant! That was a beautiful one. As I watched it I ooh oohed loudly. After I posted about Aurora, I ran out of the house got into my car, as I came out of my driveway I could see dazzling red lights all across the sky towards the zenith. Then I stopped at Lutheran church on Honness lane and watched some red and green columns being formed over Cornell campus' bright lights. After few minutes I drove to Game Farm road, even here campus lights are too bright, but at least city light is not mixed in. I watched glow for sometime, by then it had started fading. I took some video, but all you can see in that is a red glow with one bright star. Then I headed to Mt Pleasant, but by then we could only see green columnar glows but faint over Dryden lights. But milky way was awesome. From the observatory telescope we watched Jupiter and its moon, Pleiades etc. I did hear some bird calls, but they were not very audible among Cornell under graduates chatter, I did hear a shorebird, which sounded familiar but cant say for sure what it was. Also couple more shooting stars from Mount Pleasant! I am glad so many of you got see! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: Kenneth Victor Rosenberg Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:40 PM To: Riko Stan Cc: Meena Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now Darn, I saw these emails way too late -- when I went out at 10:45 it had mostly clouded over to the north and west and couldn't make out any aurora from the city glow. I did see about the brightest shooting star I've ever seen, though -- at 10:56 in the eastern sky -- it was so big and bright orange, then it turned green for a second before disappearing. Very low. Anyone else see that? should have put the Aurora on the RBA. Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Riko Stan wrote: We are right on lake Ontario and it is dark red. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: FYI Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: cornell-boun...@freeoutingclubs.org [cornell-boun...@freeoutingclubs.org] on behalf of Don Barry [d...@isc.astro.cornell.edu] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:23 PM To: corn...@freeoutingclubs.org Subject: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now From dark skies an obvious green band of aurora is on the northern horizon right now. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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: 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 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:
