Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eagle moving nest???
An Eagle was on the 2nd nest yesterday. Ann Mitchell Sent from my IPhone On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com wrote: I remember when the eagles took over the nest from the osprey. When the osprey arrived back in town, there was a talon to talon fight into the water observed by one of the guys working. He said it happened just after the birders left. It makes me wonder if there will some contention over that prime spot. It is too bad they chose to move. It was a great spot to observe behavior. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Carol Keeler carolk...@adelphia.net wrote: I've been wondering that very thing. One day I was there and both eagles were near their new nest. Down near the lock an immature eagle was perched in a tree. The eagles came down and drove it off. I have a feeling they won't tolerate any other bird in the old location, which is too bad. Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2013, at 2:26 PM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Many observers have noticed this new nest-building activity over the past several months. I think the question is, what will happen to the photogenic nest atop the pylon? Are there enough Bald Eagles around for another pair to use it? Would they even tolerate being so close? Will Ospreys reclaim it? --Dave Nutter On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:42 PM, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu wrote: Does it seem to others that the pair of eagles at the lock at the outlet of Cayuga Lake has moved its nest to the south? I didn't see any activity at the electric poles at the lock and the nest there seemed shrunken. And, there is a large pile of sticks farther to the south in a very large tree, which had an eagle sitting next to it on Saturday. The eagle nest at the lock was perhaps the most photographed nest in New York. If not the most, then certainly one of the most. In a way it is too bad if the eagles have moved to a more distant and less visible location. Cheers, John -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'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/ -- Bald Eagle MNWR - nestling.jpg -- 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 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] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Fw: [BIRDSnGARDENS] Bird lifespans vary by habitat and size
I received this on Oneida birds and thought I'd pass it along. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: SUSAN THUENER sue...@prodigy.net Date: February 17, 2013, 12:19:45 PM EST To: Bird List hummervi...@yahoogroups.com, bird list oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com, BIRDS_AND_US List birds_and...@yahoogroups.com, Beginning Birder beginningbird...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OneidaBirds] Fw: [BIRDSnGARDENS] Bird lifespans vary by habitat and size Reply-To: SUSAN THUENER sue...@prodigy.net This was on another bird list I subscribe to. I thought it very interesting so am passing it along FYI. Birdy Susan Thuener Mohawk, NY sue...@prodigy.net - Forwarded Message - From: Bill Z devilsadva...@gmail.com To: birdsngard...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [BIRDSnGARDENS] Bird lifespans vary by habitat and size I almost missed the interesting story below from Minneapolis, MN 55488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackYard-Birds/links/NS_001319399085/ I also have a news link folder above that makes it easier to do some specific searches if anyone here has any interest in contributing interesting bird news. Bill Z http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackYard-Birds/ http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/188893571.html?refer=y Bird lifespans vary by habitat and size Article by: Jim Williams woodduck38@ gmail.com Special to the Star Tribune Updated: January 29, 2013 - 4:24 PM The most long-lived birds are sea dwellers, but your back-yard mourning dove may be with you for decades. How long do birds live? With luck, a surprisingly long time for such small creatures. Near the low end for local birds, house wrens and hummingbirds can live nine years. Bluebirds, some warbler species, orioles and downy woodpeckers can live 10 to 11 years. Crows can live 14, house sparrows, 15, and mourning doves are near the top of the back-yard list at 31 years. The fuller answer to how long birds live: It depends. For answers about which birds live long and under what circumstances, I turned to several research papers I found on the Internet. The papers contain extremely complex discussions of biology, most of which escaped me, and which we will not discuss in detail. But in general: Birds live longer than non-flying animals of similar body size, up to three times as long. A chickadee, on average, outlives a shrew or mouse of similar size. (Aside: But not a bat of similar size. Bats, like birds, live longer than non-flying mammals of their size. There is record of a 7-gram bat living 41 years. Seven grams is half an ounce. That's what a warbler weighs. Warblers would be extremely lucky to live 41 months.) Larger birds live longer than smaller birds. An albatross can live much, much longer than a chickadee. But size isn't an absolute determining factor, as a smaller chickadee will live longer than a larger chickadee. Basically, both birds and bats have evolved to reduce the accumulation of harmful metabolic substances in their bodies. You and I this very moment are suffering from oxidation of cells and DNA. We're rusting. Birds and bats rust more slowly in comparison. Birds with larger brains — crows, jays, ravens — live longer than those with small brains. Communal roosting — often done by crows — also helps extend life. As does slower maturation. Bluebirds are out of the nest and on their own in less than a month. Bluebirds die young. Young crows often stay with a family group for a year or two following hatch. Young crows get more attention, care and learning opportunities. Birds that live in colonies live longer than birds that nest individually. This might be related in part to a larger number of eyes watching for predators. Birds that migrate live longer than birds that don't. A few months in the tropics pays off. Generally speaking, birds that live in the tropics live longer than birds that don't. It isn't easy to be exact on how long birds live. Banding — attaching a tiny metal band to a bird's leg with an assigned number — is the only way wild birds' age can be accurately determined. When the bird dies, if the band is recovered, dates of banding and recovery provide an age. If you were a bird and wanted to live a long time, you should go to sea. The bird-banding database lists species with the longest documented lives. The top 10 are Laysan albatross, black-footed albatross, great frigatebird, white tern, sooty tern, wandering albatross, Arctic tern, red-tailed tropicbird, black-browed albatross and Atlantic puffin, which brings up the rear at 31 years. The only bird we see locally that is high on the list is the mourning dove, No. 11, also at 31 years. Lifelong birder Jim Williams can be reached at woodduc...@gmail.com. Join his conversation about birds at www.startribune.com/wingnut.
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cooper's Hawk
I feel your pain. We have had virtually no birds for about three weeks. This morning there was a lone Song Sparrow looking quite miserable. I suspected the Coopers that has been seen a few times this winter. Sure enough, when we pulled in the driveway after a trip to Montezuma, the Cooper was sitting on a tree outside our normal viewing area from the house. Montezuma and around was not too eventful with the high winds. We did see three Rough-legged Hawks on the corner of Bixby and Savannah Springs Rd. one was very dark. The others were in flight so I could not make out the coloring as well. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Carol Keeler carolk...@adelphia.net wrote: My Cooper's Hawk has made counting birds for the Backyard Bird Count impossible. It's been here each day, so no birds are coming to the feeders. Yesterday it took a female Cardinal. This morning it sat in the weeping pine where the feeders are located from at least 7:15 to 8:30. I was amazed at how long it stayed. I don't know how much longer it stayed since I left to get groceries. One photographer from out west, Ron Dudley, has said that in very cold weather many raptors are sticky. They tend to stay put and don't flush easily. My Cooper's was sticky this morning. I looked out just a while ago and it was back again, but didn't stay long. I assume it has had quite a bit of success hunting in my yard since it's around so often. Sent from my iPad -- 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] Fwd: Wing Tail Image Collection
I forgot to add a link I saw today that might be interest to some. Diana Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com http://digitalcollections.pugetsound.edu/cdm/search/collection/slaterwing Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.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/ --
