[cayugabirds-l] Ruddy Turnstones
Here's a heads up from Venezuela. J Dear friends, During this year we will start a Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella) marking in Venezuela (Los Roques Archipelago). The color assigned to Venezuela, to leg flags, is black. Thus, we will use black leg flags with two white characters (letters or numbers). We have seen that in England have used this type of black leg flags with two black characters, with metal ring on the other tibia and a plastic ring on one tarsus. Here's an example: http://fleetwoodbirder. blogspot.com/2013/01/more-leg- flags-fitted-to-turnstones. html Our leg flags are identical to those used in England. We know it is difficult for a Turnstone cross the Atlantic, but not impossible, it happened in some occasion. We hope there will be noproblems with transatlantic readings of codes used in both continents... With the best wishes, Juan Carlos === J.C. Fernández-Ordóñez Fundación Científica ARA MACAO Venezuela avesenm...@gmail.com Tel. 0034 4263498040 -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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] Redpolls, woodcock and a very intimidating visitor
After enjoying them all winter our redpoll flock of 200 or more has greatly reduced to but a few. It's high time for them to be starting north. We had a cock pheasant here for a week but it has moved on -probably not enough spillage left by the smaller redpoll numbers. While the redpolls here did consume some nyger, they greatly preferred black-oil sunflower. Michael, have you been feeding both seeds? Our experience with woodcock up here parallels most reports. Over the last 27 years habitat loss has contributed to much lower numbers and locations. This to the point where some of the national woodcock survey routes in our area were dropped a few years ago. Enjoy them while we have them. The highlight yesterday afternoon was our FOY Northern Goshawk. As this was a young female, she was huge! She put on quite a display as she tried to beat Mourning doves out of their hasty cover. Poor bird acted very hungry. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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: Arctic Sea Ice - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks????
The cool spring weather so far really hasn't been that cool relative to normal. In Ithaca the average March temperature was only 1.9 degrees below the long term average. Compared to last year, it was very cold since last March was 12.8 degrees above average!!! How soon we forget that we live in a cold climate!!! The jet stream patterns are exactly as described below, much farther south, related to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) which is in its negative or cold phase this spring so far. See http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao.shtml for information on the NAO Last year, the NAO was positive and hence the eastern U.S was warm! The NAO varies rapidly from week to week but can be predominately in one phase for a prolong time period... i.e this past March/early April. The NAO has been dropping recently in the long term mean and some have tied this to the loss of sea ice in the Arctic. My personal professional opinion (not NOAA's!!) is that it is premature to be making this kind of cause and effect. The NAO was predominately in a negative/cold phase in the 1960s and 1970s, returned to a positive/warm phase in the 1980s, peaking in the 1990s and has been falling ever since the 1990s peak. It is cyclical. see http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/JFM_season_nao_index.shtml I also remember in the 1990s climate scientists were blaming the positive/warm phase of the NAO on anthropogenic global warming! Now they are blaming the cold phase on global warming? What about the 1960s and 1970s when the NAO was in the cool/negative phase?? Sea ice was much higher. I think the jury is still out on this one. What is interesting is that even with a negative NAO, it was only slightly below normal temperature-wise in March. In the past, a strongly negative NAO usually yielded MUCH colder temperatures, like March 1960 which was 10 degrees below normal with a negative NAO. That might be related to a global warming signal...negative NAO patterns don't yield the kind of cold they used to. As far as woodcocks go, maybe they don't display as much when it is colder and windy so they are not detected as much? Plus, are they as many people out on cold nights? These are just things to consider also... Dave Nicosia From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 9:49 AM Subject: Arctic Sea Ice - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks Bob, I suspect the cool weather has a lot to do with it. I believe that we are having a significantly cooler-than-normal spring, due to the Jet Stream being slightly farther south or much broader than usual. This, as I understand it, is directly correlated to the reduction in sea ice in the arctic which in turn creates a weakened pressure differential north of the Jet Stream, allowing the cold arctic air to spill much farther south than normal. The following quote of text is from: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/06/arctic-ice-melt-sets-stage-cold-weather: A diminished latitudinal pressure gradient is linked to a weakening of the winds associated with the polar vortex and jet stream. Since the polar vortex normally retains the cold Arctic air masses up above the Arctic Circle, its weakening allows the cold air to invade lower latitudes. More links: http://climatecrocks.com/2012/06/08/more-evidence-arctic-warming-effect-on-jet-stream-more-extremes/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/25/frozen-spring-arctic-sea-ice-loss I'm sure there are persons much more familiar with these weather changes, who can pipe up on this conversation... :-) Sincerely, Chris T-H On Apr 5, 2013, at 9:11 AM, bob mcguire wrote: Has anyone been hearing/seeing woodcocks in the past few days? Back at the beginning of March we had several here on Whitted Rd (Snyder Hill). And in years past we have had up to seven in our and neighboring fields. I went out last night around 8 pm to survey and could not find a one. It was relatively mild and I did hear an occasional peeper. It doesn't seem reasonable that they would have taken a step back south. Are this year's numbers down? Does anyone have any idea? Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132
[cayugabirds-l] Bohemian waxwing Drake road now
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks????
Woodcock do not breed on my steep hillside overlooking West Danby, but I usually see a few displays in my fields from stopover migrants pumped up on hormones. This suggests that the first individuals to arrive and display in favorable locations might not necessarily be the ones that will be found breeding there a few weeks later... -Geo -- 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] Bohemian waxwing Drake road now
Located about one half mile south of Lansing Fire hall off Ridgeroad 34B, on right. big boulders by Road. birds in trees in back. coming to pudles Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- 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] Tree Swallows 10 a.m. today
The thrill of thrills every spring is when the swallows return, swoop over my head go directly to the bird box on the arm of my clothesline or to the weathervane there sit atop the tail or head of the horse. I love to watch them as they watch me, making their little chittering noises as I am hanging clothes or am just talking to them. THEY are spring to me! Happy birding to everyone!! Fritzie/Union Springs -- 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] Redpolls
After everyone was writing about their Redpolls, I thought I'd better watch to see if I still had them. I do! I spotted a pair and a few others, I think. The Grackles want to dominate the feeders and the smaller birds find it hard to compete. I spotted a new yard bird yesterday. It was the first Fox Sparrow I've ever seen here. I saw it for only a minute and got a few pictures with its back toward me. I haven't seen it again, unfortunately. Carol Keeler 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bohemian waxwing Drake road now
The flock of ~80 Bohemian Waxwings on Drake road has moved back into the woods on private property. They may reappear along the road at some point but they're not visible now. Gary On Apr 6, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Donna Scott dls...@me.commailto:dls...@me.com wrote: Located about one half mile south of Lansing Fire hall off Ridgeroad 34B, on right. big boulders by Road. birds in trees in back. coming to pudles Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] Montezuma?
Hi, Have a friend who was thinking about going up the west side of Cayuga and checking out Montezuma tomorrow. Anyone go up today who could give us an idea of what is there this weekend? Alicia Plotkin -- 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] CayugaRBA RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Armitage Rd swa...
CayugaRBA RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Armitage Rd swamp seen by some of my SFO group but not me. --Dave Nutter -- 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] SFO Saturday: up the lake
Eleven people joined me today for an all-day trip up the lake. The primary focus was on waterfowl, and we managed to find all but two of the expected species (missed Wood Duck and Red-breasted Merganser). All together we totaled 61 species, the highlights being just seeing all those ducks, aerial maneuvers of two juvenile Bald Eagles, breeding plumaged Horned Grebe, and a close-in Belted Kingfisher. The day began at the Lab with clear skies and temperatures in the mid-20s. We checked the feeders and headed immediately for Myers. After studying a Killdeer along the creek, we arrived at the spit, checked the gulls for anything unusual, and focused on the first couple of Common Loons of the day. We watched a couple of flyby Buffleheads and then a close, slowly circling Osprey. There were a few distant ducks, but we chose to scoot around to the marina for close looks at both Scaup, a Coot, several Gadwall and Common Mergansers. Following a tip from Dave Nutter, we back-tracked to Drake Road to chase the reported Bohemian Waxwings. We had excellent directions but, unfortunately by the time we got there, there were only a few of them left in a distant tree and only a few of us were able to get on them before they, too, left. From there we headed north, stopping along lake Ridge Road to listen for Meadowlarks (missed them) and to watch a couple of recently- returned Tree Swallows. Since one of the goals of the trip was to introduce folks to popular birding spots, we did stop at Long Point State Park. And today it lived up to its nickname: Long DISApoint SP. We could find nothing but a few Buffleheads. From the boathouse in Aurora we spotted our first Common Goldeneye, a couple more Loons, and three Horned Grebes, one of which was in nearly full breeding plumage. For those of us who are used to watching winter plumaged grebes through the cold months, that was a special treat. Factory Street pond in Union Springs produced our first Blue-winged Teal, a couple of Gadwall, and the close-in Kingfisher. Mill pond was nearly empty, but we did manage to pull a Redhead out from the shadowy edge. Mud Lock was a surprise. The former Bald Eagle nest atop the electrical tower was apparently vacant, occupied today by a trio of Rock Pigeons. However, the newer nest to the south was occupied - with an adult Bald Eagle feeding young. The visitor center pond at the refuge was also nearly empty, with a dozen or more Green-winged Teal, Mallards, our first Black Duck, and not much else - except for a distant Northern Harrier. LaRue's Lagoon held our first Northern Shovelers as well as both Teal. The new shorebird area was deep in water. Bennings Marsh again held both Teal, some Shovelers and Gadwall, but not the hoped-for snipe. At Tschache Pool we added a couple more new birds: Northern Pintail (one male), Pied-billed Grebe (2), and American Wigeon (several). At that point It was 2:30, going on time to leave for home. We made one more stop, at Knox-Marsellus marsh. The water was high: good for ducks, bad for any shorebirds. We spotted a dozen or so Snow Geese on the near dike and several hundred more in the distant corn fields. Most of the several hundred ducks were Canvasbacks. No cranes. No egrets. That was it. We headed back down the east side, adding an American Kestrel on a wire to our trip list. My only regret was that we did not have nearly enough time to visit more of the great sites at the north end of the lake. I look forward to hearing what the overnight groups find tomorrow. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
amazing snow goose decoys in mucklands; was [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake
I just thought it worth mentioning that someone has an amazing array of Snow Goose decoys deployed out in the mucklands, to the SE of the potatoes building. They are visible from East Road, too. These are just about the most awesome artificial birds I think I have ever seen. From what I could scope out last weekend, they are cloth, wind-inflatable, and actively moving. I had to stare twice and shake myself to convince myself that they weren't really birds. The wind-activated motion was incredibly true to life. Plus, even if they were only a buck a piece, that's a huge investment in having several hundred decoys there. They even have the right amount of Blue geese tucked in among the whites. Impressive! If I was a goose, I'd be fooled!! Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:14 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake ... We spotted a dozen or so Snow Geese on the near dike and several hundred more in the distant corn fields. Most of the several hundred ducks were Canvasbacks. ... -- 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] Lansing marina rules?
Bob or anyone else, what is the understanding (if any) with the owners of the Lansing Marina, the private part, not the public area? I know in past SFOs, the leaders merrily led us in there and it is normally a great spot to pick up a number of ducks, mergansers, and coots, but yesterday when I was solo birding at Myers and elsewhere, I decided not to walk (or drive) right past the pretty prominent sign that says no admittance except to members (which I ain't). I decided to ask on the list before approaching the office which was an option on a Friday since it appeared to be open. After the most unpleasant experience a year ago with the bozo who claims to own all of Portland Point, and past notices about the Empire Farm area (where the owners specifically request a courtesy notice from birders entering the grounds), I wanted to play fair with the Marina so I can see those ducks in future. Has either the Bird Club or SFO specifically received privileges to the marina? And if so, any indication if they are cool about short incursions by other birders not directly associated with either? ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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: amazing snow goose decoys in mucklands; was [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake
Oops. I need to subtract 250 Snow Geese from my East Rd eBird list from last weekend! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Kevin James McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote: I just thought it worth mentioning that someone has an amazing array of Snow Goose decoys deployed out in the mucklands, to the SE of the potatoes building. They are visible from East Road, too. These are just about the most awesome artificial birds I think I have ever seen. From what I could scope out last weekend, they are cloth, wind-inflatable, and actively moving. I had to stare twice and shake myself to convince myself that they weren't really birds. The wind-activated motion was incredibly true to life. Plus, even if they were only a buck a piece, that's a huge investment in having several hundred decoys there. They even have the right amount of Blue geese tucked in among the whites. Impressive! If I was a goose, I'd be fooled!! Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:14 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake ... We spotted a dozen or so Snow Geese on the near dike and several hundred more in the distant corn fields. Most of the several hundred ducks were Canvasbacks. ... -- 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] Sat birding. Barred Owls
Today I birdied along Updike Rd in Danby and was surprised to hear 2 BARRED OWLS calling back and forth spontaneously short after noon - they were in the hemlocks near the start of the seasonal portion off Coddington. Also a circling RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and 2 RAVENS along Updike. At home I had my first drumming SAPSUCKER, 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and a singing BROWN CREEPER. KEN Sent from my iPhone -- 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: amazing snow goose decoys in mucklands; was [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake
Well . . . . there go many of our snow geese from today! Except for the dozen or so actively foraging birds on the near dike. Bob On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Kevin James McGowan wrote: I just thought it worth mentioning that someone has an amazing array of Snow Goose decoys deployed out in the mucklands, to the SE of the potatoes building. They are visible from East Road, too. These are just about the most awesome artificial birds I think I have ever seen. From what I could scope out last weekend, they are cloth, wind-inflatable, and actively moving. I had to stare twice and shake myself to convince myself that they weren't really birds. The wind-activated motion was incredibly true to life. Plus, even if they were only a buck a piece, that's a huge investment in having several hundred decoys there. They even have the right amount of Blue geese tucked in among the whites. Impressive! If I was a goose, I'd be fooled!! Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-79501342-3493...@list.cornell.edu ] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:14 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO Saturday: up the lake ... We spotted a dozen or so Snow Geese on the near dike and several hundred more in the distant corn fields. Most of the several hundred ducks were Canvasbacks. ... -- 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] Carncross Road shorebirds
Livia and I birded up the lake today. We saw many of the same birds as others. In the late afternoon we found a few PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in the flooded cornfield north of the end of Van Dyne Spoor Road where Wade and Melissa Rowley have reported them for a couple days. Meanwhile, Gary Kohlenberg headed over to Carncross Road and let us know he found a Greater Yellowlegs there. We went to join him there and together we found at least 15 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 11 WILSON'S SNIPE, and a few Killdeer. The birds never flew, so there could have been a lot more birds, but those were the ones we could see from the road. -- 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] SFO Montezuma Day 1
Our group had similar sightings to Bob's (sans grebes), plus: foraging mockingbird at Myers; from the bluffs approaching Aurora from Long Point, tree+barn+NRW swallows, a goldeneye couple, and a large nearly-all-white-looking Glaucous gull first found sleeping by Dave Nutter, later flushed into flight with the other gulls whence its whiteness and large size became apparent; at the visitor center Turkey vultures perched and sunning their wings momentarily; at Knox-Marcellus seven juvenile bald eagles in the sky at one point, and a great blue heron with a very large fish; fly-by wood ducks along Savannah Springs Road; and at Morgan Road in the twilight with Meena's group, bluebirds and kestrel and sandhill cranes but no short-eared owl. I asked the student to guess what the white patches south of the potatoes building were before we pulled over to scope out the fine decoy display - looked like a photograph (there was no wind to activate the motion Kevin mentioned). We did end up checking out the great gully creek bald eagle nest from the pulloff with the Indian mounds and Cayuga castle historical markers I'd always thought I should check out some time but never had. Though far we could make out and adult eagle in the nest. Suan _ http://suan-yong.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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca to Montezuma, first day of SFO overnight
Today my SFOgroup tallied 76 species as we worked our way up the east side of Cayuga Lake and around the Montezuma Wetlands Complex.Highlights included:Dozens of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on Drake Rd in Lansing, thanks to Meena, plus 1 or 2 CEDAR WAXWINGS in the same flock;20 species of waterfowl, 3 species of grebes, 4 species of gulls...COMMON LOONS in breeding plumage in several locations on Cayuga Lake;1 GREATER SCAUP male with several LESSERS in Finger Lakes Marine next to Myers Point Park;OSPREYS in several locations, including Myers;3 stunning tom WILD TURKEYS along NYS-90, thanks to sun on their bronze plumage;EASTERN MEADOWLARK on Lake Rd (Ledyard) leading down toward Long Point State Park;Several TREE, 2BARN and 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW over the field next to bluffs north of Long Point;pair of COMMON GOLDENEYE below those same bluffs, thanks to Suan;Huge pure white immature GLAUCOUS GULL with many RING-BILLEDs on the delta of Paines Creek at the south end of Aurora;2 winter plumage 1 breeding plumage HORNED GREBE together NW of the Wells College boathouse, thanks to Bob McGuire;2 pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, the males showing purple iridescence on their "gray" heads,in the Factory Street pond in Union Springs;1 breeding plumage RED-NECKED GREBE identified at a great distance, despite heat shimmer, from Frontenac Park in Unions Springs;an adult COOPER'S HAWK which consented to being scoped near Mud Lock;baby BALD EAGLE in the new nest south of Mud Lock, and both parents perched and interacting nearby;big flocks of CANVASBACKS in the Main Pool and Knox-Marsellus and Montezuma NWR;MUTE SWAN identified at great distance in Tschache Pool; several real SNOW GEESE, including one "BLUE" GOOSE at Knox-Marsellus;several WOOD DUCKS in the Armitage Rd swamp which tolerated being viewed from stopped cars;askulky RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, also inlast year'sProthonotary Warbler territory in the Armitage Rd swamp west of big bridge;a lovely gray-tan SANDHILL CRANE in a stubble field along Savannah-Spring Lake Rd southwest of Tyler Rd;several WILSON'S SNIPES and YELLOWLEGSS in flooded stubble on Carncross Rd, thanks to Jay McGowan;lots of marsh noise, including PIED-BILLED GREBES and AMERICAN COOTS on Van Dyne Spoor Rd (but no Short-eared Owls for us).--Dave Nutter -- 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] Overnight SFO firstday, Bohemian, Merlin, Sandhill Cranes, and Eastern Meadowlarks and more
Hi all, We too started at the lab at 7.00 am. We did not spend time at bird feeders so we did not get some of those birds, but we had an awesome day. WE headed from lab across to Brown Road hoping to see Bohemian waxwings, but we did not see any, so at whim I decided to drive around Cornell Business Park. So we pulled in at Thornwood drive near Airport and were stopped by a singing House Finch. As we were about to drive off, I saw a bird on tippy top of a pine cluster. So we all jumped out as I found it was a Merlin. May be they will nest here. Further down the road we saw two Pileated Woodpeckers, one of them landed right over our head and put on a show of how to extract insects. Then we came back on Brown road without any luck with Bohemians. We headed to Myer's via Hill Crest and Asbury and Drake. At Asbury church we saw a Hairy Woodpecker and then as we pulled into Drake via 34, we saw a lovely flock? of Turkey Vultures sunning themselves in the gorgeous morning sun. We pulled behind the restaurant parking lot, they reluctantly left their perches after we had wonderful look at them. Then we had a peek into Am. crow love life as the female showed acceptance signal by lifting her tail and male immediately landed on her to mate with. A mocking bird nearby mocked them with various bird songs. Further down the road, in the field along the road on the right there were 9 Turkeys and some of the males were displaying to females. We continued along the Drake, past the main bend half mile down, I saw a flock of birds along with one starling sitting on a bare tree. First I almost dismissed saying they are starling, but as my angle of viewing changed, I realized they were waxwings with the starling. I asked Janet to stop and caravan of 7 cars stopped on the road to see beautiful BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS sunning themselves. There were many more in the Cedars and were doing typical flying from one spot to another but four of them stayed put on the tree to give us good views. we got some nice pictures and videos. I sent text message to Cayuga RBA, but it did not go through, but I called Ann and she told me that I have type in Cayuga RBA first. So by that time I was almost near Myers, but managed to send messages. But forgot to say exactly where. Somehow Cayuga birds was slow so message took longer than usual. Then at Center road we had good looks at Horned Larks, A few hawks and Kestrels on the way till we reached Long Point state Park road. We stopped past the first house to watch a Kestrel hunting. Then someone spotted a bird far away that turned out to be an Eastern Meadowlark, which later joined another Eastern Meadowlark. Then some display of affection proceeded between two and the female did similar thing to the female crow, lifted her tail to show off acceptance. So male flew next to her. After that what happened I dont know as I let other people watch through the scope. Nothing at the LPSP. Then I got a call from Dave that there was a Glaucus Gull at the spit. When we looked for it we did not see it but, I think we saw an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, though I could never get a good look at the legs between ring-billed gulls. Near Union Spring pond we saw two hawks in the sky and they turned to be one Cooper's and Sharp-shinned. We also had a good look at a pair of Wood ducks. After lunch we did the wildlife drive and usual suspects we found. Then we headed to East Road, as Bob's group pulled out we pulled in and a pair of SANDHILL CRAES came sailing in without any noise and landed close to the shore. We also saw may be hundreds of Ruddy ducks in various plumages. Heat shimmer was very bad most of the day. We ventured out to see owls, but ended up seeing two more SANDHILL Cranes getting ready to sleep in the Carncross road marsh. Over all it turned out to be fantastic day for the group and ended up with 67 species of birds. We are looking forward to seeing shorebirds tomorrow! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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] Carncross Road shorebirds
At dusk a flock of 23 same sized Yellowlegss, presumably the Greaters, flew south together towards Morgan Rd.--Dave NutterOn Apr 06, 2013, at 09:30 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:Livia and I birded up the lake today. We saw many of the same birds as others. In the late afternoon we found a few PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in the flooded cornfield north of the end of Van Dyne Spoor Road where Wade and Melissa Rowley have reported them for a couple days. Meanwhile, Gary Kohlenberg headed over to Carncross Road and let us know he found a Greater Yellowlegs there. We went to join him there and together we found at least 15 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 11 WILSON'S SNIPE, and a few Killdeer. The birds never flew, so there could have been a lot more birds, but those were the ones we could see from the road.-- Jay McGowanMacaulay LibraryCornell Lab of Ornithologyjw...@cornell.edu--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease 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! --
