[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca birding highlights, Sunday 12 May
The day had promise: an AMERICAN REDSTART sang from a flowering tree at the Farmers' Market, and an immature BALD EAGLE soared high overhead as I biked through.I got a late start, so maybe that was why I didn't hear the Yellow-throated Warbler along Pier Rd between 10:08 and 10:14am, although it was that late that I heard and saw it on the 9th. Nor was it found around 3:30pm, but I had a very pleasant vigil with Tilden, Mark, and France. Tilden picked out a very obscure EASTERN PHOEBE and a female BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and I saw my second nest-building WARBLING VIREO of the day high in a Sycamore.The first was at the swan pond, where a quiet WARBLING VIREO repeatedly came within a few feet of me to gather dead leaves of grass to weave into her nest and spider webs to cement them. The nest is in the Maple on the north side of the end peninsula near the end.The Hawthorn Orchard was pretty quiet by noon when I arrived except for one very loud TENNESSEE WARBLER among a nearly silent but busy flock of MYRTLE WARBLERS which I encountered several times. It took me a long time to see the Tennessee, which reminded me how conspicuous Yellow-rumped Warblers' behavior makes them. Perhaps I overlooked many warblers, but the only other which I saw was a PALM WARBLER, although I did hear at least 4 songs of a NORTHERN PARULA in the ravine at the north end. My most rewarding bird surprise was a long close view of a nervous LINCOLN'S SPARROW in a damp ferny area in the middle of the Hawthorn Orchard.--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] Ithaca Pine Siskins
Hi all, On my ride to the CLO today, I found a flock of about 100 PINE SISKINS feeding just off of Salem Drive, immediately adjacent to Salem Park. The birds were in the trees above a house with feeders still out and were making a lot of noise. I came across a smaller group of about 10-12 birds a few streets over lurking above another set of feeders. Otherwise, not many migrants out on the ride to work. I did have an Alder/Willow Flycatcher on the path between Salem Drive and Sanctuary Drive. The bird didn't vocalize but was conspicuous for a bit. I had a similar experience with a bird yesterday at the Sherwood Platform. It called several times, but I don't have their single call notes down yet, so I left it at Traill's. - Brad -- 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 warblers
Hi all, Currently a very cooperative male BAY BREASTED WARBLER singing and foraging on the inner trail of Wilson Trail North. -- 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] Ithaca Pine Siskins
Here in the northeast area of Ithaca we also just had a flock of about 30 Pine Siskins feeding at our feeders. Suzanne Ithaca, 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants
Hi all, There were a few nice migrants moving around Sapsucker Woods this morning on the Wilson Trail. Highlights for me were the aforementioned BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, a TENNESSEE WARBLER, singing SWAINSON'S THRUSH and the return of SCARLET TANAGERS and RED-EYED VIREOS to the western woods. The complete list can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14096283 - Brad -- 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] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40
This is in response to several requests for location info on Kip's Island Fields which I had never heard of before Tim Lenz's CayugaRBA of Glossy Ibis and Ruff from there and Jay McGowan's relay to the list. I was with Gary Kohlenberg last Friday and did not see either rare bird but reported Black-bellied Plover. I have gotten several requests for location info. Gary found the site by using Tim Lenz's ebird checklist map info. Tim Lenz's checklist corresponding to his original report : http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14057602 has the location of Kip Island Fields (SE of SR 90 I-90 Thruway), Cayuga County, New York, US as 42.997114, -76.718999 or +42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40 If you are coming from the north go south through the village of Montezuma. Stay on NYS 90 and run along the thruway and look for the dirt parking area as described below. If you are coming up from Union Springs on 90 just where it bends to the northeast to run along the Thruway there's a dirt parking area with some heavy equipment parked there. There's a Refuge sign on a gate. We saw distant shorebirds far to the left (est. 500-700 meters off). Maybe Tim could refine this if it needs any correction. Best...Stuart -- 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] white-crowned sparrows
4 white-crowned sparrows foraging under the pear trees, blending in very nicely with the white petals. They are also singing! Michele Interlaken / Ovid -- 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] Pine Siskins
Hi, I was surprised to see a dozen or so Pine Siskins here at the house in Skaneateles this morning. They appeared quite hungry and very skittish. Diana Whiting 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Birds and Bees at the FLLT Annual Meeting
Curious about the birds and the bees? Join us for the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Annual Celebration and Meeting with a morning bird walk led by experienced birder Mark Chao and a talk by Cornell biologist and noted author Tom Seeley titled Honey Bee Democracy about honey bee behavior and hive culture Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:00 AM: Bird walk through Sapsucker Woods (meet just outside the main entrance of the Lab) 9:30 AM: Coffee and conversation 10:00 AM: Honey bee talk, Land Trust updates and award presentations Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Sapsucker Woods 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 Join us for all or part of the morning! The event is free but registration is required by May 15 to i...@fllt.orgmailto:i...@fllt.org or (607)275-9487 -- 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] Ruff
The Ruff is present at Coot Pond on Howland Island at noon today. You get to Coot Pond by crossing the old iron bridge on the SE side of the island and taking a left at the trail intersection. Bill Purcell 315-382-2871 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Birding Big Day Sunday , May 12, 2013
Hi all, Ton Schat and I did our annual big day of birding yesterday. We ended with a total of 131 species, below our target of 140 but still not too bad given the conditions. Below is our eBIRD report. We had a great start to the day at 2:45 am, with no wind and a slightly overcast to clear sky which was ideal for owling and listening for rails. But later, the weather turned ugly! The wind was horrible by around 8 am and certainly by the time we started up the lake at 1:30. We were doing fairly well until then, although we missed some key birds such as Barred Owl, (not at Deputron nor Shindagin!), Hooded Warbler and Mourning Warbler (not at Shindagin nor Hammond Hill); no Orchard Oriole at Salt Point, no Meadowlark, no Indigo Buntings (I think they are not back yet!), no Wood Peewee. And, the shorebirds were few and far between, no ducks on the white-capped lake other than at Stewart Park. It was weird. But, we ended up at Van Dyne Spoor Rd. around 8 pm for an amazing storm that produced the most intense rainbow we've ever seen! And, we heard American Bittern spontaneously calling and saw Common Gallinule, coot and pied billed grebe. But, we were freezing in the gale! Lots of fun, 131 total species (last year was 140) and pretty satisfying. Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu Cayuga Lake Basin, US-NY May 12, 2013 2:45 AM - 9:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 229.0 mile(s) Comments: BIG DAY 2013, from Shindagin Hollow in the south to Carncross Rd. in the north. 131 species: X means the bird was seen, but no number reported Greater White-fronted Goose 1( In field along Van Dyne Spoor Rd., north end) Snow Goose 8 (2 at MNWR visitor center, 6 at Puddler's Marsh at the end of Towpath Rd.) Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan 1 (1 wing-tagged bird (green tag #207) at Morgan Rd. (pretty sure Trumpeter)) Wood Duck X Gadwall X (Tschache Pool) American Black Duck X Mallard X Northern Shoveler X (Tschache Pool) Green-winged Teal X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Redhead X (Tschache Pool) Ring-necked Duck X (Stewart Park) Lesser Scaup X (Stewart Park) Hooded Merganser X (Stewart Park) Common Merganser X (Stewart Park) Ruddy Duck 13 (2 at Stewart Park, 11 more at Puddler Marsh of Towpath Rd.) Ruffed Grouse X Wild Turkey X Common Loon 2 (Ladoga Park) Pied-billed Grebe X (Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Tschache Pool) Double-crested Cormorant 4 (Stewart Park, Van Dyne Spoor) American Bittern 1 (Van Dyne Spoor Rd., calling spontaneously) Great Blue Heron X Turkey Vulture X Osprey X Northern Harrier X Cooper's Hawk X Bald Eagle X Broad-winged Hawk X (Along Shindagin Hollow Rd.) Red-tailed Hawk X Virginia Rail X (Thomas Rd. Wetland) Common Gallinule 3( Van Dyne Spoor Rd.) American Coot X (Tschache Pool, Van Dyne Spoor Rd.) Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Greater Yellowlegs X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Lesser Yellowlegs X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Least Sandpiper X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) American Woodcock X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Great Black-backed Gull X Caspian Tern X (Stewart Park) Black Tern X ((MNWR Wildlife Drive, Main Pool) Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Eastern Screech-Owl 2( Corner of Lounsbery and Landon Rds., Brooktondale) Great Horned Owl X (from Star Stanton Rd., Hammond Hill State Forest) Chimney Swift X Ruby-throated Hummingbird X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X Downy Woodpecker X Hairy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X American Kestrel X Least Flycatcher X Eastern Phoebe X Great Crested Flycatcher X Eastern Kingbird X Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue-headed Vireo X Warbling Vireo X Red-eyed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Common Raven X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow X Barn Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Brown Creeper X House Wren X Winter Wren X Marsh Wren X (Van Dyne Spoor Rd) Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X Veery X Wood Thrush X American Robin X Gray Catbird X Northern Mockingbird X Brown Thrasher X European Starling X Ovenbird X Louisiana Waterthrush X Northern Waterthrush X Blue-winged Warbler X Black-and-white Warbler X Nashville Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X American Redstart X Cerulean Warbler X (Armitage Rd) Northern Parula X (Shindagin Hollow; Start Stanton Rd., Hammond Hill State Forest) Magnolia Warbler X Blackburnian Warbler X Yellow Warbler X Chestnut-sided Warbler X Black-throated Blue Warbler X Pine Warbler X (Comstock Knoll, Cornell campus) Yellow-rumped Warbler X Prairie Warbler X (Park Preserve, Dryden) Black-throated Green Warbler X Canada Warbler X (Deputron Rd., Brooktondale) Eastern Towhee X Chipping Sparrow X Field Sparrow X Savannah Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X White-crowned Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco X Scarlet
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club trip, Roy H. Park Preserve--Baldwin Tract, May 11, 2013
Hi, On Saturday I was joined by 10 people for a Cayuga Bird Club trip to the Roy H. Park Preserve and Hammond Hill State Forest (briefly). The weather was a bit rainy and cool, but we managed to see and hear a good number of species (many more heard rather than seen). Reid Rumelt, a Cornell freshman, was entering our sightings into his eBIRD app as we went, and below are the reports! It was a really nice morning with great company, even if a bit wet. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -Original Message- From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [mailto:do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:15 PM To: Laura Stenzler Subject: eBird Report - Roy H. Park Preserve--Baldwin Tract, May 11, 2013 Roy H. Park Preserve--Baldwin Tract, Tompkins, US-NY May 11, 2013 8:00 AM - 11:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 42 species Canada Goose 3 Common Merganser 2 Wild Turkey 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 6 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 House Wren 1 Winter Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 9 Gray Catbird 1 Ovenbird 3 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Nashville Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 4 Magnolia Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Canada Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 4 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3 Scarlet Tanager 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch (Eastern) 1 American Goldfinch 8 Hammond Hill, Tompkins, US-NY May 11, 2013 11:36 AM - 12:36 PM Protocol: Traveling 17 species Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 2 Ovenbird 2 Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat 1 Cape May Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Canada Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 Purple Finch (Eastern) 1 -- 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] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40
One of the confusing things about the eBird name for Kip Island Fields (other than that I too never saw any other reference to it) is that it describes the location as SE of the two highways, whereas maps clearly show the area to be SW of the conjunction of those two roads. I am not immune to making such E v W mistakes or giving confusing directions (I guess it is SW of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90) in emails. The problem I see is the difficulty (impossibility?) of changing the eBird name for the site. At least I don't know how do it for my personal sites let alone for hotspots.Other birding hotspots also have been misnamed. For instance, the triangular woods south of Stewart Park is not Fuertes Sanctuary, which refers to the swan pond (note the historical bronze marker). It should instead refer to Renwick Bird Sanctuary or Renwick Wildwood as on the concrete arch.--Dave NutterOn May 13, 2013, at 09:30 AM, Stuart Krasnoff s...@cornell.edu wrote:This is in response to several requests for location info on "Kip's Island Fields" which I had never heard of before Tim Lenz's CayugaRBA of Glossy Ibis and Ruff from there and Jay McGowan's relay to the list.I was with Gary Kohlenberg last Friday and did not see either rare bird but reported Black-bellied Plover. I have gotten several requests for location info. Gary found the site by using Tim Lenz's ebird checklist map info.Tim Lenz's checklist corresponding to his original report :http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14057602has the location of"Kip Island Fields (SE of SR 90 I-90 Thruway), Cayuga County, New York, US " as42.997114, -76.718999 or +42° 59' 49.61", -76° 43' 8.40If you are coming from the north go south through the village of Montezuma. Stay on NYS 90 and run along the thruway and look for the dirt parking area as described below.If you are coming up from Union Springs on 90 just where it bends to the northeast to run along the Thruway there's a dirt parking area with some heavy equipment parked there. There's a Refuge sign on a gate. We saw distant shorebirds far to the left (est. 500-700 meters off).Maybe Tim could refine this if it needs any correction.Best...Stuart--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! --
[cayugabirds-l] Kipp Island (not Kip's Island)
Kip has a barn but, apparently, not an island. The erstwhile haunt of the Ruff and Glossy Ibis is Kipp Island, not Kip's Island. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee... http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-76.7263402lat=42.9967316datum=nad83 Stuart -- 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] Yard Hawks
The best watching this a.m. is from our kitchen window. A Red-Tailed Hawk just flew thru the side yard pursued by a Male Cardinal (At least one pair nests next to the house.) The female cardinal sat complacently beneath the platform feeder with the song and chipping sparrows and a chipmunk. Earlier this a.m. a Cooper's hawk flashed thru the yard in pursuit of a Red-Bellied Woodpecker. The woodpecker escaped, although its heart rate must have soared just shy of a seizure. The Cooper's then sat in the big tree in the back yard, waggled its tail for a minute or so and then was escorted off the property by 2 male Redwings (brave birds to chase a hungry accipiter). Shirley put out fresh pieces of orange for the Orioles, plus fresh jelly (today they get blueberry). Also fresh sugar water for the Hummer. A crow sat beneath the suet feeder for a while gleaning the scraps left by the usual 3 species of woodpecker. No little migrants today but maybe the hawks have kept them in hiding. Bill McAneny, TBurg -- 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] Yard Hawks
Would you describe your oriole feeder in more detail please? I impaled a half orange on a screw through a piece of cedar attached to the top of one of our feeders in the yard, but haven't seen any visitors (or peck marks) in a few days, though one or two BAORs are actively singing and moving around the trees. Maybe they want expensive blood oranges? (:-) Thanks. ChrisP On 20130513, at 13:05 , Bill Mcaneny wrote: The best watching this a.m. is from our kitchen window. A Red-Tailed Hawk just flew thru the side yard pursued by a Male Cardinal (At least one pair nests next to the house.) The female cardinal sat complacently beneath the platform feeder with the song and chipping sparrows and a chipmunk. Earlier this a.m. a Cooper's hawk flashed thru the yard in pursuit of a Red-Bellied Woodpecker. The woodpecker escaped, although its heart rate must have soared just shy of a seizure. The Cooper's then sat in the big tree in the back yard, waggled its tail for a minute or so and then was escorted off the property by 2 male Redwings (brave birds to chase a hungry accipiter). Shirley put out fresh pieces of orange for the Orioles, plus fresh jelly (today they get blueberry). Also fresh sugar water for the Hummer. A crow sat beneath the suet feeder for a while gleaning the scraps left by the usual 3 species of woodpecker. No little migrants today but maybe the hawks have kept them in hiding. Bill McAneny, TBurg -- 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! -- __ 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Birds and Climage Change, Kim Bostwick, speaker - MNWR Event May 18
Birds and Climate Change: Developing Your Own Simple 5 Point Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis Speaker: KIM BOSTWICK Curator, Birds and Mammals Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Ithaca NY 14850 MAY 18: Saturday, 10 am to noon At the: Visitors Center Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge FREE to the public - Refreshments served FAMILY friendly! In this talk Kim relates her love of science and nature to the current climate crisis and its implications for biodiversity. After outlining the climate change basics, she shares specific stories of how birds are responding to climate change, closing her talk with a more personal message. Sharing her response to the climate change crisis as a parent and a naturalist, she outlines a 5-point plan that each of us can use to organize our own response to climate change. About the speaker: Originally from upstate New York, Kim Bostwick received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 2002, and since then has worked as the curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Bostwick's research focuses on bird behavior and evolution. Her research program has allowed Bostwick to travel throughout Central and South America, as well as to South Africa, and Papua New Guinea to audio and video record birds. In 2005 Bostwick was featured in Nature's Deep Jungles three-part series, where she danced like a Red-capped Manakin to the tune of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean. This video clip was posted to YouTube where it went viral and has been viewed millions of times, spawned many knock-offs, and brought great fame and many fans to a very deserving, but otherwise little known bird. Her research on the Club-winged Manakin was featured in National Geographic in May of 2012. Recently, spurred by the birth of her two children, Bostwick shifted her career to become more active in science outreach as it relates to climate change. Last August she became a certified member of Al Gore's Climate Reality Climate Leadership Corp. She plans to use her scientific literacy and communication skills to translate climate science for general audiences, with the specific goal of motivating behavioral changes through science-based story-telling. Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edumailto:l...@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] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40
As I said, I occasionally screw up E W, and I even did it in that email. My parenthetical sentence"I guess it is SW of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90"should have said"I guess it is SE of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90"Meanwhile the good folks at eBird have ALREADY corrected the SE/SW confusion as well as changed the name to Kipp Island, and they have changed the reference to the woods south of Stewart Park to Renwick Woods instead of Fuertes. Thanks!--Dave NutterOn May 13, 2013, at 12:21 PM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote:One of the confusing things about the eBird name for Kip Island Fields (other than that I too never saw any other reference to it) is that it describes the location as SE of the two highways, whereas maps clearly show the area to be SW of the conjunction of those two roads. I am not immune to making such E v W mistakes or giving confusing directions (I guess it is SW of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90) in emails. The problem I see is the difficulty (impossibility?) of changing the eBird name for the site. At least I don't know how do it for my personal sites let alone for hotspots.Other birding hotspots also have been misnamed. For instance, the triangular woods south of Stewart Park is not Fuertes Sanctuary, which refers to the swan pond (note the historical bronze marker). It should instead refer to Renwick Bird Sanctuary or Renwick Wildwood as on the concrete arch.--Dave NutterOn May 13, 2013, at 09:30 AM, Stuart Krasnoff s...@cornell.edu wrote:This is in response to several requests for location info on "Kip's Island Fields" which I had never heard of before Tim Lenz's CayugaRBA of Glossy Ibis and Ruff from there and Jay McGowan's relay to the list.I was with Gary Kohlenberg last Friday and did not see either rare bird but reported Black-bellied Plover. I have gotten several requests for location info. Gary found the site by using Tim Lenz's ebird checklist map info.Tim Lenz's checklist corresponding to his original report :http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14057602has the location of"Kip Island Fields (SE of SR 90 I-90 Thruway), Cayuga County, New York, US " as42.997114, -76.718999 or +42° 59' 49.61", -76° 43' 8.40If you are coming from the north go south through the village of Montezuma. Stay on NYS 90 and run along the thruway and look for the dirt parking area as described below.If you are coming up from Union Springs on 90 just where it bends to the northeast to run along the Thruway there's a dirt parking area with some heavy equipment parked there. There's a Refuge sign on a gate. We saw distant shorebirds far to the left (est. 500-700 meters off).Maybe Tim could refine this if it needs any correction.Best...Stuart--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! --
[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40
Hi All, I can provide a little bit more information about Kipp Island that may be of interest. The fields north and south of the Thruway became part of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in their entirety in 2012, and we designated them Cayuga Flats North and Cayuga Flats South. This is the only property the Refuge owns in Cayuga County. When the fields were privately owned, the entire area was diked to keep canal waters out, and any water laying on the field as a result of rain and snow was pumped or drained out so the fields could be farmed. The refuge has installed water control structures to provide some water level control capability (although we’re mostly dependent on rain and snow fall at this location) and built a dike at the north end of the field south of the Thruway so the fields can be managed separately if needed. We planted native wetland plant seeds, collected by volunteers, on 21 acres (the total area is 215 acres). A student from ESF will be assessing the success of this planting this summer. We are conducting weekly waterbird counts at these locations, as we do at all of our impoundments. As always, all of your observations are very helpful to us as we assess the success of our management and restoration activities. Thank you, Linda Chorba Ziemba Wildlife Biologist Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge 3395 US Route 20 East Seneca Falls, NY 13148-9423 Phone: 315-568-5987 ext. 225 Fax: 315-568-8835 On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:39 PM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote: As I said, I occasionally screw up E W, and I even did it in that email. My parenthetical sentence I guess it is SW of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90 should have said I guess it is SE of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90 Meanwhile the good folks at eBird have ALREADY corrected the SE/SW confusion as well as changed the name to Kipp Island, and they have changed the reference to the woods south of Stewart Park to Renwick Woods instead of Fuertes. Thanks! --Dave Nutter On May 13, 2013, at 12:21 PM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote: One of the confusing things about the eBird name for Kip Island Fields (other than that I too never saw any other reference to it) is that it describes the location as SE of the two highways, whereas maps clearly show the area to be SW of the conjunction of those two roads. I am not immune to making such E v W mistakes or giving confusing directions (I guess it is SW of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90) in emails. The problem I see is the difficulty (impossibility?) of changing the eBird name for the site. At least I don't know how do it for my personal sites let alone for hotspots. Other birding hotspots also have been misnamed. For instance, the triangular woods south of Stewart Park is not Fuertes Sanctuary, which refers to the swan pond (note the historical bronze marker). It should instead refer to Renwick Bird Sanctuary or Renwick Wildwood as on the concrete arch. --Dave Nutter On May 13, 2013, at 09:30 AM, Stuart Krasnoff s...@cornell.edu wrote: This is in response to several requests for location info on Kip's Island Fields which I had never heard of before Tim Lenz's CayugaRBA of Glossy Ibis and Ruff from there and Jay McGowan's relay to the list. I was with Gary Kohlenberg last Friday and did not see either rare bird but reported Black-bellied Plover. I have gotten several requests for location info. Gary found the site by using Tim Lenz's ebird checklist map info. Tim Lenz's checklist corresponding to his original report : http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14057602 has the location of Kip Island Fields (SE of SR 90 I-90 Thruway), Cayuga County, New York, US as 42.997114, -76.718999 or +42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40 If you are coming from the north go south through the village of Montezuma. Stay on NYS 90 and run along the thruway and look for the dirt parking area as described below. If you are coming up from Union Springs on 90 just where it bends to the northeast to run along the Thruway there's a dirt parking area with some heavy equipment parked there. There's a Refuge sign on a gate. We saw distant shorebirds far to the left (est. 500-700 meters off). Maybe Tim could refine this if it needs any correction. Best...Stuart -- 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)
[cayugabirds-l] 2013 basin first records list
I think I have the 2013 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list up to date. Please let me know if you think I've got something wrong, and I'll try to rectify it.http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records--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] Montezuma Bird Watching Hike - May 16
Montezuma Bird Watching Hike Thursday, May 16, 9:00 AM—11:00 AM Montezuma’s forested habitats are coming to life with dozens of neotropical songbirds like the cerulean warbler, wood thrush, and rose-breasted grosbeak. The Howland’s Island area of Montezuma provides some of the best habitat in the region for these long-distant migrants. A 2-mile long walk over uneven terrain will provide excellent opportunities to hone visual and audio identification skills of songbirds. Bring binoculars or borrow a pair from us. Fee: $3/child; $5/adult; $15/family. Registration required by calling 315.365.3588. Meet at the Montezuma Audubon Center 2295 State Route 89, Savannah, NY 13146. Chris Lajewski Education Manager Montezuma Audubon Center http://ny.audubon.org/montezuma -- 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] Renwick versus Fuertes
Hi everyone, I know this issue has been discussed many times before and I know that opinions are divided. For every email I get that says we should call the woods Renwick, I get three that say we should call it Fuertes. The official website of Ithaca calls the 55 acres south of Stewart Park the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary. It describes this both in text and on the map. Given the huge contributions that Fuertes made, we (eBird) are happy to follow the official City of Ithaca website and go with calling the 55 acres the Fuertes Sanctuary. http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm Christopher Wood eBird Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://ebird.org http://birds.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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins
I, too, have several Pine Siskins today. They were here this morning and are still eating up a storm. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad On May 13, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hi, I was surprised to see a dozen or so Pine Siskins here at the house in Skaneateles this morning. They appeared quite hungry and very skittish. Diana Whiting 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/ -- -- 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] Pine Siskins
Ditto on Judith's report. My feeders were very busy today including a flock of about 33 Pine Siskin gobbling up the Nyger seeds. Candace On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Judith Thurber jathur...@yahoo.com wrote: I, too, have several Pine Siskins today. They were here this morning and are still eating up a storm. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad On May 13, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hi, I was surprised to see a dozen or so Pine Siskins here at the house in Skaneateles this morning. They appeared quite hungry and very skittish. Diana Whiting 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/ -- -- 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] CayugaRBA 645PM RUFF still at Coot Pond, Howland I...
CayugaRBA 645PM RUFF still at Coot Pond, Howland Island. --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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 13, 2013 * NYSY 05. 13. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 06, 2013 - May 13, 2013 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 13 AT 6:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #354 -Monday May 13, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 06, 2013 Highlights: --- TRI-COLORED HERON GLOSSY IBIS RUFF BLACK TERN GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER LAWRENCE’S WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER LAPLAND LONGSPUR ORCHARD ORIOLE Migrants this week BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LEAST SANDPIPER DUNLIN STILT SANDPIPER SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO SWAINSON’S THRUSH BRANT BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER TENNESSEE WARBLER MOURNING WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER RED-EYED VIREO SWAINSON’S THRUSH ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 5/7: 2GLOSSI IBIS were seen from the end of Morgan Road. 5/8: A TRI-COLORED HERON was found near the Seneca Trail on the Wildlife Trail. It was seen the next two days in the same place. At least 100 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on Carncross Road near the bridge to Howland Island. 5/9: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found in the wooded area on VanDyne Spoor Road. 5/10: A breeding plumaged male RUFF and a GLOSSY IBIS were seen on the Kip’s Island fields southeast of the Thruway and west of State Rt.90.The RUFF was later seen at LaRue’s Lagoon along the Wildlife Trail. 5/12: The RUFF was relocated on Howland Island where it was seen again today. The bird was in Coot’s Pond which is accessed from Howland Island Road on Rt. 38 north of Port Byron. Cross the iron bridge and go left at the first intersection. The pond will be on your right. Shorebirds seen throughout the complex this week were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, KILDEER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, RUFF, DUNLIN and STILT SANDPIPER. Derby Hill A very slow week at Derby. Only 783 Hawks were counted. Other highlights were PRAIRIE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER and ORCHARD ORIOLE on 5/11. Oswego County 5/7: A FOS CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake near Constantia. 5/9: The LAWRENCE’S WARBLER and a BREWSTER’S WARBLER were seen at Great Bear Recreational Area north of Phoenix. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen on Weller Road off of Co. Rt. 6 in Volnay. 5/10: 16 species of Warblers wer seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario including GOLDEN-WINGED and BAY-BREASTED. FOS BRANT were seen at Phillips Point. 5/11: SWAINSON’S THRUSH and CAPE MAY warbler were found at Sunset Bay Park. BLACK TERNS were found at Selkirk State Park on Lake Ontario. Herkimer County 5/10 41 species of birds including a late FOX SPARROW were seen in the Cold Brook area north of Utica. Onondaga County 5/12: A GREAT EGRET, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 5 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen on the Pony(less) Farm on Lamson Road in Lysander. 5/13: PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Liverpool. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Renwick versus Fuertes
Yes, Fuertes made great contributions. There's a bronze plaque where a sanctuary was created in his honor shortly after his untimely death - the area now often called the swan pond. Cayuga Bird Club Historian Jane Graves has the documentation of this - contemporary newspaper accounts of the plans and fund-raising for that purpose. Websites are notorious for being inaccurate, and the City of Ithaca website referring to Renwick Wildwood (the name on the concrete arch) as Fuertes Sanctuary is unsubstantiated by any historical record that our historian has found so far.Please use the correct name, not perpetuate the misnomer. If someone sends you a reference to an official renaming of Renwick as Fuertes, please let us know.--Dave NutterOn May 13, 2013, at 05:14 PM, Christopher Wood chris.w...@cornell.edu wrote:Hi everyone,I know this issue has been discussed many times before and I know that opinions are divided. For every email I get that says we should call the woods Renwick, I get three that say we should call it Fuertes.The official website of Ithaca calls the 55 acres south of Stewart Park the "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary". It describes this both in text and on the map. Given the huge contributions that Fuertes made, we (eBird) are happy to follow the official City of Ithaca website and go with calling the 55 acres the "Fuertes Sanctuary".http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfmChristopher WoodeBird Project LeaderCornell Lab of Ornithologyhttp://ebird.orghttp://birds.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! --
