Re: [cayugabirds-l] Migration beginning to become evident on radar
Last night was the first night since 10 July, where there has been a notable passage of birds overhead at Etna, NY. While there were some birds over the past few nights, last night was definitely more active with a greater number and variety of NFCs. 18 Warblers (zeep, upsweep, downsweep) 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Savannah Sparrows 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Veery 3 Thrush sp 1 Black-billed Cuckoo 14 Virginia Rail Calls from either a single local bird flying around or upwards of four individuals based upon time-span (all are either keer or keck-keer type calls). Other birds over the past several nights have included: Sora Spotted Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoos Black-billed Cuckoos Wood Thrushes Indigo Bunting I did not record for two weeks from the night of 26 June through the night of 9 July. Sincerely, Chris T-H On Jul 14, 2013, at 10:45 PM, david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.commailto:daven1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have noticed radar echoes blossoming some after sunset more so than the last couple weeks. At altitudes of about 3000 to 5000 feet AGL the echoes were moving from north to south, below that; the echoes are moving more west to east suggesting maybe some of these are insects?? Or maybe some are birds migrating or wandering toward the coast??? Not sure. There is a large high over the region with very light winds so I think what we are seeing in the velocity images are biological. Dual polar hydrometeor classification product suggests all echoes are biological this evening. This link has all the dual polar radar products along with the legacy reflectivity and velocity products. http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/ Cheers, Dave Nicosia -- 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/! -- -- 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 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] Bird Watching Hike on Howland’s Island - July 18
Bird Watching Hike on Howland’s Island Thursday, July 18, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Montezuma’s forest habitats are alive with dozens of neotropical songbirds like warblers, vireos and thrushes. Join the Montezuma Audubon Center staff for a 2-mile long walk over uneven terrain to hone visual and audio identification skills of songbirds. Bring binoculars or borrow a pair from us. Fee: $3/child; $5/adult; $15/family. Call 315.365.3588 or email montez...@audubon.org to register. Chris Lajewski Education Manager Montezuma Audubon Center 2295 State Route 89, Savannah, NY 13146 315.365.3588 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] Cruel nature
Last week I was watching what I believe is a pretty, lichen-decorated Red Eyed Vireo nest. Just found 3 nestlings dead on ground under nest, which now seems like it might have holes in bottom; V. hard to see it all in leaves. Lansing had violent storm last Wed. night, so that may have blown babies out, or wrecked the nest. 2 nestlings are large had started getting adult feathers; other was tiny bare skinned; maybe died earlier? Donna Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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] 17th Annual Montezuma Muckrace September 6-7
17th Annual Montezuma Muckrace 2013 Help celebrate the diversity of birds in the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) by participating in the 17th annual Montezuma Muckrace, September 6-7,2013. This “Big Day” birding event is an excellent opportunity to test your birding skills and raise funds for conservation in this internationally recognized Important Bird Area. More birds and more places to see them – that’s what we’re supporting! Our goal this year is to raise $12,000 to establish a general fund for habitat restoration and improvement projects throughout the complex. We are in need of building up our Habitat Restoration/MARSH fund so that the Friends can have some flexibility to respond to ongoing and/or unexpected needs. All funds collected will be administered by FOTMWC in consultation with USFWS, NYSDEC, and the staff at the MAC. Some ways the funds might be used besides supporting wetland and grassland habitat restoration in the Complex: -we would like to continue our support for Black Duck banding and data collection -matching money for grant applications -projects that enhance access (trails, blinds, viewing platforms) -purchase supplies to support the MARSH program (e.g. waders, GPS units, optics) As funds are appropriated and put to use, we will post addendums to the 2013 Muckrace Musings to keep you apprised of all the good work your donations have supported. The 2013 Muckrace starts at 7:00 PM on September 6th and ends 24 hours later with a brief closing ceremony at the Montezuma Audubon Center. Each team keeps a check list of species seen within the boundaries of the Complex for any or all of the 24-hour period. There are several levels of participation: Competitive (3 or more individuals who must count together); Youth (ages 9-16, any number, identifying birds without adult assistance); LowCarbon any number, no motorized assistance biking,walking, paddling, sitting, etc); Family/Mentor (any number, at least one parent/leader with any number of young/beginning birders) Recreational (any number of adults). Last year, 27 teams, numbering 93 individuals from throughout New York and neighboring states, tallied 183 species, with the winning competitive team, the Gallinagos (Cayuga Bird Club) finding 135 species. The LowCarbon category was won by Team Sittidae (Eaton Birding Society) with 58 species. The Family/Mentor category was won by Counting Crows, with 66 species. Thirteen Recreational teams also contributed to a diverse bird list and a great time, with the top team in this category, The Plucky Mucksters, (Cayuga Bird Club), finding 104 species. On the Friends website (see below) you can find the complete list of species seen in the 2012 Muckrace Musings. Last years competition generated $13,097.00, which will fund both a viewing platform on the Deep Muck site, and some wetland restoration along the Seneca River. Donations are solicited through pledges sought by participants, registration fees, and sponsorships. Mid-September is an exciting time to be birding at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, one of New York's most productive birding destinations. Please consider either participating with your own team or pledging support to your local team. The Muckrace is sponsored by the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (FOTMWC) in cooperation with USFWS, NYSDEC, and Audubon NY. To access complete information about the 2013 Muckrace, including the registration form, the checklist, the rules, and previous years’ newsletters, Muckrace Musings, visit the FOTMWC website (http://friendsofmontezuma.org/muck_race.html). The registration deadline is August 21, 2013. Chris Lajewski Education Manager Montezuma Audubon Center -- 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] [bluewing-group] Migration beginning to become evident on radar
For the first time EVER we had 1 male and 2 female Rose Boreated Grosbeaks stay around our house (and feeders) all summer this summer. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:15 PM, RA Levy ruth6l...@gmail.com wrote: I have had r-b grosbeaks at my Quaker Lake feeder most of the summer. I know that they are early leavers, usually late July or early August. This summer the they disappeared about the 1st or 2nd which is two weeks early. Whats up? Arthur On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:45 PM, david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have noticed radar echoes blossoming some after sunset more so than the last couple weeks. At altitudes of about 3000 to 5000 feet AGL the echoes were moving from north to south, below that; the echoes are moving more west to east suggesting maybe some of these are insects?? Or maybe some are birds migrating or wandering toward the coast??? Not sure. There is a large high over the region with very light winds so I think what we are seeing in the velocity images are biological. Dual polar hydrometeor classification product suggests all echoes are biological this evening. This link has all the dual polar radar products along with the legacy reflectivity and velocity products. http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/ Cheers, Dave Nicosia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups bluewing-group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bluewing-group+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups bluewing-group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bluewing-group+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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] OT Bridge Construction
I just found out that the new bridge on Rt. 13 over Fall creek was raised to accommodate a walking path to Cornell. This sounds like it will open up new places to seek out birds. For once NYSDOT has done us a favor. Carl Steckler -- 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] Young birds
The other day I heard a bird going through an unusual repertoire of calls. At first it sounded somewhat like a bluebird (we don't have these around us). Then I heard it do a rattle call similar to that of a hairy woodpecker. Then it started doing the chink/squeak calls of a rose-breasted grosbeak. It kept flitting about the neighborhood, finally settling in a pine out front, where I was able to confirm that it was indeed a young ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. It was then I noticed it doing wing-flutter begging. When I happened to look at our Yankee Flipper sunflower feeder below in the same tree, I was very pleasantly surprised to see an adult male grosbeak feeding. I experienced even greater surprise, when the adult bird flew up to the young bird and proceeded to feed it some of the seed it had been working on. We haven't had grosbeaks in our yard since migration time. It was most considerate of the male to bring its young to our yard! Later that same day Sara Jane called my attention to a bird on our clothesline. At first glance I thought it might be a house finch. When it flew to the ground under our feeders, I could see that it was a young COWBIRD. Seconds later an adult CHIPPING SPARROW landed next to the cowbird and began feeding it. I (and others) have always wondered why a much smaller bird like a chipping sparrow is unable to recognize that the larger cowbird is not one of its own. (Related to this, I once saw a REDSTART feeding a giant cowbird young!). Is it possible that the birds do indeed know that the cowbird is not their species, but parental instinct compels them to feed the young bird that was hatched and grew up in their nest?!?!? All was not lost, though. The next day a pair of chipping sparrows showed up with 4 young of the correct species! Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 15, 2013 * NYSY 07. 15. 13 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 08, 2013 - July 15, 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:July 15 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #363 -Monday July 15, 2013 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of Junly 08, 2013 Highlights: --- LEAST BITTERN NORTHERN GOSHAWK MERLIN SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER PECTORAL SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PRAIRIE WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 7/9: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found on May’s Point Road just past the viewing corral and on the left in the dead trees. Eventually it was determined there was a pair and they have been seen regularly throughout the week. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was found at the far end of the Main Pool along the Wildlife Drive. 7?11: LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, STILT SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER were all observed in the Main Pool. A LEAST BITTERN was seen near the Visitor’s Center. 7/14: At Knox-Marsellus Marsh 9 species of shorebirds were found including SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, STILT SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. A LEAST BITTERN was seen also. Onondaga County 7/9: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT found on 7/7 was relocated On 7/9 and 7/10. The location is the Camillus Unique Forest Area off of Thompson Road. 7/13: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, possible the sane bird seen at the Camillus location, was seen from the shoulder of the Rt. 5 bypass less than a mile from the previous location. An adult and fledging NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen in the area between Crooked Lake and Gatehouse Pond south of Tully. 7/14: 3 MERLINS, possibly a family group, were spotted on East Fayette Street near Seely Road in Syracuse. A PRAIRIE WARBLER wa found on Meeker Hill Road in Tully. Oswego County A LEAST BITTERN was seen at the Rt. 6 wetland area north of Rt. 3 in the Town of Volney. The TRUMPETER SWAN family continue there also. Oneida County 7/13: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were again found at Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County 7/12: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was again found in the Town of Salisbury near the intersection of Rt.29 and the Military Road. -- 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/ --
