RE: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point
RHWOs were definitely bringing out fecal material this morning...saw it twice. Given that the young inside are not so big as to prevent the adults from entering easily, I'd say it will be a week yet before fledging, maybe longer. Photos to come... Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bounce-107848140-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-107848140-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Dave Nutter [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 8:32 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point Tom Riley and Bill Roberts first noted 2 adult Red-headed Woodpeckers flying around along South Mays Point Road on Wednesday 3 July. On 7 July I saw each adult tossing wood chips from separate apparently old holes in the same dead tree. I think they have since concentrated on just one of those holes. --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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] 17th Annual Muckrace reminder
Montezuma Muckrace reminder again!! Today is the entry deadline. The Cayuga Bird Club is currently sponsoring one team, The Plucky Mucksters but we would love to reach our quota of three teams sponsored. Bird club members, join up and make a team, count birds, raise funds and have fun. Best, Linda Orkin President, Cayuga Bird Club On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com wrote: -- Hello All, Just a reminder about this year's Montezuma NWR Muckrace/fjund raiser. This will take place from midnight Friday September 6 to Saturday September 7. The Cayuga Bird Club once again offers to pay entry fees for up to three teams (comprised of bird club members, And it's never to late to join, just go to cayugabirdclub.org and you can pay the $15 annual dues by Paypal in no time). Just get in touch with me and let me know you are interested in taking advantage of this. I hope we can fill our quota of teams competing, having fun and raising money. See Steve Benedict's email below for deadlines and where to go for more information Best, Linda Orkin President, Cayuga Bird Club The Muckrace will be Sept 6-7. Time to get your teams registered (check the website to get the form http://friendsofmontezuma.org/muck_race.html#sthash.BXpK1tnz.dpbs ) We set August 21st as a deadline if you want to be sure and get your Team name on the T shirt. The Friends appreciate all your efforts to solicit donations... Paypal on the above website is again an option this year. FYI, the observation deck, being built with funds donated at last year's Muckrace, on the Deep Muck site in the north end of the complex, is nearing completion, and will be another place to search for your species count. Thanks, Steve Benedict, member FOTMWC Muckrace Committee -- Don't ask what your bird club can do for you, ask what you can do for your bird club!! ')_,/ -- Don't ask what your bird club can do for you, ask what you can do for your bird club!! ')_,/ -- 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] Prairie Warblers, Sapsucker Woods
At least two juvenile PRAIRIE WARBLERS, as well as two Blue-winged, Chestnut-sided, American Redstart, and Blue-headed Vireo are on the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods. Jay -- 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] Most unusual flyover ever at Van Dyne Spoor Road
I had to go to Syracuse this morning, so I drove over to Montezuma to see what was there. My first sighting was John Confer. At the visitor's center we saw a Bonaparte's Gull, both Yellowlegs, G-w Teal, Ring-billed Gulls, Caspian Terns, Killdeer, a Pectoral Sandpiper, and very scruffy looking Canada Geese. There was little of interest on Wildlife drive. We then stopped at East Road to look over Knox Marcellus. The water level was much lower than when I had last seen it two and a half weeks ago, so the shore had receded and the majority of the birds were even further away than usual. We could make out peeps, dowitchers, yellowlegs, a few Black Terns, the Pelican, lots of Herons and Egrets, two Sandhill Cranes, anstd a Harrier. At that distance it was impossible to be more specific. John and I parted company and I went out Towpath Road where the viewing was a bit better, although I didn't see any new species. I went to see the Red-headed Woodpeckers, hoping to see them bring food to the nest. They were foraging - hawking insects and eating wild grapes, but I didn't see them bring any home. My last stop was Van Dyne Spoor Road where there was an Osprey on a pole and a couple more Bald Eagles. There were very many Gallinules and Coots, a few Pied-billed Grebes and a Green Heron in the marsh. On the way out I stopped to check out a freshly plucked and almost completely devoured bird on the roadside - probably a young gallinule. I heard a couple of large helicopters coming right towards me. I looked up to see that the one in the lead was Marine One - probably with Obama himself inside! -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.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/ --
