[cayugabirds-l] Young yellowthroat
My decision to let the little garden patch outside my picture window turn into a tangle of overgrown goldenrod just yielded a young male yellowthroat foraging close, to within two feet of me. Quite a treat to watch. Yesterday morning's walk at Sapsucker Woods found a Wilson's warbler and yellow redstart around the spruces by the pergola. 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] Sandpipers at Myers Park today around 12:30PM
Kathy and I went to Myers Park today in the rain and saw quite a flock of sandpipers along with a single Lesser Yellowlegs. These did land on the edge back from the Christmas tree about 30 feet perhaps. The non-yellowlegs sandpipers are shown in the link. One other detail - we went to the Milkweed Patch and I walked the road while looking for the Monarch Caterpillar. I didn't walk into the patch - but did see a stalk with white rope tied around its trunk. I assumed this may have been the stalk where the caterpillar was placed although I was unable to locate it from the path past the concrete blocks. It was rainy - so maybe it was under a leaf? We have at least 50 milkweed plants at our house and I have yet to see a Monarch Caterpillar on any of them. One plant has several Milkweed Tussock Caterpillars The first picture of a single sandpiper (I thought Sanderling) was on the ground at the same time as the Yellowlegs when we showed up. The second picture of several sandpipers on the ground are the same ones shown flying. I think the first sandpiper by itself may or may not be related to the flock of them. http://www.wilsonswarbler.com/html_trips/2014_08_31.html Glenn Wilson Endicott, 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] Goshawk footage
A wonderful clip of s Goshawk flying between trees. pic.twitter.com/sqNVxl6tsx http://t.co/sqNVxl6tsx Candace -- 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] Co. Nighthawks
A few minutes ago I was having my dinner on my front door step while listening to Selected Shorts. I felt I needed more salt in my spicy rice so I was about to get up and go to the kitchen when I saw a Nighthawk flying purposefully in the same direction as the clouds (Southwest to Northeast). So I decided to continue eating rice with less salt in hopes of seeing more. Sure enough in a couple of minutes second one followed the first one. I continued watching but no more came through. After 10 minutes or so I heard a peent but did not see the bird. It sounded like it came from over my head and house. Also there was a darner hunting for insects from my yard. It was too fast to see what it was. Cheers Meena PS: My catbird is back after an absence of nearly two to three weeks! Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- 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] Sandpipers at Myers Park today around 12:30PM
The Monarch caterpillar Suan His Yong found in Ithaca and Sue Ruoff brought to Salt Point, Lansing to the Monarch Waystation is doing wonderfully. As Glenn thought, the string you saw was to hold up the transfer plant. The caterpillar has since climbed over to the next plant over from where Sue placed her and she has grown in one day! Thank you to all for caring about this creature. Candace All creatures great and small are essential to the dance of life. (Clearly, I am not a philosopher.) On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote: Kathy and I went to Myers Park today in the rain and saw quite a flock of sandpipers along with a single Lesser Yellowlegs. These did land on the edge back from the Christmas tree about 30 feet perhaps. The non-yellowlegs sandpipers are shown in the link. One other detail - we went to the Milkweed Patch and I walked the road while looking for the Monarch Caterpillar. I didn't walk into the patch - but did see a stalk with white rope tied around its trunk. I assumed this may have been the stalk where the caterpillar was placed although I was unable to locate it from the path past the concrete blocks. It was rainy - so maybe it was under a leaf? We have at least 50 milkweed plants at our house and I have yet to see a Monarch Caterpillar on any of them. One plant has several Milkweed Tussock Caterpillars The first picture of a single sandpiper (I thought Sanderling) was on the ground at the same time as the Yellowlegs when we showed up. The second picture of several sandpipers on the ground are the same ones shown flying. I think the first sandpiper by itself may or may not be related to the flock of them. http://www.wilsonswarbler.com/html_trips/2014_08_31.html Glenn Wilson Endicott, 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 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] today's field trip onto dikes at K-M, Montezuma NWR
Despite rain for much of the morning I think today's shorebirding field trip to Knox-Marsellus marsh was a success. Thanks particularly to refuge biologist Linda Ziemba for arranging the removal of beaver works which had blocked the outlet and caused water levels to rise the week before there was lots of mud and shallow water, and the birds gathered to enjoy the expansive habitat. Thanks also to Bob McGuire and Jay McGowan for finding birds (although everybody did their share) and for teaching. There were about 30 participants. The list of shorebirds was a pretty impressive 17, all eventually providing decent views, some with great comparisons and teaching/learning opportunities, as time and placement overcame the less-than-ideal lighting: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - several breeding-plumage AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - several in near-breeding plumage SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - lots KILLDEER - not many; I only saw 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS - several foraging in very deep water, but at least 1 in nice group with other species LESSER YELLOWLEGS - plenty HUDSONIAN GODWIT - 2 non-breeding plumage adults sometimes in deep water, sometimes on mud RUDDY TURNSTONE - 1 breeeding plumage, 2 non- STILT SANDPIPER - several conveniently close and mixed with other species PECTORAL SANDPIPER - several SANDERLING - 2 or 3 in non-breeding plumage, rather distant WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - several on mud at north end BAIRD'S SANDPIPER - a few on mud at north end SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - scads LEAST SANDPIPER - lots SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - plenty, all juveniles; all I saw had gold--black barred tertials of this species WILSON'S PHALAROPE - juvenile typically running drunkenly on mud and pecking randomly I'm hoping that someone (Jay? Bob? Paul?) can quickly arrange with Andrea to lead a field trip next weekend (6 or 7 Sept) and post the date and visitor center meeting time on the various listserves. Maybe I'm just uninformed about the muckrace, but I got excited by a conversation at the end of today's field trip, and I'd like confirmation of the rumor that the dikes around K-M will be open to birders on foot during the Muckrace from the evening of Friday 12 Sept to the evening of Saturday 13 September. (Steve? Andrea?) My impression was that Linda is okay with this. If neither of the above pans out, then the next opportunity for a field trip like this will be on Sunday 21 September, led by Paul Anderson and meeting at the Montezuma NWR visitor center at 8:30am. --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] today's field trip onto dikes at K-M, Montezuma NWR
Addenda: SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 from checklist by Jay, Livia, Paul LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 from checklist by Jay, Livia, Paul WILSON'S SNIPE - seen by others before and after the field trip from East Rd. This brings the shorebird total at this site today to a very impressive 20 species. --Dave Nutter On Aug 31, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Despite rain for much of the morning I think today's shorebirding field trip to Knox-Marsellus marsh was a success. Thanks particularly to refuge biologist Linda Ziemba for arranging the removal of beaver works which had blocked the outlet and caused water levels to rise the week before there was lots of mud and shallow water, and the birds gathered to enjoy the expansive habitat. Thanks also to Bob McGuire and Jay McGowan for finding birds (although everybody did their share) and for teaching. There were about 30 participants. The list of shorebirds was a pretty impressive 17, all eventually providing decent views, some with great comparisons and teaching/learning opportunities, as time and placement overcame the less-than-ideal lighting: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - several breeding-plumage AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - several in near-breeding plumage SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - lots KILLDEER - not many; I only saw 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS - several foraging in very deep water, but at least 1 in nice group with other species LESSER YELLOWLEGS - plenty HUDSONIAN GODWIT - 2 non-breeding plumage adults sometimes in deep water, sometimes on mud RUDDY TURNSTONE - 1 breeeding plumage, 2 non- STILT SANDPIPER - several conveniently close and mixed with other species PECTORAL SANDPIPER - several SANDERLING - 2 or 3 in non-breeding plumage, rather distant WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - several on mud at north end BAIRD'S SANDPIPER - a few on mud at north end SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - scads LEAST SANDPIPER - lots SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - plenty, all juveniles; all I saw had gold--black barred tertials of this species WILSON'S PHALAROPE - juvenile typically running drunkenly on mud and pecking randomly I'm hoping that someone (Jay? Bob? Paul?) can quickly arrange with Andrea to lead a field trip next weekend (6 or 7 Sept) and post the date and visitor center meeting time on the various listserves. Maybe I'm just uninformed about the muckrace, but I got excited by a conversation at the end of today's field trip, and I'd like confirmation of the rumor that the dikes around K-M will be open to birders on foot during the Muckrace from the evening of Friday 12 Sept to the evening of Saturday 13 September. (Steve? Andrea?) My impression was that Linda is okay with this. If neither of the above pans out, then the next opportunity for a field trip like this will be on Sunday 21 September, led by Paul Anderson and meeting at the Montezuma NWR visitor center at 8:30am. --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] other bird notes from 31 August
5:38am EASTERN SCREECH-OWL calling from my backyard 3pm, NYS-90 south of Goose Haven about opposite East Tyre Rd, a row of a hundred birds on the wires turns out not to be swallows, but all AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES 3:40pm, NYS-90 between Ledyard Rd and Aurora Shoe factory, 4 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS on the wires, a couple of them in non-breeding plumage (lacking the black V on the breast). Late afternoon: 6 species of woodpecker, including RED-HEADED WOODPECKER along Pleasant Grove Brook in the northern part of Palmer Woods, a really sweet spot, even if I missed the Olive-sided Flycatcher that was there several days. 7:06pm an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON commuting north over Inlet Island (unfortunately not a yard bird). --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] Eastern Screech owl
Since just about midnight, a screech owl has been calling in my neighborhood. I hope he is not going to my juicy underwing moths. Meena -- 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/ --
