[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler, Myers Point

[Jay McGowan]

A bright and absurdly late, not to mention just plain rare, PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER is currently foraging along Salmon Creek at Myers Point and just
flying across to Salt Point.

Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club meeting and speaker dinner - October 12, 2015

[cl...@juno.com]

The Cayuga Bird Club will be meeting on Monday, October 12, at 7:30 at the 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology with cookies and conversation at 7:15. Our speaker 
will be Bill Evans, Director of Old Bird Inc., a US nonprofit focused on 
nocturnal bird migration research and education. His presentation is entitled, 
"The impact of wind energy on birds in our region: fact versus fiction".

Bill will present a synopsis of his work for wind developers and groups 
concerned about wind power in Ontario and New York. He will draw from his 
involvement with the Black Oak, Wolfe Island, Ostrander Point, Galloo Island, 
Maple Ridge, and Cape Vincent wind projects, and portray the challenge of 
studying and mitigating impacts to birds from these and future wind energy 
projects in our region.

Members are invited to dinner with Bill before the meeting at 5:30 at Aladdin's 
in Collegetown . Please RSVP by noon Monday to cl...@juno.com so reservations 
can be made. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club 

Meet the Graviteers: Ezekiel Victor
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[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

[Brad Walker]

Hi all,

I had my first Pine Siskins of the season this morning at Sapsucker Woods,
calling as they flew over.

- Brad

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[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend walks, M-Th recap

[Mark Chao]

Gardeners have received notice that next spring, the Cornell Community
Gardens along Freese Road will be converted to agriculture instead of
community horticulture.  I’ve heard vague speculation that the plots will
be moved elsewhere, but I have no confirmation.  So now is the time to
enjoy this remarkable site while we still can!



This weekend I’ll lead two more Cayuga Bird Club walks at the gardens, one
on Saturday and one on Sunday.  I expect a lot of turnover of sparrows and
other birds with the changing weather – including, I hope, some new
arrivals.  Both walks start at 8:30 AM in the site’s parking lot --
https://goo.gl/maps/FUWhqwBzb172.



I paid brief midday visits the gardens on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
this week.  The species mix was about the same each day as Suan and I
reported last weekend, with multiple INDIGO BUNTINGS and LINCOLN’S, SONG,
SWAMP, SAVANNAH, CHIPPING, FIELD, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.  I saw a
western PALM WARBLER on Saturday and again yesterday, but not in between.
I haven’t seen White-crowned Sparrow since the one I reported last Friday.



On each visit this week, I kept hearing dull “thgk” notes that I thought
were from Lincoln’s Sparrow.  I confirmed the ID of these birds many times,
without any false positives.  But the calls were so frequent and
widespread, and so many remained unconfirmed, that I still can’t be sure if
I was hearing something else, like the click of grasshopper wings.  If
indeed all the dull notes were from Lincoln’s Sparrows, then I’d conclude
that there were at least half a dozen of them among the plots.



On Wednesday, I forgot my binoculars.  I was mad at myself for a few
seconds, but then remembered that Meena grew up watching wildlife with an
unaided eye, maybe becoming a better observer than she would have been with
optics.  So I stayed and birded by ear and impression and the LCD screen of
my camera.  I had limited success but good fun.  I did manage to find and
photograph two Lincoln’s Sparrows together, and to get a rewarding portrait
session with one.  Photos start at https://goo.gl/photos/1yHryZfebUGZfwJcA.




I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend!



Mark Chao

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend walks, M-Th recap

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I hope the trip goes well. I will be sad to see this garden leave this spot. 
Let’s hope it goes somewhere else. It used to be on Bluegrass Lane before 
Freese.

Pay special attention this weekend for a sparrow I observed very briefly 
Wednesday morning. It looked like a very streaky White-throated Sparrow, but it 
also had a dark malar stripe and outline of the white throat. From the few 
photos I got, it looks like it could be a White-throated X Song Sparrow hybrid. 
Look at the three photos at 
https://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Fall2015.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lrv7eAW5CcD359-eKyXNZdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1OYjJgcgM3rfsMK44YxZ3NMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/n0qvXNQwmPpzpn0aWKqx_9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

Also on my Picasa page I have a sequence of a Lincoln’s Sparrow fight I took 
this morning.

Best,

Kevin

From: bounce-119761615-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-119761615-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Chao
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 1:17 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, 
weekend walks, M-Th recap

Gardeners have received notice that next spring, the Cornell Community Gardens 
along Freese Road will be converted to agriculture instead of community 
horticulture.  I’ve heard vague speculation that the plots will be moved 
elsewhere, but I have no confirmation.  So now is the time to enjoy this 
remarkable site while we still can!

This weekend I’ll lead two more Cayuga Bird Club walks at the gardens, one on 
Saturday and one on Sunday.  I expect a lot of turnover of sparrows and other 
birds with the changing weather – including, I hope, some new arrivals.  Both 
walks start at 8:30 AM in the site’s parking lot -- 
https://goo.gl/maps/FUWhqwBzb172.

I paid brief midday visits the gardens on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this 
week.  The species mix was about the same each day as Suan and I reported last 
weekend, with multiple INDIGO BUNTINGS and LINCOLN’S, SONG, SWAMP, SAVANNAH, 
CHIPPING, FIELD, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.  I saw a western PALM WARBLER on 
Saturday and again yesterday, but not in between.  I haven’t seen White-crowned 
Sparrow since the one I reported last Friday.

On each visit this week, I kept hearing dull “thgk” notes that I thought were 
from Lincoln’s Sparrow.  I confirmed the ID of these birds many times, without 
any false positives.  But the calls were so frequent and widespread, and so 
many remained unconfirmed, that I still can’t be sure if I was hearing 
something else, like the click of grasshopper wings.  If indeed all the dull 
notes were from Lincoln’s Sparrows, then I’d conclude that there were at least 
half a dozen of them among the plots.

On Wednesday, I forgot my binoculars.  I was mad at myself for a few seconds, 
but then remembered that Meena grew up watching wildlife with an unaided eye, 
maybe becoming a better observer than she would have been with optics.  So I 
stayed and birded by ear and impression and the LCD screen of my camera.  I had 
limited success but good fun.  I did manage to find and photograph two 
Lincoln’s Sparrows together, and to get a rewarding portrait session with one.  
Photos start at https://goo.gl/photos/1yHryZfebUGZfwJcA.

I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend!

Mark Chao


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