[cayugabirds-l] Photos of Lawrence's Warbler, Logan Hill, 2 weeks ago

[Suan Hsi Yong]

Finally got around to posting photos of the Lawrence's Warbler (Blue x
Golden -Winged Warbler) from Logan Hill two weeks ago (13 May 2018),
embedded in this eBird checklist:

  https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45628519

Also from that visit was this eye-level video of a singing Ovenbird:


https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10216680270657147/UzpfSTQyMzcyMzI2NDMzMjE2MToxNjk0NzUzMzAzODk1ODEx/

Suan

--

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] Dryden MerLIns

[Bard Prentiss]

Two merLIns were cavorting over Union and east maim streets in Dryden this 
afternoon. 
Best,
Bard 

 Bard Prentiss 
(607)882-0504
--

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] More Acadian Flycatchers

[Geo Kloppel]

I took a 5:00 pm walk into the Cayuta Outlet Gorge along the FLT. Within half 
an hour I’d found three different singing male Acadian Flycatchers. The one 
farthest down the gorge was about at 42.33772°N 76.72720°W

-Geo
--

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] Houghton Land Preserve, Sun 5/27 and Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Mon 5/28

[Mark Chao]

On Sunday, on the third outing of this year’s Finger Lakes Land Trust
Spring Bird Quest (FLLT SBQ), the rains held off long enough for five
optimistic birders (including three of us from Ithaca and two all the way
from Canadice) to enjoy a slow walk around the new Houghton Land Preserve
in Corning.



Our first highlight was a pair of SCARLET TANAGERS, which followed each
other closely through an apparent nesting territory right next to the
trail.  We found a few more tanagers throughout the morning, along with
many OVENBIRDS, RED-EYED VIREOS, and EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, plus a couple of
VEERIES, a WOOD THRUSH, and a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER.  Together these
birds provided a tidy illustration of an ecological guild of birds of
mature eastern deciduous forests.  We also found a pair of HAIRY
WOODPECKERS around a nest hole.



The other highlight of the morning shouldn’t have been a surprise, because
I found it here just the other day.  But again the two-part song confused
me until we spotted the bird high above.  It was a male BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, the first of two we found.  We could hear this bird singing even
from 80 yards up the trail, from the corner of the big grassy field.  Here
we could also hear a lone BOBOLINK singing.   I think that this had to be
the first time I had ever simultaneously found territorial males of these
two species.



Then on Memorial Day, thirteen birders joined me for the year’s final SBQ
walk, this time at the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve in West
Danby.  It took a lot of walking and waiting and watching, but in the end,
our work paid off with highlights filling the cup and spilling over.  Here
they are:



* Singing PRAIRIE WARBLER and BOBOLINK teed up on pine trees near the bench
atop the open slope on the blue-blazed trail – long, dazzling,
frame-filling scope views for everyone

* More long scope views of several charismatic species – INDIGO BUNTING,
BALTIMORE ORIOLE, WOOD DUCKS (9+ males on Coleman Lake), and EASTERN
KINGBIRD

* A pair of EASTERN TOWHEES together in the island of brush and trees at
the bottom of the first open field.  The female carried a very fat green
caterpillar to an unseen nest.

* A singing SCARLET TANAGER not far from here, still spectacular even in a
brief view at a great distance

* Two BROWN THRASHERS along the final stretch of blue-blazed trail before
it enters the woods on the way to the railroad tracks

* Several CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, a few BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, and a
few AMERICAN REDSTARTS scattered throughout – the first two species only
briefly seen and the latter not at all

* A MOURNING WARBLER heard singing in the first patch of woods near the
parking lot

* A few ALDER FLYCATCHERS heard singing, including two within earshot of
each other near the northern pond complex

* The weekend’s only COMMON RAVEN, first spotted by Rick Lightbody (one of
about 20 species found today but not on the SBQ walks on Saturday and
Sunday)

* Two sightings, by just a few group members each time (not me), of
presumed YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, plus another cuckoo heard calling.  I need
to check recordings to confirm what that one was – it was mellow and husky.

* At least six GREAT BLUE HERON nests atop the flooded snags in the pond on
Sylvan Road, including at least eight cute half-grown chicks



Even at such a great place as Lindsay-Parsons, you can’t count on so much
excellent viewing on a single outing, especially with a big group like this
one – but we got it!



I ended up with a modest 65 species for the weekend, not counting a WILD
TURKEY whose feathers we found on the trail at the High Vista Preserve, nor
a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD that others found but I missed at Coleman Lake
today.  Sorry that I didn’t get more ambitious about racking up species at
these and other preserves.  But I do think that our groups maxed out the
enjoyment of birds we did find.  So I feel very satisfied, and I hope
everyone else does too.



Thanks to all for a fantastic weekend!



Mark Chao

--

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

[Asher Hockett]

Still many here in the hemlock forest. They are the predominating birds at
our feeders.

-- 
asher

--

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] Urban pewee

[John Confer]

Hi Suan,


   It is interesting that Eastern Wood Pewe select territories in canopy gaps 
in forested landscapes. I imagine in most urban areas the gap is close the the 
largest tolerated and the forest pretty near the minimum. At any rate, pewees 
are one of the obligate forest species that benefit from selective logging that 
creates forest gaps.


John


From: bounce-122601872-25065...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Suan Yong 

Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 1:03:39 PM
To: cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Urban pewee

I was surprised to hear an eastern wood-pewee singing in the fall creek 
neighborhood, one block north of the baseball field north of BJM school/GIAC.

Suan
_
Composed by thumb and autocorrect.
--
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) 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] Urban pewee

[Suan Yong]

I was surprised to hear an eastern wood-pewee singing in the fall creek 
neighborhood, one block north of the baseball field north of BJM school/GIAC.

Suan
_
Composed by thumb and autocorrect.
--

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] OOB Evening Grosbeaks

[Donna Lee Scott]

EVENING GROSBEAKS, Two different small groups seen a few miles apart near Rt. 
60 on same morning, while in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, a week & a 
half ago.

Also saw several (13-14) species of warblers (incl. 4 diff sp in one small 
birch tree) , Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Blue Headed Vireo, Veery, Wood Thrush, 
Winter Wren, E Phoebe, White-crowned, White-throated, Song, Savannah,  & 
Chipping Sparrows, Ravens, A Crow, Broad -winged Hawk, Gray, & Blue Jays, 
Spruce Grouse displaying, Ruffed Grouse, seen & heard 'drumming', all 3 
Merganzer spp. , Black, Bufflehead & Mallard Ducks, CA Geese, A. Robin, 
Kingfisher, C. Loon, BC Chickadees (incl. 1 making a Boreal-chickadee-like 
nasal dee dee call!), RB & WB Nuthatch, Pileated, Downy, Red bellied 
Woodpeckers, N Flicker, YB Sapsucker pairs, possible heard Black Backed 
Woodpecker, GB Heron, C Grackle, RW Blackbird, Rusty BB, E Starling, Barn & 
Tree Swallow, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Ring Billed Gull, DC Cormorant, T Vultures.

Plus, Pine Marten, Snowshoe Hare, 4 diff Moose, many Painted Turtles incl. 
those being released by researchers in Wolf Howl Pond, big frogs, toads, 
butterflies, & many interesting Beaver dams.

Donna Scott
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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskin

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have not had a Pine Siskin here in NW Lansing for a year.
I was just in Algonquin Provincial Park Ontario and FOR THE FIRST TIME in my 
many years visiting there, I saw PINE SISKINS almost every place I went!
That I knew of, I had never seen them there before.

Donna Scott
Sent from my iPhone

On May 28, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Carol Keeler 
> wrote:

Had a big surprise this morning with a lone Pine Siskin on the nijer feeder.  
I’ve had them in spring before, but not this late.  It didn’t stay long.
Sent from my iPad

--

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] Pine Siskin

[Carol Keeler]

Had a big surprise this morning with a lone Pine Siskin on the nijer feeder.  
I’ve had them in spring before, but not this late.  It didn’t stay long.
Sent from my iPad

--

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/

--