RE: [cayugabirds-l] arrogant dogowner going viral

[Magnus Fiskesjo]

Yes, I meant to write 'dogs'. 

Thanks for your comment, even though you confused part of the issue. Both birds 
and birdwatchers are at stake when arrogant dogowners let their dogs loose, and 
both in Ithaca and in New York city. You perhaps did not read the news or 
perhapos missed the earlier thread. But, clarifications below. 

Also I do *not* mean to say every dog-owner is evil. Some may be well behaved 
and some may be good people. And yes - some dogs may have therapeutic value. 

Mainly this is about dog (or cat-) owners that let their dog loose where not 
allowed, or, anywhere in breeding season. We have already turned so much of 
wildlife areas into golf courses and Walmarts, that we owe it to the wildlife 
to at least observe basic rules like that. 

I hope you agree. 

I should end here, because I don't want to take up too much bandwidth. Feel 
free to just hit delete, but I'll take up the challenge below. (I will digress 
away from birds, but also circle back to them). 

--I do feel strongly there is an unbroken line from the arrogance of the taking 
of the land, to the arrogance of letting dogs loose on it. It's the same 
spirit: I do it because I can. My dog will bite you, scare you, I use it to 
intimidate you - and whatever bird you wanted to see. I don't need your rules. 

The dogowner at 'Hog Hole' (what an atrocious name, by the way) who 
intentionally let his monster dog jump on my wife, just weeks ago, and who 
refused to leash the dog even then, despite our pleas, and despite all the 
signs about how all dogs must be leashed there - he's a lead example of the 
worst kind of callous, evil dog-owner, and, he was the one that prompted the 
original thread with produced such surprisingly numerous examples of similarly 
arrogant dogowners around Ithaca, as you may recall if you read those many 
messages from people either similarly victimized by dogowners, or who witnessed 
dogs set loose on wildlife.  

Note that right at the Hog Hole place(near Treman marina) these dogowners have 
a huge fenced area set off just for them and their dogs - yet not a small 
number of them still insist on letting them run around the entire park, scare 
off all the birds, and jump on people (sometimes on me, too), and so on. 

Then, why are they so nasty? Why the wilful setting aside of laws and rules, to 
bully both birds and people, as we see both at Hog Hole - and in Central Park? 

I see these dog-owners as indulging in a peculiarly self-righteous evil, which 
does connects right back to the logic of colonialism, which was, and remains: I 
took it, I own it, I do whatever I want with it, that is Law Number One. In our 
area, this connects right back to the blatant stealing and murdering which is 
how this country was "made", including specially here in Ithaca, where the ash 
is still smouldering after Town Destroyer George Washington sent his henchmen 
here to kill and burn and starve the original landowners out of here, and then 
run the place using slavery. 

This is straight out of John Locke, by the way, who, regardless of previously 
existing rules or forms of ownership, gave this idea of self-righteous 
appropriation legal shape, so as to support slavery and colonialism, in which 
he himself was so invested. BTW it's amazing how much slavery there was after 
the conquest right here around Ithaca; I teach the slavery and the colonization 
as part of my courses on world slavery, on indigenous peoples, and so on, at 
Cornell. (We may guess that beastly dogs were a big part of both the conquest 
and slavery but I don't know that part of the story).

Now let me digress some more and tell a story that, for me, best encapsulates 
how peculiar spirit of entitlement to do whatever, on conquered land, survives 
in the present: 

On a Queens beach in New York a few years ago I was tending to my little boy 
when a mother sitting next to me buried her cigarette butt in the sand. So I 
told her, "Don't do that. Kids play here." Her answer: "My people came to this 
country long before you ever came here." Hearing a foreign accent, she gave her 
gut reaction - 'I was here first, so I own this place, so I can spoil the land 
whichever way I want, and you should just shut up, and go back to where you 
came from' - That's the spirit! In my case, I was trying to speak for the kids 
on the beach - I wasn't even thinking of birds or sea animals but of course it 
is because of this same arrogance that the ocean floor is now covered with junk 
and cig butts. But, who's a Foreigner to tell a Colonist she can't bury her cig 
butt in this sand! 

We should agree that this spirit is exactly the same as that of the infamous 
gang of armed thugs out West, who flaunted the rules and occupied federal lands 
-- and then after they were finally arrested, gloves on, they were let go by a 
jury of the same mindset. As many said at the time, imagine if they had been 
Black, or Indian!  

I feel that Christian Cooper was given 

[cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern

[bob mcguire]

I just returned (9:30pm) from a brief recording trip to the North Montezuma 
Complex. The highlight, and reason for this post, was a pair of LEAST BITTERNs 
first seen flying in and then heard counter-calling. From the tower at Guy 
Baldessare (sp?) Marsh. The pitch of each bird’s song/call was different, 
leading me to believe that they were male and female - perhaps a mated pair.

Also present were two Virginia Rails, an American Bittern, and a Wood Duck 
family with six young.

Bob McGuire
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] arrogant dogowner going viral

[Alicia]

I completely agree on all points and in fact had a lot more to say but 
Robin's succinct message gets to the heart of the matter. Robin, thank 
you for putting it so well.



On 5/26/2020 8:29 PM, Robin Cisne wrote:
> Magnus, your last paragraph linking unleashed dog-walking to the 
> depravities of colonialism is an ambitious overreach, and an 
> outrageous conjecture unsupported by fact.  I assume you meant to type 
> "setting their /dogs/ on birds and people."  No evidence has been 
> offered, either in this forum or by Christian Cooper, that any owners 
> of unleashed dogs have deliberately sicced 'em on innocent bird 
> watchers.  You are not a victim.
>
> I am a birder and the responsible, unarrogant owner of a frequently 
> unleashed dog who is not permitted to bother people (and generally 
> ignores them anyway).  The great outdoors is big enough for all of us, 
> even for people eager to police others.
>
> //
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:40 PM Magnus Fiskesjo 
> mailto:magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
>
>
> Connecting to the recent discussion here, about arrogant
> dog-owners, this case in Central Park, NYC is relevant.
>
> The sister of the birdwatcher in the incident sent around his
> original film, which is going viral and reaching millions now:
> https://twitter.com/melodyMcooper/status/1264965252866641920
>
> The BBC reports: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52759502
>
> But, because the birdwatcher who reminded the woman she is
> required to have her dog leashed in the park, was a Black man,
> Christian Cooper, most attention has understandably turned to her
> astounding attempt to call in the police on account him being a
> Black person -- and less attention seems to be paid to her
> arrogance against our feathered friends ... which is why he told her.
>
> Some people online have tried to highlight the guy's identity as a
> birdwatcher also.
>
> Here is Christian Cooper the man talking about the excitement of
> birdwatching:
> https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1265338098256424973
>
> Also his friend said this - turns out he's a TV host, “Birds of
> North America”:
> https://twitter.com/JasonWardNY/status/1265353355150450690
>
> All in all, I think this incident actually brought out how the
> arrogance of the dogowners setting their down on birds and people,
> is actually intimately related to the deeper history of
> colonialist appropriation (the "I, me, mine" selfishness of
> grabbing, owning, excluding others), and the racism that goes with
> it ... and apraently lurks right under the surface, consciously or
> not.
>
> (ps. I live in both Ithaca and NYC and often birded in Central
> Park, and I often have chatted with fellow birdwatchers while
> waiting for birds in the Ravine and other places. I think I may
> have run into Cooper a few years ago)
>
> --Sincerely,
> Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
> Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
> McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
> E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu
> , or: n...@cornell.edu
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] arrogant dogowner going viral

[Robin Cisne]

Magnus, your last paragraph linking unleashed dog-walking to the
depravities of colonialism is an ambitious overreach, and an outrageous
conjecture unsupported by fact.  I assume you meant to type "setting their
*dogs* on birds and people."  No evidence has been offered, either in this
forum or by Christian Cooper, that any owners of unleashed dogs have
deliberately sicced 'em on innocent bird watchers.  You are not a victim.

I am a birder and the responsible, unarrogant owner of a frequently
unleashed dog who is not permitted to bother people (and generally ignores
them anyway).  The great outdoors is big enough for all of us, even for
people eager to police others.





On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:40 PM Magnus Fiskesjo 
wrote:

>
> Connecting to the recent discussion here, about arrogant dog-owners, this
> case in Central Park, NYC is relevant.
>
> The sister of the birdwatcher in the incident sent around his original
> film, which is going viral and reaching millions now:
> https://twitter.com/melodyMcooper/status/1264965252866641920
>
> The BBC reports: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52759502
>
> But, because the birdwatcher who reminded the woman she is required to
> have her dog leashed in the park, was a Black man, Christian Cooper, most
> attention has understandably turned to her astounding attempt to call in
> the police on account him being a Black person -- and less attention seems
> to be paid to her arrogance against our feathered friends ... which is why
> he told her.
>
> Some people online have tried to highlight the guy's identity as a
> birdwatcher also.
>
> Here is Christian Cooper the man talking about the excitement of
> birdwatching:
> https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1265338098256424973
>
> Also his friend said this - turns out he's a TV host, “Birds of North
> America”:
> https://twitter.com/JasonWardNY/status/1265353355150450690
>
> All in all, I think this incident actually brought out how the arrogance
> of the dogowners setting their down on birds and people, is actually
> intimately related to the deeper history of colonialist appropriation (the
> "I, me, mine" selfishness of grabbing, owning, excluding others), and the
> racism that goes with it ... and apraently lurks right under the surface,
> consciously or not.
>
> (ps. I live in both Ithaca and NYC and often birded in Central Park, and I
> often have chatted with fellow birdwatchers while waiting for birds in the
> Ravine and other places. I think I may have run into Cooper a few years ago)
>
> --Sincerely,
> Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
> Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
> McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
> E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu
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[cayugabirds-l] arrogant dogowner going viral

[Magnus Fiskesjo]

Connecting to the recent discussion here, about arrogant dog-owners, this case 
in Central Park, NYC is relevant. 

The sister of the birdwatcher in the incident sent around his original film, 
which is going viral and reaching millions now:  
https://twitter.com/melodyMcooper/status/1264965252866641920

The BBC reports: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52759502

But, because the birdwatcher who reminded the woman she is required to have her 
dog leashed in the park, was a Black man, Christian Cooper, most attention has 
understandably turned to her astounding attempt to call in the police on 
account him being a Black person -- and less attention seems to be paid to her 
arrogance against our feathered friends ... which is why he told her. 

Some people online have tried to highlight the guy's identity as a birdwatcher 
also. 

Here is Christian Cooper the man talking about the excitement of birdwatching: 
https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1265338098256424973

Also his friend said this - turns out he's a TV host, “Birds of North America”: 
 
https://twitter.com/JasonWardNY/status/1265353355150450690

All in all, I think this incident actually brought out how the arrogance of the 
dogowners setting their down on birds and people, is actually intimately 
related to the deeper history of colonialist appropriation (the "I, me, mine" 
selfishness of grabbing, owning, excluding others), and the racism that goes 
with it ... and apraently lurks right under the surface, consciously or not. 

(ps. I live in both Ithaca and NYC and often birded in Central Park, and I 
often have chatted with fellow birdwatchers while waiting for birds in the 
Ravine and other places. I think I may have run into Cooper a few years ago)

--Sincerely,
Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu
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[cayugabirds-l] New Michigan State Forest Pharsalia, NY Chenango County Today 5/26/20

[David Nicosia]

All,

I went 12.5 miles in and around New Michigan State Forest Pharsalia, NY
today focusing on the large stands of norway spruce forests. I also checked
out areas with native balsam fir and red spruce too , the tornado paths,
and cutover areas.   I went generally between 1 and 2 miles per list to
stay within BBA blocks. I also birded a lot from my car with engine running
at times so I may have missed a few birds.

Highlights: some incredible numbers of warblers, and vireos. On a couple
lists I just estimated (conservatively) and in others I did my best not to
double count. I was saddened to only get 1 swainson's thrush here and it
was calling, not singing.  I am concerned that with the 2011 tornado damage
and the DEC logging and management program, they are disappearing from this
place. Also it is possible that some of these numbers below are still
migrants so I suppose more SWTH are on the way but that seems doubtful. I
did have a couple blackpolls, and 1 bay-breasted warbler. The bay-breasted
warbler was singing in a red spruce woodland with tree height probably no
more than 30 feet. Probably a migrant but I will be back to check for the
BBA. I also didn't get any red crossbills which was disappointing too. I am
sure they are around but I just missed them.

My full list is below which is the total number of mainly singing males
that I heard.

Some notable numbers in 12.5 miles:
102 red-eyed vireos
41 blue-headed vireos
43 golden-crowned kinglets
46 dark-eyed juncos
31 white-throated sparrows (mostly in cutover or tornado damaged areas)
166 ovenbirds!
24 mourning warblers (again in cutover or tornado damaged areas)
69 Magnolia warblers
120 blackburnian warblers-  this species is amazingly abundant in these
forests even patches of spruces left behind from the logging.
81 chestnut-sided warblers
42 Black-throated blue warblers (mainly in areas with clearings both
deciduous and conifers)
14 canada wartblers- again in clearings, cutover areas etc.

Full list is below from ebird from 9 separate checklists, 58 species.


May 26
Number of Species 58 -- -- -- -- -- --
Number of Individuals 1,160 -- -- -- -- -- --
Number of Checklists 9 -- -- -- -- -- --

Total Number of Birds Show Sample Size
*Species Name* May 26
Turkey Vulture 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Broad-winged Hawk 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Hairy Woodpecker 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Alder Flycatcher 13 -- -- -- -- -- --
Least Flycatcher 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Phoebe 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Kingbird 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blue-headed Vireo 41 -- -- -- -- -- --
Warbling Vireo 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-eyed Vireo 102 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blue Jay 17 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Crow 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Common Raven 16 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-capped Chickadee 32 -- -- -- -- -- --
Tree Swallow 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Golden-crowned Kinglet 43 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-breasted Nuthatch 16 -- -- -- -- -- --
Brown Creeper 12 -- -- -- -- -- --
House Wren 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Winter Wren 9 -- -- -- -- -- --
European Starling 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Gray Catbird 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Veery 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Swainson's Thrush 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Hermit Thrush 14 -- -- -- -- -- --
Wood Thrush 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Robin 20 -- -- -- -- -- --
Purple Finch 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Goldfinch 9 -- -- -- -- -- --
Chipping Sparrow 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Dark-eyed Junco 46 -- -- -- -- -- --
White-throated Sparrow 31 -- -- -- -- -- --
Song Sparrow 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Towhee 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Bobolink 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-winged Blackbird 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Ovenbird 166 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-and-white Warbler 10 -- -- -- -- -- --
Nashville Warbler 10 -- -- -- -- -- --
Mourning Warbler 24 -- -- -- -- -- --
Common Yellowthroat 51 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Redstart 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Magnolia Warbler 69 -- -- -- -- -- --
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blackburnian Warbler 120 -- -- -- -- -- --
Chestnut-sided Warbler 81 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blackpoll Warbler 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-throated Blue Warbler 42 -- -- -- -- -- --
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-throated Green Warbler 19 -- -- -- -- -- --
Canada Warbler 14 -- -- -- -- -- --
Scarlet Tanager 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 -- -- -- -- -- --
Indigo Bunting 2 -- -- -- -- -- --

Dave Nicosia

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[Joseph Brin]

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* May 18, 2020

*  NYSY  05. 18. 20

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):




May 11 2020 to May 18, 2020

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: May 18 AT 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

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#702 Monday May 18, 2020

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

May 11, 2020

 

Highlights:

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WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital)

LEAST BITTERN

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

GLOSSY IBIS

BRANT

GREATER SCAUP

LESSER SCAUP

SANDHILL CRANE

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER

UPLAND SANDPIPER

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

GULL-BILLED TERN (Extralimital)

WHIP-POOR-WILL

COMMON NIGHTHAWK

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER

YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER

ACADIAN FLYCATCHER

PHILADELPHIA VIREO

SEDGE WREN

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH

GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER

CONNECTICUT WARBLER

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER

CERULEAN WARBLER

PRAIRIE WARBLER

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

LARK SPARROW

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW

ORCHARD ORIOLE







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     5/20: A GLOSSY IBIS was found on the Wildlife Drive. It continues thru the 
22nd. A SEDGE WREN was reported from the Wildlife drive.

     5/22: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were spotted at 
Howland Island.

     5/23: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the Visitor’s Center.

     5/24: Late GREATER and LESSER SCAUP were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 
CERULEAN and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were reported from Howland Island. 4 
SANDHILL CRANES were spotted at the Morgan Road Marshes.

     5/25: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen along the Wildlife 
Trail. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. A PROTHONOTARY 
WARBLER was again present at the Wooded area of Armitage Road.







Cayuga County






     5/18: 17 species of Warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED were found at 
theSterling Nature Center.

     5/20: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair 
Haven.

     5/21: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. 12 
species of Warblers including a PRAIRIE WARBLER were seen at West Barrier Bar 
Park.

     5/22: A LARK SPARROW was found at West Barrier Park.

     5/24: A LEAST BITTERN, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a very rare for our 
area CONNECTICUT WARBLER were reported from West Barrier Bar Park. A 
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Sterling Nature Center.

     5/25: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a PHILADELPHIA 
VIREO and 16 species of Warblers were reported from West Barrier Bar Park. An 
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found at the Sterling Nature Center.







Onondaga County






     5/20: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Gerber Topsoil Farm in Kirkville 
and were present thru the 25th. A LEAST BITTERN was heard at Three Rivers WMA 
north of Baldwinsville and was heard thru the 25th. A female GOLDEN-WINGED 
WARBLER was seen at Three Rivers WMA. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was found at Green 
Lakes State Park. It had continued through today.

     5/23: Up to 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS have returned to Whiskey Hollow Nature 
Preserve west of Baldwinsville and have been found thru today.

     5/25: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Labrador Hollow Unique Area.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     A total of 5,681 hawks were counted at Derby Hill this week. 5/25 was the 
best day with a total of 3,041 hawks counted 2,589 of which were BROAD-WINGED 
HAWKS. It was also a record day for BALD EAGLES with 152 counted. Other 
notables were a resident RED-HEADED WOODPECKER(S) on 5/19 and a BLACK-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERON on 5/21.







Oswego County






     5/20: 18 BRANT and 2 SNOW GEESE were seen on Oneida Lake form Mill Street 
in Constantia. 

     5/21: WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard from Martin Road and the Roosevelt Gravel 
Pits north of Oneida Lake. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen by many at Sunset 
Bay Park on Lake Ontario in Scriba.

     5/22: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Three Mile Bay on Oneida Lake. 
An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski.

     5/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Deer Creek Marsh on Lake 
Ontario.A LEAST BITTERN was heard at the Phoenix Water Wells north of County 
Rt. 12.

     5/24: GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were found at the Sithe Energy Trail on 
LakeOntario and at Deer Creek Marsh on Lake Ontario. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 
was seen at Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario.

     5/25: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were seen at 
Sunset Bay Park.







Madison County






     5/22: 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at 

[cayugabirds-l] OT: anyone want shed snake skin?

[Alicia Plotkin]

Our resident Rat Snake shed its skin today.  Usually the skin gets 
dinged up in the process, maybe losing the last foot of tail or tearing 
the belly midway, but today's skin is totally intact and also impressive 
- just shy of 7'.  Does anyone have a use for this at a nature center or 
in a classroom (I'm assuming classrooms will become a thing again) or 
anywhere else?  Happy to get it to anyone who would like it, if not, 
I'll put it out for the GC flycatcher who has been preeping territorial 
announcements for the last ten days & presumably can make good use of it.


Alicia

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[cayugabirds-l] GCFlycatcher eating ants?

[Regi Teasley]

Our resident Great Crested Flycatcher just landed near our patio and, after 
checking out a spot by the humming bird feeder, hopped down and pecked around 
before leaving.
Do you think it was eating ants?  There are some in the vicinity.

Regi
West Hill in the city


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[cayugabirds-l] Invitation to virtual Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest celebration -- Tuesday, June 2

[Mark Chao]

The Finger Lakes Land Trust has invited me to deliver a Zoom presentation
next week on this year’s Spring Bird Quest.  I’ll present photos and
anecdotes from my many visits to Land Trust preserves during May, focusing
on the bird moments that were most curious, amazing, and enlightening for
me (and hopefully you too).



So if you have enjoyed our SBQ field trips in the past, or if you miss
community bird events, or if you need a break from Netflix, or if you just
want to show up to support the Land Trust, we warmly welcome you!



The event will take place on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30 PM.  Pre-registration
is required.  Here is a link to more details:
https://www.fllt.org/events/photos-and-findings-from-spring-bird-quest-hosted-online/.
And here is the link to register on Zoom if you want to skip straight to
that step:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldeusrTMiH9L0NLfqB_vVffg00SM6hwha



Of course, I get that dozens and dozens of you have also been visiting Land
Trust preserves in May, each with your own highlights.  If you have any
short notes or interesting photos, please feel free to send them to me.
I’ll see what I get and determine the best way to share your highlights
too, while still keeping the duration to about an hour.



Meanwhile, Land Trust staff have continued to help me to refresh the Spring
Bird Quest update page.  See https://www.fllt.org/spring-bird-quest-updates/
for some notes and new photos, through Sunday.



I also had two brief outings to Land Trust preserves on Memorial Day.  In
the late morning, Miyoko and I visited the Salmon Creek Bird Sanctuary in
Lansing, where we found the expected excellent variety of forest-edge and
forest-interior birds, including HOODED, BLUE-WINGED, and CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLERS, plus several YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS and many ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS and VEERIES.



Shortly after sunset, I decided to go to the Goetchius Wetland Preserve in
Caroline.  I found neither of those taxa, but I had a most excellent
consolation prize – at least five displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS.  I was a
bit surprised to find this species still courting with undiminished gusto,
in such good numbers. I'm aware of the potential for confusion with
Wilson’s Snipe or calling Common Nighthawks (actually my main target
species for the visit). But I got sight confirmation of one woodcock, which
I spotted flying right in front of me and followed as it rose on rapidly
whirring wings in its wheeling display flight.  This and all the other
woodcocks sounded typical -- nasal "peent" (less razzy than nighthawks),
twittering wings, and chirping descent.



(And speaking of surprising lingering nocturnal birds, the gray-morph
EASTERN SCREECH-OWL along Siena Drive has been continuing to roost in its
same cavity, including all three days of the long weekend.  This is the
latest in spring that I’ve ever seen a screech-owl lingering at a winter
roost site.  Still no obvious signs of a nest here, though.)



Mark Chao

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[cayugabirds-l] Impressive Radar echoes this morning and other comments

[David Nicosia]

Our radar at Binghamton had very impressive radar returns of migrating
birds early  this morning.  I suspect a lot of arriving breeders and a
continuation of the later passerine migrants. Of interest, despite decent
southerly winds across much of the southern U.S east of the plains, the
radar returns are pretty much lacking or very light from roughly Delaware
to West Virginia to Illinois and points south. This looks to be the end of
the passerine spring migration and its approaching our area. I suspect by
the end of the week it will be largely over for us.

Yesterday I still had Blackpoll Warblers pretty much all over and, as I
write this, I have one singing really close!  Migrant blackburnian,
magnolia and black-throated green warblers are still around too. I haven't
seen any yellow-rumped warbler migrants lately just a few breeders here and
there. Red-eyed vireos are still increasing on their breeding grounds in
Broome as they arrived very late this year. I am waiting for my first
Philadelphia vireo (we have had a couple reports down here already). I
still haven't gotten the yellow-bellied flycatcher yet( I don't believe we
have had one reported in Broome yet).  I did have my first black-billed
cuckoo the other day and I am hearing one distant this morning from my
patio. Cedar waxwings have poured into the region the past few days with
flocks all over now.

Shorebird migration continues pretty much on schedule this spring as we had
our first semipalmated sandpiper yesterday. Is this because they don't rely
on arboreal insects which come out with leaves?

Some observations on numbers. This year, rose-breasted grosbeaks, gray
catbirds, eastern towhees, common yellowthroats, chestnut-sided warblers,
and veeries seem especially common. Ovenbirds are all over like usual. I
also have more wood thrushes than recent years. I have noticed increases in
black throated blue warblers too. Since many of these species like
undergrowth and edges I wonder if it is due to the loss of many ash trees?
We are seeing significant mortality in Broome County and lots of
undergrowth as a result. I wonder if this trend will continue. Our hemlocks
continue to be healthy despite the hemlock woolly adelgid.

Birds that I feel are scarcer than recent years,  house finch!  Its getting
hard to find this species locally. They are around but not like they used
to be.

Anyway its time to get birding  for the day. I hope many of you can get out
and enjoy the summery weather today. Tomorrow its over for me, back to
work!

Best,
Dave

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