[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush

[Colleen Richards]

Sorry for the late posting. Just read Pete Saracino's post which reminded me of 
the also talkative Louisiana Waterthrush we heard at the base of Taughannock 
Falls around 11:30 this morning. With echoes and loud falls noises it was 
impossible to get bearings for a sighting, but he sure let us know he was 
there! On the way back out of the gorge also spotted one of the peregrines as 
it dropped down from the nesting ledge and flew downstream. Colleen Richards
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[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush at Sweedler Preserve/Lick Brook

[Peter Saracino]

Hey folks. Ran into a very talkative Louisiana waterthrush this morning at
the upper reaches of Lick Brook near the Town Line Road entrance.
Pete Sar

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[cayugabirds-l] Merlins in Trumansburg

[Jared Dawson]

A Merlin pair has been noticeable around the upper village during April
(single bird first noted on March 16), but it appears that they have not
yet begun to nest. For the last several days, they have been doing a lot of
vocalizing in the immediate vicinity of my house, on the block bounded by
Bradley and Strowbridge Sts, and the county line division East Seneca Rd.
Today I got extended scope views of the female grooming itself on its
favorite perching tree of late, a black locust along the easterly side of
Bradley north of #36. It was doing the majority of the "whinnying", with
the male responding with sharp and short "kip" calls per Pieplow, which he
names as a courtship or pair contact call.
Twice I have seen the male fly right at the female on its perch, but
immediately the female has flown out without apparent contact.
One of the norway spruce trees that was being favored today had been
recently visited by a crow pair with nesting material, but there was no
sign of them today.
Jared Dawson
Trumansburg

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[cayugabirds-l] new birds this morning including RB Grosbeak

[Alicia Plotkin]

I didn't think there would be much migrating in last night but some 
birds showed up here (SW corner Town of Ovid, Seneca Basin).  Best was a 
male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak who spent 45 minutes first thing this 
morning gleaning the oak tassels and ignoring our sunflower feeders, and 
hasn't been seen since.  Also a mob of White-Throated Sparrows, we've 
had a few this past week but as of today they are everywhere singing 
their hearts out.  A couple Red-Breasted Nuthatches (uncommon on our 
property) and the barn swallow contingent has gone way up in numbers.  
Still have a lot of Yellow Rumped Warblers, but as of today they are 
joined only by a couple of Palm and one Pine Warbler.


Don't recall ever hosting a RB Grosbeak ahead of our first Baltimore 
Oriole before.  Birds like to mix it up.


Alicia

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Muhammad Arif]

I saw and heard the merlin near east end of Sycamore on 3/17 (I entered it in 
eBird) and also on 4/16 when I visited a friend near there. He said he had seen 
the merlin last year too.

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“You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known,
and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on.” — Benjamin 
Franklin

From: Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:20 PM
To: Karen
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

Hi John,

There is a calling bird (pair?) at Myers Point Park in Lansing as well— I think 
they were there last year.

The “Tareyton “ bird may be nesting again near the east end of Sycamore— a 
female perched in a tree there giving some softer, different calls.

Ken
Sent from my iPhone


On Apr 25, 2023, at 11:28 AM, Karen  wrote:

Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin 
territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.

South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee, Tareyton 
Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of Yellow Barn Rd. 
near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings Pond, and a 
possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11 pair, but I 
haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating now and the pair 
is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of nestlings and shortly 
after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match last year's county high of 
12 pairs.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks, John


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Donna Lee Scott]

The Brandywine birds are where Simsbury drive ends at Brandywine.
I often see one perched in a deciduous tree back of a Y shaped, trimmed  white 
pine just east of Brandywine rd.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Apr 25, 2023, at 12:34 PM, Scott Haber  wrote:


There has also been a calling pair off and on since the beginning of April in 
the vicinity of Craft Road and Brook Way in the Village of Lansing. On a few 
occasions in recent weeks they were frequenting a grove of Norway Spruces on 
Brook Way as well as a dense stand of White Pines near the dermatology practice 
on Craft, but they don't seem to be consistently faithful to either location. 
There has been a successful breeding pair of Cooper's Hawks (using old crow 
nests) near these locations in recent years, so I'm wondering if the Merlins 
were checking out some of the old Cooper's/crow nest sites.

-Scott

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:28 AM Karen 
mailto:confergoldw...@aol.com>> wrote:
Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin 
territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.

South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee, Tareyton 
Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of Yellow Barn Rd. 
near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings Pond, and a 
possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11 pair, but I 
haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating now and the pair 
is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of nestlings and shortly 
after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match last year's county high of 
12 pairs.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks, John


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Scott Haber]

There has also been a calling pair off and on since the beginning of April
in the vicinity of Craft Road and Brook Way in the Village of Lansing. On a
few occasions in recent weeks they were frequenting a grove of Norway
Spruces on Brook Way as well as a dense stand of White Pines near the
dermatology practice on Craft, but they don't seem to be
consistently faithful to either location. There has been a successful
breeding pair of Cooper's Hawks (using old crow nests) near these locations
in recent years, so I'm wondering if the Merlins were checking out some of
the old Cooper's/crow nest sites.

-Scott

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:28 AM Karen  wrote:

> Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin
> territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.
>
> South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee,
> Tareyton Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of
> Yellow Barn Rd. near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings
> Pond, and a possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11
> pair, but I haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating
> now and the pair is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of
> nestlings and shortly after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match
> last year's county high of 12 pairs.
>
> Any information appreciated.
>
> Thanks, John
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

Hi John,

There is a calling bird (pair?) at Myers Point Park in Lansing as well— I think 
they were there last year.

The “Tareyton “ bird may be nesting again near the east end of Sycamore— a 
female perched in a tree there giving some softer, different calls.

Ken

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 25, 2023, at 11:28 AM, Karen  wrote:


Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin 
territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.

South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee, Tareyton 
Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of Yellow Barn Rd. 
near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings Pond, and a 
possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11 pair, but I 
haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating now and the pair 
is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of nestlings and shortly 
after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match last year's county high of 
12 pairs.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks, John


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[cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Karen]

Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin 
territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.
South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee, Tareyton 
Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of Yellow Barn Rd. 
near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings Pond, and a 
possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11 pair, but I 
haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating now and the pair 
is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of nestlings and shortly 
after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match last year's county high of 
12 pairs.
Any information appreciated.
Thanks, John


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[cayugabirds-l] distinctive Yellow Warbler at Swan Pond (& apology)

[Dave Nutter]

Yesterday at Stewart Park’s Swan Pond I saw a distinctive male Yellow Warbler. 
In addition to the normal rufous streaks on the breast, it had a rufous spot on 
the right side of its forehead. Have you seen this bird? I’m curious whether it 
is just passing through briefly or whether is staying longer term.

- - Dave Nutter

PS Apologies for misinformation about Salmon Creek I introduced into the notice 
of the Salt Point Prothonotary Warbler report yesterday. The Lat/Long I 
included from the texts was correct, and I hope some folks still were helped by 
hearing about the rarity on this listserve.
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