Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

[Paul Schmitt]

Good factual separation on high fructose versus “natural”.  Based on my experience feeding hummingbirds, I believe there is an additional difference that separates cane sugar from beet sugar.  Years ago, hummers suddenly refused our sugar nectar.  Realizing we had opened a new bag, we checked the bag.  It  listed beet sugar.  Tasted identical to our taste buds.  Borrowed cane sugar from neighbors and on providing it to the feeders, the hummer eagerly returned.  I wondered if it is higher sugar content or closer to real nectar taste?Paul SchmittSent from my iPhoneOn May 9, 2024, at 10:59 AM, Deb Grantham  wrote:






Or pots of flowers that would attract them.


Deb


On May 9, 2024 10:44 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:




Well, I hate to wade into this topic,

but since I believe I am one of the only dedicated birders around here with degrees in Food Science and Nutrition (BS, Mich St U; MS, Cornell U), and about 23 years
 work experience in two different Food Science departments in Cornell College of Agriculture, here goes…
 
High-fructose corn syrup
(HFCS) and sugar are similar, but there are a few differences:

Composition:
HFCS: It’s a sugar-based sweetener derived from CORN syrup. Like regular table sugar (from CANE or BEETS), it consists
 of both fructose and glucose molecules. The most common type, HFCS 55, contains 55% fructose and 42% glucose. Sugar:
Regular table sugar is composed of equal parts of monosaccharides fructose and glucose (50%-50%), bound together as a disaccharide (called Sucrose).

So the chemical composition is slightly different and the source of the sugar is from different plants.

Production Process:
HFCS is made from CORN starch, which is processed to create corn syrup. Some of the glucose in corn syrup is converted
 to fructose using enzymes, resulting in HFCS.Table Sugar is obtained from sugar cane or sugar beets.
Physical Form:
HFCS is liquid and contains about 24% water.Sugar is dry and granulated.
Nutritional Value:
In terms of nutritional value and health properties, there are no significant differences between HFCS 55 and sugar (although some science writers debate this statement
 on the basis of how these substances are digested in humans). Both are broken down into fructose and glucose during digestion.

The US Food and Drug Administration long ago declared HFCS to be safe for human consumption.

HFCS is used in various foods because it is cheaper (or was at one time cheaper) than cane/beet sugar.
However, in recent decades many
humans have way-overconsumed “foods” like sodas and some not-too-nutritional edibles, and this has contributed to obesity, diabetes and other adverse health conditions. So, it is the high consumption of HFCS that is the problem, most likely, and not
 the small chemical differences between the two types of sugars. 
Regarding
birds’ consumption of jelly (made with fruit juice) and jam (made with fruit juice and fruit pieces) containing either of these sugar sources,

-
we may have to consider if we are encouraging birds to eat too much of these foods containing sugar. To my knowledge, nobody has studied the effect of this “diet” for a few months of the year.
(By the way, there are no added artificial colors or flavors in grape jellies for humans; just pectin (from apples) which makes it gel, and 1 or
 2 fruit acids (citric, malic, etc.) which make it the right pH (acidity) and may give a tart “note.” And whatever sugar source the manufacturer chose to use).
A few years back, bird researchers found that Hummingbirds drinking sugar-water with too high a concentration of sugar might develop fatty liver
 disease, so now we are advised to make a “nectar” of 1 part sugar to 4 parts water, which if you taste it is pretty dilute.
Let’s be frank, we like putting out this attractive jelly because it brings beautiful birds in where we can see them.  As some have suggested here,
 maybe just provide fruit? That would need frequent changing to avoid molds, etc. during warm weather.
 
Donna L Scott
Retired Senior Extension Associate
Dept. of Food Science, CALS
Cornell University
 
377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
d...@cornell.edu
 

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On Behalf Of Nancy Cusumano
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 7:19 AM
To: Steve Donohue 
Cc: Ken Haas ; Marie P. Read ; John Gregoire ; Carl Steckler ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Grape Jelly

 


My Trader Joe's strawberry preserve ingredients are: strawberries, liquid sugar, sugar, water (Sugar contains 2% or less of lemon juice concentrate), pectin.


 


I thought this seemed ok - is it?  THe orioles seem to like the strawberry just fine.


 


Thank you. 


 


Nancy


 


On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 9:34 PM Steve Donohue <sdonohue1...@gmail.com> wrote:



This is a big issue.   We need to fight for the poor species that unwittingly feed on these potential poisons - put out by either uninformed birders, or birders that just don't care.

 


On Wed, May 8, 2024, 8

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures

[Paul G. Rodewald]

Clicking on the Google maps link within this eBird checklist will point to the 
barn where I saw two BLVUs on 16 February.  My notes within the checklist.  
Hard to say much about what was really happening as I was simply driving by the 
barn and did not stop or return to observe their behavior.
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S162563609




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1. Re: Black vultures
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Subject: Re: Black vultures
From: Dave Nutter 
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 00:14:19 -0500
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Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures seemed to be prospecting a barn 
recently between Freeville & Cortland.

Last year the number of sightings over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill, & near 
Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the Elmira Rd strip seemed like some affinity - maybe 
nesting nearby? Or is it just that there are lots of potential observers, and 
they are conspicuous so they get reported more here even though they travel 
widely? Anyway it seems to be continuing. Is there a food source for them in 
the neighborhood? Or did they nest here?

I wonder how many pairs we are dealing with, how many birds are local, and how 
many of the birds seen recently have been migrating through.

- - Dave Nutter

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> Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!!
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>> circling each other just flew over.
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Subject: Re: Black vultures
From: anneb.cl...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 22:53:16 -0500
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Seems to me unlikely that many black vultures are nesting north of us.
We should see more incl juveniles in fall.  Maybe I haven’t been on
top of the observations, but doesn’t match my memory. So migrating
through
Where’s this barn?  Near McLean  or Lime Hollow?
I will say that I haven’t seen them overhead here just outside of
Freeville but I am completely capable of missing birds, even big black
ones I should be noticing. ðﾟﾘﾬ
Anne
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On Mar 5, 2024, at 12:14 AM, Dave Nutter 
wrote:



Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures seemed to be
prospecting a barn recently between Freeville & Cortland.
Last year the number of sightings over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill,
& near Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the Elmira Rd strip seemed like some
affinity - maybe nesting nearby? Or is it just that there are lots
of potential observers, and they are conspicuous so they get
reported more here even though they travel widely? Anyway it seems
to be continuing. Is there a food source for them in the
neighborhood? Or did they nest here?
I wonder how many pairs we are dealing with, how many birds are local,
and how many of the birds seen recently have been migrating
through.
- - Dave Nutter
On Mar 4, 2024, at 5:07 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com[1] wrote:



Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!!

Sent from my iPhone



On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:04 PM,

[cayugabirds-l] Final numbers from 2024 Christmas Bird Count

[Paul Anderson]

All:

After some late additions and some forensic investigation of sightings,
I've finally settled on what I believe will be the final numbers from the
count.

It was an epic year. We had a total of 97 species on the day and a
record-breaking *107 *for the week (previous record was 104 in 2008.) 47540
individual birds were observed by 159 humans.

New species for the count were Wilson's Warbler, Northern Parula and
Trumpeter Swan.

We had record high counts (or ties) for the following species:

   - Cackling Goose
   - Canada Goose
   - Trumpeter Swan
   - Red-throated Loon
   - Common Loon (tie)
   - Golden Eagle (tie)
   - Barred Owl (tie)
   - Short-eared Owl
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker
   - Hairy Woodpecker
   - Pileated Woodpecker
   - Merlin
   - Tufted Titmouse
   - Brown Creeper
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet
   - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   - Gray Catbird (tie)
   - Chipping Sparrow
   - Dark-eyed Junco
   - White-throated Sparrow
   - Song Sparrow
   - Northern Cardinal
   - American Goldfinch
   - European Goldfinch (tie)

Full details are in the spreadsheet which can be found here
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1orJOduCB4GKq7JlF0jJMIoHaC7O33EgZ46Yb8f0-ojo/edit?usp=sharing>.
If anyone has any last-minute corrections, let me know before I submit the
numbers to Audubon (in about a week).

I've found a volunteer to take over this role next year, so this is my last
report. It's been fun doing this!

-Paul

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Canvasback on count day

[Paul Anderson]

Thanks for this Dave. If Dan Watkins or the unnamed partner are reading
this list, I'd love to hear from them.

Also, ICYMI, a Tufted Duck was reported through ebird on Jan 2nd. I've
added it (and the details) as a count week bird to the spreadsheet.

-Paul

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 12:13 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> Canvasback was missing from the count compilation, but there was a
> reported sighting of the species on count day. This is the story of 2 eBird
> lists at the same place on the same morning.
>
> Jay McGowan & Paul Rodewald did a tremendous amount of work for the count,
> submitting multiple eBird lists together or separately. They started one
> eBird list at Stewart Park when there was just enough light at 7:11am and
> continuing until 8:18am during which they traveled .28 mile. Their
> “complete” list (all the species they could ID) included 19 species, 13 of
> which were associated with the water, while the other species may have
> flown across their field of view or been audible to them. Their task was to
> figure out all the birds on the lake before the birds naturally left to
> feed elsewhere or were disturbed by hunting starting around 8am. The water
> birds were:
>
> 55 Canada Geese
> 32 Mallards
> 500 Redheads
> 150 Greater Scaup
> 350 Lesser Scaup
> 3 Common Mergansers
> 45 American Coots
> 25 Ring-billed Gulls
> 175 Herring Gulls
> 24 Great Black-backed Gulls
> 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
> 6 Double-crested Cormorants
> 2 Bald Eagles
>
> Clearly some of their numbers were estimates, including the crowded raft
> of Aythya ducks, the crowded gray gulls, and perhaps the geese which may
> have been a flyover flock. I think there was a bit of NW wind which could
> create enough waves to make the more distant Aythya ducks bob in and out of
> view in front of each other. That would drive me nuts, but Jay & Paul are
> better birders than I am. I believe there was a different list for Stewart
> Park later concentrating on land birds.
>
> Eight minutes after Jay & Paul quit their eBird list of lake birds at
> Stewart Park, Dan Watkins and an unnamed partner started an eBird list
> there, also concentrating on the lake. I don’t know if Dan was
> participating in the count and visiting Stewart Park in addition to his own
> territory, or whether he was a birder coincidentally visiting this great
> spot as well as some other places farther north along the lake. Compared to
> Jay & Paul, Dan spent less than a third as much time at Stewart, traveled 4
> times as far, and observed 10 species, also a “complete” list. This is no
> criticism of Dan’s abilities. I think Jay & Paul would find twice many
> species as I or most birders would, especially given that lead time. I
> think there were changes in the conditions and the birds present, and if
> Dan stayed in his car or didn’t walk all the way to the shore, then some
> birds may have been hidden to him. His complete list included these water
> birds:
>
> 8 Mallards
> 1 Canvasback
> 9 Redheads
> 3 Greater Scaup
> 4 Lesser Scaup
> 3 Ring-billed Gulls
> 8 Great Black-backed Gulls
> 5 Double-crested Cormorants
>
> I think the Canada Geese were missing from this list because they have not
> been roosting on the south end of the lake since hunting season began
> shortly after Christmas, which is why I thought Jay & Paul’s
> counted-by-fives geese might be a flyover flock. Their Common Mergansers
> and most of their Mallards may have stayed close to shores or moved to the
> shelter of the mouth of Fall Creek where hunters aren’t allowed. The gulls
> may have largely flown off to feed, or Dan may have only counted the easily
> identifiable Great Black-backed and a few of the Ring-billeds, who tend to
> stay closer to land. The wintering Cormorants are obvious resting on logs
> or the Red Lighthouse Breakwater, often 5 visible while the 6th is out on
> the lake fishing.
>
> What about the Aythya raft? Jay & Paul estimated them to be a thousand
> ducks, half Redheads and the rest Scaup, fewer Greater than Lesser.
> Although Jay & Paul were trying to ID & count everything on the lake,
> including finding that Lesser Black-backed Gull, I have to assume they
> spent some time scanning the Aythya raft for other species among them, such
> as the rare Tufted Duck and common Ring-necked Ducks seen on Christmas,
> expected Canvasbacks, and various other duck species or grebes who tend to
> join such flocks. But considering that I found a single male Ring-necked
> Duck in the Aythya raft there both on December 30th and January 2, but it
> was not reported by anyone else since Christmas, maybe Jay & Paul couldn’t
> afford to concentrate only on the Aythyas long enough. I think

[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count results

[Paul Anderson]

The results of the Christmas Bird Count are now available in this
spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/.../1orJOduCB4GKq7JlF0jJM.../edit...
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1orJOduCB4GKq7JlF0jJMIoHaC7O33EgZ46Yb8f0-ojo/edit?usp=sharing=IwAR34KkU6fUbnp8GGOb1gGTOhbmb7cqM91BkHmdXO1aJfAws7M04JkDke2S0>
.
Quick summary: We got 97 species on the day, and we have another 4 count
week species so far. We had 46680 individuals, way up from our 10-year
average of 35740. . Three species were seen for the first time: Trumpeter
Swan, Northern Parula, and Wilson's Warbler. We had record high counts for
16 species, and ties for another 5 species. There were no surprise misses.
The most "exotic" sighting was of a European Goldfinch seen at a feeder in
Dryden.
Of course, these numbers are subject to revision as we eliminate duplicates
and as more information trickles in.
Thanks to all the leaders, counters, and everyone who helped with the most
excellent compilation dinner last night for which we had about 60 people.

-Paul

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] What Happened to Cayuga Heights Birds?

[Paul Dietz]

Natural food supplies become more abundant in late summer/early fall as
plants go to seed?

Paul

On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 11:55 AM GW  wrote:

> I am new to this list.  Not sure if this question has been asked but the
> birds in our Cayuga Heights backyard feeder and those of our surrounding
> neighbors have virtually disappeared since late summer. A very, very few
> have started to come around: one chickadee, one blue jay and one hairy
> woodpecker on separate days but that's about it.  Haven't seen too many
> squirrels either.  Predator? Salmonella? Season? 
>
> We miss our birds!
>
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[cayugabirds-l] TVs over Ithaca

[Paul Anderson]

>From my office desk I am witnessing a large movement of Turkey Vultures.
The first group had about 60 birds in a tight kettle all circling and
gaining altitude over Greenstar. A second group of about 15 was close
behind. A third group of 13 came a few minutes later, then another two. V.
impressive.

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[cayugabirds-l] Possible Red-shouldered Hawk at SSW

[Paul Anderson]

I led the beginner bird walk this morning at Sapsucker Woods. At one point
I heard a call from the pond area that sounded exactly like a typical
Red-shouldered Hawk call. Unfortunately I didn't get visual confirmation,
nor did I have Merlin activated to record. One of the party did see a hawk
flying away, but he couldn't confirm the ID either.

With such flimsy evidence, I would normally be reluctant to mention this,
but I'm alerting others in the hope they might see or hear the bird and
confirm.

I also had a very distant eagle flyover, which is very unusual for SSW, but
that wouldn't have been the same bird.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwing?

[Paul Anderson]

Juvenile Robins look a bit like Redwings. Maybe that's what you saw.

-Paul

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> in Lakeview Cemetery this morning.  Is that possible?
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Club trip to Lindsay Parson's Biodiversity preserve

[Paul Anderson]

We did have Goldfinch, but no House Sparrow.

-Paul

On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 7:49 PM John Luther Cisne 
wrote:

> Did I miss an American Goldfinch in there somewhere?  …and maybe a House
> Sparrow?
>
>
>
> *From: *bounce-127433743-77975...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-127433743-77975...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Paul Anderson <
> fish...@gmail.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 4:17 PM
> *To: *CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> *Subject: *[cayugabirds-l] Club trip to Lindsay Parson's Biodiversity
> preserve
>
>
>
> I led a group of about 13 people on a trip in delightful weather through
> Lindsay Parson's this morning. No huge surprises, except for the huge
> number of Wood Ducks (64 in all), and an American Wigeon.
>
>
>
> One of the Trashers looked like it was carrying off a fecal sac. Also, one
> of the Tanagers had a strange-colored rump. It was a male, but the rump was
> a distinct greenish yellow.
>
>
>
> Ebird list is below...
>
>
>
>
>
> Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  11
> Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  64 Separate flock of 5 and 20 plus a mother
> with 9 ducklings... then three more separate families with babies
> American Wigeon (Mareca americana)  1 Flying off pond at close
> distance,  distinct white wing patches,  pale belly and rump
> Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  3 1 adult female 2 chicks
> Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)  2
> Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
> Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  2
> Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  2
> Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  4
> Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1
> Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
> Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  2
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
> Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  2
> Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
> Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)  1
> Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  2
> Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  2
> Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)  1
> Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  1
> Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  10
> Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  3
> American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  4
> Common Raven (Corvus corax)  1
> Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
> Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
> Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  8
> Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  2
> White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  2
> Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
> European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
> Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  12
> Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  2
> Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  3
> Veery (Catharus fuscescens)  1
> Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)  2
> American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
> Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  5
> American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
> Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  2
> Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)  4
> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  8
> Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  1
> Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  2
> Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  3
> Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  5
> Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  X
> Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  1
> Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  X
> Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  3
> Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)  2
> Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  10
> Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)  2
> American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  4
> Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  1
> Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  8
> Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  9
> Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)  3
> Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)  2
> Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  2
> Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  6
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[cayugabirds-l] Club trip to Lindsay Parson's Biodiversity preserve

[Paul Anderson]

I led a group of about 13 people on a trip in delightful weather through
Lindsay Parson's this morning. No huge surprises, except for the huge
number of Wood Ducks (64 in all), and an American Wigeon.

One of the Trashers looked like it was carrying off a fecal sac. Also, one
of the Tanagers had a strange-colored rump. It was a male, but the rump was
a distinct greenish yellow.

Ebird list is below...


Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  11
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  64 Separate flock of 5 and 20 plus a mother
with 9 ducklings... then three more separate families with babies
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)  1 Flying off pond at close
distance,  distinct white wing patches,  pale belly and rump
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  3 1 adult female 2 chicks
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)  2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  2
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  4
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)  1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  2
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  2
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)  1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  10
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  4
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  8
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  12
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  2
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  3
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)  1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  2
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)  4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  8
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  2
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  3
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  X
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  3
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)  2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  10
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)  2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  4
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  8
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  9
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)  3
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  2
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  6

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed woodpecker in Feedwatch cam at Sapsucker Woods

[Paul Dietz]

It showed up on 2023-05-18 at 18:12:22.

Live Birds In 4K! Cornell Lab FeederWatch Cam at Sapsucker Woods - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N609loYkFJo>

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] hawk eats skunk???

[Paul Schmitt]

Well documented that GH Owls take skunks.  Saw it at our rural property.  Seems reasonable.Paul SchmittSent from my iPhoneOn Apr 17, 2023, at 12:02 PM, Colleen Richards  wrote:The following occurred out-of-basin, but it was such an interesting behavior that it seems worth sharing. My mother-in-law saw a "large hawk" (she did not identify further) fighting something on the edge of the road about 200 feet away. She couldn't see what was being attacked, so she later sent someone to look at the area. They returned to report their findings, "about ten hawk feathers were scattered in a 3 foot circleand a rear leg and the scent sack of a skunk..." Wondering whether the hawk attacked the skunk directly or had initially been after other prey! This happened up in Oswego County not far from Derby Hill. Colleen Richards
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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: What’s been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin so far in 2023

[Paul Anderson]

Ha! Thanks for noticing that! It's fixed now.

-Paul

On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 4:42 PM Gary Kohlenberg  wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> The spreadsheet header still has 2022 date, but I can see it now. :)
> Gary
>
> On Jan 8, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Paul Anderson  wrote:
>
> 
> All:
>
> The page on which the records are listed is this:
> https://sites.google.com/site/cbc14850/resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records-and-arrival-information?authuser=0
> .
>
> If you wish to access the sheet directly:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b15HLb4FScNqSvly4VSaJEmrFThEpT6Wy1AjuOr7cFk/edit?usp=sharing
> .
>
> If anyone has any problems accessing this, please let me know.
>
> -Paul
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 10:15 AM Dave Nutter  wrote:
>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> I left out a couple things that may be helpful.
>>
>> The First Records are posted in 2 forms. In the Taxonomic version it’s
>> theoretically easier to look up a particular species to learn whether it
>> has already been reported and if so, when. That table is in the current
>> taxonomic sequence used by eBird. With scientific advances, this sequence
>> has changed considerably over the years, but I have labeled each family to
>> make it easier to orient oneself while scrolling through.
>>
>> The Chronological version starts with everything found on New Year’s Day
>> of this year, all 106 species. Birds in the Chronological table are also in
>> eBird’s current Taxonomic order within each day. Getting to the fewer
>> species which were first reported in the most recent days requires
>> scrolling to the bottom.
>>
>> Armed with this information, I hope everyone can more quickly and easily
>> navigate the lists, and spend more time finding actual birds.
>>
>> I also want to thank Paul Anderson, who is the Club’s Webmaster and
>> Compiler of the Ithaca “Christmas” Bird Count (actually taken on New
>> Year’s Day). He programmed the tables to automatically fill in the
>> Taxonomic version as I add species to the Chronological version, so I make
>> fewer errors (and when I do, they are at least internally consistent!).
>>
>> - - Dave Nutter
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2023, at 9:31 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The 2023 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records tables are up and (I hope)
>> running on the Cayuga Bird Club website’s Resources page.
>>
>> Species found multiple times on the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count on New
>> Year’s Day are presumed to be generally in the area, and say “Ithaca CBC”
>> for both the observer(s) and the location. Otherwise I try to include all
>> observers and locations (according to eBird anyway) on the first day the
>> species was reported.
>>
>> Let me know if it looks like I got something wrong or left something out.
>>
>>
>> - - Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: What’s been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin so far in 2023

[Paul Anderson]

All:

The page on which the records are listed is this:
https://sites.google.com/site/cbc14850/resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records-and-arrival-information?authuser=0
.

If you wish to access the sheet directly:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b15HLb4FScNqSvly4VSaJEmrFThEpT6Wy1AjuOr7cFk/edit?usp=sharing
.

If anyone has any problems accessing this, please let me know.

-Paul

On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 10:15 AM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> I left out a couple things that may be helpful.
>
> The First Records are posted in 2 forms. In the Taxonomic version it’s
> theoretically easier to look up a particular species to learn whether it
> has already been reported and if so, when. That table is in the current
> taxonomic sequence used by eBird. With scientific advances, this sequence
> has changed considerably over the years, but I have labeled each family to
> make it easier to orient oneself while scrolling through.
>
> The Chronological version starts with everything found on New Year’s Day
> of this year, all 106 species. Birds in the Chronological table are also in
> eBird’s current Taxonomic order within each day. Getting to the fewer
> species which were first reported in the most recent days requires
> scrolling to the bottom.
>
> Armed with this information, I hope everyone can more quickly and easily
> navigate the lists, and spend more time finding actual birds.
>
> I also want to thank Paul Anderson, who is the Club’s Webmaster and
> Compiler of the Ithaca “Christmas” Bird Count (actually taken on New
> Year’s Day). He programmed the tables to automatically fill in the
> Taxonomic version as I add species to the Chronological version, so I make
> fewer errors (and when I do, they are at least internally consistent!).
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
> On Jan 7, 2023, at 9:31 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> The 2023 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records tables are up and (I hope)
> running on the Cayuga Bird Club website’s Resources page.
>
> Species found multiple times on the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count on New
> Year’s Day are presumed to be generally in the area, and say “Ithaca CBC”
> for both the observer(s) and the location. Otherwise I try to include all
> observers and locations (according to eBird anyway) on the first day the
> species was reported.
>
> Let me know if it looks like I got something wrong or left something out.
>
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count preliminary results

[Paul Anderson]

Happy New Year to everyone!

As many of you already know, we had the compilation meeting on January 2nd.
Below is a summary of the results. Anyone who wants to see the full gory
details can look at the spreadsheet at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1idhZGODnoTHzDGT80ELsBKWU8JOd2MY6x25fvSXYlq0/edit?usp=sharing
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Caveat: we're still working on this, so some of the numbers will change,
mostly those that involve birds seen on the lake.

161 people spent 360 hours covering about 600 miles of ground.

97 species on the day. So far there are these count week species: Ross's
Goose, Wood Duck, Fish Crow. There were no significant rarities.

High counts: Gadwall, Wigeon, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Common Loon,
Red-necked Grebe, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle,
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Common Raven, Hermit Thrush.

No record low counts, although the House Sparrow count was almost there.

41,181 individual birds.

Thanks to everyone who helped, especially the area leaders, Stephanie, and
Matt. Also thanks to Kevin and Jay for furnishing photos used in the
presentation.

-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Cortland area Christmas Bird Count

[Paul Anderson]

Hey everyone! Someone emailed me in search of the contact information of
whoever runs the Cortland area CBC. Apparently the contact info on Audubon
is no longer valid. If anyone knows this information please let me know so
I can pass it along.

Thanks, and happy birding!

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[cayugabirds-l] Possible Sedge Wren at Sapsucker Woods

[Paul Anderson]

This morning on the Hoyt Pileated trail about 100 yards from the road I
heard a call coming from the area between there and the power line cut. I'm
not super familiar with the Sedge Wren call, so I listened to a few on
Merlin. What I heard was very much like the second part of that bird's
two-part call, but I didn't notice the first part. That is, the "machine
gun" rattle and not the introductory phrase. I tried getting closer, but it
didn't continue after about four repetitions.

There was a House Wren in that same spot, but I know what they sound like,
and this wasn't one of them.

I'm not confident enough to call it as a Sedge Wren, but I'm hoping that
others in the area will keep an ear out for one.

SSW was otherwise rather delightful this morning and included a Virginia
Rail calling by the platform on the Wilson Trail. Among the other usual
suspects (and already reported by others) was the Osprey, the Great Egret,
a Northern Waterthrush, about 60 Rusty Blackbirds (yes really), Palm
Warbler, Yellow Warbler, many Yellow-rumped, and a Blue-headed Vireo.

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[cayugabirds-l] Killdeer and Rusties

[Paul Anderson]

This morning at Salt Point I heard and saw my first Killdeer of the year.
Then at Sapsucker Woods I heard and saw three Rusty Blackbirds. An
impressive flock of several thousand Red-winged Blackbirds flew over in
about three separate waves.

Then at the field next to the compost piles, another Killdeer.

I finally went to Mount Pleasant in the hope that the warm south wind would
bring some raptors over. No luck unfortunately.

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[cayugabirds-l] Curious Canada Geese in Union Springs Mill Pond

[Paul Anderson]

I went on the club trip led by Bob McGuire today. We ended at the Aurora
Boat House but I went on up to Union Springs on my own. In the Mill Pond,
my eye was caught by two Canada Geese among the many hundreds there. They
were together, and both had very speckled necks, very much like the one in
the photo at the link below.

https://feederwatch.org/unusual-bird/salt-pepper-canada-goose/

My immediate thought was that it must be some kind of hybrid, maybe x Snow,
but the pics I found of such hybrids are quite a bit different. These were
the same as Canadas in every way I could see, except for the speckled neck.

Before I could get a photo, the entire flock took off in the direction of
the lake. I tried refinding them there without success.

Does anyone know if this is a natural variation, or might they indeed have
been hybrids?

-Paul

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Suet question

[Paul Schmitt]

Make your own!  Easy with a double boiler.  Plenty of recipes on internet.  I 
use lard, peanut butter, instant oats and a wee bit of corn meal (to thicken 
it).  No millet or other useless fillers.  Better than smelly beef fat too.  
Any tapered mold works to cast the block.   I use one of the plastic squares 
from a commercial suet cake and oil it for easy release.  

Paul Schmitt

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 9, 2022, at 10:22 AM, t...@ottcmail.com wrote:
> 
>  I love Pine Tree Farms - nice people, good prices - and we get all our seed 
> and suet there, but have never seen any suet there that didn't have seeds or 
> peanuts in it.  You could try calling first - 607-532-4311. They also might 
> have ideas for where to get some.  In decades of bird feeding, I don't think 
> I've ever encountered it myself.
> 
> Good luck -
> 
> Alicia 
> 
> 
> Or you could make your own with a 
> 
> On 1/9/2022 9:49 AM, Nancy Cusumano wrote:
>> Don't know if they will have what you are looking for, but you could try 
>> Pine Tree Farms in Interlaken, where they make suet blocks, logs etc. You 
>> have to go during business hours but they are usually very helpful.
>> 
>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 9:39 AM Peter Saracino  
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Folks im looking for a suet log/cylinder for a suet holder I have. Just 
>>> suetno embedded seeds. At least 6-7" high and a few inches in diameter. 
>>> Any ideas where I can buy some. No luck at Tractor Supply, Running, Country 
>>> Max or Wild Birds Unlimited, Amazon
>>> Thanks.
>>> Pete Sar
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[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count results

[Paul Anderson]

Now that count week is over, the results are in. I've uploaded the
spreadsheet to the website, or you can find it at this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h_yJJbgHOVv_WFEtMalpCVA7rcH6aknA/edit?usp=sharing=103035821827588507778=true=true
.

On the day we had 81 species, which was low. We made up some lost ground in
the last few days with a few new count week species, mostly observed from
Hog Hole. The total for the week is now 94, which is only 4 below the
10-year average.

All the data is in that spreadsheet. Enjoy!

-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Ducks off Stewart Park, including Eurasian Wigeon

[Paul Anderson]

There's a very nice selection of ducks visible from Stewart Park this
morning, and viewing is good if you can bear the stiff north wind. The list
includes the Eurasian Wigeon, and also American Wigeon, Pintail,
Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Hooded
Merganser, Mallard, Black Duck, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Pintail,
Gadwall.

Also seen or heard there or in Remington Woods: Killdeer, Red-winged
Blackbird, Red-tailed Hawk, Song Sparrow, Carolina Wren.

And of course the usual suspects: all three Gulls, Chickadees, Robins,
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] No Birds

[Paul Schmitt]

I agree with Marie and add that sometimes they find something better-
less wind exposure or richer food.My hummingbirds disappear for about 8
to 10 days each summer and I figure there is a temporary food source they
prefer.  The squirrels disappeared from the feeders here for about 5 days,
and then were back.

Paul Schmitt

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> My bet would be the weather. Yesterday was cold and windy...birds are more
> hungry in those circumstances.
> Today it's much milder.
>
> Marie
>
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> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:24 PM Carl Steckler 
> wrote:
>
> Yesterday there were dozens of birds at my feeders. So many that I had to
> refill the seed cake feeders.
>
> Today I have not seen any birds at all.
>
> Very strange , any one have any ideas?
> Carl
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Surprises at Salt Point

[Paul Anderson]

I see that Pipits are tail-bobbers too, so that's likely what I saw. Sorry
for the false alarm!

-Paul

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 4:02 PM bob mcguire 
wrote:

> Diane, Rachel, Ken, and I were at Myers mid-morning as five American
> Pipits flew in front the direction of Salt Point (north shoreline) to
> forage for ten minutes along the edge of Salmon Creek directly in front of
> us. Although the field marks you describe do fit PIWA, you might consider
> pipit as well.
>
> While we were there a pair of White-winged Scoters flew in from the south
> and landed in the cove just north of Salt Point. And there was the
> continuing Killdeer across the creek from us, hunkered down at first, then
> foraging in the gravel.
>
> Bob McGuire
>
> On Feb 21, 2021, at 3:08 PM, Paul Anderson  wrote:
>
> I just got back from a walk around Salt Point. The first surprise was a
> Killdeer.
>
> The second surprise was what I am 90% sure was a Palm Warbler, possibly
> even two. I heard flight calls and followed the bird in flight to where it
> perched in a tree. It was backlit, so I was not able to make out many field
> marks, but I did get a strong impression of the yellow undertail coverts,
> and it was bobbing its tail vigorously. As I was watching that one, I could
> hear another in flight, but the sun was in my eyes so I never picked that
> one up. This was right on the north shore near where the Little Free
> Library is.
>
> In the water, amongst the usual suspects were two White-winged Scoters,
> and three Red-breasted Mergansers. Further to the north was a large
> spread-out raft of probable Canada Geese, but I didn't have my scope so I
> couldn't confirm.
>
> Visibility and wind conditions are excellent. I wouldn't be surprised if
> there were more interesting waterfowl further out. If only I had brought
> that scope
>
> -Paul
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[cayugabirds-l] Surprises at Salt Point

[Paul Anderson]

I just got back from a walk around Salt Point. The first surprise was a
Killdeer.

The second surprise was what I am 90% sure was a Palm Warbler, possibly
even two. I heard flight calls and followed the bird in flight to where it
perched in a tree. It was backlit, so I was not able to make out many field
marks, but I did get a strong impression of the yellow undertail coverts,
and it was bobbing its tail vigorously. As I was watching that one, I could
hear another in flight, but the sun was in my eyes so I never picked that
one up. This was right on the north shore near where the Little Free
Library is.

In the water, amongst the usual suspects were two White-winged Scoters, and
three Red-breasted Mergansers. Further to the north was a large spread-out
raft of probable Canada Geese, but I didn't have my scope so I couldn't
confirm.

Visibility and wind conditions are excellent. I wouldn't be surprised if
there were more interesting waterfowl further out. If only I had brought
that scope

-Paul

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Results from the 2021 Christmas Bird Count Ithaca Circle

[Paul Anderson]

Sorry, it looks like I sent out the link to the 2020 sheet by mistake. The
2021 link is this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKBp_qY7ZAw6ZPxMNjmfb9bjPjUDNFaH/view.

Thanks to those who pointed this out.

-Paul

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:16 PM Paul Anderson  wrote:

> All:
>
> The Christmas Bird Count and the count week is now over. We had the
> meeting last night to unveil the numbers, which many of you probably
> attended. I suspect there will be a few minor changes before we're
> completely done and ready to upload to Audubon, but I don't think any of
> the major conclusions will be upended.
>
> I have uploaded the spreadsheet with the results here:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=18fVU66lwWkJgcXKVIZwiXWMak_TOC9nK. Note
> that this has not just the numbers for this year, but all numbers for all
> counts back to the first one in 1963. Feel free to download and browse. In
> the sheet named '2021', see column V for this year's totals, and columns E
> through K for historical data. Also, you can find the map and other
> information here:
> http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/christmas-bird-count.
>
> Here's a summary of the interesting information:
>
>- *181 people* participated, breaking the previous record of 165 from
>2017
>- Participants walked *315 miles* in *305 hours*, and spent another *94
>hours* birding from the car, and *24 hours* owling
>- We had *89 species* on the day, and *10 count week species*, one of
>which is new for the count
>- *15 species* had record highs, and two tied the previous record
>high. We've never broken so many records before!
>- No record lows or big misses, although a few species were much lower
>than we have been used to in recent years
>
>
> We had a great year for woodpeckers and other feeder birds, as well as a
> few others. The record high counts were for these species:
>
>- White-winged Scoter
>- Turkey Vulture
>- Red-bellied Woodpecker
>- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
>- Downy Woodpecker
>- Hairy Woodpecker
>- Pileated Woodpecker
>- Common Raven
>- Tufted Titmouse
>- Red-breasted Nuthatch
>- White-breasted Nuthatch
>- Brown Creeper
>- Carolina Wren
>- Eastern Bluebird
>- Hermit Thrush
>
> Ties for record highs:
>
>- Winter Wren
>- Northern Saw-whet Owl
>
> Count week species
>
>- Tundra Swan
>- Gadwall
>- Ring-necked Duck
>- Red-breasted Merganser
>- Ring-necked Pheasant
>- Black Vulture
>- Gyrfalcon - this was new for the count
>- Peregrine Falcon - we only just today confirmed this sighting on
>12/31.
>- Northern Shrike
>- Snow Bunting
>
>
> The total number of birds counted was 30,293, about 16% down from the
> 10-year average.
>
> At the meeting there was lots of speculation about causes for these
> numbers. It seems fair to conclude that the record effort yielded record
> numbers of birds, a theory that is supported by the fact that we had a
> similar amount of effort in 2011 when we also set many records for many of
> the same birds. The low total is likely mostly due to our part of the lake
> being more empty of birds than we have been used to. Those waterfowl were
> just elsewhere on the day.
>
> Finally, although we all agreed that we were sad not to have the in-person
> dinner at the Lab, all the area leaders were greatly appreciative of the
> extra time to collate numbers. Consequently, we are discussing breaking
> with tradition and doing the dinner on the day after the count instead.
>
> Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out. This was fun!
>
> -Paul
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[cayugabirds-l] Results from the 2021 Christmas Bird Count Ithaca Circle

[Paul Anderson]

All:

The Christmas Bird Count and the count week is now over. We had the meeting
last night to unveil the numbers, which many of you probably attended. I
suspect there will be a few minor changes before we're completely done and
ready to upload to Audubon, but I don't think any of the major conclusions
will be upended.

I have uploaded the spreadsheet with the results here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18fVU66lwWkJgcXKVIZwiXWMak_TOC9nK. Note
that this has not just the numbers for this year, but all numbers for all
counts back to the first one in 1963. Feel free to download and browse. In
the sheet named '2021', see column V for this year's totals, and columns E
through K for historical data. Also, you can find the map and other
information here:
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/christmas-bird-count.

Here's a summary of the interesting information:

   - *181 people* participated, breaking the previous record of 165 from
   2017
   - Participants walked *315 miles* in *305 hours*, and spent another *94
   hours* birding from the car, and *24 hours* owling
   - We had *89 species* on the day, and *10 count week species*, one of
   which is new for the count
   - *15 species* had record highs, and two tied the previous record high.
   We've never broken so many records before!
   - No record lows or big misses, although a few species were much lower
   than we have been used to in recent years


We had a great year for woodpeckers and other feeder birds, as well as a
few others. The record high counts were for these species:

   - White-winged Scoter
   - Turkey Vulture
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker
   - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   - Downy Woodpecker
   - Hairy Woodpecker
   - Pileated Woodpecker
   - Common Raven
   - Tufted Titmouse
   - Red-breasted Nuthatch
   - White-breasted Nuthatch
   - Brown Creeper
   - Carolina Wren
   - Eastern Bluebird
   - Hermit Thrush

Ties for record highs:

   - Winter Wren
   - Northern Saw-whet Owl

Count week species

   - Tundra Swan
   - Gadwall
   - Ring-necked Duck
   - Red-breasted Merganser
   - Ring-necked Pheasant
   - Black Vulture
   - Gyrfalcon - this was new for the count
   - Peregrine Falcon - we only just today confirmed this sighting on 12/31.
   - Northern Shrike
   - Snow Bunting


The total number of birds counted was 30,293, about 16% down from the
10-year average.

At the meeting there was lots of speculation about causes for these
numbers. It seems fair to conclude that the record effort yielded record
numbers of birds, a theory that is supported by the fact that we had a
similar amount of effort in 2011 when we also set many records for many of
the same birds. The low total is likely mostly due to our part of the lake
being more empty of birds than we have been used to. Those waterfowl were
just elsewhere on the day.

Finally, although we all agreed that we were sad not to have the in-person
dinner at the Lab, all the area leaders were greatly appreciative of the
extra time to collate numbers. Consequently, we are discussing breaking
with tradition and doing the dinner on the day after the count instead.

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out. This was fun!

-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count results

[Paul Anderson]

All:

I've been tallying the numbers from the Christmas Bird Count that was held
on New Year's Day. We're going to unveil the numbers at the Zoom meeting on
Monday. Until then, here is a teaser.

   - *181 people participated*, breaking the previous record of 165 from
   2017
   - Participants walked *315 miles* in 305 hours, and spent another *94 *hours
   birding from the car, and *21 *owling
   - We had *88 species* on the day, and at this point have 4 count week
   species, one of which is new for the count
   - *15 species had record highs*, and two tied the previous record high.
   We've never broken so many records before!
   - *No record lows or big misses*, although a few species were much lower
   than we have been used to in recent years

Please join us for the Zoom call on Monday at 7:30 for a presentation of
the details. Register with this link: https://tinyurl.com/cbc-2021-01-cbc.
Please note that we already have 60 people signed up, and our maximum
capacity is 100, so sign up soon!

Thanks,

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[cayugabirds-l] Myers and Sapsucker Woods this morning: Snow Buntings then Fox Sparrow and GH Owl

[Paul Anderson]

I went to Myers at about 8:45 this morning in the hope of seeing some loons fly 
by. The first thing I noticed however was a hooting coming from across the 
creek in Salt Point. It sounded just like a classic Northern Saw-whet Owl 
except that the hoots were a fair bit longer. It only lasted about 30 seconds 
or so and I didn't go over to investigate further.

I ran into Kevin Packard there and we did see about 7-8 Common Loons, only one 
of which was in flight, and that one was going north and landed. We had two 
Bald Eagles too. The best treat though was two Snow Buntings that flew in close 
to us.

>From there I went to Sapsucker Woods and was delighted to find a Fox Sparrow 
>in the feeder garden along with a generous helping of the usual suspects: 
>Goldfinch, Chickadees, W-b Nuthatches, House Finches, Mourning Doves, 
>Cardinals, Blue Jays, Titmice, and Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. 
>Also one White-throated Sparrow.

In the tall pine tree close to where the Wilson Trail meets the Severinghaus 
Trail, I found a Great-horned Owl glaring at me menacingly from about 40 feet 
up.

I have some photos that I'll post to the FB group later.

-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous gull at Stewart Park

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The birding at Stewart Park this morning was enormously satisfying. It was 
chilly but beautifully clear, and very still. Among the usual suspects were a 
Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Bonaparte's Gulls, Red-breasted 
Mergansers, Ruddy Ducks, Green-winged Teal. And I got my FOY Tree Swallow. See 
ebird for the full list.

Then in Renwick Woods, the crows alerted me to the resident Great-horned Owl.

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[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count spreadsheet

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I finally got round to uploading the spreadsheet from the Christmas Bird Count. 
It can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=18fVU66lwWkJgcXKVIZwiXWMak_TOC9nK

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RE: [External] - [cayugabirds-l] Photos of white duck now on Ebird

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Fred:

I saw that same bird on the Christmas Bird Count (that’s my patch) and took a 
couple of photos too. I judged it most likely to be a domestic, although I 
concede that it isn’t as chunky as most domestics seem to be. I’m interested to 
hear other opinions though.

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On Jan 3 I tried to attach a link to the photos on the listserv but failed.  I 
have entered a checklist for the "Wegmans canal area" hotspot on Ebird.  If you 
click "view details' you will see my listing of "duck sp." with photos as the 
11th entry.
I only had my phone, no binoculars.  It looked like a pure white mallard.  Is 
this a domestic duck or an albino?
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip on Saturday

[Paul Anderson]

I was joined by 12 eager birders on this sunny but very chilly Saturday 
morning. We started by going to Stewart Park to see what was on the water. On 
the east side of the park we were treated to a nice collection of waterfowl, 
with highlights including Wood Ducks, Ruddy Ducks, and a few Aythya including 
Lesser Scaup, Redheads, and Ring-necked Ducks. It was hard to see much that was 
far out on the water because of the extreme shimmer. The Swan Pen area was 
lively with Passerines, including Goldfinch, House Finch, countersinging 
Carolina Wrens, and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Here's the Ebird checklist: 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S61487073.

We then went North, stopping first at Ladoga where we the best find was a pair 
of Long-tailed Ducks, and a pair of White-winged Scoter. At Myer's, we found a 
nice Lesser Black-backed Gull on the spit, but diversity was otherwise very 
low: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61492343.

We headed towards the Aurora Boathouse, first stopping in King Ferry at the 
coffee shop. As we descended into Aurora, we could see huge rafts of Snow Geese 
far out on the lake. Just judging from the scale, there must have been tens of 
thousands of birds in three large groups. At the boathouse itself, the wind had 
picked up a bit to make it quite cold , and the shimmer again made it really 
difficult to see far away birds, so we could only barely make out the distant 
snow geese. In consolation we had a Bald Eagle soaring over the location where 
they nest. https://ebird.org/checklist/S61492068.

Finally, we decided to make one last stop at Long Point on the way home. This 
yielded a few loons, but not much else: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61491877. 
The only other bird of note was a Pheasant that flew across the road on the way 
back.

Despite the cold, the shimmer, and the low diversity, we all had a great day.

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip on Saturday

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Hi everyone!

I'll be leading a half-day club trip on Saturday to "where the birds are". This 
will undoubtedly include stopping at a few places on the lake, so it may be a 
bit chilly. Bring your scope.

Meet at 8am at the Lab of Ornithology parking lot to carpool to the locations. 
The plan is to be done by about noon.

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club field trip to Park Preserve on Sunday

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I'll be leading a trip to the Park Preserve on Sunday from 7-12. Meet at 
the CLO parking lot at 7 to carpool. All are welcome.


This and all other club trips can be found on the club calendar, visible 
on our website at http://cayugabirdclub.org.


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[cayugabirds-l] Sandpipers on Hanshaw Road

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In the field opposite 1460 Hanshaw Road is a muddy pool. At about 5:15 
today I found there a Solitary Sandpiper and a Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
They were oblivious to the cars buzzing past, but a cyclist went by, 
they and the Blackbirds and Starlings in the vicinity all flew off.


-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk in Mecklenburg Cemetery

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Early this afternoon I heard what I believe to be the loud and insistent 
calls of a Red-shouldered Hawk. I did not have time to stay and get a 
visual confirmation unfortunately, but I can't think of a plausible 
alternative.


Mecklenburg Cemetery is a little tricky to find. I didn't even know it 
was there until today. It's just off Rt 79. Coming from Ithaca, as you 
come down the hill into Mecklenburg, just after the post office look for 
a small lane on the right. There's a telecom company flag by that 
entrance and one of their little buildings is right there too. You'll 
see the stone pillars leading to the cemetery. That lane is marked as a 
road on Google maps: 
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4556008,-76.7094307,17.62z.


The lane itself runs alongside a little creek and is quite birdy. 
Without really trying I found Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow 
Warbler, Northern Parula, Baltimore Oriole, and others.


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[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake this morning

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I can't go on the club walk tomorrow, so I took myself to Dryden Lake 
this morning and found it satisfyingly birdy.


The highlights were a Bald Eagle carrying a branch to the nest where the 
partner was waiting, two very close-in Common Loons, and lots of 
sparrows including Song, Swamp, Chipping, Field, and Savannah. Ebird 
list is below.


-Paul

Dryden Lake, Tompkins, New York, US
Apr 6, 2019 8:20 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
36 species

Canada Goose  X
Wood Duck  5
Mallard  X
Ring-necked Duck  15
Bufflehead  3
Hooded Merganser  4
Common Merganser  X
Red-breasted Merganser  10
Horned Grebe  5
Mourning Dove  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Common Loon  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Bald Eagle  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
American Crow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
American Robin  X
European Starling  X
American Goldfinch  X
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Savannah Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Northern Cardinal  1

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[cayugabirds-l] Christmas bird count final spreadsheet

[Paul Anderson]

I finally finished the count spreadsheet. For those that are interested, 
it can be found here: 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19G1vyet0UhwZi4mjdNIN5s_X237NgI-r. 
(Note that Google Sheets doesn't render things perfectly; some of the 
conditional formatting is not the same as when you look at it with Excel.)


On examination, the Bald Eagle numbers didn't hold up, so we ended up 
with 11, tying the record high count from last year.


On the other hand, the Turkey Vulture total was wrong and after 
correction upwards to 63, this breaks the previous high count of 59 from 
2016.


Enjoy!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2019 Ithaca Christmas Bird Count results

[Paul Anderson]

Thank you Dave for that summary. Let me add a few more details that may 
be interesting for everyone to hear.

We had 159 participants, well above our 10-year average of 131. Notably, 
we had 125 last year when we broke many records.

We had record low counts of several species that have been seen every 
year (10-yr average shown):

*Species  High  Low   Ave  2019*
Black Duck    422   18    58 5
Mallard  3098  512  1369   468
Am Tree Sparrow  1302   79   389    39
House Sparrow    2161  376   709   308

The total number of individuals was 20260, way down from the 10-year 
average of 38463. The most recent year with fewer was 2004 when the 
count was 19314. Interestingly, prior to 1994 almost all the counts were 
less than 20,000 and only one year since then have they been fewer than 
20,000.

-Paul

On 1/2/2019 10:43 AM, Dave Nutter wrote:
> Despite a high turnout of birders to count Ithaca-area birds, the 
> number of species found and the number of individual birds counted 
> were both substantially down.
>
> By my unofficial count (see below) there were 85 species observed 
> within the count circle during count day (unless I screwed up as I 
> transferred to the new checklist sequence) plus 2 Count Week species 
> from the 3 days prior, and another already today for the 3 days after 
> the count. There are many opportunities on 2, 3, & 4 January to add 
> species which we have often seen in past years, including Snow Goose, 
> any swans, many ducks, Pied-billed Grebe,either loon, several gulls, 
> Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, to name a 
> few.
>
> Although there were no new species added to the count list this year, 
> a few surprises stand out: a Short-eared Owl at Stewart Park and a 
> Northern Goshawk at the Farmers’ market, both found by Ken Rosenberg, 
> and not one, but two Eastern Phoebes (unprecedented!). I had found the 
> one near the railroad behind Agway on 2 Dec, but when Stuart Krasnoff 
> found one near Treman Marina more recently, I assumed the first one 
> had moved, since I saw no Phoebe behind Agway on Saturday but did see 
> one along the lakeshore at Treman this past Sunday. Then one was found 
> at each location on the count!
>
> Despite the high Phoebe count and 18 Bald Eagle reports (which need to 
> be examined for duplication) many species had numbers which were 
> significantly below average.
>
> Why the low count? There’s much speculation. The high winds made it 
> hard to hear birds, and kept them from perching high. The warm weather 
> meant the birds did not need to eat a lot, go to concentrated food 
> sources, or move a lot seeking food. The lack of snow meant that 
> natural food sources were not covered and that birds could stay 
> camouflaged. The lack of ice at the north end of the lake and at 
> Montezuma meant that waterfowl were not forced to the south end of the 
> lake to find shallow water to feed in. The high winds caused whitecaps 
> and rollers on Cayuga Lake as well as making it hard to keep scopes 
> and people aligned. But the weather that day doesn’t seem to be the 
> whole story. Birds seemed generally scarce to me over the past several 
> days both on land, and on the lake when viewing conditions were ideal. 
> An early start to shooting season meant that waterfowl had been 
> disturbed more thoroughly and moved out. And there may be other 
> factors we just don’t know yet. Fitz says Audubon plans to analyze CBC 
> data taking count-day weather into account to see if trends show up.
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
> CBC results
>
>
> CACGOO0101Ken RosenbergNewman Golf/Jetty Wds, Ithaca
>
> CANGOO 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> MALLAR 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> AMKDUC 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> REDHEA 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> 05
>
> RINDUC 0101Kevin McGowansouth of Myers, Lansing
>
> GRESCA 0101Ken Rosenberg?LOC?
>
> LESSCA 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> LOTDUC 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> BUFFLE 0101Ithaca CBCIthaca CBC
>
> 10
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: December 29, 2018

[Paul Anderson]

Randy:

Yes 1963 was the earliest (or at least the earliest that was recorded). 
All the data from all years can be seen here: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19EWVe-v5fKI3s93ciNoNwy2Wpp-GpNg6/view.


There were 61 species observed in 1963. Of those, two have not shown up 
on the count since: Dickcissel and Green-tailed Towhee!


-Paul

On 12/29/2018 10:16 AM, Randolph Scott Little wrote:
When was the first Ithaca Christmas Bird Count?  It may have been 
1/1/63, as that is the earliest NYIT CBC that I could find in the 
National Audubon Society web archive.  Perhaps I could find it 
somewhere in my old files, as I recall working
with Dorothy McIlroy to establish the first circle, whose center has 
since been moved slightly.  Good birding!  --Randy


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

[Paul Schmitt]

It strikes me that this might just be following the food.  Many years we see 
our hummers disappear for a week or more in early June to and then return.  
Went to Watkins Glen gorge this morning and was surprised to see many birds.  
Not usually the case there. Even saw Louisiana Waterthrush foraging in stream 
areas.  

Paul Schmitt

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 20, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Something not mentioned is the impact of unexpected Atlantic tropical and 
> hurricane storm systems and the affect these may have upon migrating 
> neotropical passerines which launch from the Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 
> area East out into the Atlantic Ocean, to catch the Trade Winds pushing them 
> back toward the Caribbean and Northeastern South America. An example of this 
> migration is the well documented occurrence of Blackpoll Warblers taking 
> advantage of this wind pattern, their migration of which takes place over 
> several days.
> 
> Looking at accidentals, you will see several North American neotropical 
> migrants which showed up on the Island of Flores and Corvo Island located WNW 
> of The Azores, which is about 2,100 to 2,300 nautical miles to the ENE of 
> Hatteras, NC. Several of these showed up in the days following the passage of 
> Hurricane Maria. You can view this map to see the storm tracks and dates: 
> https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tracks/tracks-at-2017.png The only plausible 
> explanation of the abundance of these accidentals (several Blackpoll Warblers 
> this past fall, for example), is the direct migration interference these 
> massive storm systems may have had upon the migrants setting out over the 
> Atlantic Ocean.
> 
> Imagine a single key moment during migration, where thousands of birds take 
> off from Hatteras, NC or other nearby areas along the East Coast, headed 
> East, aiming for those favorable Trade Winds to return them back to land, 
> only to be disrupted and exhausted by the unexpected rapid approach of a 
> massive hurricane. How many thousands of migrants might perish? How would 
> that affect species at the population level? Could the dearth of birds this 
> spring (as we have also seen with increasing frequency over the years) be the 
> direct result of the increasing frequency of and numbers of major hurricanes 
> or other perfect storms?
> 
> Perhaps this is worthy of some collaborative research project.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H
> 
> 
> On Jun 20, 2018, at 1:00 PM, David Nicosia  wrote:
> 
> I remember this conversation last year. If there is a marked rapid decline in 
> song birds as reported, then something has occurred in the past couple years 
> that is wiping our birds out. Habitat loss is a gradual slow process that 
> would not be so readily noticed on a wide scale from year to year. The 
> weather patterns, I don't believe were bad enough for massive mortality 
> events (although I haven't looked into this in full depth). Wind farms keep 
> popping up, but again its a gradual pressure that wouldn't manifest itself in 
> 1-2 years for such reported rapid declines. The only thing I can think of is 
> if there is a disease (west nile?) that is affecting songbirds and other 
> species? This could explain two poor breeding seasons. Does anyone know if 
> this is being reported in species of songbirds???  
> 
> Dave 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 2:10 PM  wrote:
>> The current "record" based on banded birds returned to the wild is 8 years 2 
>> months. That said, Nancy may well have been enjoying the progeny of that 
>> first pair as their site fidelity is high.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> ---
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>> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
>> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
>> Burdett, NY 14818
>> 42.443508000, -76.758202000
>>> On 2018-06-19 17:17, Asher Hockett wrote:
>>> 
>>> Likely "your" pewee was at least two different birds, as their lifespan is 
>>> ~7 years.
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Nancy Cusumano 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>> It really is an odd summer!  We also are missing "our" peewee, who has 
>>>> been here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing 
>>>> him!
>>>> There are at least 2 pair of great crested flycatchers and on Friday an 
>>>> Indigo bunting showed up and is still around singing his head off from the 
>>>> tops of the black locust trees.
>>>> There are sapsucker babies (that sound like they are humming in morse code 
>>>> from inside the tree) and bluebirds too.  So down one peewee

[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods on Saturday afternoon

[Paul Anderson]

I visited the Great Horned Owls at the golf course yesterday (thanks 
Mark) and continued on to Jetty Woods with two others.


The entrance was buzzing with activity with Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 
Redstarts, a Warbling Vireo, a Yellow Warbler, an Oriole, and a 
Blackburnian.


We walked to the end and back; most remarkable was a faint but clear 
call of a Black-billed Cuckoo.


Full ebird list is below:

Canada Goose  X
Hooded Merganser  1
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Black-billed Cuckoo  1 Heard calling once only but unmistakable.
Great Horned Owl  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  X
American Redstart  6
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco  X
Northern Cardinal  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
House Sparrow  X

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip to the Park Preserve tomorrow

[Paul Anderson]

A fine time was had this morning on this field trip. We met at the CLO 
parking lot, and while waiting there we were treated to a nice view of a 
Common Raven being harassed by crows and blackbirds. It landed on one of 
the utility poles and croaked its displeasure.

On the way to the preserve we spotted a Red-tailed Hawk on the ground in 
a field on Freese Road, where it was being mobbed too. At the same point 
one of our party observed a Bobolink and a flyover Pileated Woodpecker.

At the preserve we started at the SW entrance and did the loop down to 
the creek including the ravine. Our first observation was of singing 
Towhees and a distant Prairie Warbler. Large numbers of American 
Goldfinch were present near the entrance. A few Juncos kept making 
appearances. Further in we heard and saw first Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 
then some Golden-crowned. Several White-throated Sparrows were singing 
lustily. An enthusiastic Ovenbird popped into sight and sang. A couple 
of Field Sparrows sang too. Two Broad-winged Hawks flew over.

As we entered the woods leading down to the creek we heard 
Black-throated Green, and probable Magnolia (we never got visuals). At 
the creek we struck out on the Louisiana Waterthrush we had hoped to see.

We bumped into a couple of other birders who had seen a Black-throated 
Blue and a Blackburnian, and heard a Winter Wren at the ravine. We did 
not succeed in repeating their success, but were compensated by the 
sight of a pair of Hermit Thrushes.

Back at the entrance we decided to go to the other parking area and do 
the boardwalk. There we added Solitary Sandpiper, Chestnut-sided, Common 
Yellowthroat, and a flyover Cooper's Hawk.

As a bonus, on the way back we bumped into John Fitzpatrick on Mt. 
Pleasant Road who pointed out the location of Horned Larks. A lovely 
male Harrier was there too. A bit further up we got out of the car when 
we heard a Savannah Sparrow, and then got great scope views of a singing 
male Bobolink at the very top of a tree.

Thanks to everyone who participated. It was well worth the effort.

-Paul


On 5/4/2018 7:49 AM, Paul Anderson wrote:
>
> I'm leading a field trip tomorrow to the Park Preserve. Details are on 
> the calendar at http://cayugabirdclub.org and below.
>
> The 300 acre Park Preserve offers a mix of habitats from conifer 
> plantations to hardwoods and ravines. Magnolia Warblers, Indigo 
> Buntings, Prairie Warblers and Louisiana Waterthrush are just a few of 
> the birds that breed here. Bring insect repellent for those deer 
> ticks! We'll meet at the North parking lot of the Cornell Lab of 
> Ornithology at 7:00 am for carpooling (SFO field trips will also be 
> meeting at 7:00 am). Contact me at 607 216-5389 or fish...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:fish...@gmail.com> if you have questions.
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip to the Park Preserve tomorrow

[Paul Anderson]

I'm leading a field trip tomorrow to the Park Preserve. Details are on 
the calendar at http://cayugabirdclub.org and below.

The 300 acre Park Preserve offers a mix of habitats from conifer 
plantations to hardwoods and ravines. Magnolia Warblers, Indigo 
Buntings, Prairie Warblers and Louisiana Waterthrush are just a few of 
the birds that breed here. Bring insect repellent for those deer ticks! 
We'll meet at the North parking lot of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at 
7:00 am for carpooling (SFO field trips will also be meeting at 7:00 
am). Contact me at 607 216-5389 or fish...@gmail.com 
<mailto:fish...@gmail.com> if you have questions.

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[cayugabirds-l] Preliminary results of Christmas Bird Count

[Paul Anderson]

Yesterday was a remarkable day in the history of the count. Below are 
some of the preliminary results.

We set many records:

  * Our species count was 102 on the day, beating the previous record of
99 set in 2013
  o We also have two count week species so far
  * We had lots of high counts:
  o 7 Mute Swans (prev 2 in 2002)
  o 16401 Redhead (prev 13412 in 2001)
  o 250 Ring-necked Duck (prev 116 in 2013)
  o 501 Lesser Scaup (prev 330 in 2000)
  o 7 White-winged Scoter (prev 2 in 2014)
  o 47 Long-tailed Duck (prev 14 in 2009)
  o 272 Common Goldeneye (prev 126 in 2009)
  o 216 Common Merganser (prev 127 in 2009)
  o 21 Red-breasted Merganser (prev 19 in 1988)
  o 14 Bald Eagle (prev 9 in 2016) (This is probably an overcount
and is likely to be revised)
  o 1514 Dark-eyed Junco (prev 1185 in 2016)
  o 9 White-crowned Sparrow (prev 8 in 1976)
  * We had three species never seen on the count before:
  o Black Vulture (3)
  o Tufted Duck
  o European Goldfinch

The total count of individual birds was 40536, which is just above our 
10-year average of 38328, and well short of the 2016 record of 59611.

122 people went out, and we had 12 feeder watchers.

Unlucky misses include Ring-necked Pheasant, Merlin and Northern Shrike. 
Keep an eye out for these species in the next three days.

These numbers may be amended as we double check the figures and as new 
observations trickle in. Most of the records are likely to stand.

Thanks are due to everyone who contributed, especially the area leaders.

-Paul

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] the four Black Vultures

[Paul Anderson]

If the Black Vultures hang around until tomorrow (Friday), they will be 
a new species for the Christmas Bird Count.

My interview about the count (recorded Tuesday) was aired on WCHU today: 
http://whcuradio.com/morning-newswatch/new-years-day-with-cayuga-bird-club/. 
In it I mentioned vultures. Before 2004 we had never recorded a Turkey 
Vulture, but they've been seen every year since but one. Vultures moving 
their winter range north appears to be a trend.

-Paul


On 12/28/2017 10:18 AM, AB Clark wrote:
> I too went back through Bluewing as well as CBL, and repeat sightings 
> of 2 BLVU in Broome followed the 7, as were sightings of 2 in Cayuga 
> Basin, several times through March and early April.  Then I can find 
> no sightings (although I didn’t check ebird) until late summer, when 
> they started being seen around the Compost (1 and 2 at a time).
>
> Wonder if some tracking through lists and eBird could suggest where a 
> pair could have bred not far from the purview of both lists and within 
> a day’s sail of the compost. I COULD check the Breeding Bird Altas…if 
> I weren’t going to sail down to Binghamton for a few hours.
>
> anne
>
> Anne B Clark
> 147 Hile School Rd
> Freeville, NY 13068
> 607-222-0905
> anneb.cl...@gmail.com <mailto:anneb.cl...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Dec 28, 2017, at 9:59 AM, David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:daven102...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> We had 7 Black Vultures in Vestal NY last spring just south of 
>> Binghamton which was a record high for Broome County. We also had 
>> another bird reported in the spring in Chenango Bridge NY.
>> I also heard from the Chemung Valley folks that they had 8 BVs this 
>> spring a new record for them as well. Who knows in 10 years they may 
>> be regular in central NY. TVs were rare at one point many decades ago 
>> and they have made a remarkable expansion north. It would be cool to 
>> see both regularly up here!
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu 
>> <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe. They do breed in the state and have become more common
>> over the last few years.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> *From:* bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu
>> <mailto:bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu>
>> <bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu
>> <mailto:bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of
>> psaracin <psara...@rochester.rr.com
>> <mailto:psara...@rochester.rr.com>>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:24 PM
>> *To:* Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
>> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] the four Black Vultures
>> Hi Kevin. Is the vultures' presence a sign of their creeping
>> advance into the state?
>> Thanks.
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>>
>>  Original message 
>> From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu
>> <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>>
>> Date: 12/27/17 3:41 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
>> <mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] the four Black Vultures
>>
>> Yesterday I got a good look at the four Black Vultures that have
>> been hanging around. They were sitting together on one of the
>> compost piles at the Cornell facility on Stevenson Road. Two of
>> the four had very black faces and feathers higher up on the back
>> of the head, indicating that they are young birds hatched this
>> year. The other two had gray, wrinkled faces of adults.
>>
>>
>> I saw both juveniles interact with an adult, pecking at each
>> other’s bill in what looked like an “affectionate” way. (We use
>> the term “affiliative behavior” for things like grooming and
>> other positive interactions.) They may have done some brief
>> allopreening, but I couldn’t tell for sure.
>>
>>
>> Black Vultures are known to have a complex social system where
>> they associate and cooperate with kin. Young Black Vultures are
>> known to hang out with their parents up until the next breeding
>> season.
>>
>>
>> I suspect this group is a mated pair with two offspring. That
>> would explain why we always see the four together.
>>
>&

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park this morning - two Greater White-fronted Geese

[Paul Anderson]

I just learned that two domestic geese have been hanging around in 
Stewart Park, and that they were seen this afternoon at the high school 
playing fields. I think I jumped to the wrong conclusion; the geese I 
saw were sleeping and tightly tucked up, so I didn't get to see any 
patterns on the head. I think it is more likely they are the same two 
domestics seen later.


Sorry if I sent anyone on wild goose chase!


On 12/27/2017 12:02 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:

I just tried and failed for Paul's geese. Perhaps the 5 Bald Eagles (3 adults, 
2 immatures) hunting over the park had something to do with it. The dead goose 
on the ice looked to be a Canada.

Kevin

-Original Message-
From: bounce-122157940-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-122157940-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 10:02 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park this morning - two Greater White-fronted 
Geese

The viewing conditions from the East side of Stewart Park this morning were 
quite good; it's bright and although it is quite cold, there is very little 
wind.

The most notable birds were two Greater White-fronted Geese sleeping next to a 
small group of gulls and easy to find. If these two stick around for the bird 
count we will have a record. The species has been seen only twice before, and 
only solo.

I searched in vain for a Glaucous gull, but found none.

The raft of ducks is visible from there, but they are much better seen from 
East Shore Park. Among them were two Pintail, two Ruddy Ducks, a handful of 
Lesser Scaup, and a few Ring-necked Ducks. I was surprised to find no 
Canvasback.


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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park this morning - two Greater White-fronted Geese

[Paul Anderson]

The viewing conditions from the East side of Stewart Park this morning 
were quite good; it's bright and although it is quite cold, there is 
very little wind.


The most notable birds were two Greater White-fronted Geese sleeping 
next to a small group of gulls and easy to find. If these two stick 
around for the bird count we will have a record. The species has been 
seen only twice before, and only solo.


I searched in vain for a Glaucous gull, but found none.

The raft of ducks is visible from there, but they are much better seen 
from East Shore Park. Among them were two Pintail, two Ruddy Ducks, a 
handful of Lesser Scaup, and a few Ring-necked Ducks. I was surprised to 
find no Canvasback.



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[cayugabirds-l] TVs on the move

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From my office window on Esty St in Ithaca, I can see lots of Turkey 
Vultures flying south. It's been a constant sequence of clumps for the 
past hour. I've counted about 60, but there are probably very many more 
that I can't see.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loons at inlet?

[Paul Zarnowski]

I agree with Asher and think what you saw were almost certainly Cormorants.   
They are both fishing birds, diving for their meals like Loons do, and they 
look very similar.  I know they hang out in the area you identified, in a 
couple of tall trees on the inlet, and also in a deadfall tree nearby in the 
lake.  Loons tend to be solitary birds, not hanging out in large groups like 
Cormorants do.

..Paul

On Sep 25, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Asher Hockett 
<veery...@gmail.com<mailto:veery...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Are you sure they were NOT Double-crested Cormorants? They are plentiful in 
that area.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Fredric Kardon 
<fredrickar...@gmail.com<mailto:fredrickar...@gmail.com>> wrote:
About 9:30 AM today while walking from Cass Park to Hog Hole,  we saw what we 
thought were loons swimming near the red buoy/lighthouse past the jetty at the 
south end of Cayuga Lake.  There were about 35.  I wanted to report them to 
Ebird but was advised they are rare for this date and location, so I haven't 
reported them yet.  The other possibility is that they were grebes.  When I put 
in PBGR,I was told this is a high count for this date and location.Based on 
size and sillhouette we think they are loons.  We only had binoculars with us.  
Any suggestions?

Fred Kardon
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Shindagin Hollow

[Paul Schmitt]

Maybe the road is flooded where it crosses the creek?

PS

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>  I decided to check out Shindagin Hollow this morning to see if there was
> any activity. I was surpised to find that there is a barrier and "Road
> Closed" sign at the beginning of the unpaved portion of Shindagin Hollow
> Rd. (north end).  Does anyone know anything about why this might be and
> when it might be opened?
>
> I walked about 1/4 mile and found all of the bird action within the
> first 250 yards. It was quiet after that. Weird. The apple trees are all in
> bloom and the trillium are looking grand!
>
>   Here is a list of what I found (mostly heard).
>
>
> Hairy Woodpecker  1
> Tufted Titmouse  2
> White-breasted Nuthatch  1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
> Veery  2
> Hermit Thrush  1
> American Robin  4
> Ovenbird  3
> Nashville Warbler  2
> Common Yellowthroat  3
> Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
> Black-throated Green Warbler  4
>
>
> Laura
>
>
> Laura Stenzler
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[cayugabirds-l] Bird club trip to Park Preserve

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I led a trip this morning to the Park Preserve; about 15 people took 
part. Although a few drops of rain fell as I was driving to the meeting 
point, the threatened precipitation failed to materialize, so we enjoyed 
our birding dry in cool mid-50s temperatures.


We started at the South entrance. Although we heard quite a few birds, 
this trip was remarkable in that we saw very few of of them. We heard 
Prairie Warbler, Eastern Towhee, several Black-throated Green Warblers, 
a probable Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, 
Louisiana Waterthrush, Flicker, and Carolina Wren. We did get to see 
Hermit Thrush, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a possible Sharp-shinned Hawk 
(although it looked much too large, it had all the right characteristics 
otherwise.) Kathy arrived a little later and as she was catching up with 
us, flushed a Ruffed Grouse.


Of course, the more common usual suspects were there too: Chickadees, 
Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, 
Canada Goose, Crow, Grackle, and Red-winged Blackbird.


We then went to the entrance further North, where the boardwalk is. We 
immediately got treated to a few nice sparrows: Song, Field, Chipping, 
and Swamp. A Green Heron flew over; there were Tree and Barn Swallows, a 
Phoebe, and a couple of male Common Mergansers in one of the distant 
ponds. A Broad-winged Hawk and a Turkey Vulture flew over too.


Finally we used up our final half hour by going back to Sapsucker Woods 
so that we could see the White-crowned Sparrows in the feeder garden.


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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club field trip on Saturday 4/29 to the Park Preserve

[Paul Anderson]

I am leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip to the Park Preserve this 
Saturday 4/29 from 7:30am until about noon. All are welcome, regardless 
of experience or level of expertise.


Meet at the CLO parking lot to carpool to the preserve. Or, meet us at 
the South entrance to the preserve (the one closest to the junction with 
Hurd Road). I expect we'll arrive there between 7:45 and 8:00 am.


The weather forecast predicts temperatures in the 60s and a 30% chance 
of rain, and we may venture into muddy areas, so dress accordingly. 
Insect repellent is likely to be useful too.


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[cayugabirds-l] Preliminary bird count results

[Paul Anderson]

We just did the bird count compilation. Below are some preliminary 
highlights based on today's numbers and comparison with data from all 
previous 54 years.

90 species were seen today. This was the same as last year.

We observed 41875 individuals, up from our 10-year average of 37638.

We have 1 count week species confirmed (Glaucous gull). Last year we had 
10 count week species.

We had these high counts:

  * Bufflehead: 27; previous high was 21
  * Hooded Merganser: 67; previous high was 52
  * Ruddy Duck: 30; previous was 23
  * Double-crested Cormorant: 7; previous was 6

The only bird never seen before on the count day was the Ross's Goose. 
This was a count week species in 2012.
A House Wren was reported in area 7, only the second time one has been 
reported on the day (1994).

A few notable misses:

  * Canvasback (also missed last year, but was previously 48/54)
  * Northern Harrier; first miss since 1988, previously 43/54.

And finally a few that we got by the skin of our teeth (1 individual, 
but where we were expecting more):

  * Purple Finch
  * Swamp Sparrow
  * Yellow-rumped Warbler

I'll post more details as these numbers get double-checked and confirmed.

-Paul


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why larger predatory birds flee smaller birds

[Paul Schmitt]

This got me to recalling that last summer I saw a RW Blackbird take offense
at some Canada Geese there were too close to a nest at MNWR.  The male RWB
attached the gander's back, taking hold and riding him out of the area.  It
appeared the blackbird knew just where to be clear of the gander's beak.

Paul Schmitt

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On the Eastern end of Eaton Marsh this AM, Kingbirds were defending
> against an Osprey. It's the first time I've seen the Kingbirds red crown
> which, apparently, they use in this situation.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/K6Q3AJ
>
> https://flic.kr/p/K6NNDN
>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/28289055592/>
>
>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/28289297622/>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> *From:* bounce-120630872-25047...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-120630872-25047...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Dave Nutter <
> nutter.d...@me.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 17, 2016 10:31 PM
> *To:* Cayuga Birds
> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Why larger predatory birds flee smaller birds
>
> As I drove south on NYS-89 west of Cayuga Lake this afternoon I saw a
> Red-tailed Hawk ahead, flying vigorously alongside the road, apparently
> having just been persuaded by an Eastern Kingbird to vacate a typical perch
> atop a power pole. As they crossed in front of me, the Kingbird closed the
> gap completely and appeared to land and remain between the shoulders of the
> flying hawk. They disappeared, still attached, behind farm buildings before
> I could tell what damage the Kingbird inflicted, but I bet it was pretty
> uncomfortable. Meanwhile second Kingbird had also joined the chase.
>
> --Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods Orchard Oriole

[Paul Anderson]

I went looking for the GH Owls at Jetty Woods this morning, but I was so 
pressed for time that I had to leave before I found them.


My consolation prize (as well as many of the other migrants already 
reported) was an Orchard Oriole right by the building at the entrance to 
the trail.


-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Pipit party at Myers

[Paul Anderson]

At Myer's Point just now, where the strong North wind is brutal, there 
was a remarkable number of American Pipits on the road along Salmon 
Creek leading up to the spit. I estimate at least fifty.


At Ladoga, where it was more sheltered but still unpleasant, - more 
Pipits! Eight on the road in, and another six or so by the shore. South 
of the shore was a flock of thirteen Red-breasted Mergansers. A flock of 
about twenty Tree Swallows were flying around by the docks. An Osprey 
was carrying nesting material.


I had come from leading the beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods where 
four visitors were brave enough to join. We encountered many flocks of 
Rusty Blackbirds, but it was impossible for me to tell for sure how many 
in total because they were moving around so much. I would guess about 
20-30 individuals. My guests were happy to see their first Sapsucker ever.


-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Lightroom CC Photo Editing: The Complete Guide with Ben Willmore

[Paul Schmitt]

Hi!

Wish you were more comfortable with Lightroom? Here is a great chance to 
upgrade your LR skills for free.  For members home during the day, or with time 
in some evenings, Ben Willmore with build your skills.  While CreativeLive is 
recording the training course, you can listen in for FREE.  He is a skilled 
teacher and expert photographer who brings many photos to show the process.  
See the link:

https://www.creativelive.com/courses/lightroom-cc-photo-editing-the-complete-guide-ben-willmore?utm_source=creativeLIVE_medium=email_campaign=20160401_Photo_ReneeRobynEnroll

You will need to sign up as customer (no cost) and then RSVP.  The evening slot 
is a daily rebroadcast beginning around 8 pm.  When I am pressed for time, I 
find it good to drop in for brief times; course are built in segments so 3/4 
hours is enough.

If you find the content valuable for repeated viewing, they offer a discount to 
people on the RSVP list.

Ray Hunt and I have been watching free programs over the last 2 years.  
Willmore has been a top 
instructor.


Paul Schmitt


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] help determining the time to mow fields

[Paul Anderson]

Thanks Geo for this suggestion. I just added this document to the 
Resources section of the CBC website: 
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources. It's right at the end.

I'm more than happy to accept other suggestions for similar additions.

-Paul

On 3/15/2016 10:13 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
> I would like to suggest that the Hayfields & Grassland Birds link 
> below might be a useful addition to the Cayuga Bird Club webpage, so 
> that club members and visitors can easily re-locate this valuable but 
> rather deeply buried resource.
>
> http://www.nysenvirothon.net/Referencesandother/Hayfields_Grassland_Birds.pdf
>
> -Geo
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Prompted by Mike Palermo to go to the _correct_ section, I find that 
>> the collection of Cooperative Extension documents he shared does 
>> contain just what the livestock guy at Winter Market needs. Readers 
>> can navigate to it as Mike described (you have to hunt for the link 
>> labeled "Hayfields & Grassland Birds", _not_ the one that says 
>> "Fields & Grassland Birds"), but here's a more direct link right to 
>> that section:
>>
>> http://www.nysenvirothon.net/Referencesandother/Hayfields_Grassland_Birds.pdf
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>> It's a beautiful treatment, and I thank Mike for his patience in 
>> leading my eye to it.
>>
>> -Geo
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks

[Paul Anderson]

A couple of years ago when we had that mild winter, I got a tick on the 
Christmas Bird Count. Not the FOY species I was hoping for!


-Paul

On 10/22/2015 2:22 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote:

Some of my animals and I have all had multiple ticks on us in the last 2 weeks, 
after a summer of relative freedom from them.
I am a tick magnet and had 3 on my levis yesterday, then one trying to embed in 
my thigh, later!  Ick!
Donna

Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY

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[mailto:bounce-119809930-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Melanie Uhlir
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:17 PM
To: Carolyn McMaster <c...@briarpatchvet.com>; 'Ann Mitchell' 
<annmitchel...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks

Good grief! Thank you for the heads-up!!

Melanie

On 10/22/2015 1:39 PM, Carolyn McMaster wrote:

Dr. Carolyn McMaster here,
Just a note of caution for all you fellow birders.  This is the season
when ticks are most active.  Even after it freezes, if it goes above
freezing during the day, the ticks will be foraging for a blood meal.
Only after continual hard frosts will they go dormant.  Lyme disease
is becoming more and more common around here.
Carolyn

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[mailto:bounce-119808363-47503...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ann
Mitchell
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:33 AM
To: cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks

Just a heads up. I know I am attracted to ticks, or the other way
around, but they are still with us. I discovered one on me after a
walk at Roy Park Preserve last evening.
Good birding,
Ann

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

[Paul Anderson]

All:

The Freese Road gardens situation isn't as dire as it sounds. I have a 
plot there so I have received emails about it from the organizers. 
Here's a snippet from one:

> Dear Gardening Friends,
>
> I’m very sorry to tell you that there will be a major change at 
> Cornell Garden Plots next year (2016).
>
> The Cornell Agriculture department, who allows us to use the land on 
> which we garden, told us that we need to move out of the gardens in 
> 2016 so the land can be cover cropped.  Apparently we have been using 
> the same soil for so long that disease spores have built up and are 
> blowing around, which negatively effects nearby research plots. By not 
> growing vegetables and by cover cropping instead, we can greatly 
> reduce the diseases in our soil.  They have agreed to allow us to stay 
> at the Freese Road location and garden this year while they look for a 
> new location to move us to in 2016.
>
> Once they move us in 2016 we will stay in the new location for a 
> couple of years while they cover crop our Freese Road gardens.  Then 
> we would move back to Freese Road, but we would continue to rotate 
> between the two locations every couple of years so that diseases don’t 
> build up again.
>
> I’m letting you know about this now since you may be considering 
> installing structures or buying perennial plants for your “permanent 
> plot”.  Unfortunately it will no longer be permanent.
>
> The people in charge of these decisions want us to continue to garden, 
> they also need to protect the research projects going on nearby.  They 
> have been nothing but encouraging and positive in our interactions. 
> Overall this will make the gardens better, it will unfortunately mean 
> the end of the permanent plots.
>
Unfortunately there has been no success at finding an alternative spot 
for us gardeners. A location on Dodge Road was identified, but it needs 
work for drainage and a road and there is no money to pay for it, so 
until we can return to Freese Road, the club will be on hiatus.

As a birder and a gardener, I am doubly saddened by the loss of this 
spot, but I am hopeful that we might get it back in a couple of years. 
And who knows? Maybe it will continue to be a good spot for fall 
sparrows regardless.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mill pond path ... Union Springs

[Paul Schmitt]

If This  follows the pattern of many Eagle Scout projects that lack a 
commitment for maintenance, the trail will be gone in ten years.

Paul Schmitt

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> On Sep 28, 2015, at 9:38 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard 
> <job121...@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Today I walked along the new "path" along the south side of Mill pond. 
> Needless to say, it left me feeling angry that the scout's mother, who 
> admitted to me that she knew next to nothing about birds & their needs, 
> pushed through their (her) agenda of making the path, DESPITE all the letters 
> you caring, knowledgeable birders wrote. Letters that were polite, filled 
> with suggests & reasons why the path should not be there. 
> 
> This was a mother pushing her shy son into something she thought he/they 
> could do so he could become an Eagle Scout. I understand ...  it's hard to 
> find projects that would earn a merit badge. (The roofless, gazebo with no 
> seats was one.) 
> 
>  I don't know who on the village board gave the final approval or if 
> liability has been considered. I do know that the former mayor who recently 
> resigned, was ready to give immediate approval at that 1st meeting after only 
> the barest of plans were presented. Indeed, there were no real plans 
> presented at the meeting I attended. It was just a proposal with the boy to 
> give more thorough plans at a future date as to what part the village would 
> play & what the boy was to do. Oh, & he proposed erecting a sign about the 
> birds that stop there. 
> 
> So folks, today I did a slow boil as I walked the rough path which still 
> needs a LOT of clearing, leveling, digging out stumps & putting in wood 
> chips. The path is as close as 5' from the water (with no bushes to hide 
> walkers) & as far as 20'. Beware, in places there is poison ivy underfoot & 
> along the path. A beaver has dropped a tree into the water. I was happy to 
> see a catbird in bushes between me & the water. ALL the ducks were at the NE 
> area of the pond. Not unusual but what will it be like when the pond is full? 
> Futile question. 
> 
> Thank you all who tried, as did I, to keep the pond edge & the pond as a safe 
> haven & home for "our" birds.  
> 
> Fritzie    24 yrs. here, loving & enjoying the birds of Union Springs.
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush on Kline Road

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As I drove my son to school this morning a Louisiana Waterthrush was 
singing from the gorge next to Kline Road.  This is on the part of Kline 
Road between Needham Road and Lake Street, just uphill from the Ithaca 
High School.


-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Belle Sherman migrants

[Paul G. Rodewald]

Plenty of new arrivals in my Belle Sherman yard this AM (just west of the East 
Ithaca Recreation Way): 
1 Red-eyed Vireo 
1 Blue-headed Vireo (singing)
1 RC Kinglet (singing)
1 Gray Catbird
1 Scarlet Tanager (m)
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (all males in one flowering willow tree)
5 White-crowned Sparrow

Small groups of RW Blackbirds on the move; Blue Jays too. 
A tightly bunched flock of ~20 finches, silent, in rapid flight over tree tops, 
not very well seen, but looked interesting
 
Yesterday: Warbling Vireo and new House Wrens.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

[Paul Schmitt]

Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning.  This 
report does not match.

Paul Schmitt

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 On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote:
 
 Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One 
 adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
  I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in 
 residence.
 
 Marie
 
 
 
 
 Marie Read Wildlife Photography
 452 Ringwood Road
 Freeville NY  13068 USA
 
 Phone  607-539-6608
 e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
 
 http://www.marieread.com
 
 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
 
 http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
 
 From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
 [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read 
 [m...@cornell.edu]
 Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
 To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest
 
 John Confer wrote:
 
  We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
 Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
 was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
 reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? 
 If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
 after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
 
 Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw the 
 GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there myself on 
 Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence.
 
 What happened?
 
 Marie
 
 
 Marie Read Wildlife Photography
 452 Ringwood Road
 Freeville NY  13068 USA
 
 Phone  607-539-6608
 e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
 
 http://www.marieread.com
 
 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
 
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 From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
 [bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
 [con...@ithaca.edu]
 Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy
 
The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
 one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a 
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at 
 Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more common 
 waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which 
 we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables 
 near the band shelter.  We did hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two 
 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall Creek.
 
 
We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
 Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
 was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
 reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? 
 If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
 after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
 
 
Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
 guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
 flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
 ground, apparently eating ants.
 
 
Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
 material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south 
 end of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, 
 which reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.
 
 
   A nice morning of birding.
 
 
 John Confer
 
 
 
 
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Spring Waterfront Cleanup this weekend

[Paul Anderson]

The annual Stewart Park/Waterfront Cleanup is this Saturday from 10am to 
noon. The Cayuga Bird Club invites members and non-members alike to 
participate. We will meet at the Swan Pen at 10am and will proceed to 
clean that area and then Jetty Woods. It's very satisfying and more fun 
than it sounds. A good sighting of a Great-horned Owl is practically 
guaranteed! Please join us.


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[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods this morning

[Paul Anderson]

The Red-throated Loon was still present this morning (about 9am) just 
west of the white lighthouse.


As I scoped towards the east I saw in the far distance just north of 
Stewart Park a bird that I believe was a Tree Swallow. I couldn't swear 
by it, and I lost it after about five seconds due to the great distance. 
Are they back?


I had some other FOYs for me: Great-blue Heron, Pied-billed Grebe (about 
4), two Double-crested Cormorants.


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[cayugabirds-l] Reminder: CBC meeting: Share your photo night THIS EVENING

[Paul Anderson]

Everyone is invited to join us this evening for the Cayuga Bird Club 
meeting. The meeting will start at 7:30 with some bird club business, 
then will continue with our annual Share Your Photo night hosted by 
Kevin McGowan.


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[cayugabirds-l] Bird Club Meeting reminder - Share Your Photos night

[Paul Anderson]

January 12, 2014

Cayuga Bird Club Meeting

Title: Share Your Photos Night

Host: Kevin McGowan, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Club’s annual “Share 
Your Photos Night.”

Club members can share a maximum of *five photos* during the 3 minutes 
you will have to take the stage. Send them by January 8 to Kevin at 
k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE “Bird club photo 
submission Jan2015.” Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives 
them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL 
before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show 
your photos. Don’t be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club 
members, the meeting is open to all!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Christmas Bird Count unofficial summary

[Paul Anderson]

Dave:

The discrepancy between your count (96) and mine (97) appears to be 
because my spreadsheet has the hybrid Great Black-backed/Herring Gull as 
the single entry in the Gull sp. category. I believe that this would 
NOT count against our official species count, so your total is correct, 
except that the Barred Owl now bumps it to 97.

Question: does the Barred Owl sighting fall within Area VIII (west of 
Sapsucker Wood Road) or Area II (east)?

Paul

On 1/1/2015 11:06 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
 These are preliminary records. Some may be adjusted. There may be 
 errors. Maybe you can add to the count week list by adding species on 
 Jan 2, 3, or 4 withing the Count Circle (7.5 miles from the 
 intersection of Mt Pleasant  Turkey Hill Rds, also shown on Cayuga 
 Bird Club web site through resources page). Some additions may also be 
 new for 2015 for the Cayuga Lake Basin, while others have already been 
 found outside the count circle. Please report errors, adjustments, or 
 additions.

 Of the species which have been found on the Ithaca Christmas Bird 
 Count in the past...

 These species were missed, but at least 4 are Count Week birds so far:

 Greater White-fronted Goose
 Ross' Goose
 Brant
 Mute Swan
 Tundra Swan
 Wood Duck
 GADWALL (good chance to find in circle; found at Factory St pond Union 
 Springs by David Nicosia)
 American Wigeon (reported Count Week, but 2014)
 Blue-winged Teal
 Northern Shoveler
 King Eider
 Surf Scoter
 White-winged Scoter
 Long-tailed Duck (reported Count Week, but 2014)
 Northern Bobwhite
 Ring-necked Pheasant (reported Count Week, but 2014)
 Red-throated Loon
 Horned Grebe (reported Count Week in 2014; found today in Aurora Bay 
 by David Nicosia)
 Green Heron
 Black Vulture
 Osprey
 Northern Goshawk
 Red-shouldered Hawk
 Golden Eagle
 Killdeer
 Wilson's Snipe
 Bonaparte's Gull (1 at Frontenac Park in Union Springs found by David 
 Nicosia)
 Snowy Owl (reported recently on Seyboldt Rd near Canoga)
 BARRED OWL (let's hope someone is finding one right now as I write!)
 Long-eared Owl
 Red-headed Woodpecker
 American Three-toed Woodpecker
 Eastern Phoebe
 Boreal Chickadee
 House Wren
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Brown Thrasher
 American Pipit
 Bohemian Waxwing
 Lapland Longspur
 Snow Bunting (Mt Pleasant or Irish Settlement Rd, maybe?)
 Ovenbird
 Common Yellowthroat
 Yellow Warbler
 Pine Warbler
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Green-tailed Towhee
 Chipping Sparrow
 Grasshopper Sparrow
 Fox Sparrow
 Harris' Sparrow
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
 Dickcissel
 Red-winged Blackbird
 Eastern Meadowlark
 Rusty Blackbird
 Common Grackle
 Baltimore Oriole
 Pine Grosbeak
 Red Crossbill
 White-winged Crossbill
 Hoary Redpoll
 Pine Siskin
 Evening Grosbeak

 These species were found:

 Snow Goose
 Cackling Goose (2 at Stewart Park found by Ken Rosenberg)
 Canada Goose
 American Black Duck
 Mallard
 5
 Northern Pintail (new high of 18)
 Green-winged Teal (high of 2 tied)
 Canvasback
 Redhead
 Ring-necked Duck
 10
 Greater Scaup
 Lesser Scaup
 Black Scoter (1 at Stewart Park found by Ken Rosenberg)
 Bufflehead
 Common Goldeneye
 15
 Hooded Merganser
 Common Merganser
 Red-breasted Merganser (only Area 7: single observer  location?)
 Ruddy Duck (41, likely to be adjusted, but possible new high)
 Ruffed Grouse
 20
 Wild Turkey
 Common Loon (single finder  location?)
 Pied-billed Grebe
 Red-necked Grebe (1 - finder  location in Area 8?)
 Double-crested Cormorant (6 on west side of Cayuga Lake, finder? site?)
 25
 Great Blue Heron
 Turkey Vulture
 Bald Eagle (8, may be adjusted, possible new high)
 Northern Harrier (1 by airport found by Jason Harrington)
 Sharp-shinned Hawk
 30
 Cooper's Hawk
 Red-tailed Hawk
 Rough-legged Hawk
 American Kestrel
 Merlin
 35
 Peregrine Falcon (1 adult at Cornell compost piles, found by Anne Clark)
 American Coot
 Ring-billed Gull
 Herring Gull
 Iceland Gull (1 immature at Stewart Park found by Ken Rosenberg)
 40
 Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 at Cornell compost piles, found by Anne Clark)
 Glaucous Gull (1 adult at Stewart Park found by Ken Rosenberg)
 Great Black-backed Gull
 Rock Pigeon
 Mourning Dove
 45
 Eastern Screech-Owl
 Great Horned Owl
 Short-eared Owl (1 on Buck Rd near Scofield Rd in Lansing heard by 
 Donna Scott)
 Northern Saw-whet Owl (1 in Monkey Run south heard by Gary Kohlenberg)
 Belted Kingfisher
 50
 Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2, of which I found 1 on Elm St on West Hill 
 in Ithaca)
 Downy Woodpecker
 Hairy Woodpecker
 Northern Flicker
 55
 Pileated Woodpecker
 Northern Shrike (1 found by Steve Fast on Irish Settlement Rd)
 BLUE-HEADED VIREO (new for count, 1 found by Bob McGuire at 1950 
 Hanshaw Rd)
 Blue Jay
 American Crow
 60
 Fish Crow
 Common Raven (new high of 38 subject to adjustment)
 Horned Lark (6 found by Donna Scott on Buck Rd in Lansing)
 Black-capped Chickadee
 Tufted Titmouse
 65
 Red-breasted Nuthatch
 White-breasted Nuthatch
 Brown Creeper
 Carolina Wren (new high of 84)
 Winter Wren
 70
 Golden-crowned Kinglet

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Christmas Bird Count unofficial summary

[Paul Anderson]

Question: does the Barred Owl sighting fall within Area VIII (west of 
Sapsucker Wood Road) or Area II (east)?

Never mind. I just found out it was seen on the East side.

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[cayugabirds-l] Orange-crowned Warbler today

[Paul Anderson]

I'm not sure what the etiquette of posting on bird-count day is, but 
rather than wait until the evening compilation to announce this, I 
thought it would be best to get the word out while there is still enough 
light for others to try and see this bird.


I saw a single ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER about 100-200 yards south of the 
dam/fish ladder at the south end of the inlet. It was on the west side 
of the railroad tracks feeding on berries when I first found it. Look 
for a scrubby tree with very dark colored berries.


Never having seen one of this species before, I was a bit unsure of what 
it was. However having reviewed my copy of Stephenson and Whittle's The 
Warbler Guide carefully, I am now quite convinced that this is what it was.


Good luck to others who attempt to find it.

If you wish to get there, probably the easiest way is to find the road 
that goes between the tracks and Nate's Floral Estates, and drive as far 
south as you can. Park there and the spot is a short walk further south.


My other sightings are below.

-Paul

Canada Goose  518
Mallard  160
Green-winged Teal  1
Common Merganser  10
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Ring-billed Gull  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  64
Mourning Dove  14
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  12
Black-capped Chickadee  24
Tufted Titmouse  16
White-breasted Nuthatch  11
Carolina Wren  8
Eastern Bluebird  9
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  823
Orange-crowned Warbler  1 Seen about 100-200 yards south of the dam. First 
spotted feeding on berries. Stayed in plain sight for two minutes before 
leaving. It then returned for another minute or so. Bird was mostly yellowish, 
with a slightly paler throat and drab grey upperparts. UnTC were yellowish in 
contrast to pale grey tail.
American Tree Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  5
Northern Cardinal  9
American Goldfinch  15
House Sparrow  5


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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Hancock Airport

[Paul Schmitt]

I have a friend who is returning to France in a few months and would love to 
see a Snowy before leaving.  Have there been any more sightings at Hancock 
Field since December 26?

Appreciate any update.  

Thanks, 

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club photo night on January 12th

[Paul Anderson]

Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Club’s annual “Share 
Your Photos Night” on January 12th.


Club members can share a maximum of five photos during the 3 minutes you 
will have to take the stage. Send them by January 8 to Kevin at 
k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE “Bird club photo 
submission Jan2015.” Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives 
them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL 
before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show 
your photos. Don’t be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club 
members, the meeting is open to all!


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Basin Bird Lists

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 The front desk does not have any Basin Bird Lists, we haven't had any 
 for some time.

The basin checklist can be downloaded from the Resources page of the 
Cayuga Bird Club website:
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources. It's the first link.

Enjoy!

Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Golden-crowned Kinglet

[Paul Schmitt]

I was out trying to photograph wild turkeys in a friends woods just south
of Corning. Among the small birds was a golden-crowned kinglet.  It was so
close, 3 feet, that I could not focus on it. I watched it probe the small
branches on the hemlock I was next to.   I heard a few seep voices above,
so I suspect there was at least on other.  Isn't this very late to be
seeing these?

No luck on the turkeys, so this softened my disappointment on the turkeys.

Paul Schmitt

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[cayugabirds-l] Making Montezuma even better

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The recent Cayugabirds’ thread on the birding at Montezuma NWR brought out many 
ideas.  Of course, ideas are the easy part; finding the resources is the tough 
part. As I have been exposed to the staff’s work at the refuge this year, I’ve 
seen a multitude of often complex responsibilities that they meet with limited 
resources.  There are population surveys, bird banding, water management, 
invasive plant surveys and control, habitat restoration, water control 
structure maintenance and miles of dikes(and roads) to maintain.  That is a 
limited list. Our ideas require new resources. So, making something of these 
ideas all comes down to resources.

If you appreciate Montezuma NWR as I do, and if you want it to be even better, 
then you personally need to consider what you can do to support these ideas.  
With the 18th Annual Montezuma Muckrace only a day away, now is a perfect time 
to step up and consider four key types of support.

First, support the Muckrace by sponsoring a team.  Last year it brought in 
$10,600.  Could it be more with your support?  If you aren’t already involved, 
go to:

http://www.friendsofmontezuma.org/muck_race.html#sthash.oWIR9WMZ.dpbs

Select a team.  The team names are pretty creative, so surely you can find one 
that intrigues you. I’ve done this.  Won’t you as a birder join me?

Secondly, become a member of the Friends of Montezuma.  I’ve done this, too.  
Here’s the link to their membership form:

http://www.friendsofmontezuma.org/membership.html

Next, once a member, it becomes easy to find a volunteer event to support the 
refuge staff. I helped with a survey of Black Tern nesting populations this 
summer, and it was a great way to see some of the refuge that is normally 
hidden.  Seeing the terns was a memorable experience.  Just one or two days a 
year is a great way to pay back the staff for all the birding that we enjoy 
there. 

Lastly, buy a duck stamp.  The visitor center at Montezuma NWR has them.  They 
are used to acquire further critical wildlife habitat.  I have my 2014 duck 
stamp and I keep a favorite one – A Wood duck-- on my photo pack to show my 
support for the refuge system.  Wouldn’t it be great if all birders did the 
same?

With these four actions, we can move from helpful ideas to an even more 
enriching refuge. I hope you will join me.



Paul Schmitt

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club meeting tonight

[Paul Anderson]

The first bird club meeting of the season will be tonight at 7:30 at the 
Lab of Ornithology. There are two main items of business:


1. We have been hard at work preparing for the upcoming NYSOA meeting 
starting on the 19th. We will describe the activities that have been 
planned and will be asking for volunteers to help with various tasks.


2. We will present candidates for the elections to be held in October.

These meetings are open to everyone. Please come join us!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park

[Paul Schmitt]

The large airports have learned to stop cutting the grass so short.  I believe 
over 9  inches discourages them.   But that goes contrary to the American 
ideal, eh? 

Paul Schmitt

From: Meena Madhav Haribal 
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 6:41 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Donna Lee Scott 
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park

I have not read the article, but I feel lawns are nuisance.

So if you have lawn then the geese love to be on the lawn!



Just my thoughts.



Meena

Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
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Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4
Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf






From: bounce-117763609-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
bounce-117763609-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Donna Scott 
d...@cornell.edu
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 4:58 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park 

See article about nuisance of CANADA GEESE in the mowed lawn areas at 
Lansing's Myers Park.
http://www.lansingstar.com/around-town/10960-goose-poop-threatens-myers-park-attendance

Members of the informal group Friends of Salt Point (FOSP) discussed this issue 
a little at yesterday's regular meeting with Town of Lansing's Recreation 
Director, Steve Colt. Steve is a member of Friends of Salt Point and is looking 
for humane ways to get the geese to go somewhere else.
He has found a fair amount of information on this topic that he shared with 
Candace Cornell, me, and the other members of FOSP who are all Lansing 
residents.

Donna Scott

Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY 
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[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers feeding their chick

[Paul Schmitt]

Noting that Jay McGowan beat me to report the chick is visible at May’s Point 
Road, I can only add that I was able to get good photographs of the chick plus 
also of the pair of adults at the cavity with one clearly feeding the chick.  
It is at my blog at:  http://birds-n-blooms.blogspot.com/  

In addition, had an entertaining time watching a good number of Black Terns 
dipping down to feed in the main pool at the  Seneca spillway.  That are so 
quick that it is nearly impossible to follow them with a camera, somewhat  like 
photographing butterflies in flight. 

Absolutely beautiful day with the wind keeping the mosquitoes down.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club picnic and panel unveiling today

[Paul Anderson]

Thanks to everyone who came to the event yesterday.

Someone left a rain jacket behind. Contact me off list to retrieve it.

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[cayugabirds-l] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club picnic and panel unveiling today

[Paul Anderson]

All:

Our panel is being installed right now so we are all set for our 
unveiling later. Here's the announcement again.


Remember that if you are staying for the dish-to-pass picnic at the 
Large Pavilion you should bring your own plate, cup and utensils.


And yes, there will be birthday cake.

The Cayuga Bird Club annual dish-to-pass picnic will be held Monday June 
9th at the Large Pavilion at Stewart Park, immediately preceded by the 
official unveiling of the Renwick Woods panel to mark our 100th 
anniversary.


The panel will be unveiled at the location where it is mounted - on the 
boardwalk connecting the bridge over the pond to the bridge over Fall 
Creek. Please come right to that location at about 6pm; there will be a 
brief ceremony and the panel will be unveiled at about 6:15.


The dish-to-pass picnic will be held at the Large Pavilion. It is likely 
to be most convenient to park there first, drop off your food or drinks, 
then walk over to the boardwalk. I will arrange for a volunteer to stay 
at the Pavilion during the ceremony to look after stuff that is left 
there and to direct people to the boardwalk.


This event is open to members and their families and guests. Other 
birders and friends of the birding community are welcome to attend too. 
Please come and help us celebrate our 100th birthday!


Directions:
The large pavilion is to the right as you enter Stewart Park. See here 
for a picture: 
http://www.cityofithaca.org/departments/iyb/pavilionrentals.cfm.


The boardwalk is in the Southwest of the park. From the entrance to the 
park, take a left then follow the road round the one-way system and past 
the boathouse until you see the footbridge on the right.


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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club picnic and panel unveiling next Monday

[Paul Anderson]

All:

The Cayuga Bird Club annual dish-to-pass picnic will be held next Monday 
June 9th at the Large Pavilion at Stewart Park, immediately preceded by 
the official unveiling of the Renwick Woods panel to mark our 100th 
anniversary.


The panel will be unveiled at the location where it is mounted - on the 
boardwalk connecting the bridge over the pond to the bridge over Fall 
Creek. Please come right to that location at about 6pm; there will be a 
brief ceremony and the panel will be unveiled at about 6:15.


The dish-to-pass picnic will be held at the Large Pavilion. It is likely 
to be most convenient to park there first, drop off your food or drinks, 
then walk over to the boardwalk. I will arrange for a volunteer to stay 
at the Pavilion during the ceremony to look after stuff that is left 
there and to direct people to the boardwalk.


This event is open to members and their families and guests. Other 
birders and friends of the birding community are welcome to attend too. 
Please come and help us celebrate our 100th birthday!


Directions:
The large pavilion is to the right as you enter Stewart Park. See here 
for a picture: 
http://www.cityofithaca.org/departments/iyb/pavilionrentals.cfm.


The boardwalk is in the Southwest of the park. From the entrance to the 
park, take a left then follow the road round the one-way system and past 
the boathouse until you see the footbridge on the right.


Best regards,

Paul

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma area shorebirds

[Paul Anderson]

At the Armitage Road flooded field at about 4pm yesterday I saw no 
Yellowlegs or Dowitchers, but I did have two Ruddy Turnstones.

Paul

On 5/25/2014 11:48 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
 I went north today seeking the Prothonotary Warbler (no luck for me, 
 although others heard it earlier in the distance), and shorebirds, 
 which turned out to be more interesting. In fact it was shorebirds 
 that delayed my arrival at the hardwood swamp on Armitage Road where 
 the Prothonotaries have been. The field on the south side of Armitage 
 is still flooded, and the northeast corner (where one can conveniently 
 pull off with a car and set up a scope) hosted a goodly number and 
 variety of shorebirds. Although they flushed, flew, rearranged, and 
 returned or added several times while I was there, I saw:

 1 KILLDEER
 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS
 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER
 47 DUNLIN
 25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - most arrived in a later batch
 100 LEAST SANDPIPER (estimate)
 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Although I was unable to pick it out when 
 they flushed, and didn't refind it afterward, and was a bit frustrated 
 while viewing it, I've become more confident of the ID based on large 
 size, including width end-on, and rufous stripe on back. The spotting 
 on the side was minimal, but the breast  face were streaked with gray 
 a bit more than I would expect on Semipalmated.)

 Later Ann Mitchell, Gary Kohlenberg  I found some shorebirds and 
 others at the flooded field (in distant cornstubble on the west side) 
 on Carncross Rd in Savannah:

 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - several
 KILLDEER - at least 1
 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. The bird I studied most (which was plenty 
 orange-red on face, neck,  breast) appeared to be Short-billed based 
 on gold-spotted back, whitish lower belly  undertail, and more white 
 than black top of tail seen during preening. Another individual showed 
 a flat back when feeding.
 50 DUNLIN
 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - several
 LEAST SANDPIPER - several
 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, flew into my scope view with 4 Semipalmated 
 Sandpipers, it was similarly grayish tan  white in color but 
 substantially larger and with a slightly downcurved bill, and as it 
 alit I saw the broad white band across the upper tail. Unfortunately 
 it landed behind a dense row of cornstubble, so Gary  Ann did not get 
 to see it.

 Other neat birds at Carncross included a breeding plumage RED-NECKED 
 GREBE swimming, diving and sleeping near a female RUDDY DUCK, a male 
 NORTHERN PINTAIL (late), a male (American) GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and 2 
 adult SANDHILL CRANES which observers from a different vantage said 
 had 2 youngsters. An AMERICAN BITTERN gallunked from the north side of 
 the road and then flushed when a car stopped on the road nearby. MARSH 
 WRENS were unusually visible.

 At the Sandhill Crane Unit (the flooded land south of Van Dyne Spoor 
 Rd) we scoped a distant pair of SANDHILL CRANES with at least 1 
 youngster atop a muskrat mansion.

 The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER pair continues to give a fine show in the 
 dead trees on South May's Point Rd. While there I heard a single song 
 which made me think of Yellow-throated Warbler (a full clear tuwee, 
 tuwee, tuwee, tu tu) but was probably something else, like a 
 Baltimore Oriole. I also heard a BLACKPOLL WARBLER sing nearby.

 My last new bird, found as I was about to leave the Tschache Pool 
 tower parking lot, was a single west-bound BLACK TERN.

 By the way, there were lots of fine songbirds singing in the woods 
 along Van Dyne Spoor Rd and along Armitage Rd, although most were 
 invisible.
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[cayugabirds-l] Ravens over Ithaca

[Paul Anderson]

Yesterday I finished Berndt Heinrich's Mind of the Raven, which I can 
highly recommend. Today at about 6pm waiting at the stop light at the 
Dey St. exit from Rt 13, two Ravens flew over in the direction of the 
farmer's market. One was being harassed by a blackbird.


Happy birding...

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[cayugabirds-l] Bird club field trip today

[Paul Anderson]

I had planned to lead the field trip today to Lindsay Parsons, but only 
two people showed up and because so much had been going on locally we 
decided to change our plans and went to the Hawthorn Orchards instead. 
We immediately ran into Chris Tessaglia-Hymes who was listening to the 
Yellow-breasted Chat. We heard it too and before long it made itself 
visible. In that same spot was a pair of Scarlet Tanagers, a Wilson's 
Warbler, a Nashville, Common Yellowthroat, a flyover Indigo Bunting or 
two and an Ovenbird. We spent about an hour in that spot enjoying the 
Chat as it came and went.


The walk through the Orchards was rewarding, but it wasn't nearly as 
busy as I had hoped. The full eBird list is below.


Green Heron  1
Killdeer  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Tufted Titmouse  X
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
European Starling  X
Ovenbird  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  2
Magnolia Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  X
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  X
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X


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[cayugabirds-l] Bird club field trip tomorrow to Lindsay Parsons

[Paul Anderson]

I am leading a bird club trip tomorrow to Lindsay Parsons. Everyone is 
welcome, even non-members, regardless of experience or ability.


Meet in the Wegmans parking lot furthest from the store at 7:30am. We 
will carpool out to Lindsay Parsons and hike through the preserve. If 
there is enough interest and if conditions are favorable, we will then 
drive round to Thatcher's Pinnacles to check for Worm-eating Warbler.


The weather is expected to be overcast in the morning with the 
probability of rain increasing from 12% to 38% by noon. We should be 
done in the main part of the park by noon. If we do go on to the 
Pinnacles, we should be done by 2pm.


It is a moderately strenuous hike in and out of the preserve, so bring 
water and appropriate footwear. Also note that this location is 
notorious for ticks.


-Paul

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Prairie Warbler

[Paul Anderson]

Here's a photo of the Prairie Warbler I found on the CBC field trip this 
morning, by the Sherwood platform. This is the same pic I uploaded to 
the club Facebook group.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2Oq-5z5Rz20/U2UfARK4aQI/JfI/jxsky4l3JZs/w1391-h927-no/IMG_7066.jpg

On 5/3/2014 10:26 AM, Tom Schulenberg wrote:

  Hi all, Scott Haber and I took a steel through Sapsucker Woods this 
 morning and found a few new arrivals, including a BALTIMORE ORIOLE and 
 a PRAIRIE WARBLER singing from the powerline cut as we left.
 

 There may have been two Prairies, as I was with a group that had a 
 singing Prairie at the footbridge on the Wilson Trail.

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[cayugabirds-l] Tundra Swans in Big Flats

[Paul Schmitt]

Currently 103 Tundra Swans in the pond to the west of Kahler Road at the Speer 
Memorial Park. They are in the back pond behind Lowe Pond.  Also one Mute Swan 
keeping its distance and the usual resident flock of Canada Geese.

Paul Schmitt
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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: CRESLI 2014 Great South Channel whale and pelagic bird trips -

[Paul Anderson]

All:

This might be of interest to local birders. I went on one of these trips 
a couple of years ago and enjoyed it.

Paul


 Original Message 
Subject:CRESLI 2014 Great South Channel whale and pelagic bird trips -
Date:   Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:30:27 -0500
From:   Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D. presid...@cresli.org
To: Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D. presid...@cresli.org



*2014 Great South Channel trip -- August 10-12, 2014.  Same price as 
last year. Reservations are required and can be made as of at 
http://www.cresli.org/cresli/reservations/offshore_res.html. *

The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island is a 
non-profit research and education organization.  Our mission is:  To 
promote and foster understanding and stewardship of coastal ecosystems 
through research and education .  Part of our work is to observe and 
document the whale and sea bird populations of NY and New England and to 
take people to see these animals in the wild. Since 2002 we have been 
offering  incredible and successful multi-day offshore pelagic bird and 
whale observation trips.

Our trips have been 100% successful and we have encountered thousands of 
pelagic birds over the years . We've also encountered fin, minke, sei, 
and right whales; common, white-sided, dolphins, pilot whales

We are planning  one trip to the Great South Chanel in August 10-12, 
2014 (51 hours).   The vessel is the 140' Viking Starship that can sleep 
up to 65 passengers in navy style bunks. Excellent food will be 
available at reasonable prices. Passengers may bring their own food as 
well. The trips will be led by a seasoned marine mammal biologist and 
professor. Volunteers from CRESLI will assist in photo-identification 
spotting and data collection.

(1)Our August trip will leave at 6:30 PM on August 10, 2014 and head to 
Martha's Vineyard (MV) to pick up (and drop off) passengers.  We expect 
to arrive at Oak Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard at approximately 12:30 AM 
on 8/11; we leave MV at 1:00 AM and proceed to the GSC.  We should reach 
the whale grounds around day break, spend the next 24 hours amongst the 
whales and birds of the GSC.  The following morning, we will have the 
option of either remaining on the whale grounds, o, if the weather is 
poor, returning early to Martha's Vineyard for land-based birding, 
hiking, or other activities.  The vessel will ultimately depart Martha's 
Vineyard at 4:30 PM on 8/12 and return to Montauk at 10:30 PM on 
8/12/14.*//*

1.*/Cost = $275 for CRESLI members; $300 for non-members/*

2.*/Children 6 -- 12 are half price/*

3.*/Under 6 are free/*

We at CRESLI hope that you will join us on our trips.  Remember that 
members do get discounted fares. Go to 
http://www.cresli.org/cresli/GSC_offshore.html for info and reservation 
links. Reservations can be made  at 
http://www.cresli.org/cresli/reservations/offshore_res.html

Expectations:

·Cetaceans: Humpback, Fin, Minke, Right; Sei, and Pilot whales; Common, 
Bottlenose, Atlantic White Sided and Risso's Dolphins; Leatherback, 
Green and Loggerhead Turtles; Basking, Great White, Hammerhead, and Blue 
Sharks; Bluefin, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna; White Marlin; Ocean 
Sunfish; Portuguese Man-of-War; and other marine life.

Birds: Cory's, Greater, Sooty, Manx, and Audubon's Shearwaters; Wilson's 
and Leach's Storm-Petrels; Northern Fulmar; Northern Gannet; Red-necked 
and Red Phalaropes; Pomarine, and Parasitic Jaegers; South Polar Skua; 
Greater Black-backed, Herring, Bonaparte's Gulls.

*Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph. D.
President,*

*Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rules for the David Cup

[Paul Anderson]

Richard:

I don't know that the rules are written down anywhere! Try here: 
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/the-david-cup

Paul

On 1/17/2014 9:46 AM, Richard Tkachuck wrote:
 Is there anywhere where the rules for the David Cup are posted?
 Richard Tkachuck
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[cayugabirds-l] Upcoming CLO webinars

[Paul Anderson]

Hi all:

I'm forwarding this announcement because it is likely to be of interest 
to listserv readers.

Paul

Dear Webinar alum,

The Education department at the Cornell Lab will be running another set 
of waterfowl ID webinars in a couple of weeks.

The schedule is as follows:

Beginning Waterfowl ID 1: The most important things to know

Monday, October 28 -- Noon and 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Tuesday, October 29 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern

Beginning Waterfowl ID 2: What else can you use?

Monday, November 4 -- Noon and 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Tuesday, November 12 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern

Beginning Waterfowl ID 3: Dabbling ducks

Monday, November 18 -- Noon and 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Tuesday, November 19 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern

Beginning Waterfowl ID 4: Diving ducks

Monday, November 25 -- Noon and 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Tuesday, November 26 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern

Beginning Waterfowl ID 5: Not everything that swims is a duck

Monday, December 2 -- Noon and 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Tuesday, December 3 -- 9:00 p.m. Eastern

Each one-hour seminar costs $10, and can be purchased at 
http://store.birds.cornell.edu/category_s/55.htm. More information can 
be found at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/webinars/.

For those who participated in this series before, note that I've divided 
the ducks into two sessions so we can go over them more slowly.  But, be 
warned, I always have a lot to say about birds, and it's hard for me to 
talk slowly when I'm excited!  ;^)

Best,

Kevin

Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.

Instructor

Home Study Course in Bird Biology

Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birds

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA going bye bye ?

[Paul Anderson]

All:

I hear from Jay that textmarks has in fact terminated the free service 
so we need to set up an alternative for CayugaRBA. I propose that the 
Cayuga Bird Club takes on the responsibility of setting this up and 
maintaining it for the long term. I understand there are free 
alternatives, at least for the present, so we would pursue one of these. 
If at some point in the future, no free service is available, the club 
would have to discuss and come to an agreement whether we would pay for it.

I am the Webmaster and now the President of the club, so making this 
happen would mainly fall to me.

I will of course share anything I learn with Oneida birders.

Paul

On 10/15/2013 10:18 PM, Judith Thurber wrote:
 Dave,  if 50 birders put up $5 each could oneidarba and cayugarba 
 share one textmark account?  I think if mentioned at meetings there 
 would be enough interest to keep an alert system going.   (By the way, 
 would someone who has had my problem of not receiving these texts, but 
 being able to generate them have that problem resolved?)

 Just thinking out loud.

 Judy Thurber
 Liverpool


 Sent from my iPad

 On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com 
 mailto:annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote:

 It is not good news. Who actually gets the money??

 Ann Mitchell
 Sent from my IPhone

 On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu 
 mailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote:

 It depends on how much you love chasing birds and if you think it is 
 worth $250 a year! CayugaRBA usage is low except for one guy (I want 
 to think it is a guy) who keeps posting messages that he is busy in 
 a meeting!

 Otherwise we can resort back to phone tree or mass texting or 
 emailing as now a day’s everyone has emailing capacity on their phones!

 *From:*bounce-108821863-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 mailto:bounce-108821863-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-108821863-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of 
 *Gary Kohlenberg
 *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:21 AM
 *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L
 *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA going bye bye ?


 I hadn’t heard this yet and it isn’t good news for our RBA
 system.  RIP


 OneidaRBA text message system
 
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/message/11488;_ylc=X3oDMTJzcWpzZGpoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxMTQ4OARzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxMzgxODM5MjYw


 Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:34 am (PDT) . Posted by:


   krankykestrel
   
 mailto:tigge...@aol.com?subject=Re%3A%20OneidaRBA%20text%20message%20system

 Textmarks has informed users of free text alerts that these are 
 expiring October 15th. The only options to continue are $250+ per 
 year and current usage of OneidaRBA implies that is too high. I 
 believe this change will also affect CayugaRBA. I'll report back if 
 any good options surface.

 David Wheeler
 N. Syracuse, NY


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[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip Sunday AM

[Paul Anderson]

I led the CBC field trip this morning to Montezuma.

We started at 7:30am at the CLO and headed straight up north with our 
only stop being a brief one at Myers where we had the usual suspects 
plus a single Semipalmated Plover on the spit.


We stopped at the MNWR visitors center where we were to rendezvous with 
others. From there we saw many Yellowlegs and at least two, maybe three 
Pectoral Sandpipers.


We then drove Wildlife Drive, which we found more teeming with birds 
than we had expected. At least two prowling Harriers were scaring birds 
out of the reeds. Most striking were the hundreds of Blue-winged Teal, 
lots of Marsh Wrens calling, and 6-8 very vocal Sora.


Next stop was Towpath Road, where we picked up some other people. At 
this point our group was up to about 40! We had special permission from 
the managers of the reserve to go out on the dikes, so we trekked out a 
few hundred yards on the middle dike. It was great that we were able to 
do so as it allowed us to get much better views than we would otherwise 
have managed. Although at first some of the cormorants flew as we got 
close, the other birds seemed oblivious to our presence, and at various 
points several shorebirds flew right over our heads and then settled in 
quite close.  Best of all, the great variety of birds and the relatively 
close distance allowed us to compare different species directly, both in 
flight and on the ground. The mild weather meant that viewing was great 
with little shimmer.


As we arrived a Forster's Tern that had been with the gulls flew up and 
out of sight. The first special shorebird was a Whimbrel foraging alone 
in the grass. The two White Pelicans were together and treated us to an 
aerial display as they flew up, circled and came back down again. We saw 
a distant Red-necked Phalarope that kept moving and eventually was 
nowhere to be found. We had three American Golden Plovers, and three 
Black-bellied Plovers. Among the peeps were several White-rumped 
Sandpipers. A Merlin buzzed over and then settled on the shore in the 
distance. Several Black-crowned Night Herons were visible in the little 
cattail island in Puddlers. A juvenile Sanderling showed up mixing with 
some peeps, affording very nice views.


There were of course many other species I haven't mentioned. Jay McGowan 
was taking notes and photos and was kind enough to put everything in 
eBird. I encourage readers to take a look at the photos in the eBird 
listing.


Myers: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15183618
Knox-Marsellus: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15183646

Thanks to everyone who showed up to enjoy this wonderful spot, and 
especially to Andrea at MNWR who helped get us permission to view from 
the dikes.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip on Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

[Paul Anderson]

Linda:

Thanks! What location should I tell them to congregate at?

Paul

On 9/11/2013 2:14 PM, Linda Orkin wrote:
 Thanks Paul, I can pick Cornell Students up if they want to go.

 Linda


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 mailto:p...@grammatech.com wrote:

 I will lead the first Cayuga Bird Club field trip of the season to
 Montezuma this Sunday. As usual, this trip is open to members and
 non-members alike.

 I have permission to take the field trip onto the dikes at
 Knox-Marsellus and Puddlers. This will allow us to get a bit
 closer to the shorebirds.

 We will carpool from the CLO parking lot at 7:30 and drive to the
 Montezuma visitor's center to pick up others at 9:00 am. From
 there we will take in Wildlife Drive then go to Towpath Road to
 walk out on the dikes. I expect we'll spend most of the time in
 that location, but depending on circumstances, we may try other
 spots in and around the refuge.

 Bring a scope if you have one, and be prepared to share looks with
 others.

 I have to get back to Ithaca by about 1pm, but others are welcome
 to continue the field trip without me after I leave.

 If any Cornell students need a ride from the campus, let me know
 and I am sure we can arrange a pickup.

 If you wish to attend, please let me know in advance so I can
 estimate numbers.

 Thanks!

 -Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Most unusual flyover ever at Van Dyne Spoor Road

[Paul Anderson]

I had to go to Syracuse this morning, so I drove over to Montezuma to 
see what was there. My first sighting was John Confer. At the visitor's 
center we saw a Bonaparte's Gull, both Yellowlegs, G-w Teal, Ring-billed 
Gulls, Caspian Terns, Killdeer, a Pectoral Sandpiper, and very scruffy 
looking Canada Geese. There was little of interest on Wildlife drive. We 
then stopped at East Road to look over Knox Marcellus. The water level 
was much lower than when I had last seen it two and a half weeks ago, so 
the shore had receded and the majority of the birds were even further 
away than usual. We could make out peeps, dowitchers, yellowlegs, a few 
Black Terns, the Pelican, lots of Herons and Egrets, two Sandhill 
Cranes, anstd a Harrier. At that distance it was impossible to be more 
specific. John and I parted company and I went out Towpath Road where 
the viewing was a bit better, although I didn't see any new species.


I went to see the Red-headed Woodpeckers, hoping to see them bring food 
to the nest. They were foraging - hawking insects and eating wild 
grapes, but I didn't see them bring any home.


My last stop was Van Dyne Spoor Road where there was an Osprey on a pole 
and a couple more Bald Eagles. There were very many Gallinules and 
Coots, a few Pied-billed Grebes and a Green Heron in the marsh.


On the way out I stopped to check out a freshly plucked and almost 
completely devoured bird on the roadside - probably a young gallinule. I 
heard a couple of large helicopters coming right towards me. I looked up 
to see that the one in the lead was Marine One - probably with Obama 
himself inside!



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point

[Paul]

Have not seen them bringing out fecal sacs, and have been looking for that.  
Any seen that?   It is definitely possible this is food caching.  Looked up the 
background in Kaufman’s Lives of North American Birds.  It mentions caching of 
acorns, beechnuts, not berries. Says they are the most omnivorous of 
woodpeckers.  But why would they cache insects?  Seems a poor choice.

Now, I am wondering about the timing of this pair at this location. When were 
they first seen excavating the cavity? Says a second brood is possible; 
incubation 12-13 days and fledging in 27-31 days.  That predicts fledging in 39 
to 44 days from onset.  How does that match with dates when they were 
excavating?  Does anyone have the key dates?

Paul Schmitt

From: Dave Nutter 
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:32 PM
To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point

I'm not surprised at them eating fruit, which I've seen many woodpecker species 
do many times, but I am surprised they would feed fruit to nestlings. Is it 
possible they are caching the food? Has anyone seen the adults emerge with 
fecal sacs? Would this species carry off fecal sacs? Nice photos by the way, 
Paul, and thanks for taking the time to observe carefully.

--Dave Nutter
On Aug 20, 2013, at 07:06 PM, Anne Clark anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote:


  Back in the 80's when I was living in SW Michigan (near Kellogg Biological 
Station, in Delton, MI), a pair of red-headed woodpeckers brought their 
fledglings every year to eat mulberries at a productive group of trees.  

  More unusual that they would take them to protein-needy nestlings (albeit 
very late nestlings).  But robins in the same Michigan property fed their 
nestlings on mulberries.  

  Anne Clark

  On Aug 20, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Paul wrote:


Spent about three hours watching the Red-headed Woodpeckers at May�s Point 
this morning. Very active until about 10 am.  Saw an interesting sequence when 
a Merlin made a pass at the nest cavity,, actually several passes to which the 
adult RHW responded with loud calls and some defensive attacks.  Thereafter, 
the pair were on sentry duty, one in an adjacent cavity watching south and the 
other to the north in a tree along the river.  The Merlin was in the area for 
about 5 minutes. They stayed on alert for about 20 minutes longer before 
resuming activity.

More interesting was a discovery on what they are bringing into the nest 
cavity.  (Have not yet seen chicks at the opening. Has anyone?) While 
sometimes, I can see that they are bringing insects such as dragonflies, at 
other times it appeared to be round objects.  Did not seem possible to be 
acorns.  Now, I�ve posted some images on my blog  
(http://birds-n-blooms.blogspot.com/) which show an adult bringing wild grapes 
to the cavity. There are ripe grapes on the vines in the area. On my first 
visit (July 24), I recorded an adult picking Woody Nightshade berries from 
vines at the base of dead trees to the north east of the nest tree. Had not 
expected woodpeckers to be eating fruit.

Paul Schmitt
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[cayugabirds-l] Getting wet at Lindsay Parsons

[Paul Anderson]

I led the bird club trip of 8 people this morning to Lindsay Parsons. It 
started out clear but muggy, but we were rained on towards the end. 
Nevertheless we had a good day.


From the parking lot we had Barn and Tree Swallows, two Kingbirds, a 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Mourning Dove, a Flicker, a 
Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cardinal, Goldfinch, Cowbird and Song Sparrow.


We took the blue trail and first stopped at the little bridge just down 
from the kiosk. We heard and saw little from there, but as we were about 
to move on, a Woodcock flushed from right under our noses.


Further on, we stopped just after where the path first goes into the 
meadow. Vigorous chipping from the trees led us to two Field Sparrows. 
The one that was chipping had a live green caterpillar in its bill. The 
other was flitting about in the same vicinity. We wondered if this was 
juvenile begging behavior, but that didn't seem to fit exactly. At one 
point a Yellow Warbler joined them and seemed to eye the caterpillar 
before deciding not to attempt to steal it. After a few minutes, the 
sparrow gobbled the morsel down.


We had heard a Prairie warbler from here, and were able to pick it up 
with the scope in some bushes. A Yellow-throated Vireo was singing from 
across the field. Suan's mystery chipper was heard coming from the 
trees so we decided to solve the mystery. This bird sounded like a bit 
like a Junco, but also like a Field Sparrow with an irregular song. It 
was clearly coming from high in the tree, which seemed less likely of 
the sparrow. After a traipse through the wet vegetation, we finally 
picked it up in the scope to find it was indeed the Field Sparrow.


We visited the ponds next, where we found at least twenty Wood Ducks, 
most of which decided we were too close and flew off. In the distance we 
found a female leading a group of about six chicks. A female Kingfisher 
was also visible, as were about ten Canada Geese.


Back to the meadows. We had been hearing faint Indigo Bunting song, and 
when we moved to the next field Bob found it perched high on the dead 
tree at the end of the trail. The song seemed strangely feeble and 
easily drowned out by the other birds. Curiously, on the return, the 
bird was in the same spot, but singing much more strongly.


Beyond the meadow, the trail goes between low bushes before joining the 
woods. We first found a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, got good looks at a 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, and then found a Blue-winged Warbler and a 
Black-and-white. Into the woods, we heard a singing Scarlet Tanager, but 
did not get a visual. Also heard was an Ovenbird.


At the bottom of the trail just before crossing the railroad tracks, 
were two Eastern Phoebes over the creek.


On the other side it started to rain so we paused until it let up. We 
then took the right branch of the loop, and soon heard an atypical song 
that turned out to be a Magnolia. From there we also heard a Hooded 
Warbler and another Black-and-white.


As we went round the loop, the rain started in earnest, so we hurried 
along. By the time we were back to the meadows, it had eased somewhat. 
Here we heard a Veery singing from the woods.


Returning to the cars, the only item of note were eight Double-crested 
Cormorants circling over, possibly going to the large pond there.


Finally, we decided to stop at the Fire house to check out the drowned 
trees there. We found four Great-blue Heron nests, two of which 
contained quite large chicks that were visible. Also seen there were 
four Green Herons and another Kingfisher. A single female Wood Duck here 
was being followed by no fewer than twenty chicks.


Of course we had some of the other usual suspects along the way. Below 
is the ebird list.


Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Tompkins, US-NY
Jun 2, 2013 7:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.7
47 species

Canada Goose  40
Wood Duck  20
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Great Blue Heron  1
American Woodcock  1
Mourning Dove  X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
Eastern Phoebe  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  1
Veery  2
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
European Starling  X
Ovenbird  2
Blue-winged Warbler  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  X
Hooded Warbler  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Prairie Warbler  5
Eastern Towhee  X
Field Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  X
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  X



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