Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Brant

[Tom Schulenberg]

the raft on the water seems to have departed, but another large flock flew
> north past the spit around 9 am
>


> A flock of 36 Brant is currently sitting out on the lake off Myers Point.
>> A group of Least Sandpipers and Dunlin have also flown by going north. No
>> shorebirds are on the spit currently.
>>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red headed woodpecker

[Tom Schulenberg]

> Yesterday while volunteering with 5th graders at the Lab of O, I saw
> a bluejay-like bird but with all-white secondaries against an otherwise
> dark wing. I didn't have binoculars on me and was soon distracted by other
> stuff. But on further reflection, Red-headed Woodpecker is the
> only bird I can think of with that wing pattern. (That and gadwall, which
> this was not :-). I don't suppose anyone at the lab has seen
> one.
>

I saw an adult Red-headed Woodpecker in Sapsucker Woods this morning,
flying northeast over the Wilson Trail North. so perhaps your suspicions
were correct, Suan.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] eBird Question

[Tom Schulenberg]

another way to see these observations is to go to the Explore page on
eBird, then select Alerts, and look for eBird alerts for the relevant
region - the ABA area, state of Wisconsin, or whatever. this shows all
recent reports of eBird of rare species, regardless of whether the records
have been confirmed yet by an eBird reviewer. the key limitation here is
'recent', since this will show observations only from the past seven days -
but if what you are looking for is within this window, then this probably
is the most efficient way to tracking down observations of interest.

tss

I believe that the reason is that so far the eBird reviewers for that
> region have not confirmed any of the sightings reported in eBird.  The
> eBird outputs --- at least the maps --- will only directly display these
> flagged rarities after they have been given a status of "confirmed" by
> regional reviewers.
>
> However, you can see the checklists with flagged species, if you can guess
> at another species that is also present on the same checklist, display all
> of the checklists with this "surrogate" species, and then by trial and
> error check all of the these checklists containing reports of the surrogate
> until you find one with the flagged species on it.  For example, by
> searching for all recent checklists from the general area with Mallards, I
> found this checklists with a Common Shelduck photo:
> https://ebird.org/wi/checklist/S92590436
>
> Wesley
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-125804771-3494...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-125804771-3494...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Carl J. Steckler
> Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 12:40 PM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] eBird Question
>
> For several days I have been getting eBird alerts about a Common Shelduck
> in Lake Winnebago  near Fond Du Lac WI. However when I search for this
> species on eBird it doesn't show.
>
> Does anyone know why this is?
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler still at Stewart Park? - maybe!

[Tom Schulenberg]

this afternoon I kayaked around the south end of the lake, from Stewart
Park over to Hog Hole. shortly after putting in at Stewart Park, directly
across from the Cascadilla Boat House, I heard what sounded for all the
world like a Prothonotary Warbler singing. it wasn't singing much
(admittedly, it was mid afternoon), but I heard at least four short song
bouts. unfortunately I never saw it, partly because it sang relatively
infrequently (hence difficult to track), and also in part because it seemed
to be moving in the opposite direction from me (the bird was moving
upstream, whereas my kayak party was heading out), so I never got a visual
confirmation. frustrating! but I strongly suspect that there still is a
Prothonotary at the south end of Cayuga Lake, perhaps spending as much or
more time in East Jetty Woods as in Stewart Park.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl near Treman Marina

[Tom Schulenberg]

I'm at Hog Hole now, just ran into the fellow who saw the Snowy Owl. his
sighting was yesterday; he looked for it today, but didn't see it. still
could be around, though!

tss

My brother, who works at Treman Marina at the southwest corner of Cayuga
> Lake in Ithaca, reports a sighting of a Snowy Owl along the lakeshore this
> morning.  The owl may or may not be easily visible from the marina, as he
> says he only saw her/him after walking west along the lake shore (where the
> low water level has exposed some of the lake bottom) "until the large
> roadside ditch joins the lake," near the first house on Route 89.  He was
> able to get a decent cell-phone photo of the owl in flight, and another --
> from a distance, but still recognizable -- of her/him sitting on the shore.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] New Mexico mass mortality

[Tom Schulenberg]

I just learned of the mass mortality of migrating birds in New Mexico.  I
> read a CNN report.  Is there any new information on the cause?  They’re
> talking hundreds of thousands, even millions.
>

here's one well-researched suggestion:

https://www.aba.org/the-data-behind-mysterious-bird-deaths-in-new-mexico/

tss

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] ebird reporting question re: motion activated photos

[Tom Schulenberg]

Maybe someone can clarify or refer me to the right place. I have lived and
> birded in the Cayugabirds region for 30+ years and use ebird
>
>
questions regarding eBird should be directed to

eb...@cornell.edu

good birding,

tss

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] history of the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count

[Tom Schulenberg]

bits and pieces of the story are coming out, which is great, but I have a
few more questions:

1) does anyone know when Allen's New Year's Day count was initiated? it
takes traditions a while to become, well, traditions, but I'm curious to
know just how early this became a focus of local birding.

2) the CBC had its (modest) origins in 1900, which is to say, before there
could have been much in the way of birding traditions in Ithaca. and it was
the brainchild of Frank Chapman, who was well known both to Allen and
(especially) to Louis Agassiz Fuertes. but I've found no evidence that
either Allen or Fuertes ever experimented with the CBC, even as others
across upstate New York began trying out the CBC from very early on. am I
the only one who thinks there's something odd about this? there's no record
of Allen's or Fuertes's thoughts on Chapman's CBC scheme?

3) I appreciate all the background on the phaseout of the Basin-wide New
Year's Day count in favor of the Ithaca CBC. but what's still not clear to
me is, was it Allen's initiative to make this change? and if so, what lead
him to the (late) embrace of the CBC? or was this a bottom up process,
whereby local birders began pushing to participate in an activity that they
could see going on all around them?

I'm probably decades too late in asking these questions, but I'm going to
throw them out there anyway, just to stir the pot.

> Randy:
>
> Good to hear from you, and thank you for including me in your
> correspondence.  I can contribute "the rest of the story," relating to the
> Ithaca Christmas Bird Count.  My information is based upon my chats with
> Paul Kellogg and Sally Spofford, when I was Paul's teaching assistant for
> his Summer CAU course in the early 1970s.
>
> Having an Ithaca Christmas Bird Count, following Audubon criteria, was the
> result of a compromise between Allen and National Audubon, facilitated by
> Roger Tory Peterson.  In its beginning, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count
> did not include 1 Jan among the acceptable dates for conducting a count.
> Allen agreed to initiate a Christmas Bird Count, following the Audubon
> criteria, if Audubon would agree to including 1 Jan within its time period
> for conducting the counts.  Audubon modified its count period to include 1
> Jan, and the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count, following Audubon criteria, was
> initiated on 1 Jan 1963.  So far as I know, the center of the count still
> was the intersection of Mount Pleasant and Turkey Hill Road for the 2017
> count (actually conducted 1 Jan 2018 -see
> http://netapp.audubon.org/cbcobservation/ ).
>
> I was pleased to learn of your role and Dorothy McIlroy's leadership in
> helping to define the original Ithaca Christmas Bird Count
> circle.  Incidentally, Allen's earlier 1 Jan counts accepted the
> delineation of the Cayuga Lake Basin, which was first published as a map in
> Wiegand and Eames, *Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin, New York*, in 1926.
>
> Let me know the next time you're in Ithaca; maybe we could go birding.  I
> don't do much "bird-watching," but I've been fortunate to have had
> opportunities to study and survey birds in the field for a bit more than 60
> years, now, and am continuing to do so.  Best wishes for the new year.
>
> -- Charlie
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> *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L; gregbutche...@hotmail.com; Charles R. Smith;
> CAYUGABIRDS-L; Rick Bonney
> *Subject:* Re: history of the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count
>
> Hi Tom & Paul,
>
> You have done some good digging!  A check of my birding log brought
> disappointing results - it only goes back to 1968
> after I had graduated from Cornell and gone on to Ohio.  It may well be,
> and that 1968 timing would have been about right,
> that I included my earlier records in with the materials that I deposited
> in the Cornell Library archives.
>
> Yes, at least through the 1950's and early 1960's when I was in Ithaca,
> Doc Allen always kicked off the new year with
> a checklist of observations in the ent

Re:[cayugabirds-l] history of the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count

[Tom Schulenberg]

> 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
>

that answer may depend upon how you define a Christmas Bird Count. I don't
doubt that the modern Ithaca CBC dates from 1963. but - with the important
caveat that it took decades for the CBC to assume its current form, and
that early CBCs had few guidelines (and, typically, very few participants)
- there were a few earlier Christmas counts from the Ithaca area.

before 1963, there were several single observer CBCs from Ithaca that were
published in Bird-Lore and Audubon Magazine. the earliest I have found is
one by Francis Harper from December 1904, which was only the 5th year of
the Christmas Bird Count - a very early contribution.

the next one that I know of was in December 1914, by Ludlow Griscom (!),
who I believe at that time was a graduate student at Cornell. John P. Young
submitted an Ithaca CBC for December 1922. and J. Kenneth Terres submitted
four consecutive single observer CBCs from Ithaca, from December 1938 to
December 1941.

there also was a count submitted from Trumansburg in December 1915, which
as far as I know never was repeated.

I've long been surprised by the fact that Ithaca did not develop its CBC
until relatively late in the game. a possible clue comes from this tidbit
in Greg Butcher's and Kevin McGowan's 1995 paper (History of ornithology at
Cornell University):

"[Arthur A.] Allen started a number of birding traditions in the Cayuga
Lake basin, including a New Year's Day Count (split in 1963 to become three
Christmas Bird Counts) and a May Big Day count. On New Year's Day, the
Allens hosted a turkey dinner for all participants; on the May Big Day, the
Allens provided a breakfast at their home and a picnic dinner at Montezuma
National Wildlife Refuge".

does anyone know when this New Year's Day Count was established, and
why?aside from the handful of CBCs mentioned above, by the 1950s the
Christmas Bird Count really was catching on. Ithaca was surrounded by
communities that already were doing CBCs, such as Cortland, Watkins Glen,
Elmira, Binghamton, and Syracuse. what was the allure of the New Year's Day
Count? for me, of course with the benefit of hindsight, the Ithaca birding
community of the 1950s (and earlier?) seems to have been
uncharacteristically out of step with trending approaches to birding and
ornithology when it comes to their delayed adoption of the Christmas Bird
Count. I'd very interested to know if anyone has more information on this
period of Ithaca birding history.

tss


> 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
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 9/7

[Tom Schulenberg]

> Excellent warbler numbers and diversity by Sherwood Platform in Sapsucker
> Woods on Friday (9:30 am). Cape May (2+), Wilson's, N. Parula,
> Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, several
> Chestnut-sided, Nashville, et al. I haven't even checked the north side of
> the pond yet.
>

good diversity along Sapsucker Woods Road north of the gates, similar mix
but also several Bay-breasted, gnatcatcher, pair of Purple Finches, etc.

tss

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stilt updates ?

[Tom Schulenberg]

> Any reports, positive or negative, today on the Montezuma B-n Stilt would
be appreciated.

still there this morning, per rba text from Nathan Golberg

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[cayugabirds-l] Virginia Rail still here

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Just heard singing from the marsh at the northeast corner of the Lab.

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[cayugabirds-l] Dunlin in ne Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

1 basic plumaged dunlin and 13+ snipe in Hanshaw Road field - along wet
furrow with taller cirn stubbke in front of house 1469.

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[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues at Ithaca Yacht Club

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also Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Horned Grebes, 2 Red-throated Loons, etc.

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[cayugabirds-l] more waterfowl

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There also are very impressive numbers of Redhead quite close to shore at
East Shore Park, although with not too much else mixed in with them, and 62
(or so) Tundra Swans at Ladoga.

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[cayugabirds-l] one Cackling Goose in with the many Canadas on the pond at Sapsucker Woods

[Tom Schulenberg]

as of a few minutes ago, anyway


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[cayugabirds-l] Ocwa still present

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I just relocated Paul Anderson's orange- crowned warbler, but north of
where he first found it. Along the tracks heading south from Cherry Street,
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[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl on Bluegrass Lane (northeast Ithaca)

[Tom Schulenberg]

Marshall Iliff, Ken Rosenberg, and I had a Short-eared Owl again this
evening over the field of tall switchgrass on Bluegrass Lane. This is the
first report from Bluegrass (that I know of) since Ken had a SEOW here last
Friday, but I don't know how many times it's been looked for since then.
Tonight it appeared at 18:23 and put on a very nice show; when we finally
lost sight of it, it was drifting east over the now fallow field along
Hanshaw Road.


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] * possible * connecticut warbler off Bluegrass lane, ne ithaca

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Emphasis on possible, since I couldn't get much of a look. Seemed to have
good white eyering and long undertail coverts. It was at the the edge of
the woods at the south end of the straight stretch on bluegrass - from the
south end of the red barn, walk west 100+ yards. Bird was just past the
patch of japanese knotwood, at the small gap.

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[cayugabirds-l] RHWO at sapsucker woods

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There was an adult red-headed woodpecker in the tall snag at Sapsucker
Woods a few minutes ago. Lost sight of it as it flew west across pond.

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[cayugabirds-l] singing mourning warbler in northeast Ithaca this morning

[Tom Schulenberg]

A little out of place on this date, at the Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods
Road)

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Myers

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No white-rumped sandpiper at the moment, but 2 common terns went by,
heading south.

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[cayugabirds-l] White-eyed Vireo on South Hill Recreation Way

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Found by Dan Lane. Singing ca 1/2 mile from Burn Road, by bench on north
side of trail.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Prairie Warbler

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 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] Golden Eagle in ne Ithaca

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Watch the skies - an adult golden eagle just sailed high over Hanshaw Road,
heading north (seemed in a hurry).

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Bluegrass Lane Vesper Sparrow

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 It's actually the Southeast corner, closest to the bee lab and the
community gardens.

Still at edge of woods, singing occasionally.

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[cayugabirds-l] late Nelson's Sparrow

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At the northwest corner of the pond by Liddell Lab, off Freese Road.

Given the date and location, I was hoping for a different species. But it's
always nice to see a Nelson's too.

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[cayugabirds-l] Vesoer Sparrows, ne Ithaca

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I flushed a surprising 4 Vespers today from the field eest of Bluegrass
Lane, northeast Ithaca. They were in the northwest quadrant of the cut
field of switchgrass, near the corn - into which they disappeared when
flushed.

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[cayugabirds-l] thoughts on the Blue Grosbeak, and on patch birding

[Tom Schulenberg]

I was a little excited to stumble into the Blue Grosbeak on Bluegrass Lane
last Saturday, and I'm definitely thrilled that it stuck around long enough
of many other birders to see it as well. Bluegrass Lane can be a birdy
place, but at the same time it's nothing special - it's not an obvious
migrant trap like Myers Point. There are plenty of other sites all over
Tompkins County (and the rest of the Basin) that aren't much different from
the area around Bluegrass. I just was lucky to be in the right place at the
right time.

The reason that I was there at all, however, is that I bird the Hanshaw
Road fields regularly, throughout the year. I think of these fields and
woods as my patch.

And what the Blue Grosbeak tells me is that anyone can find good birds by
adopting a similar approach: find an area that is underbirded, or not
birded at all (there are many in our area!), make it * your * patch, and
cover it regularly. (And submit your patch checklists to eBird, of course.)

On most days you might not see anything special. But any day spent birding
is a day well spent. And every visit to your patch will be just a little
bit different. Over time you'll come to learn what species are expected in
your patch at different seasons, which will help make you a better birder
in general. And as the Blue Grosbeak shows, good birds can show up almost
anywhere - sooner or later you can expect to find some good birds in your
patch.

So pick your patch, get out there, and give it a try - good birds are
standing by.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayugarba BLUE GROSBEAK bluegrass lane in corn eas...

[Tom Schulenberg]

This bird has not been relocated (mob on scene), but should still be in
area. Brown Blue Grosbeak (female or juv) at sw corner of corn field on
east side of road at 13:00. Bird called, was pished up (continued calling),
sat in corn for ca 1 minute, dropped into corn and not seen since. Must
still be in area, but ... corn is tall, field is big.

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[cayugabirds-l] Golden-winged Warbler in northeast Ithaca

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I had a nice hit of warblers at home this morning (Hanshaw Road in
northeast Ithacaa), including a Tennessee (one of at least three found in
the area this morning, per eBird alerts), and a spectacular male
Golden-winged Warbler.

Seems as if this would be a good day to carefully check your local patch -
and then maybe to visit some other underbirded sites (of which there are
many!), just to see what else might be around right now.

Good birding,


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[cayugabirds-l] definitely an Olive-sided Flycatcher, Podell Boardwalk, Sapsucker Woods

[Tom Schulenberg]

Brad Walker and I relocated the Olive-sided Flycatcher from the south end
of the Podell Boardwalk at 9:15. We watched it make a few sallies, then
lost it when it headed east (towards Sapsucker Woods Road). It's probably
still in the area - Brad and Jay McGowan are trying now to re-relocate it.


On my way into the Lab of O this morning, I came in via the Podell
Boardwalk (the boardwalk that is along the trial system if you exit the
Lab’s public entrance and head straight south parallel to Sapsucker Woods
Rd.  One of the birds that I saw was what I’m almost essentially sure
(aside from not having a good size reference for comparison) was an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.  The bird was actively sallying out and
flycatching, always from the tops of dead trees away from the main forest
edge and never in the canopy.

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[cayugabirds-l] Black-billed Cuckoo, Orchard Oriole on Freese Road (northeast Ithaca) (technically Dryden)

[Tom Schulenberg]

This morning Rufus and I had

1 Black-billed Cuckoo (possibly 2?) in the small stand of trees and shrubs
on the east side of the road, just south of Dyce Lab (201 Freese Road).
Mostly silent, but sang quietly a few times.

1 second summer male Orchard Oriole, singing regularly in the small open
stand of trees on the west side of Freese Road, opposite the community
gardens.


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] late flock of Snow Buntings in northeast Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

This morning I had a surprisingly large number (for late March) of Snow
Buntings: a flock of ca 28, feeding with ca 55 Horned Larks in fields west
of Bluegrass Lane. These birds were in the bare field west of the grass
stubble. Some of these birds still retain much buff in the plumage, but
others looked like adult females coming into breeding plumage, with black
streaked backs, much black visible on the wings, and gray or black
speckling on the nape and sides of the face.

I also had a Merlin hunting around the Equine Research Park complex, a
flyover Great Blue Heron, and a Wilson's Snipe, all between Freese Road and
Bluegrass Lane.


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[cayugabirds-l] no waterfowl on waterfowl count; other birds of interest

[Tom Schulenberg]

Yesterday Ken Rosenberg and I covered the northeast of the lake for the
annual waterfowl - from Aurora Bay up to the north end of the lake. This
year there were no waterfowl to count, or, at least, there were no large
rafts of Aythya ducks anywhere in our area: we had fewer than 200 Redhead
in all, no Canvasback, and few scaup or Ring-necked Ducks. Otherwise,
waterfowl of note included two Mute Swans (adult, immature) in the
northeast corner of the lake (north of Cayuga), two White-winged Scoters
far offshore from Harris Park, and a Long-tailed Duck close to shore at
Gorwydd Lane.

Other birds of note were an immature Glaucous Gull on the shore just north
of Frontenac Harbor; three American Pipits along the shore at the Aurora
boathouse; and a group of at least six (!) Myrtle Warblers and a Field
Sparrow at the Aurora bridge (route 90 near Poplar Ridge Road).

Closer to home, we (now with Benjamin Van Doren) saw a Rough-legged Hawk
and an adult Bald Eagle along Waterwagon Road in Lansing.

Good birding,


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[cayugabirds-l] Greater Common Redpoll at Lab feeders

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As Brad mentioned earlier, there is a large (and typically skittish) flock
of redpolls at the feeders at the Lab of Ornithology. Matt Young picked out
at least one (a female), and possible a second (a male), Greater Common
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea rostrata) from this group. Worth keeping an eye
on these birds today.

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[cayugabirds-l] Sunday birding, Stewart to Myers

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  Jacob Drucker and I checked areas along the southeast corner of the lake
today, from Stewart Park up to Myers, in late morning and early afternoon.
Viewing conditions were great (little to wind, no waves), but Aythya were
amazingly scarce, and we saw no scaup at all. Among the birds of interest
were


Northern Pintail - 1 female at Stewart, 1 male at Myers
Redhead - only 1! female on the ice at Stewart
Ring-necked Duck - 1 at Stewart, shortly thereafter seen entering a Great
Black-backed Gull
Pied-billed Grebe - several, Myers
Horned Grebe - distant, Stewart
Red-necked Grebe - TWO - one close at Stewart, another (seen at the same
time,) close to shore to the north of East Shore Park
Rough-legged Hawk - Burdick Hill Road
KILLDEER - 1 at the base of the spit at Myers. So the Bluegrass Lane bird
is not the only one around!
Northern Shrike - Cayuga Vista Drive, very cooperative


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[cayugabirds-l] winter finches in northeast Ithaca

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This morning I had a pair of flyover White-winged Crossbills on Hanshaw
Road, near the mouth of Sapsucker Woods Road. There also was a female
Evening Grosbeak calling frequently and moving around in treetops at the
Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road) in Sapsucker Woods; it hung around for
several minutes before flying off to the east.

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[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeak in northeast Ithaca

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This morning I watched a male Evening Grosbeak feeding in a tree in the
wooded gully just west of Liddell Lab, along Freese Road. There were
robins, cardinals, and a flock of waxwings in the tree as well, but I
easily could have walked past the grosbeak (especially with the fog!) had
it not called several times to give itself away. Other birds of note this
morning were a pair of ravens, and a Vesper Sparrow (along the east side of
the Equine Research Park woods).


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[cayugabirds-l] northeast Ithaca notes

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It was birdy out there this morning, by October standards. Lots of
Ruby-crowned Kinglets and White-throated Sparrows, smaller numbers of
Blue-headed Vireos and Golden-crowned Kinglets, one Winter Wren. I also had
a small influx of warblers this morning, with a NORTHERN PARULA at the
Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road), also 1 each of Magnolia and
Nashville, also in Sapsucker Woods.

There were Pine Siskins at several locations, including the feeders at the
Lab of Ornithology.

Would be a good day to go out and check your favorite local patch.

Good birding,

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[cayugabirds-l] migrants in northeast Ithaca

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Birds of note this morning include

a late Least Flycatcher in the hawthorns in front of the entrance to the
Lab of Ornithology

continuing Marsh Wren at the Lab, today very cooperative in the marsh
between the delivery dock and caterer's entrance

two Cape May Warblers in spruces on Sapsucker Woods Road at Cardinal

two Pine Warblers on Sapsucker Woods Road at Sanctuary

and a few more Black-throated Greens than I see on average

Good birding,


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[cayugabirds-l] Marsh Wren (2), Orange-crowned Warbler in northeast Ithaca

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I had a productive walk this morning through some local spots in northeast
Ithaca. Highlights were two cooperative MARSH WRENS in the cattails and
other vegetation at the marshy northeast corner of the small pond just
north of Liddell Lab (118 Freese Road). There also was an ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER at the edge of the woods immediately east of Liddell (the main
building), just south of the track.

Other birds about included Nashville, Yellow-rumped, and Palm warblers, the
expected Common Yellowthroats, and a late Ovenbird (east side of the Equine
Research Park woods), an immature White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow
(3 along the east side of the Equine Research Park woods, 4 more in the
Freese Road community gardens), three Indigo Buntings, two Eastern Towhees,
and other expected migrants.

It's a nice day to be out. Pick a favorite patch, and give it a check.

Good birding,


tss
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants (06 Sep)

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  I had a little flock this morning along Sapsucker Woods Road near the
Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road) with Warbling, Philadelphia, and
Red-eyed vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and a few warblers (Magnolia,
Blackpoll, Black-throated Green).

  There was a (the?) Prairie Warbler along the north side of the Lab of
Ornithology today a little before noon, foraging very low in small willows
and goldenrod. This is where I saw one on 22 August - I don't know what
would be more remarkable, that the same bird still is in the area, or that
two different individuals would pass in front of my office window in a
single season.

tss


On my walk in to work this morning, I found a small flock of migrants at
 the Sherwood Platform including RED-EYED VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER,
 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and the brightest yellow PHILADELPHIA VIREO I've
 ever seen.




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[cayugabirds-l] Red Crossbill in northeast Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

  I heard (but didn't see) a Red Crossbill flying over lower Sapsucker
Woods Road this morning.

  There also was a single Caspian Tern flying north directly up Sapsucker
Woods Road, then veering off to the west on the upper part of the road, at
around 08:35. Was anyone watching from the Lab - did it make a pass over
the pond?


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[cayugabirds-l] Cape May Warbler, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher on Sapsucker Woods Road

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  Not in the same league as yesterday's warbler of the day*, but this
morning I had 2 Cape May Warblers at the Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods
Road) - foraging at mid heights in the open bit of woods between the barn
and Sapsucker Woods Road.

   Farther south, on lower Sapsucker Woods Road, was a Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher.

Good birding,

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tuesday migrants

[Tom Schulenberg]

 Sapsucker Woods - lots of GRAY CATBIRDS, LEAST FLYCATCHER, ROSE-BREASTED
 GROSBEAK, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, PALM WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, flyover
 SOLITARY SANDPIPER



  Additional species at Sapsucker Woods include Wood Thrush (singing, east
side of road), Hermit Thrush (2+, east side of road), Brown Thrasher (2 -
where the Fox Sparrows were hanging out for so long this spring, where the
powerline cut meets the woods on the east side of the road), Nashville and
Black-throated Green warblers, Common Yellowthroat, and Baltimore Oriole.
Also lots of Ruby-crowned Kinglets.


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike on Freese Road, northeast Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

  A little over an hour ago I had a Northern Shrike along Freese Road. The
bird was moving east, stopping in the crown of each of the two lonely trees
in the field across from Dyce Lab before continuing on.


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[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpoll at Sapsucker Woods

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  I had a single Common Redpoll this morning when I arrived at the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology a little after 9:00. The redpoll was calling frequently,
over the bird-feeding garden by the Lab observatory, and perching in the
hawthorns along the short boardwalk behind the bird-feeding garden. Wes
Hochachka had a flyover redpoll - presumably the same bird - about an hour
earlier, flying over the Wilson Trail north.


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[cayugabirds-l] Cackling Goose in northeast Ithaca

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It's not in the same league as a Ross's Goose, but at 14:00 this afternoon
there was at least one Cackling Goose with the large flock (ca 400
individuals) of Canada Geese in the field along Hanshaw Road, near the
mouth of Sapsucker Woods Road.

I hope that someone finds it tomorrow, between there and Stewart Park.

Good luck tomorrow, everybody.


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] northeast notes: LISP in Sapsucker Woods

[Tom Schulenberg]

This morning's bird of note was a Lincoln's Sparrow in the open, brushy
swale on the west side of Sapsucker Woods Road, just south of the trail
heads. It's getting late for Lincoln's Sparrows in our area.


Good birding,


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[cayugabirds-l] northeast notes

[Tom Schulenberg]

A few observations this morning from northeast Ithaca and adjacent areas:

Pectoral Sandpiper: 2 in the usual field along Hanshaw Road, just west of
the mouth of Sapsucker Woods Road. These are the first I have seen here
since Sunday (16 October), when there were four present (before a dog walker
flushed all the birds in the field).

Orange-crowned Warbler: 1 at the Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road), in
the mix of goldenrod and shrubs between the barn and Sapsucker Woods Road.

Black-throated Blue Warbler: 1 male at home (Hanshaw Road); might be my last
for a while.

Good birding,


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] Pectoral Sandpiper in Hanshaw Road fields

[Tom Schulenberg]

The field along Hanshaw Road, near the mouth of Sapsucker Woods Road, can be
productive for shorebirds when wet (as it is now!).

I just had four Pectoral Sandpipers in this field, in the shallow grassy
pan that has been full of Killdeer for the past couple of weeks.

Yesterday, there were 3 Greater and 1 Lesser yellowlegs in this spot. And I
had a Wilson's Snipe there yesterday evening.

Shorebirds don't always stay in this field for very long, and it can be
difficult to see all the birds from the road (because there's a bit of a
rise in the field, between the road and the shallow area with puddles where
the birds congregate). But it may be worth a check anytime one is in the
neighborhood.

Good birding,


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] Dickcissel in Freese Road community gardens

[Tom Schulenberg]

Just reported by Nate Senner.


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[cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull on Hanshaw Road, northeast Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

   The Franklin's Gull now is with Ring-billed (mostly) and Herring gulls in
the flooded field along Hanshaw Road, between Warren and Freese roads (but
closer to Freese).


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods- Blackpoll

[Tom Schulenberg]

Sapsucker Woods was pretty still this morning, way less action than the past
 couple days. Highlights were a BLACKPOLL WARBLER and the first GREEN HERON
 I've seen at the pond. Other warblers had were BLACK-THROATED BLUE,
 MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, YELLOWTHROAT, REDSTART, YELLOW, OVEN, N WATER. Only
 flys that made themselves known were LEAST, GREAT CRESTED, KINGBIRD.



   Additions that I had include pewee (my first of the year) and a silent
male Hooded Warbler (on the south part of the Wilson Trail, on the short leg
that overlaps with the Severinghaus Trail).


Good birding,


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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler on Mohawk Road (Lansing)

[Tom Schulenberg]

Ken Rosenberg just called to report a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER on Mohawk Road
in Lansing, just north of the airport. The site is at the north end of
Mohawk, just before the road bends east (and becomes Neimi). The woods on
the west side of north Mohawk are flooded - the Yellow-throated (and a
parula) appeared when Ken pished at a flock of Yellow-rumps in these flooded
woods.


Good birding,


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 4/26

[Tom Schulenberg]

  I had some but by no means all of the species in Sapsucker Woods reported
by Mark.

  Additions were

  Great Crested Flycatcher - one on the northeast leg of the Severinghaus
trail

  Blue-headed Vireo - 1 singing where Severinghaus and Wilson trails join

  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - edge of the pond, north of the Podell boardwalk

  Brown Thrasher - in brush between the Frog Barn (south of the southern
part of the East trail) and Sapsucker Woods road;
   one (same bird?) was giving snatches of song yesterday morning at the
east end of the Frog Barn pond.

  Gray Catbird here as well, and multiple catbirds along lower Sapsucker
Woods Road, waterthrush singing from behind my house in northeast Ithaca,
Ovenbird singing at home, etc.


Good birding,


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow at Lab of Ornithology

[Tom Schulenberg]

The Field Sparrow is back at the Lab of Ornithology this morning, foraging
on the ground underneath the feeders on the north side of the building. As
do all the other sparrows (American Tree, White-throated, Song), it comes
and goes, but keep an eye out for it.



tss

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[cayugabirds-l] King Eider still present at Myers Pt., Friday 3 December

[Tom Schulenberg]

   I just had a call from Mike Ackley (spelling?), reporting the male King
Eider today at the same place as yesterday: south of the marina.


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Re:[cayugabirds-l] King Eider Myers Pt. 1:00pm - also pipits

[Tom Schulenberg]

  Ken Rosenberg and I also had four American Pipits (late) foraging on the
south side of the spit at midday today at Myers.



The King Eider was present today 12/2 at 12:45 pm at Myers Point south of
 the marina, easily visible from the lighthouse.




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[cayugabirds-l] late House Wren

[Tom Schulenberg]

   This morning I had a late HOUSE WREN in the goldenrods and shrubs by the
Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road; the wren, silent, as between the barn
and SWR). Other birds of note were a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Fox Sparrows
at three locations between home (Hanshaw Road) and the Lab.


Good birding,


tss

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[cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow at Freese Road, northeast Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

Nate Senner just reported a Clay-colored Sparrow off of Freese Road,
northeast Ithaca. It was along the west side of the more southern of the
corn fields on Freese Road - the corn field by the pond at Liddell Labs. The
bird was by itself, and moving south.


Good birding,


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull on Hanshaw Road, Ithaca

[Tom Schulenberg]

 What plumage/age?  There seem to be a lot of this species on Long Island.
 We always get a few adults and one or two juveniles this time of year.




   I don't have complete confidence in my abilities to age large gulls, but
I think that was a first-cycle bird.

   Saw it in the field again this morning, from inside the house, but lost
track of it (or it had flown) by the time that I left around 8.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskin

[Tom Schulenberg]

  I had a single Pine Siskin at the feeders at the Lab of Ornithology this
morning.




A single female PINE SISKIN visited out feeders (Snyder Hill area) a few
 minutes ago. It gave a number of zhree calls and then disappeared.

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