[cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpeckers Aurora
Thanks for Jay's good description of the location of the RED HEADED WOODPECKERS in the woods at the south end of Aurora (SE cor. of NY Rt. 90 and Poplar Ridge Rd.)! I spent an hour and a half there today (~1-2:30 pm) and even saw the pair mate on a branch of the large Sycamore tree near Rt. 90. They did not do anything with the large holes in that tree, but kept flying east, back into the woods. That woods goes on for quite a ways up P. Ridge Road, so maybe they have a more secluded hole picked out for a nest. Also, now and then one flew across the street towards the lake and worked the trees over there. I observed quite a bit of vehicular traffic on that corner and now I am worried that one of the woodpeckers might fly too low at the wrong time. Saw one woodpecker fly out of the Sycamore and catch a red bug in the air. If you go, don't wear shorts, as I foolishly did. Lotsa thorny plants and poison ivy. -Donna Scott Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 d...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers Aurora
Credit for this discovery goes to Stuart Krasnoff and Paul Anderson. I was only the messenger. They were in the second of 2 cars of birders headed north. In the lead car Bob was driving and I was riding shotgun. As we turned from the north end of Lake Rd back onto NYS-90 entering the Village of Aurora, I was thinking of the gravelly delta of Payne's Creek, where Tom Johnson once conjured up a California Gull (possibly only the first or second Cayuga Lake Basin record) by saying "There ought to be a California Gull here," or words to that effect, and suddenly he found one. So I was staring at the Ring-billed Gulls for any ringers. As we approached the Aurora Boathouse, Bob glanced in the rear-view mirror and saw that Stuart's car had stopped just past the bridge, and Stuart, Paul, and Judy Thoroughman were jumping out and running back. We quickly joined them and saw the reason for the excitement. What intrigues me, though, is the manner of their find. Apparently as they were at the stop sign at the north end of Lake Rd, Paul idly mentioned that he'd like to see a Red-headed Woodpecker as it would be a life bird, and within seconds Stuart saw it. This area around the mouth of Payne's Creek is a mysterious place. I have heard rumors, listened to legends, and chased reports of Red-headed Woodpeckers in the Aurora area, mainly north of town, for years. It was a thrill to finally see one, and furthermore, to hear confirmation of what seemed likely given the date, that this is a breeding territory. --Dave NutterOn May 21, 2011, at 08:00 PM, wroberts wrobe...@wells.edu wrote:I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan Danskin, and others as they were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active flying back and forth in the nearby woods; it was first located on the west side of 90 in a yard immediately north of Paynes Creek. After Bob, Dave and Susan and friends left for Montezuma I continued searching for the bird as it was the first RhW I have observed in Aurora in over twenty years. With the help of a friend I located the RhW in the large Sycamore east of 90 and south of Poplar Ridge. After about 30 minutes I discovered that there were two RhWs moving in the tree tops and flying back and forth over Rt. 90. It seems that this is a breeding pair which adds to the excitement of having this magnificent species finally return to the Aurora area. I did manage to photograph the bird at some distance. Bill Roberts Aurora, N.Y. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers Aurora
Two Red-headed Woodpeckers at same location as yesterday. Gary On May 21, 2011, at 11:00 PM, wroberts wrobe...@wells.edu wrote: I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan Danskin, and others as they were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active flying back and forth in the nearby woods; it was first located on the west side of 90 in a yard immediately north of Paynes Creek. After Bob, Dave and Susan and friends left for Montezuma I continued searching for the bird as it was the first RhW I have observed in Aurora in over twenty years. With the help of a friend I located the RhW in the large Sycamore east of 90 and south of Poplar Ridge. After about 30 minutes I discovered that there were two RhWs moving in the tree tops and flying back and forth over Rt. 90. It seems that this is a breeding pair which adds to the excitement of having this magnificent species finally return to the Aurora area. I did manage to photograph the bird at some distance. Bill Roberts Aurora, N.Y. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers Aurora
I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan Danskin, and others as they were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active flying back and forth in the nearby woods; it was first located on the west side of 90 in a yard immediately north of Paynes Creek. After Bob, Dave and Susan and friends left for Montezuma I continued searching for the bird as it was the first RhW I have observed in Aurora in over twenty years. With the help of a friend I located the RhW in the large Sycamore east of 90 and south of Poplar Ridge. After about 30 minutes I discovered that there were two RhWs moving in the tree tops and flying back and forth over Rt. 90. It seems that this is a breeding pair which adds to the excitement of having this magnificent species finally return to the Aurora area. I did manage to photograph the bird at some distance. Bill Roberts Aurora, N.Y. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
