[cayugabirds-l] Nashville still

2013-05-08 Thread Geo Kloppel
Nothing new around my place this morning, unless the Nashville Warbler I came across is a fresh arrival (I didn't see any yesterday), but the encouragement I took from yestereve's summer-like chorus is still with me: Hermit Thrushes, Winter Wrens and Blue-headed Vireos were in their accustomed

[cayugabirds-l] witchety witchety

2013-05-08 Thread Nancy W. Dickinson
I finally heard a Common Yellowthroat in our yard today. It seems late. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Bird Club Trip-Park Preserve, Saturday May 11

2013-05-08 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club trip to the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Park Preserve (http://www.fllt.org/protected_lands/protected_lands1.php?id=42) Meet me at the Lab of Ornithology Visitor's parking lot at 7:30 sharp on Saturday for this half-day trip (back at the lab around 1

[cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole

2013-05-08 Thread Tom Vawter
Our annual Baltimore oriole is once again foraging and singing in the tops of our backyard ashes. Tom Vawter -- * * -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Observations of bird/wasp interactions

2013-05-08 Thread Kevin Loope
Dear bird listers, I study the behavioral ecology of local yellowjackets, and have always wondered which bird species are responsible for the destruction of so many young colonies in late May and early June. I'm most curious about predators of aerial-nesting yellowjackets and bald-faced

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole

2013-05-08 Thread John Greenly
I woke this morning to the sound of our Oriole back in the yard. This is two days later than last year, and for the last ten years one has arrived between May 4 and 7. --John Greenly Ludlowville On May 8, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Tom Vawter wrote: Our annual Baltimore oriole is once again

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird Club Trip-Park Preserve, Saturday May 11

2013-05-08 Thread Reid Rumelt
Hello everyone, Regarding this Saturday's Bird Club trip, would anyone be able to pick up a transportation-challenged college freshman from somewhere on Cornell's campus prior to heading over to the Lab? Email is rb...@cornell.edu if anyone is interested. Many thanks, Reid Rumelt

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird Club Trip-Park Preserve, Saturday May 11

2013-05-08 Thread Linda Orkin
Hello Reid, I am not going on the field trip but am heading over to the Lab of O by 7:30 to lead the public walk there. I could pick you up. Is it possible for you to get to Robert Purcell Union by 7:10? Or tell me what works. Best Linda Orkin President, Cayuga Bird Club On Wed, May 8, 2013 at

[cayugabirds-l] Mays Point Goslings, Cerulean Warblers

2013-05-08 Thread Dave K
A Canada Goose pair with 4 goslings working the grass in the Mays Point observation platform parking lot. Several Cerulean Warblers singing the trees above. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole

2013-05-08 Thread Carol Keeler
Mine, too. I saw him at the jelly feeder two days ago, but today he's vocalizing . Sent from my iPad On May 8, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Tom Vawter tvaw...@wells.edu wrote: Our annual Baltimore oriole is once again foraging and singing in the tops of our backyard ashes. Tom Vawter -- --

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole

2013-05-08 Thread Eben McLane
Must be the rain? A number of returning migrants (Balt. and Orchard O., Wood Thrush and Veery, and some warblers) arrived at my house last week, sang briefly then fell silent until this morning. Now they're all singing' in the rain. Eben McLane On May 8, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Carol Keeler

[cayugabirds-l] Tricolored Heron, Montezuma

2013-05-08 Thread Jay McGowan
Apparently a/the TRICOLORED HERON is being seen today near the beginning of the wildlife drive at Montezuma today and yesterday. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14039912 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14031838 Larue and Jackie also reported a Stilt Sandpiper from the

[cayugabirds-l] Tricolored heron

2013-05-08 Thread Janet Akin
Was in a tree near the canal boat tie up on the Seneca Trail off of Wildlife Drive at 3pm this afternoon. It was quite active and flew across to trail side and was sitting in a tree right near the trail. Beautiful bird and worth the trip. I was doing a Northern Harrier survey for the refuge