RE:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: April 16, 2023

Merlin has twice misidentified a junco as a pine warbler in the last two days, FWIW. Which is not to say you didn't hear a swamp sparrow, Alyssa -- just to note that Merlin sometimes gets it wrong. Best, Sandra Babcock -Original Message- From:

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine incubating

I took my dog for a long walk at Taughannock, then did some shopping at the T-burg Shur-Save. On my way out I stopped to take some digi-scope photos of the Peregrine nest from the opposite rim of the gorge. Looks like incubation is underway. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

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

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

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

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[cayugabirds-l] Earth Day activities of the Cayuga Bird Club

Hello Birders, The Cayuga Bird Club will be engaging the public on Friday and Saturday this week down at Lighthouse Point Woods (also known as Jetty Woods) for birding and to continue our habitat improvement projects. >From 10-noon Friday, we will be engaging 30 students and some staff from the

[cayugabirds-l] hawk eats skunk???

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

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Toads

Over the years, many people have told me that they do not see this predation by Crows at their own favorite toad ponds, which leads me to imagine that the technique for extracting the goods without the poisonous bufotoxin is a kind of traditional knowledge passed down the generations in certain

[cayugabirds-l] Toads

Those toads are indeed early and mine have not yet come to my Fall Creek pond. Though it is rather cool, perhaps the rain will bring them tonight. I’m glad the Ithaca crows have not discovered them. Catharine O’Neill Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows

2 FOY /yard Field Sparrows foraging on ground under my bird feeders. White-throated Sparrow here, again, with flock of DE Juncos. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Chickadee migration near Allan Treman marina

Last October there was an article in the Bangor Daily News titled “Plague Of Chickadees In Acadia Could Mean A Frigid Winter In Maine” (Paywall). Seems unlikely that the Chickadees were just anticipating cold weather. Perhaps a poor year for some food resource that’s important to Chickadees

[cayugabirds-l] Crows and toads

Speaking of migrations, the toads’ annual pool party at my pond in West Danby is in full swing, a good 2 - 3 weeks ahead of schedule. (Over the past 14 years I’ve come to expect their gathering to occur in the very last days of April / the first week of May) For years the local Crows harvested

Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Chickadee migration near Allan Treman marina

A few decades ago I had a group of students monitoring the survival of chickadees. We used the McGowan Woods, opposite the office buildings at the game farm. It is isolated from any adjacent forest, and I hoped that movement in or out would be minimal. We tried to do a weekly census as part of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Chickadee migration near Allan Treman marina

This 2005 Chickadee Irruption post from our old friend Jeff Wells is also fun: https://www.borealbirds.org/blog/2005/09/30/chickadee-irruption -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Chickadee migration near Allan Treman marina

Chickadee migration is in full swing at Derby Hill in Oswego County. Hundreds per day, migrating tree-to-tree along the bluff. David Wheeler. On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 6:28 AM Geo Kloppel wrote: > Nice, Dave! > > “Irruption” seems to be the preferred term for these mass movements of > young

Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Chickadee migration near Allan Treman marina

Nice, Dave! “Irruption” seems to be the preferred term for these mass movements of young Chickadees. Andrea Patterson posted the following piece on April 18, 2013, about observations of the phenomenon over a number years at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, where Lake Ontario poses the barrier