Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lost Car Key at the Hawthorn Woods

Ann: I found your car key. Sincerely, Chris T-H Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2015, at 21:58, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: Hawthorn Woods should be a great weekend for birding. If you happen to come across a Honda car key, please let me know. I lost it somewhere in the

RE:[cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE

Big thanks to Chris and Jessie (note, the ie...cold fingers slipped up on my iPhone in my message below)! Also, thanks to Bob McGuire, Chris Wood, and Dave Nutter for use of optics! Excellent find and it's about time this showed up here again...it's on the Basin List, but I don't know when that

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Saw-whet Owl on Maple Ave

Yesterday evening around 6:45pm, my parents, Larry and Sara Jane Hymes, and I went for a nighttime jaunt in Upper Buttermilk Falls State Park to attempt to locate a lost phone (which we successfully found on the West trail around Treman Lake). On the way back from our nighttime hike, around

ADMIN: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl???

to sightings in the Cayuga Lake Basin; instead, it simply has a *focus* on Cayuga Lake as well as the surrounding areas. Thanks and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, NY On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:58 AM, bob mcguire bmcgu

[cayugabirds-l] Leucistic Turkey Vulture - NE Ithaca

Yesterday, late morning, Diane and I observed a really cool looking leucistic Turkey Vulture. This bird was soaring and flapping in the Northeast Ithaca area, over the Tops market and Cayuga Mall along North Triphammer Road. The distal two-thirds of the bird's left wing was solid white. It was

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Point - Black Scoters, Brant

I spotted what was presumably one of the Brant flocks that Jay observed passing Myers, heading South over Ithaca around 8:45am. There were about 175 birds in that flock. I was headed North down Route 96B, past Ithaca College, and observed this flock off to the West (my left) just West of the West

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Cayugabirds-L Archives

have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me off List. Thanks again and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu Cayugabirds-L http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Dickcissel - Etna, NY - 7 October 2011

I have uploaded an audio clip of the Dickcissel from this morning (at 2:47 AM), as well as a spectrogram frame-grab, showing the characteristics of this flight call. These can be accessed by going to these links: Audio: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/111007.024749_DICKCISSEL_Etna_NY.wav

[cayugabirds-l] Etna, NY: Dickcissel (4 October 2011)

For the past few nights, I've been recording from my rooftop in Etna, NY, and either listening real-time or doing a quick browse-through the following morning, using Raven Pro. If I hear (or see, as is the case when browsing after the fact) a good clear or interesting flight call, I'll grab it and

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: FWD: Rare Birds: News from the New York State Avian Records Committee

: http://nybirds.org/NYSARC/ The list of reportable species is also available from the NYSARC website. Thanks! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpiper: Etna, NY

Just a quick note: Saturday night, around 11:00pm, while doing some brief star-gazing from the back yard, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the four-noted night flight call of an Upland Sandpiper, as it passed overhead on its southward migration. The distinct call heard was the bubbly

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/27/2011 - Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Oil

This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard from about 7:00am to 8:45am. It was really quiet, but I was please to find two YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS actively foraging and sporadically calling and chasing each other around. I have placed a handful of recordings up on SoundCloud, including the

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/23/2011 - NO Warblers

Today, from 5:30am to 6:30am, I did not encounter any transient migrants in the Hawthorn Orchard. It could have been that I was just there too early, but I certainly suspect that all have picked up and migrated North with the Southerly winds we've been having. The only potential transient migrant

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/20/2011 - 21 Warblers - Very Active, Very Muddy

I birded the Hawthorn Orchard today from about 6:30am to 9:30am, again, painful to pull myself away for work. Today, many birders were there enjoying what the Hawthorn Orchard had to offer for the day. Am I keeping a life birder list? Anyway, there was a rare sighting today among those that I

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - Northern Saw-whet Owl Images - 19 May 2011

, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: bounce-30688422-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-30688422-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:11 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 19 May 2011 - 22 WARBLERS

This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard from about 6:15am to 9:00am. I was joined by Pete Marchetto for a good portion of the morning. While there, I was pleased to see several other area birders in the hawthorns enjoying what the place has to offer. Throughout the morning, I saw or met up

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/17/2011 - 17 Warbler species and a Cacophony of Song

This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard from about 7:15am to 9:30am. While there, I met Heidi Bardy, Beth Bannister, and Mark Scheel. Later, on my way out, I ran into Andy Johnson and Jay McGowan. Really great birding there today. There's a sizeable flock of birds that are slowly moving

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/14/11 - TENNESSEE WARBLERS

This morning, I hit the Hawthorn Orchard in East Ithaca around 6:30am and I birded there quite thoroughly until about 11:30am. I was joined for a period of time by Larry and Sara Jane Hymes and Stuart Krasnoff. Had the pleasure of meeting some fellow birders while there today. I met Dana and Mamie

[cayugabirds-l] Pictures - Hawthorn Orchard Birds

I took a lot of pictures while at the Hawthorn Orchard, today; some surprisingly decent, most crummy. Anyway, you can have a look at them at https://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2011HawthornOrchardBirds# starting with this one from today:

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/13/11 (11 Warbler species - Lots of Tennessees - 2 Philly Vireos)

This morning, I met up with Pete Marchetto, and together we slowly made one round through the Hawthorn Orchard. Briefly ran into Kevin Ripka (good to meet you!).With the winds and lack of sunlight early in the AM, the behavior of birds was very different than the previous days. The diversity

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/12/2011 - 16 1/2 Warblers, Philly Vireo, Pewee, Swainson's Thrush

Since I was up early this morning, I decided to head over to the Hawthorn Orchard earlier than expected. I was there birding from 5:30am until 8:15am. Highlights include: EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BREWSTER'S WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, Vermivoras, plus others

Overnight, there was clearly a heavy movement of Vermivoras, as evidenced by the abundance of that genera at the Hawthorn Orchard this morning. Vermivoras were still in movement well into the morning (warblers still flying well above tree-top height, producing seet flight notes). After a

RE: [cayugabirds-l] South End 4May2011

Also of note, there were several Bonaparte's Gulls at Cass Park this morning. Binocular-less, I counted at least 9 Bonaparte's among Ring-billed Gulls, all walking around one of the soccer fields adjacent to the Cayuga Inlet. Later, they dispersed from that location and ended up near where the

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Test - Delete

Testing delivery time. -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Sky Migrants

From about 11:45am to 12:45pm, I did some sky watching today in the area of the Cornell Business and Technology Park. Not nearly as many migrating raptors as yesterday.I think they are all Northwest of here. (Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - Rochester - has counted some 4,000+ Broad-winged Hawks, as of

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Good rapror flight! Mostly ENE

Well...that's frustrating. My message didn't come through until more than an hour later. Just got back to find that my message wasn't there...then, poof, it appeared. Anyway, here are more details: after a little over an hour of watching the skies over the Cornell Business and Technology Park

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Woodcock sighting for Cayuga-L

- June. But this was early. And we have a robin this morning. They're all gonna have a tough couple of days! - Eric -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Server Downtime

! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Bob Guthrie

, and their interactions. He was a graduate of Cornell and birded with some of the great ones including, Arthur Allen and Roger Tory Peterson. He will be missed for his kindness, his sharing and his sense of humor. Doug Daniels -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c

[cayugabirds-l] Pelagic Trip Announcement - NYSOA/NYSYBC

Board Member and accomplished Long Island birder Bob Adamo and his colleagues will lead a land birding and sea watching trip in its place. -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallows

Message from Dave Tetlow, sent to Geneseebirds-L. -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F:

[cayugabirds-l] King Eider - Myers Point / Ladoga Park

Good evening, Today, I made a trip around Cayuga Lake with Evaristo Hernandez, Diane, and Aleta. We decided to go up the West side to try for the King Eider, which we had last heard was seen at Sheldrake Point. Dipped on that...but ran into Dave Nutter, Ann Mitchell, Bob Guthrie, and who I

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10

Message from Bob Spahn, posted to Geneseebirds-L: -- Forwarded message -- From: ROBERT SPAHN rsp...@prodigy.net Date: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:40 PM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10 To: geneseebirds geneseebird...@geneseo.edu This afternoon after the

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings - Airport/Business and Tech Park - Ithaca

A parking lot surprise late this morning. Two SNOW BUNTINGS were hunkering down out of the wind in a gravel section of old driveway/walkway/parking lot, just North of Langmuir Lab (95 Brown Road) in the Cornell Business and Technology Park, across from the Airport area. This is about where the old

[cayugabirds-l] Etna Pine Siskins

Again this morning, at our feeders in Etna, there is a large mixed flock of Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches, and House Finches. I counted at least 20 Pine Siskins. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer

[cayugabirds-l] Etna Pine Siskins

Along with everyone else who is seeing Pine Siskins..there were several Pine Siskins at the feeders in Etna when I left the house this morning. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer

[cayugabirds-l] FW: [OneidaBirds] Cave Swallows

Keep your eyes open!! Stewart Park.White Lighthouse Jetty.Myers Point.Long Point.Union Springs.Montezuma.Cayuga Lake SP.Taughannock Falls SP.etc. Carefully check each and every swallow seen flitting over open water or open fields. This has now become an annual and expected bird in the

[cayugabirds-l] FW: [OneidaBirds] More Cave Swallows.

More. -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132

[cayugabirds-l] RUFF at Montezuma NWR @ 1:00pm

I just got a call from Gerard Phillips, who stopped at Montezuma on his way back home to Canada. He was the one who relocated the Ruff during the Montezuma Muckrace on Saturday evening.well, he's done it again! The RUFF is present again in the same general area as seen from the East Road overlook

[cayugabirds-l] Scissor-tailed Fly: N. Spring Pool, Montezuma NWR

A possible adult was seen very briefly for about 12 seconds by Gerard Phillips, of which I got onto the bird for about 3-4 seconds. It was flying across N. Spring Pool and across the NYS Thruway, West of SR 89 bridge. Distance to bird about 200-300 yards in bright and glary conditions. It

[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: List Rules and Info

to the cayugabirds-l-requ...@cornell.edu email address. Please contact me, off-list, if you have any questions at all. Thanks very much and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http

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of similar spam messages. If anyone has any questions or comments, please direct them to me and not to the list. Thank you very much! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard 2010 bird pics

I haven't taken too many digi-binoc bird pictures at the Hawthorn Orchard yet this year, but I have put up a tiny handful here: http://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2010HawthornOrchardBirds# These include my best shot of the cooperative Blackburnian Warbler that Anne Klingensmith and I saw

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 5/8/2010 - 18 Warbler Species and both cuckoos

This morning, I made my first visit to the Hawthorn Orchard this spring. I was there from about 6:30am to 9:30am. Except for fresh footprints from one or two other persons, there were no people birding this Hawthorn Orchard this morning. It was a little drizzly early and it was certainly muddy

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher

They must have moved in, en masse, last night. There is also a singer in the scrubby area to the North of Langmuir Lab at 95 Brown Road, near the Tompkins Regional Airport. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications

ADMIN: Re: [cayugabirds-l] subscribing with gmail address

...@wells.edu (e-mail) Visiting Fellow Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 === Cayugabirds-L Listowner Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4

[cayugabirds-l] [Fwd: Orange-crowned Warbler in Sapsucker Woods]

FYI... Original Message Subject:Orange-crowned Warbler in Sapsucker Woods Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:25:24 -0400 From: Tom Schulenberg ts...@cornell.edu Reply-To: Tom Schulenberg ts...@cornell.edu To: clo-bird...@cornell.edu I saw one this morning on my

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow - Ithaca

Right on time! Sincerely, Chris T-H Tom Johnson wrote: Cayugabirders, This morning I saw a single Nelson's Sparrow in the field at Hog Hole (Treman Marine Park) in the southwest corner of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca. The bird was along the north edge of the field up against the lake. Other