[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Watch 2024

The Cayuga Bird Club is hosting a Peregrine Watch event at Taughannock over Memorial Day Weekend, 10am-2pm Saturday through Monday, May 25-27. The goal is to increase public awareness of the Peregrines' rich history in the local area. Please help publicize the event by sharing any/all of the

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine viewing on Memorial Day Weekend

Hi local birders, The Cayuga Bird Club is looking to host a Peregrine watching event at Taughannock Falls on Memorial Day Weekend. The idea is to have volunteers with scopes pointing at the peregrines to share with passers by, with some explanation of the history of Peregrines at Taughannock.

[cayugabirds-l] Breeding Bird Atlas talk

A recording of Julie Hart's presentation about this final year of the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas III at Monday's Cayuga Bird Club meeting is now available at: https://youtu.be/vQr_-i47Cl0 Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrine Outreach

Hello birders, I was thinking it might be a good outreach opportunity to educate the public park-goers about the Taughannock Peregrines by scheduling some viewings, say on weekends when the fledglings are most likely to be active, which I believe would be May 18-19, May 25-26, June 1-2 (please

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks and Owls

Hello listserv, The Cayuga Bird Club will be leading a woodcock and owling trip this Saturday evening, with Stephanie and I as leaders. Alas, I won't have much time to do any scouting. If anyone has intel on how well the airport woodcocks are performing this season, or if you know of any

[cayugabirds-l] Merlin(s) @ Commonland

This evening at 5:30 I heard and saw a Merlin here at Commonland, directly behind and above my unit. One bird was circling lazily with occasional flutters, while I heard calling from I think a different bird perched somewhere nearby unseen. When I walked to where I thought that call was coming

Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Eastern Phoebe in Newfield

Just heard my FOY Phoebe outside also. Strong south winds blowing yesterday, so many new arrivals are likely today. Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm

[cayugabirds-l] Cass Ospreys, FLNF broadwing??

Around 4:30 today, there was one osprey occupying the nest north of Hangar Theatre, and another osprey occupying the nest at Union Fields. I was coming back from FLNF Parmenter Road trailheads where I heard the squeal of a Broad-winged Hawk, followed by a few squeaks that Merlin identified as

Re: [cayugabirds-l] how to subscribe to list?

A link at the bottom of each message brings you to this page: http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Suan On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:36 AM Deb Grantham wrote: > Hello, > > I gave instructions to a friend on how to subscribe but apparently don’t > know what

[cayugabirds-l] Recording: Montezuma Wetland Management by Linda Ziemba

A recording of last night's Cayuga Bird Club meeting presentation by Linda Ziemba on Wetland Management at Montezuma NWR is now available: https://youtu.be/oXeN4o9hwoQ Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezeuma

The Visitor Center has been hosting a dozen or more Sandhill Cranes, plus a good assortment of ducks. The wildlife drive does not open until April 1, so besides a short walk to the lookout platform, there's not much else to check out in the main entrance area. Other sites may be worth exploring

[cayugabirds-l] Youth Birding Programs

The Cayuga Bird Club and Cornell Cooperative Extension / Rural Youth Services will have three youth birding programs this Winter, with the first one this Sunday. For more information and registration, see: https://cayugabirdclub.org/youth Please pass this onto any parents/guardians of young

[cayugabirds-l] Share Your Photos Night

A recording of Monday's Share Your Photos Night is now available at: https://youtu.be/pXfqMrzKz80 Enjoy! Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese in Lansing

My friend who lives on Waterwagon Road in Lansing, between East Shore and Tripphammer, just reported a bunch of snow geese landing in the farm field just south of their subdivision. Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mystery Hoots at Six-mile Creek

ent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 5, 2024, at 5:37 PM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > > > I have been hearing some mystery hoots from the woods of Six-mile > > Creek off of Commonland. Can anyone identify the source? Dare I wonder > > if it might be a Long-eared Owl? > >

[cayugabirds-l] Mystery Hoots at Six-mile Creek

I have been hearing some mystery hoots from the woods of Six-mile Creek off of Commonland. Can anyone identify the source? Dare I wonder if it might be a Long-eared Owl? https://youtu.be/0byLaJ5eks0 These occurred as single hoots, with gaps of 12-20 seconds between them. The recordings were

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead sharpie for donation

With the Lab of O visitor center closed for renovations (until June), there is no front desk to drop things off at, at least, not until June :-). Suan On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 8:43 AM Robin Cisne wrote: > > I've always frozen them, and then just dropped them off at the front desk. > > > > > > >

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese on Cayuga Lake Saturday

I got some drone footage of the large raft of Snow Geese on Cayuga Lake last Saturday, about 3km northeast of Dean's Cove: https://youtu.be/DIebjfls_a4 Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Madagascar presentation recording

A recording of Monday's CBC presentation by Ton Schat, "Madagascar: Birds, lemurs, chameleons, and other amazing critters", is now available at: https://youtu.be/_KOzWYfEFbU Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Winter atlasing

by Jane Graves, Regional Coordinator for Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties. To all the folks who have contributed to the NY Breeding Bird Atlas – THANK YOU! As we head into the final field season of NYSBBAIII, I encourage atlasers to go beyond their

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Snowy Egret - RFI

d may well be "required reading" (or viewing) for those wanting to keep tabs on sightings at the MNWR. Suan On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:57 AM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > Photos were posted to the Facebook group "Birds of Montezuma National > Wildlife Refuge" by Bob

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Snowy Egret - RFI

Photos were posted to the Facebook group "Birds of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge" by Bob and Diane Slater on Monday, November 13, at 6:30pm. A comment says "it flew in front of us around 4:30 pm, in the dead tree near the Eagle tree". The post URL is

[cayugabirds-l] Meena's Presentation

A recording of Meena's presentation at Monday's Cayuga Bird Club meeting about desert birds in Rajasthan and Ladakh in India is now available at: https://youtu.be/axM99jFngWQ Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Field Trip

*Field Trip around the Cayuga Lake and Montezuma Wildlife Refuge looking for waterfowl and **other birds* *Saturday, November 4, 8 am–3 or 4 pm* *Trip leader: Steve Kress* Meet at Stewart park at 8.00 am. First parking lot on the right as soon as you enter the park towards northeastern side. Here

[cayugabirds-l] Beginner Bird Walk Time Change

Hello all, For the next five months, from November through March, the start time for the Beginner Bird Walks that occur every Saturday and Sunday at Sapsucker Woods will start at 9:30am instead of 8:30am. These walks take place in pretty much any weather, unless snow or ice makes for hazardous

[cayugabirds-l] Marie Read presentation

A recording of Monday's presentation by Marie Read on backyard bird photography is now available at https://youtu.be/rCYgzW-0DOY Thanks, Marie, for stepping up at the last minute to present this at the club meeting. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] American Bittern video

Here's a video I took earlier this month of an American Bittern at the wildlife drive. An exciting sighting to be sure, but watching it just stand there can be like watching paint dry, so I fast forwarded through parts of it. But I did catch some interesting action, including swaying with the

[cayugabirds-l] Mystery Duck

Any thoughts on this dabbler I photographed at Marten's Tract (Northern Montezuma) on August 2? https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/6656477501056675/ You should be able to view the photos without a FB account - just hit "X" in the upper-right corner when it asks you to log

[cayugabirds-l] CBC recording: Chickadee Hybridization

A recording of Monday's Cayuga Bird Club meeting presentation, "A tale of two cities: cryptic chickadee hybridization in an urban world," by Kathryn Grabenstein, is now available at: https://youtu.be/V8PZO9RPDk0 Enjoy! Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk

On Saturday, I trudged around Sugar Hill State Forest just west of Watkins Glen. As my hike was about to end around noon, a Broad-winged Hawk flew to a roadside snag close to where I'd parked, and despite my initial worry that it would flush as soon as I emerged from the trees, it sat on that

[cayugabirds-l] Can you identify this bird call?

Can you identify this bird call, from Sugar Hill State Forest west of Watkins Glen last weekend: https://youtu.be/rX3hxj_k8n8 Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Genoa Mystery Bird Sound

across the channel south of the lighthouse, at the end of the Lansing Harbor marina. Seemed an odd place to hear one, especially in late June. On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 7:48 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > Can you identify the series of four-note calls in this recording? > > https://www.

[cayugabirds-l] Genoa Mystery Bird Sound

Can you identify the series of four-note calls in this recording? https://www.facebook.com/1172377296/videos/3450678755246533/ You don't need a FB account to listen - just "x" the first dialog box. This was in Genoa NY, in a yard with big trees between a forested valley and open fields - so

Re: [cayugabirds-l] June is a great time to participate in the Breeding Bird Atlas!

FYI, I created this google map with priority blocks in an area west of Watkins Glen, the vast majority of which have very low coverage: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1BMjfDvMd1paOaVFckK0ClHu2D5ALxk8=sharing This is also now linked from

[cayugabirds-l] Mystery Bird Song

Can you identify this chipping bird song from Danby State Forest (Michigan Hollow, near Diane's Crossing), recorded last week? https://youtu.be/h0WtyA0751A Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Breeding Bird Atlas Blocks in Google Maps

Hi all, For those doing the BBA, I've found their web presence to be utterly confusing and impossible to navigate so I created the following page on the CBC website with three quick links I'm always looking for: https://cayugabirdclub.org/resources/breeding-bird-atlas Number two is actually

[cayugabirds-l] Psychology study

Jim Tanaka, a psychology researcher in Canada, asked if our members could help with some cognitive research he's doing. Some of you may remember an earlier research he asked us to do back in 2021. From that first experiment he learned more about flaws of the survey design (too complex and time

[cayugabirds-l] CBC recording: Kenya Birding Safari by Cliff Hodge

A recording from Monday's CBC meeting presentation, "Out of Africa: Kenya Wildlife and Bird Safari," by Cliff Hodge, is now available at: https://youtu.be/-ksSQzl7yG4 Like, subscribe, enjoy. :-) Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrines?

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 9:19 AM Geo Kloppel wrote: > > I’d guess the chicks are going on two weeks old, so four more weeks to go on > the ledge…? Two years ago they fledged June 11 or June 12. Suan PS. Had a FOY American Redstart this morning at Sapsucker Woods, foraging low and close and

[cayugabirds-l] Recording of Meena's Talk

A recording of Meena's presentation at Monday's Cayuga Bird Club meeting, on Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise in Indonesian Papua province, is now available at: https://youtu.be/7vuSh797Hhc For those in attendance who may not have had a great view of the small screen, you may

Re: [cayugabirds-l] All male Ospreys now?

This morning at Salt Point one bird was atop the platform at the point, making frequent forays to collect sticks - fun to watch it grab at branches while flying past a tree but fail to snap it off. After a break, it flew in the direction of the railway bridge over Salmon Creek, and when I walked

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Meeting Recording: Merlin Sound ID

A recording of Monday's Cayuga Bird Club meeting presentation by Alli Smith, "Behind the Scenes of Merlin Sound ID," is now available at: https://youtu.be/Xmmck1VrA7U You can find recordings of past presentations on the club's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cayugabirdclub Feel

[cayugabirds-l] Friday Aurora Snow Geese

As I'd reported earlier, on Friday I could barely make out from Aurora a distant raft of Snow Geese, which I considered "small" with a guesstimate of 1000-2000 geese. Turns out I was off by an order of magnitude: there were 10,298 geese. Probably still "small" compared to the "big" gathering. How

[cayugabirds-l] CBC Recording: A Birding Tour of Morocco

A recording of Monday's Cayuga Bird Club presentation, A Birding Tour of Morocco, by Ken Rosenberg, Diane Morton, and Ken Kemphues, has been posted here: https://youtu.be/Cu7Y0GqKTbc Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] CBC presentation recording (Ian Owens)

Hi all, A recording of the presentation by Ian Owens at the December Cayuga Bird Club meeting is now available for viewing at: https://youtu.be/Rq592m2n8Kw Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club recording available: Ecuador Trip

A recording of last Monday's presentation on the Cayuga Bird Club's trip to southern Ecuador by Jody Enck, Stephanie Herrick, and Robyn Bailey is now available at: https://youtu.be/G4EO-WO3A7I Thanks, Matt, for the recording. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] CBC recording: Birding South Texas

A recording of Monday's CBC presentation by Suan Yong (yes, me) on Birding South Texas is now available at: https://youtu.be/3l8rutMk_o0 Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Youth Birding Fall Meetings (First one this weekend!)

*REGISTRATION LINK BELOW, THANKS!* *Feel free to share with local families with youth interested in birds ages 10+* *Youth Birding* *with focus on programming for young people ages 10 and up* The Joint Youth Commission (JYC) and Rural Youth Services(RYS)/4-H Programs are teaming up to offer a

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Young Birder Program

The Cayuga Bird Club is collaborating with Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County (CCETC) to start a Young Birder program this Fall. Our first event will be a Youth Bird Walk on Sunday, October 2, 2022, from 10am to 11:30am at Sapsucker Woods, with Beth Bannister and Suan Yong. We invite

[cayugabirds-l] Jennifer Fee's talk

The Cayuga Bird Club's presentation last night by Jennifer Fee titled "Through the Lens of Birds: Connecting Kids to Nature" was recorded and is now available at: https://youtu.be/tPZw_qgv_8Q Enjoy! Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Questions re (1) Scarlet Tanager, and (2) Juvenile Peregrine (not together)

I know that Scarlet Tanagers use chick-burr as an alarm call, though that may not be the only purpose of that call. Four hours of alarms seems excessive, though I suppose there could've been a hawk or owl snoozing nearby. Last year when the Taughannock peregrines just fledged, they landed pretty

[cayugabirds-l] Downy or Hairy?

Look at these photos from a nest found in Genoa (in a low-coverage priority block): https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/5287965897907849/ The bill says (to me) Hairy, yet the outer tail feather has spots, and the red at the back of the head is not split. I know the latter

[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods Cormorants (was Re: Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake)

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:38 PM bob mcguire wrote: > > Come stand sometime under the cormorant colony at Jetty Woods - in the > spring. (Wear a hat with a broad brim!) Listen to the croaks of the adults > and the barks of the young. You might grimace. It makes me smile!! Only the colony isn't

[cayugabirds-l] Blackpoll

Heard a Blackpoll Warbler at 4-H Acres today around noon, adding to the chorus of resident redstart, chestnut-sided, yellowthroat, scarlet tanager, wood thrush, baltimore oriole, and chipping sparrow. Also a one-time cackling of a cuckoo, yellow-billed, I think. Tons of spongy moth caterpillars

Re: [cayugabirds-l] First black-billed cuckoo

Saw a silent Yellow-billed Cuckoo around noon today at Hawthorn Orchard, at the northwest corner in the clearing near the recway. That and five silent relatively-photogenic Scarlet Tanagers (three males, two females) were the highlights of my brief late-morning visit there. Suan --

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red headed woodpecker

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

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey webinar recording

A recording of yesterday's Cayuga Bird Club webinar is now available at: https://tinyurl.com/cbc-2022-05-ospreys Ospreys and Overheads: Working Together to Build and Rebuild by Paul Paradine. Recording will be available for about a month (until around June 9, 2022). Thanks Paul for an

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club May 2022 meeting

This is just a reminder to join us for tomorrow's Cayuga Bird Club webinar, where Paul Paradine and Kraig Senter will describe their work with NYSEG installing Osprey nest platforms. Register free for the Zoom meeting at: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-05 More details below. This will be our last

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [eatonbirdingsociety] [GeneseeBirds-L] Bird of Prey Days at Braddock Bay - Raptor Research Talks This Weekend!

Bird of Prey Days this weekend near Rochester, more information below. Moderate south winds in this weekend's forecast might make for decent hawk migration, with air temps getting warm and not so "BBRR" :-). Suan Begin forwarded message: *From: *Daena Ford *Subject: **[GeneseeBirds-L] Bird of

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Video

If you missed the snow goose spectacle earlier this month, I put together a video: https://youtu.be/rOWvblegw1Y It sounds like the mucklands flock may have left? But conceivably some on Cayuga Lake may still be around? Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Beginner Bird Walks, Saturdays @ CLO

Beginner Bird Walks are restarting this month, every Saturday 8:30am-10:00am. Meet at the Lab of O main entrance. These 90-minute walks, led by Cayuga Bird Club volunteers, are targeted toward beginners, but all levels are welcome. Binoculars are available for loan. We ask that you adhere to

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club - January meeting 1/10/21 7:30 pm TONIGHT!

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > Link to register not working… Try this: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-01 Suan > On Jan 10, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Laura Stenzler wrote: > >  > It's time for one of the Cayuga Bird Club's favorite meetings - Monday, > January 10th @

[cayugabirds-l] Bufflehead and Snowy Owl Videos

Given the clear weather on Friday before this messier weekend weather, I took the afternoon off driving around the lake, and got some nice video footage. First are buffleheads with the male's head feathers iridescing in the sun at Union Spring's factory pond (a good spot for pretty close views of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] A great read for birders to consider by Bryan Pfeiffer

Very engaging discussion about emission-awareness while birding. Let me throw in a few cents. Broadening the scope of an outing to include more than birds is definitely a good idea. In past years, the Lab of O has collaborated with the Botanic Gardens to have bird walks at the Arboretum and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO PROTECT PRISTINE CAYUGA LAKE WATERFRONT PROPERTY

to raise $500,000 for > land that New York bought from NYSEG? Why is FLLT still having to deal with > NYSEG? > > > https://ithacavoice.com/2021/12/nyseg-finger-lakes-land-trust-finalize-bell-station-land-deal/ > > Madonna Stallmann > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO PROTECT PRISTINE CAYUGA LAKE WATERFRONT PROPERTY

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-agreement-protect-pristine-cayuga-lake-waterfront-property *For Immediate Release:* 12/1/2021 *GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL* *GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO PROTECT PRISTINE CAYUGA LAKE WATERFRONT PROPERTY* *Governor Announces

[cayugabirds-l] Crow and Harrier

Around midday today I pulled over somewhere east of Aurora to watch a Northern Harrier eating something in the middle of a field, with an American Crow standing about ten feet away. Nothing too unusual so far. Presently a second Northern Harrier approaching from afar, and when it got closer, guess

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More loon migration

Bill Evans made similar observations on Facebook yesterday: 11/23, 8:43am: Huge flotilla of 800+ loons aborted southbound flight due to lake effect snow and are headed back toward Cayuga Lake over 96b valley in Danby. 11/23 10:07am: Follow up: As the dense lake effect band moved south of Danby

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Meeting

If you missed last night's webinar on female songsters, a recording is available here (until next month's meeting): https://tinyurl.com/cbc-2021-11-Odom For those asking for a list of North American birds with known female songs, see Appendix Table 5 in this Auk article from 2018:

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Beginner Bird Walks at Sapsucker Woods

The Cayuga Bird Club will be restarting beginner bird walks at Sapsucker Woods, every Saturday starting at 8:30am, beginning with this coming Saturday, October 2. The Visitor Center will be closed October 2, but will be open from 10am-4pm starting the following Saturday, October 9. These walks are

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Webinar recording

FYI, the recording from Monday's Cayuga Bird Club webinar - "Northern Cardinal Urban Ecology" by Dan Baldassarre, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2021baldassarre The recording will be available until next month's webinar. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] FLLT Bell Station Webpage

The FLLT just put up this webpage about the Bell Station issue: https://www.fllt.org/savebellstation If you haven't already, signing this change.org petition ( https://chng.it/yQdP6g8PyT ) is something you can do quickly; there are plans for the NYS senator and assemblyperson to send the list

[cayugabirds-l] Bell Station In Lansing Up For Auction

Towards the northwest corner of the Town of Lansing is a parcel of lakeshore property known as Bell Station, located between Nut Ridge Road and the former Cayuga Operating Company Power Plant. This approximately-471-acre parcel, owned by New York State Electric and Gas Co. (NYSEG), remains mostly

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching?

I've seen waxwings passing fruit among themselves in the spring several times, but was luck to capture this photo once of a pair exchanging crabapples: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQmq_i-tfWo/ Suan On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:24 PM Richard Guthrie wrote: > The Stokes' on Cedar Waxwings passing

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Golden Eagle Dryden

Forwarding a Golden Eagle sighting in Dryden, see below, in case anyone in the area wants to look up. Suan -- Forwarded message - From: Kevin Jones Date: Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 6:16 PM Subject: Golden Eagle Dryden Hello Kevin and Susan: We have not met but I am reaching out to

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fields being mowed.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 6:38 PM Nancy Cusumano wrote: > I have been thinking about this too. And to me the issue is, what is in it > for the farmer? If we are going to ask them to cut their fields up to go > around nesting sites, is the bird conservation issue enough for them? What > is the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fields being mowed.

Thanks, Dave. As Cayuga Bird Club I've been wondering what, if anything, we could do about the situation. One dimension would be outreach and education and increasing general awareness, for which CAC chair Jody has stepped up to solicit volunteers, thanks! But I'd also toyed with a pipedream idea

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrines

Two Thursdays ago (June 10) I happened to be up in T'burg, so stopped by to check out the Taughannock Peregrines. I found three nestlings in their eyrie playing with their food and flapping their wings as if ready to fledge. Two days later, on Saturday June 12, I ran across Mark Chao and Miyoku in

[cayugabirds-l] Binocular eyepiece covers

If you lost your binocular eyepiece covers at Myers Park (at last night's Cayuga Bird Club picnic), let me know. Suan PS. It was fun seeings nests of both Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, but the Red-Headed Woodpecker did not show, though a couple of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers did hang out high above

[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay Parson Pileated nest cavity

Earlier in the spring I had spied a Pileated Woodpecker entering a nest cavity near Celia's Cup at Lindsay-Parsons. Last weekend I got a chance to revisit the hole, and got video of three feeding sessions: https://youtu.be/9bPgYmgk7q0 I debated whether to share its location, but sorta

[cayugabirds-l] Big Atlas Weekend June 25-27

FMI: https://ebird.org/atlasny/news/big-atlas-weekend-june-25-27 -- Forwarded message - The New York State Atlas team is planning an exciting new event for this June: the first-ever Big Atlas Weekend

[cayugabirds-l] YB Cuckoo

Just heard the repeated single calls of a yellow-billed cuckoo outside my home / office. Coupled with the BBCU from last month, that's both cuckoos as new yard birds for me this season! Again, once I got outside it stopped calling and could not be found. Is it just me, or have the black-billed

[cayugabirds-l] YT Vireo, Sw Thrush

A yellow-throated vireo, new yard bird for me, is singing outside my house right now. A couple days ago, while walking around the six-mile creek area, I heard a Swainson's Thrush singing from some hemlocks, my first time hearing this song in the area (I'd only ever heard it in the pacific

[cayugabirds-l] Jeff Well's presentation

A recording of Jeff Well's presentation last night for the Cayuga Bird Club meeting, "The Biggest Bird Conservation Story You’ve Never Heard - the Boreal Forest of North America", is now available here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2021jeffwells The links he provided at the end of his talk is also

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Orange Crowned @ Hawthorn

As pointed out by several people, I meant of course Orange-Crowned Warbler. That's what happens when trying to type on your phone while walking down the recway, I guess. (Hard to blame auto-correct for this one, though.) Meanwhile, it's interesting that the OCWA did not fire off an ebird alert as

[cayugabirds-l] Zoom Social Tomorrow

Hi all, This is a reminder that the Cayuga Bird Club will have a Zoom Social Hour tomorrow (Monday) at 7:30pm, to informally socialize and chat about sightings or anything else. Register in advance here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202105social Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] GBH fishing show

Along the Montezuma wildlife drive yesterday morning, I was most captivated by the fishing show put on by the Great Blue Herons. Here's one of many video clips I took (the rest I probably won't have time to edit til -- who knows when?):

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler

Just had a surprise new yard bird: a pine warbler checking out my small garden bed right outside my picture window not five feet away, here in Commonland by Six-Mile Creek. The view out that window is towards a grove of pines and spruces, from which trills are frequently heard, but which I'd

[cayugabirds-l] Lo. Waterthrush @ Six-Mile Creek

Louisiana Waterthrush is back singing here along Six-Mile Creek upstream from the second dam reservoir. Also here is a Winter Wren singing for at least a few days if not weeks, who I was finally able to see. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose Takeoff Protocol

So during last month's Snow Goose gathering at Cayuga Lake State Park, I took a number of videos, and this one in particular showing the explosive takeoffs, repeated in slow motion, I found particularly interesting: https://youtu.be/3hRIJEPQ7qM When the geese on the far side first take off,

[cayugabirds-l] Zoom Social Hour

Join us Monday, April 5, at 7:30pm for the Cayuga Bird Club's monthly Zoom social hour, as we chat informally about birds, sightings, and anything else we want to talk about. All are welcome. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202104social Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Lo. Waterthrush? @ Mulholland

In my evening jog around Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, I saw a songbird foraging under the waterfall opposite the creek at the inner loop trail. I didn't have binoculars, so could only make out brown upperparts and light underparts, showing almost white at one point. I couldn't make out any

Re:[cayugabirds-l] A song ID quiz

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 12:13 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > This song was heard in a nearby yard here at Commonland, near the > woods of the Six-Mile Creek natural area. Can you identify the singer? > > https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10226149699586952 Answer:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

FWIW, last weekend while driving up the lake, I spied a brownish falcon hunting the field immediately south of the King Ferry winery. When I pulled over to check it out it flew away to the east and I could never get a binoculared look to ID it, but I think it was a merlin. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] A song ID quiz

This song was heard in a nearby yard here at Commonland, near the woods of the Six-Mile Creek natural area. Can you identify the singer? https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10226149699586952 I'll post the answer in a day or two after giving people a chance to guess. Suan PS, if you

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday's Snow Geese

I meant Cayuga Lake State Park (in Seneca Falls), not Seneca Lake State Park (where a handful of snow geese have been residing year round). Suan On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:21 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > Yesterday afternoon the snow geese hung out on the shore of some > houses betwe

[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip this coming Sunday

This coming Sunday, March 28, I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip. We will meet at Stewart Park, east end, at 8:00 am. Please register in advance with me (suan.y...@gmail.com). There is a limit of six cars. We will drive up the east shore of the lake, stopping at various points

[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday's Snow Geese

Yesterday afternoon the snow geese hung out on the shore of some houses between Seneca Lake State Park and Wolffy's. Many visitors got to see them, though parking on lawns became a problem which prompted the police to come by to remind people to stay off private property. I was there a couple

[cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside my window here in Commonland on East Hill / Six-Mile Creek. They hung out in the trees for about a minute before flying off. 50 is a conservative lower-bound count of what I could see. When they departed, there were small waves flying

[cayugabirds-l] Field Birds

With the sunny weather I decided to take the afternoon off and drive around north of Lansing looking for field birds. With the high snow depth they were pretty easy to encounter, foraging by roadsides and flushing on approach. Those wanting to look for them, just drive slowly along any of the

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