[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 9/19/10
I found an unexpectedly rich variety of bird species, including many highlights and a few surprises, in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning. * At the start of my walk, a strange loose flock of birds around the overgrown pool right next to the service driveway and the Lab building. This group included two BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, a FIELD SPARROW, an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and a HOUSE WREN, all preferring the cattails and low shrubs instead of the trees. * My first SCARLET TANAGER sighting in the past couple of weeks (and, I expect, my last for several months), at the bend in the Wilson Trail North. BLACKPOLL WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER were here too. * Two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and two WOOD THRUSHES all together in a fruiting shrub by the Podell Boardwalk. * COMMON RAVEN calling several times from the woods near the road. * YELLOW-THROATED VIREO heard singing a single phrase a couple of times along the East Trail near 91 Sapsucker Woods Road. I think I've never found Yellow-throated Vireo so late in the season before. I tried to think what else it could be, but the song seemed really quite typical. * A big mixed flock of songbirds, including BAY-BREASTED, Blackpoll, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and NASHVILLE warblers, amid very many chickadees and titmice. Again I got lucky with very good views of both Bay-breasted and Blackpoll within one minute and a few meters of each other. I also visited the Freese Road gardens. I found only two sparrow species (Song and Swamp), plus some Indigo Buntings. In the trees above the ravine, I found a little songbird flock that included Black-throated Green Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, and Red-eyed Vireo. Mark Chao Location: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Observation date: 9/19/10 Number of species: 45 Mallard 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Mourning Dove 16 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 21 American Crow 8 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 14 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 2 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 4 European Starling 8 Cedar Waxwing 3 Nashville Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Common Grackle 1 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 35 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] bird migration tonight on radar?
It's a little before 8pm. I was checking the predicted weather and noticed light northwest winds, and no precipitation overnight. Good night for migration I thought. I checked the radar: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=panprevzoom=zoomnum=6frame=0delay=15scale=1.000noclutter=0ID=BGMtype=N0Rshowstorms=0lat=4215665817lon=-75.89051819label=Binghamton,%20NYmap.x=400map.y=240scale=1.000centerx=400centery=240showlabels=1rainsnow=0lightning=0lerror=20num_stns_min=2num_stns_max=avg_off=smooth=0and noticed green around Binghamton, the radar source. When I animated the map, the green started right at the radar source and radiated. I suspect this indicates birds throughout the region taking flight and rising into the the radar beams, which are higher the farther they are from the source. --Dave Nutter
[cayugabirds-l] radar bird migration, Buffalo NY
It's now 8:30pm. There's an even more convincing radar view from Buffalo NY:http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=panprevzoom=zoomnum=6frame=0delay=15scale=1.000noclutter=0ID=BUFtype=N0Rshowstorms=0lat=0lon=0label=youmap.x=400map.y=240scale=1.000centerx=400centery=240showlabels=1rainsnow=0lightning=0lerror=20num_stns_min=2num_stns_max=avg_off=smooth=0You can watch the birds vacate the south shore of Lake Ontario and also watch the migrants head south over Lake Ontario and Lake Erie from the north shores. BTW the forecast there is north winds 7mph, 30% cloud, less than 15% chance of precipitation. This ain't rain.--Dave NutterOn Sep 19, 2010, at 05:00 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:It's a little before 8pm. I was checking the predicted weather and noticed light northwest winds, and no precipitation overnight. Good night for migration I thought. I checked the radar: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=panprevzoom=zoomnum=6frame=0delay=15scale=1.000noclutter=0ID=BGMtype=N0Rshowstorms=0lat=4215665817lon=-75.89051819label=Binghamton,%20NYmap.x=400map.y=240scale=1.000centerx=400centery=240showlabels=1rainsnow=0lightning=0lerror=20num_stns_min=2num_stns_max=avg_off=smooth=0and noticed green around Binghamton, the radar source. When I animated the map, the green started right at the radar source and radiated. I suspect this indicates birds throughout the region taking flight and rising into the the radar beams, which are higher the farther they are from the source. --Dave Nutter
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 9/19/10
Hi all, I birded around Sapsucker Woods today (9/19) from 2 to 4 pm. I came across two flocks of warblers, moving very fast and high in the trees. The first was on the Wilson trail (lots of mosquitoes!) , and the second was at the east end of the Woodleton boardwalk. I did not identify as many species as Mark Chao, but I did see two WILSON's WARBLERS, one in each flock. The darkness of the black cap was different between the two, so I'm confident they were different birds. Tomorrow morning could be interesting! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu From: bounce-6325113-8866...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-6325113-8866...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Chao [markc...@imt.org] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 10:54 AM To: Cayugabirds-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 9/19/10 I found an unexpectedly rich variety of bird species, including many highlights and a few surprises, in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning. * At the start of my walk, a strange loose flock of birds around the overgrown pool right next to the service driveway and the Lab building. This group included two BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, a FIELD SPARROW, an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and a HOUSE WREN, all preferring the cattails and low shrubs instead of the trees. * My first SCARLET TANAGER sighting in the past couple of weeks (and, I expect, my last for several months), at the bend in the Wilson Trail North. BLACKPOLL WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER were here too. * Two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and two WOOD THRUSHES all together in a fruiting shrub by the Podell Boardwalk. * COMMON RAVEN calling several times from the woods near the road. * YELLOW-THROATED VIREO heard singing a single phrase a couple of times along the East Trail near 91 Sapsucker Woods Road. I think I've never found Yellow-throated Vireo so late in the season before. I tried to think what else it could be, but the song seemed really quite typical. * A big mixed flock of songbirds, including BAY-BREASTED, Blackpoll, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and NASHVILLE warblers, amid very many chickadees and titmice. Again I got lucky with very good views of both Bay-breasted and Blackpoll within one minute and a few meters of each other. I also visited the Freese Road gardens. I found only two sparrow species (Song and Swamp), plus some Indigo Buntings. In the trees above the ravine, I found a little songbird flock that included Black-throated Green Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, and Red-eyed Vireo. Mark Chao Location: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Observation date: 9/19/10 Number of species: 45 Mallard 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Mourning Dove 16 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 21 American Crow 8 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 14 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 2 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 4 European Starling 8 Cedar Waxwing 3 Nashville Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Common Grackle 1 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 35 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Freese Road birds
I was at my garden plot digging some vegetables and also trying to get a good picture of Goldfinch. I found a House Wren in my plot. Several Savannahs sparrows, many young Song sparrows, a Field Sparrow, a Common Yellowthroat, a Indigo Bunting, a Sharp-shinned Hawk attacking a Red-tailed hawk several time before moving off on its own business. Yesterday I found a Lincoln's Sparrow in the same area. I also find that there many more House Sparrows this year. Then I stopped at Bee lab (Liddel), I found a sign saying dog walkers to park on the other side of the road. I did a quick check to see if there were any goldfinches, but instead I found a Mockingbird churring, Rose-breasted Grosbeak chinking, and a Magnolia Warbler feeding oblivious to my presence, but the Catbird was annoyed. There was a sparrow in the thicket that never came out. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] dawn flight and Montezuma
I got up very early this morning to head up to Montezuma, but barely made it out of my driveway, as hundreds of thrushes were descending from nocturnal migration. I counted about 200 thrush calls in 15 minutes starting at 6:10 AM -- more than half were SWAINSON'S THRUSH, also many ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, about 10 VEERY, and 10 GRAY-CHEEKED, plus a WOOD THRUSH that was giving it's daytime wick-wick-wick calls from a tree in my yard. I then finally did make it up to Montezuma, where the birding was excellent, even though shorebird numbers were drastically reduced and nearly all the good stuff was gone. The thick wet vegetation of the Main Pool along the wildlife drive was filled with ducks, sparrows, and rails -- I heard at least 8 SORAs and 2 VIRGINIA RAILS. I had 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW among the dozens of SWAMP and SONG, and I'd be surprised if folks don't see multiple Nelson's Sparrows here in the coming weeks. Shorebirds were in low numbers and scattered among the several still-excellent habitats: highlights were a single RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Knox-Marsallas, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at the new mud area on the wildlife drive, a single SNIPE and flyover BAIRD's at May's Point, and not much else. Every shorebird I looked at today was a juvenile. Also saw the imm. PLEGADIS IBIS at May's Point (surprisingly hard to observe in the dense cattails), but could not find the Little blue Heron. 2 SANDHILL CRANES landed in Puddler's Marsh. I came across several nice migrant flocks, mainly at May's Point and Towpath Rd -- highlights were WILSON'S, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, SCARLET TANAGER, and LEAST FLYCATCHER. good birding, KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
