[cayugabirds-l] Roy H. Park Preserve (FLLT), Tues 5/11
Elementary school is out for many grades in Ithaca today because teachers are busy correcting state exams. Therefore I decided to orchestrate a morning birding outing to the Roy H. Park Preserve in Dryden for my kids and three of their friends. One parent of each friend joined us. En route to the preserve, we all saw a female WILD TURKEY crossing Freese Road and a BOBOLINK and some Savannah Sparrows near the intersection of Mineah and Mt. Pleasant Roads. At the Park Preserve, we found at least four PRAIRIE WARBLERS, including an apparent breeding pair that offered easy and dazzling views (maybe life-altering for one mom), a second conspicuous male, and a third singing male that we didn't see. We found a subset of the preserve's other breeding species -- MAGNOLIA WARBLER (probably my son's life sighting), CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, OVENBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, a singing WINTER WREN in the ravine, and two SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS (one circled high while the other marauded through the treetops, to the considerable alarm of nearby songbirds). Mark Chao -- 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] Mundy at lunchtime
Today I had chance to skip down to Mundy wildflower garden for a short time. It is first time this season I have encountered flock of warblers. Mostly tons of Yellow -rumps. But along with them there was a Black and White, Am. Redstarts (at least 3), Yellow Warbler, Common Yellow-throat (probably resident), an Ovenbird called just once, Scarlet Tanager, Carolina Wren, Baltimore Orioles (2), Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied, Flicker and Pileateds. Swallows were skimming very low over the Fall Creeks, just above 5 or 6 inches. Swallows included No. Rough-winged and Barn. Canada Geese seem to have only one gosling left and were very protective about it. Several Chimney Swifts were flying over insectory (Ken Post), no joke; but insects in the insectory are all inside the building and not so very juicy. Later the swifts flew over in front of my window. I was observing the feeding behaviors of warblers, it seems that all the insects are in Poplars and ashes and some in spruce. Now I know warblers are where insects are! But all poplars did not have insects. So to me it looks like that Sycamores are not yet clobbered by some moth species. More I observe the warblers and insects they catch, more intrigued I am. I am interested in learning how the warblers know where to get insects. Now I wonder how do we keep track of the plants that have caterpillars. 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+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/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] FW: Birding in the U.S.
Thought this be of interest to people on this list serve. Meena From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu [mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Lynn A. Braband Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:30 PM To: Genesse_Birds Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Birding in the U.S. Title: Birding in the United States: a demographic and economic analysis http://library.fws.gov/pubs/birding_natsurvey06.pdf Lynn Braband NYS Community IPM Program at Cornell University 249 Highland Avenue Rochester, NY 14620-3036 (585) 461-1000 ext. 241 FAX (585) 442-7577 The thing being made in the university is humanity. What universities, at least public-supported ones, are mandated to make or to help to make is human beings in the fullest sense of those words - not just trained workers or knowledgeable citizens but responsible heirs and members of human culture. Wendell Berry -- 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/ --___ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l
