[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers, Yellow-headed Blackbird
Two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS are singing on both sides of Armitage Road just west of the first (eastern-most) bridge on Armitage Road, and a male YELLOWHEADED BLACKBIRD is visible from Tschache. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers, Yellow-headed Blackbird
Tim spotted the Yellow-headed Blackbird out on the mudflat to the left of the tower at Tschache, where it was sporadically visible among the many stick and stumps. The shorebirds are still very impressive here, with 200+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, at least 20 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 20+ Black-bellied Plovers and at least one AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, large numbers of Dunlin and Semipalmated Plovers, and several Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Least Sandpipers, and White-rumped Sandpipers. The wildlife drive was quiet except for an ORCHARD ORIOLE singing from the right side near the photo blind. One Red-headed Woodpecker was around at the Aurora woodlot, going into the same cavity Perri and I found last week. I'm pretty sure they have either eggs or chicks there. Last week I got a picture of one that seems to show a brood patch. Finally, one of the most intriguing discoveries of the day was seeing that Larue St. Clair reported seeing 42 unidentified godwits from Tschache Pool on Friday. We talked with him briefly and he said it looked to be a mixed flock of Marbled and Hudsonian, based on differences in size among birds in the flock. Not sure what to make of this report, but very interesting (and not a little frustrating!) I think with the habitat the way it is a lot of good things could show up there this week. Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY On May 30, 2011 10:29 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS are singing on both sides of Armitage Road just west of the first (eastern-most) bridge on Armitage Road, and a male YELLOWHEADED BLACKBIRD is visible from Tschache. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Friday godwits
I didn't know at the time that godwits had been reported, but I was on the Tschache tower from 4:15 to 5:30 pm on Friday. Visibility was very good and I scanned the flats at high power many times. I did look carefully at a distant Greater Yellowlegs, but don't think I missed a flock of godwits so I think they were gone by that time. I saw most of the shorebirds fly at least several times. I may however have missed the blackbird since I was focused on indulging my Whimbrel fetish. (unsuccessfully) Today there was a Willet on one of the small rocky islands in Oneida Lake, thus one may wish to check their favorite spits or breakwalls. Dave Wheeler Oswego County NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius and Park/Baldwin (FLLT SBQ), Mon 5/30
On Monday morning, over two dozen birders joined Bob McGuire and me for bird walks celebrating the last day of this year's Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (FLLT SBQ). The first stop of the morning was the Goetchius Wetland Preserve in Caroline. John Confer, who has been creating a breeding bird map and therefore knows the preserve and its birds better than anyone, joined us here in leading the walk. We all were very grateful for his assistance in finding birds throughout the morning. What's more, John provided much useful historical and geographic context for understanding this preserve, its creation, ongoing evolution, and the continued threats it faces as hydrofracking looms here and throughout the region. Bob and I met John at 5:15 AM for an early search in hopes of raising my SBQ species tally. By the time we convened for the full group walk a little more than an hour later, we had added at least a dozen species to my weekend total, including BARRED OWL (calling several times from the wooded slope to the east), BLACKPOLL WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, KILLDEER (including a chick starting to acquire ringed plumage), SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Then our whole group gathered and we set off on foot south along the road from the parking lot. I thought that we had very good luck finding birds perched for scope views, including BOBOLINK, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, SAVANNAH SPARROW, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, YELLOW WARBLER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, GREEN HERON, TREE SWALLOW, and probably others I'm forgetting. Arguably, though, our birding highlight never appeared except as ripples in the water, as two grunting VIRGINIA RAILS approached our group closely but remained out of view for most of us. Bob Horn saw at least one actual rail. Our second group walk was at the Park Nature Preserve in Dryden. We found most of the birds that Dave Nutter reported yesterday, but viewing was mostly quite difficult. We heard several PRAIRIE WARBLERS, three CANADA WARBLERS, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, at least one HERMIT THRUSH, but didn't manage to see any of these birds. We did, however, get brief looks at a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at the bottom of the ravine near the shelter, and several fine scope views of singing male INDIGO BUNTINGS and MAGNOLIA WARBLER. Unquestionably the biggest surprise for me was a BROAD-WINGED HAWK flying high from west to east - the first of this species that I've ever found on the SBQ. My final species tally for the weekend is 92, which I consider quite acceptable given the heat and lateness of Memorial Day weekend this year. The event will again raise over $3,000 for the Land Trust. I extend my sincere thanks to Bob and John, as well as the Land Trust's Betsy Darlington, for their assistance with the walks. Many thanks to all who participated and pledged! Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 23, 2011 * NYSY 2305.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 16, 2010 - May 23, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:May 23 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #256 -Monday May 23, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 16 , 2010 Highlights: --- LEAST BITTERN MERLIN SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER WILLET WHIMBREL RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT LAUGHING GULL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH BICKNEL’S THRUSH PRAIRIE WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 5/26: 2 WHIMBREL and 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at the new Shorebird Area alont the wildlife drive. 5/27: The number of WHIMBREL grew to 8 at the shorebird area. They were not seen the following day. 5/28: 2 adult and 2 young (colts) SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Morgon Road. 5/29: 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at the shorebird area along the wildlife drive. 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen on Armitage Road near the river. 5/30: The 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were again seen on Armitage Road in the same location as yesterday. A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen from the tower at Tschache Pool. A report of a mixed flock of GODWITS was recieved by birders from Ithaca at Tschache Pool. Derby Hill Tomorrow is the last official day of counting hawks at Derby Hill. However all birders are welcome to keep coming to observe and report anything they see to Oneidabirds. This week 3511 hawks were counted. Other highlights were SANDHILL CRANE on 5/26 and 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS oner Sage Creek on 5/29. Oswego County This week also marks the end of the Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lake Watch done diligintly (and real early) by Bill Purcell. Highlights this week were BRANT, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and WHIMBREL. 5/24: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found on New Scriba Drive north of Co. Rt. 2. 5/26: 3 LEAST BITTERNS were found in Skinner Creek near Sandy Pond. 5/27: 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were on Little Island(Oneida Lake) from shore in Constantia. GRAY -CHEEK THRUSH was found both at the Sithe Energy Center and Sunset Bay Park on Lake Ontario. 5/29: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen in Constantia. 5/30: 4 RED KNOTS were seen on the Tern Island from Constantia. More were seen later in the morning. A birder in a kayak went out and also found RUDDY TURNSTONE and a WILLET. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found in Hastings. Onondaga County 5/24: A MERLIN was seen at Otisco Lake. A BICKNEL’S THRUSH was heard migrating over the city of Syracuse. 5/28: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Green Lakes State Park. 5/29: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen and photographed at Schiller Park in Syracuse. Oneida County 5/25: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Camden. Cayuga County 5/27: Up to 38 WHIMBREL were seen on the breakwalls at Fairhaven State Park. Also found were an adult LAUGHING GULL, 5 RUDDY TURNSTONES, and 2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] clarification of Prothonotary location
The bridge in question on Armitage Road is the large, metal, one-lane bridge over the Erie Canal. To the west of it at the end of the guardrails there is a small gravel pull-off. The Prothonotary Warblers are immediately west of here, generally one male in the swamp on the north side and one male in the swamp on the south, and they chase each other low over the road. (I was confused by the references to the "first bridge" or "easternmost" bridge, when I included the small bridge over the small canal near sometimes flooded fields and the Bald Eagle nest.)--Dave NutterOn May 29, 2011, at 05:12 PM, Mark Chao markc...@imt.org wrote:Lyn Jacobs and I just had an exchange about the Prothonotary Warblers on Armitage Road. See below for location information straight from her.MarkHi Mark,I do not think my location balloons in ebird are in the exact location so, to clarifyFrom Rt 89N and then west on Armitage, most of the Prothonotary activity was about 30 feet west of the fishing access parking on the west side of the first bridge. We did also hear them on the east side of the bridge.LynOn Sun, May 29, 2011 at 7:18 PM, chao.mark markc...@imt.org wrote:Hi Lyn,I have taken the liberty of reporting your excellent finds to the Cayugabirds list. Please see below. Congratulations!!All the best,Mark ChaoFrom: Mark Chao [mailto:markc...@imt.org]Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:12 PMTo: 'CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu'Subject: Two or three Prothonotary Warblers, Armitage Road, Sun 5/29Lyn Jacobs has reported on both the Eatonbirds listserv and eBird that she and a group of seven others from the Eaton Birding Society found two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS singing loudly and chasing each other around Armitage Road on Sunday, on both sides of the road just west of Route 89 near the Seneca/Wayne county line. She reports that they had another sighting of this species on the east side of the bridge. Here are the map coordinates from Lyn's eBird report:43.0198351,-76.7782974 (2 birds)43.0232236,-76.7764091 (3 birds)The group also found Cerulean Warblers at both Armitage Road and May's Point, and some Black-bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers, and Semipalmated Sandpipers along the Wildlife Drive.Congratulations to Lyn and the EBS for these excellent finds!! Good luck to those who go looking for these birds!Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers
Hi, Today at 11:00AM the Protonotarys were about 300 feet west of the bridge on the north side. At times they would come to within 15 feet of the road. Fred Bertram -- www.pbase.com/fjbertram -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Fw: Montezuma Sunday PM: Black and Common Terns, Sandhill Cranes, Black-belled Plover
From: Mike Joann Tetlow Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:34 AM To: Michael and Joann Tetlow Subject: Fw: Montezuma Sunday PM: Black and Common Terns, Sandhill Cranes, Black-belled Plover From: Joann Tetlow Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:31 AM To: Genesee Birds Subject: Montezuma Sunday PM: Black and Common Terns, Sandhill Cranes, Black-belled Plover A quick evening ride through the refuge produced 1 Common Tern at the Seneca spillway, 1 Black-bellied Plover and 2 Snow geese at the new shorebird habitat along the wildlife drive. At Knox-Marcellus Marsh there were 10 Black Terns. At least 2 Sandhill Cranes called from the SW corner of the marsh at sunset and we couldn’t locate them in the fading light. Mike and Joann Tetlow -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers
I should add that we did observe the north-side male entering a cavity in a rotted stump about 30 ft. in from the road (and sing from the top of this snag), so they are definitely thinking about breeding -- of course it will take a prospecting female to make this happen. Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On May 30, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Julie Bertram wrote: Hi, Today at 11:00AM the Protonotarys were about 300 feet west of the bridge on the north side. At times they would come to within 15 feet of the road. Fred Bertram -- www.pbase.com/fjbertramhttp://www.pbase.com/fjbertram -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers
Hi, Prothonotaries were observed photographed carrying food to peeping nestlings at a nest site in a cavity in a dead tree that arced over the Canal, just south of this same bridge, in the early 1990's.* They continued to nest there for two or three years, until the tree fell into the water one winter. If they continued after that, I am not aware of anyone locating the nesting site. Given that much of the land north of Armitage at this point is not real accessible (and not public land), perhaps they nested at last some other years since then, undetected by birders? Seems like over the years there have continued to be occasional reports of Prothonotaries in the general area. Alicia * Fred - didn't you photograph these birds??? On 5/30/2011 9:59 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote: I should add that we did observe the north-side male entering a cavity in a rotted stump about 30 ft. in from the road (and sing from the top of this snag), so they are definitely /thinking/ about breeding -- of course it will take a prospecting female to make this happen. Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu mailto:k...@cornell.edu On May 30, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Julie Bertram wrote: Hi, Today at 11:00AM the Protonotarys were about 300 feet west of the bridge on the north side. At times they would come to within 15 feet of the road. Fred Bertram -- www.pbase.com/fjbertram http://www.pbase.com/fjbertram -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
