[cayugabirds-l] MNWR - Sunday night
Apologies for the lateness of my report. Now 8 dowitchers at Puddler's Marsh, several with very long bills possibly outside the overlap zone but distance and poor lighting make it difficult to be sure of species. 125 Purple Martins near the spillway on the Wildlife Dr, while at the Visitor Center a brief visit by a flock of peeps seemed to contain only Least and Semi-p. Muddy scrapes next to the Thruway are starting to attract Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs. Didn't have time to check Knox-Marsellus. Dave W. Oswego County NY Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Difficult light conditions. 27 species Canada Goose 2 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 6 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 200 estimated Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Least Sandpiper 60 Flock of Least Semi-p flew in for 10 mins, then left Pectoral Sandpiper 5 Ring-billed Gull 75 Caspian Tern 8 Black Tern 1 Mourning Dove 1 American Crow 1 Purple Martin 3 American Robin X European Starling X Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Difficult light 9 species Great Blue Heron X good number at Benning Marsh Killdeer X at the shorebird spot; also a few in the first muddy scrape along the thruway Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs X Least Sandpiper 3 Purple Martin 125 in a dead tree near the spillway Tree Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 1 Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Difficult light 28 species (+1 other taxa) Great Blue Heron X Green Heron 1 calling from trees behind Towpath Rd Semipalmated Plover 1 noticed only one Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper 1 noticed only one Greater Yellowlegs 20 estimate; one bird had normally-colored yellow leg plus injured leg that was very red Lesser Yellowlegs 400 estimate Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper 100 estimate Stilt Sandpiper 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 4 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 4 Now 8 total dowitchers. At least 3 had long bills that might be outside the overlap zone, but the distance too great to see most other features of the birds. Ring-billed Gull X Caspian Tern 8 Black Tern 2 American Crow X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Wood Thrush 1 American Robin X Gray Catbird 6 European Starling X Yellow Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat X Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 8:15 PM - 8:20 PM Protocol: Stationary 3 species Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 35 No wing tags; probably the same birds that have been there Sandhill Crane 2 First time for me this year at Mays -- 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] NE Ithaca, Tues 8/2
On Tuesday evening at about 6:20 PM, I saw a MERLIN above the intersection of Simsbury and Winthrop Drives in suburban northeast Ithaca. I didn't have magnifying optics, but I got some long clinching views as the bird flew a couple of times right overhead. I plainly saw short pointed wings and a black tail with thin white bands. The bird's movements suggested that it was catching insects, but I didn't get sight confirmation of any prey. 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Great Egret
The Great Egret is roosting in the same place this evening, 2 August. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, NY On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:56 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote: On this evening's (1 Aug) canoe-paddle on Cayuga Inlet Laurie and I saw a Great Egret atop a small tree on the edge of Jetty Woods. A Great Blue Heron stood on a log below, and 17 Double-crested Cormorants rested on dead trees or soared nearby. A Belted Kingfisher and a couple of Caspian Tern families flew past. When we got home an Eastern Screech-Owl was calling from the edge of our yard. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Caspian Terns over Ithaca tonight
Also seen yesterday along SW shore north of Hog Hole. --Elaina From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu Reply-To: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:48:37 -0400 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Caspian Terns over Ithaca tonight This past Saturday morning, Diane, Evaristo Hernandez Fernandez, and I also heard and saw a single adult and juvenile (begging) Caspian Tern, while at the Ithaca Farmer's Market. These birds were calling repeatedly while slowly flying up and down the Cayuga Inlet. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H On Aug 1, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote: While taking out the garbage and recycling around 10:15 PM, I was rewarded with a great yard bird -- 2 calling CASPIAN TERNS over my house. Only heard adult calls. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu -- 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/ -- -- 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 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
