[cayugabirds-l] Pectoral Sandpiper in Hanshaw Road fields
The field along Hanshaw Road, near the mouth of Sapsucker Woods Road, can be productive for shorebirds when wet (as it is now!). I just had four Pectoral Sandpipers in this field, in the shallow grassy pan that has been full of Killdeer for the past couple of weeks. Yesterday, there were 3 Greater and 1 Lesser yellowlegs in this spot. And I had a Wilson's Snipe there yesterday evening. Shorebirds don't always stay in this field for very long, and it can be difficult to see all the birds from the road (because there's a bit of a rise in the field, between the road and the shallow area with puddles where the birds congregate). But it may be worth a check anytime one is in the neighborhood. Good birding, tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.com -- 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] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 10/2
My son Tilden and I walked around the East Trail in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning. We found a lot of birds, but didn't try too long to identify the uncooperative ones. I did manage to confirm one BLACKPOLL WARBLER (alone in dark woods at my eye level), one BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (40 feet overhead, showing a lot of red), a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS (together in pines above the shelter), and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (heard only, but I'm pretty certain). I didn't see any thrushes. Mark Chao PS. Birding was but one of our goals for this walk. Another was counting steps with a pedometer (2,587, says Tilden). Above all, we continued a season-long project shared also with my daughter, building a photo gallery of the astonishingly beautiful and diverse fungi of Sapsucker Woods. Please follow the link below if you're interested; assistance with ID is most welcome. https://picasaweb.google.com/114049026073343451957/FungiOfSapsuckerWoodsFall 2011 -- 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] CayugaRBA 2 BRANT just alit
CayugaRBA 2 BRANT just alit on lawn north of mouth of Treman marina. --Dave Nutter -- 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] Correction: family of 4 BRANT.
Correction: family of 4 BRANT. --Dave Nutter -- 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] out the window
While rehairing violin bows at my workbench this afternoon, I heard the soft chattering of a Carolina Wren as it flew up under the eaves and began to hunt for insects and spiders. This is a pretty common occurrence at my shop, so I didn't bother craning my neck for a view, but a few minutes later when a bird flew out to a nearby brushpile in direct view from my bench, I picked up the bins and took a look, expecting to see the wren. The bird in the brushpile was a Swainson's Thrush. I watched it for several minutes through bins, and then a second bird flew into the same field of view. In the tiny fraction of a second required to foveate the new arrival, I anticipated another thrush, but the bird was a Carolina Wren. -Geo -- 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] Ithaca migrants
Despite the cold and rain today, I decided to walk all over town in search of birds. Birds were very active all morning, so it was definitely worth it. Sapsucker Woods this morning in between the bouts of rain (7:30am): 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk getting mobbed by jays and crows Flock of 7 Wood Duck flying away from the main pond 1 Tennessee Warbler 3 Myrtle Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler In the Hanshaw Road fields southwest of the intersection with Sapsucker Woods Rd: 42 Killdeer plus plenty of Mallard, Canada Geese, and Ring-billed Gulls 1 Turkey Vulture, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, and 1 Kestrel overhead Walking down the northern half of Bluegrass Lane (the gravel track from the Equine Facility north to Hanshaw), there was an abundance of sparrows (probably ~50 in total), flushing off the road and flying around in the tall grass field on the west side of the road. Since there were no hard exposed perches in the field, it was almost impossible to see any of the sparrows except in flight. I only ID'd Song, Savannah, and Chipping. Along the hedgerow at the south end of that field, there was a small mixed flock with ~10 Chipping Sparrows, 2 Magnolia Warblers, 1 Nashville and 1 Yellowthroat. The paved portion of Bluegrass Lane was just teeming with activity everywhere. Highlights: Phoebe - 2 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Philadelphia Vireo - 1, eBird says this is late for this species Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Gray Catbird - 7 Nashville Warbler - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 4 Magnolia Warbler - 2 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 4 White-crowned Sparrow - 1, a juvenile, the first fall record for Tompkins County this year - has anyone been seeing these yet? After lunch at the Farmer's Market downtown, I walked the weedy undeveloped footpath (future waterfront trail) that starts near the southwest edge of the Market and winds south along the edge of the Inlet. Here I had 1 Tennessee, 1 Magnolia, and 1 very bright immature Yellow Warbler, another late find according to ebird. I also had 2 Mockingbirds in the community gardens just around the corner from the Farmer's Market. I then went to Hogs Hole where I caught Dave Nutter just as he was leaving, and he showed me the four Brant. I had much the same birds as reported by others for this spot today, including 9+ Palm Warblers. Good birding, Nick -- 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] Sapsucker Woods, CLO, Oct 2, 2011
Hi all, I'm just back from 3 weeks in Australia and enjoyed 2 productive hours of walking around Sapsucker Woods this afternoon (Oct 2), between 12:30 and 2:30. I'm happy that I did not miss the warbler migration! Below is my eBird report. Some highlights included a BROWN THRASHER and a CATBIRD eating wild grapes near the pond by the Frog Barn (the CLO workshop just past the southeast part of the woods, along the road). In that same place was a WINTER WREN that popped up in response to pishing, and a very cooperative OVENBIRD that perched on the fence 10 feet from me, and stayed there for a good 30 seconds! There was a good variety of warblers, mostly as singles scattered along the Wilson Trail, and one thrush (Swainson's) at the south end of the Podell boardwalk. In that same spot was a small flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers accompanied by one female Black-throated Blue Warbler. Nice day! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 3:53 PM To: Laura Stenzler Subject: eBird Report - Sapsucker Woods, CLO, Oct 2, 2011 Sapsucker Woods, CLO, Tompkins, US-NY Oct 2, 2011 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: 12:30 - 1 loop from SE lot, boardwalk then S., past frog barn, back to lot: 1:10-2:30 Wilson trail, N to S, back to Lab 42 species Canada Goose 4 Mallard 3 Ruffed Grouse 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 12 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 1 Cedar Waxwing 6 Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 female, south side of main pool Blackpoll Warbler 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 3 American Goldfinch X 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 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/ --
