[cayugabirds-l] short notice.. best birding location near Montezuma Wetlands
I have to make a trip from Vermont to Rochester NY and back in a 48 hour period. I thought I'd stop and do some photography around Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. I am not a birder. I dont know most bird species from another. But I do love photography. I will be in the area Monday April 16th. I have downloaded a map of birding sites that includes the refuge and areas north of the refuge. One of the sites north of the refuge might be more to my liking as it gets further from the Thruway noise of semi-wheels. But top priority is the potentially most active wildlife area. I downloaded the map and list of sites from http://montezumabirding.webs.com/maps.htm . I would love to get some suggestions of the locations which are best. I know it's short notice.. hopefully this is an active list... THANKS!! Winnie -- 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 4/15
I looked pretty carefully but unsuccessfully for the American Bittern all around the parking lots and larger wetland areas in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning. Otherwise the birding was excellent. Here are some highlights, shared mostly with Stuart Krasnoff on the east side. * A loose mixed flock along the Woodleton Boardwalk that included a silent male PINE WARBLER, several singing male YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, several BROWN CREEPERS, plus breeding phoebes, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. * At least four HERMIT THRUSHES, one seen along the Severinghaus Trail and the others heard north of the Woodleton Boardwalk (wheezy chord only). * Several RUSTY BLACKBIRDS heard throughout the sanctuary (yesterday, a flock of ~25 Rusty Blackbirds briefly stopped in a tree near the bittern). * Maybe a dozen YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and 8+ NORTHERN FLICKERS, very vocal and conspicuous throughout. * A pair of WOOD DUCKS on the main pond and pairs seen twice more overhead. * At least five SWAMP SPARROWS along the mulched trail that connects the road with the power-line cut on the Dryden side. 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] Myers terns
Nothing incredible at Myers Point this morning, but Livia, Dave Nutter, Paul Anderson, and I saw 9 COMMON TERNS, lots of Bonaparte's Gulls, a male PURPLE MARTIN from the point, and two RED-NECKED GREBES from Ladoga. 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl freese road
Saw for 5 to 10 minutes flying low around freese road. Awesome views for SFO group. Bird then eventually took off and flew north. No vesper sparrow today here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- 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] Short eared owl freese road
Now we have great views of 2 vesper sparrows! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: daven1...@yahoo.com Sender: bounce-47841788-6471...@list.cornell.edu Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:22:46 To: Cayuga birdscayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Reply-To: daven1...@yahoo.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl freese road Saw for 5 to 10 minutes flying low around freese road. Awesome views for SFO group. Bird then eventually took off and flew north. No vesper sparrow today here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush
Enjoying birds and spring ephemerals in The Gulf (Cayuta Lake outlet), we heard and spotted our first migrant warbler of the season, a Louisiana Waterthrush. We also had many paired juncos, Winter Wrens singing and Yellow-rumped Warbler in song. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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] Upland Sandpipers
2 at Seneca Fairgrounds. Seen with Chris Wood, Nancy Morgan and Melissa Penta. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- 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] Upland Sandpipers
Also grasshopper sparrow. Had 4 uppies. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: daven1...@yahoo.com Sender: bounce-47842471-6471...@list.cornell.edu Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:07:56 To: Cayuga birdscayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Reply-To: daven1...@yahoo.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpipers 2 at Seneca Fairgrounds. Seen with Chris Wood, Nancy Morgan and Melissa Penta. Dave Nicosia. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve: Louisiana Waterthrush, Brown Thrasher
After leaving Myers Point and walking around Salt Point, Jay, Livia, Paul I split up. I went to Cornell's Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve. The mowed trails through the brush offered singing FIELD and SONG SPARROWS, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, NORTHERN FLICKER, NORTHERN CARDINAL, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.As soon as I peeked over the rim into the forested ravine of Gulf Creek I saw a HERMIT THRUSH fly off to hide, and I heard the persistent song of a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. It was fortunate for me that it kept singing, because it took me the better part of an hour to catch a glimpse of it. My lucky time was when it moved from the lower gorge past me to patrol the upper portion of its territory. Also in this woods were BROWN CREEPER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and EASTERN PHOEBE. I had heard that the Eastern Hemlocks here have Hemlock Woolly Adelgids, and indeed the fallen twigs were heavily infested.On my way out I met Suan Yong. As the rain began and we were about to leave we saw and heard a BROWN THRASHER near the entrance.--Dave Nutter -- 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] Bittern
As of about 6:00 PM the Bittern was near the entrance of CLO and on the side nearest the road. I did get one good photo as the Bittern took off for higher weeds. Carl Steckler -- For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know -- 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] Sunday April 15, 2012 Ithaca, Montezuma and Vicinity
What a day. 89 species and some exciting surprises. Led SFO group 7 and our first stop was Sweedler-Lick Brook and the fields around. Not much at the brook... no Louisiana Waterthrushes yet and did not hear blue-headed vireos yet. We had most of the common birds including black-capped chickadees, tufted titmice, dark-eyed juncos etc. Did get great looks at 3-4 FIELD SPARROWS nearby and 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. At Sandbank Road, got great views of 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and heard a few SAVANNAH SPARROWS. By the far, the best and most surprising spot was Freese Road. We walked up the road and did not get the vesper sparrows initially, instead there were at least 100 american robins in the fields. We did have a fly-over AMERICAN PIPIT. Then, all of the sudden, there was a low-flying SHORT-EARED OWL! The bird flushed from the grasses below and flew around in several circles over our SFO group. Lighting was good and everyone got breath-taking views of this beautiful bird. The bird eventually met up with a NORTHERN HARRIER and then landed for a short time before an AMERICAN CROW started to harass it. The bird then took off and gradually worked its way northward out of sight! I have never got such a great look at a flying SHORT-EARED OWL as it was mid day and the lighting was excellent. Then after all this, we had a small kettle of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS overhead. Then toward the end we got on 2 VESPER SPARROWS. Our SFO group ended with 50 species. Then I birded with fellow Broome County birders Nancy Morgan and Melissa Penta. We drove up to Montezuma and met up with Chris Wood and Andy Guthrie and birded the Montezuma Visitor's center and wildlife drive. There were NORTHERN SHOVELORS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GADWALL, among others. At Benning marsh, the shorebirds continue. Chris and Andy counted, I believe, 46 WILSON'S SNIPE. There were around a dozen PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 4 DUNLIN and both GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. And we had at least 1 KILLDEER. Andy left and then the rest of the trip was Chris, Nancy, Melissa and I. We stopped at May's point and had bufflehead, a double crested cormorant, green-winged teal, hooded merganser, pied-billed grebes, ring-billed gull, osprey, bald eagle, northern harrier and a flyover SANDHILL CRANE! There was also a PEREGRINE FALCON that buzzed through May's point. We also heard a RUSTY BLACKBIRD across the road by the pond. Next stop was Towpath Road, and yes, the road is graded and very nice. We had a lot of birds on towpath road, I probably will miss some but the most unusual was a GLAUCOUS GULL which Chris spotted flying over Knox-Marcellus Marsh toward east road. We also heard and got an unsatisfying look at a CASPIAN TERN flying way up high. Other birds at Towpath- FOX SPARROW, GREAT EGRET, loads of GREAT BLUE HERONs, many species of waterfowl, including one left-over SNOW GOOSE. There were many GREEN WINGED TEAL, and some BLUE-WINGED TEAL. We also had a nice group of RUDDY DUCKS, some in breeding plumage. Also RING-NECKED DUCKS. Next stop was Seneca County Fairgrounds and right away we had 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS which gave us great views. Then they started flying around, some went very high and eventually we counted 4 uppies. Great birds! Chris heard a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW which took me a few attempts but I eventually got on it. He was not singing much and we did not see it. There were also HORNED LARKS, EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and SAVANNAH SPARROWS. Like I said in the beginning, what a day! Thanks to my SFO group, Nancy Morgan, Melissa Penta, Andy Guthrie and of course Chris Wood who all made this such an awesome day of birds!! Dave Nicosia Johnson City, 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] Serious migration tonight (as of 10:30pm)
Serious migration tonight on the radar.Google Weather Underground. Choose Maps Radar. Choose Radar. Click on the "+" of your choice. For here, that's Binghamton.Here's the site:http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=panprevzoom=zoomnum=0frame=0delay=15scale=1.000noclutter=0ID=BGMtype=N0Rshowstorms=0lat=42.23885727lon=-76.01076508label=Glen%20Aubrey,%20NYmap.x=400map.y=240scale=1.000centerx=400centery=240showlabels=1rainsnow=0lightning=0lerror=20num_stns_min=2num_stns_max=avg_off=smooth=0--Dave Nutter -- 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] Stewart Park Great Egret
I stopped by the tennis courts in Stewart Park hoping maybe Terns would be frolicking near shore. No luck with that but there was one Great Egret very close to shore. I watched him catch and swallow a fish before flying up the west side of the lake. Gary -- 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] Jetty woods Eagle, Yellow-rumps
I saw my first of the year singing Yellow-rumped Warblers, (Myrtle), in Jetty woods this afternoon. I had views or three, but I think there were more in the flowering treetops. An adult Bald Eagle was in the trees with a very large fish. He flew out toward the north, possibly to the nest by Glenwood Pines. I was hoping for Rusty Blackbirds, but didn't see or hear any. Gary -- 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/ --
