[cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse in Lansing, Sunday AM
A Ruffed Grouse was drumming at the eastern end of the 700 Warren Road trail this morning, just west of Coventry Walk. A singing Yellow-throated Vireo was around for a bit as well. Best, Scott --- *Scott Haber* Digital Content Manager Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY *sa...@cornell.edu (607)254-1102* -- 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] Hoodies have fledged
Hi all The Hooded Mergansers fledged from the box above our driveway this morning. We missed the jumping out, etc. but Ton just caught a glimpse of the family hurrying off - not to our pond, as we had expected, but to the ravine in the back of the property. That ravine has a fast flowing stream which drains into the Ellis Hollow wetland. I hope they make it! Bummer that we missed most of it! Ton saw them around 7:30 am and I'm really glad he did because we would have been wondering what happened to them. The female has been coming to the pond daily to feed and preen - we would have noticed her absence. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Park Nature Preserve, Sun 5/6
Twenty people, including eight kids, joined me and the Finger Lakes Land Trust for a beginners' bird walk at the Park Nature Preserve in Dryden. We saw many birds, including scope views for most everyone of NASHVILLE WARBLER and OVENBIRD, as well as very good binocular views of BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and BLUE-HEADED VIREO. We also had repeated close encounters with something along the first straightaway that sounded like either a territorial male PRAIRIE WARBLER or a spaceship lifting off nearby. We got no sight confirmation. 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] Hawthorn Orchard - 6 May 2012 (10 Warbler Species)
I got a late start to the Hawthorn Orchard today...was there from about 10:45am to about 1:15pm. Much of my birding was done with Rick Lightbod, while remaining stationary at one spot just South of the Northeast corner, and later a little bit with Kristin Hodge. Upon arrival, the warblers were singing, including Tennessee Warblers; however, within about 45 minutes, the singing dropped off to the point where the only occasional singers were Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, and Black-throated Green Warbler. Later, it became dead silent in there, sans for the occasional quick and soft seet or sst! flight notes being produced by Nashville and Tennessee Warblers - the same note they produce in night migration. The most surprising find was non-avian. While discussing with Rick the foraging of these migrant birds upon the Tortricid larvae and the birds' use of the Hawthorn Orchard as a migratory stop-over site, I accidentally stepped on part of an Eastern Cottontail nest. I've never encountered one of these before. The shrieking of one of the young immediately drew our attention to the ground and the fur-lined nest, containing at least four young Cottontails - all with their eyes still closed - all of which appeared to be fine, despite my stepping on part of the nest. I think I may have simply startled one of the young awake into the primordial reaction similar to if a predator were attacking. Overall, the remnant flock of what was there from the original fallout of last week was still there today, just fewer birds. Here's the basic run-down of highlights with estimates: 2 Warbling Vireos 1 Blue-headed Vireo 3-4 House Wrens 1-2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 1 WOOD THRUSH (NE Corner, switch-witch-witch! alarm notes) 1 Blue-winged Warbler (just South of NE corner) 6-8 TENNESSEE WARBLERS 15-20 NASHVILLE WARBLERS 4-5 NORTHERN PARULAS Zero Yellow Warblers (Missed the two Chestnut-sided Warblers just West of the NE corner) 6-8 Magnolia Warblers 2-3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 5-6 Black-throated Green Warblers 1-2 American Redstarts 1 Northern Waterthrush (heard South of the South horse-jumping pasture) 2-3 Common Yellowthroats 3-4 White-throated Sparrows 1 Eastern Meadowlark (distant singer to SE) 2-3 Baltimore Orioles I know I'm probably missing others, simply because of my very late arrival this morning. Good birding until the next warm front dumps more migrants! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- 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: 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] Various Tompkins County Spots, 5/3/2012
Hi folks, Sorry for the late posting. Just catching up on a busy weekend that included some excellent birding. On Saturday, Alberto Lopez, Nancy Chen, Hector Claudio-Hernandez (friend visiting from Puerto Rico) and I had a fun morning checking out sites in Tompkins County. Highlights of the 113 species were 1 MOURNING WARBLER and many CANADA WARBLERS at Hammond Hill, 1 MERLIN, 2 SNOW GEESE in farm fields, a CLIFF SWALLOW at Dryden Lake, lingering AMERICAN PIPIT and NORTHERN PINTAIL plus LEAST SANDPIPER at Myers Point, and SOLITARY SANDPIPER and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Stewart Park. Details below: We started the morning at Goetchius Preserve around dawn (from Flatiron Road), where it was raw and misty and the air was full of Swamp Sparrow trills and spring peepers. We heard a grunting VIRGINIA RAIL over the din of trills and peeps, Wood Ducks were flying about and we heard one Willow Flycatcher calling from far out in the preserve. From there we moved to Hammond Hill which was quietly birdy, despite the cold, fog and mist. Highlights there were a number of CANADA WARBLERS, one singing MOURNING WARBLER, a quite a few BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS to go with singing PURPLE FINCH, BROWN CREEPERS and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, to name a few. All, of course, had to be heard over the ceaseless din of singing Ovenbirds from every direction. From there we passed singing BOBOLINKS and a perched MERLIN on Irish Settlement Road to arrive at Dryden Lake, which had no water birds to speak of but tons of swallows, including many Barn, and Tree, a few ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and BANK SWALLOWS, and at least one CLIFF SWALLOW. En route to Myers, by way of Dunkin' , we were very surprised to find two SNOW GEESE in a roadside farm field on Rt 38. The bird we studied closely was an immature with a clear grin patch, light mottling on the back and behind the eye, and size and shape right for Snow Geese. We paused just long enough to confirm the ID on the one bird, which was within 50 yds of the road, and we moved on quickly due to the traffic. It'd be nice if someone could confirm these birds at a time when traffic is more leisurely and might permit longer study. At Myers Point, which was pleasantly birdy, Two CASPIAN TERNS were on the spit and a COMMON TERN fought the winds offshore. A lingering AMERICAN PIPIT graced the spit, and the creek was home to a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPER as well as killdeer and the lingering NORTHERN PINTAIL. Offshore was quiet except a few DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and 3 COMMON LOONS. Many swallows here too, mostly tree and barn but also BANK SWALLOW and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Heading down the lake to Stewart Park, we found a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (adult plumage, seen well in comparison to Ring-billed, Herring and Great black-backed Gulls on the jetty to the red lighthouse). No Bonaparte's Gulls or diving ducks of any sort, but Alberto and Hector picked out PALM WARBLERS and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER plus the woods held BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. Stops at Sapsucker Woods and Hawthorn Orchards did not add anything new to the lists already sent out about those sites. Ebird Checklists: Goetchius: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10657470 Hammond HIll: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10657543 Dryden lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10657667 Myer's Point: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658692 Stewart Park: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658815 Sapsucker: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658855 Hawthorn Orchard: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658908 Good birding! Chris Dalton 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] Various Tompkins County Spots, 5/3/2012
Sorry - the subject line should read 5/5/2012, not 5/3/2012! On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Christopher Dalton christopher.m.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, Sorry for the late posting. Just catching up on a busy weekend that included some excellent birding. On Saturday, Alberto Lopez, Nancy Chen, Hector Claudio-Hernandez (friend visiting from Puerto Rico) and I had a fun morning checking out sites in Tompkins County. Highlights of the 113 species were 1 MOURNING WARBLER and many CANADA WARBLERS at Hammond Hill, 1 MERLIN, 2 SNOW GEESE in farm fields, a CLIFF SWALLOW at Dryden Lake, lingering AMERICAN PIPIT and NORTHERN PINTAIL plus LEAST SANDPIPER at Myers Point, and SOLITARY SANDPIPER and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Stewart Park. Details below: We started the morning at Goetchius Preserve around dawn (from Flatiron Road), where it was raw and misty and the air was full of Swamp Sparrow trills and spring peepers. We heard a grunting VIRGINIA RAIL over the din of trills and peeps, Wood Ducks were flying about and we heard one Willow Flycatcher calling from far out in the preserve. From there we moved to Hammond Hill which was quietly birdy, despite the cold, fog and mist. Highlights there were a number of CANADA WARBLERS, one singing MOURNING WARBLER, a quite a few BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS to go with singing PURPLE FINCH, BROWN CREEPERS and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, to name a few. All, of course, had to be heard over the ceaseless din of singing Ovenbirds from every direction. From there we passed singing BOBOLINKS and a perched MERLIN on Irish Settlement Road to arrive at Dryden Lake, which had no water birds to speak of but tons of swallows, including many Barn, and Tree, a few ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and BANK SWALLOWS, and at least one CLIFF SWALLOW. En route to Myers, by way of Dunkin' , we were very surprised to find two SNOW GEESE in a roadside farm field on Rt 38. The bird we studied closely was an immature with a clear grin patch, light mottling on the back and behind the eye, and size and shape right for Snow Geese. We paused just long enough to confirm the ID on the one bird, which was within 50 yds of the road, and we moved on quickly due to the traffic. It'd be nice if someone could confirm these birds at a time when traffic is more leisurely and might permit longer study. At Myers Point, which was pleasantly birdy, Two CASPIAN TERNS were on the spit and a COMMON TERN fought the winds offshore. A lingering AMERICAN PIPIT graced the spit, and the creek was home to a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPER as well as killdeer and the lingering NORTHERN PINTAIL. Offshore was quiet except a few DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and 3 COMMON LOONS. Many swallows here too, mostly tree and barn but also BANK SWALLOW and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. Heading down the lake to Stewart Park, we found a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (adult plumage, seen well in comparison to Ring-billed, Herring and Great black-backed Gulls on the jetty to the red lighthouse). No Bonaparte's Gulls or diving ducks of any sort, but Alberto and Hector picked out PALM WARBLERS and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER plus the woods held BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. Stops at Sapsucker Woods and Hawthorn Orchards did not add anything new to the lists already sent out about those sites. Ebird Checklists: Goetchius: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10657470 Hammond HIll: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10657543 Dryden lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10657667 Myer's Point: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658692 Stewart Park: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658815 Sapsucker: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658855 Hawthorn Orchard: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10658908 Good birding! Chris Dalton 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yard birds
Today: 2 yellow rumpled warblers (a first for us and it took 2 days to identify) 1 indigo bunting 1 bobolink White crowned sparrows still here and singing Michele Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House BB www.thehaywardhouse.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] SSW in the afternoon
After I got off from the plane from my trip to South Carolina for a Dragonfly Society Meeting, I drove straight to take a walk from Wilson trail to Dryden side of the trail and back to the parking lot, (which used to be my lunch walk). I did not find anything that was not reported I guess but they were all of interest to me. I found that oriole was stealing sap from the Sapsucker holes, so were several butterflies including migrant Red Admirals, that have been passing in hundreds today. At the same spot, I heard, Least flycatcher, Common Yellow-throat, Warbling Vireo and House wrens in their usual places. Yellow warbler, Am. Redstart and second pair of Orioles in their usual locations further down the trail. There were a few White-throated sparrows near the board walk and corral. A Scarlet Tanager, Northern Parula, Yellow rumped warblers and a Blue-headed Vireo on the east side of the Wilson trail. I also heard the Red-tailed Hawk calling. Then across in Dryden woods, I came across, Northern Water Thrush, A Pileated Woodpecker, an Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and other usual resident birds. Finally, as I was heading towards the parking the resident Am. Kestrel landed on the tall power pole calling excitedly. In SC woods, I had quite a few exotic species such as Prothonotary, Swainson's, Yellow-throated, Pine. Northern Parulas (in huge numbers with numerous song variations) and Louisiana Waterthrush among warblers. Woodpeckers included beautiful, Red-headed and Pileated, and just I was about to call it a day a male RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER landed for a few minutes on the a in front of me just to say excchange news. Later in the evening lots of Night Hawks were Peenting and Chuck-wills widows were dueting and mostly sounded like Widows-will-Widows-will! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] another red-tailed hawk nest
Thanks to the tip-off from Ray and Evan, I visited this site today -- if you haven't seen this nest yet, you owe yourself a visit! It's a spectacular location, on the north face of the Fall Creek gorge, with easy viewing to be had from the bridge on Stewart Ave. I was there from around 6:00-7:30 this evening and was lucky enough to catch the chicks being fed: http://rramanujan.smugmug.com/Birds/Raptors-Owls/7409121_ZP64bK#!i=1832927509k=Rr5Hj7Mlb=1s=A Raghu On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Evan Barrientos emb...@cornell.edu wrote: I noticed this nest a couple weeks ago, and have made it back once to film and photograph it. I will post photos and video as soon as I can. Best, Evan B -- 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/ --
