[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca birding highlights, Sunday 12 May

The day had promise: an AMERICAN REDSTART sang from a flowering tree at the Farmers' Market, and an immature BALD EAGLE soared high overhead as I biked through.I got a late start, so maybe that was why I didn't hear the Yellow-throated Warbler along Pier Rd between 10:08 and 10:14am, although it

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Pine Siskins

Hi all, On my ride to the CLO today, I found a flock of about 100 PINE SISKINS feeding just off of Salem Drive, immediately adjacent to Salem Park. The birds were in the trees above a house with feeders still out and were making a lot of noise. I came across a smaller group of about 10-12 birds a

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker woods warblers

Hi all, Currently a very cooperative male BAY BREASTED WARBLER singing and foraging on the inner trail of Wilson Trail North. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Pine Siskins

Here in the northeast area of Ithaca we also just had a flock of about 30 Pine Siskins feeding at our feeders. Suzanne Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants

Hi all, There were a few nice migrants moving around Sapsucker Woods this morning on the Wilson Trail. Highlights for me were the aforementioned BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, a TENNESSEE WARBLER, singing SWAINSON'S THRUSH and the return of SCARLET TANAGERS and RED-EYED VIREOS to the western woods. The

[cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40

This is in response to several requests for location info on Kip's Island Fields which I had never heard of before Tim Lenz's CayugaRBA of Glossy Ibis and Ruff from there and Jay McGowan's relay to the list. I was with Gary Kohlenberg last Friday and did not see either rare bird but reported

[cayugabirds-l] white-crowned sparrows

4 white-crowned sparrows foraging under the pear trees, blending in very nicely with the white petals. They are also singing! Michele Interlaken / Ovid -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

Hi, I was surprised to see a dozen or so Pine Siskins here at the house in Skaneateles this morning. They appeared quite hungry and very skittish. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Birds and Bees at the FLLT Annual Meeting

Curious about the birds and the bees? Join us for the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Annual Celebration and Meeting with a morning bird walk led by experienced birder Mark Chao and a talk by Cornell biologist and noted author Tom Seeley titled Honey Bee Democracy about honey bee behavior and hive

[cayugabirds-l] Ruff

The Ruff is present at Coot Pond on Howland Island at noon today. You get to Coot Pond by crossing the old iron bridge on the SE side of the island and taking a left at the trail intersection. Bill Purcell 315-382-2871 Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Birding Big Day Sunday , May 12, 2013

Hi all, Ton Schat and I did our annual big day of birding yesterday. We ended with a total of 131 species, below our target of 140 but still not too bad given the conditions. Below is our eBIRD report. We had a great start to the day at 2:45 am, with no wind and a slightly overcast to

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club trip, Roy H. Park Preserve--Baldwin Tract, May 11, 2013

Hi, On Saturday I was joined by 10 people for a Cayuga Bird Club trip to the Roy H. Park Preserve and Hammond Hill State Forest (briefly). The weather was a bit rainy and cool, but we managed to see and hear a good number of species (many more heard rather than seen). Reid Rumelt, a Cornell

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40

One of the confusing things about the eBird name for Kip Island Fields (other than that I too never saw any other reference to it) is that it describes the location as SE of the two highways, whereas maps clearly show the area to be SW of the conjunction of those two roads. I am not immune to

[cayugabirds-l] Kipp Island (not Kip's Island)

Kip has a barn but, apparently, not an island. The erstwhile haunt of the Ruff and Glossy Ibis is Kipp Island, not Kip's Island. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee... http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-76.7263402lat=42.9967316datum=nad83 Stuart --

[cayugabirds-l] Yard Hawks

The best watching this a.m. is from our kitchen window. A Red-Tailed Hawk just flew thru the side yard pursued by a Male Cardinal (At least one pair nests next to the house.) The female cardinal sat complacently beneath the platform feeder with the song and chipping sparrows and a chipmunk.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yard Hawks

around the trees. Maybe they want expensive blood oranges? (:-) Thanks. ChrisP On 20130513, at 13:05 , Bill Mcaneny wrote: The best watching this a.m. is from our kitchen window. A Red-Tailed Hawk just flew thru the side yard pursued by a Male Cardinal (At least one pair nests next

[cayugabirds-l] Birds and Climage Change, Kim Bostwick, speaker - MNWR Event May 18

Birds and Climate Change: Developing Your Own Simple 5 Point Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis Speaker: KIM BOSTWICK Curator, Birds and Mammals Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Ithaca NY 14850 MAY 18: Saturday, 10 am to noon At the: Visitors Center Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge FREE

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40

As I said, I occasionally screw up E W, and I even did it in that email. My parenthetical sentence"I guess it is SW of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90"should have said"I guess it is SE of I-90, but it's W of NYS-90"Meanwhile the good folks at eBird have ALREADY corrected the SE/SW confusion as well as

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kip's Island FIelds Location info: 42° 59' 49.61, -76° 43' 8.40

Hi All, I can provide a little bit more information about Kipp Island that may be of interest. The fields north and south of the Thruway became part of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in their entirety in 2012, and we designated them Cayuga Flats North and Cayuga Flats South. This is the

[cayugabirds-l] 2013 basin first records list

I think I have the 2013 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list up to date. Please let me know if you think I've got something wrong, and I'll try to rectify it.http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Bird Watching Hike - May 16

Montezuma Bird Watching Hike Thursday, May 16, 9:00 AM—11:00 AM Montezuma’s forested habitats are coming to life with dozens of neotropical songbirds like the cerulean warbler, wood thrush, and rose-breasted grosbeak. The Howland’s Island area of Montezuma provides some of the best habitat in

[cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

Hi everyone, I know this issue has been discussed many times before and I know that opinions are divided. For every email I get that says we should call the woods Renwick, I get three that say we should call it Fuertes. The official website of Ithaca calls the 55 acres south of Stewart Park

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

I, too, have several Pine Siskins today. They were here this morning and are still eating up a storm. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad On May 13, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hi, I was surprised to see a dozen or so Pine Siskins here at the house in

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

Ditto on Judith's report. My feeders were very busy today including a flock of about 33 Pine Siskin gobbling up the Nyger seeds. Candace On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Judith Thurber jathur...@yahoo.com wrote: I, too, have several Pine Siskins today. They were here this morning and are

[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA 645PM RUFF still at Coot Pond, Howland I...

CayugaRBA 645PM RUFF still at Coot Pond, Howland Island. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * May 13, 2013 *  NYSY  05. 13. 13   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 06, 2013 - May 13, 2013 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

Yes, Fuertes made great contributions. There's a bronze plaque where a sanctuary was created in his honor shortly after his untimely death - the area now often called the swan pond. Cayuga Bird Club Historian Jane Graves has the documentation of this - contemporary newspaper accounts of the plans