[cayugabirds-l] parrots in Ithaca?
I'm enjoying this list immensely. Thank you. I hope you will not take this as a crank submission. It is for real. Last evening we having dinner at friend's house on Willow Ave., near Yates Street. To their bird feeder came a really unusual bird. About 11 inches long. A slim body with a tail about 4 inches long. The feather colors were grey with, I think, some dark blue in the tail. The body feathers went up as far as the neck, with a distinct collar around the neck, rounded in towards the body. The head was small, compared to what we expected for a body that long--no more than an inch. The head was distinctly parrot- or parakeet-like. It was dark blue and the yellow beak was very much like a parakeet, extending up to the forehead. But the body was long enough that it seemed to big for a parakeet (but I don't know much about parakeets). So, was it an escapee from someone's downtown cage? Marty Hatch (for four observers) -- 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] Forster's Terns, Myers Point
Two FORSTER'S TERNS, one in mostly winter plumage like the one I saw a couple of days ago and the other in more typical summer plumage, are currently flying around and landing on buoys off the spit at Myers Point. No shorebirds to speak of. Jay -- 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] Cuckoo Migration
Good morning! Since I've started recording most favorable nights (late May, on), it would seem that Cuckoo migration is well under way. The biggest push seemed to be the night of 31 May to 1 June. On this night, I recorded 12 distinctly different Black-billed Cuckoos, with the first occurring at 10:46pm and the last occurring at 4:02am. Five Yellow-billed Cuckoos called over this same night, the first at 10:56pm and the last at 4:14am. Last night (1-2 June) was less favorable, with generally breezier than ideal conditions. Only three Black-billed Cuckoos were recorded calling (night flight call) overhead at 11:57pm, 2:19am, and 3:55am. Daytime reports of Cuckoos has also been up in this region over the past few days. To those who listen or record at night, good night-listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 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] parakeets in Ithaca?
I'll keep this going just a small bit because Dave has said he has an interest in it and Meena suggested that it might be a Monk Parakeet. And it was a bird in the wild. It wasn't a Monk--didn't look like any of the ones on the sites that Meena pointed me to. And there are several things that i remember further about it that might narrow it down more. The head was, as I said, small, but more than that, it was bald, in the sense that the feathers came up from the body to a collar that then sort of rounded into the neck in a rounded ring that turned into the body (like it was waring a coat with a muff at the top). The small head was like a vulture head. It had the small beady eyes and chunky yellow bill of a parakeet, and these dominated the head appearance. The body was slimmer than the Monk Parakeets pictured on the websites. And the tail was long and thin (like a thrasher?), and out of proportioned long to the body (at least to those of us who look at robins, red-wings, bluebirds, and orioles most of the time). So, long tail, slim body, 11 inches long, tail long and straight, round muff-like collar. Bald head with parakeet beak and eye. Grey body with dark blue in tail. Hey, what about a tropical exotic -- 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] Probable Clay-colored Sparrow, Summerhill
Livia and I just heard a probable CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing from the Christmas tree farm on Lick Street in Summerhill, just north of Rt. 90 on the west side of the road. We are along the first stretch of this farm, about where the first slightly forested area begins on the east side. The bird gave several soft song bouts from somewhere out in the small spruces, but it was singing very quietly and we were not able to get a visual. We have waited around a while but it has not called again. Song sounded typical of this species, a series of dry, buzzy notes. Habitat looks perfect for them as well. I will post if we have any luck refinding it. Jay -- 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] bald female northern cardinal
Identified, thanks to Sandy Podulka. Almost certainly a bald female northern cardinal (though much slimmer than the one pictured in the Cornell site). http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/BaldBirds.htm Marty Hatch -- 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] Probable Clay-colored Sparrow, Summerhill
I just refound Jay's Clay-colored Sparrow. It is singing profusely in the northeast corner of the southern part of the tree farm in the hedgerow between the north and south stands. I managed to get some mediocre photos. Brent Bomkamp Northport, NY On Sunday, June 2, 2013, Jay McGowan wrote: Livia and I just heard a probable CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing from the Christmas tree farm on Lick Street in Summerhill, just north of Rt. 90 on the west side of the road. We are along the first stretch of this farm, about where the first slightly forested area begins on the east side. The bird gave several soft song bouts from somewhere out in the small spruces, but it was singing very quietly and we were not able to get a visual. We have waited around a while but it has not called again. Song sounded typical of this species, a series of dry, buzzy notes. Habitat looks perfect for them as well. I will post if we have any luck refinding it. Jay -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] bald birds
For several days I had a very bald red winged blackbird male at my feeders on Lansing Station Road in Lansing. Any ideas on cause of baldness? This blackbird seemed healthy energetic. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Jun 2, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Martin Fellows Hatch m...@cornell.edu wrote: Identified, thanks to Sandy Podulka. Almost certainly a bald female northern cardinal (though much slimmer than the one pictured in the Cornell site). http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/BaldBirds.htm Marty Hatch -- 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] Lindsay Parsons mystery song
Visitors to Lindsay Parsons this year may have heard a strange trill from the first field, coming from the trees in the east. Our SFO group had heard this on May 5, during which I said it was probably an odd junco song. This morning's CBC field trip heard the song again. Here's an iPhone recording: http://suan-yong.com/sound/2013-06-02-lp1.wav Well, today we were able to we track down this singer, getting great looks in Paul's scope at it singing. Do you know the answer? Paul said he'll be posting a field-trip report, so I'll let him give the answer there. If not, I'll post the answer later. Suan -- 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] Ovenbird nocturne
I went to bed last night with my windows open, and at 11:40 I was surprised to hear an ovenbird's evening song -- a complicated melody reminiscent of winter wren with a few teachers thrown in. It kept me awake listening for more, but the bird did not sing again. A group of at least three ravens seem to have claimed the Commonland territory as their own. Suan -- 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] Night Heron
We had our BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON making a ruckus last night, around midnight, intermittantly chiming in with our Green Frogs, Bullfrogs, Am Toads and peepers. No Mink frogs or Grey Tree frogs in the chorus though. -holly On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu wrote: Good morning! Since I've started recording most favorable nights (late May, on), it would seem that Cuckoo migration is well under way. The biggest push seemed to be the night of 31 May to 1 June. On this night, I recorded 12 distinctly different Black-billed Cuckoos, with the first occurring at 10:46pm and the last occurring at 4:02am. Five Yellow-billed Cuckoos called over this same night, the first at 10:56pm and the last at 4:14am. Last night (1-2 June) was less favorable, with generally breezier than ideal conditions. Only three Black-billed Cuckoos were recorded calling (night flight call) overhead at 11:57pm, 2:19am, and 3:55am. Daytime reports of Cuckoos has also been up in this region over the past few days. To those who listen or record at night, good night-listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 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 Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yellow Barn trillers and species recognition
Suan's post about the mystery triller at Lindsay Parsons (which I guess to be a Yellow-rumped Warbler) prompts me to relate an experience from this morning along the Signal Mountain road through Yellow Barn Forest. I heard several trilling DARK-EYED JUNCOS along this road, and was keeping track of their wide variation (one was distinctly 3-parted with pauses between short trilled phrases). I came to one unseen bird with a very fast, short, and dry trill, which made me pause. On a long shot, I played the song of a Worm-eating Warbler -- several times with no response at all. The bird continued to sing from a nearby treetop. Then, just to be sure, I cued up Dark-eyed Junco on my iPhone app and played the first several variations -- the song continued from the same spot with no perceivable response. Then I noticed that the songs I was playing were labeled Oregon Junco -- the westernmost form of Dark-eyed Junco. They sounded like perfectly good junco songs to me. The next song up was Slate-colored Junco and within a half second of the song beginning, a male JUNCO dove straight down out of the treetop like a bullet and hopped around at me feet. So, even though I was confused but he trilling songs, this bird certainly was not confused about what he was! I was also hearing quite a few BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, mostly giving their alternate song -- a very high-pitched short tee-tew-tee-tew-tee-tew. One song seemed a bit longer and slower and seemed very much like a Black-and-white Warbler song (I find Black-and-white to be a surprisingly rare breeder in the Ithaca area, so wanted to be sure). So, I played Black-and-white Warbler song to this bird (which to me matched the song I was hearing almost exactly), and immediately a bird dove at me and sat fairly low in a tree over my head -- only it was a male Blackburnian Warbler! So Why would a Blackburnian Warbler respond so strongly to a Black-and-White Warbler song, and a Junco completely ignore a nearly identical song from a different race of its own species? After 50 years of birding, I still learn new things every time I go out! KEN byw, Yellow Barn was fairly quiet overall, but I did have a nice male HOODED WARBLER on Tehan Rd. on the way up, and a singing MOURNING WARBLER along Yellow Barn Road when I was driving back around. Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Speaking of Trillers . . . .
Ken's accounts of birds responding to the calls of other birds reminds me of a time a couple of years ago when I made the trek from Station Road to search for Worm-eating Warbler. From the top of the ridge, after listening for a while to some distant trilling, I played the Worm-eating song. Who should come flying in but a Junco. That's when I gave up trying to identify Worm-eating by sound. And Ken, thanks for suggesting Yellow-rumped Warbler as the source of Suan's mystery bird. I was on Paul's trip this morning. That was my second guess, after my first guess was rejected. So, Paul, the envelop please . . . . Bob McGuire -- 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] Speaking of Trillers . . . .
Sounds to me pretty close to a typical Field Sparrow alternate song. Jay On Jun 2, 2013 2:34 PM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote: Ken's accounts of birds responding to the calls of other birds reminds me of a time a couple of years ago when I made the trek from Station Road to search for Worm-eating Warbler. From the top of the ridge, after listening for a while to some distant trilling, I played the Worm-eating song. Who should come flying in but a Junco. That's when I gave up trying to identify Worm-eating by sound. And Ken, thanks for suggesting Yellow-rumped Warbler as the source of Suan's mystery bird. I was on Paul's trip this morning. That was my second guess, after my first guess was rejected. So, Paul, the envelop please . . . . Bob McGuire -- 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] Getting wet at Lindsay Parsons
I led the bird club trip of 8 people this morning to Lindsay Parsons. It started out clear but muggy, but we were rained on towards the end. Nevertheless we had a good day. From the parking lot we had Barn and Tree Swallows, two Kingbirds, a Chestnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Mourning Dove, a Flicker, a Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cardinal, Goldfinch, Cowbird and Song Sparrow. We took the blue trail and first stopped at the little bridge just down from the kiosk. We heard and saw little from there, but as we were about to move on, a Woodcock flushed from right under our noses. Further on, we stopped just after where the path first goes into the meadow. Vigorous chipping from the trees led us to two Field Sparrows. The one that was chipping had a live green caterpillar in its bill. The other was flitting about in the same vicinity. We wondered if this was juvenile begging behavior, but that didn't seem to fit exactly. At one point a Yellow Warbler joined them and seemed to eye the caterpillar before deciding not to attempt to steal it. After a few minutes, the sparrow gobbled the morsel down. We had heard a Prairie warbler from here, and were able to pick it up with the scope in some bushes. A Yellow-throated Vireo was singing from across the field. Suan's mystery chipper was heard coming from the trees so we decided to solve the mystery. This bird sounded like a bit like a Junco, but also like a Field Sparrow with an irregular song. It was clearly coming from high in the tree, which seemed less likely of the sparrow. After a traipse through the wet vegetation, we finally picked it up in the scope to find it was indeed the Field Sparrow. We visited the ponds next, where we found at least twenty Wood Ducks, most of which decided we were too close and flew off. In the distance we found a female leading a group of about six chicks. A female Kingfisher was also visible, as were about ten Canada Geese. Back to the meadows. We had been hearing faint Indigo Bunting song, and when we moved to the next field Bob found it perched high on the dead tree at the end of the trail. The song seemed strangely feeble and easily drowned out by the other birds. Curiously, on the return, the bird was in the same spot, but singing much more strongly. Beyond the meadow, the trail goes between low bushes before joining the woods. We first found a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, got good looks at a Chestnut-sided Warbler, and then found a Blue-winged Warbler and a Black-and-white. Into the woods, we heard a singing Scarlet Tanager, but did not get a visual. Also heard was an Ovenbird. At the bottom of the trail just before crossing the railroad tracks, were two Eastern Phoebes over the creek. On the other side it started to rain so we paused until it let up. We then took the right branch of the loop, and soon heard an atypical song that turned out to be a Magnolia. From there we also heard a Hooded Warbler and another Black-and-white. As we went round the loop, the rain started in earnest, so we hurried along. By the time we were back to the meadows, it had eased somewhat. Here we heard a Veery singing from the woods. Returning to the cars, the only item of note were eight Double-crested Cormorants circling over, possibly going to the large pond there. Finally, we decided to stop at the Fire house to check out the drowned trees there. We found four Great-blue Heron nests, two of which contained quite large chicks that were visible. Also seen there were four Green Herons and another Kingfisher. A single female Wood Duck here was being followed by no fewer than twenty chicks. Of course we had some of the other usual suspects along the way. Below is the ebird list. Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Tompkins, US-NY Jun 2, 2013 7:50 AM - 11:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.7 47 species Canada Goose 40 Wood Duck 20 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Blue Heron 1 American Woodcock 1 Mourning Dove X Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 4 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee 1 Carolina Wren 1 Veery 2 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin X Gray Catbird X European Starling X Ovenbird 2 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat X Hooded Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Prairie Warbler 5 Eastern Towhee X Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch X -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1
[cayugabirds-l] Van Dyne Spoor Road Black-crowned Night-Heron
Last night I posted the sighting of two juvenile Black-crowned Night-Herons at Van Dyne Spoor Road. John Gregoire correctly pointed out to me that it is early for juvenile Night-Herons. What I should have said was young or first summer. The birds were uniformly tan/light-brown in body and wings with no prominent breast streaking and lacking two-toned wing feathers (thus ruling out American Bittern). Bob McGuire -- 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] Red-headed Woodpecker at Mays Point
Had a quick glimpse of a red-headed woodpecker on S. Mays Point Rd (across from fishing access) about 11 AM Sunday. It was getting mobbed by blackbirds and didn’t stay around long. -- 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] Speaking of Trillers . . . .
I should add that in all the years I spent scouting for the World Series of Birding in New Jersey, in similar mixed hardwood forests at High Point and Stokes State forest, we couldn't buy a junco! Nearly all the trillers there are Chipping Sparrows, even in the deep forest (apparently due to the over browsing by deer), but I recall one time I was very excited to hear a very dreamy trill coming from a hemlock ravine -- I spent about 30 minutes tracking it down (before the iPhone days) and I was surprised to find a Worm-eating Warbler! Very humbling indeed. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Jun 2, 2013, at 2:33 PM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.commailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote: Ken's accounts of birds responding to the calls of other birds reminds me of a time a couple of years ago when I made the trek from Station Road to search for Worm-eating Warbler. From the top of the ridge, after listening for a while to some distant trilling, I played the Worm-eating song. Who should come flying in but a Junco. That's when I gave up trying to identify Worm-eating by sound. And Ken, thanks for suggesting Yellow-rumped Warbler as the source of Suan's mystery bird. I was on Paul's trip this morning. That was my second guess, after my first guess was rejected. So, Paul, the envelop please . . . . Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
