Re:[cayugabirds-l] Bird attractor tree recommendations UPDATE

[Sandy Wold]

Update:  I have received two recommendations for native trees that will
attract birds...would love to have more to add to a list to possibly give
to the City of Ithaca forester and nurseries..., not sure if she has a list
or what her list is...  has the CBC ever offered a "recommended" list?
It's one thing to go to a nursery and buy a proclaimed "bird attractor"
bush or tree, but I'd prefer a list of birder-proclaimed native trees.  By
the way, I bought a "native butterfly bush" from a reputable nursery and
later learned the one I bought was considered "invasive" and controversial
by some.

Here is a start:

Serviceberry, *Amelancier arborea*, white flowers spring, orange/gold fall,
30 ft. after 20 years, purchased at Dickman's in Auburn

Chokecherry Canada Red, *Prunus virginiana*, 15 ft. after 3 years,
purchased at Agway


Does anyone know anything about the Chanticleer Pear, *Pyrus calleryana*
tree? native or non-native?  It flowers and holds small fruits thru winter,
25-35ft x 15-25ft

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[cayugabirds-l] Connecticut Hill

[Suan Yong]

Had a nice CBC field trip this morning, starting with a willow flycatcher at 
the Wegmans parking lot. With Dave Gislason leading us through a variety of 
interesting trails at Connecticut Hill, the seven of us ended up with a good 
variety of species, though most were visually rather uncooperative. Highlights 
included hooded warbler (singing but seen briefly only by me), alder and least 
flycatchers, pine warbler, indigo bunting, eastern towhee, a female 
chestnut-sided warbler coming in really close to make sure we didn't disturb 
its little nest with four tiny chestnut-sided eggs:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/1024400910931057/

Also a fly-by broad-winged hawk, singing red-breasted nuthatch and Blackburnian 
warbler, calling hermit thrush, interesting plumage on fledgling juncos, and 
some bobolinks to end the morning.

After the field trip, I drove west towards Cayuta Lake, and on the way down the 
hill I heard this song:

http://suan-yong.com/sound/Ct-hill-4-2016-06-04.wav

I was pretty excited, thinking I might have found a new breeding cerulean. The 
bird remained high but moved around quite a bit (well, the song did, as I never 
saw any movement), and eventually came down low to check me out, revealing 
itself to be "just" a black-throated blue warbler.

Suan
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] First 2016 Cayuga Lake Basin Records list is updated

[Dave Nutter]

I have just recognized and corrected an error I made on the 2016 CLB First 
Records list. My apologies. The Eastern Whip-poor-will in the town of Virgil is 
OUTSIDE the basin. I am not aware of any Whip-poor-will so far this year in the 
basin. Although the location was correct, Woodchuck Hill Rd near Gridley Creek 
on the north side of NYS-392 east of the hamlet of Virgil, and indeed this rare 
bird has been heard several times, I was mixing up the road name with a 
different road much closer to 'downtown' Virgil, Holler Rd, which is near a 
different stream that is the eastern edge the Cayuga Lake watershed. Gridley 
Creek drains into the Tioughnioga River which goes south.

--Dave Nutter

On May 30, 2016, at 08:06 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:


I think I have the 2016 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list up to date again:

http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records





Eastern Whip-poor-will is another odd case. Brad Walker & Jay McGowan saw one 
in their headlights along Bald Hill Road in Danby while doing a basin big day. 
However the location on their eBird report drains into Michigan Hollow where 
topo lines show that valley drains south to the Susquehanna, so it is out of 
the Cayuga Lake Basin. On the other hand Jeffrey Smith reported hearing one in 
Virgil at the very edge of the Basin but along a creek which clearly does drain 
to Cayuga Lake. It's a pretty obvious sound, so I'm not sure why it hasn't been 
confirmed on eBird yet. 





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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird attractor tree recommendations wanted

[Lee Ann van Leer]

Two great resources for bird attracting trees and other plants:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology's
http://yardmap.org


Click on "native plants"
then choose "which birds, which plants"

Also a locally developed book by the Cayuga Bird Club:

Native Plants for Native Birds

http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/publications
Scroll down on that page to the 2nd book. 

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> On Jun 4, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Sandy Wold  wrote:
> 
> I'm looking to plant one or two trees for birds to also shade a parking 
> area...any suggestions? 
> 
> Crab apple seems good but wondering if anyone has other suggestions as I 
> already have two. Anything native? with leaves smaller than a maple? not too 
> messy with droppings?
> 

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[cayugabirds-l] Bird attractor tree recommendations wanted

[Sandy Wold]

I'm looking to plant one or two trees for birds to also shade a parking
area...any suggestions?

Crab apple seems good but wondering if anyone has other suggestions as I
already have two. Anything native? with leaves smaller than a maple? not
too messy with droppings?

Thanks in advance!

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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Fort Drum

[Carol Keeler]

Thought this might be of interest since Fort Drum is a hot spot for grassland 
birds.

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Ginny Alfano ginnyalfan...@gmail.com [oneidabirds]" 
> 
> Date: June 4, 2016 at 8:18:23 AM EDT
> To: Oneidabirds 
> Subject: [OneidaBirds] Fort Drum
> Reply-To: Ginny Alfano 
> 
> Following is a link to an article  in the Watertown Times regarding a 
> proposed missile site at Fort Drum. 
> 
> An excerpt from the article says "The Fort Drum site would have a 1,219-acre 
> footprint, about 200 acres larger than other sites. The Drum site would 
> require the clearing of 996 acres of forests, shrub areas and grasslands."  
> "There is also some concern that the site placements at Fort Drum and Camp 
> Ravenna could negatively affect surface water streams"
> 
> I know that many of us have enjoyed going to see the grassland species of 
> birds at Fort Drum that we don't find in many other places. This would 
> certainly have a negative impact on them. 
> 
> http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/new-study-says-fort-drum-missile-site-could-bring-jobs-tax-revenue-20160602
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> Ginny Alfano
> Cleveland, NY
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