[cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch Lifespan

[Peter]

Folks.

I've read in both the book "Into the Nest (by Laura Erickson & Marie 
Read) and on the Lab's Birds of North America online that, on the 
average, male goldfinch live longer than females. Can anyone shed light 
on  why this is so? I recently purchased a new niger tube feeder that is 
3 feet long with a spiral wrap-around perch. It can handle many finches 
and is not disappointing!So far I've had a total of 8 finches there at 
the same time.  But I AM seeing many more males than females and hence 
my question. Thanks for the help!!





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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

*  New York*  Syracuse   
   - May 29, 2017
*  NYSY  05.29.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 22, 2017 - May 
29, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY 
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands 
Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, 
Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortlandcompiled: May 29  AT 5 p.m. (EDT)compiler: 
Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  Greetings: This 
is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 22, 2017.
Highlights--
WHITE PELICANLEAST BITTERNBRANTWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERWILSON’S 
PHALAROPERED-NECKED PHALAROPECOMMON NIGHTHAWKRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIAN 
FLYCATCHERYELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHEROLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERPHILADELPHIA 
VIREOGRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWCLAY-COLORED 
SPARROWORCHARD ORIOLE




Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     16 species of shorebirds were reported from the complex this week. 
Highlights will be listed below.     5/23: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again 
found on Carncross Road at the buildings. It was reported through the 27th.     
5/24: One or two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue at the wooded area on Armitage 
Road west of the Seneca River Bridge. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at the 
Visitor’s Center. A LEAST BITTERN was reported from VanDyne Spoor Road.     
5/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has returned to Mays Point Road.     5/27: 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and WILSON’S PHALAROPE were both reported on the Wildlife 
Trail. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on VanDyne Spoor Road. A LEAST 
BITTERN was reported from Howland Island at the HQ Pond.     5/28: A LEAST 
BITTERN was reported along the Wildlife Drive.

Derby Hill Bird Observatory--
     An expected low number for this late in the season of 1,631 Raptors were 
counted this week. 2 WHITE PELICANS on 5/23 were the non raptor highlight. 
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen most evenings.      May 31 will be Anna’s last day. 
Get up to say goodbye if you can.

Oswego County
     5/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Sunset Bay. An ACADIAN 
FLYCATCHER was again seen on Gray Road west of Rt. 43 south of Oswego. A 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Sunset Bay Park.     5/26: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 
was seen on the Sithe Energy Trails.     5/27: A LEAST BITTERN was heard in the 
marsh on County Rt. 54 in Pennelville.     5/28: BRANT were still seen 
migrating along Oneida Lake from Constantia.

Onondaga County--
     5/23: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.     5/24: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues in Whiskey Hollow west 
of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at the Dewitt Landfill along 
the Erie canal.     5/26: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from the west 
shore trail of Onondaga Lake.

Madison County
     5/23: An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen at Ditch Bank 
Road north of Chittenango.

Oneida County
     5/23: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of 
Clinton.     5/24: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were reported from Spring Farm 
Nature Sanctuary. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen along the Erie Canal Trail east 
of Rome.

Herkimer county
     5/24: PHILADELPHIA VIREO. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and OLIVE-SIDED 
FLYCATCHER were reported in the Old Forge area.
         

-end report 
    
Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 13027  U.S.A.  
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland Preserve and Roy H. Park Preserve, Mon 5/29

[Tom Hoebbel]

Thanks Mark for your inspiring and very enjoyable guidance on these walks. 
Looking forward to next year already. 

Tom

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 29, 2017, at 1:13 PM, Mark Chao  wrote:
> 
> With only moderate rain and no lightning at all, the conditions on Monday 
> morning allowed us to complete our scheduled Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring 
> Bird Quest (SBQ) walks after all.  It got pretty cold and wet, I admit, but 
> maybe an optimist could consider it half-warm and half-dry.  We did get our 
> share of rewarding moments too.
>  
> Four optimistic and hardy participants joined me at the Goetchius Wetland 
> Preserve at 6:30 AM.  We had several distant views of male BOBOLINKS in the 
> field by the parking lot, with one close look that left me wanting more but 
> also somehow feeling satisfied at the same time.  We also had an excellent 
> close look at a pair of SAVANNAH SPARROWS.  Feathers matted by the rain, 
> these birds issued sharp chips, evidently out of alarm at our proximity to 
> their nest.   
>  
> Down the road by the main wetland, Tom Hoebbel found the weekend’s only 
> PURPLE FINCH, an intensely dark-red male, in a bare shrub at the edge of the 
> pond.  To my equal surprise, we heard a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH singing far out 
> in the wetland, maybe all the way out in the trees on the opposite end.  And 
> as expected, we saw and heard both WILLOW FLYCATCHER and ALDER FLYCATCHER 
> from essentially the same vantage point along the road. 
>  
> At the Baldwin Tract of the Roy H. Park Preserve, our group size now up to 
> 10, our good luck with bird sightings seemed to run out.  But we did hear 
> many expected birds, most notably several MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, plus the 
> weekend’s only WINTER WREN and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, both singing 
> virtuosically and tirelessly at the confluence of streams below the lean-to 
> shelter.  We heard a few forced high notes in some spruces – a partial 
> BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER song, I think.  I also heard one PRAIRIE WARBLER singing 
> once, but I think that maybe the others in the group missed it.
>  
> It was also a fine day for newts.  We saw two adult Red-spotted Newts 
> crossing Flatiron Road near Goetchius, and one bright Red Eft at Park.
>  
> In the end, my SBQ bird species count reached 86 – not bad given today’s 
> suboptimal conditions – and just as gratifying, the participant tally nearly 
> touched 100 if you count repeat visitors each time.  The species tally will 
> probably yield at least a couple thousand dollars in support of the Land 
> Trust’s work on protecting habitats for birds, for all wildlife, and for us.
>  
> Thanks to all participants for your great company and support this weekend.  
> What a privilege and pleasure it is to spend time in such great places, amid 
> so many wonderful birds, with all of you!
>  
> Mark Chao
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[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland Preserve and Roy H. Park Preserve, Mon 5/29

[Mark Chao]

With only moderate rain and no lightning at all, the conditions on Monday
morning allowed us to complete our scheduled Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring
Bird Quest (SBQ) walks after all.  It got pretty cold and wet, I admit, but
maybe an optimist could consider it half-warm and half-dry.  We did get our
share of rewarding moments too.



Four optimistic and hardy participants joined me at the Goetchius Wetland
Preserve at 6:30 AM.  We had several distant views of male BOBOLINKS in the
field by the parking lot, with one close look that left me wanting more but
also somehow feeling satisfied at the same time.  We also had an excellent
close look at a pair of SAVANNAH SPARROWS.  Feathers matted by the rain,
these birds issued sharp chips, evidently out of alarm at our proximity to
their nest.



Down the road by the main wetland, Tom Hoebbel found the weekend’s only
PURPLE FINCH, an intensely dark-red male, in a bare shrub at the edge of
the pond.  To my equal surprise, we heard a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH singing
far out in the wetland, maybe all the way out in the trees on the opposite
end.  And as expected, we saw and heard both WILLOW FLYCATCHER and ALDER
FLYCATCHER from essentially the same vantage point along the road.



At the Baldwin Tract of the Roy H. Park Preserve, our group size now up to
10, our good luck with bird sightings seemed to run out.  But we did hear
many expected birds, most notably several MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, plus the
weekend’s only WINTER WREN and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, both singing
virtuosically and tirelessly at the confluence of streams below the lean-to
shelter.  We heard a few forced high notes in some spruces – a partial
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER song, I think.  I also heard one PRAIRIE WARBLER
singing once, but I think that maybe the others in the group missed it.



It was also a fine day for newts.  We saw two adult Red-spotted Newts
crossing Flatiron Road near Goetchius, and one bright Red Eft at Park.



In the end, my SBQ bird species count reached 86 – not bad given today’s
suboptimal conditions – and just as gratifying, the participant tally
nearly touched 100 if you count repeat visitors each time.  The species
tally will probably yield at least a couple thousand dollars in support of
the Land Trust’s work on protecting habitats for birds, for all wildlife,
and for us.



Thanks to all participants for your great company and support this
weekend.  What a privilege and pleasure it is to spend time in such great
places, amid so many wonderful birds, with all of you!



Mark Chao

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[cayugabirds-l] Empid nest etc, Danby State Forest

[Suan Hsi Yong]

On Saturday, after the Spring Bird Quest at Lindsay-Parsons, I drove around
and up Michigan Hollow Road in Danby State Forest, and found three
nest-builders (Chestnut-Sided, Empidonax sp, and Yellow Warbler). I've
posted some videos of the latter two on Facebook:

Empid sp:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/1340413365996475/

Yellow warbler:
  https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10213443714945277

I'm particularly curious about the identity of the Empid. The bird was
making "wit" calls (heard early in the first video), which I think suggests
Willow Flycatcher. However, this nest was situated in between, and not far
from, the territory of "the" Acadian Flycatcher and an Alder Flycatcher.
Any expert thoughts and opinions?

Suan

PS. Both of these nests seem sufficiently well-positioned (yet close to the
road/trail) that I don't mind describing their locations to those wishing
to pay respectful visits. Just email me off-list.

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