Re: [cayugabirds-l] Armitage rd drainage
The way I learned it, a swamp is a forest wetland, which describes this place well. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 30, 2022, at 9:43 AM, Kate T. Finn wrote: > > The language we use is important. I would suggest we consider replacing the > word "swamp" with "wetland", which is also a protected habitat in some cases. > > More information may be available via NY-DEC Fish and Wildlife as a place to > start. > > Kate T Finn > Ithaca > >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 7:07 AM wrote: >> I was over on Armitage rd. the other day where the nestboxes are set up for >> Prothonotary warblers and noticed the one that had fallen over the winter >> was reinstalled (west side of the river). Unfortunately however this private >> property has had some ditching/drainage work done which is draining that >> swamp into the Clyde River. The ditch was flowing steadily and I fear the >> swampy woods there will be drained in no time, eliminating the habitat there >> for the Prothonotary warblers as well as Northern waterthrush, Wood duck and >> a host of other species. While these birds nest at other locations in the >> Montezuma complex it is saddening that this place may no longer provide >> wonderful opportunities to see these birds. I will try to find out more >> information regarding the plan for the swamp but at this point it doesn't >> look good. >> >> Kyle Gage >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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] a few yard birds
Enjoyed watching a restless Northern Waterthrush dart around the bank of our back creek this morning in Danby which feeds into Buttermilk creek. Nearby a ruby crowned Kinglet flitted through some low trees but was soon chased away by a second RC Kinglet which flashed its red head feathers. Across the creek, a male Cardinal cocked its head and appeared to feed something to a female Cardinal - both perched on the lawn, while a group of four white-throated sparrows foraged through some yard leaves. Good birding, Dave -- 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] Possible Sedge Wren at Sapsucker Woods
This morning on the Hoyt Pileated trail about 100 yards from the road I heard a call coming from the area between there and the power line cut. I'm not super familiar with the Sedge Wren call, so I listened to a few on Merlin. What I heard was very much like the second part of that bird's two-part call, but I didn't notice the first part. That is, the "machine gun" rattle and not the introductory phrase. I tried getting closer, but it didn't continue after about four repetitions. There was a House Wren in that same spot, but I know what they sound like, and this wasn't one of them. I'm not confident enough to call it as a Sedge Wren, but I'm hoping that others in the area will keep an ear out for one. SSW was otherwise rather delightful this morning and included a Virginia Rail calling by the platform on the Wilson Trail. Among the other usual suspects (and already reported by others) was the Osprey, the Great Egret, a Northern Waterthrush, about 60 Rusty Blackbirds (yes really), Palm Warbler, Yellow Warbler, many Yellow-rumped, and a Blue-headed Vireo. -Paul -- 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] CBC Bird Walk Results, April 30 - Dryden Rail Trail
Saturday morning (4/30/22) was a very productive and enjoyable day to lead a Cayuga Bird Club bird walk along the Town of Dryden Rail Trail, despite the chilly start to the morning. The walk was lead by me (Chris Tessaglia-Hymes) with co-leaders Bob McGuire, Stephanie Herrick, and Paul Anderson. Thanks to Bob McGuire for handling the pre-registration logistics. A total of 32 of us walked from the Freeville Village Hall south along the Town of Dryden Rail Trail, toward the George Road parking lot which is a little over a mile away. For those who completed the entire walk, we traveled a little over a 3 miles round-trip over the course of 4 hours, and we collectively spotted (or heard) a total of 50 species of birds. The highlight of the walk was seeing two of three vocal Virginia Rails at the edge of the small cattail marsh near the base of the east side of the rail bed, about 100 yards north of the turnoff to the Freeville water treatment plant and pond. Three different birds were heard giving their grunting calls and two were observed mating briefly and at least one was seen very well by everyone. The pun by the end of the walk was that "we saw a Rail from the rail bed of the former railroad, now Rail Trail." Thanks to everyone for signing up and coming along. Get out and enjoy other open sections of the Dryden Rail Trail, as migrating birds continue to pass through the area this spring! More information about the Town of Dryden Rail Trail is available at the official Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/TownofDrydenRailTrail/ More information about the Cayuga Bird Club is available here: https://www.cayugabirdclub.org/ Below is the complete checklist of the 50 species of birds seen, as entered into the eBird database (https://ebird.org/home): Complete Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S108477302 Dryden Rail Trail--Freeville to George Rd., Tompkins, New York, US Apr 30, 2022 7:46 AM - 11:48 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.197 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Cayuga Bird Club walk 50 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 13 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 10 Virginia Rail 3 Two birds observed copulating at the edge of the cattail marsh near the base of the east side of the rail bed, about 100 yards north of the turnoff to the Freeville water treatment plant and pond. Three different birds were heard grunting. Seen very well by everyone. Turkey Vulture 17 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 6 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 American Kestrel 3 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 3 Tree Swallow 2 swallow sp. 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 House Wren 3 Carolina Wren 3 European Starling 9 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 22 House Sparrow 2 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 12 Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 19 Swamp Sparrow 13 Eastern Towhee 2 Eastern Meadowlark 6 Red-winged Blackbird 17 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Common Grackle 5 Yellow Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Northern Cardinal 5 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108477302 -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes PO Box 488 8 Etna Lane Etna, NY 13062 607-351-5740 -- 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] Wood thrush
Just heard FOY in my woods across road! Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
