[cayugabirds-l] Odd experience with Merlin app (Bobwhite?)
Hi all, Shortly before noon today, I heard a very distinct and unfamiliar bird call in the yard here in Dryden (meadow with scattered shrubs and conifers). Merlin didn't register anything initially, then I looked at my phone and saw Northern Bobwhite listed while I heard the call. I resumed looking for the bird (unsuccessfully), then looked at the Merlin output again to find that Northern Bobwhite had disappeared entirely from the growing list of birds (all expected breeding species here). The call continued, yet Merlin never registered it again. I have no experience with this species, but the Northern Bobwhite sound recording on All About Birds matched what I heard beautifully. I never did see the bird, although I didn't have much time to search. I'd love to hear some thoughts. Thanks, Kevin -- 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] Sad news
Judy Lutes, a long-time member of the Cayuga Bird Club and previous SFO student, passed away on June 1. Her obituary can be found in the Ithaca Journal. A memorial is planned for Saturday, June 17 at 11 am at St John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca. 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)
The nest site is not giving off any noticeable odor now. Hal Harrison wrote that careful concealment of the nest from predators was imperative, because of the strong odor that results from feeding carrion to the young. Perhaps “careful concealment” includes eating and defecating off-site during the incubation period to postpone detection as long as possible. But is that the onset of the climate apocalypse that’s choking me this morning? The boreal forest is burning, and my nostrils are full of the smoke. Imagine the toll those fires are taking on nesting birds. -Geo > On Jun 6, 2023, at 8:23 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > You have a lot of predators down there, Geo. > So they are a threat to baby TVs. > I did notice that there was very little odor in the boathouse while the birds > were there, even tho baby Hissy did poop inside. > Maybe lack of odor will help hide the chick(s) from predators. > Here’s hoping. -- 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] Turkey Vulture egg(s)
You have a lot of predators down there, Geo. So they are a threat to baby TVs. I did notice that there was very little odor in the boathouse while the birds were there, even tho baby Hissy did poop inside. Maybe lack of odor will help hide the chick(s) from predators. Here’s hoping. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2023, at 8:16 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote: Thanks Donna, that gives me a lot to look forward to! I had undertaken a bit of slow, desultory salvage work at the abandoned shack in the woods, but after discovering the Turkey Vulture scraping in the debris on the floor there on April 29-30, I avoided the place for weeks. It does seem like a PERFECT place for a Turkey Vulture nest, except perhaps for the range of mammalian predators in the vicinity: red foxes, gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats and especially fishers. I wonder how much of a risk they pose… -Geo On Jun 6, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about May 11, 2022: -- 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] Turkey Vulture egg(s)
Thanks Donna, that gives me a lot to look forward to! I had undertaken a bit of slow, desultory salvage work at the abandoned shack in the woods, but after discovering the Turkey Vulture scraping in the debris on the floor there on April 29-30, I avoided the place for weeks. It does seem like a PERFECT place for a Turkey Vulture nest, except perhaps for the range of mammalian predators in the vicinity: red foxes, gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats and especially fishers. I wonder how much of a risk they pose… -Geo > On Jun 6, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about > May 11, 2022: -- 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] Turkey Vulture egg(s)
My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about May 11, 2022: Egg probably hatched June 17, producing a white, downy chick with a black face and beak. The nestling (sitting on just beach gravel, so not much of a "nest"). Chick sat with its beak resting straight down on the gravel much of the time. It hissed if I came near it, which I did not do very much. Parent was with it some of the time, but parent out hunting a lot. I looked up TVs in "Birds of the World" and it (and Robyn Bailey) said that TV chicks are very slow to mature, taking 2-3 months to fledge. Towards the end of August the chick was wandering around in the boathouse and was by then mostly black feathered. I have photos. By third week of August I saw Hissy was gone from inside and not at the place outside the boathouse where it usually went by then. I saw Hissy fly on August 24, 2020. So a little over 2 months since it hatched. Its face & beak by now was gray, as was its feet. Its feet may have been gray from hatching, but not sure because I could not see them. It hung around the area by itself for several days. I saw it perched on the boathouse second story deck railing. One time it perched over me in a big oak tree that overhung the RR track that is in my former backyard. By this time I had moved to Kendal and was not at 535 Lansing Station Rd very much. House sale closing early September and I was not there anymore. Realtor joked: "Turkey Vulture conveys with house!" Lawyer joked that this was the first time she had to consider a turkey vulture during a house sale. I have no contact with new owners, so do not know if the TV tried to nest there again. Donna Donna L Scott 377 Savage Farm Dr Ithaca, NY 14850 d...@cornell.edu -Original Message- From: bounce-127459297-15001...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 9:14 PM To: Geo Kloppel ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s) Cool. Donna Scott, what is your experience with timing of eggs and chicks in the nest in your boathouse a couple of years ago? Abandoned shack in the woods sounds PERFECT for a Turkey Vulture nest! Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-127459109-3493...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 8:09 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s) In late April I found a Turkey Vulture scraping around in the domestic debris on the floor of one of our abandoned shacks deep in the woods. I coded it as NB (nest building). Over the next few weeks I observed several comings and goings that I interpreted hopefully as shift-changes. She’s still in there today. Sitting in a scrape in the trash for five weeks running seems so purposeful that I feel pretty confident there must be an egg or two, soon to hatch… -Geo -- 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 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/ --
