[cayugabirds-l] Phoebe empty-nesters

[Robin Cisne]

Asking for a friend (no, really!):

"I'm going to have my house pressure washed and re-stained this summer.  I
don't want to interrupt my Phoebe's nesting/fledging but I have to give
these companies a date.  Do you  have any idea when would be a post-fledge
time for this?

Thanks for your help,
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WOOHOO!  Flying over the top of Snyder Hill.  

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead sharpie for donation

[Robin Cisne]

I've always frozen them, and then just dropped them off at the front desk.






On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM Peter Saracino 
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> My friend has  a window strike victim in the form of a Sharpe-shinned hawk
> (I think, vs Coopers). He'd like to see it get used for educational or
> research purposes. Any thoughts of a good contact person at the lab or
> somewhere else? He can transport it. Just needs a destination.
> Many thanks.
> Sar
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Elmira Limpkin

[Robin Cisne]

Wasn't she the villain in an early 20th c. novel?




On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:18 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> On 12 October Barb Borelli found and photographed a Limpkin along the
> Chemung River in Elmira and reported it to eBird. This morning (22 October)
> Martin Cain refound & photographed it, also along the edge of the river.
> This afternoon Ann Mitchell & I went to look for it, and we were close by,
> as were Adam Farid & Mike Gullo, when Jeremy Collison discovered the
> Limpkin a hundred yards from the river standing and resting in the
> dead-leaf-strewn floodplain forest immediately southeast of Pirozzolo Park
> in an area which seemed to be associated with a culvert below the corner of
> the levee. The bird was standing almost under the Japanese Knotweed which
> covered the embankment above. We were surprised when it walked toward us,
> coming within a few yards behind a narrow screen of knotweed, then it
> turned and strolled toward the river, sometimes out in the open, and rested
> again at the top of the riverbank for several minutes, remaining there when
> we left at 4pm. During the 40 minutes we watched it, it was silent and
> neither flew nor fed but seemed relaxed & healthy. Later observers saw it
> catching worms in the leaf litter. If you seek this bird, don’t just look
> at the edge of the river, look in the woods, too. Pirozzolo Park is near
> the West Elmira fire station on Water Street.
> This is the second NYS record for this species. The first record was just
> last autumn along the Niagara River. That bird was captured just before the
> deadly blizzard hit Buffalo, and I believe it was released in South
> Carolina.
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[cayugabirds-l] FYI — proposed development next to Sapsucker Woods

[Robin Cisne]

I copied this from NextDoor.  Jane-Marie Law was the author.

"

[image: Profile photo]
Jane-Marie Law

[image: Profile photo]
Northeast Cigarette Alley

•
1 hr ago
•

175 Family Development Being Proposed for end of Taryeton Drive Concerning
the proposed "Taryeton Drive Multi-Family Complex" proposed for the end of
Taryeton. I have received a proposed map from the Town of Ithaca Planning
Department which was prepared by Marathon Engineering in Rochester to get
an assessment of the water plan. . According to Becky Jordan, this is in
its conceptual phases, which means this is a very good time to weigh in.
But the developer, Dakota, is already putting some significant investment
into this so this is not in just "gee, let's think about this" phse. For
some reason I am unable to post a copy of the map here but am happy to
share it. It does appear that the traffic would be routed through Arrowood
Drive but it requires removing a lot of that forest and actually affecting
the wetlands that are directly contiguous with the Lab of Ornithology. I
would like to ask everyone who is interested in taking a very active
supervisory role in this to drop your e-mail in a message to me and I will
create a group and share the map and anyone can then share info on this. We
DO need affordable housing. We DO need to plan for density. We DO need to
be sensitive to scale and sudden impacts and neighborhood walkability and
the ecological sustainability of large projects like this. We Do need to
demand that Cornell is transparent about the original bequest that allowed
it to get the land adjacent to the LAb of Ornithology. We DO need to demand
that with a project like this which will have a huge impact on traffic,
roads, schools, walkability adn ecology that Cornell pay its fair share of
taxes. (Kind of a separate issue and kind of not.) If you are in the
cigarette streets, please start spreading the word. We need full
transparency and we need to be informed and organized.

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[cayugabirds-l] How to find bird guide to Faroes?

[Robin Cisne]

Hi there —

I have a friend, not on this listserve, who is planning a trip to the Faroe
Islands, leaving from Shetland, and would like to connect with a local
birder who'd be willing to serve as a guide to the area.  Can anyone tell
me how to find such a person?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Song query

[Robin Cisne]

Thanks — I think you've all got it.  Apparently there are a pair of them
singing back and forth to each other in my neighborhood.



On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 9:15 AM Meena Madhav Haribal 
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> Prairie Warbler?
>
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> *From:* bounce-126551678-77325...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
> bounce-126551678-77325...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Robin Cisne
> *Sent:* Friday, May 13, 2022 8:53 AM
> *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Song query
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>
>
> Can anyone tell what bird it is — I think it's a warbler — that has a
> buzzy song which is a rising scale of about seven notes?  Like Bzz.zt!
> ?
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[cayugabirds-l] Song query

[Robin Cisne]

Can anyone tell what bird it is — I think it's a warbler — that has a buzzy
song which is a rising scale of about seven notes?  Like Bzz.zt!  ?

Thanks for any help —

Robin

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Phoebe

[Robin Cisne]

Heard her today in the trees between the ponds at the Arboretum.  ☺

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Not the birds please

[Robin Cisne]

What names are you referring to?  It's my understanding that what we used
to call an Oldsquaw is now properly called a Long-Tailed Duck.  Are there
other birds whose names are being changed?  The quotation below is from
Wikipedia, but similar commentaries are found in other references:

"The English word *squaw* is an ethnic and sexual slur
,[1]
[2]
[3]
 historically used
for Indigenous North American
 women.[4]
 Contemporary use
of the term, especially by non-Natives, is considered offensive, derogatory
, misogynist
 and racist
.[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]


The word is not used among Native American
, First
Nations , Inuit
, or Métis
 peoples."


Surely ornithologists and amateur birders alike don't wish to perpetuate
ignorant and disparaging slurs.





On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:26 PM Carl Steckler  wrote:

> First it was statues, then military bases.
> Now the target of the woke crowd are birds.
> The American Ornithological Society is thinking about changing the names
> of some birds because they have a past that some call racist.
>
> Common people there is no room for political correctness in bird watching,
>
> Or did I just miss the memo?
>
> Please don’t let this hysteria ruin our hobby.
>
> There may be scientific reasons to change the name but unit for political
> reasons.
>
> Birding is and should be open and available to every person, period.
> What is next, ABA verses Audubon?
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar Waxwings

[Robin Cisne]

Several times this winter I've seen a flock at the south end of Lackawanna
Road in Brooktondale.




On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:45 AM Carol Cedarholm  wrote:

> Just saw a flock of 20 Cedar Waxwings in my backyard in downtown Ithaca.
> Has anyone else been seeing them?
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] GH Owl Singing

[Robin Cisne]

Enlighten me:  I thought GHO courted in January.  If they are courting in
October, won't the females be brooding and then raising owlets in the
middle of winter?






On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:56 PM Linda Orkin  wrote:

> Deep songs of owls' nuptials float far on gentle night currents
> Songbirds shiver on shadow shrouded boughs in dread of lurking silence
>
> Linda
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 12:29 AM Kenneth V. Rosenberg 
> wrote:
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>> Linda, I've been hearing them too -- sounded like one was in my backyard
>> or towards your yard, but if you hear it towards the school, those loud
>> voiced carry far!
>>
>> KEN
>>
>> Ken Rosenberg
>> Applied Conservation Scientist
>> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>> American Bird Conservancy
>> Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
>> k...@cornell.edu
>> Wk: 607-254-2412
>> Cell: 607-342-4594
>>
>>
>> On 10/5/20, 9:39 PM, "bounce-125008573-3493...@list.cornell.edu on
>> behalf of Linda Orkin" > behalf of wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We’ve been hearing one and two Great-horned owls from Muriel street
>> sounding like they’re over towards northeast elementary. Heard them at
>> least 4 times in the last two weeks. Sounding like a male and female. Two
>> times around 9 PM and two times in the early hours of morning around 3.
>> Very neat.  Although I doubt the Crows agree that it’s neat.
>>
>> Linda Orkin
>> Ithaca NY
>>
>> > On Oct 5, 2020, at 8:13 PM, Suan Hsi Yong 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > A Great Horned Owl was singing this evening at Six-Mile Creek,
>> > repeating the classic sequence of hoots starting around 7pm from the
>> > hills south of the second dam reservoir. Let the courting begin, I
>> > suppose.
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[cayugabirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit

[Robin Cisne]

  John just called from Montezuma to say that he watched a Hudsonian
Godwit land in the pool that is just inside the entrance.  Several other
cars have stopped to see it, too.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] John James Audubon's Birds of America | Audubon

[Robin Cisne]

  I had the pleasure of seeing a few of the original Audubon paintings at
the New York Historical Society a few years back, and they were a
revelation in their stunning attention to detail and subtle use of color.






On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:41 PM Chris R. Pelkie 
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> https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] arrogant dogowner going viral

[Robin Cisne]

Magnus, your last paragraph linking unleashed dog-walking to the
depravities of colonialism is an ambitious overreach, and an outrageous
conjecture unsupported by fact.  I assume you meant to type "setting their
*dogs* on birds and people."  No evidence has been offered, either in this
forum or by Christian Cooper, that any owners of unleashed dogs have
deliberately sicced 'em on innocent bird watchers.  You are not a victim.

I am a birder and the responsible, unarrogant owner of a frequently
unleashed dog who is not permitted to bother people (and generally ignores
them anyway).  The great outdoors is big enough for all of us, even for
people eager to police others.





On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:40 PM Magnus Fiskesjo 
wrote:

>
> Connecting to the recent discussion here, about arrogant dog-owners, this
> case in Central Park, NYC is relevant.
>
> The sister of the birdwatcher in the incident sent around his original
> film, which is going viral and reaching millions now:
> https://twitter.com/melodyMcooper/status/1264965252866641920
>
> The BBC reports: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52759502
>
> But, because the birdwatcher who reminded the woman she is required to
> have her dog leashed in the park, was a Black man, Christian Cooper, most
> attention has understandably turned to her astounding attempt to call in
> the police on account him being a Black person -- and less attention seems
> to be paid to her arrogance against our feathered friends ... which is why
> he told her.
>
> Some people online have tried to highlight the guy's identity as a
> birdwatcher also.
>
> Here is Christian Cooper the man talking about the excitement of
> birdwatching:
> https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1265338098256424973
>
> Also his friend said this - turns out he's a TV host, “Birds of North
> America”:
> https://twitter.com/JasonWardNY/status/1265353355150450690
>
> All in all, I think this incident actually brought out how the arrogance
> of the dogowners setting their down on birds and people, is actually
> intimately related to the deeper history of colonialist appropriation (the
> "I, me, mine" selfishness of grabbing, owning, excluding others), and the
> racism that goes with it ... and apraently lurks right under the surface,
> consciously or not.
>
> (ps. I live in both Ithaca and NYC and often birded in Central Park, and I
> often have chatted with fellow birdwatchers while waiting for birds in the
> Ravine and other places. I think I may have run into Cooper a few years ago)
>
> --Sincerely,
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Of Unleashed Dogs and Waterthrushes

[Robin Cisne]

As the owner of a *well-behaved *dog who prefers to be unleashed and leaves
other people alone, I'm very sorry this happened to you.  Inconsiderate
jackasses like that ruin it for the rest of us.

Robin






On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:29 PM Magnus Fiskesjo 
wrote:

>
> Nice poem!
>
> One of your dog men at least said sorry. At Hog hole the other day,
> ignoring all the signs that say dogs-on-leash-only, a man unleashed his
> oversized filthy dog, and it rushed at and jumped at my wife, who was quite
> scared, as she tried to defend herself and fend it off. The man did not say
> one word of apology, evidently could not care less. I wanted to bash his
> head in, or that of his dog, but did neither. The stupid dogs aren't guilty
> of course, it's the dogs' masters. There is something profoundly unseemly
> and deeply intolerant in how these people wield their dog slaves to insult
> and impose on others, both on other people, and on wildlife.
>
> --yrs.
> Magnus Fiskesjö
> n...@cornell.edu
> _
> From: bounce-124583580-84019...@list.cornell.edu [
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> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 7:58 PM
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> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Of Unleashed Dogs and Waterthrushes
>
> Despite the drenching rain today, I did my daily jog.
> Around the trails of six-mile creek I passed two groups with dogs.
> The first dog came a-leapin' at my thigh, against my wish.
> The owners said their sorries as they feigned to tend its leash.
>
> The second dog, also unleashed, was sniffing as it roamed,
> an area where a Waterthrush had surveyed for a home.
> Meanwhile from way up in the tree the Waterthrush did sing,
> O'er heavy rain and rushing creek the melody did ring.
> The song seemed more insistent, although I can't be sure,
> As if announcing to the world, "hey dog, get outta here!"
> Both dog and man soon left the scene, no harm it seems inflicted.
> As spring rolls on I hope to see if nesting was affected.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eared Grebe

[Robin Cisne]

No photos, but Horned Grebes have been carefully ruled out.





On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:31 PM Jay McGowan  wrote:

> Any photos yet? There have been up to a dozen Horned Grebes, many in
> confusing transitional plumage, around the south end of Cayuga Lake the
> last couple of days, so those should be ruled out when identifying an Eared.
>
> Jay
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM Magnus Fiskesjo <
> magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> It's here: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L140301
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>> From: bounce-124486653-84019...@list.cornell.edu [
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>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 2:06 PM
>> To: Robin Cisne
>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eared Grebe
>>
>> Which one is east shore park?
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:01 PM Robin Cisne > rfci...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> East Shore Park (1:55 pm).  The bad news is that the roads are pretty
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eared Grebe

[Robin Cisne]

   East Shore Park is off East Shore Drive, about .5 mi north of
Stewart Park.  It's next to the Cornell sailing facility.





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> Which one is east shore park?
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:01 PM Robin Cisne  wrote:
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>> The good news is that there is an Eared Grebe close to shore right now at
>> East Shore Park (1:55 pm).  The bad news is that the roads are pretty
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[cayugabirds-l] Eared Grebe

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The good news is that there is an Eared Grebe close to shore right now at
East Shore Park (1:55 pm).  The bad news is that the roads are pretty
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wildlife drive?

[Robin Cisne]

Montezuma wildlife drive opens April 1st.






On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:28 AM Nancy Cusumano 
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> Does anyone know if the wildlife drive is open yet for the season?
> Seems like that might be a good solitary endeavor.
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[cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks are here!

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They weren't there yesterday, but today the Bobolinks are exuberantly back
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[cayugabirds-l] Semi-palmated Plover

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On the move this morning, seen twice in the field at the southwest corner
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goose down on the commons

[Robin Cisne]

My dog and I inadvertently surprised a goose on the north end of Tioga
Street at about 2.30 pm.  He took off squawking, flying south.





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On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Nancy Tonachel Gabriel 
wrote:

> Just saw a lone goose walking eastward on Court St nearing intersection
> with Linn st.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 13, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Nancy Cusumano 
> wrote:
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> So the one on the commons has been gone for about 10 minutes, on his own
> it seems.
> Couldn't be the same one, could it?
>
> Anyway, no more commons rescue needed.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Corinne Morton <
> renecorinne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Strangely , I just got a call from a friend on Tioga who said a goose is
>> oddly sitting in his front lawn like the commons goose and won't move . It
>> also keeps stretching its neck out flat but nobody is around.  I am at work
>> and can't get there myself.  He's never had a goose in his lawn on Tioga
>> before. It might be ill but he  said it doesn't look injured.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 13, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Linda Orkin  wrote:
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>> Candace, I remember that you said you are being trained for transport.
>> Does this goose fit into your parameters?
>>
>> Linda Orkin
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Nancy Cusumano 
>> Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 11:45 AM
>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Goose down on the commons
>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
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>> Apparently there is a goose sitting on the commons, sitting on the
>> walkway and been there several hours. Can anyone co check on him and maybe
>> bring to Swanson if necessary? Doesn't seem a likely spot for one...
>>
>> Photo attached.
>>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch Lifespan

[Robin Cisne]

How long, on average, do goldfinches live?





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On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Peter  wrote:

> 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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Re: [cayugabirds-l] A Crow flight

[Robin Cisne]

And yesterday at the same time, when I was near Beechtree Care Center (cor.
Clinton & Albany), hundreds were streaming overhead from the north.

I always think that crows must enjoy the winter as a fun, social
alternative to the summertime responsibilities of raising their nuclear
families.  Perhaps these community exercises are when then young check out
potential mates.





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messily, and painfully evolving into better human beings. I just wish the
process weren't so wasteful.

 *





On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Ann Mitchell 
wrote:

> I saw hundreds of crows flying down Rte 13 heading towards Cornell around
> 4:30.
> Ann
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 14, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
>
> For almost 25 minutes that I have been here, a steady flow of AMERICAN
> CROWS are flying over South Lansing from NE to somewhat SW over East Shore
> Drive.
> They are coming from North Lansing at least. I am now on Conlon rd north
> of rt. 34B/ Ridge Rd. and see some crows stopping briefly in a line of
> trees south of a large corn stubble field. Some stopped in the corn field,
> too.
>
> Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] Kingbirds flocking

[Robin Cisne]

Until this morning, I had only seen Kingbirds alone, but today there was a
whole big flock assembling in the scrubby field (bushes, thistles, and
teasels, etc.) at the corner of Route 79/Slaterville Road and Landon Road.




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Off topic: old computers

[Robin Cisne]

The Tompkins County Solid Waste facility on Commercial Ave. off Route 13S
handles them if they're only good for trash.  Otherwise, the ReUse Store in
the Triphammer Mall fixes and resells them, but I would call first.
256-9699.




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> I have heard that there is a place in Ithaca that recycles old computers.
> Where might this be?
> Richard Tkachuck
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!

[Robin Cisne]

I thought robins usually did that, as long as the subsequent clutches are
in the same year.  A pair that nested under our covered patio one year
raised two batches in the same nest.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote:

 It's highly unusual for a songbird to reuse a cup nest, but outside my
 kitchen window I have a female robin refurbishing the nest from which she
 (presume the same female) and her mate successfully raised three young a
 few weeks ago. Haven't yet got a good look at exactly what material she is
 bringing in.

 Marie


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] equine hummingbird - is this legit?

[Robin Cisne]

No, it's good — I've seen it elsewhere.

Robin

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Donna Lee Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote:

  I am suspicious of emails with no message in the body and with a link to
 a website.

 So, I will not open this one.



 Betsy, if this is really you, please send a brief message with it.



 Donna Scott

 Lansing



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Great Big Indigo Bunting west side of Seneca Lake

[Robin Cisne]

The giant Pileated Woodpecker is pretty good, too!  BTW, I've had one at my
suet feeder lately — I'm assuming a female piling on needed calories.

Robin

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Regi Teasley rltcay...@earthlink.net
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 Fellow Birders,

  Tuesday several other birders and I saw a REALLY big Indigo Bunting
 on the West Side of Seneca Lake.  OK, actually it was a puppet and we were
 protesting gas storage under the lake. For more information and photos:
 http://www.wearesenecalake.com/nature-lovers/

  We had a good time and did some birding while there, including seeing a
 juvenile Bald Eagle.  If you might be interested in joining us for some
 future gatherings, follow this link: 
 http://www.wearesenecalake.com/pledge-protect-seneca-lake/
 http://www.wearesenecalake.com/pledge-protect-seneca-lake/

 Maybe our children can have a future in which they, too, can enjoy
 birding in this area.

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[cayugabirds-l] Owl seduction

[Robin Cisne]

I hope you'll excuse this being somewhat off-topic, but I could use some
sage counsel.  I have an old mailbox that I was thinking I could nail up in
a tree in hopes an owl would roost in it.  Am I deluding myself?  If this
is a realistic possibility, are there things I could do to make it more
attractive?  I put up a bat house a couple of years ago and am disappointed
that it remains unused.
Thanks for your help,
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] So you think you know your yard?

[Robin Cisne]

This may not be strictly legit, but for my own private, informal purposes
my yard extends down the road a half-mile past the open fields, which my
dog and I walk every morning.  Thus far this spring I've got a royal flush
of hawks: Red-tailed, Broad Winged, Marsh/Northern Harrier, Red-Shouldered,
Cooper's, and Sharpie.

If I have six of kind does that prove that I've got something up my sleeve?
; )




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 There's the Big Year, the Big Day... I know people who do Big Sits... And
 now, introducing the Big Yard.

 After finding out over the past few days, just by paying much closer
 attention, that my own yard can yield almost fifty species in a single day
 (and counting!!), I'm inaugurating a new game in the vein of staycations,
 small carbon footprints, making do, and discovering what's right under your
 nose: The Big Yard, May 7-31, 2014.

 Anyone can participate (so go ahead and forward this to anyone not on this
 list who might want to play).

 The rules are:
 1) all birds counted must be visible and/or audible from your property
 2) day tallies must be made within one day (12:00am to 11:59pm), with a
 new tally starting on the next or any subsequent day. At the end of the
 month, you submit to me, via email, your biggest day's species total, with
 street address, approximate property size, and any notes you want to
 include.
 3) you can borrow a friend's yard if you don't have one of your own, but
 no one can combine two yards for any one day.
 4) no calling Sapsucker Woods your yard! The idea is to stay more or less
 where you are.
 5) you may recruit helpers (kids, partners, friends welcome), and your
 efforts may be combined for the same Yard. Be wary, though, of the
 enthusiast who lets her imagination create Little Blue Herons at her feeder.

 Winners may occur in the following categories, plus any others that seem
 necessary:
 Most Species in a Single Day,
 Most Species of the Game (5/7-5/31 species total)
 Best Behavioral Observation,
 Best Reporting Style,
 Most Yard Lists Submitted to eBird, and
 A Bird Poker Award (full house of woodpeckers? Royal flush of
 sparrows?)-- in other words, most birds from one family group.

 Prizes are TBA, but in the spirit of the game, they'll likely be
 no-marginal-cost and/or imaginary, and will include having your newly-won
 title announced formally to the venerable Cayugabirds list-serve, with
 highlights from your daring feats of observation.

 I'll be the judge, will not be allowed to win anything, and will consult
 experts as needed.

 I encourage you to submit all of your tallies to eBird!! Who says only the
 hotspots are hot spots?? Let's populate eBird with new heavily-birded
 locations!

 Reply off-list if you want to say you're participating or if you have
 questions. I look forward to hearing what you find. You can do this game
 even if you can only bird your yard once or twice between now and the end
 of the month.

 Think you have only House Sparrows and an occasional American Goldfinch? I
 dare you to look/listen again. And again...

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come...

[Robin Cisne]

Yet another reason to love birds:  after a certain point in late winter,
they say, To hell with the temperature, I'm getting on with it!


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 Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near
 my feeders.

 Think Spring!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Robins

[Robin Cisne]

And bluebirds in Danby and Brooktondale


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Linda Madeo lwma...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'm thinking that they are starting to filter in .. there does seem to be
 a big influx recently.


 On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Lots of robins about...I just haven't posted about it! Scores of them
 feeding on the still-fruit-laden the crabapples in the Cornell Plantations,
 lots of them singing. Scores also on bare grass patches in a backyard along
 Mt Pleasant Road (around Baker Hill area).
 Would people agree there's been a big influx? Or have they all just been
 hiding somewhere...my take is that a lot of robins that have been hanging out
 south of here have started to filter north again.

 Marie

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 From: bounce-112774128-5851...@list.cornell.edu [
 bounce-112774128-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Rhea Garen [
 r...@cornell.edu]
 Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:52 PM
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 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Robins

 Just looking through the digests for the last few days and saw no mention
 of robins.  We saw about a dozen robins on Sunday afternoon.  They were
 browsing in a patch of bare grass on swamp college rd in Jacksonville.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bats!

[Robin Cisne]

I installed a bat house on the southeast side of my house over a year ago,
but haven't attracted any customers.  There aren't any bat lures, are
there?  ; )

Robin


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:11 AM, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu wrote:

  I spent a summer banding bats in Indiana as part of an undergrad project
 from Earlham College. It was supervised by Jim Cope, father of Ed Cope of
 our Ithaca community. We banded 10,000in one summer mainly from large
 breeding colonies. My first science paper was on the results of that bat
 study.

 Probably the red bat was the Red Bat Lasiurus borealis. As Alyssia said,
 some bats hybernate at our latitude. The temperature needs to be not too
 cold, or they will use up all of their energy trying to keep warm before
 spring returns, but not too warm, or their temperature will drop to the
 ambient and metabolism will not slow down enough to make the body fuel last
 until spring.
 The chance that the bats have rabies, which they do carry, is very small.
 They do poop and pee during the winter, which can leave stains and smells.
 Otherwise, they are harmless and interesting.

 John Confer

 On 12/5/2013 5:34 PM, alyssajohns...@aol.com wrote:

 Betsy, I'd love to see your picture. Also, there are both tree and cave
 bats it NY. Typically the tree bats are here in summer and migrate. Cave
 bats are the ones we find in our attics this time of year. Attics make
 great pseudo caves! There are multiple species of each. I recently wrote a
 blog entry on them, if interested!


 http://blog.timesunion.com/nywildlife/readers-write-in-bats-of-ny/1762/




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 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Bats!
 Date: Thu, Dec 5, 2013 5:24 PM


 I'd be interested in the answers you get. We have had bats hibernating in
 our garage for years. We've sealed up every possible entry space but they
 still get in. They live in our bat house in the summer but they prefer the
 warm garage in the winter. We had a beautiful orange (!) bat on a deck
 railing last month. I can send a picture if anyone can identify it for me.
 Thanks, Elizabeth King

 At 05:00 PM 12/5/2013, Betsy Darlington wrote:

 Does anyone know of a bat expert in Ithaca - perhaps at Cornell or IC?  We
 had two bats show up in our house last night, a little after midnight!  We
 have no idea how they got in, and we were unable to catch them in our bat
 net and release them, so they no doubt will show up again.  They didn't fly
 around much, unlike the ones that get in during the summer.  Does anyone
 know if they hibernate in people's attics in Ithaca or should they be off
 in a cave somewhere?
 Thanks!
 Betsy
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Screech-owl

[Robin Cisne]

I'm glad to hear that Marc's owl recovered quickly.  Last fall I witnessed
a young Red-Tailed Hawk, inexpertly hunting, collide with a car, and I
ended up taking it to CU's Wildlife Rehab facility on Hungerford Hill Rd.
Weeks later they emailed to say that it was expected to make a complete
recovery and would be released back into the wild.  I'm so glad to know
that we have professional, emergency wildlife care in the area.

And the RWBBs were back in Brooktondale this morning.  And the geese are
migrating!

Robin

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Marc Devokaitis mdevokai...@gmail.comwrote:

 Driving east (30mph) on Slaterville/Harford road (Caroline?) at about
 7:15PM yesterday evening, my companion and I were startled by a collision
 and accompanying loud thud on the passenger side of the windshield of my
 early model Nissan Sentra.  After a few breathless seconds we stopped,
 turned around, and found the object of our unfortunate encounter--a gray
 Eastern Screech-owl, sitting motionless, eyes closed, right in the center
 of the poorly-lit road.

 I pulled the car to the side of the animal and put my flashers on. Keeping
 the owl in the indirect beam of the headlights, I squatted close to take a
 look. It was clearly sitting upright, and there was no visible external
 damage. As soon as I was on the owl's level, it shuffled itself a bit and
 within a moment, opened wide its calm, yellow-green eyes.  It turned its
 head and looked at me. I said some gentle words of sincere apology. It
 blinked, and made a single, plaintive noise that I can best describe as a
 sonorous peep. It was a ridiculously adorable creature.

 Still quite unsure of the overall condition of this being, I timidly
 stroked the back of its head.  He bristled mildly.  Sensing the bird was
 coming out of being stunned, I thought the most important thing was to
 determine whether the wings were damaged.  I prodded a bit more insistently
 on its back, hoping to get it to stretch its appendages a bit.  It obliged,
 and after the briefest of self-exploratory motions, the owl whisked itself
 out of sight into the adjacent woods.


 Marc Devokaitis
 Ithaca NY


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] British bird watchers

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That manly crowd makes me wonder:  if the British have a problem with
football hooligans, are there also birder hooligans?

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:22 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard 
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 Looks pretty much like a man's world. Must have pretty tolerant employers!!

 Fritzie

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[cayugabirds-l] yet another Belted Kingfisher

[Robin Cisne]

They're everywhere!  They're everywhere!  (well, almost:)

We saw one yesterday in Center Lisle as we were speeding south on Route
79.  There's a little pond near the Dudley Diner, visible from the road,
and a wire crosses right over the pond.  The kingfisher was in the middle
of the wire, looking downward, hungrily.

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[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds in B-dale

[Robin Cisne]

This morning I saw three bluebirds on Vandermark Road in Brooktondale — a
very cheerful and welcome sight in December!

Happy Solstice —

Robin

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[cayugabirds-l] snowy owls

[Robin Cisne]

While perusing USA Today in Wegman's Cafe, I read a brief article about a
surprising abundance of eight Snowy Owls counted in Kansas.  The phenomenon
was linked to a normal, cyclical low in the number of arctic rodents,
driving the owls south.  If so, perhaps we too shall be lucky.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER

[Robin Cisne]

That reminds me of a (slightly) funny story.  Some years ago I had to go to
Tulsa on business.  I'd never been to that part of the country before, and
really wanted to see a Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (the state bird!).  But I
didn't see one, and I kept not seeing one, and was telling the cab driver
about my frustration on the way to the airport; when —* mirabile dictu* — I
finally saw one perched on the chain-link fence outside the airport.  I got
very excited, which made the cab driver protest, Hey lady, it's not like
it's the Amazon!

I feel like rushing all the way across town to see if I can see this
striking bird.  Enjoy him if you see him!

Robin



On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:13 PM, John Greenly j...@cornell.edu wrote:

 The dregs of this tropical storm appear to have brought us more than rain-
  I was just shown a very clear cell-phone photo of a SCISSOR-TAILED
 FLYCATCHER perched on a horizontal wire, said to have been taken just a few
 minutes ago on the grounds at Sterling House of Ithaca, which is on Bundy Rd
 just off 96, on the left on the way up to the hospital.  It is a retirement
 community, I don't know anything about the situation for public access.

 --John Greenly

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