[cayugabirds-l] FOY Ovenbird

[Suan Yong]

FOY ovenbird at monkey run south, silently foraging on the ground.

Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY house wren

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A FOY house wren was singing at lighthouse point this morning, along with 
Carolina Wren and a Winter Wren with a very interesting intro to its song, 
while working with the Cayuga Bird Club conservation action committee and some 
Cornell women's soccer players clearing privet.

Also heard Rusty Blackbirds, briefly seeing at least two. Ospreys were circling 
noisily usually when a juvie Bald Eagle was in the area, though later seemingly 
in some kind of display, one bird clutching a small fish in one talon and 
flapping around awkwardly.

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[cayugabirds-l] RTHA BWHA chase

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Just watched a pair of Red-tailed Hawk chasing a Broad-winged Hawk near the 
intersection of Giles and 79. The broadwing circled high to leave the scene 
while the redtails continued to circle low.

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[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush @ Mulholland

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Perhaps others have heard their return already, but Louisiana Waterthrush is 
singing at Mulholland, FOY for me.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Varna mystery bird song

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Three hours after the first recording, at 1:30pm, I heard another strange song at the same corner (just across the road):https://www.facebook.com/share/v/KHo3FA2wqLxtFaQa/?mibextid=K35XfPFor this one I did locate the singer, which was indeed a Dark-eyed Junco, seemingly pretending to be a Song Sparrow? I'm still not sure that it's the same bird that sang the earlier song, but I guess it's possible.SuanOn Apr 1, 2024, at 1:18 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:




Dark eyed junco is my thought. 
Laura


Laura Stenzler
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On Apr 1, 2024, at 1:08 PM, Suan Yong  wrote:





This was singing this morning at 10:30 in Varna at the intersection of the Dryden Rail Trail and Mt Pleasant Road:


https://www.facebook.com/share/v/a8nRpSH3wrzXdZZ8/?mibextid=K35XfP




I don't know what it is, though I have a guess.


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[cayugabirds-l] Varna mystery bird song

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This was singing this morning at 10:30 in Varna at the intersection of the 
Dryden Rail Trail and Mt Pleasant Road:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/a8nRpSH3wrzXdZZ8/?mibextid=K35XfP

I don't know what it is, though I have a guess.

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Sapsucker

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FOY4me YB Sapsucker today at six mile creek second reservoir. I know a few 
overwinter here and there, but I'm guessing this one just arrived from 
somewhere warmer.

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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow near Salt Point

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A field sparrow was foraging on the slope next to Myers Road just north of the 
intersection to Salt Point. Took a while to work out its ID, especially with 
its torso feathers fluffed out so it looked fatter than a usual field sparrow 
look. This was probably around 11am.

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[cayugabirds-l] Renwick Pipit, Audubon, etc.

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Lots of birds in Renwick woods this morning just west of the stone arch, 
including an American Pipit, an Audubon's Warbler and a Myrtle at least, plus 
bluebirds, white-throats, ca wren, etc. Stephanie is the one who saw the 
yellow-rump with a yellow throat.

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[cayugabirds-l] Ruby-crowned kinglet @ SSW

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Leigh and I and two visiting birders had a birdy morning around sapsucker 
woods, with a ruby-crowned kinglet showing off its red crown, first seen by the 
Charlie Harper bench and working its way into the woods. That same corner stand 
of white pines also hosted a brown creeper and several golden-crowned kinglets 
plus other usuals. Also had two pine siskins at the feeder to start the morning.

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[cayugabirds-l] Red Crossbill @ Hammond

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A female or juv red crossbill just came down to eat grit at the Hammond Hill 
main parking lot. Has flown off but seemed to like that spot and may come back.

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[cayugabirds-l] Fledgling Traill's Flycatchers @ Cass

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At Cass Park's dragon boat docks, the hedges to the left of the little bay is 
hosting a pair of fledgling Traill's Flycatchers being fed by a parent. Fun to 
watch. I'm guessing it's Willow Flycatcher from habitat, but could perhaps be 
Alder? Fledglings are making "chit" calls, parent is silent.

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[cayugabirds-l] Atlas addiction continues

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I caught the atlas addiction bug on June 18, and have been atlasing most 
mornings since. I keep waiting for the breeding activity to taper down so I can 
ease up on the atlasing, and today looked like it might be the day. I arrived 
at Highland Forest east of Tully with heavy overcast and rain falling 15 
minutes after I arrived. Why did I waste my time driving all this way, I asked 
myself. But after the rain passed, I managed to confirm 14 (probably) species - 
possibly my best day yet - in this wonderful place in a surprisingly 
low-coverage atlas block. The confirmations include not-easily-found species, 
like Blackburnian feeding Cowbird, Golden-Crowned Kinglets feeding young, an 
unexpected male Magnolia Warbler with accompanying fledgling, a silent mottled 
thrush that my lousy photos showed a reddish tail feather suggesting Hermit 
Thrush, and maybe a Nashville Warbler - a fledgling which I thought was a 
Common Yellowthroat initially but my photo shows some reddish feathers on the 
head -- I will have to post that later for discussion to confirm or refute. I 
got these along with more usually confirmed species like Common Yellowthroat, 
Dark-eyes Junco, Blue Jay, Cedar Waxwings, and Red-eyed Vireo - of which I've 
been seeing many feeding young REVIs lately, in contrast to earlier in the 
season when all the parent REVIs were feeding cowbirds! And I finished the 
morning by the parking lot - which is outside the priority block - with a 
redstart feeding young and a fledgling purple finch making an interesting call 
hitherto unfamiliar to me. Mon-confirmation highlights include Pine Warbler 
(red dot), Brown Creeper, and Broad-winged Hawk.

So it's not too late to get out to do some atlasing. Start by looking at the 
block effort map at https://ebird.org/atlasny/effortmap . Doing a low-coverage 
block can be more satisfying but atlasing any priority block or any block at 
all is still useful to the project. You can also find links to useful resources 
at https://cayugabirdclub.org/resources/breeding-bird-atlas . I'd been meaning 
to write a primer for the BBA, but have been so busy atlasing I haven't gotten 
around to it :-).

As you can imagine, most of the priority blocks around Ithaca have good 
coverage or are marked complete. I've been using this as an excuse to explore 
places further afield, and have discovered some wonderful birding sites within 
an hour's drive: west beyond Watkins Glen are some state forests (Sugar Hill, 
Goundry, West Hill), and to the SW Hornby Park and Edwin WMA are gems I didn't 
know existed. To the southeast around Newark Valley are Alexander Pond, 
Ketchumville SF and Oakley Corners SF. Towards Syracuse I found a "fledgling 
alley" at Onondaga Dam, a path between two hedgerows where a variety of birds 
including fledglings congregated; and today my latest discovery of Highland 
Forest, which I'm surprised I'd never visited before. The places I've listed 
are parks that let you bird off-road, but there are opportunities to atlas in 
other blocks: look for quieter roads, cemeteries are often productive, and many 
rural schools are surrounded by some habitat.

So this weekend I encourage everyone to give atlasing a try. The key is to 
listen for high-pitched calls that "sound insistent" - which unfortunately may 
be out of the range of hearing for many people. Fledglings do lots of silly 
things and it's quite fun to watch!

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[cayugabirds-l] Atlas Addiction

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Hi, my name is Suan and I'm addicted to atlasing. :-)

It started last Sunday when I drove up to Genoa and biked around the CE atlas 
block. I found a YB Sapsucker nest with young, a BC Chickadee nest cavity 
frequented by parents, a Baltimore Oriole nest, and recent fledglings - often 
being fed - of Chipping Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, House Finch, Tufted 
Titmouse, and Yellow Warbler (whose fledgling is interestingly not yellow). 
Also had some food carriers (Common Grackle, European Starling) for a pretty 
good haul of breeding confirmations, I thought, the most I've had of any 
outing. Also heard Bobolink, Hooded Warbler, and Willow Flycatcher.

After a couple days with morning obligations, on Wednesday I drove down to 
Newark Valley where I found a Red-bellied Woodpecker nest with young and 
another YB Sapsucker nest with young. This was at Alexander Pond, a neat little 
park I didn't know existed! Broad-winged Hawks were present and vociferous, 
behaving like there might be a nest nearby, though I wasn't able to elicit any 
more evidence than "Suitable Habitat".

On Thursday I drove west to FLNF's Gorge Trail where I found yet another YB 
Sapsucker nest with young (third one this week!), flushed fledglings of DE 
Junco (and BH Cowbird), Ovenbird, and Veery, and saw a female Hooded Warbler 
with some white silky stuff in her bill - is it some silk-encased baby food, or 
is she nest-building rather late? Also had singing Louisiana Waterthrush and 
Winter Wrens in the gorge.

This morning I drove up to the north end of Summerhill where I saw feeding of 
young by Black-throated Blue Warbler, RB Grosbeak, and either Chipping or Field 
Sparrow - an adult of both species were seen in a bush where feeding action was 
taking place, but alas I could never tell which was doing the feeding. I found 
a fledgling Ovenbird while parents chipped agitatedly, and right by the trail 
was a very young fledgling of what I think is a BH Cowbird sitting silently 
hoping I wouldn't do it harm while a RE Vireo called from above. Other notable 
observations were multiple Mourning Warblers, Hermit and Wood Thrushes in an 
apparent song battle, and likely breeding Golden-crowned Kinglets singing up 
high in the impossible-to-see canopy.

All four outings above were to atlas blocks with relatively low effort hours 
and confirmed species counts, and I wasn't expecting to be able to find so many 
confirmations including of some elusive species. It seems like now is the peak 
of atlasing season in our area - it's no coincidence that tomorrow is Atlas big 
day - and I encourage everyone to take part in this activity that's both fun 
and helps collect data to understand the state of breeding birds in our state.

Don't know how to get started, you can join Stephanie and I tomorrow for a 
Cayuga Bird Club atlasing field trip from 7am-noon, meeting at Ithaca's 
children's garden (near the big turtle).

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[cayugabirds-l] Fuertes Orchard Oriole Nest

[Suan Yong]

This morning at Stewart Park we found an Orchard Oriole nest with nestlings 
being visited frequently by a yellow female and less frequently by a 
first-year-looking male, yellowish with black face and bib, with some "dirty" 
plumage as it slowly transitions to second year plumage. To find the nest, 
stand about ten feet back from the Fuertes platform in the "Swan Pen" and look 
at the big spruce tree in front of the boathouse. In one of the lower boughs to 
the bottom right pointing at the pond is the nest about two feet in from the 
end, maybe 10-15 feet high. The lowest bough is quite thin, the second lowest 
bough looks thicker, and it is in that thicker lump where you can see the nest 
with binoculars.

Also, the serviceberries along the road there are ripening and Cedar Waxwings 
are happily foraging them allowing for close approach. I thought those were 
crab apples until someone corrected me. They are actually rather tasty.

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn deer management

[Suan Yong]

Hawthorn is quiet from behind the softball field: yellow warbler, white crowned 
and white throated sparrows, savannah sparrow, catbird.

The woods are still posted no entry for deer management bow-hunting. Anyone 
know whether that's still active, and/or whether we can request a warbler 
migration ceasefire? :-)

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[cayugabirds-l] No Waterthrush, Yes Waterthrush

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This morning around 9am I heard a Northern Waterthrush singing at the Lab of O 
in the small marsh island just east of the building, near the shed which a 
sapsucker had been using as its sounding board. It sang a few times then 
disappeared.

A couple people I spoke to said they heard them at their usual spot around 
Woodleton.

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[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush

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Louisiana Waterthrush is back singing at Six Mile Creek upstream of second 
reservoir this morning. I didn't walk the trails the last two days so don't 
know if they'd been back, though yesterday's evening walk did not hear any. 
Winter wren continues singing in its traditional territory. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Winter Wren @ 6 mile creek

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Just heard a singing winter wren at potter falls. I guess the timing is about 
right.

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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey @ Stewart Park

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At Stewart Park this morning I heard them saw an Osprey fly by, the call both 
familiar and unrecognized at first as my gray matter librarian had to dust off 
my database of summer bird sounds that had been packed away for the winter.

A singing bluebird checked out the nestbox closest to the nw corner trailhead 
around the swan pen Fuertes sanctuary. Sad to see the piles remains of the 
mighty willow tree on the other side of the boathouse.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese etc

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Around noon today we saw from Union Springs a large continuum of skeins across 
the lake land towards the opposite shore - we think - which according to google 
maps would be offshore from Canoga where there is no public access. When we 
drove back south around 2:30, we saw a few "small" islands of snow geese not 
too far offshore, between Dean's Cove and Thirsty Owl; we were in a hurry then 
so did not stop to investigate further.

Other highlights of our trip including the most cooperative snow bunting ever 
on Davis road, perched on a bush right by the road where we pulled over and 
staying out for fantastic naked eye looks by everyone before we got out of the 
van. We saw a few more small flocks of snow buntings and horned larks 
throughout the day, including on the west side of the lake coming down. A pair 
of merlins were at Frontenac park in Union springs as well. Good variety of 
waterfowl at factory street pond as well as at the MNWR visitor center where 
four sandhill were a big hit, especially when they started dancing.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese?

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I was just at Aurora where I could barely make out a "small" (~1-2k?) island of 
snow geese in the distance, slightly south of due west. I suspect this is one 
of the islands Geo saw from the other side, and I believe it is located in the 
middle of the lake at the widest point of the lake, pretty much as far away 
from shore than they can get. This has been a popular spot to raft in past 
years, distantly visible from Dean's Cove against the backdrop of Aurora's 
pretty buildings, where they look to be closer to the east shore when in fact 
they probably aren't.

Did not encounter any bigger flocks, just a few small high flyover groups. 
Visitor Center pool was thinly frozen over and hosting Canada geese, pintails, 
and green-winged teals, with three Sandhill Cranes joined by three others for a 
bit before three departed. It was fun watching them all negotiate the ice, with 
some nice long slidey landings by pintails. We'll see if any of my videos turn 
out watchable.

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> On Mar 3, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Geo Kloppel  wrote:
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> Hi Sandy,
> 
> There are some big rafts of Snow Geese in Aurora Bay,  SE of Dean’s Cove. 
> Can’t see any at Cayuga Lake State Park where I’m now walking with my dog…
> 
> -Geo
> 
> 
>> On Mar 3, 2023, at 11:12 AM, Sandy Podulka  wrote:
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>> Anyone been to the Savannah Mucklands or by Cayuga Lake State Park the last 
>> couple of days?  Are there lots of Tundra Swans and/or Snow Geese?  Looking 
>> back on my notes, the next two weeks seem to be the peak time for them here, 
>> but with the odd weather, who knows?
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[cayugabirds-l] Snipe or Woodcock @ Bear Swamp (OOB)

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Around midday today while XC skiing at Bear Swamp, which had a good 6+ inches 
of snow cover, I flushed from a small snow-free patch of wet grassy muck a 
snipe or woodcock, which flew off not too far and interestingly looked to have 
landed on a tree branch at about eye level. Alas without binoculars it was too 
far to make out. As it flew off I noted a reddish tail, which would imply 
Wilson's Snipe, though I suppose I could've been seeing some of the reddish 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Red-winged Blackbirds

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Just saw a flock of some 100 RW Blackbirds in Slaterville Springs on Harford 
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[cayugabirds-l] Phila vireo etc @ Salt Poiny

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At least one Philadelphia Vireo and Wilson's Warbler at Salt Point so far this 
morning. Also an adult plumage tern at the point that looked like a sterna to 
me (Common or Forster), but I don't know what to make of its the dark wingtips.

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[cayugabirds-l] OROR WIWA @ Swan Pen

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Orchard Oriole (first year male) and Wilson's Warblers were singing at the Swan 
Pen this morning, among other more usual birds.

On my bike ride home, heard Blackpoll Warbler near the wood chip piles opposite 
the Newman golf course, and also along the east hill recway at the NW corner of 
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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn active

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Good variety at hawthorn orchard. Just walking the north end trail so far: 
parula, btgreen, b, Blackburnian, chestnut sided, nashville, yellow rumped. 
White crowned and white throated sparrows. Great crested flycatcher. Blue 
headed and warbling vireos.

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn quiet

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Hawthorn orchards was quiet this morning, no big arrival due to overnight storm 
I guess. Only warblers were one yellow warbler and two common yellowthroats. 
Blue-headed vireo, eastern towhee, and wood thrush were the only other 
highlights. A few ruby-crowned kinglets and white-throated sparrows linger.

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[cayugabirds-l] Winnowing snipes @ Goetchius

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Stopped by Goetchius wetland preserve this morning and was treated to a 
wonderful air show by a winnowing Wilson's Snipe. The unmistakable winnowing 
sound could be easily heard coming in waves one after the next, but spotting 
the bird in the sky was trickier until I figured out how high to look, 
sometimes almost directly overhead. The plentiful tree swallows flying didn't 
make the task any easier. The winnowing went on for up to five minutes at a 
time followed by a rest period where the snipe would call a repetitive call 
somewhat reminiscent of flicker or merlin. The sky dances lasted til around 
9am, but after a lull there was another dance while a second snipe flew around 
I think also winnowing but couldn't tell for sure. Not long after, three snipes 
were seen flying in a semi-coordinated manner as if for courtship, one flying 
high, the other two trailing a bit and somewhat lower.

The preserve itself is quite wet and a bit rough going, and you don't need to 
walk out to see the show. I think the view is just as good if not better from 
the road, in the open stretch just south of the trees with the FLLT parking 
area on Flat Iron road.

In the warm afternoon I paddled Jennings pond to the cattails at the south end 
where after flushing two pairs of Lesser Scaups I heard the grunts of a 
Virginia Rail. Amid the plentiful songs of Swamp Sparrows, a gentler trill from 
the nearby pines and junipers was identified as a Pine Warbler by Merlin Sound 
ID. I never saw the bird and can't rule out junco, but pine warbler seems like 
a strong possibility there. Also hanging around that end were a pair of Spotted 
Sandpipers. Later three Broad-Winged Hawks circled fairly low while squealing, 
with one seemingly chasing away another. These seem to be on territory rather 
than on the move.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher

[Suan Yong]

Had one, maybe two, at jetty woods as well this morning for the cac activity, a 
silent one seen before the Osprey platform fairway, one heard singing from the 
middle of the woods.

Great looks at the cormorants' double crests as they establish nests on a 
couple of trees.

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> On Apr 22, 2022, at 10:05 AM, Linda Orkin  wrote:
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> Cornell arboretum Ithaca ny. Right now 
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsuckers, pine, rusty, loons...

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Beginner bird walk at sapsucker woods this morning saw three loons flying over 
quite low over the parking lot, about three dozen rusty blackbirds moving 
across the road in waves, stopping atop some trees only long enough to 
frustrate my scoping attempts, a pine warbler in the woods pointed out to us by 
a couple of other birders who also alerted us to a palm warbler by the feeder 
blind, which perched wagging its tail briefly looking quite yellow before 
moving on. Three sapsuckers, two males and one female, danced around a tree 
right in front of us, while many many ruby-crowned kinglets we're singing and 
flitting about giving great eye level looks quite close.

Fun morning birding in the rain with two local guests.

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[cayugabirds-l] Broadwings @ Commonland

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Two broad winged hawks circling quite low over Commonland by six mile creek, 
both making their squeal calls.

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[cayugabirds-l] Vesper @ SW inlet levee

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Surprised to see a vesper flush from the levee behind Home Depot / Kohl's up to 
a tree.

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[cayugabirds-l] Lo Waterthrush @ Lick Brook

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At least three louisiana waterthrushes singing at Lick Brook this morning, one 
of them with a faster repeating chop-chop-chop-chop start to its song 
reminiscent of a northern's rhythm, but less textured.

Didn't hear any at six mile creek yesterday though I haven't been down today.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and roads

[Suan Yong]

Jay just reported 50k+ at the Mucklands.

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> Hi all,
>  Does anyone know if the snow geese are still up at the mucklands and also, 
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese @ Mackenzie Childs

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Route 31 mucklands (erstwhile potatoes building site) is the place to be for 
snow geese. Flooded fields are full of sngo.

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> On Mar 10, 2022, at 11:19 AM, Suan Yong  wrote:
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> Modest island(s) of snow geese in middle of Cayuga lake north of Aurora, 
> visible from Mackenzie Childs, pretty far out.
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[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese @ Mackenzie Childs

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Modest island(s) of snow geese in middle of Cayuga lake north of Aurora, 
visible from Mackenzie Childs, pretty far out.

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[cayugabirds-l] Cattle egret @ Cass Park

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Cattle egret continues north of Cass park ice rink parking lot.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Grasshopper

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Piglets corner is the lone tree in the field between Bluegrass Lane and Freese 
Road.

FYI after my initial encounter with the grasshopper sparrow, it flew off and I 
didn't refind it on my way back. I was told to be patient as it will go off 
elsewhere then return to the piles.

Also in the area are Vesper Sparrows, along with plentiful Eastern Bluebirds 
and circling Turkey Vultures.

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> Grasshopper Sparrow continues on compost piles near piglets corner.
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[cayugabirds-l] Grasshopper

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Grasshopper Sparrow continues on compost piles near piglets corner.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Roseate Spoonbill Chenango Valley State Park Broome Co Today 7/11/21

[Suan Yong]

Another spoonbill has been reported at montezuma by the eagle sculpture, photo 
posted on Facebook.

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> On Jul 11, 2021, at 11:28 AM, David Nicosia  wrote:
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> 
> A ROSEATE SPOONBILL is being seen at Chenango Valley State Park Broome County 
> NY by multiple observers. 
> 
> The bird was found this morning by Susan Thorne. It is located on the 
> Chenango River by the Golf course at  42.214062N,  75.845172W 
> https://maps.app.goo.gl/r7ozcykvUr6Sy6Kf6.  At Chenango Valley State Park, 
> park at  42.205359N, 75.838046W 
> https://goo.gl/maps/thboXXVFLWNmLvZG6  and walk the trail by the river to the 
> golf course. 
> Hope it sticks around. 
> 
> Good luck
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black billed cuckoo

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Black billed cuckoo also heard singing at lower Treman state park, heard 
distant singing approx from direction of the campgrounds.

Seems like a banner spring for BBCU?

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[cayugabirds-l] Black billed cuckoo

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New yard bird for me (actually a house bird): a black billed cuckoo was singing 
a long series of po-po-po-po outside my house in Commonland. When I got outside 
with my binoculars and camera, it didn't sing again and was not found.

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[cayugabirds-l] Dying GBH Bluegrass Ln

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There's a dying Great Blue Heron at bluegrass lane, at the far eastern end of 
the pond east of the complex of buildings, just north of the first rectangular 
paddock. When I first saw it an hour ago it was hunckered low in the grass. Now 
it is just sprawled, as if it may have just died. Thermal camera still shows 
some body heat but I fear it's probably too late. Not sure if any rescuers want 
to give it a try, or if anyone is able to collect it for a skin.

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[cayugabirds-l] Orange Crowned @ Hawthorn

[Suan Yong]

Like yesterday hawthorn orchard was again relatively quiet today, nashville 
warblers continuing to be the dominant singer, with a good number of white 
crowned sparrows singing and foraging in the freshly and messily mown grass, 
joining a seemingly diminishing number of white throated sparrows.

Then Ken Kemphues chased me down to tell me that he'd just seen an 
orange-crowned sparrow after following an unfamiliar trill, and together we 
were able to relocate it. (So FOY credit goes to him.) The trill fits in the 
junco-chipping range, but doesn't stay in the same pitch like those songs, 
varying and slowly descending towards the end. At times it seemed to have an 
edge, and was somewhat reminiscent of a female cowbird's chatter.

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Blackburnian, Red-shouldered

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Hawthorn was really quiet this morning by the time I met Ken and Diane by the 
softball field looking for a handful of singing Nashville Warblers, who seemed 
the most numerous or at least vociferous. After a quiet walk through the north 
trail we heard a Blackburnian singing from the pine trees to the north, and 
after some patient staring and scanning that corner of the woods woke up, with 
a red-breasted nuthatch, ruby-crowned kinglets seemingly everywhere, and the 
Blackburnian eventually putting on a good show. Yesterday's black-throated 
green and chestnut-sided were apparently still there though silent today, and a 
surprise appearance by a yellow-throared vireo who eventually sang a few single 
phrases of its song. The "big sit" strategy (standing in one spot) seemed to 
work really well, as white throated sparrows started foraging in the leaf 
litter all around us.

After leaving Ken and Diane to head back to work, I heard from the nw pond the 
repeated call of a red-shouldered hawk which eventually moved in a westerly 
direction and stopped before I could get visual confirmation. The call was 
quite steady and consistent, making me think it wasn't from one of the blue 
jays hanging around.

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn OK

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Decent variety but low number of warblers, mostly heard only. Nashville, 
Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Chestnut-sided, Yellow and Common 
Yellowthroat. Also Least and Great-Crested Flycatchers by the pond to the NW, 
Wood and Hermit Thrushes. FOY Baltimore Oriole, Northern Flicker, a million 
Catbirds. Field Sparrow singing west of the recway. Carolina and House Wrens 
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[cayugabirds-l] Common Loons

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A friend who lives on the lake just north of east shore park reports seeing 
common loons migrating through.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Osprey

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At around 11am there was an Osprey, possibly the same, sitting on a tree at 
jetty woods along the inlet, across from the Treman marina mouth. I was alerted 
to its presence by its call, which was clearly prompted by my approach along 
the trail right below it, as I looked up to see it staring down at me swinging 
its head side to side in mild annoyance. It didn't take off. Earlier I met 
Sandy at Renwick woods who said she'd seen one also.

Also earlier at Renwick woods I heard a winter wren's song, not far south of 
the northeast entrance to the woods. The first few bouts of the song were 
unusual in that they were short, lasting only about a second, in contrast to 
their normal strung out phrases lasting up to five seconds or more. I wondered 
whether it could've been a starling mimic. Interestingly, those songs seem to 
have prompted a response from a nearby Carolina wren who started belting out 
its song rather insistently, it seemed to me, as if to remind the winter wren 
of its place in the pecking order. Later when I was along fall creek I heard 
a/the winter wren song again, more distantly and from approximately the same 
direction, and I want to say longer this time.

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> 12:05pm: I just saw my First-Of-Year Osprey flying slowly north past my 
> house while it stared down at the Flood Control Channel, clearly ready to 
> take a meal while traveling, whether the trip was local or long-distance. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Winter wren, brown creeper

[Suan Yong]

On a short morning walk along six mile creek upstream from second dam I heard a 
singing winter wren and brown creeper. Two days ago there were some 50 
ring-necked ducks in the second reservoir, this morning it looks like there are 
a handful still there.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese at lower lake road

[Suan Yong]

Many snow geese appear to still be hanging around the shore south of Cayuga 
lake state park north of Wolffy's, at least as see through the heat shimmer 
from the east end of the lake. Possibly less than yesterday?

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[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon continues

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Eurasian Wigeon continues at stewart park, just a bit west of the pier.

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[cayugabirds-l] Rough legged hawk @ east hill

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This morning at 9am there was a rough legged hawk hovering and hunting near the 
corner of Ellis Hollow and Game Farm roads. It was accompanied by a second 
buteo, presumably a redtail. I stopped briefly to snap some photos en route to 
an appointment.

At 10:30 on the way back from the appointment only a redtail (or possibly two, 
one adult and one juv) was there.

This is the first rough leg I've seen in several years.

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[cayugabirds-l] Chickadee flock?

[Suan Yong]

While cross-country skiing through Hammond Hill, I saw a flock of about 50 
small birds moving through some evergreens, in fairly tight quarters, in waves 
of 5-10 at a time. The only sounds I could hear and identify were chickadee 
chips and calls. I'm used to only encountering chickadees in small flocks of 
maybe 5-10, and this big flock seems unusual. They were too far to ID without 
binoculars. Conceivably they were redpolls or something else, but I heard 
nothing to suggest anything besides chickadees.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Orange Crowned @ Salt Point

[Suan Yong]

The salt point flock continues to produce neat birds, including blue-headed 
vireo and pine siskins, and what I thought was a black-throared green is 
looking more like a Blackburnian. Have yet to relocate the orange-crowned 
candidate after it became camera sky and darted off.

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> On Oct 31, 2020, at 2:47 PM, Suan Yong  wrote:
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> Saw what I'm pretty sure was an orange crowned warbler at salt point, in an 
> active area between south trail and salmon creek, with many waxwings, a 
> black-throated green and a yellow-rumped warblers.
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[cayugabirds-l] Orange Crowned @ Salt Point

[Suan Yong]

Saw what I'm pretty sure was an orange crowned warbler at salt point, in an 
active area between south trail and salmon creek, with many waxwings, a 
black-throated green and a yellow-rumped warblers.

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[cayugabirds-l] 50 Bonapartes @ Stewart

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There's a raft of some 50 or so Bonaparte's Gulls off Stewart Park, easier to 
ID with scope than binoculars.

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[cayugabirds-l] Grouse, Siskin @ L-P

[Suan Yong]

Took a walk around Lindsay Parsons, still plenty of fall colors. Just to the 
east of the railway tracks, from the bench at the northernmost point along the 
orange trail, a Ruffed Grouse could be heard drumming. One was drumming there 
when I visited in the spring also. Later along the red trail in the fields, as 
goldfinches flushed from the brush up to the trees, one of them made a 
different squeaky call as it flew by, and a brief glimpse of its streaky body 
before it took off suggested a Pine Siskin.
Two bluebirds and several white-throated sparrows highlighted the usual 
suspects of chickadees, titmice, downy, nuthatches, blue jays and American 
crows. Some of the nuthatches sounded like red-breasted, but I never got good 
looks.

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[cayugabirds-l] Phalarope off Stewart Park

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I was windsurfing between east shore park and the piling cluster. Somewhere 
near the middle of the lake, just south of the piling cluster, I was surprised 
to see a little shorebird flying away from me. "What are you doing out here, 
peep?" I thought, and then saw the bird land just a few feet away. Phalarope! I 
thought, and sure enough I could see it floating on the water nodding back and 
forth like a wind up toy. I was moving pretty slowly on that reach. On the next 
reach we were planing fast and I was glad to find the bird again at nearly the 
same spot, but this time I think my fast approach may have scared it farther 
away, as I did not see it since.

If the bird were at the same spot it would be scopable from the west side of 
Stewart Park looming due north.

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[cayugabirds-l] Inlet nighthawk

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A common nighthawk just flew north along the inlet from the octupus. Seen from 
our concert band's distanced outdoor rehearsal. An adult bald eagle also made 
an appearance. Really augmenting my "concert band birding list".

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[cayugabirds-l] Merlins at Buffalo and Schuyler Pl

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Yesterday evening around 7, while biking up Buffalo St, I heard some strange 
vocalizations that eventually included some more familiar merlin calls as one 
bird flew over to a tree at the corner with Schuyler Place. No binoculars so 
did not see the noisemakers, but the unusualness could be a fledgling call of 
some sort?

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[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin "Bittern"

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When I arrived at Shindagin Hollow's little wetland area, a largish brown heron 
flushed up to a tree. My first thought was "Bittern in a tree would make for an 
interesting photo". My first thought should've been "that's strange", as after 
slowly approaching the tree and scanning through the foliage I eventually spied 
some big red-ringed eyes: a juvenile black-crowned night heron!

Earlier in the woods I got some video of singing Canada and Mourning warblers - 
will share eventually when I get around to it (video is so much more time 
consuming to process than stills). Also heard but did not see black-billed 
cuckoo and hooded warbler, and got a quick glance of a parting red-shouldered 
hawk ID'ed from its call, no doubt the bird that triggered the continuing 
chorus of chipmunk "clucks" ("munking" as I like to call it) the whole time I 
was there.

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[cayugabirds-l] Turnstones at Myers

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3 ruddy turnstones and one semi plover at Myers north edge of parking lot while 
kids play at spit.

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[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary @ Howland

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FOY prothonotary warbler at Howland island by kayak. Water level is high, 
Carncross Road is flooded past the bridge towards the high parking lot.

Also in the flooded woods are at least two northern waterthrushes.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush

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“My” six-mile-creek Louisiana Waterthrush is also back this afternoon, not 
singing like I was listening for, but calling its sharp chip calls as it 
surveyed its turf up back and forth along the creek before landing fairly close 
on a tree for good ID-confirming views of its tail-pumping gray-and-white 
warbler shape.

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[cayugabirds-l] RC Kinglet

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FOY Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing its bubbly song here in Commonland.

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY4me Sparrows

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Savannah Sparrow at Long Point (plus meadowlark), Field Sparrow at Aurora 
Bluffs, Swamp Sparrows along Wildlife Drive (westbound leg mainly).

Shovelers and Green-Winged Teals are the main birds at MNWR. Several shovelers 
were happily foraging close to the wildlife drive while Meena and I looked on, 
occasionally nod-grunting when pairs got close (a social distancing strategy I 
may or may not try to adopt at Wegmans :-), then suddenly the lot collectively 
swam away in minor alert. Looking in my rear view mirror I saw someone birding 
from their moonroof, which I assume was the cause of the minor alarm. Not 
blaming or anything (some of you will have seen me adopt the same moonroof 
strategy when photographing snowy and short-eared owls), just making an 
observation that the line between comfortable and caution for the birds can be 
subtle.

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[cayugabirds-l] On Stevenson Road

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On Stevenson Road I was biking,
A meow from the hedge was most striking,
The tone wasn’t hoarse,
Not a catbird, of course,
Sapsucker! I said, to my liking.

But the next meow came out all flat,
It sounded just like... a house cat!?
Then some chirps, then a jeer,
The ID became clear,
‘Twas a mockingbird singing all that!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Many Horned Grebes on the south end of Cayuga

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Two horned grebe on Jennings Pond also, one in confusing transitional plumage, 
with the facial pattern looking more like an “ear” than a “horn”, but I think I 
spied a white tip on the bill.

Also had 17 green-winged teals, I think, which took off and flew away when 
flushed on my kayak.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Rough-legged downtown!

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Circles over again low, got this iPhone photo. Chris Wood ID’ed as redtail.



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> On Feb 24, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Suan Yong  wrote:
> 
> Walking along busy Meadow St by the Mobil (State St), I just saw two buteos 
> circling and moving slowly towards NE. Without binoculars one was too high to 
> ID but the other was low and showed the dark wrist of a rough legged, and was 
> soaring with a slight dihedral. Looked smaller than a redtail, no obvious red 
> tail.
> 
> Certainly not the expected habitat!
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Rough-legged downtown!

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Walking along busy Meadow St by the Mobil (State St), I just saw two buteos 
circling and moving slowly towards NE. Without binoculars one was too high to 
ID but the other was low and showed the dark wrist of a rough legged, and was 
soaring with a slight dihedral. Looked smaller than a redtail, no obvious red 
tail.

Certainly not the expected habitat!

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[cayugabirds-l] Cape May? @ Salt Point

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Just had a brief look at a warbler at Salt Point that suggested Cape May 
Warbler, but flew off before it could be more definitively ID’ed, towards the 
middle where I’ve thus far been unsuccessful at relocating. Impression was too 
much yellow on the breast to be myrtle (though lighting was bad) and fine 
breast streaks suggested CMWA.

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[cayugabirds-l] Merlins @ GIAC

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I’m right now listening to and watching two Merlins calling to each other from 
deciduous trees in the block north of GIAC (Albany and Court) around the 
swimming pool and field. Saw them copulating I think (no binoculars). Not sure 
where the nest might be. There might actually be three Merlins calling / 
competing for attention? The area grackles keep chasing, and being chased by, 
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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn poss Phila V

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Brief stop at Hawthorn this morning found the trees hopping with Wilson, blue 
wing, chestnut, Nashville; poss vireo sweep with red-eye, warbling, 
blue-headed, and a sorta-yellow sorta-warblerish bird high in the tree that 
could be a Philadelphia video. May or may not have gotten lousy photos to check 
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[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush

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FOY Louisiana Waterthrush heard from six mile creek behind Commonland, upstream 
from second dam. Also heard from same spot a Winter Wren and Brown Creeper.

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[cayugabirds-l] SSW Fox Sparrow etc

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A beautiful fox sparrow is hanging around at the Sapsucker Woods feeder area 
with the juncos and white-throated sparrows and American tree sparrows. A 
cooper flushed the lot so they’re in hiding right now, but are probably still 
around.

Not wanting to be too cavalier about broadcasting owl sightings, but not 
wanting to keep things secret either, I figure I’d “bury the lead” here to 
anyone reading this far ahead to say a barred owl is sitting very close to the 
wilson trail, just south of Podell boardwalk, on the hemlock tree just to the 
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[cayugabirds-l] OOB Cortland Nighthawks

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Just had two nighthawks fly low over a friend’s house in Cortland near Yaman 
Park, just east of I-81.

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[cayugabirds-l] Yes Knot

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Red knot still at Myers along shore of salmon creek just past parking area.

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[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip This Sunday: Connecticut Hill

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Hi all,

Dave Gislason and I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip this Sunday 
to Connecticut Hill. Meet to carpool at 7:30 in the Wegmans parking lot (SW 
corner, away from the store, next to the water channel), or meet at the 
intersection of Boylan and Connecticut Hill and Lloyd Starks Roads 
(https://goo.gl/maps/NMi39fmBTA72) around 7:50am.

The nesting warblers and flycatchers and vireos should be well established by 
now. The weather should be clear and pleasant, starting off a bit chilly but 
quickly warming up, so dress in layers. We plan to end around noon.

All are welcome, CBC members and the public alike.

FMI, email or call me at (607) 351-9334.

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[cayugabirds-l] Urban pewee

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I was surprised to hear an eastern wood-pewee singing in the fall creek 
neighborhood, one block north of the baseball field north of BJM school/GIAC.

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[cayugabirds-l] OOB Lawrence’s Warbler @ Logan Hill

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Went to FLLT’s Logan Hill Preserve in Candor this morning, in the first field 
at the top where the road turns a corner, I heard a blue-winged warbler which I 
got visuals on, and saw a nice black throat and eye triangle on an otherwise 
yellow bird: a Lawrence’s Warbler (Blue-Winged x Golden-Winged hybrid). This 
was around 9:45.

On my way back to the car at 12:00, I did not hear it there, though I did hear 
at least one other blue-winged song farther up the road that I didn’t chase.

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[cayugabirds-l] Fweep!

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Went searching for whippoorwill at Hawthorn this morning with my thermal 
camera: no luck. The muddy heart of the orchard was quiet, though I did see a 
Hermit Thrush. The northern slope and ravine area had more activity, with a 
dozen or more White-Throated Sparrows foraging and singing. In the midst of the 
local voices was the persistent fweep from a FOY Great Crested Flycatcher. Only 
warbler I heard was Yellow-Rumped Warbler, though there were brief spurts of an 
unfamiliar song I didn’t track down.

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[cayugabirds-l] Winter wren @ Mulholland

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Winter wren singing its beautiful song at Mulholland wildflower preserve, just 
past the first sharp bend on the trail from the parking lot.

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[cayugabirds-l] Am Pipit @ Salt Pt

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There was one American Pipit at salt point, flew off when I wasn't looking.

Also a northern mockingbird by the parking lot.

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed WP @ Palmer Woods

[Suan Yong]

Red-headed woodpecker continues at the same white oak in Palmer Woods this 
morning (as pointed out to me by CU student Jeremy), hanging out on the north 
facing side, looking to be making OCD adjustments to its granary.

I had a follow-up message last week, including photos, that may have been 
swallowed up by the listserve downtime, so I'm including it below.

Suan

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Suan Hsi Yong 
> Date: November 13, 2017 at 5:40:41 PM EST
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: Re: Red-headed WP @ Palmer Woods
> 
> Here are some photos of the red-headed woodpecker at Palmer Woods yesterday 
> morning:
> 
>   https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10215006724459538
> 
> It spent most of the time I was there working the end of a dead branch to 
> extract some unidentified food, then flying to the trunk of a nearby white 
> oak to stash it in some nook or cranny. Since it seemed to be excavating them 
> from a dead branch, I had assumed the food was some manner of grubs, but the 
> photos show them to be acorn halves. The photos posted above show the halves 
> with shell, other photos had them fully shelled, revealing just an amorphous 
> yellow blob.
> 
> I'm now curious about the source of the acorns, as I did not see the bird 
> bring any acorns to that branch. Had it already completed a "collection 
> phase" earlier, and was now in processing mode? Or was it working on somebody 
> else's stash (e.g., of a squirrel)? Anyhow, the activity certainly piqued the 
> interest of some onlookers I mentioned yesterday, first a pileated 
> woodpecker, then several blue jays, all of whom were chased off by the feisty 
> red-headed woodpecker.
> 
> Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed WP @ Palmer Woods

[Suan Yong]

There's a red headed woodpecker at Palmer Woods, north side, 42.461656 N 
76.481159 W, first seen attacking a pileated woodpecker who held fast for a bit 
before fleeing. It's been foraging and stashing food in a white oak, and making 
occasional forays to shoo off interloping blue jays. It appears to be 
establishing a wintering territory.

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[cayugabirds-l] SSWainson's thrush

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Morning walk at sapsucker woods had a swainson's thrush at Charlie Harper bench 
foraging on red berries. Also the quiet singing of a winter wren, I thought.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Painted ladies

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Big Painted Lady irruption this year, was detected early elsewhere, and now 
coming through our neck of the woods. The species has an almost worldwide 
distribution, and is famous for their migrations, but they're irruptive and 
irregular (another way of saying we don't fully understand when and why it 
happens, I think).

Haven't noticed any American Painted Ladies among this lot; they're harder to 
tell apart from above, easier from below (four small eyes instead of two big 
eyes). I'm using this opportunity to get familiar with the few upperside 
patterns that distinguish them from American.

FMI: 
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> I had three ladies in my yard yesterday am not happy to see what appears to 
> be increased interest in butterflies. Butterflies and moths were my way into 
> nature studies although my parents were bird watchers. My interest in birds 
> came much later. 
> Bard 
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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR least bittern show

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Arrived around 10am at Larue's lagoon to enjoy the least bittern show (second 
pool to the right), with first one then two birds hunting out in the open 
(albeit tending towards the far side of the pool) and at least two more calling 
from shuffling patches of cattails, every now and then one flying across the 
drive towards the main pool, and coming back. The ability to get out of the car 
made it much easier to notice these flights and hear the calls. At one point 
one of the birds was about 50 feet away, as close as one had been in the open 
all morning, and as three of us approached for a closer look it took off 
directly toward us, flew by about 5 feet in front of us, across the drive 
towards the main pool. I've only seen such close flybys either when being 
shooed off by a nest defender, or in places like the Galapagos where the birds 
have no fear of humans. (Of course, who's to say it isn't the cars-only policy 
that got these guys to not fear us?)

It was so much fun being able to stroll along the drive that I took four hours 
to reach the bend, trying to photograph the ubiquitously chattering but 
secretive marsh wrens, watching an adult bald eagle bring a fish from the main 
pool, waiting for kingbirds and sparrows to pose in the beautiful yellow 
blooms... With sightings of GBHs, green herons, great egrets, a close flyby 
juvenile black-crowned night-heron, and a flyover American Bittern, I ended up 
with a "local breeding" heron sweep.

White pelican was just chillin' at Bennings when I finally drove by after 2pm.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

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Spotted sandpiper is more commonly encountered along riverbanks and especially 
lakeshores around here, but I've certainly come across a few solitary 
sandpipers as well, especially in the Cayuga Inlet. Spotted is horizontal and 
"flatter", solitary is taller with long legs and neck, and will "stand tall" 
vertically when checking you out.

As for Osprey, I was surprised to find that the nest at the Cass Park baseball 
fields is hosting three sizeable nestlings that look ready to fledge soon. 
Watched a parent yesterday bring back a nice catfish (harassed by a 
neighborhood kingbird along the way) to feed them.

I've been thinking about hanging out there in the evenings and perhaps share 
the scope with baseball players and parents and anyone else that may come by. 
The weather hasn't cooperated with this plan, however.

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> There have been so many public osprey nests failing this year - seems like 
> many of the nest cam nests have had one tragedy or another. Does anyone know 
> how the many local osprey nests are doing? Candace can you give an update?  
> Thanks.
> 
> Second question - we are kayakers and always see a small shorebird along the 
> river shores. Merlin tells me it is a spotted sandpiper, but my husband says 
> they are smaller than the 7" given in books and AllAboutBirds.  Without a 
> photo (super hard to get them as they are moving and so are we) can anyone 
> confirm this is what we are seeing? It doesn't seem like there are any other 
> good options, as Solitary is out of area for us, right?
> 
> Thanks for whatever assistance you can give!
> 
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons mystery song

[Suan Yong]

So, to my mystery song query below, some have suggested white-throated sparrow 
or yellow-throated warbler (out of range here, and thus unfamiliar to many 
here), but most had the same conclusion I had, which is a prairie warbler, in 
particular this fellow:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213538520915367=a.1266597703029.2042135.1172377296=3

Rather strange to be lacking the buzzy quality of the typical prairie warbler, 
almost reminiscent of golden-crowned kinglet.

Suan

PS. Here's my transcription of the entire clip:

Witchety witchety witchety (common yellowthroat)
Sweet sweet sweeter than sweet (yellow warbler)
Meow (sapsucker or catbird?)
Look at me... way up here... (red-eyed vireo)
[Strange prairie warbler solo]
Sweet sweet sweeter than sweet (yellow warbler)
Drink your tea (eastern towhee)
Witchety witchety witchety (common yellowthroat)

Background: american crow (and maybe a song sparrow buried in the middle).

http://suan-yong.com/sound/lindsay-parsons-2017-05-27.wav



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> On Jun 5, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Suan Hsi Yong  wrote:
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> Lindsay-Parsons seems to harbor a lot of strange singers.
> 
> During the Spring Bird Quest on Saturday, May 27, I recorded the following 
> "ascending song", which starts around the 5-second mark in this clip:
> 
>   http://suan-yong.com/sound/lindsay-parsons-2017-05-27.wav
> 
> What do you think it is? This was recorded just as the trail first leaves the 
> forest, from a large maple tree at the forest/field edge.
> 
> I have a candidate answer (a silent bird observed in the same tree as the 
> singer, though the bird was never seen singing, nor was it ever seen at the 
> same time the song was sung). I'll divulge my candidate later.
> 
> E-mail me off-list with your thoughts and guesses.
> 
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> PS. That short iPhone-recorded clip has quite the plethora of different 
> songs, more so that I think I was aware of at time of recording. How many can 
> you identify?

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[cayugabirds-l] Connecticut Hill

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In spite of rain and thunder in the forecast, six people joined Dave Gislason 
and I on the CBC field trip to Connecticut Hill. While looking for a singing 
chestnut-sided warbler with my thermal infrared camera, I found instead a 
ruby-throated hummingbird sitting in its tiny lichen-lined nest high in a tree:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/1346545885383223/

We also got good close looks at some of the many alder flycatchers singing in 
the area, apparently involved in turf battles and thus less concerned about our 
presence. In the woods a "yurr"-ing veery gave fleeting looks in the bush, 
alongside what I thought was a cowbird fledgling, except it wasn't trilling 
incessantly like they seem to usually do. At least two ovenbirds then seemed to 
surround our vantage, singing here then disappearing, popping up there then 
flying off before I can scope it, but returning fairly close to give good but 
fleeting looks. I wondered if we weren't too close to their nest for their 
comfort. Not far up the trail my thermal camera found the day's second nest, a 
red-eyed vireo about 10-feet from the ground, a boldly-eyestriped face looking 
down with its red eye discernible in the scope.

Continuing across the pond as the drizzle increased, we settled under some pine 
trees from where a trilling voice gave Diane a fleeting look at a pine warbler, 
but the bird just flew higher and was not to be seen or heard again. Meanwhile, 
sitting quietly out in the rain was a chestnut-sided warbler giving great scope 
views, though we wondered why it wasn't taking cover from the cold rain.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/1346545875383224/

Meanwhile up in a low tree were at least nine cedar waxwings resting, then 
foraging in some berry bushes. A brilliant rose-breasted grosbeak flew in close 
at eye level for great looks before leaving with a female.

In our last leg through the woods we found a small cup nest on the ground, and 
not long after my thermal camera found a second red-eyed vireo nest:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/1346545882049890/

We ended up with a pretty awesome outing, in spite of the weather; rather, this 
reaffirms my experience that birding trips in the rain - as long as it isn't 
windy - always seem to turn out great, with the birds seeming to get closer 
than usual. Our big visual miss for the day was the hooded warbler singing two 
different songs from up high as we traversed its territory next to the parking 
lot.

Thanks again to all who participated.

Suan

PS. Those wanting more info about trails in the area can contact Dave Gislason 
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[cayugabirds-l] Field Trip Tomorrow: Connecticut Hill

[Suan Yong]

Hi all,

I'll be leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip tomorrow (Sunday, June 4) to 
Connecticut Hill. We'll meet 7:30am at the Wegmans parking lot (Southwest 
corner, by the little creek, away from the store), and proceed to the 
intersection of Connecticut Hill Rd., Boylan Rd., and Lloyd Starks Rd., 
arriving around 8am.

The original plan was to bird til noon, but since there is rain in the forecast 
(starting mid-morning), the trip may be abbreviated. I plan to be there rain or 
shine, and will go as long as participants want. Dress for rain. Roads could be 
muddy at spots, but we'll avoid driving through anything messy (e.g., we may 
not drive anywhere beyond the rendezvous junction).

Trip is open to all, members and non-members alike.

Email me if you have any questions.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler

[Suan Yong]

Yesterday our SFO group had a pine warbler at Greensprings Cemetery (in 
Newfield) singing from one of the scattered smallish pines (~20 feet tall) in 
the mostly open fields. Great eye-level looks for this species, from a tree 
that looked (to me) too small and isolated to be good habitat. And it was 
fighting with a chipping sparrow for that territory, both in song and in being 
chased. Of course it's unclear whether it'll breed there or is just passing 
through, but it seemed to be at least considering that option.

(And of course, when I first heard its song, my expectation was junco.)

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Swainson

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Just photographed a low close silently foraging swainson's thrush in the 
hawthorn orchard's "crossroad piazza" along the north trail. It was moving 
south.

Earlier had an uncooperative singing hooded which I think I saw fly away into 
the distance, and I can hear tennessee, alder flycatcher, yellow-throated 
vireo. Otherwise pretty quiet.

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[cayugabirds-l] Chimney Swifts

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And if it hasn't been reported yet, chimney swifts are back chittering over the 
"foothills under collegetown", around Stewart and Seneca.

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[cayugabirds-l] C.Loon @ Six-Mile Creek Second Reservoir

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On an evening outing around the second dam reservoir of six-mile creek, I was 
surprised to surprise a common loon fishing at the mouth of the creek entering 
the reservoir, getting to about 30 feet of the bird who dove and swam away 
upstream with intent but not too much urgency.

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[cayugabirds-l] Winter Wrenwick, Stewart Ave Redtail, etc

[Suan Yong]

Hung out for a few midday hours at Stewart Park on this beautiful  sunny day.

In the morning a juvenile bald eagle was perched over the lagoon, giving good 
looks to SFO groups, other birders and photographers, and passers-by alike. 
Meanwhile across the way the osprey continued adding sticks to its nest. 
Yesterday our SFO group saw a Canada goose on the next platform briefly before 
the osprey shooed it off and buzzed it a couple times in the water.

In the lagoon was a pair of relaxed Hooded Mergansers while a third flashy male 
would come in frequently looking for trouble, with the first pair's male 
telling it to leave - via chasing but not hood-flashing. Soon I spotted a 
female fly out of the nest box just northeast of the first suspension bridge, 
and before long the flashy male came in to make unwanted advances at that 
female, with multiple unsuccessful long chases. Later a presumably different 
male came in and hung out more amiably with that female, and this pair also 
hung out rather amiably with the first couple. So, it looks like one female is 
occupying that nest box (something to keep an eye on), and I'm 
wondering/conjecturing whether the other couple have agreed to some sort of 
nest-sharing agreement.

I walked up Renwick Woods along fall creek and sat at the lagoon opposite the 
fire training structures, and heard exactly one bout of a winter wren's 
intricate song. When I walked back, I heard some nasal chip calls (reminiscent 
of red-bellied woodpecker) accompanying some mouse-like scurrying around a 
woodpile, but could never get a binocular view of the bird to confirm that it 
was the winter wren.

Earlier in the day I'd stopped by the Stewart Avenue bridge over Fall Creek to 
see a red-tailed hawk sitting in the nest, presumably incubating.

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[cayugabirds-l] Winter Wren @ Fischer Old Growth

[Suan Yong]

Had a winter wren this morning at the Fischer Old Growth Forest in Newfield, 
singing a slower-than-normal song. Recording here (song starts around the 8th 
second):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2O4mzxCPxvYYkVzWEVsTno5NE0

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[cayugabirds-l] Hoster Raptor

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During a fun CBC field trip yesterday, we scoped this fellow in the quarry at 
Canoga and Hoster. Can anyone help turn it into a gyrfalcon? :-)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/1252166368154509/

Meanwhile, the shrike continues to hang out cooperatively at the corner of 
Seybolt and Canoga (south curve), while Dean's Cove saw a ridiculous number of 
red-breasted mergansers (at least 120, if I remember Paul's count).

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