[cayugabirds-l] new birds this morning including RB Grosbeak
I didn't think there would be much migrating in last night but some birds showed up here (SW corner Town of Ovid, Seneca Basin). Best was a male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak who spent 45 minutes first thing this morning gleaning the oak tassels and ignoring our sunflower feeders, and hasn't been seen since. Also a mob of White-Throated Sparrows, we've had a few this past week but as of today they are everywhere singing their hearts out. A couple Red-Breasted Nuthatches (uncommon on our property) and the barn swallow contingent has gone way up in numbers. Still have a lot of Yellow Rumped Warblers, but as of today they are joined only by a couple of Palm and one Pine Warbler. Don't recall ever hosting a RB Grosbeak ahead of our first Baltimore Oriole before. Birds like to mix it up. Alicia -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
New birds on our property today: common yellowthroat, ovenbird, yellow warbler and black-throated green warbler. Hunt Hill Rd, Dryden. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds for my new yard list
Since this is my first spring in Trumansburg since I left Brooktondale, I'm starting a new yard list. Just had a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK "making lazy circles in the sky" as it headed NW. As I watchef the hawk, my FOY HOUSE WREN started singing. It's like beginning birding all over again, though I miss my "country" birds that we won't have here in the village. Annette -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
Well, the Chipping Sparrows finally made it to Auburn. I had two this morning. I still have American Tree Sparrows and Juncos. For the second time ever I had a Fox Sparrow. I’ve been watching for both birds. I’ve had quite a few Song Sparrows for quite awhile. I also have three male Purple Finches, plus one female that have become regulars at the feeders. Yesterday, the Osprey from the cell phone tower down the street on rt. 20 flew over. It’s back! I also nearly got run over by a Cooper’s Hawk chasing a grackle. I was out filling the feeders. I don’t think the grackle got caught. I could feel them zoom by. Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New Birds
I spent last night at Marten’s Tract in order to record the various ducks feeding/courting there. A major bonus of being there in the evening, then at first light this morning, was the encounter with several recently-returned birds. An AMERICAN BITTERN called several times from the reeds along the south dike at Marten’s. I flushed a WILSON’S SNIPE from the marsh straight east from the parking area. There was a SWAMP SPARROW singing along Carncross Road, and four GREATER YELLOWLEGS feeding at the edge of the flooded cornfield there. The most amazing sight was a massive flock of blackbirds that flew over the marsh at dusk to roost in the trees along the river next to Howland Island. I tried to count as they flew over - and got lost. My best guestimate was 10,000 birds (which prompted eBird to remark that that was the “high count” for that location!) On the way home this morning I stopped to scan the lake from the Aurora Boathouse. Along with some 35 Common Loons, there was a single RED-NECKED GREBE fairly far out. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
Here in Auburn some new migrants are coming my way, finally. This morning I had a pair of Purple Finches. This is the earliest they've shown up here. They didn't stay long, unfortunately. I also had a Chipping Sparrow show up. They usually nest in my yard. Finally there was a White Throated Sparrow. My Tree Sparrows seem to have moved on, but I still have lots of Juncos. I moved my feeders from their winter spot out front to the back of the house. The birds relocated them very quickly. Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.
yes, that Mockingbird is a virtuoso- when he's really geared up , so many songs go by so fast that it is bewildering. And he doesn't only do the showy songsters, his Willow Flycatcher imitation is just about perfect! But Marie knows him well, and his Wood Thrush isn't his best rendition. --John On 6/11/2015 11:40 AM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: I had to smile at you hesitance with the Wood Thrush because on May 9th I recorded a Northern Mockingbird at Salt Point singing the best series of imitations I've ever heard. I actually removed a couple birds from my eBird list when I watched the Mockingbird singing perfect renditions. He was doing better N. Cardinal songs than the nearby dueling Cardinal. Gary On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species: Scarlet Tanager singing male. Finally a good view of a species I thought I saw here a couple of weeks ago. Indigo Bunting singing male. Biggest surprise was hearing a Wood Thrush singing from near the Osprey tower. Didn't see the bird, and only heard once...but unless there's a very good mimic in there somewhere, or someone else was doing playbacks, I'm going to count it...it's a pretty distinctive song... Other delights: Fledgling Baltimore Oriole Cedar Waxwing pair building a nest. A whole bevy of orioles, grackles, kingbirds mobbing a crow that (presumably) was threatening one of their nests in a cottonwood... Osprey pair both on the nest, one feeding the other, presumably also feeding young—Candace Cornell confirmed yesterday morning that all three (yes?) eggs have now hatched. Let the Great Airlift of Fish begin! On the downside: The Common Merganser brood, that by Tuesday morning had shrunk from 15-16 to 8, was nowhere to be seen. There was a lot of nasty, unphotogenic debris on the lake. The high water in Salmon Creek has washed away one of the best log/waterfowl perches...PFFFAHHH!!!(Bird photographers have a different agenda...!) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.
Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species: Scarlet Tanager singing male. Finally a good view of a species I thought I saw here a couple of weeks ago. Indigo Bunting singing male. Biggest surprise was hearing a Wood Thrush singing from near the Osprey tower. Didn't see the bird, and only heard once...but unless there's a very good mimic in there somewhere, or someone else was doing playbacks, I'm going to count it...it's a pretty distinctive song... Other delights: Fledgling Baltimore Oriole Cedar Waxwing pair building a nest. A whole bevy of orioles, grackles, kingbirds mobbing a crow that (presumably) was threatening one of their nests in a cottonwood... Osprey pair both on the nest, one feeding the other, presumably also feeding young—Candace Cornell confirmed yesterday morning that all three (yes?) eggs have now hatched. Let the Great Airlift of Fish begin! On the downside: The Common Merganser brood, that by Tuesday morning had shrunk from 15-16 to 8, was nowhere to be seen. There was a lot of nasty, unphotogenic debris on the lake. The high water in Salmon Creek has washed away one of the best log/waterfowl perches...PFFFAHHH!!!(Bird photographers have a different agenda...!) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.
I had to smile at you hesitance with the Wood Thrush because on May 9th I recorded a Northern Mockingbird at Salt Point singing the best series of imitations I've ever heard. I actually removed a couple birds from my eBird list when I watched the Mockingbird singing perfect renditions. He was doing better N. Cardinal songs than the nearby dueling Cardinal. Gary On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species: Scarlet Tanager singing male. Finally a good view of a species I thought I saw here a couple of weeks ago. Indigo Bunting singing male. Biggest surprise was hearing a Wood Thrush singing from near the Osprey tower. Didn't see the bird, and only heard once...but unless there's a very good mimic in there somewhere, or someone else was doing playbacks, I'm going to count it...it's a pretty distinctive song... Other delights: Fledgling Baltimore Oriole Cedar Waxwing pair building a nest. A whole bevy of orioles, grackles, kingbirds mobbing a crow that (presumably) was threatening one of their nests in a cottonwood... Osprey pair both on the nest, one feeding the other, presumably also feeding young—Candace Cornell confirmed yesterday morning that all three (yes?) eggs have now hatched. Let the Great Airlift of Fish begin! On the downside: The Common Merganser brood, that by Tuesday morning had shrunk from 15-16 to 8, was nowhere to be seen. There was a lot of nasty, unphotogenic debris on the lake. The high water in Salmon Creek has washed away one of the best log/waterfowl perches...PFFFAHHH!!!(Bird photographers have a different agenda...!) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
Both the Gray Catbird and Hummingbird showed up today. The Catbird sneaked onto the jelly feeder while I was filling the seed feeders. The Hummingbird closely examined the oranges I have out for the Oriole, but stopped at his feeder later on. The Oriole has been to the jelly feeder three times today, so far. He's very talkative down by the creek where they usually nest. I love all the bird music! Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
I just had two beautiful male Purple Finches show up at my feeders. It's the first time I've had two. I'm now waiting for the Orioles and RB Grosbeaks! Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
Two of my regulars have finally come north. Late afternoon, yesterday, I saw my catbird and hummingbird. Still no oriole. I thought I heard it yesterday, but with the mockingbird here daily, I'm not positive. No siting of it yet. The catbird came to the jelly feeder. I usually have my birds show up about a week after they are posted in the Ithaca area. Only the oriole is off schedule. I still have 6 White Crown Sparrows which seem to sing constantly. I occasionally see the Rose Breasted Grosbeak. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
I just had my FOS Rose Breasted Grosbeak at my feeders. When I got my paper, I finally heard a White Crowned Sparrow in my yard and later spotted him under the feeders. I've had a White Throated Sparrow for a few days. Yesterday, I heard a House Wren singing in the neighborhood.Since people are listing Orioles, it's time for me to put out an Oriole feeder. Things are looking up, bird wise. Just haven't seen a Purple Finch at the feeder yet. Carol Keeler Auburn Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
Had a few new migrants. Saw a warbling vireo which nest here every year. Heard a bobolink, possibly a flyover which I've never heard here before. I also heard a great crested flycatcher doing it's wheep,wheep call. I also saw a female red breasted grosbeak at my feeder. There are also a pair of white throated sparrows. I've had 2 male purple finches here since last week. I've also had a meadowlark and chipping sparrows for quite a while. Who knows what else I'll hear while I'm out gardening. Carol Keeler Auburn Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds
Had my first grackles today. Also had a flock of snowgeese go over. Spring migration seems to be starting some. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] new birds (for me) this year
Around 7am, when the temp must have been about zero, and there was a lull in taxi business, I swung into Stewart Park to scan the lake, an amusing thing to try, as a low thick blanket of fog covered every bit of open water. But a single SWAN sat on the ice in the distance. I set up my telescope with its window-mount to determine whether it was Mute or Trumpeter or (predictably, yes) TUNDRA. The next surprise was a small bird zipping across my foreground view to the trunk of a tree along the nearby lakeshore: the firat BROWN CREEPER I've found this year, which is likely a measure of how little I've been looking at tree trunks rather than imminent springtime. Later I passed a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT strolling along the shoulder of Neimi Road, another first for my year. I assume I can count it since it is farther from the top of the fence at the game farm than they typically glide. My final new sighting today was a sign of spring, or at least of hopes of spring. In the snowless area below a tall spruce, an AMERICAN ROBIN stood watch, as if a worm or insect might move and catch its eye. It just stood there until it was joined by 3 EUROPEAN STARLINGS. They hustled about with bills constantly poking at the ground trying to pry open the thatch and sod, and evidently hitting a pretty solid surface. One Starling did pick up something sluglike. The Robin lunged at it, but the Starling quickly gulped it down. Time to go back to berries. I've been seeing Robins regularly near my house by Cass Park, sometimes in the woods, sometimes in a wet ditch among cattails and such, sometimes in a grove of berry-covered hawthorns, but this was the first time on a bit of lawn. --Dave Nutter
