No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Everyone, Just pointing out the obvious here, but bird numbers in my immediate area of Upstate NY are way down this year. I mean, WAY down. John, if you have full capacity of nesting Tree Swallows, it may be that the sites you host are prime and being filled to capacity because they are the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

we usually have at least 2 nesting pairs of tree swallows in boxes furthest from house. I haven't seen any in our boxes this year. barn swallows made it however. On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM wrote: > We have 17 boxes active, one with bluebirds, two with House Wren, a one >

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Oh, yeah. I forgot about Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. I remember when we used to have them in the Northeast. They used to be a really common and cheerful species of the summer. People used to put out these feeders filled with sugar-water to attract them to their house for viewing pleasure. They

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

We've had one nesting pr. with 5 young expected to fledge in 11 days. Usually have at least 3 pr. with many others flying about. Not so this yr.. Same with barn swallows. For the last 2 yrs. we've not had more than a doz. of either lining up on our power line in late summer before migration.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

We have 17 boxes active, one with bluebirds, two with House Wren, a one with chickadees and the remainder with Tree Swallows. Probably another good year after a 100% occupancy/success rate last year. We believe this is due to effective placement and predator guards that function well. john ---

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

We have a TON of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at camp (Forest Lake Campground, in Truxton). Not so many in Cortland (where we live). Also I've seen almost all the usual suspects in Cortland this year (sans the hummingbirds). At camp, plenty of assorted swallows (Tree and Barn) Rose-breasted

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

We usually have a dozen or so flying and nesting until mid summer. I haven't seen a single one since early swallow migration. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com On Jun 17, 2017, at 8:34 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: We've had one nesting pr. with

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Chris et al, I appreciate your comments and fully agree. We are blessed that after 31 years the restoration work to the sanctuary here has really come to fruition. The creation of multiple water features and habitat niches has proven very successful as has design/placement of nest boxes. The

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, Sat 6/17

On Saturday morning, I saw the pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES again in the same lone creekside willow where I reported them on Thursday, just upstream from the boathouse in Stewart Park. Gary Kohlenberg and I saw these orioles in this very tree also on Friday afternoon. The subadult male is not too

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Thank you for sending this - it is exactly my experience & my concern. I don't worry quite so much about migration, which can skip over us easily due to weather patterns. In fact there was an odd weather pattern in late April that seemed to sling a lot of 'my' warblers up to the coast of

RE: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] ...bird news from Newfoundland...

Hi all, Greeting from Newfoundland where we've been since late May. This post probably won't allay too many peoples' concerns in Ithaca, but there ARE some neotropical migrants up here, so maybe a lot of them just skipped the Cayuga Basin en route northward... The predominate species anywhere

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Exactly, Terry. The issue is that the birds are in the prime habitat (such as at your campsite) but they are not as prevalent in the sub-prime habitat or traditional backyard habitat… Thanks for trying… :-) Sincerely, Chris On Jun 17, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Terry P. Mingle

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

I have always felt that birders, from casual to die-hard, number in the millions and comprise a group of potentially influential activists. I would love to see an organization, or even discussion thread dedicated to furthering the convergence of birding and environmental activism. While I

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

These reports are very worrisome. Fortunately, this year we have a fairly usual supply of Hummers, Tree Swallows and other named species at our cottage (near Long Point). But -- remember at night when moths used to flutter at windows in great numbers? When did you last see that? At least the

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Hi All, My perception of spring migration is about the same as Chris' description. Migration of neotropical migrants almost never happened. Because of helping out with the Sapsucker Woods Acoustic Monitoring Project (SWAMP) this spring, I have spent a lot of time in Sapsucker Woods this spring.

Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

We are kayaker, and there are plenty of birds along the rivers. Yellow warblers, Baltimore orioles and especially cedar waxwings. Around our house, same as others are reporting. Nancy Cusumano Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 525! dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent

[cayugabirds-l] Close Encounters: Hairy Woodpecker Behavior in Fall Creek

Last week, on June 11th, I found the nest hole of a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers in a mature 100+ year old Sugar Maple which hangs over into my yard. According to allaboutbirds.org, it will be another two weeks from now before they fledge. The perfectly round hole is about 30 feet up on a dying limb

[cayugabirds-l] Migration, migrants, hummingbirds

I haven't been doing as much birding or traveling for birding this spring as in previous years, so my sampling is sparse, but here goes: I heard Blackpoll Warblers from plenty of random places over a goodly span of time, so they did not strike me as missing, nor late, nor rare. I only went to

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake birding trail

Hi Dave- Sounds like an interesting project! You mentioned that you were looking for opinions about what a birding trail would include - after a quick search, I found a list of US birding trails on the ABA site: http://aba.org/resources/birdingtrails.html The descriptions of each are helpful,