Male Indigo Bunting in my backyard on Wood Street, Ithaca. First ever and thrilling.
Sent from my iPad > On May 7, 2017, at 12:02 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest > <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, May 07, 2017. > > 1. Re: Further info Yellow House Finch > 2. Re: Further info Yellow House Finch > 3. Dryden to Ithaca trail....time to vote again. > 4. Goslings @ MNWR > 5. Indigo Buntings > 6. Hummingbird/ other birds > 7. Franklin's Gull Broome County Dorchester Park/Whitney Point Dam Area May > 6th, 2017 > 8. Re: Red-necked Grebes on Dryden Lake > 9. Audio Clips of Franklin's Gull Broome Co Today > 10. RE: Goslings @ MNWR > 11. RE: Hummingbird/ other birds > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Further info Yellow House Finch > From: <k...@empacc.net> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 11:45:47 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > I'm always amazed at the differences between here and the Ithaca area. > Over the years we have encountered very few yellow HOFI, probably less > than a handful. Purple Finch yellowish plumes on the other hand were not > at all unusual, and as Linda points out, in the drier years. > > Other differences are in stopover times for a few species as compared to > John Confer's data. We get month long stopovers in both migrations of > Eastern White-crowned Sparrows and maybe a few days at most with Fix > Sparrow while it's just the reverse with John. > > John > > --- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Rd > Burdett, NY 14818 > 42.443508000, -76.758202000 > >> On 2017-05-05 21:23, Kevin J. McGowan wrote: >> >> No, the most likely explanation is that it is a young male in relatively >> poor condition. The captive experiments showed that poor diet makes for more >> yellow and less red birds. Those ideas apply to wild birds, as well. >> Yellowish House Finches are relatively common. I usually see a few each >> year. >> >> But, since you brought up the topic. I had occasion the other day to see the >> same phenomenon (I am guessing) in PURPLE Finches, which I don't think I've >> ever seen before. Photos of a yellowish male coming to my feeder can be seen >> at https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35976663 [1]. >> >> Best, >> >> Kevin >> >> Kevin J. McGowan >> Project Manager >> Distance Learning in Bird Biology >> Cornell Lab of Ornithology >> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road >> Ithaca, NY 14850 >> k...@cornell.edu >> 607-254-2452 >> >> ------------------------- >> >> FROM: bounce-121504884-3493...@list.cornell.edu >> <bounce-121504884-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of W. Larry Hymes >> <w...@cornell.edu> >> SENT: Friday, May 5, 2017 4:53 PM >> TO: CAYUGABIRDS-L >> SUBJECT: [cayugabirds-l] Further info Yellow House Finch >> >> Upon reading the literature, it appears that captive house finches can >> have yellow coloration because of the lack of carotenoids in their >> diet. Would the most likely explanation for this particular bird be >> that it escaped from captivity? >> >> Larry >> >> -- >> >> ================================ >> W. Larry Hymes >> 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 >> (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu >> ================================ >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> Cayugabirds-L Subscribe, Configuration, and Leave Instructions [2] >> www.northeastbirding.com >> Cayugabirds-L - Subscribe, Configuration and Leave . Cayugabirds-L is an >> email list (the List) focused on the discussion of birds and birding in the >> Finger Lakes ... >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html [3] >> >> cayugabirds-l - The Mail Archive [3] >> www.mail-archive.com >> cayugabirds-l Thread; Date ; Earlier messages; Messages by Date 2017/04/25 >> [cayugabirds-l] the colors of spring Melanie Uhlir >> >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds [4] >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html [5] >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> [6] >> >> eBird [6] >> ebird.org >> Please join us in congratulating Chris McCreedy of Tucson, Arizona, winner >> of the March 2017 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. >> >> -- >> -- >> CAYUGABIRDS-L LIST INFO: >> Welcome and Basics [7] >> Rules and Information [8] >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave [2] >> ARCHIVES: >> The Mail Archive [3] >> Surfbirds [4] >> BirdingOnThe.Net [5] >> PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR OBSERVATIONS TO EBIRD [6]! >> -- > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35976663 > [2] > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > [3] http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > [4] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > [5] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > [6] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > [7] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > [8] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Further info Yellow House Finch > From: AB Clark <anneb.cl...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 08:48:17 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > I am not sure what specific berries we lacked during winter that would > contribute, but of course, purple finches and house finches could have been > influenced by diets south of here. > > On the other hand, it appears that carotenoids that end up purple-red are the > result of conversion of yellower pigments into purple or, in other species, > cardinal-red. > > Here is a news report on a few papers cited at the bottom: > https://phys.org/news/2016-05-genes-enable-birds-red.html > > Genetic differences (defects perhaps) can result in yellow cardinals and > perhaps the yellow-orange of finches. Even in the classic house finch story, > Kevin McGraw and others have shown that differences between males are not > just dietary, but result from their genetically influenced abilities to > sequester and then push the carotenoids into their feathers. Conversions > within carotenoid biochemical structures happen along the way, so that > different species eating similar carotenoids end up with different plumage > color. So the simple idea that brighter males were better at gathering > carotenoid-rich foods turns out to be too simple. And females sharing these > “sequester more carotenoid” genes put more into their egg yolks, which may > protect rapidly growing embryos from free radicals. > > Now—why one would suddenly get some genetically odd purple and house finches > in the same spring…I have no idea! > > And this is probably way more than anyone wanted to know! > > Anne > Current Biology, Lopes, Johnson, and Toomey et al.: "Genetic Basis for Red > Coloration in Birds" > www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30401-8 > <http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930401-8> / > dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.076 > <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.076> > Current Biology, Mundy and Stapley et al.: "Red Ketocarotenoid Pigmentation > in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster" > www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30400-6 > <http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930400-6> / > dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.047 > <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.047> > > Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2016-05-genes-enable-birds-red.html#jCp > <https://phys.org/news/2016-05-genes-enable-birds-red.html#jCp> > Current Biology, Lopes, Johnson, and Toomey et al.: "Genetic Basis for Red > Coloration in Birds" > www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30401-8 > <http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930401-8> / > dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.076 > <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.076> > Current Biology, Mundy and Stapley et al.: "Red Ketocarotenoid Pigmentation > in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster" > www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30400-6 > <http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930400-6> / > dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.047 > <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.047> > > Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2016-05-genes-enable-birds-red.html#jCp > <https://phys.org/news/2016-05-genes-enable-birds-red.html#jCp> > Anne B Clark > 147 Hile School Rd > Freeville, NY 13068 > 607-222-0905 > anneb.cl...@gmail.com > > > > > >> On May 5, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I would imagine no one can be surprised at poor condition in these birds >> this year with the dearth of carotenoid source fruits and berries over this >> past fall and winter. This would not be permanent but could be corrected >> with better diet, correct Kevin? >> >> Thx >> >> Linda Orkin >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:23 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu >>> <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> No, the most likely explanation is that it is a young male in relatively >>> poor condition. The captive experiments showed that poor diet makes for >>> more yellow and less red birds. Those ideas apply to wild birds, as well. >>> Yellowish House Finches are relatively common. I usually see a few each >>> year. >>> >>> >>> But, since you brought up the topic. I had occasion the other day to see >>> the same phenomenon (I am guessing) in PURPLE Finches, which I don't think >>> I've ever seen before. Photos of a yellowish male coming to my feeder can >>> be seen at https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35976663 >>> <https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35976663>. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> >>> Kevin J. McGowan >>> Project Manager >>> Distance Learning in Bird Biology >>> Cornell Lab of Ornithology >>> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road >>> Ithaca, NY 14850 >>> k...@cornell.edu <mailto:k...@cornell.edu> >>> 607-254-2452 >>> >>> >>> From: bounce-121504884-3493...@list.cornell.edu >>> <mailto:bounce-121504884-3493...@list.cornell.edu> >>> <bounce-121504884-3493...@list.cornell.edu >>> <mailto:bounce-121504884-3493...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of W. Larry >>> Hymes <w...@cornell.edu <mailto:w...@cornell.edu>> >>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 4:53 PM >>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L >>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Further info Yellow House Finch >>> >>> Upon reading the literature, it appears that captive house finches can >>> have yellow coloration because of the lack of carotenoids in their >>> diet. Would the most likely explanation for this particular bird be >>> that it escaped from captivity? >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ================================ >>> W. 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It could mean $100,000 funding >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>> >>> ARCHIVES: >>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>> >>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> -- >> Veganism is simply the acknowledgment that a replaceable and fleeting >> pleasure isn't more valuable than someone's life and liberty. >> ~ Unknown >> >> If you permit >> this evil, what is the good >> of the good of your life? >> >> -Stanley Kunitz... >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Goslings @ MNWR > From: John VanNiel <john.vann...@flcc.edu> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 18:10:48 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > > ?Saw our FOY Canada Goose goslings along the wildlife Drive today, past the > carpal tunnel. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Indigo Buntings > From: "W. Larry Hymes" <w...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 14:51:07 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > We have had a real treat recently. An adult INDIGO BUNTING has remained > around our property for the past 4 days. This afternoon it was joined > by a blotchy first-year male! Now the adult isn't lonely anymore! > > Larry > > -- > > ================================ > W. Larry Hymes > 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 > (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu > ================================ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Hummingbird/ other birds > From: Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 20:18:18 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 6 > > FOY RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, male, at my feeder now. > Besides 2 B. Orioles eating oranges impaled on small tree branches near deck, > 2 G. Catbirds are eating grape jelly I had originally put out for the > Orioles. Second year I have seen that. > > While helping up & down Lansing Station Rd for our neighborhood clean up day, > I heard a few B. Orioles, Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, & Black Throated Green > Warblers singing. Saw/heard a pair of American Redstarts, the first female of > that sp. I have seen here. I also saw a little Chipping Sparrow bathing > vigorously in a water-filled small ditch by a driveway. > Didn't have binocs along since they get in way of picking up & carrying > junque, plus it was raining steadily, so didn't get to look at some other > birds present in the gloom. > > Donna Scott > Lansing > Sent from my iPhone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Franklin's Gull Broome County Dorchester Park/Whitney Point Dam Area > May 6th, 2017 > From: David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 17:11:39 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > This morning Jim Hoteling found a strange gull with a hood and red bill at > Dorchester Park Whitney Point Dam area. Initial thoughts were a LAUGHING > GULL since we have had one before here. George Chiu got up there before me > and he was thinking FRANKLIN'S GULL instead. As I was about 5 minutes away > I get a text with the dreaded "the bird flew". How many times does this > happen to you? Anyway, George and Jim tracked the bird as it flew over the > dam and dropped. The Whitney Point Elementary School with its ball fields > are on the other side. So I went there instead of Dorchester and when I saw > bunch of RING-BILLED GULLs on the ball field my excitement peaked, and it > was an easy find. I noticed the thick eye-rings first, smaller bill and > size and I agreed with George's assessment. Looked good for a FRANKLIN'S > GULL, a first county ebird record and possibly first county record!!! I > texted an image to an all-out expert I know from the Cornell Lab of > Ornithology and he also agreed. > > Images can be found here... > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36586894 > > The bird was foraging and eating a bunch of earthworms. He was having a > feast since it was very wet and there were earthworms all over. Then the > bird started vocalizing which was really neat. I have never heard a FRGU > before, certainly different than LAGU. Then the bird took off alone and > flew back over the dam toward Dorchester Park. I went back there, refound > the bird, the bird didn't stay there long and it then took off and flew > around me for a few minutes I got some audio recordings which was really > neat. The bird flew north toward Upper Lisle County Park. I got it in my > scope and watched it until he was out of sight. The bird did not take off > that high as it stayed below the ridge line. So I went to Upper Lisle and > searched all places I know that gulls hang out and didn't find any gulls at > all. Hopefully, it will come back later today or tomorrow. The bird > certainly was finding a lot of food!! > > Dave Nicosia > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Red-necked Grebes on Dryden Lake > From: Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 17:41:04 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > I was visiting a friend's house just north of Dean's Cove about 2:30 this > misty afternoon, enjoying the hundreds of swallows circling just inches above > the water. The cove stream spilled out a plume of silt-laden rainwater that > stretched north toward us along the shore. Out beyond it, Loons were diving > here and there, and popping up anywhere else. > > Then a group of six (!) Red-necked Grebes in various stages of breeding > plumage appeared. They were close, only 50' - 100' from shore, fishing and > paddling their unhurried way north. Really splendid afternoon! > > -Geo > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Audio Clips of Franklin's Gull Broome Co Today > From: David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 17:57:38 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 9 > > see ebird checklist http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36587033 > > Dave Nicosia > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Goslings @ MNWR > From: Marty Schlabach <m...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 00:49:06 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 10 > > Yes, we saw 7 goslings in that area yesterday. > > One of them seemed to have mobility issues and seemed to be stuck on its > belly, not able to get its feet under it. The parents kept trying to lead > the goslings away, but that one little guy just couldn't walk. We thought it > might be deformed or something that was preventing it from walking. The > adults would return to it, when they saw it wasn't following. But, suddenly > it was walking along with the others, so we weren't sure what prevented it > from following before. > > --Marty Schlabach > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-121506236-3494...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-121506236-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John VanNiel > Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2017 2:11 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Goslings @ MNWR > > > ?Saw our FOY Canada Goose goslings along the wildlife Drive today, past the > carpal tunnel. > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Hummingbird/ other birds > From: Marty Schlabach <m...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 00:51:57 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 11 > > For years, we’ve put out orange halves for the orioles, but never had an > oriole feed from one. This year we put out grape jelly, and so far no > orioles have come to the feeder, even though we have seen and heard them. > But, today we had a mockingbird feeding from the grape jelly. > > --Marty Schlabach > Interlaken > > From: bounce-121506398-3494...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-121506398-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Donna Lee > Scott > Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2017 4:18 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird/ other birds > > FOY RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, male, at my feeder now. > Besides 2 B. Orioles eating oranges impaled on small tree branches near deck, > 2 G. Catbirds are eating grape jelly I had originally put out for the > Orioles. Second year I have seen that. > > While helping up & down Lansing Station Rd for our neighborhood clean up day, > I heard a few B. Orioles, Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, & Black Throated Green > Warblers singing. Saw/heard a pair of American Redstarts, the first female of > that sp. I have seen here. I also saw a little Chipping Sparrow bathing > vigorously in a water-filled small ditch by a driveway. > Didn't have binocs along since they get in way of picking up & carrying > junque, plus it was raining steadily, so didn't get to look at some other > birds present in the gloom. > > Donna Scott > Lansing > Sent from my iPhone > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- 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/ --
