Bard. I'm missing why you are not happy? On Sep 26, 2017 12:04 AM, "Upstate NY Birding digest" < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Tuesday, September 26, 2017. > > 1. Loons at inlet? > 2. RE: Painted ladies > 3. Re: Loons at inlet? > 4. Re: Loons at inlet? > 5. Re: Loons at inlet? > 6. Speaker: Oct 3, Bill McQuay, Audio Producer & NPR Contributor > 7. Re: Loons at inlet? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Loons at inlet? > From: Fredric Kardon <fredrickar...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:44:10 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > About 9:30 AM today while walking from Cass Park to Hog Hole, we saw what > we thought were loons swimming near the red buoy/lighthouse past the jetty > at the south end of Cayuga Lake. There were about 35. I wanted to report > them to Ebird but was advised they are rare for this date and location, so > I haven't reported them yet. The other possibility is that they were > grebes. When I put in PBGR,I was told this is a high count for this date > and location. Based on size and sillhouette we think they are loons. We > only had binoculars with us. Any suggestions? > > Fred Kardon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Painted ladies > From: David Ruppert <d...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:46:36 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Saturday we have had at least 12 Painted Ladies in our zinnia bed. I took > numerous photos with a long lens and every one was a Painted Lady, no > American Painted Ladies. They returned yesterday and again today. > > David Ruppert > > From: bounce-121865723-17096...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121865723- > 17096...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Suan Yong > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 9:11 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Painted ladies > > 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: http://www.e-butterfly.org/help-us-record-painted-lady- > butterflies-move/#more-1089 > > Suan > _____________________ > http://suan-yong.com > > On Sep 24, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Bard Prentiss <bvanwoer...@gmail.com<mailto: > bvanwoer...@gmail.com>> wrote: > 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 > > Bard Prentiss > (607)882-0504 > -- > > 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: > 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/>! > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Loons at inlet? > From: Asher Hockett <veery...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:21:39 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Are you sure they were NOT Double-crested Cormorants? They are plentiful in > that area. > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Fredric Kardon <fredrickar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > About 9:30 AM today while walking from Cass Park to Hog Hole, we saw > what > > we thought were loons swimming near the red buoy/lighthouse past the > jetty > > at the south end of Cayuga Lake. There were about 35. I wanted to > report > > them to Ebird but was advised they are rare for this date and location, > so > > I haven't reported them yet. The other possibility is that they were > > grebes. When I put in PBGR,I was told this is a high count for this date > > and location. Based on size and sillhouette we think they are loons. > We > > only had binoculars with us. Any suggestions? > > > > Fred Kardon > > -- > > *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/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat > ionLeave.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/>!* > > -- > > > > > > -- > asher > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Loons at inlet? > From: Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:56:29 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > We were at Cass Park yesterday. Cormorants flying everywhere. > > > Linda Orkin > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Asher Hockett <veery...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Are you sure they were NOT Double-crested Cormorants? They are plentiful > > in that area. > > > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Fredric Kardon < > fredrickar...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> About 9:30 AM today while walking from Cass Park to Hog Hole, we saw > >> what we thought were loons swimming near the red buoy/lighthouse past > the > >> jetty at the south end of Cayuga Lake. There were about 35. I wanted > to > >> report them to Ebird but was advised they are rare for this date and > >> location, so I haven't reported them yet. The other possibility is that > >> they were grebes. When I put in PBGR,I was told this is a high count > for > >> this date and location. Based on size and sillhouette we think they > are > >> loons. We only had binoculars with us. Any suggestions? > >> > >> Fred Kardon > >> -- > >> *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/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat > ionLeave.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/>!* > >> -- > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > asher > > > > -- > > *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/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat > ionLeave.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/>!* > > -- > > > > > > -- > "For the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun > and the light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born > into the world to enjoy" Plutarch > > If you permit > this evil, what is the good > of the good of your life? > > -Stanley Kunitz... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Loons at inlet? > From: Paul Zarnowski <p...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:28:41 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > I agree with Asher and think what you saw were almost certainly > Cormorants. They are both fishing birds, diving for their meals like > Loons do, and they look very similar. I know they hang out in the area you > identified, in a couple of tall trees on the inlet, and also in a deadfall > tree nearby in the lake. Loons tend to be solitary birds, not hanging out > in large groups like Cormorants do. > > ..Paul > > On Sep 25, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Asher Hockett <veery...@gmail.com<mailto:vee > ry...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Are you sure they were NOT Double-crested Cormorants? They are plentiful > in that area. > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Fredric Kardon <fredrickar...@gmail.com< > mailto:fredrickar...@gmail.com>> wrote: > About 9:30 AM today while walking from Cass Park to Hog Hole, we saw what > we thought were loons swimming near the red buoy/lighthouse past the jetty > at the south end of Cayuga Lake. There were about 35. I wanted to report > them to Ebird but was advised they are rare for this date and location, so > I haven't reported them yet. The other possibility is that they were > grebes. When I put in PBGR,I was told this is a high count for this date > and location. Based on size and sillhouette we think they are loons. We > only had binoculars with us. 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The talk will take place Tuesday, > October 3, 2017, at 7 PM at Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road in Lansing. > Sponsored by the Friends of Salt Point, it is free and open to the public. > > McQuay will talk about radio production with a focus on production > techniques for stories about science and the natural world. He will share > samples of his work and discuss techniques and technologies used in his > award-winning productions. > > McQuay is an audio producer and NPR Contributor. Prior to that, he worked > with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Macaulay Library of Natural Sound and > Video. For fifteen years McQuay was an NPR sound engineer, technical > director and producer for NPR programs including Morning Edition, Weekend > Saturday and Sunday, Performance Today and NPR's Radio Expeditions. Radio > Expeditions is where McQuay began his long time collaboration with NPR > science correspondent Christopher Joyce, a creative relationship that > continues today. > > Salt Point and the Salt Point Speaker Series are managed by the Friends of > Salt Point Ltd. group of volunteers in cooperation with the Town of Lansing > Parks and Recreation Department. For more information, visit > www.saltpointlansing.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Loons at inlet? > From: Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> > Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:36:33 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > The only time I have seen loons in large groups on Cayuga Lake is during > migration, but that wouldn't happen till at least the end of October or > early November. > We can sometimes see a hundred or more spread out on the lake then. > > Donna Scott > Cayuga Lake, Lansing > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 25, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Paul Zarnowski <p...@cornell.edu<mailto:psz1@ > cornell.edu>> wrote: > > I agree with Asher and think what you saw were almost certainly > Cormorants. They are both fishing birds, diving for their meals like > Loons do, and they look very similar. I know they hang out in the area you > identified, in a couple of tall trees on the inlet, and also in a deadfall > tree nearby in the lake. Loons tend to be solitary birds, not hanging out > in large groups like Cormorants do. > > ..Paul > > On Sep 25, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Asher Hockett <veery...@gmail.com<mailto:vee > ry...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Are you sure they were NOT Double-crested Cormorants? They are plentiful > in that area. > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Fredric Kardon <fredrickar...@gmail.com< > mailto:fredrickar...@gmail.com>> wrote: > About 9:30 AM today while walking from Cass Park to Hog Hole, we saw what > we thought were loons swimming near the red buoy/lighthouse past the jetty > at the south end of Cayuga Lake. There were about 35. I wanted to report > them to Ebird but was advised they are rare for this date and location, so > I haven't reported them yet. The other possibility is that they were > grebes. When I put in PBGR,I was told this is a high count for this date > and location. Based on size and sillhouette we think they are loons. We > only had binoculars with us. 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