[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Cayuga Lake
Feeling the need to make sure my car battery doesn't drain due to inactivity, Diana and I drove up to Long Point State Park and back early this afternoon. It was not very birdy other than a lot of AMERICAN CROWS, RED-TAILED HAWKS and CANADA GEESE. Myers: RING-BILLED, GREAT BLACK-BACKED and HERRING GULLS, a COMMON LOON from the private marine, 3 DOMESTIC GEESE, a ton of MALLARDS and a lone AMERICAN BLACK DUCK Lake Rd./Lake Ridge Rd. (near power plant): HORNED LARKS Lake Rd. (near Long Point SP): male NORTHERN HARRIER Long Point SP: AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS Near Rt. 34B and Armstrong Rd.: ~50 WILD TURKEYS Ithaca Airport: Zero birds Good birding, Ryan -- Ryan Douglas r...@cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Horned Grebes, etc.
To make sure my binoculars weren't too rusty after all the rain in Florida, I went out for a little birding this afternoon. Highlights: Myers: COMMON LOON and half a dozen hunters East Shore Drive: fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD East Shore Park: 7 HORNED GREBES to the NW, between the park and the yacht club Stewart Park: a second fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD Glenwood Point: COMMON LOON, 10 PIED-BILLED GREBES (and the Horned Grebes nowhere in sight) See you all for the perennially outstanding members slide show, Cayuga Bird Club meeting, Monday @ 7:30! Bob McGuire -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sharp-shinned Hawk SIRW
To make sure that my brain is not rusting along with my skis ( ;-)) and of course my car too, now that I don't have to drive it to work, I took a five mile ski route of South Ithaca recreation way. Most of the part it was very quiet except as I reached the south edge where there are houses and feeders I guess ( :-(), I came across a few chickadees, a couple of Tree Sparrow chips and clicks of two cardinals. But the best sighting was a beautiful male Sharp-shinned Hawk, who was sitting along the trail, on my approach flew across the trail twards houses, I guess to catch some feeder birds. Otherwise it was a beautiful day and snow was very nice! Cheers Meena At 04:35 PM 1/10/2010, bob mcguire wrote: To make sure my binoculars weren't too rusty after all the rain in Florida, I went out for a little birding this afternoon. Highlights: Myers: COMMON LOON and half a dozen hunters East Shore Drive: fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD East Shore Park: 7 HORNED GREBES to the NW, between the park and the yacht club Stewart Park: a second fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD Glenwood Point: COMMON LOON, 10 PIED-BILLED GREBES (and the Horned Grebes nowhere in sight) See you all for the perennially outstanding members slide show, Cayuga Bird Club meeting, Monday @ 7:30! Bob McGuire -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48 N, 76o 28' 16.90 W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65 N, 72o 51' 13.02 E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cooperative Short-Eared Owl
My wife and I got a great look at a short-eared owl from Route 31 near the potato building in the mucklands, Savannah, NY today (Sunday 1/10). The bird was perched on a guard rail and remained for quite some time! Got a nice photo... link is below. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4264161150_03360d056d_b.jpg Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sunday birding
Shannon and I made a few stops late this AM into very early afternoon. Birds of note were as follows: Myers Point and surrounding area (11AM-11:45) 7 HORNED GREBES close to the western side of the lake straight out from the point. (Probably the same Bob saw later this afternoon), 1 COMMON LOON just south of the lighthouse. A small fock of REDHEADS that came in landed N of the point. Drake Rd (11:50-!2) 3 ROBINS mixed in with a flock of Starlings in trees across the road from the house with a nice feeding set up near the N end of Drake Rd. East Shore Park (12:10-12:30) A large flock of Aythya probably 1/2 mile N of the park, of mostly Redheads and a few Scaup sp mixed in, a single LONG-TAILED DUCK just south of straight out past the ice edge. Stewart Park (12:30-12:50) A MERLIN sitting on the snag across from the boat house. We saw a variety of other expected sps, the ones mentioned above were the most noteworthy. Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cooperative Short-Eared Owl
It was a digiscoped image using my Swarovski ATM-65 HD spotting scope and just a simple Kodak digital camera. Not the best camera...but it works. I did use a camera mount on my scope which helped steady the image and I varied the lighting from 0.0 to 2.0 taking many shots. The one I posted was the best one. I was probably about 10-20 yards away from the bird. He was only moving his head looking at the traffic whizz by and also at me at times. He was very tame and easy to photo. The time of day was near noon. From: Eben McLane ebenmcl...@clarityconnect.com To: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 6:55:27 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cooperative Short-Eared Owl Dave, that's a wonderful image. I'm curious about what camera you used and what settings you used and how far away from the owl you were. What's great about the image, to me, is the clear focus on the owl's eyes, and I'd like to hear how you took the picture. Eben McLane On Jan 10, 2010, at 6:01 PM, david nicosia wrote: My wife and I got a great look at a short-eared owl from Route 31 near the potato building in the mucklands, Savannah, NY today (Sunday 1/10). The bird was perched on a guard rail and remained for quite some time! Got a nice photo... link is below. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4264161150_03360d056d_b.jpg Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] a few weekend birds (interesting darker-mantled gull)
A mid-day stop at Stewart Park on Saturday was brutal and bleak -- I could only make out the most obvious common birds along the lumpy ice edge and very choppy lake. I did spot an immature BALD EAGLE (so not one of the two that's been around), which stooped down to the center of the lake and came up with something pale in it's talons - either a large fish or bird. The eagle flew (seemingly with some difficulty) straight towards the southwest corner of the lake, pursued by 10 or more GReat Black-backed Gulls. Meanwhile, 2 adult RED-TAILED HAWKS battled over a dead goose on the ice. In contrast, Sunday afternoon was gorgeous at Stewart Park, with the late afternoon sun(!) illuminating the hundreds of gulls on the ice-edge, as well as the tight, seething mass of REDHEAD (with a few SCAUP) feeding just offshore. I counted 107 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, one of my highest local counts ever. I picked out 1 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL among the HERRINGS, and another slightly darker mantled gull that may have been the one reported yesterday - To me, though, the legs looked rather bright yellow compared with nearby Herrings - the bill was bright yellow with a prominent red spot. I wish I had thought of this at the time, but some reading tonight (for example: http://www.cs.mun.ca/~dave/ylgu.html) makes me think that this bird is possibly a Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans), which is intermediate between Herring and graellsii Lesser Black-backed and has occurred in the Northeast a few times. Stuart Krasnoff also saw this bird with me this afternoon and may have taken a few digiscope pics - one thing to look for would be a clean white head. Certainly worth following up on! Also of interest was a single LONG-TAILED DUCK (probably the same one as on the CBC) and 3 RUDDY DUCKS. KEN -- Ken Rosenberg Director, Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-2412 k...@cornell.edu -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
