Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dozen COMNIG flew south, 4

[Dave Nutter]

I saw at least 17 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS this evening during my walk home from work.  The first was relatively low over the neighborhood east of Titus Tower in the southern part of the City of Ithaca.  As it seemed to be working its way west, so did I, and from Wood Street Park across South Meadow Street (NYS 13) from Tops I watched first one, then two, then a flock of a dozen foraging, which soon gathered and worked their way southwest, up Inlet Valley.  They were all pretty high and hard to see without binoculars, but with binoculars could be distinguished easily from the few gulls and numerous CHIMNEY SWIFTS.  After the dozen departed I was still able to find a total of 5 COMNIG foraging over Tops til about 6:30pm.  Thus I saw at least 17, I think the most I've seen at a time in years.  For the person(s) I confused with my second report, the six-letter codes I use (usually after using the full common name) have a formula.  If a bird name consists of a single word, use the first 6 letters if there are that many (MALLAR, OSPREY, VEERY, SORA).  If the common name has 2 words, use the first 3 letters of each, thus COMNIG for Common Nighthawk, and AMEROB for American Robin.  If the common name has 3 words use the first 2 of the first word, the first 1 of the second and the first 3 of the third (White-breasted  Nuthatch becomes WHBNUT, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker becomes YEBSAP.  And if the common name has 4 words use the first 1 letter of the first 3 words and the first 3 letters of the last (GBBGUL = Great Black-backed Gull; YCNHER = Yellow-crowned Night-Heron)Because the last word is usually the most general & useful, that 
gets 3 letters. There a few words which have different abbreviations to avoid ambiguities:Black is BLK, BK, or KBlue is BLU, BU or UGreen is GRN, GN or NGray is GRY, GY or YGreat is GRT, GT or GAfter all this there are only a handful of current or former ambiguous species codes for North American birds, and I won't bore you with them now.  I use the codes because they save space and, especially when texting when I want to keep looking at the bird, time.  I picked up this 6-letter system when inputting data at the Lab of O years ago.  I find it easier to use and translate than the 4 letter codes some folks use  --Dave NutterOn Aug 24, 2010, at 03:22 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: Dozen COMNIG flew south, 4 still over tops 6:20pm
--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Dozen COMNIG flew south, 4

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 Dozen COMNIG flew south, 4 still over tops 6:20pm
--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Common nighthawk over titus tower

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 Common nighthawk over titus tower ithaca 5:50pm
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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Muckrace registration deadline August 25!

[Jane Graves]

Hello, Cayugabirders - 

If you have been thinking about participating in this year's Muckrace, now is 
the time to do something about it!  The registration deadline is tomorrow!  You 
can easily register by going to http://muckrace.dojiggy.com and either pay by 
credit card or send me a check.

For those who are interested in such matters, Cayuga Lake Creamery will be 
coming up to the Montezuma Audubon Center for the end-of-the-day festivities.  
No, we will not be giving away ice cream, but it will be available for starving 
birders!

Jane

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[cayugabirds-l] Mudny dripping with warblers et al during lunch

[Meena Haribal]

Hi all,
I spent from 12.30 pm to 1.15 pm at Mundy Wildlfower Garden. I stood most of 
the time and may be moved a step here or there to get better view. Birds came 
where I was. It was hard to decide which bird to look at. There could be more 
than 50+ birds (very conservative number I think).
Birds included the following
Chestnut-sided as Hope noted numerous
Black-throated blue
Black-throated Green
Tennessee Warbler
Blackburnian
Canada Warblers (2 in a view at same time)
Magnolia (numerous)
Nashville (one)
Redstart
Black and Whites (at least three)
A masked warbler but barely got the view through the leaf and lost it.
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireos (also watched one being fed by a parent)

And many other birds. Did not have enough time to look at them as I spent some 
time talking to Todd and gave him my binoculars to see a Canada Warbler which 
he said had not seen in last 10 years or more!


All the birds were between the Plantations office (hort office) in the Mundy 
and Fall creek if anyone wants to go look for them.
I was hoping for Hooded, Morning and Capemay but no luck!







Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
http://haribal.org/
http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf




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[cayugabirds-l] Plantations Rd. HOODED WARBLER, etc.

[Stuart Krasnoff]

> I also birded the greater Fall Creek Gorge area on CU campus from 0900-0930 h 
> this morning mostly standing in one place looking down into Mundy from the 
> K-permitted area on Plantations Rd. behind the Plant Pathology greenhouses.  
> There was a flurry of activity as the sun flushed the area below with Robins 
> and Waxwings dominating the action with a Pewee and Carolina Wren singing.  
> Visual highlights were an Ovenbird, a Scarlet Tanager male showing irregular 
> patches of scarlet on the mostly greenish-yellow breast and a bright male 
> Hooded Warbler seen just below the rock wall.   In addition, I watched a 
> warbler I couldn't definitively identify foraging farther down--olive-yellow 
> above, yellow breast and belly, noticeable white on tail visible from above, 
> no eye ring or wing-bars - swayed by the presence of a male I am guessing 
> female Hooded Warbler.


> Number of species: 20
> 
> Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 10
> Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 1
> Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 2
> Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 1
> American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos X
> Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
> American Robin - Turdus migratorius 10
> Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 3
> European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 5
> Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 15
> American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 1
> Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 1
> Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina 1
> Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 4
> Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 2
> Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea 2
> Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 2
> House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 2
> American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 5
> House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 10
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


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[cayugabirds-l] Myers -- Baird's & Upland Sandpiper

[Christopher Wood]

Hi all,

I spent a couple hours at Myers this morning and had a nice selection
of birds. None remained at the point for more than a few minutes and
most didn't even land. Highlights included a high flyover calling
Upland Sandpiper and a Baird's Sandpiper that flew down toward a group
of Least Sandpipers on the spit. Instead of landing the Leasts took
off and all departed to the southeast. There were seven Blue-winged
Teal early in the morning and two that came in about 7:30 with a
single Green-winged Teal.

There was also a nice movement of Bobolinks, with at over 300 total.
Other landbird highlights included Red-breasted Nuthatch, 8 Purple
Finches, Northern Waterthrush, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Blackpoll
Warbler.

Chris Wood

eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
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Senior Leader, WINGS Birding Tours
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[cayugabirds-l] Mourning & Canada Warblers--Beebe Lake, etc.

[Hope Batcheller]

Hi all,

Evan Barrientos, Tim Healy, and I birded Beebe Lake and the Mundy Wildflower
Garden this morning. The highlights were a Canada and Morning Warbler, both
on the southeast side of Beebe Lake. The full list follows.


Observation date: 8/24/10
Number of species: 37

Canada Goose 1
Mallard 7
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1
Ring-billed Gull 9
Rock Pigeon 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed) 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 7
Cedar Waxwing 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 Many at the Mundy Wildflower Garden.
Magnolia Warbler 2 Mundy Wildflower Garden.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Mundy Wildflower Garden.
Mourning Warbler 1 On south side of Beebe Lake. Jumped into tree
from patch of goldenrod.
Common Yellowthroat 1
Canada Warbler 1 Same location as Morning Warbler. Very faint
streaking on chest.
Song Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Heard fledgling begging vocs.
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 10

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


Good birding!
--Hope Batcheller
Petersburgh/Ithaca, NY

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