Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

[Stephanie Greenwood]

 Please don't tell me that you don't have any European House 
Sparrows...I have a flock of 20 that are driving me and my other feeder 
birds nuts. What to do what to do? Never thought I'd wish I owned a gun

Stephanie

On 10/18/10 5:54 PM, joe & Diana wrote:

 Hi,

 I had a visit from a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a single Pine Siskin 
at the feeder in the past two days. I also phished in a group of House 
Finches.  Maybe not too exciting except to me, because they came! 
Diana Whiting


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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Mallards

[James G. Kohlenberg]

There are a goodly number of Mallards lately at Stewart Park. The strong north 
winds keep them close to shore. I would think someone good with hybrids could 
find at least one Mallard/Black Duck hybrid in the group.


Location: Stewart Park, Ithaca
Observation date: 10/18/10
Notes: 50 deg. cloudy, light-breeze NE.
Number of species: 12

Canada Goose 30
American Black Duck 14
Mallard 650
Redhead 3
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 13
Ruddy Duck 5
Double-crested Cormorant 115
American Coot 6
Great Black-backed Gull 12
gull sp. 166

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

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[cayugabirds-l] Gray-cheeked Thrush on my deck

[Kevin J. McGowan]

 I just got home and was sitting on the floor of my kitchen petting my cat 
while she ate (her favorite thing), and I happened to look up and out the 
window toward the feeders.  A junco was on the feeder and a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 
was perched on the railing below it, flicking its wings.

I commando-crawled out of the kitchen to get my camera, but of course the 
thrush was gone when I snuck back.  I went outside in case it might be visible, 
but, no such luck.  I did my best Gray-cheek night-flight-call imitation (a 
brief, down-slurred, high whistle), which was pretty pathetic, I admit.  But 
after a few whistles I got a response (at least I'm saying that's why it 
called).  We whistled back and forth a few times, and then I stopped and it 
kept on whistling (which they always do so you never can tell if you actions 
actually make a whit of difference of if they'd be out there calling anyway).  
It's getting dark, so maybe it is trying to motivate its troops and head out.

You just have to wonder how much goes on just outside our notice.

I've had quite a few Hermit Thrushes in the yard this last week, but this bird 
had a completely dully dark face without a hint of an eyering, and the 
prominent malar streak that always seems to me to be more obvious on 
Gray-cheeks than the other thrushes.  Plus the call confirmed it.  I am quite 
frankly surprised that it was so similar to my tortured imitation.  I was even 
on the right pitch!

Kevin



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[cayugabirds-l] Fall Birds

[jpackard]

I birded behind my house yesterday. I saw a Purple Finch,
Flicker, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, and a female Rose-
Breasted Grosbeak. There was a flock of about fifty
Robins in the woods.

  Today, I  saw three crows chase a Raven right over Route 13
near Warren Road.

Bruce Packard 

Groton



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[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

[joe & Diana]

 Hi,

 I had a visit from a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a single Pine Siskin  
at the feeder in the past two days. I also phished in a group of House  
Finches.  Maybe not too exciting except to me, because they came!  
Diana Whiting


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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  October 18, 2010
*  NYSY 1810.10
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 11, 2009 - October 18, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland
compiled:October 18 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#226 -Monday October 18, 2010
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 11 
, 2010
 
Highlights:
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BRANT
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
MERLIN
PURPLE GALLINULE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
PARASITIC JAEGER
PINE SISKINS


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)


 10/16: A PURPLE GALLINULE was seen in the main pool along the wildlife 
trail about halfway between the second interpretive sign abd the carp spillway. 
Unfortunately it has not been relocated.
 10/17: DUNLIN, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were 
found at the visitor’s center. At the new shorebird area 2 more WHITE-RUMPED 
SANDPIPERS were seen. From Towpath Road a single ROSS’S GOOSE and 8 GREATER 
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were spotted.


Onondaga County


 10/12: 21 species were seen along the Erie Canal Trail between Kirkville 
and Poolsbrook. Included were RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
 10/14: A MERLIN was seen hunting pigeons on Willow Street in Syracuse.


Madison County


 10/14: A single PINE SISKIN was at a feeder in Erieville.


Cayuga County


 10/16: BRANT and SURF SCOTERS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. 
BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen in a muck area on Victory- 
Conquest Townline Road.


Oswego County


 10/16: 4 JAEGERS, probably PARASITIC, were seen from the bluff at Derby 
Hill. Also seen were almost 2000 BRANT and 13 more species of waterfown 
including all three Scoters.
 10/17: 4 SURF SCOTERS were seen at Three Mile Bay on the north shore of 
Oneida Lake.
  10/18: 2 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Hastings.

   

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] How do they know?

[Linda Orkin]

Not only are they watching, they are probably checking them out on a fairly
regular basis.  They see you much more often than you see them ! And as soon
as there is food, the word goes out.

Linda

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Bard Prentiss
wrote:

> Yesterday i filled my feeders for the first time since late May. This AM at
> 8 o-clock I had a large flock including several TT Titmice, many BC
> Chickadees, WB Nuthatches 2 Bluejays and 2 Carolina wrens. How do they know
> so quickly that there is food in the feeders? Are they watching?
>
> Bard
>
> Bard Prentiss
> P O Box 283
> Dryden, NY 13053
> 607-844-4691
> prenti...@frontiernet.net
>
>
>

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[cayugabirds-l] How do they know?

[Bard Prentiss]

Yesterday i filled my feeders for the first time since late May. This  
AM at 8 o-clock I had a large flock including several TT Titmice,  
many BC Chickadees, WB Nuthatches 2 Bluejays and 2 Carolina wrens.  
How do they know so quickly that there is food in the feeders? Are  
they watching?

Bard

Bard Prentiss
P O Box 283
Dryden, NY 13053
607-844-4691
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