[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll subspecies link
Hello all, Here's a great link to the best photos I've ever seen showing the 4 North American Redpoll subspecies (2 Common and 2 Hoary). Take notice of the very large Greater Common Redpoll. I've seen at least a good 6- 7 of these in CNY over the years. They stick out. They all aren't quite this large, but the large size is something to key into. They are often intermediate in size between a nominate Common Redpoll and a House Finch. Thanks to Dave Wheeler for emailing this link to me. cheers, Matt Young mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Server Downtime
Please be advised that the Lyris Server, hosting Cayugabirds-L, will be down for maintenance this Sunday (16 January 2011) from 07:45am to 12:00pm (noon). Messages sent to the List during that downtime duration will be processed and distributed when the Server is restored. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Common Redpolls
A large flock (I'd say 100+) Common Redpolls is now consorting with the even larger flock of Snow Buntings on Mt Pleasant. As of this morning they were foraging on the north side of Mt Pleasant Rd, from 8:30 until around 10:30 am they were in the field just east of the radio tower, but now have moved into the adjacent field toward the sheep farm in the valley west of the radio tower. The redpolls are feeding on the same vegetation as the buntings (I think it is some alfalfa mixed in with grasses). I spent several hours there this morning shooting video footage of the flocks (...and am now looking for a business partner who simply loves editing video!!! I shot 8 GB of footage just now...somewhat overwhelming to think of editing all that) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant buntings
While out on a ride up Mt Pleasant at 12:30, my husband and I saw a flock of 500+ SNOW BUNTINGS two fields east of the observatory, across from a wooded area. There were a least three if not more LAPLAND LONGSPURS on its fringe, but no redpolls. The flock kept rolling over the field as it foraged until it flew away in one massive swarm. Candace -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] waterfowl SW corner Cayuga Lake
Apologies if you got this twice, I just upgraded to Outlook and no email went out for a while. Ice formed overnight, with the edge defining the location of a large milling raft of waterfowl.Three Tundra Swans continue to cruise around, and were spotted earlier snoozing near the ice edge with a Great Black-backed Gull standing nearby. Counts submitted to ebird: Canada Goose 290 Tundra Swan 3 Canvasback 180 Redhead 1470 Great Black-backed Gull 1 gull sp. 6 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 2 Dark-eyed Junco 1 American Goldfinch 11 More waterfowl now seem to be merging from from the north. Elaina -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Aurora bluffs Redhead
Driving through Aurora today there is a large raft of Redheads between the Aurora cemetery and the bluffs. I couldn't stop to count, but if anyone passes here tomorrow look left right off shore. Gary -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll Link again
Hello again, Some have mentioned a problem with the redpoll link, so here it is again. Maybe the third time is a charm. It's a great link! http://northshorenature.blogspot.com/2011/01/hornemanns-hoary-and-greater-co mmon.html cheers, Matt mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dodge Rd: Mockingbird, Bluebirds
On my walk down Dodge Rd this afternoon (2pm) I found a juvenile N.MOCKINGBIRD in the roadside shrubs. It was quite tame and allowed me to approach quite close. A small group of 4 male E.BLUEBIRDs leapfrogged along the wires as I walked. Some other birds: Redbellied Hairy Woodpeckers, House Finches and lots of RTHawks. At one point as I was watching a low-flying RTHawk, in the field of view but far away a cloud of white-winged small birds arose settled. I walked all around for quite a while but could not find the presumed Buntings again. Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow rd. -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, New York For my paintings, see http://www.artbynari.com -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Falls Seneca Lake highlights
An impressive group of large gulls were packed tightly together on Van Cleef Lake in Seneca Falls: ~750 HERRING GULL ~25 GREAT BLACK-BACKED 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED (adult) 1 ICELAND (adult) 1 GLAUCOUS (1st cycle) no Ring-bills Great birding conditions on the Geneva waterfront but nothing very unusual was found. Counts approximate. ~2000 CANADA GOOSE 1 CACKLING GOOSE 8 PINTAIL 75 REDHEAD 1 RING-NECKED DUCK 5 GREATER SCAUP 75 LESSER SCAUP 6 BUFFLEHEAD 75 COMMON GOLDENEYE 8 HOODED MERGANSER many COMMON MERGANSER 2 RUDDY DUCK 1 COOPER'S HAWK (a huge imm. female in a tree in Seneca Lake State Park) 1 GLAUCOUS GULL (1st cycle, marina end of Seneca Lake SP) 100 HERRING GULL 10 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL I don't recall seeing any Ring-bills, loons, grebes, scoters, and I couldn't find any unusual geese aside from a Cackling that flew inland with Canadas. Most of the ducks were close to the pier near the west end of the waterfront and gave awesome views. There was also a (seemingly) 1st-cycle Herring Gull with a glaring adult-like yellow eye. David Wheeler -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Aurora bluffs Redhead
Great, thanks Gary -- we'll be counting up there tomorrow. Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Jan 14, 2011, at 2:09 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote: Driving through Aurora today there is a large raft of Redheads between the Aurora cemetery and the bluffs. I couldn't stop to count, but if anyone passes here tomorrow look left right off shore. Gary -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Watkins Glen CBC Results
Chris, thanks for the word on Bob Guthrie; he'll be missed. John The results of the Watkins Glen CBC on 2 January are as follows: PB Grebe 2, DC Cormorant 1, GB Heron 3, C. Goose 521, Snow Goose 250 (new high), Mallard 149, Black 6, Gadwall 28 (new high), Lesser Scaup 9, Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) 3, Ruddy 1, SS HAwk 2, RT hawk 42, RL Hawk 6, N.Harrier 4, Kestrel 1, R. Grouse 8, Turkey 103, RNPheasant 1, Coot 186, GBB Gull 9, Herring gull 8, RB Gull 147, Pigeon 442, Mourning Dove 307,, Screech Owl 8, GH Owl , B.Kingfisher 1, RB Woodpecker 30, YB Sapsucker 1, Downy 78,Hairy 18, Flicker 5, Pileated 10 (new high),Horned Lark 60, Blue Jay 204, Crow 1178, Raven 8, BC Chickadee 364 (invasion year), Tufted Titmouse 72, WB Nuthatch 62, RB Nuthatch 5, Brown Creeper 3, C.Wren 14, Winter Wren 2, Bluebird 61, Robin 25, Mockingbird 6, GC kinglet 11, Cedar Waxwing 185, Starling 1455, Tree Sparrow 67, Song 7, White-throated 34, Junco 296, Cardinal 79, House finch 158, Purple 1, Gold 116, Siskin 2, Redpoll 50, RW Blackbird 35, Cowbird 28, house Sparrow 179. 7,164 individuals of 64 Species. As usual we had very few people afield (6 or 7) and several feeder watchers. Interesting find from late spring/early summer was Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at Queen Catharine Marsh. Single report, no photos but decent details. -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
