[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Heron
Amongst the Grackles, Robins and Redwings singing away this morning, a GREAT BLUE HERON flew over East Ithaca Rec Way--Honness Lane. It must mean that the waters are opening and crayfish/frogs becoming available. Larry and I are on our way up the lake to see what other goodies we can spot! -- Sara Jane Hymes -- 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] GBH at SSW
Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several years since the mixed evergreen hedge we planted 17 yrs ago have grown to 20' or so making a great habitat for NOMO and house finches, etc. ChrisP -- 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] abbreviations
For the benefit of us non-texters and Trac Fone users, please define FOY and NOMO. thanks! Donna S - Original Message - From: Chris Pelkie To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:54 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several years since the mixed evergreen hedge we planted 17 yrs ago have grown to 20' or so making a great habitat for NOMO and house finches, etc. ChrisP -- 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] abbreviations
Thank you all for help with the abbreviations! Donna Scott -- 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] Union Springs
Large flocks of geese, mostly Snows over our house, are noisily heading north. Some flocks are really high, helped with/by the south winds. Yesterday, as I was leaving for Auburn, I saw 7 Turkey vultures circling over the village. I wondered if they are part of the group that has a roost down by the lake. Exciting time of pre-spring. Don't get your spring-is-here hopes up just yet. Native NYers know better than to do that ... but even they forget ... in their wishfulness. The rest of you will find out that you can wear shorts in the a.m. winter coats by evening. That's what makes it so much fun to live here. Besides, this is one of the most beautiful areas of the world in which to live we have lotsa' birds! Enjoy . Fritzie -- 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] EASTERN MEADOWLARK @ Newman golf
EASTERN MEADOWLARK @ Newman golf course --Dave Nutter -- 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] Conn Hill 15Mar11 - migration
From a vista on the south side of Conn Hill today (10:30-12:30 2:00-4:00). Geese (Snows, Canadas): passage of 1000+ per 15 minutes from 10:30-noon; then a notably denser pulse between noon and 12:30PM. From 2PM-4PM rate was 1000 per hour. Mean flight direction ~NNW. ~Mean altitude est. between 2000-4000 ft agl. Turkey Vulture: 4 apparent migrants S to N (also 4+ locals) Red-tailed Hawk: 4 apparent migrants SW to NE (also 6+ locals) Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 not migrating Unid. buteo: 3 apparent migrants (one possibly a dark Rough-legged) Cooper's Hawk: 1 (exhibiting display flight) Merlin: 1 migrant S to N Am. Kestrel: 1 migrant S to N Unid. small falcon: 1 migrant S to N note: this site is in the field at the north end of Black Oak Rd. (near met tower). It has excellent visibility to the west but the east vector is limited -- overall perhaps 60% the circumvisibility of the Mt. Pleasant watch site. --Bill E -- 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/ --
Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations
Point taken. I'll be less lazy in future. Sorry for generating so much traffic! I did reply off-list to Donna but didn't mean to confuse others, so thanks Asher for your reply to the list. And great pic of the rough-legged hawk today, Jay! Finally, (at least) 2 pair of Hooded Mergansers arrived at Sapsucker Woods Pond feeding area today. One of my favorite birds. ChrisP Begin forwarded message: From: Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu Date: March 15, 2011 5:30:35 PM EDT To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations Reply-To: Jay William McGowan jw...@cornell.edu While very useful as shorthand for both bird banders and general birders, we to avoid these abbreviations on the listserv, since not everyone knows them and they can get confusing when people try to use them without knowing the exceptions to the rules. Cheers. -Jay On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote: At John VanNiels' suggestion, I Googled Alpha codes birds and got the whole list of Bird Name Codes. Thanks all, for your help with this. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: nealda...@aol.com To: Donna Lee Scott ; Chris Pelkie ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations umm - me too please! what are those abbreviations? -Original Message- From: Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu To: Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu; CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 7:55 am Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] abbreviations For the benefit of us non-texters and Trac Fone users, please define FOY and NOMO. thanks! Donna S - Original Message - From: Chris Pelkie To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:54 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several years since the mixed evergreen hedge we planted 17 yrs ago have grown to 20' or so making a great habitat for NOMO and house finches, etc. ChrisP -- 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] Around Cayuga Lake March 15th, 2011
Took my wife around Cayuga Lake today. Weather was nice: lots of sun, temperatures in the 40s with a moderate south wind. The lake was choppy in exposed areas with the coves a little more calm. There was some heat shimmer which hampered distant lake viewing. First stop was Stewart Park. Highlight was a LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL among the other usual gulls. There was also a decent sized raft of various Aythya species mixed in with a few other species. There were both LESSER and GREATER SCAUP which made for nice side-by-side comparisons. Also saw a pair of WOOD DUCKS mixed in with the scaup et al. There was pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL a first of year for me. I also got several RUDDY DUCK at Stewart as well. BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER and HOODED MERGANSERS were also present among others. Got 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS as well as many AMERICAN ROBINS. Next stop was Myer's Point. Not much but got some nice shots of a KILLDEER and a decent digi-scoped image of a very distant RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. There was also a bunch of AMERICAN COOTS. Next stop was Long Point State Park. The south wind was rocketing up the lake across the park. It was very chilly and the lake was very very choppy here. There were 4 GADWALL in the pond by the dock. There were also 2 HORNED GREBES as well as several BUFFLEHEAD. Next stop- Aurora Boathouse for my 4th attempt at finding the EARED GREBE. Again, no luck. The lake was choppy and there was shimmer in the distance. This did not help. I did get 4 HORNED GREBES and I tried hard but could not turn any of them into eared grebes :( We then stopped at Factory Street to see Screechie and he was there sunning himself from his box. I got a nice photo of him. There were no GADWALL in this pond surprisingly, but there were 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 3 REDHEADS and several RING-NECKED DUCKS. Got some decent photos of a few of the above. From Harris Park there were very very large numbers of Aythya species and others seen on the other side of the lake adjacent to Lower Lake road. I loosely estimated 10,000 plus? Not sure but when part of the raft took off it was amazing. Being very distant you got a feel for how extensive the raft was. Next stop was Mud Lock and there was a BALD EAGLE sitting on the nest. Then onto the mucklands and besides the thousands upon thousands of SNOW GEESE, there were large numbers of TUNDRA SWANS and PINTAIL. It seemed that everywhere there were dozens of TUNDRA SWANS there were loads of PINTAIL. Given the large number of SNOW GEESE there probably were some ROSS's but I really did not have the patience to sift through them! I did find several blue form SNOWs here and there. From east road, there were only a few SNOWs but thousands of CANADIAN GEESE and again many many PINTAILs. Next stop was Lower Lake Road to get a better look at the thousands of Aythya sp. and others. There were large numbers of CANVASBACK, and REDHEAD. It seemed that there was a higher ratio of GREATER vs. LESSER SCAUP at this stop vs Stewart. Again great views of both side-by-side. There were AMERICAN WIDGEON, HOODED MERGANSER and a few other species too. It was a spectacle given the shear numbers. Sheldrake Point was quiet and very windy so not much other than many BUFFLEHEAD. All in all, a very nice day of waterfowl. I posted some select photos from this trip on my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157626150897123/ 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations
First Of Year, NOrthern MOckingbird. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:55 PM, nealda...@aol.com wrote: umm - me too please! what are those abbreviations? -Original Message- From: Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu To: Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu; CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 7:55 am Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] abbreviations For the benefit of us non-texters and Trac Fone users, please define FOY and NOMO. thanks! Donna S - Original Message - *From:* Chris Pelkie *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Sent:* Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:54 AM *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several years since the mixed evergreen hedge we planted 17 yrs ago have grown to 20' or so making a great habitat for NOMO and house finches, etc. ChrisP -- 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/ -- -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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] abbreviations
At John VanNiels' suggestion, I Googled Alpha codes birds and got the whole list of Bird Name Codes. Thanks all, for your help with this. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: nealda...@aol.com To: Donna Lee Scott ; Chris Pelkie ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations umm - me too please! what are those abbreviations? -Original Message- From: Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu To: Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu; CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 7:55 am Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] abbreviations For the benefit of us non-texters and Trac Fone users, please define FOY and NOMO. thanks! Donna S - Original Message - From: Chris Pelkie To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:54 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several years since the mixed evergreen hedge we planted 17 yrs ago have grown to 20' or so making a great habitat for NOMO and house finches, etc. ChrisP -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations
While very useful as shorthand for both bird banders and general birders, we to avoid these abbreviations on the listserv, since not everyone knows them and they can get confusing when people try to use them without knowing the exceptions to the rules. Cheers. -Jay On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote: At John VanNiels' suggestion, I Googled Alpha codes birds and got the whole list of Bird Name Codes. Thanks all, for your help with this. Donna Scott - Original Message - *From:* nealda...@aol.com *To:* Donna Lee Scott d...@cornell.edu ; Chris Pelkiechris.pel...@cornell.edu; CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu *Sent:* Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:55 PM *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations umm - me too please! what are those abbreviations? -Original Message- From: Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu To: Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu; CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 7:55 am Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] abbreviations For the benefit of us non-texters and Trac Fone users, please define FOY and NOMO. thanks! Donna S - Original Message - *From:* Chris Pelkie *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Sent:* Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:54 AM *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] GBH at SSW Mary at the front desk reported it first and several of us went out to welcome back the first GBH to the big snag on SSW pond this AM. Maybe the same one Sara Jane reported flying over Honness Lane. My FOY yard NOMO arrived also this AM in full song. He's been a regular for the last several years since the mixed evergreen hedge we planted 17 yrs ago have grown to 20' or so making a great habitat for NOMO and house finches, etc. ChrisP -- 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/ --
