[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock - Ithaca, Tuesday night
Last night at about 11PM, there was a lone Woodcock peenting from the wet, open woods just south of the Northwood Apartments, across Warren Road from the airport. Best, Scott -- *Scott A. Haber* *Content Manager - Merlin* Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. - #295A Ithaca, NY 14850 Office: (607) 254-1102 Email: sa...@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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dresser Road Feeders
It looks like the feeders on Dresser road (off Salt road) have been discovered at last. Spent an jour there from 1:30 to 2:30 PM today. 4 White-brested Nuthatch 6 Blue Jays several Black-capped Chickadee 2 Hairy woodpecker Not the greatest report, but a start. Please report what you see. Carl Steckler -- 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] Knox-Marsellus Marsh - White-fronted Goose, Blue-winged Teal
The afternoon started at the east end of the Savannah Mucklands, where 5 Canvasbacks were noted. I didn't search Snow Geese and didn't see any Eurasian Wigeon, but Doug Daniels stopped to say there was one farther back. Thousands of ducks, but nothing unusual. On to East Rd, where the highlight was a BLUE-WINGED TEAL in with Green-winged Teal. I searched through all the Canada Geese at Knox-Marsellus Marsh and couldn't find a White-fronted, so decided to stick around for the evening fly-in since that seemed to be the place and I have had good luck in the past pulling GWF out of goose fly-ins. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE did indeed fly in. There was also a large ground-hugging flight of Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles (~100k plus) along the sloping field at East Rd. Trying to watch both the goose fly-in and the icterid flight at the same time proved difficult. Lots of excitement! 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] abbreviations
At the opposite end of the spectrum, lots of people, especially beginners, may not know what a Gaviforme is without looking it up. Brenda -- Brenda Best Durhamville, NY bestb...@me.com Sent from my iPad On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Holbrook mycte...@stny.rr.com wrote: To Those Who Maybe Interested, Just as an FYI, a great new resource for those who want to learn the four letter alpha codes or at least have a reference for those times when folks forget the cayugabirds-l and other list’s guidelines, the” Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds” is awesome. It is the first guide that I have seen that includes the alpha codes. Even the USGS web pages that list the codes are not as a good reference as this guide due to the splits and omissions. For example, Gaviformes are typically not included as they don’t typically migrate. Regardless, this is a great reference, but not so much a field guide, as reported by others on this list previously. With texting and space constrained social networks, i.e. Twitter, etc., four letter alpha codes are seeing increased usage by birders across the US. Just my two cents. I have no financial ties to anything relating to this post. I just thought some folks might like to know or be reminded of this. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:56 To: Jay McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations THANKS, JAY. I'm sure many folks on the listserv, especially, new birders, aren't happy with the shorthand/texting. Fritzie *** Jay wrote: 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. - -- 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
Hi all, Here is a nice write-up demystifying birder shorthand for those that are interested in learning more: http://www.nabirding.com/2011/03/11/birder-shorthand-demystifying-the-code-of-banders/ Cheers, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Brenda Best bestb...@me.com wrote: At the opposite end of the spectrum, lots of people, especially beginners, may not know what a Gaviforme is without looking it up. Brenda -- Brenda Best Durhamville, NY bestb...@me.com Sent from my iPad On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Holbrook mycte...@stny.rr.com wrote: To Those Who Maybe Interested, Just as an FYI, a great new resource for those who want to learn the four letter alpha codes or at least have a reference for those times when folks forget the cayugabirds-l and other list’s guidelines, the” Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds” is awesome. It is the first guide that I have seen that includes the alpha codes. Even the USGS web pages that list the codes are not as a good reference as this guide due to the splits and omissions. For example, Gaviformes are typically not included as they don’t typically migrate. Regardless, this is a great reference, but not so much a field guide, as reported by others on this list previously. With texting and space constrained social networks, i.e. Twitter, etc., four letter alpha codes are seeing increased usage by birders across the US. Just my two cents. I have no financial ties to anything relating to this post. I just thought some folks might like to know or be reminded of this. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:56 To: Jay McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations THANKS, JAY. I'm sure many folks on the listserv, especially, new birders, aren't happy with the shorthand/texting. Fritzie *** Jay wrote: 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. - -- 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] Woodcock - Ithaca, Tuesday night
Sadly, those last big, original woods along Warren Rd. in the Northwoods area (near Ithaca airport) is up for sale, so more habitat will be lost for the Woodcock and other critters. Donna S. - Original Message - From: Scott Haber To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:49 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock - Ithaca, Tuesday night Last night at about 11PM, there was a lone Woodcock peenting from the wet, open woods just south of the Northwood Apartments, across Warren Road from the airport. Best, Scott -- Scott A. Haber Content Manager - Merlin Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. - #295A Ithaca, NY 14850 Office: (607) 254-1102 Email: sa...@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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations
If we run out out Hooded Mergansers, we would be HOMEless ... -Original Message- From: bounce-9259790-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Linda Orkin Sent: Wed 3/16/2011 1:36 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: Mike Powers; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Jeff Holbrook; John and Fritzie Blizzard; Jay William McGowan; Brenda Best Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations Imagine if there were NOMO Mockingbirds?? Linda Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote: The codes are easy to write but difficult to read. They are like mysteries, once someone explains them you can follow how they got there, but you are unlikely to figure them out on your own. Unless you use them every day, it's always a puzzle. I've said this a bunch here, and I'll say it again: There are 2 kinds of jargon - the technical kind that increases the precision of communication among specialists (say, the dorsal surface of the distal-most portion of the most proximate bone, or Richardson's Cackling Goose), and the kind that becomes an in-group/out-group code (like newts for neutralization assays, or BTYW). If clear communication to all on the list (or wherever) is your goal, don't use abbreviations. If you want to show you belong to an exclusive group and you mean to keep your message cryptic to anyone outside the group, then codes are great. IMHO Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-9258656-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9258656-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Powers Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:44 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: Jeff Holbrook; John and Fritzie Blizzard; Jay William McGowan; Brenda Best Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations Hi all, Here is a nice write-up demystifying birder shorthand for those that are interested in learning more: http://www.nabirding.com/2011/03/11/birder-shorthand-demystifying-the-code-of-banders/ Cheers, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Brenda Best bestb...@me.com wrote: At the opposite end of the spectrum, lots of people, especially beginners, may not know what a Gaviforme is without looking it up. Brenda -- Brenda Best Durhamville, NY bestb...@me.com Sent from my iPad On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Holbrook mycte...@stny.rr.com wrote: To Those Who Maybe Interested, Just as an FYI, a great new resource for those who want to learn the four letter alpha codes or at least have a reference for those times when folks forget the cayugabirds-l and other list's guidelines, the Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds is awesome. It is the first guide that I have seen that includes the alpha codes. Even the USGS web pages that list the codes are not as a good reference as this guide due to the splits and omissions. For example, Gaviformes are typically not included as they don't typically migrate. Regardless, this is a great reference, but not so much a field guide, as reported by others on this list previously. With texting and space constrained social networks, i.e. Twitter, etc., four letter alpha codes are seeing increased usage by birders across the US. Just my two cents. I have no financial ties to anything relating to this post. I just thought some folks might like to know or be reminded of this. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:56 To: Jay McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations THANKS, JAY. I'm sure many folks on the listserv, especially, new birders, aren't happy with the shorthand/texting. Fritzie *** Jay wrote: 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. - -- 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
Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations
Okay, I'm going to try to nip this in the bud and ask that we end this abbreviations thread before it gets out of control. I'm sure there are lots of hilarious bird pun blogs you can take your creativity, but I don't want to see a situation here like they had on Massachusetts-birds a few months ago where the listserv was overrun by terrible duck puns for a week. Truly dismaying. Let's have an end to it here. In other news, George Road is thawing little by little, and today there was a good assortment of ducks, including American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, American Black Duck, Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck, the female Redhead, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, and a transitional HORNED GREBE. Not huge numbers, but a nice variety and perhaps a good alternative if you can't make the trip up to Montezuma. Cheers. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Susan Danskin dans...@twcny.rr.com wrote: If all the Magnolia Warblers moved to New Jersey, they would probably settle in MAWA... On Mar 16, 2011, at 2:09 PM, John VanNiel wrote: If we run out out Hooded Mergansers, we would be HOMEless ... -Original Message- From: bounce-9259790-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Linda Orkin Sent: Wed 3/16/2011 1:36 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: Mike Powers; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Jeff Holbrook; John and Fritzie Blizzard; Jay William McGowan; Brenda Best Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations Imagine if there were NOMO Mockingbirds?? Linda Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote: The codes are easy to write but difficult to read. They are like mysteries, once someone explains them you can follow how they got there, but you are unlikely to figure them out on your own. Unless you use them every day, it's always a puzzle. I've said this a bunch here, and I'll say it again: There are 2 kinds of jargon - the technical kind that increases the precision of communication among specialists (say, the dorsal surface of the distal-most portion of the most proximate bone, or Richardson's Cackling Goose), and the kind that becomes an in-group/out-group code (like newts for neutralization assays, or BTYW). If clear communication to all on the list (or wherever) is your goal, don't use abbreviations. If you want to show you belong to an exclusive group and you mean to keep your message cryptic to anyone outside the group, then codes are great. IMHO Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-9258656-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9258656-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Powers Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:44 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: Jeff Holbrook; John and Fritzie Blizzard; Jay William McGowan; Brenda Best Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations Hi all, Here is a nice write-up demystifying birder shorthand for those that are interested in learning more: http://www.nabirding.com/2011/03/11/birder-shorthand-demystifying-the-code-of-banders/ Cheers, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Brenda Best bestb...@me.com wrote: At the opposite end of the spectrum, lots of people, especially beginners, may not know what a Gaviforme is without looking it up. Brenda -- Brenda Best Durhamville, NY bestb...@me.com Sent from my iPad On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Holbrook mycte...@stny.rr.com wrote: To Those Who Maybe Interested, Just as an FYI, a great new resource for those who want to learn the four letter alpha codes or at least have a reference for those times when folks forget the cayugabirds-l and other list's guidelines, the Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds is awesome. It is the first guide that I have seen that includes the alpha codes. Even the USGS web pages that list the codes are not as a good reference as this guide due to the splits and omissions. For example, Gaviformes are typically not included as they don't typically migrate. Regardless, this is a great reference, but not so much a field guide, as reported by others on this list previously. With texting and space constrained social networks, i.e. Twitter, etc., four letter alpha codes are seeing increased usage by birders across the US. Just my two cents. I have no financial ties to anything relating to this post. I just thought some folks might like to know or be reminded of this. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:56 To: Jay McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations THANKS, JAY. I'm sure many folks on the listserv, especially, new birders, aren't happy with the shorthand/texting. Fritzie *** Jay
