[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean Warbler at Sapsucker

[Caro]

Yesterday I heard a Cerulean Warbler sing five or so times in succession in the 
northwest area of Sapsucker-- is this the Wilson trail? -- he fell silent after 
that but gave a good show! Sorry for the delay in reporting-- I hope others 
come across him too. Also today was my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the 
season, also at Sapsucker, on the northern edge of the pond where there's a 
walkway out onto the edge of the water.

Caroline Manring
Ithaca 

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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow in TBurg

[B Mcaneny]

Will wonders never cease.  Another migrant gets lost and finds TBurg.  Today it 
was a Field Sparrow on and beneath the feeder.  We have not seen this species 
here in several years.

Bill and Shirley McAneny, TBurg
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[cayugabirds-l] Saturday trip

[jpackard]

After leaving Jay at Morgan Road, my dad and I went over to Marten's Tract.
Highlights were another MOORHEN and an immature ORCHARD ORIOLE
hanging out in the grass. We also got looks at a perched Bald Eagle
(immature), Pied-Billed Grebe, Swamp Sparrow, Bluebird and a pair
of Bobolinks.

  When we got home I birded the back of my woods and picked
up five more birds for my count. I got 104 for the day. 


Bruce Packard

Groton 



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[cayugabirds-l] FW: eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center , 5/8/11

[Nancy W Dickinson]

Had a great morning at Cayuga Nature Center, with the following list.  In my 
yard in Mecklenburg, had newcomers of Indigo Bunting, Pine Siskin, 
Chestnut-sided and Cape May Warblers.

Happy Mother's Day to all!

From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [do-not-re...@ebird.org]
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:05 AM
To: Nancy W Dickinson
Subject: eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center , 5/8/11

Location: Cayuga Nature Center
Observation date: 5/8/11
Number of species: 42

Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
House Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 10
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow X
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 6

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

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[cayugabirds-l] Indigo bunting, etc.

[Regi Teasley]

Today the Indigo bunting (male) graduated to feeding ON the tray feeder.
Both male and female RB Grosbeaks were present (several males).
Oriole feeding in the nearby apple trees.
Still a few White crowned sparrows.

Happy Mother's Day,

Regi
West Hill, City of Ithaca

PS  Saw and heard a BG Gnatcatcher in willows near bird garden in 
Cass Park midday.



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[cayugabirds-l] American Crows as "Woody Woodpeckers"!

[Watt W. Webb]

Our metal grid screened woodpecker suit cakes are being invaded and 
consumed by the 2 resident Crows that have been visiting our feeder 
area for months and have finally learned from the various family 
Woodpeckers which they drive away for their own now-skillful feeding 
hangs from the suet frames feeding carnivorously on the suit!


This invasion has driven the Red Bellied Woodpeckers off to the fine 
black seed screes which they do seem to enjoy.


Watt Webb [on upper Teeter Rd].
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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma 7May11; 8May11 warblers

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
No sign of Ken's Yellow-throated Warbler a little later in the morning, but
I did have a singing TENNESSEE WARBLER in the area, as well as Nashville
Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Northern
Waterthursh, Yellow-throated Vireo, and a PRAIRIE WARBLER along Etna Road
east of the airport.


Yesterday (7 May 2011) I led a Cayuga Bird Club field trip up the lake.  I
was joined by 10 enthusiastic birders.  We started with a loop of the Wilson
Trail, the highlights of which I have already posted.  Next we headed to
Myers Point to try to get a look at an Orchard Oriole.  The road to the
point is still closed, but we parked near the entrance, and were greeted by
the song of two ORCHARD ORIOLES almost immediately.  One quickly flew in to
a tree right above us, then proceeded to land on our cars and attack itself
in our rear-view mirrors.  It would sit on a mirror and sing, then move to
another and view its reflection.  It didn't bash itself against them as I
have heard of some cardinals doing, but it did try to attack occasionally
and looked pretty annoyed.

As we were getting ready to leave Myers we got word of the ibises at Stewart
Park, so we decided to check those out before heading up the lake.  Everyone
got great looks at the two WHITE-FACED IBIS foraging on the lawn at Stewart
Park, as well as about 50 Bonaparte's Gulls and the COMMON MOORHEN in the
lagoon along Fall Creek. Two INDIGO BUNTINGS flew over (and some of us saw
and heard about four others earlier at Sapsucker Woods.)  We also added Tim
Lenz to our number for the rest of the day.

On our way up the lake we didn't stop much, but did pull over for a minute
to view a COMMON TERN sitting with Ring-billed Gulls on the dock at the
Union Springs marina.  At the visitor center pool at Montezuma we saw seven
LEAST SANDPIPERS, and another 10 were on the shorebird flats at the corner
of the wildlife drive.  Otherwise the drive was fairly quiet.  Mays Point
had several BLACK TERNS and a late TUNDRA SWAN, as well as a few ducks.  We
were unable to relocated Chris and Jessie's Prothonotary Warbler along the
road.

>From the base of Towpath Road we got great looks at a BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON and saw two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS flying over the pool, which
we subsequently got better looks at from East Road.  One had a fairly dull
orangish bill, while the other had a much brighter orange bill with a fairly
pronounced knob.

Shorebird habitat is all but gone at Carncross and Morgan Road, and we were
only able to find a dozen or so Lesser Yellowlegs in the area.  Leaving
Morgan Road, Tim found a singing PINE WARBLER along the road, which was soon
joined by a silent male MOURNING WARBLER.

Finally, we stopped in to the Empire Farm Days fairground in Seneca Falls,
where we found four (and perhaps more) UPLAND SANDPIPERS near the north end.
 Two of them were taking a bath in a pothole when we arrived.

All in all, it was an excellent trip, and I think everyone got great looks
at some fantastic birds.  The trip total for the day was 122 species.


And finally, I wanted to let the Cayugabird community know that Andy
Johnson, Hope Batcheller, Scott Haber, and I will be heading down to Cape
May to scout for the World Series early this week and will be competing as
the Lab of Ornithology's Redheads on the event May 14th.  Please consider
donating to support our team and the Lab's efforts to raise money for
student research by going here: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/wsb

Good birding!

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Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Bonaparte's Gulls, Least Sandpipers, No Pelicans?

[Mike & Joann Tetlow]

Joann and I toured Montezuma last evening. Highlights were 85 Least 
Sandpipers and 1 Dunlin in the new shorebird habitat at the north end of the 
main pool on the west side where we could hear both Sora and Virginia Rails at 
around 6:30.  Arriving at East road we scanned Knox-Marcellus extensively 
finding 2 Trumpeter Swans, 26 Ruddy Ducks, 5 Common Mergansers and 1 Lesser 
Yellowlegs but no Pelicans.  We drove about 200 yards down Towpath expecting to 
see Black-crowned Night herons in the trees or in the first section of the 
marsh and found none.  The Pelicans were not on the west shore of 
Knox-Marcellus so either we were blind,they left to roost elsewhere or they 
were on the west shore of Puddlers(the pond way in the back).
The most interesting sighting occurred at Tschache, where at 7:55 a large 
flock of 107 Bonaparte’s gulls flew directly at us from over the trees at the 
back of the pool.  As they got closer we could only see immature birds. 
Suddenly they stopped their straight line flight and started to soar. A tight 
spiral of 107 Bonaparte’s gulls is more impressive than you would imagine.  
Maybe they felt they needed more altitude before continuing to the SE over the 
very noisy thruway. Whatever the reason they soared for about 3 minutes before 
flying on toward the main pool or beyond.  Shortly after, another flock of 45 
Bonaparte’s, some in breeding plumage, flew past skipping the soaring. Sorry 
about the delay in this post and we hope the pelicans are still there for 
everyone else.  Mike Tetlow  
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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/8

[Mark Chao]

The excellent birding in Sapsucker Woods continues on Sunday morning.  Early
highlights (6:25-8:45 AM, many shared with Michelle Farnham and Laura
Stenzler):

*  14+ warbler species, including CAPE MAY, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, MAGNOLIA,
BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE, and WILSON'S
WARBLER, plus AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.  Michelle and I independently had
fantastic views of the Cape May Warbler at the first split of the Wilson
Trail North.  I watched it feeding on catkins and singing for 10+ minutes,
three meters from the ground and five meters from me.  It was a rare chance
to enjoy the bird's black crown as well as its other better-known striking
markings.  Note that this bird was singing only a rather unusual fast,
almost chattery song -- maybe 6-8 notes per second instead of the usual 2-3.
All warblers except Blackburnian were along the Wilson Trail; Blackburnian
was along the East Trail between the Woodleton Boardwalk and the small long
pond with the shelter.  

* LINCOLN'S SPARROW in the exact spot where Jay found it yesterday, in brush
along the pond, near the lone feeder on the Wilson Trail North.  I saw the
bird well, then got the same cryptic view of the bird's russet flanks that
yesterday left uncertainty in my mind about whether I was seeing a Swamp
Sparrow.  (Not that I ever doubted Jay in the least...)

* YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO singing at the intersection of
the Wilson and West Trails.  

* one lingering RUSTY BLACKBIRD heard singing.

* Many other fine songbirds, including WOOD THRUSH, VEERY, many male and
female BALTIMORE ORIOLES, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, SCARLET TANAGER,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and others.

Mark Chao







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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler on Mohawk Road (Lansing)

[Tom Schulenberg]

Ken Rosenberg just called to report a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER on Mohawk Road
in Lansing, just north of the airport. The site is at the north end of
Mohawk, just before the road bends east (and becomes Neimi). The woods on
the west side of north Mohawk are flooded - the Yellow-throated (and a
parula) appeared when Ken pished at a flock of Yellow-rumps in these flooded
woods.


Good birding,


tss
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