[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (FLLT SBQ), Sun 5/29
On Sunday, I had a long, rich morning of birding with Bob McGuire and others at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve in West Danby. Bob, Dave Nutter, and I started right at dawn (5:15 AM) by the swampy pond next to the West Danby fire station. We found a couple of WOOD DUCKS, several singing SWAMP SPARROWS, BLUE-WINGED and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, TREE and NORTHERN-ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER calling from the slope, among many others. From here, the three of us climbed the steep road to the water tower. The woods were filled with bird songs, including those of YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, MOURNING WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, WOOD THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, and BROWN CREEPER. Ann Mitchell was awaiting us by our cars at the fire station upon our return. Together we proceeded to Station Road, where we entered the hemlock woods of the preserve. Here we heard several BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS and at least one SCARLET TANAGER. By following a streambed upstream toward the state forest border, we rather easily found an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER singing his explosive song. Disappointingly, we failed to find any Blackburnian Warblers in the coniferous treetops. While Dave and Ann continued onward to explore the woods up on the eastern slope of the preserve, Bob and I returned to the main parking lot. We heard a singing ALDER FLYCATCHER just east of the parking area and saw three GREEN HERONS flying south past the house across the street. Then, on a quick walk to Coleman Lake and back, we found many birds, raising our hopes that we'd have a lot to share with others when they arrived. Our group walk, the second of four on this weekend's Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (SBQ), started at 8 AM. About a dozen birders participated. Even before we hit the trail, we had a surpassing bird-watching moment, as a male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER perched for a full half-minute facing us, offering a dazzling view of the contrast of his red throat, black breast, and yellow belly. We also saw a COOPER'S HAWK buzz by, much to the agitation of the neighborhood Barn Swallows. Then we set off. Our first stop was by the big pair of maple trees not far to the right of the first trail split. Here a few of us had a momentary view of a PRAIRIE WARBLER just a few feet away. Then we heard two BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS exchanging vocalizations; with some patience and teamwork, eventually we all got fine views of one of these birds feeding silently and obscurely in the foliage. Several times this cuckoo flew across open space to a different tree, and ultimately, made a stunningly graceful aerial dash all the way to the island of brush near the third split of the blue trail, near Coleman Lake. We proceeded down to this area and found the Black-billed Cuckoo again, along with another. After a brief chase, one cuckoo perched at length in the lower branches of a very short lone round pine. This patch, as always, was one of the preserve's most productive areas for birding. Here we found Prairie Warblers, a pair of INDIGO BUNTINGS (female holding nest material), and a pair of FIELD SPARROWS (one bird twice seen holding a green caterpillar and staying perched, chipping, and finally diving into a shrub only after it felt our watching eyes turn away). Continuing on the blue trail, we saw several other L-P specialties, including two Chestnut-sided Warblers (quite a lot of both song types), two or more Blue-winged Warblers, EASTERN TOWHEE, and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. At Celia's Cup, we heard one HOODED WARBLER singing repeatedly at fairly close range, but we didn't manage to see him. Somehow we missed finding Black-and-White Warbler, even though Bob had found at least one on territory nearby within the last couple of weeks. At this point we headed back, following the same trails on which we had entered. Predictably, we found fewer birds as the heat of the day and maybe our own fatigue set in toward 10:30. We did, however, have the fine parting gift of a singing BOBOLINK passing several times right overhead, eventually pursuing a female with ardent high speed and disappearing with her. Our total species tally was 61, leaving me with 73 species found on Land Trust properties so far on this year's SBQ. Tomorrow I'll offer two FLLT SBQ walks - the first one at the Goetchius Wetland Preserve starting at 6:30 AM, and the second at the Park Nature Preserve starting at 8:30 AM. Waterproof shoes are likely to be very helpful. I look forward to seeing you! Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3)
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (FLLT SBQ), Sun 5/29
Ann I hiked south near the border of Lindsay-Parsons and Danby State Forest. First we got an eyeful of the ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, which we could hear from within the preserve. The woods were fairly quiet other than EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, SCARLET TANAGER, and RED-EYED VIREO, but the next bird we saw, also within the preserve, was a singing CERULEAN WARBLER. We also heard but did not see a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. Sight verification of a singing WORM-EATING WARBLER took a lot of time and trouble, but was ultimately successful (no playback used). Also heard were PILEATED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, WILD TURKEY, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and just outside the preserve in the State Forest, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. Our final birding stop was at the Baldwin Tract of the Park Preserve east of the south end of Irish Settlement Rd. The morning was getting late and warm, and both we and the birds were less active, so most of our observations were auditory only: EASTERN TOWHEE, ALDER FLYCATCHER, FIELD SPARROW, YELLOW WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, SONG SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, GRAY CATBIRD, OVENBIRD, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, CANADA WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and HERMIT THRUSH. I also heard a single phrase of what sounded like LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, but could not confirm it. Birds which we (also) saw included: GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN CROW, AMERICAN ROBIN, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, INDIGO BUNTING, CHIPPING SPARREOW, and AMERICAN ROBIN. With an earlier and more energetic start you should do well there tomorrow, Mark. Waterproof footwear is recommeded because trails cross muddy patches in several places.--Dave NutterOn May 29, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Mark Chao markc...@imt.org wrote:On Sunday, I had a long, rich morning of birding with Bob McGuire and others at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve in West Danby. Bob, Dave Nutter, and I started right at dawn (5:15 AM) by the swampy pond next to the West Danby fire station. We found a couple of WOOD DUCKS, several singing SWAMP SPARROWS, BLUE-WINGED and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, TREE and NORTHERN-ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER calling from the slope, among many others. From here, the three of us climbed the steep road to the water tower. The woods were filled with bird songs, including those of YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, MOURNING WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, WOOD THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, and BROWN CREEPER. Ann Mitchell was awaiting us by our cars at the fire station upon our return. Together we proceeded to Station Road, where we entered the hemlock woods of the preserve. Here we heard several BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS and at least one SCARLET TANAGER. By following a streambed upstream toward the state forest border, we rather easily found an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER singing his explosive song. Disappointingly, we failed to find any Blackburnian Warblers in the coniferous treetops.While Dave and Ann continued onward to explore the woods up on the eastern slope of the preserve, Bob and I returned to the main parking lot. We heard a singing ALDER FLYCATCHER just east of the parking area and saw three GREEN HERONS flying south past the house across the street. Then, on a quick walk to Coleman Lake and back, we found many birds, raising our hopes that we’d have a lot to share with others when they arrived.Our group walk, the second of four on this weekend’s Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (SBQ), started at 8 AM. About a dozen birders participated. Even before we hit the trail, we had a surpassing bird-watching moment, as a male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER perched for a full half-minute facing us, offering a dazzling view of the contrast of his red throat, black breast, and yellow belly. We also saw a COOPER’S HAWK buzz by, much to the agitation of the neighborhood Barn Swallows.Then we set off. Our first stop was by the big pair of maple trees not far to the right of the first trail split. Here a few of us had a momentary view of a PRAIRIE WARBLER just a few feet away. Then we heard two BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS exchanging vocalizations; with some patience and teamwork, eventually we all got fine views of one of these birds feeding silently and obscurely in the foliage. Several times this cuckoo flew across open space to a different tree, and ultimately, made a stunningly graceful aerial dash all the way to the island of brush near the third split of the blue trail, near Coleman Lake. We proceeded down to this area and found the Black-billed Cuckoo again, along with another. After a brief chase, one cuckoo perched at length in the lower branches of a very short lone round pine. This patch, as always, was one of the preserve’s most productive areas for birding. Here we found Prairie Warblers, a pair of INDIGO BUNTINGS (female holding nest material), and a pair of FIELD SPARROWS (one bird twice seen holding a green caterpillar and staying
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Nighthawk, etc.
I sent this late Saturday evening, but it seems not to have gone through.--Dave NutterOn May 28, 2011, at 07:42 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Highlights of a walk at dusk to the shore of Cayuga Lake at Treman State Marine Park included: a female HOODED MERGANSER with at least 10 downy merganserlings in the flooded ditch by the Hangar Theatre; an unseen WILLOW FLYCATCHER which "fitzpewed" twice from the tall weeds and short saplings near the lake; an unseen COMMON NIGHTHAWK which called 5 times as it flew past northbound, presumably to migrate along the west shore of the lake; a southbound GREAT BLUE HERON flying low over the water in silhouette in front of the Cornell boathouse.--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawk, etc.
I also heard COMMON NIGHTHAWK calls yesterday evening (Sat) at home. The bird seemed to rise from a ground-roost close by. -Geo On May 29, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: I sent this late Saturday evening, but it seems not to have gone through. --Dave Nutter On May 28, 2011, at 07:42 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Highlights of a walk at dusk to the shore of Cayuga Lake at Treman State Marine Park included: a female HOODED MERGANSER with at least 10 downy merganserlings in the flooded ditch by the Hangar Theatre; an unseen WILLOW FLYCATCHER which fitzpewed twice from the tall weeds and short saplings near the lake; an unseen COMMON NIGHTHAWK which called 5 times as it flew past northbound, presumably to migrate along the west shore of the lake; a southbound GREAT BLUE HERON flying low over the water in silhouette in front of the Cornell boathouse. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine on snag at Stewart park
Causing great disturbance among nesting birds! -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Two or three Prothonotary Warblers, Armitage Road, Sun 5/29
Lyn Jacobs has reported on both the Eatonbirds listserv and eBird that she and a group of seven others from the Eaton Birding Society found two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS singing loudly and chasing each other around Armitage Road on Sunday, on both sides of the road just west of Route 89 near the Seneca/Wayne county line. She reports that they had another sighting of this species on the east side of the bridge. Here are the map coordinates from Lyn's eBird report: 43.0198351,-76.7782974 (2 birds) 43.0232236,-76.7764091 (3 birds) The group also found Cerulean Warblers at both Armitage Road and May's Point, and some Black-bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers, and Semipalmated Sandpipers along the Wildlife Drive. Congratulations to Lyn and the EBS for these excellent finds!! Good luck to those who go looking for these birds! Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] clarification of Prothonotary location
Lyn Jacobs and I just had an exchange about the Prothonotary Warblers on Armitage Road. See below for location information straight from her. Mark Hi Mark, I do not think my location balloons in ebird are in the exact location so, to clarify From Rt 89N and then west on Armitage, most of the Prothonotary activity was about 30 feet west of the fishing access parking on the west side of the first bridge. We did also hear them on the east side of the bridge. Lyn On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 7:18 PM, chao.mark markc...@imt.org wrote: Hi Lyn, I have taken the liberty of reporting your excellent finds to the Cayugabirds list. Please see below. Congratulations!! All the best, Mark Chao From: Mark Chao [mailto:markc...@imt.org] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:12 PM To: 'CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu' Subject: Two or three Prothonotary Warblers, Armitage Road, Sun 5/29 Lyn Jacobs has reported on both the Eatonbirds listserv and eBird that she and a group of seven others from the Eaton Birding Society found two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS singing loudly and chasing each other around Armitage Road on Sunday, on both sides of the road just west of Route 89 near the Seneca/Wayne county line. She reports that they had another sighting of this species on the east side of the bridge. Here are the map coordinates from Lyn's eBird report: 43.0198351,-76.7782974 (2 birds) 43.0232236,-76.7764091 (3 birds) The group also found Cerulean Warblers at both Armitage Road and May's Point, and some Black-bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers, and Semipalmated Sandpipers along the Wildlife Drive. Congratulations to Lyn and the EBS for these excellent finds!! Good luck to those who go looking for these birds! Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] clarification of Prothonotary location
They have been there before. Years ago before I even took photographs, Tim Capone told me about this bird right down to the branch and he was there like he had been waiting for me. I think that would be before 1993! Diana Whiting On May 29, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Mark Chao wrote: Lyn Jacobs and I just had an exchange about the Prothonotary Warblers on Armitage Road. See below for location information straight from her. Mark Hi Mark, I do not think my location balloons in ebird are in the exact location so, to clarify From Rt 89N and then west on Armitage, most of the Prothonotary activity was about 30 feet west of the fishing access parking on the west side of the first bridge. We did also hear them on the east side of the bridge. Lyn On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 7:18 PM, chao.mark markc...@imt.org wrote: Hi Lyn, I have taken the liberty of reporting your excellent finds to the Cayugabirds list. Please see below. Congratulations!! All the best, Mark Chao From: Mark Chao [mailto:markc...@imt.org] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:12 PM To: 'CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu' Subject: Two or three Prothonotary Warblers, Armitage Road, Sun 5/29 Lyn Jacobs has reported on both the Eatonbirds listserv and eBird that she and a group of seven others from the Eaton Birding Society found two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS singing loudly and chasing each other around Armitage Road on Sunday, on both sides of the road just west of Route 89 near the Seneca/Wayne county line. She reports that they had another sighting of this species on the east side of the bridge. Here are the map coordinates from Lyn's eBird report: 43.0198351,-76.7782974 (2 birds) 43.0232236,-76.7764091 (3 birds) The group also found Cerulean Warblers at both Armitage Road and May's Point, and some Black-bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers, and Semipalmated Sandpipers along the Wildlife Drive. Congratulations to Lyn and the EBS for these excellent finds!! Good luck to those who go looking for these birds! Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- Diana Whiting http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - Chemung Co., Horseheads
My morning bird walk around the yard was producing mostly the usual suspects for this time of year, but that was broken by a very nice surprise in the form of a FOY and new yard bird: an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. I first located it by it's song, then watched it for a few minutes as it called regularly and then disappeared to the north. A great start to a beautiful day! Good birding, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black-bellied Plover at MNWR
There are 5 Black-bellied Plover at the shorebird flats on the wildlife drive. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
