[cayugabirds-l] 2 immature Turkey Vultures on
2 immature Turkey Vultures on snag across Fall Creek from Cascadilla Boathouse, Stewart Park, 8:40am. --Dave Nutter -- 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] Yesterday's Pluvialis plovers at May's
It IS interesting that Jay and Livia found two Black-bellied Plovers at May's Point Pool yesterday only a few hours after Dave, Ann, and I observed two Golden Plovers in the same spot. So that there is no confusion, the birds we observed were not in breeding plumage. Their bellies were gray and they both showed dark caps and golden black checkered backs. Dave noted one of the birds lift its wings - the axillaries were definitely not dark. We had just spent much of the day checking the various shorebird spots and walking Howland Island. Our stop at May's on the way home was to have been just a quick look. It was there that we heard of the Ibis at the Visitor's Center. All of this serves to remind me of how much turnover there can be at these locations! Bob McGuire -- 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
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER is visible again in a snag on the back (west) side of the pond at Sapsucker Woods. Jay McGowan -- 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] Fwd: Glossy Ibis at Mays Point, MNWR
From Geneseebirds... *Subject: Glossy Ibis at Mays Point, MNWR* From: Mike Wasilco mrwasilc AT gw.dec.state.ny.us Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:15:05 -0400 I saw an ibis at Mays yesterday afternoon that I am 99% sure was a glossy. The bird was feeding in several parts of teh impoundment and changed locations four times in the 45 minutes I was there. Also good numbers of shorebirds present, but hard to see due to distance for most and the closer ones being in the stubble. The species I was able to pick out were: both Yellowlegs, killdeer, pectoral sandpiper, semipalmated plover, least sandpiper, dowitcher spp., Black-bellied plover, and White-rumped Sandpiper. Michael R. Wasilco Regional Wildlife Manager NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Region 8 Bureau of Wildlife 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414 (585)226-5460 -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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] Myers - imm. Black-crowned Night- Heron
Brief stop at Myers at mid-morning came up with ring-billed gulls, mallards, 6 killdeer, pair of kingfishers and immature black-crowned night-heron on far side of creek. 57-Year-Old Mom Looks 25 Mom Reveals $5 Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4e5ea0c46942db0068st06duc -- 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] BCNH at Myers yesterday
Around 9 a.m. yesterday at Myers, a friend and I saw what we thought was an immature Black-crowned Night Heron. We returned home to consult several books, and visit three websites; the result was that we were reasonably comfortable with our identification. However, since I lacked the confidence in our skills, and since I did not think there was much history of BCNH(s) at Myers, I did not post. I appreciate the post by Cir82 that confirmed our identification. -- 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] swallowing insects
Watched hundreds of assorted swallows feeding for a couple of hours this afternoon over nearby fields and lawns here in Scipio Center. They paused occasionally to rest on overhead wires before resuming the feeding frenzy. Some tiny winged insects were swarming; I didn't get a good look at them, but I assume ants. Migrating flycatchers also showed a good deal of interest at the woods edge (pee wees, phoebes, 2 Great Cresteds and 1 Olive-sided). After two hours all the swallows flew south en masse. Any idea what insects were causing such a frenzy? -- 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] Nesting Waxwing
I went to check on the Cedar waxwing nest in my Russian Olive trees. I waited until I observed the mother fly away and went to look in the nest ( It is in a very observable site if you know where to look) Counted 4 young, eyes not yet open. While watching young mother returned to nest as if she could care less that I was looking at her babies. From my viewpoint I am able to photograph the nest with out getting too close, so I will keep a photo record. I will keep checking every three days or so and report. Carl Steckler -- 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] Now:Olive-sided flycatcher in GBHer nest SSWt
Sapsucker woods in larger great blue heron nest and vicinity although not sure if it is coming back as the juvenile GB heron that roosts back in nest tree every eve I've been here just came up right on schedule. This is on snag on main Sapsucker Woods pond. Sent from my iPhone -- 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] BCNH at Myers yesterday
Hi everyone, You may want to take a look at the eBird bar charts to give you an idea of what birds have been seen at Myers Point, Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins county or any state, county or birding location anywhere in the world. Whenever I go to a new location, or even to learn more about the birds around here, I look at the bar charts to better understand when to look for birds (and where). The link below is just for Myers Point, which has some fairly nice bar charts given the good eBird coverage in Tompkins County. http://tinyurl.com/myerspoint Or the full URL below: http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?step=saveChoicesgetLocations=hotspotsparentState=US-NYbMonth=01bYear=1900eMonth=12eYear=2011reportType=locationhotspots=L99615hotspots=L283458continue.x=42continue.y=9continue=Continue If you click on the name of any species name on the bar chart, you can explore high counts, and also see a map that shows all the locations where the species has been seen (in this case, we are looking at Myers Point, so you will only see that location. If you click on the google marker on the map, you can see who saw the species, when and how many were recorded. So for Myers Point, you can see that there are 19 different reports of Black-crowned Night-Heron (many involving the same bird). It looks like this bird was first reported the 24th of July and has been seen off and on since then. Perhaps someone saw it earlier. If so, feel free to enter it into eBird. :) Thanks, Chris Wood Ithaca, New York On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Jill Vaughan jil...@gmail.com wrote: Around 9 a.m. yesterday at Myers, a friend and I saw what we thought was an immature Black-crowned Night Heron. We returned home to consult several books, and visit three websites; the result was that we were reasonably comfortable with our identification. However, since I lacked the confidence in our skills, and since I did not think there was much history of BCNH(s) at Myers, I did not post. I appreciate the post by Cir82 that confirmed our identification. -- 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! -- -- 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] ??? Now:Olive-sided flycatcher in GBHer nest SSWt
Sorry, Ok my hair trigger device also sent that out before I intended. I hate to retract but I'm not positive about the olive-sided now. If only it would do a quick three beers for me. ;-) so I'm not going to officially count it. I am positive of the bird in that tree still now though. The great blue heron. Ha ha. Just a wee bit easier to identify. I guess one isn't a good/honest bird watcher if they don't have to retract something once in awhile. Gotta go now to figure out which swallow this is I'm watching before phone dies. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Lee Ann van Leer l...@earthlink.net wrote: Sapsucker woods in larger great blue heron nest and vicinity although not sure if it is coming back as the juvenile GB heron that roosts back in nest tree every eve I've been here just came up right on schedule. This is on snag on main Sapsucker Woods pond. Sent from my iPhone -- 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 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] swallowing insects
Interesting .. I observed the same thing here in Union Springs this afternoon ...tree barn swallows surprisingly .. chimney swifts . GREAT numbers of birds. AND, I have seen VERY few swallows for several weeks so they were a real surprise.The lawns here at the academy had been mowed just before lunch time but no equipment was running to stir up any insects when I first noticed the feeding frenzy about 3:30 p.m. when the students were out on the soccer fields. Yes, I could see some insects but they were about mosquito size. As I worked in the garden I was absolutely plagued with an unusual number of gnats, to the point that I was more than anxious to come to the house, so felt the birds were feasting on them. Later, about 7:30, as I sat up under a tree nibbing the ends off string beans just before then after sundown, a few of the mosquito-size insects were in the air near me. I noticed that the swifts hadn't come, weren't coming to the dorm chimney. Since a cold front is in the forecast for tomorrow, I wondered if the great concentration of birds meant that they had been tanking up to head south. As it turned out, the swifts were just later than they have been the past week when the skies were darker due to the cloudy weather. At any rate, because I was picking beans, I didn't notice which direction the swallows went when they left but usually when they are here in the fall, they go back towards the swamp along the lake or to the refuge to roost for the night. A couple yrs. ago, Meena got an great picture of them in a tree at the refuge. An osprey flew to the platform with a fish during the frenzy also gulls were flying east ... in with the swallows swifts ... a Cooper's hawk flew low by the feeders. - Original Message - From: Eben McLane ebenmcl...@gmail.com To: Cauyga Birds cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:16 PM Watched hundreds of assorted swallows feeding for a couple of hours this afternoon over nearby fields and lawns here in Scipio Center. They paused occasionally to rest on overhead wires before resuming the feeding frenzy. Some tiny winged insects were swarming; I didn't get a good look at them, but I assume ants. Migrating flycatchers also showed a good deal of interest at the woods edge (pee wees, phoebes, 2 Great Cresteds and 1 Olive-sided). After two hours all the swallows flew south en masse. Any idea what insects were causing such a frenzy? -- 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] Fwd: Glossy Ibis at Mays Point, MNWR
Why were you were 99% sure it was a Glossy? I photographed it, but lost all my photos. To me it looked very dark on the body. I saw no light color, which made me think it was a Glossy. My friends wern't sure. What makes you almost comfirm it? Best, Ann Mitchell On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: From Geneseebirds... *Subject: Glossy Ibis at Mays Point, MNWR* From: Mike Wasilco mrwasilc AT gw.dec.state.ny.us Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:15:05 -0400 I saw an ibis at Mays yesterday afternoon that I am 99% sure was a glossy. The bird was feeding in several parts of teh impoundment and changed locations four times in the 45 minutes I was there. Also good numbers of shorebirds present, but hard to see due to distance for most and the closer ones being in the stubble. The species I was able to pick out were: both Yellowlegs, killdeer, pectoral sandpiper, semipalmated plover, least sandpiper, dowitcher spp., Black-bellied plover, and White-rumped Sandpiper. Michael R. Wasilco Regional Wildlife Manager NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Region 8 Bureau of Wildlife 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414(585)226-5460 -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- 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/ --
