[cayugabirds-l] P.S., SSW

2011-10-15 Thread Lee Ann van Leer 
Forgot to thank Tom Cowing for helping with the walk and Mary Winston for being 
her wonderful usual self taking care of people inside the Lab of O as well as 
the folks at Wild Birds Unlimited. 

Most of all thanks to the birds and chipmunks that put on a show so as not to 
disappoint.  They are truly the stars. 



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[cayugabirds-l] Great Walk at SSW (Sapsucker Woods) 10/15/2011

2011-10-15 Thread Lee Ann van Leer 
Well it was great for the bird walkers but I can't quite figure out exactly 
why. I lead the Beginner Bird walk at Sapsucker Woods at 9:30am.  12 eager 
birders showed up from as far away as Minnesota and Atlanta, along with several 
birders from around NY State.

It was 49F, mostly overcast and windy.  It was actually quite quiet bird wise 
with bird calls few and far between. However we took time during the silence of 
the Fall to talk about the movie The Big Year, birding Apps (such as BirdsEye, 
Ibird, & Sibley), EBird, Citizen Science,Cornell Lab of Ornithology research 
projects, the Great Blue Heron Nest, Why birds sing, and looking at Sapsucker 
drilled trees, and several other bird topics. They seemed quite interested to 
see & find out about the banded chickadees with the PIT tags and the RFID 
technology.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/News/RFID.html

We witnessed some soaring Red-tailed Hawks interacting with each other and 40 
American Crows that were mobbing them.  The 3 Pied-billed Grebes seemed to be 
the birds most of the participants hadn't heard of nor seen.

Sapsucker Woods is never devoid of birds but numbers were lower than a typical 
day today. I was worried the walkers would be disappointed with the bird 
turnout BUT inexplicably they seemed thrilled with the walk. I am not exactly 
sure why but it goes to show you that what may seem like a below average bird 
turnout day can still be exciting for beginner birders.  All of them thanked me 
profusely many times and invited me to come birding in their necks of the 
woods. They even wanted to give me money saying they would have gladly bought 
tickets to this kind of bird walk/event and wanting to know how to compensate 
me. Was a nice compliment and good to feel appreciated.  I suggested donations 
go to the lab of course. I'm not exactly sure which part was so enjoyable to 
them, perhaps the redtails, or was it my Chickadee imitations? Well maybe not 
but it is a mystery. Maybe it was that vociferous Red-bellied woodpecker that 
kept going up  nearby snags with a large berry in its mouth the whole time 
trying to cache it some wondered? Sometimes it is a lot of interesting 
behaviors by common birds that adds up to an enjoyable experience. I do 
remember from the first guided bird walk I went on at Sapsucker Woods how much 
of a good and long-lasting impression it can leave. It is nice have the 
positive feedback, that is for sure. I hope more of you out there will consider 
leading bird walks at SSW. It is very rewarding and can change one's life.

Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, US-NY
Oct 15, 2011 9:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
Comments: Lead SSW Walk
21 species

Canada Goose  30
Mallard  25
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2 interacting with each other in flight and also getting 
mobbed by about 40 crows
Mourning Dove  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  4 at least 1 female at feeding garden
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  40
Black-capped Chickadee  10
Tufted Titmouse  1
American Robin  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  30
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  15


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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma, October 15

2011-10-15 Thread Dave Nutter 
Bob McGuire & I headed to Montezuma late this morning through mid-afternoon in the vain hope of seeing a Greater White-fronted Goose.  High wind and rain showers made birding challenging, but we did see plenty of birds, including very large numbers of dabbling ducks, especially American Wigeon on the Main Pool, and Northern Pintail on Knox-Marsellus, and a good variety of shorebirds at May's Point Pool and especially Puddler's, although we did not see the American Avocet, which was present at Puddler's as recently as Thursday evening. Here's what I recall offhand:Visitor Center:CANADA GOOSE - all flew off as we were about to set up scopes, but we'd already scanned with binocularsWOOD DUCKAMERICAN BLACK DUCK 
MALLARDS GREEN-WINGED TEAL BLUE-WINGED TEAL 
NORTHERN SHOVELER NORTHERN PINTAIL AMERICAN WIGEON GREAT BLUE HERONGREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS RING-BILLED GULLSLarue's:CANADA GEESEmore dabbling ducks and gulls, plusGADWALLBLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 6Main Pool:AMERICAN WIGEON - many hundreds far from roadNORTHERN PINTAILNORTHERN SHOVELERAMERICAN BLACK DUCKRING-NECKED DUCK - 1 pairRUDDY DUCK - 1 mailePIED-BILLED GREBEBALD EAGLE - 1 distant flying, putting up hundreds of ducksAMERICAN COOTBenning's:CANADA GOOSEGADWALLGREAT BLUE HERONLESSER YELLOWLEGS - 7May's Point Pool: GREAT BLUE HERONGREAT EGRET - 6GREEN-WINGED TEAL - scadsDUNLIN - at least 1 DOWITCHER, sp - at least 6, high winds & rain hampered specific ID, but calendar favors Long-billedYELLOWLEGS, sp - scads resting among tealKnox-Marsellus:SNOW GEESECANADA GEESENORTHERN HARRIERBALD EAGLE - 1 immature flyover, 1 adult perched distantNORTHERN PINTAIL - LOTSTREE SWALLOW - a few Puddler's: TRUMPETER SWANS - 2DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTRING-BILLED GULLHERRING GULLGREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLSANDHILL CRANE - 5BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 6GREATER YELLOWLEGS - several LESSER YELLOWLEGS - large distant flockWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - severalDUNLIN - 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - majority of peepsLEAST SANDPIPER - fewTENNESSEE WARBLER - 1YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - 1--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, Myers, 15 Oct

2011-10-15 Thread Dave Nutter 
This morning (Saturday 15 October) I met Bob McGuire, Lee Ann vanLeer, Stuart Krasnoff, and Brett Haranin at Stewart Park.  

These are the birds I recall:




Canada Goose - scores


  Wood Duck - 4 males, 3 females (at least) in Swan Pond
  
American Black Duck - a few

Mallard - scores



Blue-winged Teal - 1 near shore of Stewart Park

Redhead - 1 male continuing

Lesser Scaup - 1 male & 1 female, continuing



Surf Scoter - 1 with ducks & geese off Stewart Park, 1 way out to NW

Hooded Merganser - 2

Common Merganser - 12 in Fall Creek

Ruddy Duck  - flock of ~18 off Swan Pond, another smaller flock and a few individuals


Pied-billed Grebe - 4



  Double-crested Cormorant - scores
  
Great Blue Heron - 3 (1 near dock, 1 alit next to Great Egret, 1 resting in tree by Swan Pond)




Great Egret - 1 near shore, east end of Stewart Park

American Coot - 1 near SE corner of lake, ~25 off Swan Pond, 5 way out in middle of lake

Turkey Vulture - Bob said he saw one as we left

Bald Eagle - 1 adult splashed down into lake far to NW for a minute, then carried prey to Hog Hole


Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature in trees along shore

Red-tailed Hawk - 1 overhead, local


Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon - 1 on roof of Cascadilla Boathouse

Belted Kingfisher - 1 heard

Downy Woodpecker - 1 heard

American Crow

Fish Crow - heard by Jetty Woods

Blue Jay - few flying by (local?)

Carolina Wren - heard by Bob from Jetty Woods




  European Starling
  
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 by Swan Pond

Blackpoll Warbler - in willow next to dock

Song Sparrow - in weeds by dock

White-throated Sparrow - in weeds by dock

House Sparrow - flock by dock



Brett, Stuart, Bob & I continued to Myers, where the most noteworthy birds were:



Red-breasted Merganser - 1 female off point

Killdeer - 1 by bar in creek

Belted Kingfisher - 1 on far side of creek



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bird sound or frog sound?

2011-10-15 Thread Mark Walls 
*Do some thrushes kinda "peep" like a peeper?
*
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Susan Fast  wrote:

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> Spring (or Fall) Peepers
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> *From:* bounce-38153248-9286...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
> bounce-38153248-9286...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Dave Bulatek &
> Teresa Wagner Bulatek
> *Sent:* Friday, October 14, 2011 10:31 AM
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> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] bird sound or frog sound?
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> We keep hearing something during the day and at night, making single chirps
> or peeps.  They chirp once or twice, then stop for a few minutes.  This is
> not much info, but I heard them recently in Massachusetts as
> well.  Any info, or possibilities?
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Singing birds

2011-10-15 Thread david nicosia 
I heard a Blue-headed vireo singing the other day
too...in the hemlocks where they breed at my dad's
home. Was it a migrant? or the bird that bred there
singing  before he leaves for the south? hard to say...



From: Lisa Wood 
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Singing birds


Yes, and the annual occurrence of "autumnal recrudescence":

"The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" When the birds are cacaphonic 
in the trees and on the verge
Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a scourge.
It is not delight in winter that makes feathered voices surge,
But autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge. When the frost is on the 
punkin' and when leaf and branch diverge,
Birds with hormones reawakened sing a paean, not a dirge.
What's the reason for their warbling? Why on earth this late-year splurge?
The autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge.  
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Written by Susan Stiles, copyright December 1973 

A posting about this usually occurs annually as well. :)
Lisa
On Oct 14, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Meena Haribal wrote: 


I heard Chipping sparrow singing on the campus!  It is perfect nice spring 
weather outside with south wind.
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>[mailto:bounce-38153194-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Laura Stenzler
>Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:20 AM
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>Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Singing birds
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>This morning I came across a flock of migrants along Hunt Hill Rd. which 
>included song, white-throated and chipping sparrows, towhee, many juncos, many 
>ruby-crowned kinglets which were singing, one hermit thrush, several robins 
>and one singing blue-headed vireo. All of these birds were in one  small 
>shrubby area. I was very surprised to hear the singing!
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