RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds
And the hummers at the Lab , that's as late as this a.m. at 8 Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473 Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime -Mark Twain- From: bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:55 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds Interesting following the comments on sightings and missing RT Hummingbirds. Still have our female and juvenile here in Big Flats. No males. Actually, we are seeing more activity than during the first half of the summer. I have a theory on why they sometimes seem to disappear in summer, only to return. I think they have just found a new, better food source that may be temporary. It comes to mind that insects are good source of protein for them. So, today, I observed our female RTH land on the stalk below the Monarda didyma flower head, and pick something from under the dried flower head. I theorize it is small spiders or similar insects. She then took flight to draw nectar from the few remaining flowers on adjacent stalks and again perched under a dried flower head to pick something from underneath. Paul Schmitt -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://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/ --
Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds
We still have hummingbirds at our two feeders on Elm Beach Road, W side of Cayuga Lake, and I've seen them at another feeder down the road. Curiously, we have only females, which has been true for years. There MUST be males out there but they seem self-sufficient. And the hummers at the Lab , that’s as late as this a.m. at 8 ** ** Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473 ** ** Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime -Mark Twain- ** ** *From:* bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Paul *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:55 PM *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds ** ** Interesting following the comments on sightings and missing RT Hummingbirds. Still have our female and juvenile here in Big Flats. No males. Actually, we are seeing more activity than during the first half of the summer. I have a theory on why they sometimes seem to disappear in summer, only to return. I think they have just found a new, better food source that may be temporary. It comes to mind that insects are good source of protein for them. So, today, I observed our female RTH land on the stalk below the Monarda didyma flower head, and pick something from under the dried flower head. I theorize it is small spiders or similar insects. She then took flight to draw nectar from the few remaining flowers on adjacent stalks and again perched under a dried flower head to pick something from underneath. Paul Schmitt -- *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 eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/! * -- -- *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 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] Hummingbirds
There are still several humming birds coming to the feeders at the Lab of O and I still have a couple. I live at Northwood Apartments too. Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473 Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime -Mark Twain- From: bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:55 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds Interesting following the comments on sightings and missing RT Hummingbirds. Still have our female and juvenile here in Big Flats. No males. Actually, we are seeing more activity than during the first half of the summer. I have a theory on why they sometimes seem to disappear in summer, only to return. I think they have just found a new, better food source that may be temporary. It comes to mind that insects are good source of protein for them. So, today, I observed our female RTH land on the stalk below the Monarda didyma flower head, and pick something from under the dried flower head. I theorize it is small spiders or similar insects. She then took flight to draw nectar from the few remaining flowers on adjacent stalks and again perched under a dried flower head to pick something from underneath. Paul Schmitt -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants (06 Sep)
Hi all, On my walk in to work this morning, I found a small flock of migrants at the Sherwood Platform including RED-EYED VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and the brightest yellow PHILADELPHIA VIREO I've ever seen. -Brad -- 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] RT Hummingbirds
I have been reading all your messages about our little jewels. It is early this year but I believe they are beginning to migrate . I always tell in my bird column, to keep their feeders out through the fall as there are Hummingbirds much farther north that need food as they come along on their way south. The males do go on ahead. Hummers do eat insects. Recently I was sitting out in the lawn and watched one as it went along the undersides of leaves on my Red Bud tree and right by me at the maple tree with wings whirring. One of my feeders is near a window and they sometimes fly along the edges of the window to get any spiders, etc. there. I always have lots of boarders and they seem to have gone earlier this year - Catbirds, Robins, Bluebirds, etc. The orioles come early, nest in a tall tree in my yard and mid- July they leave. Enjoy the Birds, Naomi Brewer Sheldrake/Wyers Point On Cayuga Lake -- 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] Hummingbirds
I am wondering why the males leave earlier than the females in the fall? I know that they return in May earlier to establish territory for mating, but why do they leave earlier in the fall? Sally Eller West shore, Cayuga Lake Ovid -- 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] Hummingbirds
I am wondering why the males leave earlier than the females in the fall? Finally able to get away from the wife and kids for a well-earned break?? ;-)) Just a joke, after all the only thing the male contributes is sperm! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bounce-64144530-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-64144530-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Sally Eller [sallyeel...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:39 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds I am wondering why the males leave earlier than the females in the fall? I know that they return in May earlier to establish territory for mating, but why do they leave earlier in the fall? Sally Eller West shore, Cayuga Lake Ovid -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] wood ducks
Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. A neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big maple tree on my street. The mother headed for a tiny pond nearby and my neighbor assisted by herding the ducklings in that direction. My neighbor is 8 years old. I am envious. How about you? Bill McAneny, TBurg -- 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] wood ducks
Wow, that is a great story and something that young boy will never ever forget!! One of my goals this year is to get a young birders club goingunder the umbrella of the Cayuga Bird Club. I wonder if your neighbor would be interested in something like this. and I don't have anything actually worked out yet. But if anyone knows anyone, let me know. I think the first step would be to generate a list of interested youngsters. Thanks Bill, for sharing this with us all. It is a wonderful image to cling to. Linda Orkin Ithaca... On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Bill Mcaneny bmcane...@fltg.net wrote: ** Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. A neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big maple tree on my street. The mother headed for a tiny pond nearby and my neighbor assisted by herding the ducklings in that direction. My neighbor is 8 years old. I am envious. How about you? Bill McAneny, TBurg -- *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/ !* -- -- Don't ask what your bird club can do for you, ask what you can do for your bird club!! ')_,/ -- 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] wood ducks
I am envious. I love Wood Ducks. Cathy Cooke On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Bill Mcaneny bmcane...@fltg.net wrote: ** Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. A neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big maple tree on my street. The mother headed for a tiny pond nearby and my neighbor assisted by herding the ducklings in that direction. My neighbor is 8 years old. I am envious. How about you? Bill McAneny, TBurg -- *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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants (06 Sep)
I had a little flock this morning along Sapsucker Woods Road near the Frog Barn (91 Sapsucker Woods Road) with Warbling, Philadelphia, and Red-eyed vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and a few warblers (Magnolia, Blackpoll, Black-throated Green). There was a (the?) Prairie Warbler along the north side of the Lab of Ornithology today a little before noon, foraging very low in small willows and goldenrod. This is where I saw one on 22 August - I don't know what would be more remarkable, that the same bird still is in the area, or that two different individuals would pass in front of my office window in a single season. tss On my walk in to work this morning, I found a small flock of migrants at the Sherwood Platform including RED-EYED VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and the brightest yellow PHILADELPHIA VIREO I've ever seen. -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@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] Cayuga Bird Club meeting - Monday, September 10
All are invited to the Cayuga Bird Club's first meeting for this fall on Monday, September 10, 7:30pm 9:00pm [7:15 for cookies conversation] in the Johnson Center Auditorium. Please note: there will be NO speaker dinner before the meeting. Our speaker is Sahas Barve, Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University. In his presentation, Birds of India: Biogeography, Hotspots and a Brief History of Ornithology in the Region, Sahas will focus on the biogeography of Indian birds with an emphasis on the unique intermixing of palearctic and oriental elements in the formation of the existing avifaunal assemblage. He will provide some insight into the unusual Western Ghats bird fauna; briefly explore the history of Ornithology in India including the influence of American naturalists and scientists; and will finish by sharing his top 5 Indian birding spots. Looking forward to seeing many of you there Colleen Richards Woman is 53 But Looks 25 Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5048db27716cc5b271ca6st03duc -- 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] wood ducks
Okay. Time for me to bow my head in shame. A dear friend pointed out to me that there was no mention of the gender of Bill's neighbor. Sometimes we are slapped in our own faces by biases that run so deep. As the mother of two women and the grandma of a little girl I find it so strange that I leaped to this conclusion about this eight year old child. Apologies to all the great birders and naturalists out there whether you started as a little girl or a little boy. Linda Orkin Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, that is a great story and something that young boy will never ever forget!! One of my goals this year is to get a young birders club goingunder the umbrella of the Cayuga Bird Club. I wonder if your neighbor would be interested in something like this. and I don't have anything actually worked out yet. But if anyone knows anyone, let me know. I think the first step would be to generate a list of interested youngsters. Thanks Bill, for sharing this with us all. It is a wonderful image to cling to. Linda Orkin Ithaca... On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Bill Mcaneny bmcane...@fltg.net wrote: Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. A neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big maple tree on my street. The mother headed for a tiny pond nearby and my neighbor assisted by herding the ducklings in that direction. My neighbor is 8 years old. I am envious. How about you? Bill McAneny, TBurg -- 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! -- -- Don't ask what your bird club can do for you, ask what you can do for your bird club!! ')_,/ -- 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/ --
