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[cayugabirds-l] Beauty and the Beak on Video

2012-09-07 Thread Carl Steckler


I don't normally forward this kind of thing, but this is so wonderful I 
had to share. If you have not seen this please get through the first 
part which is hard to take. This is just such a great story with a happy 
ending.
Carl Steckler

http://vimeo.com/15184546





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[cayugabirds-l] Surprise ... a hummer

2012-09-07 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard

Haven't seen one since the 21 Aug. & today as I was hanging laundry a hummer 
zoomed in towards the feeder!! 

Saw 6+ Bluebirds 3 mi. NE of us near Kathy Strickland's house on Wed. a.m.. 

Fritzie
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Thursday

2012-09-07 Thread Asher Hockett

It has only been a few years and now we seem to be taking Peregrines for
granted. Not criticizing, but you know what I mean. Any day with a
Peregrine is a gift!

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:21 PM,  wrote:

> I didn't come up with much on the Wildlife Drive other than Merlin and
> Peregrine.  There were a decent number of Semi-p Sandpiper at Benning,
> renewing hope for a Western.  At dusk, Knox-Marsellus had 82 Great Egrets,
> one with an orange wing tag, and 325 Great Blue Herons amidst the other
> birds people have been reporting.
>
> I'm also including an eBird checklist from August 27th for K-M which
> featured a flyby Whimbrel (it was circling in the K-M airspace for a few
> minutes but never seen on the ground).  Apologies for forgetting to post.
>
> Dave W.
> tigge...@aol.com
>
> Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY
> Sep 6, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
> Protocol: Stationary
> Comments: Hot and humid with a light breeze; hoping for something new but
> seemingly the same basic cast of characters; not a careful survey of the
> shorebirds but a scan for something new; listened to Sonic Youth while driving
> to/from MNWR
> 45 species
>
> Canada Goose  20
> Trumpeter Swan  1
> Wood Duck  X
> American Wigeon  X
> American Black Duck  X
> Mallard  X
> Blue-winged Teal  X
> Northern Shoveler  X
> Green-winged Teal  X
> Double-crested Cormorant  1
> Great Blue Heron  325 counted twice, +/- 10 birds
> Great Egret  82 counted twice, +/-3 birds; one bird had orange wing tag
> Osprey  1
> Northern Harrier  1
> Bald Eagle  2
> Sandhill Crane  2
> Black-bellied Plover  X
> American Golden-Plover  1
> Semipalmated Plover  X
> Killdeer  X
> Greater Yellowlegs  X
> Lesser Yellowlegs  X
> Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
> Least Sandpiper  X
> Pectoral Sandpiper  X
> Stilt Sandpiper  X
> Short-billed Dowitcher  X
> Wilson's Phalarope  1
> Red-necked Phalarope  1
> Ring-billed Gull  X
> Herring Gull  1
> Great Black-backed Gull  1
> Caspian Tern  3
> American Crow  1
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow  X
> Purple Martin  X
> Tree Swallow  X
> Bank Swallow  X
> Barn Swallow  X
> Gray Catbird  1
> Common Yellowthroat  2
> Song Sparrow  2
> Bobolink  1
> Red-winged Blackbird  X
> American Goldfinch  X
>
>
> Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY
> Aug 27, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 0.25 mile(s)
> Comments: With Jim Tarolli; light rain; observing from both Towpath Rd in
> rain and East Rd (no rain)
> 32 species (+1 other taxa)
>
> Canada Goose  20
> Trumpeter Swan  3
> Wood Duck  X
> Mallard  X
> Green-winged Teal  X
> Ring-necked Duck  1 Possibly an eclipse-plumaged male but I don't remember
> Double-crested Cormorant  X
> Great Blue Heron  X
> Great Egret  X
> Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
> Osprey  2
> Northern Harrier  1
> Bald Eagle  1
> Common Gallinule  2
> Sandhill Crane  2
> Black-bellied Plover  3
> Semipalmated Plover  X
> Killdeer  X
> Greater Yellowlegs  3
> Lesser Yellowlegs  X
> Whimbrel  1 Spiraled over K-M marsh for about 5 mins (stayed on it the
> entire time in the scope); eventually joined up with ~15 other (smaller but
> medium-sized) shorebirds and flew to the south; a long-awaited first Whimbrel
> for me at MNWR; possibly put down to the mudflats by rain but I never saw it 
> on
> the ground
> Sanderling  1
> Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
> Least Sandpiper  X
> White-rumped Sandpiper  X
> Pectoral Sandpiper  X
> Stilt Sandpiper  X
> Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  X
> Wilson's Phalarope  1
> Ring-billed Gull  X
> Herring Gull  X
> Caspian Tern  X
> Black Tern  2
>
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-07 Thread Marie P Read



Dominance? (...the behavior occurs under some circumstances in other animals to 
establish dominance)

Marie

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From: bounce-64207123-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-64207123-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Susan Danskin 
[dans...@twcny.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 6:09 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

My aunt and uncle live in North Carolina.  They have been observing hummingbird 
copulation at their feeder this week.  They were wondering the purpose since it 
is way too late to be breeding this year.  Fun? Practice?
Susan


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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Thursday

2012-09-07 Thread tigger64

I didn't come up with much on the Wildlife Drive other than Merlin and 
Peregrine.  There were a decent number of Semi-p Sandpiper at Benning, renewing 
hope for a Western.  At dusk, Knox-Marsellus had 82 Great Egrets, one with an 
orange wing tag, and 325 Great Blue Herons amidst the other birds people have 
been reporting.

I'm also including an eBird checklist from August 27th for K-M which featured a 
flyby Whimbrel (it was circling in the K-M airspace for a few minutes but never 
seen on the ground).  Apologies for forgetting to post.

Dave W.
tigge...@aol.com


Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Hot and humid with a light breeze; hoping for something new but 
seemingly the same basic cast of characters; not a careful survey of the 
shorebirds but a scan for something new; listened to Sonic Youth while driving 
to/from MNWR
45 species

Canada Goose  20
Trumpeter Swan  1
Wood Duck  X
American Wigeon  X
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  X
Blue-winged Teal  X
Northern Shoveler  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  325 counted twice, +/- 10 birds
Great Egret  82 counted twice, +/-3 birds; one bird had orange wing tag
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  2
Sandhill Crane  2
Black-bellied Plover  X
American Golden-Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  X
Killdeer  X
Greater Yellowlegs  X
Lesser Yellowlegs  X
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
Least Sandpiper  X
Pectoral Sandpiper  X
Stilt Sandpiper  X
Short-billed Dowitcher  X
Wilson's Phalarope  1
Red-necked Phalarope  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Caspian Tern  3
American Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  X
Purple Martin  X
Tree Swallow  X
Bank Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Gray Catbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Song Sparrow  2
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  X
American Goldfinch  X


Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY
Aug 27, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: With Jim Tarolli; light rain; observing from both Towpath Rd in 
rain and East Rd (no rain)
32 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  20
Trumpeter Swan  3
Wood Duck  X
Mallard  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Ring-necked Duck  1 Possibly an eclipse-plumaged male but I don't remember
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  X
Great Egret  X
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  2
Sandhill Crane  2
Black-bellied Plover  3
Semipalmated Plover  X
Killdeer  X
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  X
Whimbrel  1 Spiraled over K-M marsh for about 5 mins (stayed on it the 
entire time in the scope); eventually joined up with ~15 other (smaller but 
medium-sized) shorebirds and flew to the south; a long-awaited first Whimbrel 
for me at MNWR; possibly put down to the mudflats by rain but I never saw it on 
the ground
Sanderling  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
Least Sandpiper  X
White-rumped Sandpiper  X
Pectoral Sandpiper  X
Stilt Sandpiper  X
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  X
Wilson's Phalarope  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Caspian Tern  X
Black Tern  2



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-07 Thread Susan Danskin

My aunt and uncle live in North Carolina.  They have been observing hummingbird 
copulation at their feeder this week.  They were wondering the purpose since it 
is way too late to be breeding this year.  Fun? Practice?
Susan


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[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird male

2012-09-07 Thread Marie P Read

Hi all,

Suddenly, yesterday and today, there has been a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
at my feeder (there have been several females/immatures consistently). Yet it 
has been nearly 2 weeks since I saw "my" male who was here all summer. Whether 
the current one is actually "mine" (if so, where has he been?...not nearby 
since all the hummingbird flowers in my yard have faded) or a new guy who has 
just arrived from farther north, will remain unsolved—although his gorget is 
much subdued, but maybe that is to be expected at this time of the summer.

Marie


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Freeville NY  13068 USA

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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-bellied Flycatcher & N. Waterthrush at MWR

2012-09-07 Thread Mark Miller

A short walk around South Spring Pool at Montezuma (off the route 89 parking 
area) around 1 PM Friday produced very few birds but did see a Northern 
Waterthrush and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher on the north side of the path, 
about 100 yards or so past the overlook platform. Also had a bunch of Downy 
Woodpeckers, Green Heron, & a Greater Yellowlegs.

On the auto route, LaRue's Lagoon had a Am. Golden Plover, Pectoral Sandpipers, 
Caspian Terns, Yellowlegs, RB Gulls, & assorted ducks. A Peregrine Falcon 
seemed to be following me, posed for close photos at the "carp" spillway, then 
followed me around the bend to perch just before Benning Marsh for  even closer 
pics. 

Good Luck to the Muck Racers!

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

2012-09-07 Thread Naomi Brewer

The males arrive early and establish their territory, then they are very
busy all summer preforming their" manly "duties to all the females in their
area. Then no need to hang around.!!

Naomi

-Original Message-
From: bounce-64145031-9392...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-64145031-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P Read
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 11:02 AM
To: Sally Eller; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds



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

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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
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[cayugabirds-l] Beauty and the Beak on Video

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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Thursday

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[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird male

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