[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar--Art Opening: Afterlifes of Natural History
Please join us at 7:30 on *February 24th* for the next Monday Night Seminar at the Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1573. This Monday will feature a presentation by the artist, followed by a reception. As always, these seminars are free and open to the public. The doors open at 7:00. Hope to see you there! --Marc *Exhibit: Afterlifes of Natural History Denis Defibaugh, artist Host: Diane Tessaglia-Hymes *Natural History Museums are depositories of what was once alive. Artist and RIT Professor Denis Defibaugh is interested in the aesthetics and taxonomy of these specimens and feels they combine aspects of both art and science. Defibaugh uses film that is obsolete, allowing it to oxidize and eventually become a black sheet of film. His photographs of specimens are made during the deterioration process, creating moving images of preservation and decay--what he calls a fading memory. *UPCOMING MONDAY NIGHT SEMINARS* *March 3 Rachel Dickinson, author Have Notebook and Camera Will Travel: Confessions of a Travel Writer Who Birds to Travel and Travels to Bird.* *Host: Miyoko Chu* Freelance author and travel writer Rachel Dickinson has spent the past couple of decades roaming the globe in search of stories. Armed with a notebook and a little camera, she's written about far-flung places such as Siberia and the Falklands, and places closer to home including the Erie Canal and her hometown of Freeville. Her work has been published in a number of publications including *Audubon, The Atlantic*, and smithsonian.com. She is a regular contributor to *The Huffington Post* and *Men's Journal* online. *Dickinson's book, Falconer on the Edge: a man, his bird, and the vanishing landscape of the American West (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)* *March 10 Cayuga Bird Club Meeting Kevin McGowan, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Waterfowl ID: The Most Important Things *Do you deem distant ducks disturbingly difficult? Do you find figuring out female fowl frustrating and fraught with failure? This evening is engineered to enlighten, engage, and entertain, while welcoming everyone into the wonderful world of waterfowl. It will introduce the top two tips for telling tricky ID troubles apart: shape and color pattern. Kevin McGowan works in the Education section of the Cornell Lab, and has been creating distance learning courses about bird behavior and identification. He will share highlights from his Waterfowl ID webinar series. *March 17 Tom Stephenson, author; Scott Whittle, photographer The Warbler Guide: The Overlooked ID Points that Make Identifying Warblers Easy Host: Mike Webster* Birder and author Tom Stephenson and photographer Scott Whittle will describe important but often overlooked ID clues for colorful and sometimes elusive warblers: overall contrast, subtle facial features, color impressions, feather edging, rump contrast, as well as foraging style, location, and behavior. Even viewing a warbler from below can reveal identity clues for many species. Stephenson and Whittle will also address some of the most challenging species to identify, compare them to similar species, and illustrate how even partial views can be used to identify warbler species. *Stephenson's and Whittle's book, The Warbler Guide, published by Princeton University Press, will be available for purchase and signing. * *March 24 Sara Kaiser, Cornell Lab Unraveling the Mysteries of Songbird Mating Systems* *Host: TBA *Sara Kaiser is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. She'll discuss how habitat quality affects where and how often the seemingly monogamous Black-throated Blue Warbler mates outside its pair bond. Most male Black-throated Blue Warblers are socially monogamous, meaning they are mated to a single female. However, all is not as it appears: up to 50% of Black-throated Blue Warbler nests have young sired by a male that is not the territory holder. Sara has been studying the mating system of these warblers in the hardwood forests of New Hampshire. *March 31 Margaret Barker, Elissa Wolfson, Chris Willett Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds Host: Robyn Bailey *Join authors Margaret Barker and Elissa Wolfson, along with woodworker Chris Willett as they share what they learned--and built--while writing and researching the Audubon Birdhouse Book (Voyageur Press, 2013). Find out how to build for birds that take up residence within birdhouses--including Wood Ducks, kestrels, and of course, bluebirds--as well as those such as Great Blue Herons, Ospreys, and loons that nest outside the box. We'll explore the reasons behind birdhouse building, especially where natural habitat is scarce, the latest design innovations, and how people everywhere are helping birds by providing them with safe homes. *April 7 Taza Schaming, PhD candidate; Cornell Lab of Ornithology Clark's Nutcrackers: Pivotal Players in
[cayugabirds-l] SEOWs in Seneca and Schuyler Counties
Last night, the NYS DEC conducted our first SEOW/winter raptor survey in Seneca and Schuyler counties. Nine of us braved the terrible weather to survey at 7 locations. The rain stopped just in time to see a few SHORT-EARED OWLS and a NORTHERN HARRIER. The harrier was spotted on Dugue Road in Hector. SEOWs were seen as follows: 2 SEOWs in a tall grass field near the western end of Updyke Road in Mecklenburg. 1 SEOWs was seen at the corner of Black Rd and Updyke Rd in Mecklenburg. 1 SEOW was seen on Dean Road in Lodi. 2 SEOW was seen at the corner of Case Rd and Townsend Rd (in NFS pasture). We will be conducting another survey of these areas and more sites on Feb. 27th, meeting at 4:30pm at the Trumansburg Library. We are always looking for more volunteers, as the more surveyors we have, the more sites we can cover. If you're interested, please contact me at: kahoj...@gw.dec.state.ny.us Kaytee Kaytee Hojnacki Wildlife Technician Region 8 Bureau of Wildlife New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414-9519 585/226-5464 585/226-6323 fax kahoj...@gw.dec.state.ny.us -- 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] Spring! (Well…maybe...)
They're bck! Patches of open grass on Baker Hill Road were covered with scores of American Robins when I drove by a short time ago. House Finches have ben singing in my yard for several days now… There's hope….. 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 -- 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] RE: Spring! (Well…maybe…) - sorry for typo
House Finches have ben singing Yep, Ben has been singing up a storm over those House Finches. Well, ya know what I meant... 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-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 11:31 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Spring! (Well…maybe...) They're bck! Patches of open grass on Baker Hill Road were covered with scores of American Robins when I drove by a short time ago. House Finches have ben singing in my yard for several days now… There's hope….. 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 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] RE: Spring! (Well…maybe…) - sorry for typo
The starlings are thinking spring too. This morning the one on the wires at the Lab was doing a Brown-headed Cowbird rattle-call imitation. I swear they anticipate the next migrants to arrive in spring and start singing their songs. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-112664527-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112664527-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 11:35 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] RE: Spring! (Well…maybe…) - sorry for typo House Finches have ben singing Yep, Ben has been singing up a storm over those House Finches. Well, ya know what I meant... 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-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 11:31 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Spring! (Well…maybe...) They're bck! Patches of open grass on Baker Hill Road were covered with scores of American Robins when I drove by a short time ago. House Finches have ben singing in my yard for several days now… There's hope….. 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 -- 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/ -- -- 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] RE: Spring! (Well...maybe...) - sorry for typo
Meant to mention my first Dark eyed Junco singing yesterday morning. Dry fast trill...great time of year to hear all their variations as presumably there are no other trillers around. Except perhaps Starlings!! Linda On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: House Finches have ben singing Yep, Ben has been singing up a storm over those House Finches. Well, ya know what I meant... 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-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu [ bounce-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [ m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 11:31 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Spring! (Well...maybe...) They're bck! Patches of open grass on Baker Hill Road were covered with scores of American Robins when I drove by a short time ago. House Finches have ben singing in my yard for several days now... There's hope. 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 -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds in the rain
Saw 13-15 bluebirds here this a.m. in the pouring rain.Seven goldfinches are at the feeders now along with many house finches.Fritzie, Union Springs -- 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] Birds and hydration in winter.
Here's a good link to info about this as relates to an earlier discussion. http://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/ Her almost daily postings are very interesting. Linda Orkin 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] Burdick Hill Road, Fri 2/21 (and owl-pellet forensics)
I thought the rain might put the streak in jeopardy, but the light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was right there again in the lone tree in the open field on the south side of Burdick Hill Road today at 1:15 PM. This made a cool 7 sightings in my last 7 visits, evoking welcome memories of Rennie Stennett. I expected nothing more in the light rain, but I was glad to be proven wrong. First I heard and saw a KILLDEER migrating due north. Then, trying to refind the hawk after it moved from its conspicuous vantage, I found a second Rough-legged Hawk, this one a dark morph, on the middle treeline. I watched this bird drop and jam its talons into something on the ground, then fly back to the trees. Finally, I also saw two AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS circling overhead - maybe the most incongruous bird in this flurry of pleasant surprises. The EASTERN SCREECH-OWL has continued in our yard in northeast Ithaca through at least yesterday. This morning I went out and collected 10 pellets from under its next box. Tilden and I dissected them. We found mostly rodent bones, but also what I think are the upper mandibles of two different birds. One of them looks like a House Finch bill to me. The other is long and pointed; any birds whose bills would be candidates for a match all also would seem too big for a screech-owl to take down. Here's a photo. https://plus.google.com/photos/114049026073343451957/albums/5291963262350115 713/5982902714934186690?pid=5982902714934186690 https://plus.google.com/photos/114049026073343451957/albums/529196326235011 5713/5982902714934186690?pid=5982902714934186690oid=114049026073343451957 oid=114049026073343451957 It's a mystery to me. Any suggestions? Mark Chao --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] bluebird and robins
A flock of Robins and also a Bluebird seen on Burdick Hill Rd. this afternoon. -Howard London -- 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/ --
