[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill logs and birds
Hi all, I thought it would be fun to chase Jay and Livia’s Olive-sided Flycatcher. on Neimi Rd., today. I struck out on that one so I decided to go to Summerhill to my other can’t miss spot”. Well of course I did miss seeing one there as well, but a nice consolation prize was a RED CROSSBILL that flew in with some A. Goldfinches to land in a nearby pine tree. I managed to get some phone-scope pictures as he was feeding on cones. Nothing else of note there except the ever present Cedar Waxwings. I wanted to give everyone a heads-up so you won’t be surprised. They are doing extensive clear-cut logging in Summerhill from the snow machine clubhouse on Salt Rd. to Hoag Rd. I suppose it will become a new hotspot for grassland birds. Ha! They aren’t taking every tree, it looks to be just the softwoods, but I haven’t seen as big a pile of logs around here for some time. I have no idea how far their lease extends. It looks like a logging company from Groton. I always forget that these State Lands are really just big tree farms. It’s good to get a reminder once in a while to help me appreciate the pristine woods more. happy birding, Gary -- 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] Cooper's Hawk and commotion
Hi all, Just a few minutes ago there was lot of commotion in my yard. Every bird in the area seem to be at my home. Several Robins, Black-capped Chickadees, Nuthatches, Blue Jays and House Wrens, were going nuts and everyone seemed to be looking in the spruces. After 10 minutes I decided to go and investigate thinking there was an owl as I had heard short bar of Eastern Screech Owl call yesterday around 2.30 am or a cat. On investigating I found a Cooper's Hawk taken a refuge in the trees and probably was planning to spend the night there. I had crashed into undergrowth that in turn had alerted the Cooper's and it moved to another branch and watched me for sometime. Then it decided to fly away to my neighbor's yard. I felt sorry for dashing around and chasing away a bird from its chosen roost :-( Chickadees continued being nuts for another five minutes and robins became silent soon afterwards. A little earlier, I had seen a fledgling of Red-eyed Vireo and fledglings of two House wrens accompanied by their parents. In the morning I had gone in search of Yellow-bellied sapsuckers to a private wood lots in Madison County, where we came upon several groups of migrants/residents. First group consisted of fledglings of Wood Thrush, Magnolia Warblers and Ovenbirds, including chickadees. Second group consisted of Red-eyed Vireo fledglings, Baltimore Oriole and more Magnolias. I also saw what to me looked like a Prothonotary Warbler, with yellow head and blue-grey plumage, but just had several glimpses and seemed chunkier than Blue-winged warbler. Third group consisted of more Magnolias, Redstarts and Canada Warblers along with the other residents, but as luck turns out I did not have any sightings of sapsuckers but lots of evidences of them being around. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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] Turkey Vultures
I had the good fortune of seeing the biggest kettle of TVs ever (for me) as they circled and swooped over the parking lot and the general vicinity of Wegmans in Auburn, New York. I counted over 100 and approximated that possibly 125 were participating. I looked for Black Vultures but did not see any. Many landed on a nearby cell tower south of the Wegmans parking lot ( Genesee St. and Loop Rd ). Bill Roberts Aurora, N.Y. -- 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/ --
