[cayugabirds-l] Recent sightings - Ontario Lakeshore

[tigger64]

Monday 8/25 on the Ontario Lakeshore between Oswego and Sodus Pt, with Jim 
Tarolli:


Oswego Harbor: (presumed) Short-billed Dowitcher on the outer breakwall - very 
distant but we thought dowitcher
Fair Haven: 1 Ruddy Turnstone (juv)
Sodus Pt:  2 Ruddy Turnstone (ad and juv), 1 AG Plover, 2 BB Plover, 2 SP 
Plover, many peeps. Missed the Lesser BB Gulls.


Last visit to Montezuma had high water at Knox-Marsellus but it has now been a 
few days.



Photos of the recent Willet at Myers Pt (Tompkins County) are below.  Also, 
closeups of many shorebirds including Spotted, Sanderling, SP Sand, SP Plover, 
Least Sand. Some shots of semi-palmated ('piper and plover) feet. I also have 
Caspian Terns diving, Bald Eagle with muskrat, Turkey Vulture sunning, 
Ring-billed Gull close-up calling, Osprey with a big shad, American Bittern, 
Great Egret flock, a very worn and wet Herring Gull, tucked-wing flight shot of 
RH Woodpecker, etc.  They should all be on the first page of the photostream.




https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/


David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Well, we know they come through here, so it's always possible.

Thanks for the clarification.

Best,

Kevin

-Original Message-
From: John Confer [mailto:con...@ithaca.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:35 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut

Hi Folks,

Both Ken Rosenberg and Kevin have raised the most polite and informed question 
about the possible Connecticut singing.

The bird I heard was singing. I was busy and half-listened and half registered 
the song and initially said to my self that it was a really odd Ovenbird 
because each note was so staccato, and then I said to myself that it just was 
not right for Ovenbird. Each note of an Ovenbird song seems to flow into the 
next note without a distinct pause between 
notes, even if each note is very emphatic. The song of this bird   had a 
distinct stutter, or extremely brief pause between notes.

I know songs of warblers are rare in fall, which is why I mentioned I thought 
it odd.

Now you guys make me wonder about it, but as I played back in my mind what I 
had heard, it really did sound like a Connecticut and my recollection matched 
the audio at the web site. Caution is always appropriate, but it is still on my 
year list, but maybe that says more (or less) about my year list.

Thanks for the informed questions.

Cheers,

John

On 8/26/2014 12:24 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:
> Are you saying it was singing? I don't think I've ever heard of a Connecticut 
> singing here in the fall before.
>
> The thin call note isn't distinctive enough to me to be recognizable, 
> although perhaps with enough experience it might be (as opposed to no 
> experience at all).
>
> Best,
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-117782773-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-117782773-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John 
> Confer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:00 PM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut
>
> Just a heads up.
>
> I heard out my bedroom window a possible (well, it made my year list) 
> Connecticut Warbler. It took about 3-4 calls before it clicked in my mind 
> what it was. Checking with web sites 
> , I thought it was a perfect 
> match. Perhaps they are moving through the area now and others may hear their 
> call and have that moment of "What the heck was that. I think I know it, but 
> I haven't heard it in so long I can't place it". Refresh your memory and 
> you'll be able to know it.
>
> Of course, in the next hour, it didn't call again.
>
> Odd - My recollection is that fall Connecticut are more often than not 
> reported by sound recognition than by sight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Confer
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut

[John Confer]

Hi Folks,

Both Ken Rosenberg and Kevin have raised the most polite and informed 
question about the possible Connecticut singing.

The bird I heard was singing. I was busy and half-listened and half 
registered the song and initially said to my self that it was a really 
odd Ovenbird because each note was so staccato, and then I said to 
myself that it just was not right for Ovenbird. Each note of an Ovenbird 
song seems to flow into the next note without a distinct pause between 
notes, even if each note is very emphatic. The song of this bird   had a 
distinct stutter, or extremely brief pause between notes.

I know songs of warblers are rare in fall, which is why I mentioned I 
thought it odd.

Now you guys make me wonder about it, but as I played back in my mind 
what I had heard, it really did sound like a Connecticut and my 
recollection matched the audio at the web site. Caution is always 
appropriate, but it is still on my year list, but maybe that says more 
(or less) about my year list.

Thanks for the informed questions.

Cheers,

John

On 8/26/2014 12:24 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:
> Are you saying it was singing? I don't think I've ever heard of a Connecticut 
> singing here in the fall before.
>
> The thin call note isn't distinctive enough to me to be recognizable, 
> although perhaps with enough experience it might be (as opposed to no 
> experience at all).
>
> Best,
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-117782773-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-117782773-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Confer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:00 PM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut
>
> Just a heads up.
>
> I heard out my bedroom window a possible (well, it made my year list) 
> Connecticut Warbler. It took about 3-4 calls before it clicked in my mind 
> what it was. Checking with web sites 
> , I thought it was a perfect 
> match. Perhaps they are moving through the area now and others may hear their 
> call and have that moment of "What the heck was that. I think I know it, but 
> I haven't heard it in so long I can't place it". Refresh your memory and 
> you'll be able to know it.
>
> Of course, in the next hour, it didn't call again.
>
> Odd - My recollection is that fall Connecticut are more often than not 
> reported by sound recognition than by sight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Confer
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures

[Candace Cornell]

What is the greatest number of Black Vultures you've seen together in the
Game Farm Rd/Ellis Hollow Rd area and around the compost facility at
Stevenson Rd? Please let me know if you ever seen any flocks in the last
two years.
Thanks,
Candace

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Are you saying it was singing? I don't think I've ever heard of a Connecticut 
singing here in the fall before.

The thin call note isn't distinctive enough to me to be recognizable, although 
perhaps with enough experience it might be (as opposed to no experience at all).

Best, 

Kevin



-Original Message-
From: bounce-117782773-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-117782773-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Confer
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:00 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut

Just a heads up.

I heard out my bedroom window a possible (well, it made my year list) 
Connecticut Warbler. It took about 3-4 calls before it clicked in my mind what 
it was. Checking with web sites , I 
thought it was a perfect match. Perhaps they are moving through the area now 
and others may hear their call and have that moment of "What the heck was that. 
I think I know it, but I haven't heard it in so long I can't place it". Refresh 
your memory and you'll be able to know it.

Of course, in the next hour, it didn't call again.

Odd - My recollection is that fall Connecticut are more often than not reported 
by sound recognition than by sight.

Cheers,

John Confer

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[cayugabirds-l] possible Connecticut

[John Confer]

Just a heads up.

I heard out my bedroom window a possible (well, it made my year list) 
Connecticut Warbler. It took about 3-4 calls before it clicked in my 
mind what it was. Checking with web sites 
, I thought it was a perfect 
match. Perhaps they are moving through the area now and others may hear 
their call and have that moment of "What the heck was that. I think I 
know it, but I haven't heard it in so long I can't place it". Refresh 
your memory and you'll be able to know it.

Of course, in the next hour, it didn't call again.

Odd - My recollection is that fall Connecticut are more often than not 
reported by sound recognition than by sight.

Cheers,

John Confer

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

[Candace Cornell]

Night hawks have been around Salt Point and Myers Park on and off for a
week at dusk.
Candace


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Geo Kloppel  wrote:

> Newman Golf Course, of course, sorry!
>
> I wonder if these Nighthawks have been roosting in the same place day
> after day? Or are they even the same birds?
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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kentucky Warbler

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- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)
- Kentucky Warbler (1 report)
- Canada Warbler (1 report)

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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks

[Geo Kloppel]

Newman Golf Course, of course, sorry! 

I wonder if these Nighthawks have been roosting in the same place day after 
day? Or are they even the same birds?

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