[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins
2 PINE SISKINS along with 28 AMER GOLDFINCHES at my backyard feeders. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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] CBC field trip 11/8/14 report
?Hi all, Yesterday, four of us went on a CBC bird trip. Our first halt was Myers Point. A Merlin flew pat us and landed in a tree conveniently, although very high but gave us long scope views. Scanning of the lake produced a very distant grebe, based on its profile I think it was a Red-necked Grebe, which was barely visible occasionally when it was riding on top of the waves. Then there was a single loon, which disappeared (dove) after I saw it for sometime and did not see it again. As we were driving along 34B in Lansing we were forced to stop three times to take pictures of the beautiful cloud formation. The clouds seemed to some as blowing snow and to me it seemed like waves in the sea with caps, the typical drawing we used to draw as a kids of seascape. The sky in the west looked orange-yellow as if sun is about to go down and that was around 2.00 PM! We were all smitten by the beauty of the cloud formation. There must have been several fronts clashing with each other. Then we stopped at Aurora, where I counted at least 27 Common Loons, but could have been more and nothing else other than distant Canada Geese and mallards. At the Union Spring Ponds we had several Gadwalls, Buffleheads and a Redhead. By that time it was getting almost dark around 3.00 pm we were afraid that we wont be able to see anything on the Wildlife Drive. By this time we were receiving the RBAs/emails from Jay McGowan, who was ahead of us and scaring all the birds :-) He wrote in one of his RBAs Eagles are the worst. So you figure out what was happening ahead of us. On the Wildlife drive we had some of the birds which Jay reported viz- lots of ducks that included Shovellers, Green-winged Teals, Lesser and Greater Scaups, more Gadwalls, Coots, AM. Widgeons, Ruddy ducks with their tail sticking out in the air. but we missed the Eared Grebe. Along the drive we also had a flock of 6 or so Snow Buntings that gave us good looks and two Eastern Meadowlarks, which got flushed several times by the car in front of us and we could see their flashing white tail. At the shorebird flats we did see the American Avocet feeding, along with a large crowd of kids watching the bird through the scope. I am glad they got see the beautiful bird through the scope and it was oblivious to the large crowd watching it from the shore! We looked for Glossy ibis, but it was probably hiding in the grass and totally out of our view. We also did not spend a whole lot of time as it was fairly dark and we wanted to go to East Road. We missed the Snowy Owl, which had already flushed to North Spring Pool! We enjoyed the East Road birds! I counted 47 Sandhill Cranes and two of them danced for a short period. Numerous Snow Geese, twice I saw a Ross's Goose may be the same one or may be two in almost same area, lots of Tundra Swans, ducks, which we did not bother to identify as it was too dark to see any colors and thousands of Canada Geese. As we headed back, between Mays Point and Tschache Pool, we saw thousands of blackbirds that included lot more Grackles than Red-winged Blackbirds passing over head around us as large rivers. It was an amazing sight. I never get tired of seeing these spectacles blackbirds coming to roost! Overall it was nice evening with great people! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -- 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] Fox sparrows @ LP
Lots of fox sparrows at lindsay parsons today, along with am tree sparrows, robins, etc. Suan _ http://suan-yong.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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Fox sparrows @ LP Ringwood Rd!
It must be the day for Fox Sparrows…just before reading Suan's post I looked outside to see three Fox Sparrows doing their famous to and fro scoot underneath my new Blue Spruce (planted in the spring) 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 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-118375017-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-118375017-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Suan Yong [suan.y...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 1:10 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fox sparrows @ LP Lots of fox sparrows at lindsay parsons today, along with am tree sparrows, robins, etc. Suan _ http://suan-yong.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 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] Red Phalarope, Sampson S.P.
Found earlier by Tim Lenz and Nathan Goldberg, a RED PHALAROPE is foraging along the shore of the marina at Sampson State Park on Seneca Lake. Jay -- 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] Peregrine
Hi Just watched a Peregrine fly northeast across the field at the corner of Hanshaw and Freese Roads. Ithaca. 3:10 pm, Sunday. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] MNWR American Bittern continuing rarities
Rose and I drove the auto route before lunch and had good luck on the continuing birds. As reported today by others, the Avocet and Ibis were in Eaton. This time it was the young Ibis. The EARED GREBE was located in the main pool, not at the start of the drive, but at the beginning of the second major opening onto the main pool, where it is deeper and cleaner (the first opening is shallower). There was also a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Eaton. The biggest surprise was a fly-by AMERICAN BITTERN near the start of the auto route. It was flying south, between the roadside water control channel and the near edge of the main pool. A photographer behind us said that he also saw the bird as it landed, so it may be find-able. Ken Ken Rose Burdick Skaneateles, NY kenburd...@ieee.org -- 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, Nov 10
Cayuga Bird Club Meeting Cornell Lab of Ornithology Monday, November 10, 2014, 7:30 pm The First International BirdFair in the Land Of Birds: Cali, Colombia Speaker: Jorge Orejuela In February 2015 Cali, Colombia, will be the center of birding activity for the International BirdFair. Dr. Jorge Orejuela of the Autonomous University of the West in Cali is the honorary president of this event and will share his views of fair activities. The participants will visit choice localities where they may encounter as many as 500 species of birds, including residents, long-distance migrants, and many endemics, most of them endangered. Shortly after the fair, the organizers of the Colombia BirdFair will establish a cloud forest nature reserve in the vicinity of Cali, where visitors will be welcome to stay and enjoy the great diversity of birds of Colombia. Dr. Orejuela will provide a sneak preview of the reserve and its wildlife. The presentation will begin after club business is concluded and all are welcome. Please be advised that the doors will be closed when the room is full so get there early! Doors open at 7 pm, cookies at 7:15, meeting starts at 7:30. Open to the public. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu -- 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] Fox sparrows @ LP Ringwood Rd!
Thanks to posts by Suan Marie, I looked out at the likely spot under my big Spruce tree to find 2 FOX SPARROWS scooching around in the leaf litter! Donna Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Nov 9, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: It must be the day for Fox Sparrows…just before reading Suan's post I looked outside to see three Fox Sparrows doing their famous to and fro scoot underneath my new Blue Spruce (planted in the spring) 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 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-118375017-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-118375017-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Suan Yong [suan.y...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 1:10 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fox sparrows @ LP Lots of fox sparrows at lindsay parsons today, along with am tree sparrows, robins, etc. Suan _ http://suan-yong.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 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] Harlequin Ducks, Hector
Since I guess Tim and Nathan aren't going to post this either, I thought I should mention that they found two female HARLEQUIN DUCKS this morning on Seneca Lake in the town of Hector: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20488288 We looked on our way home this afternoon and were unable to find them under the docks on Lake Street, but viewing is difficult and between houses, so they may have just rounded the point to the south and disappeared from view. Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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] Montezuma Highlights/rarity timing.
Our afternoon trip through Montezuma started with the Eared grebe along the wildlife drive in the first opening after the channel unlike earlier in the day reported further up the drive. It would be very easy to miss as for every 2 seconds it was up it spent 8 seconds underwater. Both the adult and immature ibis were out preening around 2pm but quickly split up; one disappearing into the reeds to the north and the other into the back edge cattails to the south. The Am. Avocet was very cooperative. The biggest change from last week was the large number of Lesser Scaup( with a few Greater's and Redhead mixed in) on the north end of the main pool. At Knox-Marcellus 48 Sandhill cranes were very active. When we arrived around 3 pm there were 7 Ross's Geese among the 500 or so Snow Geese. Several groups flew out and we could not find a Ross's among the100 or so remaining. There were a few Trumpeter swans mixed in with 100 plus Tundras there and a larger group(maybe 15) of Trumpeter's on Armitage Road, one of which had a green wing tag. Way back at Puddler's there were at least 2 of both Greater and Lesser yellowlegs. No Great Egrets. Mike and Joann Tetlow p.s.On a sad note here is a post from Oneida Birds as I know some have regularly checked on this bird. Subject: Route 31 Snowy Owl Date: Sun Nov 9 2014 10:22 am From: oneidabirds-noreply AT yahoogroups.com I talked to Jean and Leonard Soprano of Kindred Kingdoms Wildlife Rehabilitation Center this morning. They informed me that the Snowy Owl that has been hanging around the shopping plaza on Route 31 in Clay is now at their facility. It was brought to them this morning. The owl was struck by a car and is underweight. Jim Tarolli - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=805504MLID=NY08MLNM=New%20York%20 Oneida#sthash.sT0y62Lp.dpuf -- 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] Montezuma Highlights/rarity timing.
A footnote to the Tetlow's report: one of the Trumpeter swans in a group of 5 at K-M had a blue patch on its left wing. From where Shirley and I were, we could not read a number. Also, we counted Sandhill cranes three times and got a different result each time. Our high count was 52, very close to Tetlow's 48. We heard them calling before we found them. Bill McAneny, TBurg _ From: bounce-118376782-7495...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118376782-7495...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Tetlow Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 9:41 PM To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu; cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Highlights/rarity timing. Our afternoon trip through Montezuma started with the Eared grebe along the wildlife drive in the first opening after the channel unlike earlier in the day reported further up the drive. It would be very easy to miss as for every 2 seconds it was up it spent 8 seconds underwater. Both the adult and immature ibis were out preening around 2pm but quickly split up; one disappearing into the reeds to the north and the other into the back edge cattails to the south. The Am. Avocet was very cooperative. The biggest change from last week was the large number of Lesser Scaup( with a few Greater's and Redhead mixed in) on the north end of the main pool. At Knox-Marcellus 48 Sandhill cranes were very active. When we arrived around 3 pm there were 7 Ross's Geese among the 500 or so Snow Geese. Several groups flew out and we could not find a Ross's among the100 or so remaining. There were a few Trumpeter swans mixed in with 100 plus Tundras there and a larger group(maybe 15) of Trumpeter's on Armitage Road, one of which had a green wing tag. Way back at Puddler's there were at least 2 of both Greater and Lesser yellowlegs. No Great Egrets. Mike and Joann Tetlow p.s.On a sad note here is a post from Oneida Birds as I know some have regularly checked on this bird. Subject: Route 31 Snowy Owl Date: Sun Nov 9 2014 10:22 am From: oneidabirds-noreply AT yahoogroups.com I talked to Jean and Leonard Soprano of Kindred Kingdoms Wildlife Rehabilitation Center this morning. They informed me that the Snowy Owl that has been hanging around the shopping plaza on Route 31 in Clay is now at their facility. It was brought to them this morning. The owl was struck by a car and is underweight. Jim Tarolli - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=805504MLID=NY08MLNM=New%20York%20 Oneida#sthash.sT0y62Lp.dpuf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html The Mail Archive http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Surfbirds http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
