[cayugabirds-l] RFI: Mallards displaying
Hi all, I need to shoot some video of Mallards performing courtship displays. Does anyone have a regular spot where they've been seeing this occurring recently? Ithaca area preferred. Many thanks for any leads. 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 -- 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] robins
Just had a flock of 7 ROBINS fly over the house, headed N. S. FastBrooktondale -- 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] robins
Today is the day — Mt. Pleasant anyone? Kenneth V. Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology Office: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Susan Fast sustf...@yahoo.commailto:sustf...@yahoo.com wrote: Just had a flock of 7 ROBINS fly over the house, headed N. S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] Anyone want to join me to look for SE Owls?
I have not yet seen the SE Owls and will be leaving Fall Creek around 5pm or so to arrive at Scofield Road by 5:30. Let me know if you would like to carpool or meet me. I am not sure where to go and am looking through old emails. * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold NYS Certified Math/Science Teacher and Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* Interdisciplinary Visionary Artist https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-sandy-wold/a7/114/877 Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author, Originator, and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ -- 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] Myers dabblers
Waterfowl at Myers Point this morning included a pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, seven WOOD DUCKS, 35+ NORTHERN PINTAIL, two AMERICAN WIGEON, as well as the usual Aythya, Tundra Swans, and an inordinately high number of Mallards, American Black Ducks, and at least 10 Mallard x black duck hybrids. Two KILLDEER were calling and on the spit, and I just had another Killdeer overhead at Sapsucker Woods, as well as a PINE SISKIN at the feeders north of the building. -- 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] May be something, may be nothing. Sewage tank on Fall Creek watershed
I am writing this at a distance so can't be sure how many of the facts are straight. Our son lives on the corner of Dutcher and North Road. Across the street is a wetland that I believe is one of the areas that feeds into Fall Creek. The owner of the land has a large dairy operation and is planning to place a very large liquid manure holding tank on this land. The manure will be piped down from his operation some distance. The farmer says permits are in place but there seem to be no records, nor any DEA certificates. Our son is not sure how to proceed and what he should be looking for. As we are at a distance, we are not sure how to help. Suggestions would be appreciated. Richard and Cyndy Tkachuck -- 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] Bradfiled Peregrines?
I last saw a single Peregrine on the east side of Bradfield Hall on the afternoon of Monday 2 March, and it was a quick poor view as I was driving and looking back and up through trees over my shoulder. I had checked thoroughly without success twice earlier that day. Previous to that I saw 2 on Bradfield on 25 February. I have checked without seeing any every other day or so since then. Yesterday as I was checking I talked to a couple of people whom I don't know who were photographing or videoing one of the Red-tailed Hawks, whom they called Big Red, as it brought a stick to its nest. They said they hadn't seen Peregrines at Bradfield for several days but said the Peregrines were downtown catching pigeons. They also said they didn't know where the scrape is, which I assume meant they thought the Peregrines are nesting somewhere using a typical shallow scraped area in gravel on a cliff or building. This afternoon about 2:45 I was at Myers Point with Bob McGuire and Ann Mitchell when a Peregrine Falcon flew out near the lighthouse then back toward land and alit in a tree near the Finger Lakes Marine Service private marina. I had a brief view in flight, then it was rather obscured by branches where it perched, so I couldn't tell the gender, but I think it was an adult - blue gray back in flight, bold pattern on face. --Dave Nutter On Mar 10, 2015, at 01:42 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Has anyone seen the Peregrines lately? I went during lunch and did not see any. Meena Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- 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 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] Raptor, T-burg Village
I would not expect a Northern Harrier in the Village of Trumansburg, because harriers are birds of open country, flying low and erratically over fields or marshes then dropping on prey. Harriers have extremely long wings as well as a long tail, and when seen from above in flight they show a bold white patch on the rump. Females are otherwise stripy brown but lighter below, which is superficially similar to immatures of several other hawks. Hawks of the genus Accipiter (Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, and Northern Goshawk) typically fly among trees to grab birds. Sharp-shinned and especially Cooper's Hawks are far more likely around houses and bird feeders. Accipiters also have long tails, but their wings are not remarkably long. About size: The birds we see in the wild are not in the position the measurements are taken, we rarely see a wild bird next to something of exact known size, and the distance to a bird, which one needs to know in order to judge size, is usually hard to estimate as well. As a result, size is difficult to use most of the time, except in a general sense. One might say a bird is tiny like a chickadee, medium like a robin, big like a crow, huge like a vulture, or somewhere between those sizes on that general scale. The best way to use size is to compare an unidentified bird to a bird whose ID you know and which is within the same binocular view, or at least very close by and the same distance from you. Then you can look up the size in inches or centimeters of the bird whose ID you do know, and use that to narrow down the possible IDs of the other bird using measurements from the same field guide. Sometimes seeing an unknown bird perch where known birds have perched can also help. To further complicate matters, among raptors the females are generally quite a bit larger than the males. So I wouldn't worry about inches so much as whether your raptor was about the length of a Blue Jay (perhaps a Sharp-shinned Hawk or Merlin), about the length of a crow (perhaps a Cooper's Hawk), or considerably longer than a crow (perhaps a Red-tailed Hawk, which is common, or a Northern Goshawk, which is uncommon). Even so, the shape of the bird and the pattern on the plumage are your best clues. Since you mentioned both Sibley and Peterson, I recommend Sibley for both accuracy and consistently providing useful views of relevant plumages. A photo can also be an ID aid. Unless you are a professional with expensive equipment and great patience and skill your photo will probably look lousy, but don't worry. Your lousy photo may allow you or someone else to figure out what the bird was long after it is gone. --Dave Nutter On Mar 10, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Ellen Haith elliehait...@gmail.com wrote: Right now I have what I presume to be a juvenile Northern Harrier just over the back fence, about 15 feet from the kitchen window. S/he first took a small, dark bird from the crew under the bird feeders, and proceeded to demonstrate table manners in the neighbor's yard. I intend to go over in a little while and see if I can identify the victim: I suspect Junco, which isn't a very large lunch for this bird. I say 'presume' because I am fairly new to the business of identifying the various hawks within my range. This bird is NOT the 26 suggested by Peterson but would fit the 21 of Sibley. The white 'eyebrow' is a little faint. The tail stripes are DEFINITELY irregular! The 'shoulder' area of wings is certainly 'speckled', though I would sooner say spotted, with the understanding that spots are larger than speckles. One of the yard squirrels was cheeky enough to climb the tree and approach VERY near the hawk. Perhaps some words were spoken, but the mammal was clearly not at all nervous around the bird, who actually raised a wing as if about to fly. I feel inclined to eat a little crow here, since it is entirely possible that it was this bird whom I reported as a Cooper's Hawk several weeks ago. In my defense, that bird was much farther from my binoculars, and therefore harder to pin down, let alone gauge size. ellie -- 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 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] Mt. Pleasant
I went up to Mt. Pleasant after my morning chores, assuming Ken would be there. Hopefully he found something else useful to do. I also expected balmy zephyrs, but that didn't happen either. From 1030 till 1145 I saw 1 ROBIN. But then things picked up and in the next 45 minutes I had 3 flocks of SNOW GEESE totaling around 250, plus 3 KILLDEER.I was entertained by the local DEER flock, which numbers 17; all but 1 look in good shape after the winter. Steve FastBrooktondale -- 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] Educational Assistance
Thanks to the several folks who corrected my identification of the hawk in our back yard this afternoon! While I have been watching birds for much of my life and am a charter member of the Feederwatch program, I have little knowledge of such raptors, and having several sightings during this most unusual winter has been very exciting, whether or not I know precisely what bird it is. Good birding to us all. Ellen Haith -- 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/ --
Fw: [cayugabirds-l] FOY song sparrow
I meant to say Am Tree Sparrow--havent seen Chipping Sparrow--yet! Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone -- Original message-- From: Rosalie V Borzik Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2015 11:27 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; Subject:[cayugabirds-l] FOY song sparrow My first Song Sparrow(s) of the year singing from the honeysuckle shrubs on the west side of Johnson St in Freeville village across from #s 11 and 13--with WTSP, CHSP HOFI. I see Spring on the horizon! Rose Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] FOY song sparrow
My first Song Sparrow(s) of the year singing from the honeysuckle shrubs on the west side of Johnson St in Freeville village across from #s 11 and 13--with WTSP, CHSP HOFI. I see Spring on the horizon! Rose Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone -- 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] Black vulture at upper Taughannok
I got a close look and think I just sighted one. My first, and I see in my guidebook that they are not common around here but are becoming more common. It is heading south around 11:30am. Another person was with me, and he said he sees them in Varna all the time. This one had a gorgeous rusty brown underside. It looked petite for a culture. Hope someone can confirm this. Book shows all black top and bottom with white feather tips. 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] Male wood duck
Mixed in with the mallards at the little bit of open water next to Wegmans Ithaca parking lot. -- 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] Wilson's Phalarope(?), Semi-palmated Plover(?), and Killdeer at Taughannok Marina
There were some exciting birds on the lake today! I don't have a scope, only have binoculars...but I got some amazing views of birds flying over my head and in very close!! I will post my sketches today or tomorrow on the club Facebook page. Here is my report for today: Upper Taughannok, 11-11:30am 1 Black Vulture(?) flying south, crows protesting Taughnnok Marina (north beaches, parking lot is plowed), 12-2pm Redheads in the creek 6 Wilson's Phalarope(?), did they winter here? average arrival date is May 18th. 4 Killdeer (identified by call and then two rings under neck while in flight southbound) Semipalmated Plover(?) (3 in flight up close and standing on ice shelf far away, in flight, they had the coloring of a sandpiper on the back (winter plumage) with one white stripe, shape and size like a barn swallow but smaller than a Killdeer, no flight calling, average arrival date May 10) 12 Black Ducks 5-7 Tundra Swans flying north, identified by gorgeous flying northbound! Common Mergansers (many dozens) 4 Buffleheads (1 male, 3 female) Ithaca Yacht Club, 2-2:30pm Black Duck (very visible amongst the other Scaup) Common Goldeneye Redbreasted Merganser Ruddy Ducks (2 female, maybe more) 2 Coots 3+ male Hooded Mergansers Redheads * * * * * * * * * *Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what the world needs is people who have come ALIVE. - Dr. Howard Thurman, American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * Sandra (Sandy) Wold NYS Certified Math/Science Teacher and Tutor *www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home http://www.sites.google.com/site/fallcreektutoringservices/home* Interdisciplinary Visionary Artist https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-sandy-wold/a7/114/877 Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map, Author, Originator, and Publisher www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/ -- 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] Junco or Chipping Sparrow?
No, Scott, I did not see the bird it sure sounded like a Chipping Sparrow, but you are right about the woods! I will keep eyes peeled to see what it is. Thx, Donna Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Mar 10, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Scott Haber scotthab...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Donna, Did you manage to get a look at the bird? Other than the odd wintering bird at a feeder, the average arrival date for Chipping Sparrow in the basin is usually in the last week of March. Dark-eyed Juncos are certainly starting to get very vocal this time of year, and I can recall plenty of singing juncos that I've mistaken for a Chipping Sparrow (or Pine Warbler). The fact that you mentioned the song coming from the woods also would seem to suggest junco rather than Chipping Sparrow. Best, Scott On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Donna Scott dls...@me.com wrote: Heard distinctly in my woods on Lansing Station Rd., Lansing. 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 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] Killdeer
Flyover Killdeer here in Tburg south of Taughannock just now. On 3/10/15, Birding dans...@twcny.rr.com wrote: Flyover Killdeer at aurora boathouse. Calling. Guessing it was scared off the spit by flyover Bald Eagle. 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 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] Chipping Sparrow
Heard distinctly in my woods on Lansing Station Rd., Lansing. 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] Killdeer
Flyover Killdeer at aurora boathouse. Calling. Guessing it was scared off the spit by flyover Bald Eagle. 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] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Open waters, new osprey platforms feathers
The Cayuga Inlet / Flood Control Channel in Ithaca is starting to open up. Monday evening as I left the taxi depot, which is right next to the Fish Ladder, I saw a quarter mile of water in the middle of the channel. There was one Tundra Swan along with three American Black Ducks, and a few of the more usual Canada Geese, Mallards, and Common Mergansers. I didn't wear boots to hike beyond the parking lot for other vantages, so there may have been more individuals or species. Although Mallards have been frequenting the parking lot and entrance area of Wegmans in Ithaca, seemingly because the relief channel alongside the parking lot has been frozen, they actually have open water just downstream from Malone Dr and partway to State St, which was packed with a couple hundred Mallards, but no other species I could see. Fall Creek is also open from the RR by NYS-13 and between Renwick Wildwood and the wood chip pile on Pier Rd, and more narrowly so by the parking area at the end of the road. I didn't have the chance yesterday to see who inhabits it, but in the depths of the cold awhile back I saw 2 Red-breasted Mergansers and a Common Goldeneye, which are pretty neat to see inland. Maybe there's enough water for a Phoebe to stop there. On NYS-89 in Romulus just south of and across from Dean's Cove an Osprey nest that had been directly atop a power pole has been replaced by an new but empty platform. I hope the former inhabitants like it well enough to gather a new supply of sticks. They may not appreciate it but their fire risk will be greatly reduced. From Harris Park on Sunday there were two polynyi, a small one at the end of the stone pier and a large one farther west. The larger one had many swans (a couple hundred?, mostly Tundras, but at least 2 Mutes) plus many ducks. It was a scope project. At Mud lock a handful of Tundra Swans rested on the ice along the far side near just upstream from the dam, but a pair of Trumpeter Swans was hidden among some pilings with big skirts of ice. A few Mute Swans were among the many Tundra Swans scattered along the west shore of the middle part of Cayuga Lake where there was open water in Varick and near Sheldrake. The large polynya off Myers Point held many ducks on Sunday, including Surf and White-winged Scoters and a pair of WOOD DUCKS which Susan Danskin picked out. There were many Mallards around the edges but I didn't see any other Anas than a few American Black Ducks and a couple of Northern Pintail. That should be changing. At Glenwood Point (the Ithaca Yacht Club) there was at least one male American Wigeon. Non-ducks at sunset on Sunday included a COMMON LOON, 5 or 6 RED-THROATED LOONS, 1 or 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 4 HORNED GREBES, and a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Earlier a PIED-BILLED GREBE was photographed there. Although there were rumors of Trumpeter Swan there, I am unconvinced yet; all I saw were Tundras. All SIX species of Aythya were present and close along with all 3 mergansers, and both usual Bucephala. An immature Bald Eagle also kept things interesting. --Dave Nutter On Mar 09, 2015, at 12:01 AM, job121...@verizon.net wrote: Two new osprey platforms have been placed atop elec. poles: one across from Union Springs High School driveway at the water plant. Another is north of the RR track at the 2nd fire lane. Can't think of the name on the driveway sign or what the firelane no. is. Maybe there are only crossed oars on the sign. Down Backus Rd. in Hibiscus Harbor is a nest in a bad location, ... on top of a pole which has 2 transformers on it. Some sticks actually rest on the transformers. With leaves off trees, now is the time to be looking for such nests to let Candace Cornell know about them since she is co-ordinating such information. Open water north of the RR bridge/Harris Park is refuge for great nos. of ducks swans but few geese at this time. A few tiny areas just south of Harris Park had some open water with mostly common mergansers. The channel from the RR bridge to the lock is mostly open full of ducks. I saw many common red-breasted mergs, goldeneye, redhead, canvasbacks, redheads scaup. Whatever else was there, I didn't take time to look ... oh yes, maybe 60 + swans less than a doz. Canadas. What amazed me was the great number of ducks right at the lock also on the river south of 5 20. In Auburn I saw many ring billed (garbage) gulls over the Bed, Bath Beyond mall parking lot but only two north of Cayuga. Saw no evidence of eagle activity on the nest at Mud Lock. Out on the ice at Mud Lock I saw a female common merganser that looked disoriented with feathers that appeared to be quite water soaked. She didn't look healthy. Along Rte. 90 north of the Lettie Cook Woods entrance were 2 dead deer lying together along the shoulder, the first road kill I've seen in maybe 2 mos.. Becky released a male skunk from her neighbor's live trap
