[cayugabirds-l] Red-winged blackbirds
Two male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS are eating seed on the ground under my feeders this morning. Pleasant Valley Rd. in Groton. Marla L. Coppolino Groton, New York USA http://marlacoppolino.com http://www.thesnailwrangler.com/ http://kibibiacres.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] Dead waterfowl/ice breakup
I too have seen several corpses of waterfowl here, including a pure white tundra swan a few beaches north of mine on Lansing Station Rd. 3 days ago masses of broken ice from north of my previously open water area were blown in by the wind and piled up noisily on shore on any beach structure near the winter water line (3' below summer level). It did a lot of damage to some docks boat hoists. 2 days ago when wind switched came from south it brought with it huge pieces of ice from between here Myers to the south. I watched up down from RR track as it formed big piles on any obstacle making quite an interesting racket all the while. Crashes and tinkles and bangs. Ice piles pushed by the ever advancing ice sheet moved rocks 2 feet in diameter into shore! Lost beach furniture seen in the flow. Ducks in the open water spots had to quickly take flight sometimes as ice advanced towards them. Then by yesterday warm temps caused much of this ice to melt things were calmer. I hope there is something besides Zebra Mussels for the ducks, etc to eat, altho I suppose some eat them. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Mar 15, 2015, at 10:33 AM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote: Snip BYW, I just returned from Myers where the ice is really breaking up in the face of a stiff north wind. There are dozens of waterfowl carcasses on the ice along the shore. And the Aythyas (Redheads, scaup, etc) are diving right at the ice edge (as it melts back). It seems that they are swimming in under the ice to pluck vegetation from the bottom that has not been accessible until now. Bob McGuire -- 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] Bohemian
I am still puzzled by - and have to apologize for - what happened to my post of yesterday morning regarding the bohemian. I am guessing that something went awry with Clarity’s email server - as I just now began to receive messages again (after almost 24 hrs without). As Jay mentioned, I could have sent out an RBA but decided that the flock was really not chase-able. In the past, when I’ve had waxwing flocks here at home, there have been berries for them to feed on. By now, however, the starlings and others have stripped things bare. The waxwing flock hung around for 20 minutes or so, then flew off. BYW, I just returned from Myers where the ice is really breaking up in the face of a stiff north wind. There are dozens of waterfowl carcasses on the ice along the shore. And the Aythyas (Redheads, scaup, etc) are diving right at the ice edge (as it melts back). It seems that they are swimming in under the ice to pluck vegetation from the bottom that has not been accessible until now. Bob McGuire -- 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] myer's saturday afternoon
I startled an Amer Pipit as I walked up to the lighthouse, and it flew up in front of me landed on ice not too far out. No sign of the tufted duck, but I also hit a spot of rain that made viewing difficult. Also, forgot to grab my gloves, and my hands were freezing. Coots, herring, great blacked-back, and ring-billed gulls, mergansers, canvasbacks, scaup, redheads in the open waters, the public marina, and the spit. Forgot to bring a small recording device my son loaned me - I would have liked to have recorded the coots and numerous ducks in the public marina and the sounds of ice and water. Apparently, I'm an unprepared birder this year! By the way, plentiful snow banks make it hard to park - seemed easiest to park by the public marina and walk to the spit and to the lighthouse from there. Maybe they will melt this week. Many birds taking advantage of the mud. -liisa Liisa Mobley 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] Dryden Lake area
I checked the Dryden Lake area later yesterday afternoon. The lake is still frozen; the walking trail looks rough with slushy snow. As an alternative to looking over an expanse of water (Cayuga Lake), one could stop along Purvis Rd. and gaze over an almost unlimited expanse of cow poop. Both sides of the road. Many of the usual birds = C. GEESE, MALLARDS(lots), RING-BILLED GULLS(with some interesting vocalizations), KILLDEER, HORNED LARKS. I could find only 3 AMER PIPITS, but I scoped only a fraction of the available viewing area. At one point, all swirled into the sky, milled about, then resettled. No reason obvious to me, but impressive. Do not stand downwind.Also check out the new Cornell Dairy Research Barn on Cornell Lane. 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] Lots o redpolls
A flock of 50+ Redpolls at our feeders onHunt Hill Rd, east of Ithaca, this afternoon. No redwinged blackbirds or robins yet. 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] Redpolls
I still have 2 Redpolls coming to my feeders. Seems crazy - red-wings one day and Redpolls the next day. Such is winter! Ann 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] Large Red-winged Blackbird Flock, North Lansing
Saturday, 3/14, at 12:11pm, about 100 Red-winged Blackbirds in field with manure on Storm Road ( just off of 34) in North Lansing, near Baker's Acres! -- 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] Bird Highlights from West side of Cayuga Lake
Here are the highlights of birds Dave Nutter and I saw today on the west side of Cayuga Lake. This list is not all-inclusive of what we saw. Dave will be posting a detailed list on eBird. Six of these birds were my first ever and marked with an asterisk. Taughannok Marina Canvas Backs, Lesser Scaup, Ringed-billed Gulls Taughannok Swimming Beach with Diving Board, 8:54-9:15am 2 Wood Ducks*, Canvasback, Redhead, Ringed-necked, Lesser and Greater Scaup, 2 Buffleheads, Common Merganser Upper Taughannok Falls Overlook Parking Lot, 9:23-9:35am 6 Wood Ducks in flight, Red-tailed Hawk, Crow chasing Raven (also seen by me on Monday*), Congress Street Extension north of Trumansburg in Covert, 10:09am 2 American Pipits (up close!) were foraging among the corn stubble but then came very close to the car and spent a long time in between the field and snow mound in the wet ditch. Sheldrake Point (along entire road) 1 Ruddy Duck (male), 2 American Wigeons, 2 American Black Ducks, 3 Ringed-necked Ducks (2 male, 1 female), Common Goldeneyes courting display was very entertaining, 2 Wood Ducks, 5 Mute Swans, 1 Tundra Swan Yale Farm Road, 2pm-3? Rough-legged Hawk* (gave us a very long viewing while it hunted and ate a vole and then hunted again while hovering like a kite), approx. 40 Snow Bunting, 5 Tundra Swans, gulls, starlings, approximately 180 Snow Geese* (and then hundreds and hundreds more all flying westerly!), and the Snowy Owl* (with very little brown coloration, male?), and then as we were about to leave, a Northern Harrier came out of a tree and swapped places in the same tree with the Rough-legged Hawk! So we watch Northern Harrier for about 20 minutes. As we were trying to leave yet another time, a Killdeer flew in. Rock River Road, Interlaken, 3:20pm Flock or suite of birds flew into and through Sumac, one Bluebird* landed on the telephone wire for excellent viewing of my first ever! Beautiful blue back and cinnamon belly underside. Munson Road, Interlaken, about 4pm American Kestrel seen on telephone wire and then hunting in fields. * * * * * * * * * *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] redwings, grackles, brown-headed cowbirds, oh my
Today, 15 Mar 15, at my feeders, 147 Hile School Rd, Freeville, a hop-skip and wing-pump out of the Basin. At least 6 Common Grackles and 6 male Redwinged Blackbirds in the morning; 2 male cowbirds around 1600h. With 2 groups of feeders and birds going back and forth, not sure of total redwings and grackles. Several younger male grackles also. The redwings displayed an almost continuous range of variation in breeding plumage development from 'young, very-dark-female-type, with a pale cream epaulet of sorts always showing' to fully black adult with red-yellow epaulet, under full control (sometimes showing, sometimes not). I don't actually know that older males are able to exert more control over whether the epaulet shows but they seem to. Also a local group of 10-12 crows was skittering around on the new snow gathering up something that may have been ash seeds blowing around on the surface. I was too far to see the items, but they were picking things up off the surface and seemed to have to chase them a little in the morning wind. I have never seen this behavior before. Anne Clark -- 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] Muckrace contact?
Seeking contact for Muckrace. Thanks Richard Tkachuck cbcedit...@gmail.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] Northern Saw-whet Owl - Village of Lansing
While letting the dog out just now, I was surprised by a Northern Saw-whet Owl calling from the northern section of the Village of Lansing Greenway that ends at the Bomax Rd. fields. The vocalization lasted for about 15 seconds, paused for about 10, and then resumed for another 10 seconds or so, before stopping completely when the local coyotes started howling. I'm guessing the northward movement of Saw-whets is underway, so it might be worth checking traditional spots in the coming weeks. -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/ --
