[cayugabirds-l] Another Phoebe
Phoebe here also, new this morning. -Geo Kloppel, Tupper Rd, West Danby -- 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] Phoebe
Singing at our house in Danby at 6:40AM this morning. Didn’t hear it yesterday so I guess it navigated in over the past 12 hours or so. Bill E -- 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] More building
Grape vine bark is probably the most common material used in the 3rd and final stage of nest building, the soft inner cup. They'd probably appreciate some horse hair. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-119007385-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119007385-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 6:36 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] More building Yesterday morning through a window I watched three Crows walking in the duff on the forest floor. They were on a mission to obtain nest material. One picked up the actual material (bits of grapevine, I think) while the second gave encouragement. The third was quietly attentive, perhaps in watch-and-learn mode. Think I'll put out some horse hair for them. -Geo Kloppel -- 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/ -- - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9444 - Release Date: 04/03/15 -- 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] Another sign of Spring
Along with at least 5 Pine Siskin was a very colourful PURPLE FINCH. 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] Sapsucker
And down in the orchard with the Fox Sparrows, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. From the sounds, I think the Ravens may still be incubating, or maybe the eggs have only just hatched: the (presumed) female seems to remain at the nest, giving a few calls when the male flies away, and again when he comes back, but the intervals are long and he seems to be in no hurry. -Geo Kloppel -- 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] Purple Martin at MNWR Thursday
As another sign of spring Susan, Ann and I had a, first of the year, PURPLE MARTIN sitting on one of the Martin house poles at the Montezuma Visitor's Center yesterday. The Martin houses haven't been raised to the top of the poles yet, but it looks like time. There were half a dozen NORTHERN SHOVELERs in the visitor's center pond along with A.WIGEON, ABDU, GADWALL, MALLARD and a GREEN-WINGED TEAL. We didn't see any Blue-winged Teal. The main pool is still partially frozen and it was interesting to see Great Blue Herons walking on the ice. Many gulls covered the ice including an ICELAND GULL that Tim Lenz alerted us to. Four OSPREYS cavorted over the maintenance buildings. We could only drive as far as Benning Marsh as the road is blocked by equipment. The mucklands held many tens of thousands of Snow Geese, Mallards, Pintails and American Black Ducks. We were able with great difficulty pick up two ROSS'S GEESE, one sitting and one flying. It would have been easier, but most of the Snows were feeding or resting with their heads tucked in. 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] More building
Judging by all the nests I find in the fall around our horse barn, I'd say *everyone* appreciates the horse hair LOL. On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote: Grape vine bark is probably the most common material used in the 3rd and final stage of nest building, the soft inner cup. They'd probably appreciate some horse hair. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-119007385-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: bounce-119007385-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 6:36 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] More building Yesterday morning through a window I watched three Crows walking in the duff on the forest floor. They were on a mission to obtain nest material. One picked up the actual material (bits of grapevine, I think) while the second gave encouragement. The third was quietly attentive, perhaps in watch-and-learn mode. Think I'll put out some horse hair for them. -Geo Kloppel -- 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/ -- - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4321/9444 - Release Date: 04/03/15 -- 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] Ospreys at Union Field Mating in the Nest
In addition to the Osprey(s) lake fishing near the Treman Marina, two Os were fishing in the inlet yesterday afternoon around 4 PM. Today as we speak, 2 Os are mating in Union Fields Nest and a second male just attempted to mate. It on Livestream if you are interested. Karel V Sedlacek Senior Analyst, Consulting Services Alumni Affairs and Development Cornell University Work Cell: 607-342-4578 Work Phone: 607-254-3398 __ What difference can one day make? Find out during Cornell's first Giving Day on March 25, 2015http://givingday.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] More building
Yesterday morning through a window I watched three Crows walking in the duff on the forest floor. They were on a mission to obtain nest material. One picked up the actual material (bits of grapevine, I think) while the second gave encouragement. The third was quietly attentive, perhaps in watch-and-learn mode. Think I'll put out some horse hair for them. -Geo Kloppel -- 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] Another sign of Spring
Forgot to mention that they were in my yard. Ann Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: Along with at least 5 Pine Siskin was a very colourful PURPLE FINCH. 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] Sharp shinned
There are 2 sharp shinned Hawks keck ing to each other in the woods west of the pond at the lab 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] Wood Ducks and Ticks
I took a short walk in the mown fields in the central part of the LP Biodiversity Preserve (West Danby). Ponds are just beginning to open down there, and Wood Ducks were concentrated in the small ice-free areas. I stopped counting at 16... Great Blue Herons were standing in a high nest out in the big swamp beyond the WD Fire Station. I may go back this evening for Woodcock, though the dogs will have to stay home: those fields are just silly with ticks already! -Geo -- 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] Sandhill Crane
1 SANDHILL CRANE off McAllister rd, which is next road east of E. Venice rd. both run off NY Rt 90, east of Genoa, NY. Crane seen at least a mile north of Rt. 90, well behind a small white house w/ a green front door, west side of road,in still partly snowy corn stubble field. No mate seen. 2 CA Geese a few 100' away from crane. 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] Savannah Sparrow, Dodge Rd.
This noon, Gin I found a Savannah Sparrow flitting into the bushes in the field near the corner of Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd. Also found a Phoebe near the silos on Stevenson when we went looking for Snipes in the puddle -- no luck on Snipes, although there is always a Killdeer there. Another Phoebe singing in our yard. Nari Mistry Ellis Hollow Rd. -- ___ *Nari B. Mistry*, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.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] Directions for GHO, Newman
Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- 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] Osprey and other spring arrival dates
The e-mail below was sent by Matt Medler 7 yrs. ago in response to a question asked by Linda Van Buskirk. With numerous folks mentioning osprey sightings, it seems like an informative e-mail to re-send. For you newbies in the hobby, Matt Medler was always someone who would find an answer to a dumb or puzzling question ... indeed a wonderful, patient, MUCH appreciated help to inexperienced birders. We have MANY people in the hobby who are quick to help I thank them. While this osprey information was sent in March 2008 it seems relevant to 2015 as some of us have become aware of the increasing numbers of ospreys nests in the Cayuga Basin. We're thankful that Robyn Bailey, her husband NYSEG have worked together to have protected, elevated nesting platforms placed securely atop utility poles. After my report of finding about 18 or 20 nests here at the north end of Cayuga Lake last spring, Candace Cornell *_cec222@gmail.com_* was given the opportunity to be the official record keeper. I would ask that all osprey sightings be posted, giving exact locations of nests so Candace can document them. She would appreciate if any birder can keep track of nests they see record when birds, how many, hatch. And down the line, when they fledge. She can give more information to those desiring it. Matt, if I failed to see it you have updated this information, please post it (again). Fritzie, Union Springs Subject:Osprey and other spring arrival dates Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:16:56 -0400 From: Matthew Medler m...@cornell.edu Hi Linda and All, Information on Osprey and other arrival dates for the Cayuga Lake Basin can be found at the Cayuga Bird Club web site at: _http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/firstrecords.htm_ In addition to First Records lists for 1998 to 2008, this page also includes two different arrival lists. The first is a list of historical arrival dates, prepared by Dr. Charles Smith based on data from 1903 to 1993. The second is a list of arrival dates that I prepared based on Basin sightings from 1999 to 2004. I plan to update this second list with ten-year averages after this spring migration. The average arrival date for Osprey on Dr. Smith's list is April 12. During the past decade, the arrival date for Osprey has been about two and a half weeks earlier. The median arrival date on the list that I compiled for 1999-2004 is March 26, and this is also the median date in looking at records from 1998 to 2007. The arrival date for Osprey was amazingly consistent during those ten years, with 9 of the 10 records coming in a six day span (March 23 to March 28). John and Fritzie Blizzard's sighting on March 16 this year (March 17 for a non-leap year) is notably early, even compared with the past ten years. It is interesting to see that the next sighting of the species didn't come until ... March 26 (March 27 for a non-leap year). Good birding, Matt Medler Niskayuna Linda P Van Buskirk wrote: What's the current accepted date of osprey arrival? I remember some discussion last year, but not the specific date that they were expected to arrive. Linda -- 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] Directions for GHO, Newman
There are probably several vantage points, but what I did was walk about halfway out to the Jetty Woods from the golf course clubhouse and look towards the east until you see the big stock nest near the top of a bare tree- the one with the owl sitting on top. If you continue on out through the woods to the jetty, you'll get a great look at the Red-throated Loon in the inlet and lots of waterfowl along the ice edge. Good luck! Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.commailto:m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Directions for GHO, Newman
With a scope you can see the Great Horned Owl nest in the middle of Newman Golf Course looking from Cass Park on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail about mid-way along the straightaway between the Treman Park boat ramp and the little docks for dragonboats near the playground. This evening the Red-throated Loon was in the mouth of Treman marina despite half a dozen anglers (ignoring the no fishing in marina sign) who wondered what kind of duck it was. I'm not sure I convinced them that this very white-necked bird was a Red-throated Loon. It proceeded to swim downstream. Last I saw, it was sleeping on the farther reaches of the open water, closer to the piling cluster than to the red lighthouse. There's still extensive ice across the south end of Cayuga Lake, but it is diminishing and obviously thinning. My bet is that the last of that mile-and-a-half shelf will break up in the strong northwest winds tonight and tomorrow. After that I wonder if the Red-throated loon will still be interested in the Inlet with boat traffic from the boat ramp. A crew race appears imminent, but they will be upstream. Ducks I saw in the area this evening included: Wood Duck (a pair among Canada Geese north of the swan pond) Gadwall (a pair aloof east of the white lighthouse jetty), American Wigeon (a pair with the Green-winged Teal), American Black Duck (a few), Mallard (several pairs), Green-winged Teal (lots working the flotsam around ice edges east of the white lighthouse), Blue-winged Teal (1 male among the Green-winged Teal), Canvasback (4 male, 1 female), Redhead (about 500 close to the lakeshore at Treman Park), Ring-necked Duck (about a hundred, unevenly mixed with the Redheads), Lesser Scaup (a few), Bufflehead (10 or so) Hooded Merganser (about 30 mainly to the west) Common Merganser (about 20) I only saw one Osprey. It stood and ate a fish on the diagonal perch of the nest platform in the field beyond Treman Marina. The platforms at Union Field and the NW corner of Newman Golf Course were unoccupied. Oddly, there was a dead Red-tailed Hawk floating in the water a few feet upstream of the mouth of the marina. I moved it onto shore by the rocks. It may be good for a skeleton. --Dave Nutter On Apr 03, 2015, at 07:52 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote: There are probably several vantage points, but what I did was walk about halfway out to the Jetty Woods from the golf course clubhouse and look towards the east until you see the big stock nest near the top of a bare tree- the one with the owl sitting on top. If you continue on out through the woods to the jetty, you'll get a great look at the Red-throated Loon in the inlet and lots of waterfowl along the ice edge. Good luck! Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- 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: 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] Red-throated Loon still there
I was able to get very nice looks at the Red-throated Loon after the crew boats chased it back into the marina. I had never known about this spot before! While there I also got stellar looks at a lone male Gadwall who seemed intent on making sure I got a good view of each of his field marks. He was hanging out near a group of Buffleheads in the open water between the shore and the jetty with the red lighthouse. Also saw Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Redheads, an Osprey (or more than one but separately?), what was maybe a Great Black-backed Gull on the jetty with the red lighthouse. Canada Geese of course. Heard but did not see a Red-bellied Woodpecker, saw a White-breasted Nuthatch. Heard and saw several Song Sparrows and Red-winged Blackbirds. But the other highlight was a female Belted Kingfisher! I kept hearing a Kingfisher, but since I haven't birded in a while I didn't know if they would be in the area yet so I kept trying to get a visual and finally got lucky when I saw a bird land in a tree near the marina and locked my binoculars on her. I love Kingfishers. The only downside of this otherwise wonderful afternoon was that I managed to lose a Peterson Eastern Guide. Thankfully not the one with my life list in it! -- 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] Photogenic: Merlins courting-mating
And possibly using a well-known crow's nest...that is the 2014 nest of our oldest known female crow MP--18 years old this spring and trying to nest nearby. Merlin pair courting and copulating and preening beside each other--observed today, April 3 2015, at the corner of Christopher La. and the E leg of Christopher Circle, trees behind 100 Christopher La. A pair (same?) was observed at about the same time last year, at the corner of Warren and Christopher La. They made repeated forays at MP on her first 2014 nest. Her nest ultimately failed at about 20 da after hatching. I am not laying any blame, but just saying that they may have thought it was a good nest at the time. Today I did not actually see them in the old nest, but the nest isn't very visible, in the top of the larger, fuller of two white pines. And my impression is that she is not incubating. Crow MP and her mate appear to be nesting farther S in the circle, probably in the spruces mid-circle. But I have not found it yet. 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] any snow geese to be seen locally?
Hi all, a dear friend is wondering if she could see any snow geese with her granddaughter( atTaughannock) tomorrow am. I figured if anyone knew the answer to this, someone on this list would! Thanks! Laurie -- The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isak_dinesen.html Healing Hands of Ithaca MassageIthaca.com 108 W. Buffalo Street, Ithaca,NY -- 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] Directions for GHO, Newman
Thanks, I found Donna Scott's great directions posted to the list a few weeks ago. Pretty sure I know where Jetty Woods is. Clearly I need to bird more :) Thank you! On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote: There are probably several vantage points, but what I did was walk about halfway out to the Jetty Woods from the golf course clubhouse and look towards the east until you see the big stock nest near the top of a bare tree- the one with the owl sitting on top. If you continue on out through the woods to the jetty, you'll get a great look at the Red-throated Loon in the inlet and lots of waterfowl along the ice edge. Good luck! Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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] Cayuga Lake Basin Spring Arrival Dates and First Records
Fritzie and All, The Cayuga Bird Club site has a nice page with 2015 Cayuga Lake Basin first records, which Dave Nutter tirelessly updates, first records from previous years, and 10-year median arrival dates that I calculated based on the first records that I kept for 2000-2009. All of this information can be found at a slightly different URL than the one in Fritzie's message. Here it is: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records Matt Medler Ithaca P.S. Thanks for the kind words, Fritzie. Thanks to Dave Nutter for continuing the first record tradition, and thanks also to Paul Anderson, who I believe created this nice web page to display all of this information. -- 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] Birding continued
After posting my SANDHILL CRANE find, I took a last look, drove forward on McAllister Rd, and discovered that past the house with green door, and a small bunch of trees and bushes, the road made a 90 degree-angled left turn which brought me to a different view of the undulating corn field behind the house. The crane was closer to this part of the road and was foraging in the area of a temporary snow-melt pond (this small field could be called corrugated, it has so many ups and downs), so I got a nicer look. All of a sudden 8 WOOD DUCKS landed in the pond behind the crane. They swam around for awhile until a noisy tractor driving by scared 6 of them away. Even the crane took note of the tractor. I left for home since it was near dusk. When I reached Algerine Rd., it was 8 PM and getting dark, so I stopped at appropriate habitat along the lower part of the road west of Ludlow Rd. intersection and listened for WOODCOCKS. I was soon rewarded with hearing the Peents of what seemed like 3 or 4 Woodcocks! I was standing on the large concrete pad that covers some of the municipal water main equip. and one bird was peenting right in front of me nearby. Then it flew up and zoomed right above my head! It was still light enough that I could watch it go high in the air until it finally disappeared from my view. Later another bird flew up quite close to me from near there and as it took off after peenting, it made the aggressive cackle sound that is in my Audubon bird app! At least 2 Woodcocks were on the north side of the road peenting, too. I think there were at least 2 on the south side of the road, where I saw the two birds fly at different times. These sounds and sights were made even more joyous when I realized there was a loud chorus of Spring Peepers further down the road, the first of those I have heard this spring! Birding along the RR above lake earlier in mid-afternoon was also rewarding. 5 HORNED GREBES, 2 in lovely breeding plumage, 2 PIED-BILL GREBES, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, at least 25-30 HOODED MERGANSERS 8 BUFFLEHEADS were swimming and diving with several MALLARDS dabbling nearby. I could see many waterfowl well south of my beach but didn't have my scope with me, so couldn't tell which species they were. A KINGFISHER swooped by low over the water. An immature BALD EAGLE soared high in the air. The 2 E. PHOEBES I have seen for about a week now landed in the trees right in front of me as I rested on the little deck at the top of my beach stairs. Then there were all my feeder birds which include 3-4 PINE SISKINS. What a lovely day it was. I had to work inside a lot, but I am glad I made time to get outside later. Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- 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] Snows Snowy
Responding to earlier post - had a large flock of snow geese east of Knox-Marsellus (Montezuma). They were in the field across the road from the potato shed (Rte 31 west of the village of Montezuma). Also found 1 of the snowy owls (appears to be almost pure white - male?) along Farron Rd on the east side of the Finger Lakes airport. The wildlife drive is also open at Montezuma (2 way traffic to the end of Benning Marsh). Many Ring-necked Ducks, a few Redhead, Hooded Mergansers, Am. Wigeon, Shovelers, Black Ducks Mallards. Also Osprey 1 Pied-billed Grebe. (Woodies GB Herons also at Knox-Marsellus). Mark Miller Sent from Windows Mail -- 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] Monday Night Seminar - Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock
Hello Cayuga Birders: Please join us on *Monday, April 6* at *7:30pm *for the next Monday Night Seminar of the spring semester at the Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1573. As always, these seminars are free and open to the public. The doors open at 7:00. This coming Monday, we will once again be streaming the seminar live. Be sure to bookmark http://dl.allaboutbirds.org/cornelllab-monday-night-seminars for quick access on Monday evening. And if you missed them, you can also watch the archived versions http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1579 of the previous live-streamed lectures. *Seminar and book signing* *Dr. Stephen W. Kress, **Director, Audubon Seabird Restoration Program* *Project Puffin: **The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock* Host: Miyoko Chu After 42 years, Project Puffin has achieved international acclaim for pioneering methods that are helping endangered seabirds worldwide. But there is much to this story that has never been told. Join us as project founder Dr. Stephen Kress recounts how his childhood experiences in landlocked Columbus, Ohio, ignited his lifelong passion for puffins on the Maine coast. Hear about the challenges of working on remote islands, and how persistence helped him succeed when a nemesis almost halted the project in its infancy. Join us for the first public debut of Kress’s new autographical book, which will be available for signing after the presentation. Upcoming Monday Night Seminars: *April 13* *Cayuga Bird Club Meeting* *Greg Budney, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab* *Their World of Sound: An Exploration of Bird Sounds* Birds make some of the most compelling sounds heard in nature--from the stunningly beautiful to the bizarre, from drumming to mimicry, from the Common Nightingale to the Musician Wren. During this presentation you'll hear sounds that birds use to communicate and learn what these sounds reveal about their complex lives, via sound recordings from the Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library, the world's largest archive of bird sounds. *May 4* *Seminar and book signing* *Laura Erickson, author; and Marie Read, author and wildlife photographer* *Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds * This new book from author Laura Erickson and wildlife photographer Marie Read documents every stage in the family lives of birds. The authors will talk about these rare glimpses into the lives of the birds we thought we knew—everything from dramatic courtship to nest construction, egg-laying, and first attempts at flight by the young. Copies of the book will available for signing after the presentation. *May 11* Cayuga Bird Club Meeting Dr. Ron Rohrbaugh, Assistant Director, Conservation Science, Cornell Lab Program TBA Marc Devokaitis Public Information Specialist The Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 Marc Devokaitiscay -- 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] Another Phoebe
I have a mockingbird doing an impression of a phoebe---he started singing yesterday. :-) Michele -- www.thehaywardhouse.com www.bodyshopwellness.com -- On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com wrote: Phoebe here also, new this morning. -Geo Kloppel, Tupper Rd, West Danby -- 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/ --
