[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this morning
It's fairly quiet, but I heard and saw a Bay-breasted Warbler foraging in the tops of the trees where the trail from Sapsucker Woods Road through the power line cut meets the Hoyt-Pileated Trail (at about 8:30). Earlier I saw what might be a Gray-cheeked Thrush on the Wilson Trail between the foot bridge and the Sherwood Platform. It flushed from the trail into the brush on the pond side of the trail. I got a couple of glimpses of a dark-backed, dark-capped, thrush-shaped bird with a smudgy face and upper breast. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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-billed cuckoo
Working on my back deck in Brooktondale, I just heard my FOY cuckoo. Sounded like it was coming from the are where Central Chapel meets Burns Rd (one house closer to Central Chapel than mine). Other birds currently in hearing: Bobolinks Common Yellow Throat Yellow Warbler RWBB Brown Thrasher American Goldfinch Grackle Meadowlark Robins Song Sparrow Chickadees Blue Jays House Wren Tree Swallows ...and the Black-billed Cuckoo is still singing at 1:37 as I post -holly -- 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] PLEASE READ - Hawthorn Orchard: May 14, 2015 - Nice!
I’d like to urge everyone to be certain to submit *any* bird sightings, specifically from the Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Recreation Way areas, to eBird. There’s another resurgence of activity on the part of Cornell University to develop the East Hill proper; although, development of the Hawthorn Orchard does not specifically appear to be in the current plans, I would not put it past the developers to eye this location for student housing or as an extension to the proposed development. Here’s a snippet from the master plan: http://www.masterplan.cornell.edu/doc/CMP_PART_1/land_use/cmp_lu_4_18_transform_the_east_hill_plaza_area_into_east_hill_village.pdf Having a strong base of birding records from many *different* birders will help strengthen a case for preservation of this area in its current state as critical habitat for neotropical migrants, as opposed to outright development or modification and “improvement”. Thank you!! Sincerely, Chris T-H Details from today are in my eBird list below. From: ebird-checkl...@cornell.edumailto:ebird-checkl...@cornell.edu Subject: eBird Report - Hawthorn Orchard, May 14, 2015 Date: May 14, 2015 at 1:12:49 PM EDT To: c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY May 14, 2015 7:30 AM - 8:55 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Another really nice morning, albeit cold to start. The sun was a huge help in keeping birds active. Singing was nearly ever-present while I was there. Tennessee Warblers and Blackpoll Warblers dominated the soundscape. Gray-cheeked thrush was giving soft (whispered) splee-er night flight notes, in repeated succession, from the small grove of white pines in NW corner area. I failed to produce a visual on this bird, but am fairly confident this was a Gray-cheeked Thrush and not a Bicknell's Thrush. The notes were on the high frequency end for Gray-cheeked, but not high enough for Bicknell's. Swainson's Thrushes were foraging in hawthorn treetops and periodically giving drip notes, with one of them whisper singing a brief series of songs. All in all, another fantastic morning; wish I could have stayed longer. br /Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8 40 species Canada Goose 1 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Merlin 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Calling, SE corner. Eastern Kingbird 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Non-vocal; foraging in North-central area. Bright creamy yellow individual, from throat all the way to undertail coverts. Red-eyed Vireo 3 Each of these singers was chased down and verified to be a singing Red-eyed. Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Giving repeated whispered high frequency thin-sounding 'splee-er' night flight calls, from small pine stand in NW corner. On the high frequency end for Gray-cheeked. Swainson's Thrush 2 Two birds foraging in hawthorn treetops of North-central area; soft songs from one; drip or pip notes from both. Wood Thrush 1 Singing; North-central and ravine edge areas American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 11 European Starling 5 Tennessee Warbler 14 Active singing everywhere Common Yellowthroat 2 American Redstart 1 Ad. male in treetops along creek near softball field Cape May Warbler 2 Two adult males singing song variants; North-central area Magnolia Warbler 8 Males singing throughout Bay-breasted Warbler 5 2 females, 3 males; singing and foraging in hawthorn treetops in North-central area. Blackburnian Warbler 2 singing male from NW corner Oak treetop and maple treetops; female observed in North-central area. Yellow Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 Singing mostly the alternate songs; throughout, but mostly on Northern half of Hawthorn Orchard Blackpoll Warbler 12 Very active and singing everywhere along Northeast, North-central and Northwest areas Canada Warbler 1 One adult male singing periodically from North-central area, visible from edge of North ravine trail as you look South. Song Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Nice adult male singing and foraging in Hawthorn Orchard near Canada Warbler; North-central edge, visible from North ravine trail Red-winged Blackbird 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Only a single bird was heard by me today; moving through WNW area. American Goldfinch 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23435801 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tennessee warbler song
I’ve located and visually verified two different Chestnut-sided Warblers this spring that were not singing the ‘normal’ song we know and love. Close but off enough that I was going through Magnolia, Redstart, and Yellow-rump thoughts before seeing the Chestnut face and/ or sides. Good stuff on your analysis and spectrograms! ChrisP Yesterday we heard Bay-breasteds and Cape Mays also doing lots of variations. The Chestnut-sided I heard did not seem to sing the regular Pleased Pleased to meet you, which we hear in Ithaca area, but instead they had totally a different dialect. I also found all three species singing at the same time and there was overlap of songs. So how do they recognize each other or different species when they are all singing together in same band width. 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] Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Brooktondale
A Yellow-billed Cuckoo called a few times near our yard in Brooktondale this afternoon! Sandy Podulka -- 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] Fwd: Great Big Indigo Bunting west side of Seneca Lake
Fellow Birders, Tuesday several other birders and I saw a REALLY big Indigo Bunting on the West Side of Seneca Lake. OK, actually it was a puppet and we were protesting gas storage under the lake. For more information and photos: http://www.wearesenecalake.com/nature-lovers/ We had a good time and did some birding while there, including seeing a juvenile Bald Eagle. If you might be interested in joining us for some future gatherings, follow this link: http://www.wearesenecalake.com/pledge-protect-seneca-lake/http://www.wearesenecalake.com/pledge-protect-seneca-lake/ Maybe our children can have a future in which they, too, can enjoy birding in this area. Regi -- 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's Point Red-headed Woodpecker
Hi all, I went to Montezuma NWR this morning, primarily to check out the May's Point Red-headed Woodpecker spot. I watched a single individual for over an hour as it called and excavated a cavity at the forked top of a dead tree. Did not see a second bird. Hope this one can attract a mate. At the Visitor Center the 2 Purple Martin houses had lots of activity, with the birds bringing nest material and still squabbling over nest sites. 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/ --
