[cayugabirds-l] Yesterday's Lesser Balck-backed gulls and others

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Here is a link to yesterday's gulls. Look at the black spots of the bills of 
LBBG and HEGU.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/91426175@N00/albums/72157663742709034/with/25249075664/


Meena


PS:  I hope to go again today and see if I find the same gulls again


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[cayugabirds-l] Greater Yellowlegs Carncross Road

[mgullo2]

There was a single Greater Yellowlegs at Carncross Road Saturday evening just 
after 7 PM. Nice views of 3 Sandhill Cranes to go along with good numbers of 
Northern Pintail as well.

Michael Gullo

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[cayugabirds-l] 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Stewart Park

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Hi all,
Late Tuesday afternoon I birded Stewart Park shoreline for a 
bit to see if I could find any Green-winged Teal. I was able to find two males 
feeding close to  shore by the tennis court. I then saw a Lesser Black-backed 
Gull in beautiful breeding plumage down by the maintenance shed. Dave Nutter 
stopped by on his bike for a, fossil-fuel free, shoreline scan. After admiring 
this beauty we started to find more of these small dark gulls along with a 
flyover Iceland Gull. Jay, Livia and France joined in fun and before we 
finished the tally was 6 in breeding plumage, 2 in streaky head winter plumage 
and 3 2nd year types. The other three of our common gull types were in 
attendance as well. Most of the gulls concentrated east of the playground area 
with many at the extreme SE corner.
The lake was like glass, the viewing very nice, although numbers of waterfowl 
were pretty low. There were more than two dozen Ruddy Ducks and a smattering of 
Mergansers, Mallards, Coots, Bufflehead and two Horned Grebes. One 
Double-crested Cormorant swam near the pilings on the western side.

Gary




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[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager

[Cynthia Marino]

thanks everyone for the tips and advice on locating the bird. We found it
easily and got nice close views, as it popped in and out of the yew shrubs
near the entrance to the Cornell campus store. This was between 12:30 and
1:00 pm today.
Cindy Marino
Rochester, ny.

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Osprey

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

I saw no osprey in Cayuga nor did I see any in my travels today. A lady 
walking the Seneca Trail along the river took a picture of a male 
hovering above the platform (seen from the bridge on Rte. 5 & 20, just 
E. of MNWR entrance) & showed it to the lady at the desk. MNWR main 
drive will open on 1 April.


The bald eagle on the Mud Lock nest was moving around, maybe turning her 
eggs. An adult eagle was in a tree on Frontenac Island west of Union 
Springs. Maybe someday the trees there will grow large enough for an 
eagle to safely build a nest.


Many pintail ducks remain in the flooded field along Carncross Rd.. Nice 
to see May's  pool is flooded. Lots of muskrat houses will provide 
nesting sites for Canadas & ducks & maybe the rats will keep the 
cat-tail growth in check so birders can have better viewing.


Fritzie

Union Springs

On 3/19/2016 11:28 AM, Diane Morton wrote:
A perched osprey perched in a tree above the lake, village of 
Cayuga. Seen from rte 90 NW of blinking light.






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[cayugabirds-l] chipping sparrow

[M & K Mannella]

While walking to Collegetown today around 12:39 I heard a chipping sparrow 
singing from atop Olin Hall. It took a few minutes to register and recognize 
it! Happy Spring-
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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

[Neil F. Belcher]

I saw it at about 3:15pm today in the crab apple tree

From: bounce-120277884-62211...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-120277884-62211...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marty Schlabach
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:04 PM
To: Laura J. Heisey ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

I stopped by this spot about 4:40pm today and after waiting about 7 minutes, 
did not see the bird.   I did see it last week.--Marty

From: 
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 [mailto:bounce-120277486-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Laura J. Heisey
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:38 PM
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Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

I saw it alongside Day Hall on its usual window sill and on the ground below at 
7:40 this morning.

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 [mailto:bounce-120277227-68441...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Donna Lee 
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

Please post to list if you have seen the Western Tanager at Day Hall/Cornell 
Store today (3/16/16) or yesterday.
A friend from Syracuse wants to come see it.

Thanks,
Donna

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

[Marty Schlabach]

I stopped by this spot about 4:40pm today and after waiting about 7 minutes, 
did not see the bird.   I did see it last week.--Marty

From: bounce-120277486-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-120277486-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Laura J. Heisey
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:38 PM
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Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

I saw it alongside Day Hall on its usual window sill and on the ground below at 
7:40 this morning.

From: 
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 [mailto:bounce-120277227-68441...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Donna Lee 
Scott
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:46 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager still there?

Please post to list if you have seen the Western Tanager at Day Hall/Cornell 
Store today (3/16/16) or yesterday.
A friend from Syracuse wants to come see it.

Thanks,
Donna

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing

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[cayugabirds-l] Lesser black- backeds at Stewart Park

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

At least six adults close to shore.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] More Siskins/B Eagle

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have had 2 PINE SISKINS in with my many A. GOLDFINCHES here at my feeders 
over the last 2 months or so. The siskins more or less stick together and many 
days I do not see them.

Also, along with all my usual feeder birds, I saw a juvenile BALD EAGLE soaring 
around and then perching on my White Oak tree on the cliff overlooking the 
lake. The A. CROW family wasted no time in coming over to mob the eagle, who 
sat up there awhile looking all about before it took off and gracefully flew 
north. The eagle had a half-yellow bill and when the feathers on its head blew 
up in the wind, the feathers appeared buffy-colored.

After the eagle show, I spotted to the east side of the road, soaring around in 
circles against the clear blue sky, a lovely RED TAILED HAWK.

Donna
Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY


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[mailto:bounce-120286670-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 12:29 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] More Siskins

I've missed seeing any Pine Siskins at my feeders this year - until today, 
hooray! But I'm pretty confident they've been here when I wasn't looking. My 
next-door neighbor even picked one up a few weeks ago after it collided with 
her window.

-Geo

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager location

[Jim Borden]

Thank you for all of the replies. Meena, not sure what long lens and tripod 
have to di with stressing the bird 

Jim

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 19, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal  wrote:
> 
> There is no restriction so as to use of the lenses and tripods on the campus. 
>  I think so as long as you are not harassing the bird. It is only ethical 
> question. If you see the bird is getting stressed then you stop.
> 
> 
> 
> Meena Haribal
> Ithaca NY 14850
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>  
>  
> 
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> From: bounce-120286481-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
>  on behalf of Jim Borden 
> 
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:06 AM
> To: Cynthia Marino
> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
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>  
> Is it ok to use tripod and large lens on campus?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Cynthia Marino  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Cayuga birders,
>> 
>> I will be coming to Ithaca from Rochester today.  Just want to check on 
>> location for the bird. Is it at the Cornell Store on campus at 135 Ho Plaza? 
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
>> Cindy Marino
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[cayugabirds-l] More Siskins

[Geo Kloppel]

I've missed seeing any Pine Siskins at my feeders this year - until today, 
hooray! But I'm pretty confident they've been here when I wasn't looking. My 
next-door neighbor even picked one up a few weeks ago after it collided with 
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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

[Diane Morton]

A perched osprey perched in a tree above the lake, village of Cayuga. Seen
from rte 90 NW of blinking light.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager location

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

There is no restriction so as to use of the lenses and tripods on the campus.  
I think so as long as you are not harassing the bird. It is only ethical 
question. If you see the bird is getting stressed then you stop.



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From: bounce-120286481-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Jim Borden 

Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:06 AM
To: Cynthia Marino
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager location

Is it ok to use tripod and large lens on campus?

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Cynthia Marino 
> wrote:

Hi Cayuga birders,

I will be coming to Ithaca from Rochester today.  Just want to check on 
location for the bird. Is it at the Cornell Store on campus at 135 Ho Plaza? 
Thanks for your help.

Cindy Marino
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager location

[Jim Borden]

Is it ok to use tripod and large lens on campus?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Cynthia Marino  wrote:
> 
> Hi Cayuga birders,
> 
> I will be coming to Ithaca from Rochester today.  Just want to check on 
> location for the bird. Is it at the Cornell Store on campus at 135 Ho Plaza? 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Cindy Marino
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[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

[AB Clark]

Just outside of the Basin, Hile School Road:

Since Thursday 17 March, only two rather than a dozen American Tree Sparrows 
have visited my feeders. They are here this morning, and one just did 
“crest-up" at the other, which kept crest feathers flat—I assume two males.  

This morning 19 Mar, the White-crowned Sparrow adult, I assume the same one 
that has been here for weeks, again showed up to confirm his continued 
presence.  Also a definite female Red-winged Blackbird came to the feeder area 
where about a dozen males in various stages of maturity are feeding.  

Larger Tree Sparrow flocks (12 or so) were still around in hedgerows on 
Thursday, however; they just didn’t zero in on my feeders.

Tuesday last week (15 Mar) was the first day I confirmed females in a flock of 
Red-winged Blackbirds along Hile School Road. 

And the maple tree on the NW side of the house is blooming strongly today.  

Anne


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[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager location

[Cynthia Marino]

Hi Cayuga birders,

I will be coming to Ithaca from Rochester today.  Just want to check on
location for the bird. Is it at the Cornell Store on campus at 135 Ho
Plaza? Thanks for your help.

Cindy Marino

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[cayugabirds-l] Another Phoebe or two

[Geo Kloppel]

I thought I glimpsed a Phoebe yesterday out the window, flitting away from last 
year's nest under the eaves. I didn't see it again, or hear anything, but this 
morning at least one is singing in the sunshine here. Earlier, the same or 
another one was singing near a different nest site on a building that's down 
the road a stretch.

-Geo

Tupper Road, West Danby


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[cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow

[Melanie Uhlir]

Hearing my first Song Sparrow of 2016 here in Freeville. Also hearing Mourning Doves, goldfinches, redwinged blackbirds, and chickadees. Once in a while a cardinal. Spring!!
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[cayugabirds-l] Fw: [clo-l] Monday Night Seminar - Spotlight on Young Bird Researchers

[Jody W Enck]

Hi All, please take note of the next Monday night seminar hosted by the Lab of 
Ornithology.  Hope to see many of you there.
Jody

Jody W. Enck, PhD
Public Engagement in Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2471

From: Lisa M Kopp
Sent: ?Thursday?, ?March? ?17?, ?2016 ?10?:?53? ?AM
To: CLO-L

Hello all,

The next Monday Night Seminar is on March 21st at 7:30pm, and features Conor 
Taff, Sahas Barve, and Taylor Heaton Crisologo. Hope to see many of you there, 
and please spread the word!
As always, the 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.

Spotlight on Young Bird Researchers

Speakers: Conor Taff, postdoctoral associate, Cornell Lab; Sahas Barve, Cornell 
Ph.D. candidate; Taylor Heaton Crisologo, Cornell undergraduate.

Join us for this special Monday Night Seminar showcasing three outstanding 
young researchers and ornithologists. Conor Taff, a postdoctoral associate at 
the Cornell Lab, will talk about the elaborate songs and plumage of male Common 
Yellowthroats and how these traits evolved over time. Ph.D. candidate Sahas 
Barve is an avid birder and exceptional ornithologist from India. He'll discuss 
his work on the coping mechanisms birds use to survive high in the Himalayas. 
Then, Cornell undergraduate Taylor Heaton Crisologo will spotlight the 
strategies used by Herring Gulls to defend their nests and protect their chicks.

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See upcoming seminar speakers and topics at 
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1579

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Lisa Kopp
Visitor Experience Manager
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
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[cayugabirds-l] Cooper's Hawks

[Annette Nadeau]

I enjoyed really nice views of two COOPER'S HAWKS this afternoon over the
pond behind Hospicare  (South Hill,  Town of Ithaca). One hawk was chasing
the other and giving the "kek kek kek"  alarm call. I don't often hear
these birds vocalize,  so it was quite a thrill!

Annette
-- from my phone

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[cayugabirds-l] Evening Woodcock

[Donna Lee Scott]

Returning at dark dusk from Central NY's BEST Friday night fish fry and tartar 
sauce (really! - Linda's Diner, North Lansing on Rt. 34 at corner of Locke Rd., 
ho hum salad, but fish is great, including if you ask for it broiled; good 
desserts, too),
I decided to stop along Algerine Road down hill, west of Ludlow Rd. (Lansing, 
off NY Rt. 34B) by the water main access concrete pad and fire hydrant to 
listen for Woodcocks.
I was not disappointed; I heard one AMERICAN WOODCOCK, mostly several flight 
twitters, and only one faint "peent". My first this year, a thrill! It was on 
the north side of the road.

At home today lots of birds visited my feeders and ground food, including a 
TREE SPARROW, 2 handsome, bright WHITE THROATED SPARROWS, along with the many 
male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS, JUNCOS, the SONG SPARROW, the numerous A. 
GOLDFINCHES, 1 female BROWN HEADED COWBIRD, the 6-member A. CROW family, and 
the other usual feeder birds.

Donna

535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY


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[cayugabirds-l] siskins

[Bill Mcaneny]

It's been a long winter without Pine Siskins but there are 3 at the feeders
this morning. Also a small flock of Cedar Waxwings on a crabapple. Several
seem to be paired, feeding and moving together.  One Tree Sparrow still
here.

Bill McAneny, TBurg


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[cayugabirds-l] Mall birds

[Melanie Uhlir]

Two Killdeer are pulling worms out of one of the planted barriers at The Shops at Ithaca Mall. They have 3 Starlings for company. 
 
It is the planted barrier btwn road lot opposite the unnamed entrance south of Bonton entrance. It has a lone crabapple tree.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mall birds

[Melanie Uhlir]

Correction: I think the lone tree is actually a cherry tree.

I know starlings are "bad birds" but their breeding plumage is actually 
quite striking in the sun.

Melanie

On 3/17/2016 4:47 PM, Melanie Uhlir wrote:
>
> Two Killdeer are pulling worms out of one of the planted barriers at 
> The Shops at Ithaca Mall. They have 3 Starlings for company.
>
> It is the planted barrier btwn road lot opposite the unnamed 
> entrance south of Bonton entrance. It has a lone crabapple tree.
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[cayugabirds-l] signs of spring, vestiges of winter

[Dave Nutter]

This morning I biked to Stewart Park and found several new birds. Where the 
Cayuga Waterfront Trail goes behind the Cornell Rowing Center I heard an 
Eastern Meadowlark song. Tracing the sound to the top of a tree, I expected to 
see a European Starling, but instead it was the real thing. After sunning 
itself for awhile and intermittently singing it dropped down to the Carpenter 
Business Park - the bit of field just south of the Community Gardens. This 
seems far too small to support meadowlarks, so I figure it just stopped by on 
migration. I did see some evidence of bird movement on the radar before dawn 
this morning.

At the Swan Pond I saw a rufous bird fly from the southwest corner over to the 
peninsula. Fox Sparrow, I hoped, but I was plenty happy it turned out to be a 
BROWN THRASHER. I wonder if it’s a new arrival or just a refind of the one Ann 
& I saw across the creek in Jetty Woods back on 14 January. 

Gazing across toward the white lighthouse, something seemed to twinkle like 
snowflakes. By the time I got my scope set up, the white specks had settled 
down into a row of 6 TREE SWALLOWS on the wire. 

My final new find was midway along the lakeshore where I was looking for 
Blue-winged Teal. A songbird dropped down from a tree branch to the mud when it 
came back up I saw it was an EASTERN PHOEBE, my first of spring (discounting 
the winter bird at Beebe Lake. It was silent. 

After biking home I found I was still greedy for birds. I wondered whether any 
more Red-shouldered Hawks would migrate past Mount Pleasant, so I drove up and 
spent a windy hour there seeing no migrants. There was a noisy female AMERICAN 
KESTREL who flew in and perched on a wire nearby, and a KILLDEER also flew past 
loud and low. The only raptor-ish birds were a single eastbound COMMON RAVEN, a 
few TURKEY VULTURES, and a few RED-TAILED HAWKS. There was one COOPER’s HAWK 
but I lost track of it before I could tell where it was going. 

Since I had taken the car out I decided to check out the Jim Schug trail near 
Dryden Lake. It was pretty quiet bird-wise, but I did hear SPRING PEEPERS and 
WOOD FROGS. I actually saw several of the latter in one of the muddy pools 
alongside the trail. They floated on the surface and occasionally would briefly 
inflate the sacs on either side of their neck (if frogs have necks). There were 
too many calling to tell who made which quack. I believe I saw a pair in 
amplexus and also a male attempting to grab another frog but get rejected. I 
don’t know whether he grapped a male or perhaps it was a female who didn’t like 
him. There were also several PAINTED TURTLES sunning themselves.  

Waterfowl on Dryden Lake included the expected CANADA GEESE, WOOD DUCKS flushed 
from the brushy swamp as I walked by, MALLARDS, and COMMON MERGANSERS which all 
breed in the area. Surprises, considering the non-winter weather, included a 
male LESSER SCAUP, a female COMMON GOLDENEYE, and a male RED-BREASTED 
MERGANSER, which I’m guessing is an unusual bird there. Also present were 3 
HORNED GREBES - 2 in winter plumage and one in transitional. 

—Dave Nutter
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