Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB: Tree swallow migration

[Suan Hsi Yong]

I was in Cape May on Monday, and saw a similarly large flock of tree
swallows, first gathering, then murmurating like starlings. I did not try
to estimate numbers.

Here's a lousy iPhone video clip, barely hinting at the scale:

  https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10210920362223036/

Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] Android Version of Warbler Guide App

[Peter]

Hi folks.

Anyone know of any plans to have an android version of the Warbler App 
that goes with The Warbler Guide by Stephenson and Whittle - there is 
one for Ipads and ipods...


Thanks much.

Pete Saracino




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays - an acorn crop question

[Donna Scott]

Very few acorns in the red oak trees in my area. It seems to be an off year for 
nut mass. 

Donna Scott
Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 30, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
> I followed the Blue Jay flock through my binocs as they flew off, they landed 
> in the distance several times , in oaks as far as I could tell, but didn't 
> stick around. Has anyone noticed whether the acorn crop is good this year in 
> the region? I have not seen very many acorns on my trips to the Cornell 
> Arboretum. Last year there were masses of acorns there and the resident Blue 
> Jays were harvesting them and flying off to store them for weeks.
> 
> Marie
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> From: Donna Lee Scott
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 11:08 AM
> To: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: RE: Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays
> 
> Since mid September I have had large flocks of Blue Jays in my yard, and 
> flying over in large numbers.
> Eating all my bird seed!
> 
> Donna Scott
> Lansing Station Road
> Lansing, NY
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:46 AM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays
> 
> Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road 
> around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big 
> flock of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen 
> such a large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE!
> 
> ;-)
> Marie
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] OOB: Tree swallow migration

[Karen Edelstein]

Ooops. No "American" in those tree swallow. Just tree swallows, and maybe
they were Canadian, anyway. Sorry about that slip of the keyboard.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Karen Edelstein  wrote:

> Joe Wetmore and I just returned from several days in the Provincetown, MA
> area. On Monday, while we were hiking to High Head Beach (North Truro)
> along the Cape Cod National Seashore, we witnessed what seems to be a
> fairly lightly documented phenomenon in that area: the massing of American
> tree swallows on their migration south. While the locals we later talked to
> mentioned that they frequently see a lot of tree swallows along the Cape in
> the fall, what we serendipitously encountered was really intriguing.
>
> On our walk, as we crested the dunes and could see the ocean, we noticed
> large clouds of birds swirling overhead. The white bellies, calls, and
> flight patterns were a fast clue that these were tree swallows, these birds
> were surprisingly round. Well, fat. The birds all landed on the beach in a
> group, not far from the surf line, each one perched on the highest ridge of
> sand in the vicinity. The flock numbered about 3000. All sitting on the
> sand, facing south. Occasionally, they would startle, and most take to the
> air, only to settle down again.
>
> A naturalist on our whale watching trip later the next day congratulated
> us for seeing these birds, since he knew of few birders in the area who
> talk about these migration massings. When I checked eBird later that night,
> the records there resonated...sitings of 80, maybe a few hundred there.
> Ebird kicked my report back, in fact, asking me whether I'd actually seen
> 3000. The whale guide indicated that a little bit south in Wellflleet, he
> sees an estimated 100,000 there some years.
>
> After doing a little reading, it made sense. The swallows are gorging
> themselves silly on the lipid-rich bayberries that grow along the dunes,
> fattening up to fuel their long flights to southern wintering grounds.
> Bayberries are their second preferred food after insects. The following day
> at Race Point, we saw more flocks along the coast, looking from a distance
> like black haze moving along the shoreline, then coming in waves to the
> shrublands in back of the dunes, presumably to eat more.
>
> While this was just dumb luck to have seen what we did, I bet it would
> make a great research project for some enterprising student. I just count
> myself as fortunate, particularly when I thought the swallows living around
> the Finger Lakes had been gone for over a month already.
>
> Karen Edelstein
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[cayugabirds-l] OOB: Tree swallow migration

[Karen Edelstein]

Joe Wetmore and I just returned from several days in the Provincetown, MA
area. On Monday, while we were hiking to High Head Beach (North Truro)
along the Cape Cod National Seashore, we witnessed what seems to be a
fairly lightly documented phenomenon in that area: the massing of American
tree swallows on their migration south. While the locals we later talked to
mentioned that they frequently see a lot of tree swallows along the Cape in
the fall, what we serendipitously encountered was really intriguing.

On our walk, as we crested the dunes and could see the ocean, we noticed
large clouds of birds swirling overhead. The white bellies, calls, and
flight patterns were a fast clue that these were tree swallows, these birds
were surprisingly round. Well, fat. The birds all landed on the beach in a
group, not far from the surf line, each one perched on the highest ridge of
sand in the vicinity. The flock numbered about 3000. All sitting on the
sand, facing south. Occasionally, they would startle, and most take to the
air, only to settle down again.

A naturalist on our whale watching trip later the next day congratulated us
for seeing these birds, since he knew of few birders in the area who talk
about these migration massings. When I checked eBird later that night, the
records there resonated...sitings of 80, maybe a few hundred there. Ebird
kicked my report back, in fact, asking me whether I'd actually seen 3000.
The whale guide indicated that a little bit south in Wellflleet, he sees an
estimated 100,000 there some years.

After doing a little reading, it made sense. The swallows are gorging
themselves silly on the lipid-rich bayberries that grow along the dunes,
fattening up to fuel their long flights to southern wintering grounds.
Bayberries are their second preferred food after insects. The following day
at Race Point, we saw more flocks along the coast, looking from a distance
like black haze moving along the shoreline, then coming in waves to the
shrublands in back of the dunes, presumably to eat more.

While this was just dumb luck to have seen what we did, I bet it would make
a great research project for some enterprising student. I just count myself
as fortunate, particularly when I thought the swallows living around the
Finger Lakes had been gone for over a month already.

Karen Edelstein

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 9/30

[Mark Chao]

Excellent variety of songbirds along East Trail near small pond by 91
Sapsucker Woods Road, 2:05 pm.  Multiple Bay-breasted, B-t Green, N.
Parula, etc. plus a calling raven across the little pond. I could use help
sorting through everything, actually...

Mark Chao

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays - an acorn crop question

[Marie P. Read]

I followed the Blue Jay flock through my binocs as they flew off, they landed 
in the distance several times , in oaks as far as I could tell, but didn't 
stick around. Has anyone noticed whether the acorn crop is good this year in 
the region? I have not seen very many acorns on my trips to the Cornell 
Arboretum. Last year there were masses of acorns there and the resident Blue 
Jays were harvesting them and flying off to store them for weeks.

Marie




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From: Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 11:08 AM
To: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays

Since mid September I have had large flocks of Blue Jays in my yard, and flying 
over in large numbers.
Eating all my bird seed!

Donna Scott
Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY

-Original Message-
From: bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:46 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays

Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road 
around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big flock 
of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen such a 
large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE!

;-)
Marie


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[cayugabirds-l] Vultures

[Laura Stenzler]

There is a very large number of vultures along Stevenson Rd in Ithaca right 
now. 100 or more. No binoculars with me so I didn't scan for black vultures. In 
the trees, on the fences in the pheasant farm and on the barns. 

Laura

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays

[Donna Lee Scott]

Since mid September I have had large flocks of Blue Jays in my yard, and flying 
over in large numbers.
Eating all my bird seed!

Donna Scott
Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY

-Original Message-
From: bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:46 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays

Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road 
around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big flock 
of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen such a 
large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE!

;-)
Marie


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[cayugabirds-l] Bebee Lake Migrants this morning

[Marc Devokaitis]

I've been birding Bebee Lake on my bus layovers on many mornings over the
past several weeks, Today was the first day on which there was a bona fide
wave of migrants. Highlights were SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
Several birds that got away unidentified as well.

Complete checklist at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31820891

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[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays

[Marie P. Read]

Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road 
around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big flock 
of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen such a 
large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE!

;-)
Marie


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[cayugabirds-l] Hanshaw Road Cackling Goose

[Brad Walker]

Currently foraging where Sapsucker Woods Road meets Hanshaw.

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