[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club May meeting
Next Monday, May 8, will be our last regular monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club for this semester. [Note: In June, we normally have a picnic/bird walk. Look for details.] Speaker: Dan Ardia, Associate Professor, Franklin and MarshallCollege, Lancaster, PA; Dept. of Biology Presentation: From PA to Africa: Chickadees in Forest Fragments & House Sparrows in Africa Dan will discuss two projects likely to change how you watch local birds. The first looks at movement and survival of Carolina chickadees in forest fragments in central PA. Chickadees ten to fall into two categories: active birds that move from feeder to feeder and less active birds that spend more of their time at the same feeder. The second project studies how invasive house sparrows spread across Africa. Two field expeditions (Kenya and Senegal) reveal interesting differences in which birds are at the leading edge of the expansion and how they differ in behavior. Expect interesting pictures and videos and new perspectives on two common birds. The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are welcome.Members are invited to join Dan Ardia for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N downtown) just before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards at cl...@juno.com by noon Monday so reservations can be made.Have a great weekend. Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary Remove Your Eye Bags In 1 Minute! Daily Tiply http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/590b7e72d6c7c7e723ed1st03duc -- 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] Vote for the trail....
Each of us can vote EACH day till May 12. > > Vote people...it's easy. Imagine the Jim Shug trail in Dryden extended to > intersect with Ithaca trails!! > > http://act.usatoday.com/submit-an-idea/#/gallery/60418376/ > > Linda Orkin > 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Waterthrush, Wood Thrush
I saw a WATERTHRUSH at a tiny mud bank in my slow moving stream in my messy little woods near house. So i concluded it was a Northern due to habitat. Could not see it long. FOY for sp. & first time i have seen one in yard. While skulking around trying to re-find it, I was happy to hear a FOY WOOD THRUSH singing in the usual area uphill in the woods across road from house. Ruby Crowned Kinglet working the thickets by road, too. Heard Rose Breasted Grosbeak singing across road, & watched songster B. Oriole eating both orange , and suet at back deck feeder area. glad to see Carolina Wren there, too, since I haven't seen them in sev. weeks. Donna Scott Lansing 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] Evening Grosbeak
A female evening grosbeak was at our feeder station for about an hour this morning. Other nesting birds that have returned to their usual territory on or near our property in the last couple of days include chestnut-sided warbler, ovenbird, wood thrush, Baltimore oriole, and rose-breasted grosbeak (multiple males and females). Cheers- Andrew Ringwood Rd. Freeville 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] Sapsucker Woods migrants
New migrants today included Indigo Bunting near the powerline cut, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler and a MOURNING WARBLER that sang several phrases near the powerline cut. I was not able to locate it. Also, on Tuesday I had the Great Horned Owl getting mobbed by American Crows near the East Trail map. The trees are beginning to leaf out so it's getting harder to see into its roosting area. - Brad -- 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] MNWR Wednesday
Started our day of investigating the nooks and cranies of the refuge by observing Dave Nicosia doing his best Jim Cantore imitation while simultaneously wind sheltering, hanging on to his tripod and counting peeps at the visitors center. That's peep dedication! We'll add a few items to his observations. Highlights were watching the mating of a pair of Sandhills at Eaton and an interesting interaction between a dominant Canada and two TVs in the middle of the wildlife drive. Sadly, before that was resolved, one of those tour the refuge at 30mph cars came through and broke up the match. We wondered if the Sandhill mating might indicate an intent to nest around Eaton Marsh? The drive was loaded with Gallinules and PB Grebes. Counted 14 of the former there and more later on at Van Dyne Spoor Rd where many Anax junius were also flying. Great Egrets in several areas, a Green Heron at Carncross, 6 Trumpeters, GW Teal, Woodies and Shovelers as well. A Grey Ghost and a hen Harrier hunting the drive just before the construction block and a dark phase Red-tail at Carncross joined the myriad of eagles and Osprey. Always a highlight were three Black Terns on the drive. We had 2 snipe at Carncross and many Greater Yellowlegs all over as well as several Solitary Sanpipers bobbing through the marsh edges. As Dave reported there were many Caspians, especially at the mucklands and we had 6 Common Tern on the drive and at the other areas. Purple Martin pairs in residence at the visitors center condo as well as a single uppity House Sparrow. Thousands of Tree and Barn Swallows all the way up the west side of Cayuga as well as the refuge areas. Warblers were thin with Yellow, Chestnut-sided and Redstart predominating. Swamp Sparrows were in a couple of marshes. Ended the odyssey around 5 PM with 55 species. A visit to Bass Pro for new boots (the marshes were quite wet) completed the day. John and Sue -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 -- 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/ --
