[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

[Dave Nutter]

We have a hummingbird feeder, but it's not in a place where we can always 
monitor it. We first saw it used on 19 May by a female Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird. It was several days before we saw one/her again, but we now 
believe she visits regularly, although she is quiet and would be easy to 
overlook. 

On Tuesday (6 June) afternoon I was by Newman Golf Course wondering about the 
possibility of Yellow-throated Warblers in the Sycamore trees, and I noticed 
that those trees' foliage looks sparse. (I think the newest leaves are dying. 
If anyone knows what's going on with them please let me know.) While I was 
stopped I saw a female hummingbird at some weeds nearby, carrying what looked 
like a wad of Cottonwood fluff in her bill. This white blob made her easy 
enough to follow that I saw where she took it. She's building a nest on the 
fork of a Sycamore twig. It has lots of fluff with several bits of lichen 
attached. I've checked several times since, and only seen her at work in the 
middle of the day, not early morning nor late evening, but there seems to be 
progress still. I'll keep you updated if I note any milestones. 

--Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY House Wren

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

We FINALLY saw a female hummer 20 May. Next time was 27 May. 3rd time 
was 4 June. Feeder is outside our kit. window.

First BLUEBIRDS & HOUSE WRENS hatched 5 days ago. TREE SWALLOWS hatched 
yesterday. Swallow box is on the clothes line arm, 27 ft. from the house 
& where we & others walk by.  House sparrows are here in greater numbers 
than ever, along with starlings but seem to be occupied with their own 
nests.

Maybe, hopefully, with this warmer weather we'll see more insects & more 
bird activity.

Fritzie
Union Springs

On 6/8/2017 10:51 AM, W. Larry Hymes wrote:
> Yesterday afternoon our first HOUSE WREN of the year popped into our 
> yard and investigated one of our nest boxes.  This is around one month 
> later than usual.  Also, on my walk around Beebe and Mundy yesterday I 
> was hearing more RED-EYED VIREOS than I had before. Are more birds 
> still migrating in, or was this just coincidental? We still haven't 
> had any HUMMINGBIRDS, since seeing our first one on May 11.
>
> Larry
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[cayugabirds-l] Merlin nests

[John Confer]

One persistent pair of Merlins!

One of the nests I am monitoring is likely by a pair that successfully raised 5 
young last year in a nest about 400 m from the current nest. The current nest 
is in the back yard of a family with three, young kids. Two days ago, I walked 
up to check on the nest and found that the land owners were gone. However, a 
new raised swimming pool had been installed about 15 m from the base of the 
nest tree and a tree frequently used by the pair was cut down, which provided 
more sunlight for the pool. I was sure that the birds would have abandon the 
nest. But, there they were. The male called as he brought in food and the 
female responded. Amazing.
So far, four of the five nests I am monitoring this year are still active. 
Young should be hatching about this week. Previously most failures of a nest 
occurred by this stage in the nesting cycle. So, I am hopeful for a better year 
this year than the last two years.

As eggs hatch and nestlings become noisy and demand frequent feeding, the 
adults become conspicuous. I don't know if any nest has nestlings yet because I 
don't get to every nest every day, but there will be young soon. By the way, if 
anyone finds a Merlin nest location, I would love to know about it off 
cayugabirds at con...@ithaca.edu, thanks.

Kak, Kak, Kak, Kak,
John


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bald eagle swimming?

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Thanks all!
I've sent all of your first-hand accounts on to my friends. Alas, that ranger 
will have to look up the answers for himself... Colleen Richards


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RE:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: June 08, 2017

[Sandra Lynn Babcock]

Hi Nari,

I live off of Ellis Hollow Road (on Hartwood) and I have a pair of pileateds 
(and occasionally their offspring) that eat at our suet feeders several times a 
day, starting in May.  They tend to disappear in late August and then we don't 
see them for the entire winter.  I've always wondered why they don't come to 
the suet feeder in the winter.  Any ideas?

Best,
Sandra

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CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, June 08, 2017.

1. Pileated eating suet
2. Re: Pileated eating suet
3. Grackle and Fish Crow(?) Observation

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Subject: Pileated eating suet
From: "W. Larry Hymes" 
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 07:11:55 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1

In response to Nari's post, every once in awhile we too have had PILEATED 
WOODPECKERS working on our suet feeders -- both male and female.  It's a little 
comical watching such a large bird clinging to such a relatively small feeder 
and successfully extracting suet.

Larry

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Subject: Re: Pileated eating suet
From: Judith Thurber 
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 07:22:12 -0400
X-Message-Number: 2

Pileated are currently feeding several times a day at suet feeders on nails on 
side of tree. It seems they must be nesting nearby and come for reliable 
food supply.   (There have been periods in past years where I haven't seen them 
at feeder for months at a time.)   

Also Bluebirds balance on metal holders as best they can to get suet, but 
prefer to find scraps on the ground as do the Catbirds.   

Judy Thurber
Liverpool
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> On Jun 7, 2017, at 7:11 AM, W. Larry Hymes  wrote:
> 
> In response to Nari's post, every once in awhile we too have had PILEATED 
> WOODPECKERS working on our suet feeders -- both male and female.  It's a 
> little comical watching such a large bird clinging to such a relatively small 
> feeder and successfully extracting suet.
> 
> Larry
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Subject: Grackle and Fish Crow(?) Observation
From: Sandy Wold 
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 11:04:51 -0400
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Yesterday, while working in my garden in downtown Ithaca, I noticed out of the 
corner of my eye a black bird fly into the Norway Maple.  I assumed it was a 
grackle as they are nesting in the tree (and had a fledgling recently land in 
the street).  A Fed Ex guy stopped last week to relocate it to the grass.  
Anyway, I then heard a loud scuffle in the tree, looked up, saw a 
larger-than-grackle sized bird bolt out with something in its mouth.  My first 
thought was, "crow took a chick!"  Then about eight grackles chased after the 
crow scolding it up and over the towering Sugar Maple nearby.  I did not have 
my binoculars, but the object in the crow's mouth appeared to be about 
walnut-size or avocado-pit-size and black.  The object was predominantly round 
in and ball-shape, but I could kind of make out a large head and tiny body with 
damp feathers as the chase zipped by me in all of about two seconds before the 
crow and object were out of my view.

After the excitement, or trauma, depending on your perspective, I guessed it 
was a Fish Crow on the grounds that 1.  they have been the dominant crow call 
I've heard in my neighborhood this spring 2.  it almost passed for a grackle 
based on size (so smaller than American
Crow)
3.  I heard a Fish Crow call about thirty minutes later and no American Crows 
all day. 

[cayugabirds-l] FOY House Wren

[W. Larry Hymes]

Yesterday afternoon our first HOUSE WREN of the year popped into our 
yard and investigated one of our nest boxes.  This is around one month 
later than usual.  Also, on my walk around Beebe and Mundy yesterday I 
was hearing more RED-EYED VIREOS than I had before.  Are more birds 
still migrating in, or was this just coincidental?  We still haven't had 
any HUMMINGBIRDS, since seeing our first one on May 11.


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[cayugabirds-l] Sodus Point Laughing Gull

[metetlow]

I know this was text alerted and put on bird ebird when Mike Gullo found it 
Saturday   and this adult Laughing Gull continued on the east pier at Sodus 
Point at noon yesterday. Mike Tetlow 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bald eagle swimming?

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have seen videos of bald eagles who have caught a large heavy fish swimming 
with their wings like that.

Donna Scott
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On Jun 8, 2017, at 9:31 AM, "cl...@juno.com" 
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A friend who is biking through the Cascade Mountains sent this query:

We saw the strangest thing - a quite large bird was swimming in the water with 
it's large wings, doing a stroke that looked much like the butterfly - both 
wings flapping up out of the water in sync with each other. We asked the ranger 
what was going on. He was puzzled.  Doug wondered if it might not have been an 
eagle, either injured or perhaps caught on something, or maybe w/ fish that was 
tangled in something. Other ideas, my bird loving friends? Sorry we didn't get 
a pic - we watched quite a while but were slow with the camera.  But that pic 
of the river is where it was, just imagine a large flapping bird in there - 
dark grey, with white head, and very large wing span.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bald eagle swimming?

[Asher Hockett]

As a follow up, here is a link to a YouTube of this very thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMft3Ny7hFk

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:29 AM, cl...@juno.com  wrote:

> A friend who is biking through the Cascade Mountains sent this query:
>
> We saw the strangest thing - a quite large bird was swimming in the water
> with it's large wings, doing a stroke that looked much like the butterfly -
> both wings flapping up out of the water in sync with each other. We asked
> the ranger what was going on. He was puzzled.  Doug wondered if it might
> not have been an eagle, either injured or perhaps caught on something, or
> maybe w/ fish that was tangled in something. Other ideas, my bird loving
> friends? Sorry we didn't get a pic - we watched quite a while but were slow
> with the camera.  But that pic of the river is where it was, just imagine a
> large flapping bird in there - dark grey, with white head, and very large
> wing span.
>
> Colleen Richards
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bald eagle swimming?

[Asher Hockett]

In Alaska I saw Bald Eagles swimming as described, often a few strokes
before breaking free of the water. Sometimes with fish and sometimes empty
taloned.

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:29 AM, cl...@juno.com  wrote:

> A friend who is biking through the Cascade Mountains sent this query:
>
> We saw the strangest thing - a quite large bird was swimming in the water
> with it's large wings, doing a stroke that looked much like the butterfly -
> both wings flapping up out of the water in sync with each other. We asked
> the ranger what was going on. He was puzzled.  Doug wondered if it might
> not have been an eagle, either injured or perhaps caught on something, or
> maybe w/ fish that was tangled in something. Other ideas, my bird loving
> friends? Sorry we didn't get a pic - we watched quite a while but were slow
> with the camera.  But that pic of the river is where it was, just imagine a
> large flapping bird in there - dark grey, with white head, and very large
> wing span.
>
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[cayugabirds-l] bald eagle swimming?

[cl...@juno.com]

A friend who is biking through the Cascade Mountains sent this query: We saw 
the strangest thing - a quite large bird was swimming in the water with it's 
large wings, doing a stroke that looked much like the butterfly - both wings 
flapping up out of the water in sync with each other. We asked the ranger what 
was going on. He was puzzled.  Doug wondered if it might not have been an 
eagle, either injured or perhaps caught on something, or maybe w/ fish that was 
tangled in something. Other ideas, my bird loving friends? Sorry we didn't get 
a pic - we watched quite a while but were slow with the camera.  But that pic 
of the river is where it was, just imagine a large flapping bird in there - 
dark grey, with white head, and very large wing span. Colleen Richards

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[cayugabirds-l] Fledgling(?) Louisiana Waterthrush(es) @ Mulholland

[Suan Hsi Yong]

Jogging through the Mulholland Preserve at Six Mile Creek this morning, I
had two encounters with low-flying Louisiana Waterthrushes chipping loudly.
Without binoculars, I got to see one close in a tree, looking fully fledged
but lacking a tail (which didn't stop it from bobbing), behaving as if it
were trying to learn whether I was friend or foe, and also seeming like it
was following a parent, who was foraging along the creek (though I didn't
stay long enough to observe any begging or feeding). I think there is/are
fledgling(s), and the two observations were in two different basins between
a tight "wall" along the gorge, so they could well have been two families,
but also close enough that they could've been the same family having flown
by at some point without me noticing.

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