Re: [cayugabirds-l] Phoebe

[AB Clark]

Phoebe being incessant, Sandra Place dead end, today at 1530h.  

American crow nest nearby—I received severe reprimands for even thinking of 
going near it---the sort of harsh crow scolds reserved for cats and lesser 
vermin.  Pretty insulting.

But the phoebe just flipped around over the little stream there, singing…

Anne


Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
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> On Mar 31, 2018, at 1:15 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
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> Phoebe at Long Point State Park. 1:15 Saturday. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Up the lake: Dryden to MNWR

[Laura Stenzler]

Hi all,

 Ton and I drove north from Dryden to Montezuma NWR today to see what was 
around. We started at home on Hunt Hill Rd and our first stop after that was 
Sapsucker Woods. There we found one WOODDUCK, one PIED BILLED GREBE, one SWAMP 
SPARROW and several BLUE BIRDS among the regulars (redwinged BB, mallard, 
grackle, song sparrow, robin, starling, Canada goose, crow, goldfinch, red 
tailed hawk).   From there we birded around Stewart Park, which had quite a 
nice variety of birds. We saw RING-BILLED and HERRING GULLS, 1 DOUBLE CRESTED 
CORMORANT, 1 HOODED MERGANSER, many COMMON MERGANSERS, many BUFFLEHEAD, around 
25 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 10 RUDDY DUCKS, GREATER SCAUP, 3 SHOVELERS and 8 
GREEN-WINGED TEAL.  From there we headed up rte 34 to Myers Point and Ladoga, 
both of which were pretty empty with the strong south wind pushing against the 
shore.  Along the way we saw TURKEY VULTURES and CAROLINA WREN among other 
resident birds.



We drove into Long Point State Park where we were happy to hear our first 
PHOEBE of the year calling.  Further along the shore, after leaving the park, 
we came upon a couple of WIGEON.  As we entered the town of Aurora, we enjoyed 
seeing the BALD EAGLE sitting on his/her nest.  From the Aurora boathouse we 
found 3 HORNED GREBES, one in breeding plumage, 2 COMMON LOONS, also in 
breeding plumage, about 40 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, both male and female with 
the males doing their neat head dipping display, one SNOW GOOSE and a huge 
group of 30+ BUFFLEHEAD close to shore.  Also, our first TREE SWALLOWS of the 
day.



Factory Pond in Union Springs had BUFFLEHEAD, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and RING-NECKED 
DUCK while the county office area further along the shore had one GREAT 
BLACK-BACKED GULL, our only one of the day. As we left Union Springs we came 
across our first OSPREY of the day.



Finally we entered Montezuma NWR. The water near the visitor center had many 
SHOVELER, MALLARDS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (couldn’t find the Eurasian teal), some 
PINTAL and a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL.  Lots of Tree Swallows flying over as 
well.  The first part of the wildlife drive was pretty sparse but once we 
reached the open water, we saw many, many CANVASBACK (mostly along the far 
side, of course), a good number of REDHEADs, RING-NECKED DUCKS, GREATER SCAUP, 
one BLUE-WINGED TEAL, about a dozen GADWALL, our first COOTS of the day and 
many, many GREEN-WINGED TEAL.  Further along the wildlife drive, past Benning 
Marsh and mostly in the new ponds were many, many GADWALL. This seems to be 
where they hang out rather than in the main pond.  We finally started seeing 
GREAT BLUE HERONS as well.  One HARRIER and a KILLDEER before we left the drive 
and headed to Tschache Pool.



Tschache Pool was simply amazing.  From the tower we could see wall to wall 
ducks.  WIGEON, GADWALL, RING-NECKED, SHOVELER, more GREEN-WINGED TEAL than 
I’ve ever seen in one place before, PINTAIL, SCAUP, MALLARDS and many 
GREAT-BLUE HERONS. We counted 6 BALD EAGLES, many perched on the ground among 
the grassy hillocks in the swamp.



Between Tschache and the turn off for East Road, we saw 4 more OSPREY.  From 
East Road, we scoped Knox Marcellus Marsh.  There was a large group of SNOW 
GEESE in the fields east of the marsh and many SHOVELER, TEAL, and other ducks 
in the marsh itself. We actually didn’t spend a lot of time looking.  We did 
find two sleeping TRUMPETER SWANS, which raised their heads just long enough 
for us to identify them.



We then headed toward Carncross Road, hoping to find Sandhill Cranes but we 
didn’t have to go that far, as it turned out.  In a field on the northwest side 
of Van Dyne Spoor Rd were three SANDHILL CRANES, feeding quietly as people in 
passing cars stopped to look.  Carncross was pretty empty (one more TRUMPETER 
SWAN).



All in all a good day. 62 species – Happy Spring!









Laura Stenzler
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[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

[Dave Nutter]

This morning (31 March) I went to Mount Pleasant, joined by Ann Mitchell and 
later Gary Kohlenberg. We were all hoping the south wind would bring migrating 
raptors. 

Local birds included singles and pairs of Red-tailed Hawks near & far, an 
occasional Common Raven (including one who was accompanied/chased for awhile by 
a Red-tail who mimicked its every move), Turkey Vultures, Killdeer, an Eastern 
Meadowlark that visited the single tree near the observatory, an American 
Kestrel hovering over the valley between Mt Pleasant’s twin “peaks”, a possible 
distant Red-shouldered Hawk, a large Accipiter in deep-flapping display flight 
far to the south, and American Crows busy flying back and forth and tormenting 
any Raven they found. 

Migrants included a flock of 14 Great Blue Herons, a few small flocks of Canada 
Geese (<100 birds in 3 hours), lots of small flocks of Common Grackles and a 
few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds (in addition to a near-constant background 
of scattered northbound Icterids), American Robins singly or in small flocks, 
small flocks of roaming Horned Larks with 3 probable American Pipits near or 
among them.

Migrant raptors were few: a couple Turkey Vultures, a couple Red-tailed Hawks, 
at least one Cooper’s Hawk, and a Northern Harrier. Among the best was a 
northbound OSPREY (year bird for me!) passing to the west of us. Perhaps it was 
bound for some nest in the basin, but evidently not down in Ithaca. 

When I got home, I decided to heed Candace’s call to keep track of Osprey 
nests. I took a quick bike ride around Cass Park combined with a walk around 
Treman Marina. In short order I saw one Osprey flying south past the Children’s 
Garden hunting over Cayuga Inlet, even though the water was muddy and a racing 
crew meet was underway. 

I continued north on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. No Ospreys were perched at or 
near the Union Field nest, nor the Hog’s Hole nest platform, nor the Newman 
Golf Course nest platform. 

But the Treman Marina nest (#59 on the Osprey Trail) had one Osprey on the nest 
and a second Osprey on one of the attached perches. They stayed there during 
the time I walked the path around the field. I also saw 3 Tree Swallows over 
the field, two of which perched atop nest boxes for awhile. The south end of 
the lake is muddy from yesterday’s rain, so waterbirds were few. A 
Double-crested Cormorant on the snag in the lake east of the White Lighthouse 
appeared to be too dark and too high out of the water to be the injured 
immature who overwintered.

When I got back to the Parks office by the mouth of the marina, I heard an 
Osprey call: it was hunting over the marina. I looked back at the Treman Marina 
platform, and it was empty. A little later I saw an Osprey apparently over Fall 
Creek near Renwick Wildwood. As I passed Union Fields, I saw an Osprey overhead 
near the Inlet, but not associated with that nest. 

So, I saw at least 2 Ospreys, and they acted liked they owned a nest. As for 
all the single-bird-in-flight sightings, I don’t know whether they mean there 
were 4 Ospreys, or whether all my observations simply demonstrate that I cannot 
keep track of one large easy-to-ID bird. Regardless, I am confident that Ithaca 
again has Ospreys.

- - Dave Nutter


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[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill cranes

[Laura Stenzler]

There are 3 sandhill cranes in a field on the north end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd, 
west side of road. 4:45 Saturday. 

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Common Loon

[Donna Lee Scott]

In north cove off Salt Point, Cayuga Lake, Lansing.

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[cayugabirds-l] Phoebe

[Laura Stenzler]

Phoebe at Long Point State Park. 1:15 Saturday. 

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey overSalt Pt

[Donna Lee Scott]

Hovering over creek looking for fish.
Maureen Cowen saw it a few minutes before w a small fish!

Also RED BREASTED & HOODED Mergs, BUFFLEHEAD, TREE SWALLOWS, N FLICKERS, A 
ROBINS, SONG SPARROWS.

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[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake this AM

[Nita Irby]

For anyone in the area: wonderful array of birds on Dryden Lake this AM, 
including 18-19 swan sp that landed a few minutes ago but left quickly, flying 
north.  MANY Canada geese (most leaving now), one snow goose, one long tail, 
green wing teal, buffleheads, hooded mergansers, common mergansers, ring neck, 
few scaup sp, pied billed grebes, bald eagle.

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