[cayugabirds-l] Sora again

[Geo Kloppel]

I’ve got a Sora down here in the Michigan Hollow Marsh again this evening. This 
time it’s giving whinny calls as well as  “kerwee” calls. And it sounds like 
there is a second bird across the water.

-Geo


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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

 RBA




*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - May 07, 2018
   - NYSY 05. 07.18




Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: April 30 - May 07

To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com

Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, 
Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex

compiled: May 07 AT 3:30 p.m. EDT

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org







Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on April 30, 
2018




Highlights:




AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN

SNOWY EGRET

ROSS’S GOOSE

EURASIAN WIGEON

BLACK VULTURE

GOLDEN EAGLE

NORTHERN GOSHAWK

UPLAND SANDPIPER

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

BLACK TERN

COMMON NIGHTHAWK

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER

CERULEAN WARBLER

WESTERN MEADOWLARK

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

ORCHARD ORIOLE







     This was the first big week for most migrants. All common Warblers except 
for Mourning, Canada and Blackpoll were reported. Willow and Alder Flycatcher 
were not reported either although this could change any day.







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     The AMERICAN WHITRE PELICAN has returned to the main Pool. The WESTERN 
MEADOWLARK has made it three weeks on Armitage road between Wiley Road and 
Olmstead Road. Also the RUFF was relocated at Benning Marsh on 5/6.

     5/5: 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS have returned to the forested area on 
Armitage Road on the west side of the bridge. An EURAGIAN WIGEON was seen at 
Tschache Pool. CERULEAN WARBLER, ORCHARD ORIOLE and BLACK TERN were all seen 
from VanDyne Spoor Road. 

     5/6: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was ssee from Morgan Road. BLACK TERN and ORCHARD 
ORIOLE were found on the Wildlife Drive. A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the 
forested area on Armitage Road.







Onondaga County






     5/1: A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from Three Rivers WMA north of 
Baldwinsville.

     5/4: A SWAINSONS THRUSH was reported from Three Rivers WMA. A GRASSHOPPER 
SPARROW was seen at Ceder Bay along the Erie Canal in Fayetteville.

     5/5: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at jamesville Beach State Park. An 
ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Valley Drive in Elbridge.

     5/6: 2 SNOWY EGRETS were found at the outlet of Nine Mile Creek on 
Onondaga Lake. They eventually flew the the south-west end of the lake where 
they were relocated again today.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     This was the big week at Derby Hill with 18,055 raptors being recorded. 
The big days were 4/30, 5/1 and 5/2. 5/1 had 9,628 hawks counted with 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS numbering 9,008. 4/30 had a GOLDEN EAGLE. 5/1 also had a 
BLACK VULTURE and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES. 5/2 had a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and a 
NORTHERN GOSHAWK. 5/5 had a GOLDEN EGLE and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.







Oswego County






     5/5: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road 
near Noyes Sanctuary. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and an EURASIAN WIGEON were 
seen on Oneida Lake from Mill Street in Constantia. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was 
seen at the Oswego county Airfield.

     5/6: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Oswego County Airfield. A 
CERULEAN WARBLER was seen on McCloud Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake.

     5/7: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay.







Cayuga County






     5/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sterling nature center.

     5/5: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen on Loop Road north of the Hamlet of Montezuma.







Oneida County






     A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a GOLDEN EAGLE were seen near Verona Beach 
State Park.







Herkimer County






     5/3: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in the vacinity of McCoons Road Pond north of 
Richfield Springs.







              

      







  




--end transcript




Joseph Brin

Region 5

Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA


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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Newman Municipal Golf Course (owlets have fledged), Mon 5/7

[Mark Chao]

Sorry – I posted the wrong URL for my owl photo album.  Here’s the corrected
link .



Mark Chao



*From:* Mark Chao 
*Sent:* Monday, May 07, 2018 9:59 AM
*To:* Cayugabirds- L 
*Subject:* Newman Municipal Golf Course (owlets have fledged), Mon 5/7



Last night I saw the two fuzzy young GREAT HORNED OWLS together at their
nest site on the Newman Municipal Golf Course in Ithaca.  One was in the
nest and one a few feet above, with no adult in sight.  But upon arriving
early on Monday morning, I saw the presumed mother owl and one owlet
together in a tree about 35 meters across open space from the nest, where
the smaller-looking owlet remained.



Then, drawn by furious cawing, I wandered over to the Jetty Woods.  Three
crows had found a second adult Great Horned Owl in the dark, dense canopy.
Despite the relentless harassment, he seemed mostly quite unstressed,
coolly eyeing the crows and feinting with his bill only a couple of times
when they drew close.



A few minutes later, a couple of these crows and I simultaneously found a
subadult BALD EAGLE at the south edge of the woods.  This time the crows
were much less aggressive, flying close a few times but not cawing, and
then leaving after about a minute.



A BROWN THRASHER seems to be establishing a territory just south of the
osprey platform at the northwest corner of the golf course.  Last night
this thrasher was moving around a lot, but this morning he tolerated my
very slow, close approach as he sang and sang in a tree above the inlet.  A
GRAY CATBIRD seems also to be setting up here too, making for quite a
motley mimid mashup of song fragments.  Surprisingly, I haven’t found any
Northern Mockingbirds on the golf course for the past few weeks, even
though they usually breed right here too.  I also didn’t find any unusual
warblers today, but I did get uncommonly good views of BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS below eye level by the graffiti-decorated building at the base
of the woods.



Before I turned to go, I looked to the owl family again.  This time I saw
all three owls together in the aforementioned tree away from the nest,
widely spaced among the branches.  Two crows came and scolded the owls,
prompting the mother to perch right up next to one owlet.  Then after a few
more seconds, the crows left quietly.  From this and from regular crow-free
viewing of the nest over the past several weeks, I surmise that crows
consider lone owls as a mortal threat, but recognize that an adult tending
young at a nest site is not cause for alarm.



Here is a photo album  of
these owls since March 22.  The images are mostly rather poor, taken at a
considerable distance with a point-and-shoot camera often in dim light, and
heavily cropped.  Still, the photos are fun and broadly illustrative of the
development of the owls, over just a few miraculous weeks, from tiny
helpless chicks to hulking young adults **who can fly ** (hooray).



Mark Chao

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[cayugabirds-l] Newman Municipal Golf Course (owlets have fledged), Mon 5/7

[Mark Chao]

Last night I saw the two fuzzy young GREAT HORNED OWLS together at their
nest site on the Newman Municipal Golf Course in Ithaca.  One was in the
nest and one a few feet above, with no adult in sight.  But upon arriving
early on Monday morning, I saw the presumed mother owl and one owlet
together in a tree about 35 meters across open space from the nest, where
the smaller-looking owlet remained.



Then, drawn by furious cawing, I wandered over to the Jetty Woods.  Three
crows had found a second adult Great Horned Owl in the dark, dense canopy.
Despite the relentless harassment, he seemed mostly quite unstressed,
coolly eyeing the crows and feinting with his bill only a couple of times
when they drew close.



A few minutes later, a couple of these crows and I simultaneously found a
subadult BALD EAGLE at the south edge of the woods.  This time the crows
were much less aggressive, flying close a few times but not cawing, and
then leaving after about a minute.



A BROWN THRASHER seems to be establishing a territory just south of the
osprey platform at the northwest corner of the golf course.  Last night
this thrasher was moving around a lot, but this morning he tolerated my
very slow, close approach as he sang and sang in a tree above the inlet.  A
GRAY CATBIRD seems also to be setting up here too, making for quite a
motley mimid mashup of song fragments.  Surprisingly, I haven’t found any
Northern Mockingbirds on the golf course for the past few weeks, even
though they usually breed right here too.  I also didn’t find any unusual
warblers today, but I did get uncommonly good views of BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS below eye level by the graffiti-decorated building at the base
of the woods.



Before I turned to go, I looked to the owl family again.  This time I saw
all three owls together in the aforementioned tree away from the nest,
widely spaced among the branches.  Two crows came and scolded the owls,
prompting the mother to perch right up next to one owlet.  Then after a few
more seconds, the crows left quietly.  From this and from regular crow-free
viewing of the nest over the past several weeks, I surmise that crows
consider lone owls as a mortal threat, but recognize that an adult tending
young at a nest site is not cause for alarm.



Here is a photo album  of
these owls since March 22.  The images are mostly rather poor, taken at a
considerable distance with a point-and-shoot camera often in dim light, and
heavily cropped.  Still, the photos are fun and broadly illustrative of the
development of the owls, over just a few miraculous weeks, from tiny
helpless chicks to hulking young adults **who can fly ** (hooray).



Mark Chao

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why I'm Voting NO on the ICSD Budget: Urgent Need for Climate Focus

[Regi Teasley]

Thanks, Sandy. Business-as-usual is bringing us to the precipice. Now is the 
time to speak and act.

Regi

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.  
Wm. Shakespeare


> On May 6, 2018, at 7:57 PM, Sandy Wold  wrote:
> 
> I am sharing my thoughts in communities I am a part of because
> ​1.  Our planet is in crisis and quickly approaching 2020; and we are at 1.5 
> degrees Celsius.  We can't go to 2.0 Celsius, or the planet will be unlivable 
> by 2050.  We need to mitigate both CO2 and CH4!  Eating less meat and more 
> veggies = cooler planet. Divest from natural gas.  Eat less rice.  ...go 
> solar!
> 2. ​ ​Greenhouse gas mitigation has everything to do with bird​ conservation​ 
> ​3.  ​Many of the birders are​ tax paying​ parents who want their children to 
> enjoy the birds we all love!  
> ​4.  ​Marshland birds are threatened because of rising tides.  Seabirds are 
> further threatened because fish they need to feed their young are going 
> deeper or farther north to seek cooler waters.
> 5.  Endemic birds in the Caribbean are threatened by decreasing habitat due 
> to people, and bigger hurricanes make this problem worse than it already is. 
> ​
> ​Please, everyone who cares about the planet, don't get annoyed that I am 
> "off topic."  Instead, step into your power and write a letter to the school 
> board to support my letter and to city council to not sell off the Green 
> Street parking garage to another luxury apartment developer ASAPthese 
> issues are all connected!!!  We need green affordable housing to address the 
> poverty and reduce Carbon emissions.
> 
> 
> ---
> CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION YOU CAN TAKE: Divesting from animal agriculture by 
> switching to a plant-based diet can help our planet transform.  A vegan diet 
> is heart-healthy, non-violent, anti-colonial, and sustainable! Pledge the 
> Ithaca 10 or 30-day (Plant-based) Vegan Challenge!
> www.facebook.com/groups/IthacaVeganChallenge/
> Instagram #VeganPlanet2020
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> Sandy Wold, sustainability educator/artist 
> B.S. Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Florida
> M.S. Science Education​, UC Santa Cruz/SUNY Cortland
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/
> https://sandy-wold.squarespace.com/ 
> 
>> On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 7:31 PM, Alyce Anderson  
>> wrote:
>> Why is this on the ebird list? It has nothing to do with birds. This is the 
>> most inappropriate item to appear on our list in all of my years of being on 
>> the list. Shame on you for using it.
>> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Request for leads: birds for photo project

[Marie P. Read]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a few specific birds/situations for a special photo project 
this spring/summer and would appreciate any information you're willing to share:

Killdeer nest on the ground in accessible spot
Tree Swallow nest in natural cavity, but only if less than 6 ft high (ditto 
Eastern Bluebird)
Ruffed Grouse drumming log in accessible spot
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker sap wells (low)

Tall order—all of them—I'll admit!  But THANKS in advance for any info.

I'll be happy to share the details of the project if you contact me directly.
And happy to hear of any other photo ops you know of.

Enjoy the spring!
Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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Freeville NY  13068 USA

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