Re: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher trapped in garage

[Melanie Uhlir]

Welp. Yeah. That's the only thing we could think of. I just want the 
bird to be okay and not get dehydrated in there.

On 6/19/2018 8:34 PM, Regi Teasley wrote:
> Maybe just leave the garage open and give it space?
>
> Regi
>
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>
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> On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:32 PM, Melanie Uhlir  > wrote:
>
>> I was thrilled to see a Brown Thrasher in our yard, until one went 
>> into the garage and didn't come out! Fledgling, maybe? There is a 
>> second, very concerned, Brown Thrasher calling anxiously. This second 
>> bird has some kind of larva in its mouth.
>>
>> Anyone know the best way to coax a bird out of the upper part of a 
>> garage?!?!
>>
>> Anxiously awaiting advice!
>>
>> Melanie
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher trapped in garage

[Regi Teasley]

Maybe just leave the garage open and give it space?

Regi

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> On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:32 PM, Melanie Uhlir  wrote:
> 
> I was thrilled to see a Brown Thrasher in our yard, until one went into the 
> garage and didn't come out! Fledgling, maybe? There is a second, very 
> concerned, Brown Thrasher calling anxiously. This second bird has some kind 
> of larva in its mouth.
> 
> Anyone know the best way to coax a bird out of the upper part of a garage?!?!
> 
> Anxiously awaiting advice!
> 
> Melanie
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[cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher trapped in garage

[Melanie Uhlir]

I was thrilled to see a Brown Thrasher in our yard, until one went into 
the garage and didn't come out! Fledgling, maybe? There is a second, 
very concerned, Brown Thrasher calling anxiously. This second bird has 
some kind of larva in its mouth.


Anyone know the best way to coax a bird out of the upper part of a 
garage?!?!


Anxiously awaiting advice!

Melanie

Freeville


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Missing birds

[Geo Kloppel]

Hi Cathy,

Hmmm... I see a lot of barn swallows around number 400 Gunderman right now, so 
it seems that what you’re experiencing is not a neighborhood-wide phenomenon.

Also see some House Sparrows up here, and the ubiquitous Starlings. Competitors 
for nest boxes.

-Geo

> On Jun 19, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Cathy Darrow  wrote:
> 
> Prompted by the Swallow related posts a few days ago, I want to add the 
> complete lack of tree swallows and barn swallows at our house. This is in 
> Danby, Gunderman and Jersey Hill Road where there is lots of open fields that 
> hay is the crop. There is no spraying just spreading of lime and fertilizer. 
> This spring there were a few barn swallows which appeared to be looking for 
> the usual nesting places but then they were seen no more. And the numbers 
> have been decreasing for a few years. 
> Now the tree swallows, 3 or 4 showed up and two were seen working around 
> their usual nest box for a few days, when we found one dead inside the box 
> and none others seen since. I say the rest were probably smart but we are 
> feeling sad cause I feel they have been the major insect controller for our 
> yard over the many years when there have been many, many tree swallows over 
> and around our pond. Last year the numbers were down to a dozen maybe. 
> Hoping for something to turn around. 
> Cathy
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[cayugabirds-l] Missing birds

[Cathy Darrow]

Prompted by the Swallow related posts a few days ago, I want to add the 
complete lack of tree swallows and barn swallows at our house. This is in 
Danby, Gunderman and Jersey Hill Road where there is lots of open fields that 
hay is the crop. There is no spraying just spreading of lime and fertilizer. 
This spring there were a few barn swallows which appeared to be looking for the 
usual nesting places but then they were seen no more. And the numbers have been 
decreasing for a few years. 
Now the tree swallows, 3 or 4 showed up and two were seen working around their 
usual nest box for a few days, when we found one dead inside the box and none 
others seen since. I say the rest were probably smart but we are feeling sad 
cause I feel they have been the major insect controller for our yard over the 
many years when there have been many, many tree swallows over and around our 
pond. Last year the numbers were down to a dozen maybe. 
Hoping for something to turn around. 
Cathy


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

[khmo]

The current "record" based on banded birds returned to the wild is 8
years 2 months. That said, Nancy may well have been enjoying the progeny
of that first pair as their site fidelity is high. 

John 

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On 2018-06-19 17:17, Asher Hockett wrote:

> Likely "your" pewee was at least two different birds, as their lifespan is ~7 
> years. 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Nancy Cusumano  
> wrote:
> 
> It really is an odd summer!  We also are missing "our" peewee, who has been 
> here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing him! 
> There are at least 2 pair of great crested flycatchers and on Friday an 
> Indigo bunting showed up and is still around singing his head off from the 
> tops of the black locust trees. 
> There are sapsucker babies (that sound like they are humming in morse code 
> from inside the tree) and bluebirds too.  So down one peewee, up a bunting? 
> Guess I would call that OKbut I want my peewee back. 
> 
> thanks for everyone's comments on this thread. 
> 
> Nancy 
> 
> Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 578! dogs since 2005! Learn more at 
> cayugadogrescue.org [1] 
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 1:28 PM,  wrote:
> 
> Hi! 
> 
> Over 30years of banding, migration and population study here and we 
> experienced and ever increasing paucity of birds. About 15 years ago I wrote 
> a report citing these losses. While many can be linked to loss of habitat 
> mainly due to factory farming, that didn't account for the lack of song. We 
> prognosticated at the time that populations within species were undergoing a 
> drastic diminishment.That has since been shown to be even worse than we 
> guessed ( based on American Bird Conservancy data sets). 
> 
> A result most noticeable was in song. With fewer competitors, birds in lesser 
> numbers arrive on native land and , if they find it still existent, establish 
> a territory. With little or no competition, the territorial song is short 
> lived -after all, why expend energy needlessly? Defense of territory is 
> seldom needed so in season song is greatly diminished. 
> 
> That doesn't mean it stops entirely but certainly far less than what we new 
> 50, 40 or 30 years ago. 
> 
> Fast forward to the crazy migration we experienced this spring. Expected 
> species have still not checked in and we guess they either overflew or were 
> content to our south. We have the same experience with Veery here and Wood 
> Thrush has been declining steadily. Least Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo are all 
> missing and the fancy Thrushes once a stopover certainty haven't been seen 
> for several years. Yesterday, we finally had a single Pewee. On the positive 
> side we are inundated with Grosbeaks, Purple Finch, Great-crested 
> Flycatchers, cuckoos and others that are normally here in much smaller 
> numbers. 
> 
> Looking South to the greater DC area, many of these species are still there 
> and that's abnormal. Check the ADK reports and they are also having a strange 
> year although I've not seen any thoughts on the subject from that area. 
> 
> The short answer is an unusual migration window with lots of weather effect, 
> rapidly declining populations creating an environment where our old 
> expectations are no longer valid. 
> 
> I liked it much better several decades ago. We have stopped banding 
> passerines and happy we did as the disappointment would be even greater. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> John 
> 
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> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd [2]
> Burdett, NY 14818 [2]
> 42.443508000, -76.758202000 
> 
> On 2018-06-18 15:45, W. Larry Hymes wrote: 
> I have noticed, as have others, that the woods have not been as plentiful 
> with bird song as normal.  On my recent walks at Upper Buttermilk I have been 
> very disappointed in the total absence of Wood Thrush, Veery, and Scarlet 
> Tanager.  By this time in past years I've always have several of these birds. 
>  On my most recent walk (Friday) I was wonderfully surprised to hear 2 Wood 
> Thrush and 2-3 each of Veery and Scarlet Tanager.  Why the sudden 
> "reappearance"??  I know I'm going to be criticized for asking, but could 
> some birds (species) still be migrating in?  If not, then why did they 
> finally "show up"?  Some could argue they were busy with nesting.  But I've 
> never experienced birds remaining completely mum during the nesting season.  
> Another argument could be that they are now moving around after the first 
> brood.  I doubt that would explain the numbers of these species I had all of 
> a sudden plopping down in Upper Buttermilk?  By the way, we picnicked at 
> Upper Treman yesterday and
bird song was relatively infrequent.  Do any of you have any thoughts on this 
subject??
> 
> Larry
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> W. Larry 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

[Asher Hockett]

Likely "your" pewee was at least two different birds, as their lifespan is
~7 years.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Nancy Cusumano 
wrote:

> It really is an odd summer!  We also are missing "our" peewee, who has
> been here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing him!
> There are at least 2 pair of great crested flycatchers and on Friday an
> Indigo bunting showed up and is still around singing his head off from the
> tops of the black locust trees.
> There are sapsucker babies (that sound like they are humming in morse code
> from inside the tree) and bluebirds too.  So down one peewee, up a bunting?
> Guess I would call that OKbut I want my peewee back.
>
> thanks for everyone's comments on this thread.
>
> Nancy
>
> Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 578! dogs since 2005!
> Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 1:28 PM,  wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Over 30years of banding, migration and population study here and we
>> experienced and ever increasing paucity of birds. About 15 years ago I
>> wrote a report citing these losses. While many can be linked to loss of
>> habitat mainly due to factory farming, that didn't account for the lack of
>> song. We prognosticated at the time that populations within species were
>> undergoing a drastic diminishment.That has since been shown to be even
>> worse than we guessed ( based on American Bird Conservancy data sets).
>>
>> A result most noticeable was in song. With fewer competitors, birds in
>> lesser numbers arrive on native land and , if they find it still existent,
>> establish a territory. With little or no competition, the territorial song
>> is short lived -after all, why expend energy needlessly? Defense of
>> territory is seldom needed so in season song is greatly diminished.
>>
>> That doesn't mean it stops entirely but certainly far less than what we
>> new 50, 40 or 30 years ago.
>>
>> Fast forward to the crazy migration we experienced this spring. Expected
>> species have still not checked in and we guess they either overflew or were
>> content to our south. We have the same experience with Veery here and Wood
>> Thrush has been declining steadily. Least Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo are
>> all missing and the fancy Thrushes once a stopover certainty haven't been
>> seen for several years. Yesterday, we finally had a single Pewee. On the
>> positive side we are inundated with Grosbeaks, Purple Finch, Great-crested
>> Flycatchers, cuckoos and others that are normally here in much smaller
>> numbers.
>>
>> Looking South to the greater DC area, many of these species are still
>> there and that's abnormal. Check the ADK reports and they are also having a
>> strange year although I've not seen any thoughts on the subject from that
>> area.
>>
>> The short answer is an unusual migration window with lots of weather
>> effect, rapidly declining populations creating an environment where our old
>> expectations are no longer valid.
>>
>> I liked it much better several decades ago. We have stopped banding
>> passerines and happy we did as the disappointment would be even greater.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> John and Sue Gregoire
>> Field Ornithologists
>> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
>> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
>> 
>> Burdett, NY 14818
>> 
>> 42.443508000, -76.758202000
>>
>> On 2018-06-18 15:45, W. Larry Hymes wrote:
>>
>> I have noticed, as have others, that the woods have not been as plentiful
>> with bird song as normal.  On my recent walks at Upper Buttermilk I have
>> been very disappointed in the total absence of Wood Thrush, Veery, and
>> Scarlet Tanager.  By this time in past years I've always have several of
>> these birds.  On my most recent walk (Friday) I was wonderfully surprised
>> to hear 2 Wood Thrush and 2-3 each of Veery and Scarlet Tanager.  Why the
>> sudden "reappearance"??  I know I'm going to be criticized for asking, but
>> could some birds (species) still be migrating in?  If not, then why did
>> they finally "show up"?  Some could argue they were busy with nesting.  But
>> I've never experienced birds remaining completely mum during the nesting
>> season.  Another argument could be that they are now moving around after
>> the first brood.  I doubt that would explain the numbers of these species I
>> had all of a sudden plopping down in Upper Buttermilk?  By the way, we
>> picnicked at Upper Treman yesterday and bird song was relatively
>> infrequent.  Do any of you have any thoughts on this subject??
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> --
>>
>> 
>> W. Larry Hymes
>> 120
>> 
>>  Vine
>> 
>>  Street,
>> 
>>