[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk in Mecklenburg Cemetery
Early this afternoon I heard what I believe to be the loud and insistent calls of a Red-shouldered Hawk. I did not have time to stay and get a visual confirmation unfortunately, but I can't think of a plausible alternative. Mecklenburg Cemetery is a little tricky to find. I didn't even know it was there until today. It's just off Rt 79. Coming from Ithaca, as you come down the hill into Mecklenburg, just after the post office look for a small lane on the right. There's a telecom company flag by that entrance and one of their little buildings is right there too. You'll see the stone pillars leading to the cemetery. That lane is marked as a road on Google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4556008,-76.7094307,17.62z. The lane itself runs alongside a little creek and is quite birdy. Without really trying I found Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Northern Parula, Baltimore Oriole, and others. -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com -- 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] Cerulean Warbler in Ithaca (?), Sat 5/11
On Saturday afternoon at about 2:10 PM, from the new housing development at 400 Spencer Road in Ithaca, I heard what I think was a singing CERULEAN WARBLER up the slope (along lower Stone Quarry Road). I couldn’t confirm this bird by sight (no binoculars, didn’t even try). But I do feel that Cerulean is the most likely ID, despite its local rarity and potential for confusion with other singers. Mark Chao -- 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] Worm-eating Warblers
Right now I have two Worm-eating Warblers exchanging songs near West Danby’s north pinnacle (Danby State Forest / L-P Preserve). Very nice looks at one of them from about 20’ distance. This is the first day it has been dry and windless enough that I thought I could find them. A bit cold up here! -Geo -- 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] Cayuga Bird Club May meeting
Next Monday, May 13, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Carl Steckler and Meg Richardson will give their presentation, "Birding the Caldera of a Supervolcano in Arizona". Meg Richardson and Carl Steckler traveled to Tucson in September 2018 to find birds, and birds they found. This trip added 43 birds to Carl's life list and provided an exceptional look at the life in the desert. Southeast Arizona is truly a birder's and photographers' paradise. Arizona is a vast landscape of bold color, formations and piercing beauty. The southeastern corner is no exception. Isolated mountains called Sky Islands, the remnants of a supervolcano, rise abruptly from the arid desert highlands and harbor a tremendous variety of plant and animal life. Carl and Meg will give a brief geological history of the Tucson area and its flora and fauna. 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 Carl and Meg for dinner at Taste of Thai Express just before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards cl...@juno.com by noon Monday for making reservations. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club What Popcorn Really Does To Your Memory clearstateofmind.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5cd6bbca9aef43bca3542st04duc -- 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/ --
