[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Field Trip

[bob mcguire]

Finally some decent weather for a winter trip!

Feb. 22 8:00 am - 12:30 pm - Suan Yong - Winter Birds

Join Suan for a half day trip to look for winter birds. This will include 
waterfowl on the lake as well as field birds such as Horned Larks and Snow 
Buntings. Meet at the east end of Stewart Park at 8:00 am for carpooling. Dress 
warmly and bring a scope if you have one. Questions? Contact Suan: 
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Bob McGuire
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] There male redwings, Mon West Danby area also

[AB Clark]

The early F-types I was referring to were very clearly female, being observed 
by my grad student who was working on them for his disseration. They had begun 
twittering, cattail to cattail by March.  Their marsh was all unfrozen.  We 
were starting to wonder if they would actually build nests in March.  Typically 
older females come back before younger ones.  I suppose they could confuse by 
having salmon color in their heads, but their body feathers are not dark.

As for universal “conversion” of males into certain males by February?  I 
wouldn’t count on there NOT being some very odd males still. 

As an old primate person, I think the banders' age designations are confusingly 
obfuscatory of critical differences.  Blackbirds here fledge from sometime in 
May to 15 July (or maybe later now).  That means that young males returning now 
in mid February range in age from 7 mos to 9 mos old.  This probably 
contributes to a big range in plumages for those young males.  But it isn’t 
hard to tell young “female-type” males  from young or old females.  Young 
females are very stripey, but not blackish-stripy and their heads are light;  
older females often will have salmon-orange color in their heads and are 
definitely not blackish in overtone.  In some years, some older females have 
distinct epaulets (an easy fall and winter??), but they are usually only 
visible in hand or during aggression.  So I would expect anyone seeing a very 
immature pliumage male would say something like “wow, that can’t be just a 
really dark female…but what IS it?”   And the feathers will be odd looking, 
because they include dark ones that young females don’t have.  I think I have 
some pictures from the last two years….

Anne

Anne B Clark
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Freeville, NY 13068
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> On Feb 20, 2020, at 4:12 PM, Suan Hsi Yong  wrote:
> 
> Anne Clark wrote:
> We had actual females back in a marsh near Binghamton/Endicott as early as 
> February.  Usually females did not show up until late march.  I don’t mean 
> nest, just be seen in flocks and maybe visit the marsh.
> 
> Will all second-year males have "turned" by February, or could these early 
> F-types be second year males?
> 
> Suan
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] singing House Finches

[Linda Orkin]

Not trying compete but House Finches on Muriel street and downtown Ithaca heard 
singing very sweetly and complete. Also heard what I believe was Purple Finch 
singing around my house the other day. 

Linda Orkin
Ithaca NY

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> of the good of your life?
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> On Feb 20, 2020, at 3:17 PM, AB Clark  wrote:
> 
> Not very organized song but trying out the old syringeal muscles after some 
> down time.
> 
> anne
> 
> Anne B Clark
> 147 Hile School Rd
> Freeville, NY 13068
> 607-222-0905
> anneb.cl...@gmail.com
> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] There male redwings, Mon West Danby area also

[Suan Hsi Yong]

Anne Clark wrote:

> We had actual females back in a marsh near Binghamton/Endicott as early as
> February.  Usually females did not show up until late march.  I don’t mean
> nest, just be seen in flocks and maybe visit the marsh.
>

Will all second-year males have "turned" by February, or could these early
F-types be second year males?

Suan

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] singing House Finches

[Magnus Fiskesjo]

A few weeks ago I saw one member of a White-Throated Sparrow flock in Central 
Park, NYC, sing quite persistently. 

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[bounce-124392985-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of AB Clark 
[anneb.cl...@gmail.com]
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] singing House Finches

Not very organized song but trying out the old syringeal muscles after some 
down time.

anne

Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
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[cayugabirds-l] singing House Finches

[AB Clark]

Not very organized song but trying out the old syringeal muscles after some 
down time.

anne

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Freeville, NY 13068
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] There male redwings, Mon West Danby area also

[khmo]

The mean date for Red-wings here based on a 34 year norm is fairly
constant with little deviation is 2/25, for Grackle 2/28 and Cowbird
2/10.

Adult males usually travel first followed closely by SY birds for
Red-wings. Females later. The latest RWBL arr date we have recorded is
3/13. Most arrivals over the year have indeed been in Feb.
John

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On 2020-02-20 17:23, AB Clark wrote:

> As someone studying redwing nesting and nestlings in the 89-2000 region, I 
> can say they were incredibly variable 3 decades ago.  They could easily show 
> up in February when the winter was warm.  We had actual females back in a 
> marsh near Binghamton/Endicott as early as February.  Usually females did not 
> show up until late march.  I don't mean nest, just be seen in flocks and 
> maybe visit the marsh. 
> 
> In the years 95 and 97-98, which were incredibly warm winters, we had 
> redwings at feeders being reported all winter--some people were emailing me!  
> In 98, a very warm spring, I had two first year females that were banded on 
> Cornell ponds (by me) back on the ponds in spring...possible explanation was 
> that they never went anywhere all winter and thus failed to disperse.  
> 
> Redwinged blackbird males were also staying all winter or reappearing during 
> the winter in SW Michigan in the 80's,  in warm ups, like robins.  Not many 
> but some.  These are birds whose migratory pattern set them up well to 
> respond strongly to climatic shifts. 
> 
> No doubt that the mean dates have shifted, but I can look up first arrivals 
> and first egg dates across the 90's decade at some point, for comparsion--at 
> some point!   
> 
> Anne B Clark 
> 147 Hile School Rd 
> Freeville, NY 13068 
> 607-222-0905 
> anneb.cl...@gmail.com 
> 
>> On Feb 18, 2020, at 11:17 PM, Nigel  wrote: 
>> 
>> The RWB are about 1 month early - they used to show up mid to late March. 
>> We had at least 6 Monday afternoon. They looked more like yellow wing 
>> blackbirds - the wing stripe was a very dull muddy yellow. There were also 
>> some Starlings mixed in. 
>> The hills are alive with the sounds of ... RWB. 
>> 
>> Nigel, near the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, West Danby, NY
>> 
>>> There are currently three male Red-winged Blackbirds on the ground under 
>>> our feeders on Muriel Street in Ithaca NY. Nice to see. Welcome back guys. 
>>> Linda Orkin 
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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird continues

[Dave K]

Using feeders at 229 Armitage (rt89) at 1pm

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] There male redwings, Mon West Danby area also

[AB Clark]

As someone studying redwing nesting and nestlings in the 89-2000 region, I can 
say they were incredibly variable 3 decades ago.  They could easily show up in 
February when the winter was warm.  We had actual females back in a marsh near 
Binghamton/Endicott as early as February.  Usually females did not show up 
until late march.  I don’t mean nest, just be seen in flocks and maybe visit 
the marsh.

In the years 95 and 97-98, which were incredibly warm winters, we had redwings 
at feeders being reported all winter—some people were emailing me!  In 98, a 
very warm spring, I had two first year females that were banded on Cornell 
ponds (by me) back on the ponds in spring…possible explanation was that they 
never went anywhere all winter and thus failed to disperse. 

Redwinged blackbird males were also staying all winter or reappearing during 
the winter in SW Michigan in the 80’s,  in warm ups, like robins.  Not many but 
some.  These are birds whose migratory pattern set them up well to respond 
strongly to climatic shifts.

No doubt that the mean dates have shifted, but I can look up first arrivals and 
first egg dates across the 90’s decade at some point, for comparsion—at some 
point!  

Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
607-222-0905
anneb.cl...@gmail.com



> On Feb 18, 2020, at 11:17 PM, Nigel  wrote:
> 
> The RWB are about 1 month early - they used to show up mid to late March.
> We had at least 6 Monday afternoon. They looked more like yellow wing 
> blackbirds - the wing stripe was a very dull muddy yellow. There were also 
> some Starlings mixed in.
> The hills are alive with the sounds of ... RWB.
>  
> Nigel, near the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, West Danby, NY
> 
> > There are currently three male Red-winged Blackbirds on the ground under 
> > our feeders on Muriel Street in Ithaca NY. Nice to see. Welcome back guys. 
> > Linda Orkin
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[cayugabirds-l] Breeding Bird Atlas Workshop at CLO - Feb 25

[Diane Morton]

*NY Breeding Bird Atlas Workshop with David Nicosia*

Tuesday, February, 25⋅7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cornell Lab Visitor Center
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca, NY

New York's third Breeding Bird Atlas (NYS BBA III) has begun and will
continue for the next 5 years. Cayuga Bird Club is bringing Dave Nicosia,
NY Breeding Bird Atlas Area Coordinator, to lead a workshop on how to
participate in the atlas effort, using breeding codes and a dedicated eBird
portal for data submission. Dave will also discuss atlas block maps, the
need to be aware of block boundaries while birding for the Atlas, and
resources available for everyone who wants to participate. Whether you are
a beginner or advanced birder, participating in the atlas will strengthen
your birdwatching skills while contributing valuable data to a statewide
conservation project.

This workshop will be held in the Fuertes Auditorium of the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology. You may bring a laptop, tablet or mobile phone (with active
eBird account) to the workshop to practice data entry. Contributing to the
atlas project without using the eBird mobile app will also be covered.
Doors open at 6:45pm. Free and open to the public.

- Diane Morton

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[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird

[Annette Nadeau]

A male Brown-headed Cowbird visited one of my feeders here on Rumsey Road
in T'burg.

Annette

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