[cayugabirds-l] Blackbird and Osprey gang up!

[John Bowdoin Greenly]

Speaking of dive-bombing, I’ve had an interesting time the last few days.  I’ve 
been going down to Salt Point in the evening for a walk.  When I get to the end 
of the long straight path and turn to walk past the Osprey nest pole, for 
several days in a row now, a RW Blackbird has started scolding me and then 
flying circles about 10 ft above my head.  Today the female came out of the 
tall weeds by the path, where they must have their nest, and buzzed me, too.  
This is all very well, and today there was just the right breeze so that the 
male could fly into it and hold his place right above my head, so this went on 
for a while.  Then things got more serious.  The male Osprey suddenly took off 
from his nest and dive-bombed me repeatedly, diving straight at me, pulling up, 
climbing about 50 ft, turning and diving again, about ten times.  This was 
rather intimidating, seeing the yellow irises of those Osprey eyes heading 
straight at me and veering away at the last second.  

People are walking by there all the time and the Ospreys clearly don’t perceive 
them to be a threat, so it was certainly a response to the Blackbird’s activity 
that prompted the Osprey to treat me as a danger.  Of course, multi-species 
mobbing of predators is common enough among small birds, but I’ve not 
previously seen a large raptor join in. 

The other odd thing is that yesterday after his overhead display I retreated 
from the Blackbird, watched for a while from a distance as several other people 
walked by the same spot, and he didn’t bother to fly out over any of them.  
Then I walked back by and he flew out again!  It seems that he just doesn’t 
like me.  Maybe it’s like Kevin and his Crow enemies.  I should go back 
tomorrow with a different hat on and see what happens.  

John Greenly
Ludlowville  
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[cayugabirds-l] Atlas Insider Newsletter

[Matthew Medler]

Hi All,

The latest Atlas Insider newsletter is now out! It contains information on 
identifying confusing fledglings, searching for secretive marsh birds, and tips 
(from yours truly) about how to read maps to maximize your atlas efforts in the 
field. Here's a link:

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[cayugabirds-l] RE: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Very cool experience!

But, Barn Swallows aren’t always that great at what they do. Long ago in a 
place not-so-far-away, when I was in charge of the Cornell bird and mammal 
collections, I used to have regular contributors who brought in salvaged birds. 
One person brought in a surprising number of Barn Swallows. She related that 
she had on old, fat, 3-legged cat that specialized in killing them. It would 
lie down in the door of her barn, and when the swallows would swoop down and 
dive-bomb, mobbing, it would leap up and grab them.

My take-away: don’t ever turn your back on oldsters! We’ve still got some 
tricks left.

Kevin


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To: Peter Saracino 
Cc: AB Clark ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t 
underestimate swallows.

I had a wonderful experience while sleeping in a field near a friend's house 
about 30 yrs ago. Before dawn, I drowsily awoke to the strange feeling that 
something was dive-bombing at my face & veering off at the last second. I was 
in my mummy bag with only a bit of my face exposed. As the light slowly 
increased, I could hear & then see mosquitoes, one at a time, come buzzing at 
my face and then be neatly caught by a dive-bombing barn swallow. It was scary 
because the birds came fast right up to my face & veered off with a very narrow 
miss. I could feel & hear the swish of their feathers as they turned in the 
air. They never missed a mosquito & I was in awe.

Sarah Fern

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come way up 
to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the nest and no 
apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go about wake hunting 
as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a sad day indeed in late 
August when I am mowing and the swallows are no more. What a gift the natural 
world.
Pete Sar

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On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM 
mailto:anneb.cl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all sides by 
shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and perhaps 20 total. 
Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn swallows in the mix.  
They were really really committed to seeing the hawk off. How would a redtail 
ever grab a swallow?  They clearly thought it possible.

Anne

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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

[sarah fern]

I had a wonderful experience while sleeping in a field near a friend's
house about 30 yrs ago. Before dawn, I drowsily awoke to the strange
feeling that something was dive-bombing at my face & veering off at the
last second. I was in my mummy bag with only a bit of my face exposed. As
the light slowly increased, I could hear & then see mosquitoes, one at a
time, come buzzing at my face and then be neatly caught by a dive-bombing
barn swallow. It was scary because the birds came fast right up to my face
& veered off with a very narrow miss. I could feel & hear the swish of
their feathers as they turned in the air. They never missed a mosquito & I
was in awe.

Sarah Fern

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM Peter Saracino 
wrote:

> Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come
> way up to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the
> nest and no apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go
> about wake hunting as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a
> sad day indeed in late August when I am mowing and the swallows are no
> more. What a gift the natural world.
> Pete Sar
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>
>> A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all
>> sides by shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and
>> perhaps 20 total. Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn
>> swallows in the mix.  They were really really committed to seeing the hawk
>> off. How would a redtail ever grab a swallow?  They clearly thought it
>> possible.
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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

[Peter Saracino]

Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come way
up to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the nest
and no apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go about
wake hunting as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a sad day
indeed in late August when I am mowing and the swallows are no more. What a
gift the natural world.
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> sides by shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and
> perhaps 20 total. Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn
> swallows in the mix.  They were really really committed to seeing the hawk
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> possible.
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[cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

[anneb . clark]

A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all sides by 
shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and perhaps 20 total. 
Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn swallows in the mix.  
They were really really committed to seeing the hawk off. How would a redtail 
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Anne 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] RHWO at Long Point

[Carol Schmitt]

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Insect-hawking Waxwings

[Dave Nutter]

Yes, very cool to see Cedar Waxwings, whom we associate so strongly with eating 
fruit, also go for aerial insects in Summer. I’ve seen this over the splashpool 
at the base of Buttermilk Falls in Ithaca as they sally out from high in the 
trees of the forest edge. Recently I saw  another unusual species hawking 
insects, on June 12 I watched one European Starling acting like a Swallow at 
treetop level over the Flood Control Channel just south of the NYS-89 bridge 
near my house. This was during a hatch of very large Mayflies. All the other 
Starlings I saw in the area were acting typically, commuting to and from lawns 
to forage.

- - Dave Nutter

> On Jul 1, 2020, at 1:54 PM, Peter Saracino  wrote:
> 
> Had a cool experience on the leg of the Ontario Pathways/Rt. 96 today near 
> Phelps; NY. I was standing on the second bridge from the road and encountered 
> a very big hatch of tiny insects over the stream. A number of waxwings were 
> perched in a tree over the stream and would fly into the insect swarm, 
> snapping their bill's as they did so, and consume the insects. They would 
> then return to their perch for a bit of a rest and then proceed to go hawking 
> again. They were acting like they've found the Motherload! I've never seen 
> anything quite like it like it! It was very cool.
> The things we see when we're out there observing!
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[cayugabirds-l] First fledgling Red-bellied Woodpecker

[anneb . clark]

Arrived in the ash tree over the garden this
 morning.  Was just wondering if our pair had succeeded. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Insect-hawking Waxwings

[Peter Saracino]

Had a cool experience on the leg of the Ontario Pathways/Rt. 96 today near
Phelps; NY. I was standing on the second bridge from the road and
encountered a very big hatch of tiny insects over the stream. A number of
waxwings were perched in a tree over the stream and would fly into the
insect swarm, snapping their bill's as they did so, and consume the
insects. They would then return to their perch for a bit of a rest and then
proceed to go hawking again. They were acting like they've found the
Motherload! I've never seen anything quite like it like it! It was very
cool.
The things we see when we're out there observing!
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[cayugabirds-l] Black Tern w Snakehead? 7-1-20 Tschache Pool

[Dave K]

I've never seen a Northern Snakehead but it's the first thing I thought of when 
I looked at this pic.
The Black Tern was flying West over Tschache this AM.
The canal and river have many species I've never seen, hoping someone can 
ID this fish or discount Snakehead.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] RIP Chuck Hetzel

[Peter Saracino]

Rest in Peace Chuck.
Pete Saracino

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020, 9:53 AM Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

> Some in this birding community may have known Charles (Chuck) Hetzel from
> Philadelphia who was an expert Birder & champion for good bird habitats
> Chuck, age 90,  died early this morning near Media, Pennsylvania where he
> was in assisted care near his daughter’s home.
>
> In the 1990s Chuck, his wife, Karen, and I found a Cerulean Warbler at the
> Salmon Creek Rd. Preserve just as we walked up into the tall trees near
> Brooks Hill Road.
> He was also studying Swamp Sparrows at Niemi Rd.
>
> Later, I asked him how he learned all the birds and their calls so well,
> and in his quiet, terse way, he replied “the Hard Way”.
>  Chuck was a man of few words but many talents.
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[cayugabirds-l] RIP Chuck Hetzel

[Donna Lee Scott]

Some in this birding community may have known Charles (Chuck) Hetzel from 
Philadelphia who was an expert Birder & champion for good bird habitats
Chuck, age 90,  died early this morning near Media, Pennsylvania where he was 
in assisted care near his daughter’s home.

In the 1990s Chuck, his wife, Karen, and I found a Cerulean Warbler at the 
Salmon Creek Rd. Preserve just as we walked up into the tall trees near Brooks 
Hill Road.
He was also studying Swamp Sparrows at Niemi Rd.

Later, I asked him how he learned all the birds and their calls so well, and in 
his quiet, terse way, he replied “the Hard Way”.
 Chuck was a man of few words but many talents.

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