Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pileated pair and sumac

[Dave Nutter]

I’m also trying to establish Staghorn Sumac in my yard for winter bird food. 
Sometimes the autumn foliage is not just red, it can have a nearly complete 
rainbow of green-yellow-orange-red-purple! 

One of the challenges is removing the somewhat similar invasive Ailanthus.

- - Dave Nutter

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
> 
> I love sumacs & always let them grow. 
> Bluebirds & Robins & others eat the berries in winter.  Including “my” 
> Pileated wdpkr. 
> In fall the foliage is brilliant red!
> 
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:50 AM, "anneb.cl...@gmail.com"  
> wrote:
> 
>> A lovely pair of Pileated woodpeckers had a protracted morning tea on sumac 
>> seed headsmaking the sumac look very spindly!
>> 
>> As always am working on ways to increase the sumac population. Beauty and 
>> utility!
>> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Results from the 2021 Christmas Bird Count Ithaca Circle

[Paul Anderson]

All:

The Christmas Bird Count and the count week is now over. We had the meeting
last night to unveil the numbers, which many of you probably attended. I
suspect there will be a few minor changes before we're completely done and
ready to upload to Audubon, but I don't think any of the major conclusions
will be upended.

I have uploaded the spreadsheet with the results here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18fVU66lwWkJgcXKVIZwiXWMak_TOC9nK. Note
that this has not just the numbers for this year, but all numbers for all
counts back to the first one in 1963. Feel free to download and browse. In
the sheet named '2021', see column V for this year's totals, and columns E
through K for historical data. Also, you can find the map and other
information here:
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/christmas-bird-count.

Here's a summary of the interesting information:

   - *181 people* participated, breaking the previous record of 165 from
   2017
   - Participants walked *315 miles* in *305 hours*, and spent another *94
   hours* birding from the car, and *24 hours* owling
   - We had *89 species* on the day, and *10 count week species*, one of
   which is new for the count
   - *15 species* had record highs, and two tied the previous record high.
   We've never broken so many records before!
   - No record lows or big misses, although a few species were much lower
   than we have been used to in recent years


We had a great year for woodpeckers and other feeder birds, as well as a
few others. The record high counts were for these species:

   - White-winged Scoter
   - Turkey Vulture
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker
   - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   - Downy Woodpecker
   - Hairy Woodpecker
   - Pileated Woodpecker
   - Common Raven
   - Tufted Titmouse
   - Red-breasted Nuthatch
   - White-breasted Nuthatch
   - Brown Creeper
   - Carolina Wren
   - Eastern Bluebird
   - Hermit Thrush

Ties for record highs:

   - Winter Wren
   - Northern Saw-whet Owl

Count week species

   - Tundra Swan
   - Gadwall
   - Ring-necked Duck
   - Red-breasted Merganser
   - Ring-necked Pheasant
   - Black Vulture
   - Gyrfalcon - this was new for the count
   - Peregrine Falcon - we only just today confirmed this sighting on 12/31.
   - Northern Shrike
   - Snow Bunting


The total number of birds counted was 30,293, about 16% down from the
10-year average.

At the meeting there was lots of speculation about causes for these
numbers. It seems fair to conclude that the record effort yielded record
numbers of birds, a theory that is supported by the fact that we had a
similar amount of effort in 2011 when we also set many records for many of
the same birds. The low total is likely mostly due to our part of the lake
being more empty of birds than we have been used to. Those waterfowl were
just elsewhere on the day.

Finally, although we all agreed that we were sad not to have the in-person
dinner at the Lab, all the area leaders were greatly appreciative of the
extra time to collate numbers. Consequently, we are discussing breaking
with tradition and doing the dinner on the day after the count instead.

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out. This was fun!

-Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike

[Donna Lee Scott]

Just seen : Irish settlement Road Northern SHRIKE near Beam Hill Road 
intersection.
Was in tall bare  tree in second hedgerow; that tree is in front of a row of 
shorter evergreen trees with a much taller white pine to the right of those 
shorter evergreens. E’greens sort of in 3rd hedgerow back from west side of 
road.
Best seen 2-300 feet north of Beam Hill Rd.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl Myers Point

[Bill Roberts]

I spotted a Snowy Owl at Myers on a spit at the mouth of Salmon Creek at
9:30 am this morning. The owl  was still in the vicinity on the point of
Myers Park at 10:45 am. It flew south around 11:00am - might be near the
Lansing Boat Yard. SO is curently  on A bright green. boating marker  by
the Myers marinas.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl at Myers

[Laura Stenzler]

Stuart Krasnoff reported finding a snowy owl at Myers Park in Lansing at around 
11 am. Still there at 11:45, per Jay McGowan. 

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl, Myers Point

[Jay McGowan]

A heavily-barred SNOWY OWL found this morning on the spit at Myers Point is
now perched on the pilings just south of the lighthouse at Myers Point,
Lansing.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pileated pair and sumac

[Donna Lee Scott]

I love sumacs & always let them grow.
Bluebirds & Robins & others eat the berries in winter.  Including “my” Pileated 
wdpkr.
In fall the foliage is brilliant red!

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:50 AM, 
"anneb.cl...@gmail.com" 
mailto:anneb.cl...@gmail.com>> wrote:

A lovely pair of Pileated woodpeckers had a protracted morning tea on sumac 
seed headsmaking the sumac look very spindly!

As always am working on ways to increase the sumac population. Beauty and 
utility!

Sent from my iPhone
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[cayugabirds-l] Pileated pair and sumac

[anneb . clark]

A lovely pair of Pileated woodpeckers had a protracted morning tea on sumac 
seed headsmaking the sumac look very spindly!

As always am working on ways to increase the sumac population. Beauty and 
utility!

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