[cayugabirds-l] 1889 FoY sighting of robins and blue birds in Canoga

[Marty Schlabach]

Published in the Seneca County Journal, March 27, 1889 in the 'gossip' column 
for Canoga:

"Mark it down that on Wednesday, the 13th, robins and blue birds were seen in 
Canoga.":

Marty
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[cayugabirds-l] Mystery bird disease

[Carol Cedarholm]

What do people in Tompkins county think about this mystery disease that is
killing birds south of us? Does the lab have information on it?  Has anyone
seen evidence of it here? Should we be taking feeders and birdbaths down?
Very disturbing
Carol Cedarholm

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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
* July 12, 2021
* NYSY  07.12. 21
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 05 to July 12, 2021
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland
compiled: July 12  AT 4:00 p.m. (DST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#760 
Monday July 12, 2021
 
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
July 05, 2021
 
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
SANDHILL CRANE
RUDDY TURNSTONE
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
PIPING PLOVER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
SEDGE WREN
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)

 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER are still being seen regularly 
but in some instances, not daily on Armitage Road. Get them while you can.
 7/8: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was foune on the Wildlife Drive.
 7/9: SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER were seen on the 
Wildlife Drive.
 7/11: The regions first ROSEATE SPOONBILL was found on the Wildlife Drive 
where it settled for the most part in the Thruway Pool nearest the Eagle 
statue. Many people enjoyed the bird before it flew apparently to Tschache Pool 
late in the afternoon. It was seen briefly at Tschache this morning before 
disappearing at the back of the pool. A LEAST BITTERN was also seen at Tschache 
Pool. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was 
seen at VanDyne Spoor Road.
 7/12: 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 5 LEAST BITTERNS were found at 
Tschache Pool. 


Cayuga County


 7/8: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found onkent Road east of Hannibal.
 7/9: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Fair Haven State Park.


Onondaga County


 7/6: an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues on Gully Road between Marcellus and 
Skaneateles.
 7/9: A SEDGE WREN was heard at Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville.
 7/11: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were again seen on Babcock Road west of 
Baldwinsville.
 7/12: 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS along with LEAST SANDPIPERS and KILLDEER 
were seen in a retention pond at Drivers Village in North Syracuse.


Oswego County


 Up to 8 PIPING PLOVERS continue at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 
an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues on Gray Road south of Oswego.
 7/7: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the Lakeside Rural Cemetery at 
Bernhards Bay on Oneida Lake.
 7/10: 6 Shorebird species including 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at 
the outlet on Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. Also seen was a NORTHERN SHOVELER.
 7/11: 5 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were noted on Pellet 
Road south of Hannibal.


Madison County


 7/10: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Fyler Road norht of Chittenango.


Oneida County


 7/6: A SEDGE WREN was found in a field near Durhamville. 
     

     


-end report


Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville, New York
13027


Region 5
     

    


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird ID help, please

[Brad Walker]

Hi Karen,

Someone smarter than me may be able to identify that to species, but it's
definitely a Dowitcher.

--Brad

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 2:53 PM Karen Steffy  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I was at Cass Park this morning, I spotted this small sandpiper
> hanging out with some mallards in one of the flooded ball fields. I
> couldn't figure out what it was   eBird link
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S91658984
>
> Thanks,
>
> *​Karen*
>
> Graduate Field Assistant
> Fiber Science & Apparel Design
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY 14853
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[cayugabirds-l] Bird ID help, please

[Karen Steffy]

Hi,

When I was at Cass Park this morning, I spotted this small sandpiper hanging 
out with some mallards in one of the flooded ball fields. I couldn't figure out 
what it was   eBird link https://ebird.org/checklist/S91658984

Thanks,

​Karen

Graduate Field Assistant
Fiber Science & Apparel Design
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Spoonbill Montezuma's Thruway Pool

[Peter Saracino]

Great observations Dave. Thanks for sharing.
Seems we are the beneficiaries of a young bird testing its wings..and
the joy these creatures bring.
Pete Sar

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 12:16 AM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> The Roseate Spoonbill at Montezuma NWR remained all afternoon today (11
> July) and was seen well by many people from the Wildlife Drive. While I was
> there (twice around the drive) it was in one of the pools alongside the
> Thruway near the large Bald Eagle sculpture. It spent its time standing on
> a log resting, preening, and sometimes wading either to wet its bill for
> preening or to feed. At one point I saw it catch and eat a fish that was
> longer than the widest part of its bill. During most of the time, no other
> large waders were in that pool, although there was a Great Blue Heron
> visible around the bend in the next pool. Some time after 5pm a Great Egret
> dropped gently from the sky and alit close to the Roseate Spoonbill. They
> tolerated each other well enough, often standing only a few feet apart, and
> the egret walked directly through a video I took of the spoonbill feeding.
> At 5:45pm the Roseate Spoonbill took flight as did the Great Egret (I think
> the spoonbill took off first but I’m open to correction on this point).
> Both flew NW over the Thruway staying fairly close to each other even
> though the spoonbill’s flight wandered left & right quite a bit more from
> my vantage as they got farther away. Last I saw them at about 5:48 they
> were descending toward what I believe was the northeastern part of Tschache
> Pool. About 15 minutes later I tried looking from the Tschache tower along
> NYS-89 near I-90 but could only discern a few Great Blue Herons in that
> area. My guess is that the spoonbill is spending the night roosting
> wherever the Great Egrets roost, and that there’s a good chance it will be
> somewhere around the Montezuma Wetlands Complex tomorrow.
>
> This is a lovely bird. As Kevin mentioned it’s a juvenile, which means
> just a couple months ago it was a nestling, probably in south Florida
> although they also breed along the gulf coast of Louisiana & Texas. This
> bird lacks the bare gray & black crown that forms by their second year, and
> it lacks the bold rose areas on the wings and the orange tail of the
> adults. Instead it is fully feathered white on the head & neck and evenly
> pale pink on the body & wings. The long flat bill is a fantastic thing,
> gray on the basal half and along the midline, but pink on the distal half,
> especially on the margins around the very broad tip. The upper bill is
> slightly broader and longer than the lower bill. The upper legs are pink,
> the ankle joint is gray, and the lower legs are pink in front and gray
> behind. Each foot has 4 toes, gray (at least below), with no webbing. The
> most contrasting part of the bird is in the outer primaries which are
> mainly pale pink but which also have a narrow edge of bold black, visible
> both when it preened and when it flew.
>
> I hope it gets refound.  Very cool bird, a first for the Cayuga Lake
> Basin, and tied for first in upstate NY according to eBird.
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
> On Jul 11, 2021, at 4:19 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:
>
> Timing of surge of spoonbills out of the south over the last month doesn’t
> fit with the storm.
>
>
>
> Here are ebird reports for June:
>
>
> https://ebird.org/map/rosspo1?neg=true=-100.76926532551144=31.833515337185677=-64.20676532551144=45.82328941682119=true=true=Z=on=6=6=cur=2021=2021
>
>
>
> You can see a movement already.
>
>
>
> Here are ebird reports for July:
>
>
> https://ebird.org/map/rosspo1?neg=true=-130.14670673176144=23.68895634547458=-57.02170673176145=51.648127862764916=true=true=Z=on=7=7=cur=2021=2021
>
>
>
> Look at that straight line of reports from Florida to New York! Amazing.
>
>
>
> Pennsylvania had 4 spoonbills this week, 3 in one spot.
>
>
>
> Was this just a really good year for spoonbill breeding in the southeast?
> And maybe for wading birds in general? The juvenile Yellow-crowned
> Night-Heron in Tompkins Co this month seems more than coincidental.
> Juvenile wading birds (egrets, herons, storks, etc) are known to wander
> widely in summer after they reach independence. I don’t know of any
> theories about what influences these movements. But, it is logical that the
> more young produced, perhaps above an average number (?), the more likely
> it would be for strays to end up in the north.
>
>
>
> Amazing to have a juvenile Roseate Spoonbill at Montezuma NWR and Chenango
> River State Park in the same day! Both an hour from Ithaca. I was already
> committed to going south when the Montezuma report came in and didn’t have
> enough stamina to go see both.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> Kevin McGowan
>
> Freeville
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-125763042-3493...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-125763042-3493...@list.cornell.edu> *On Behalf Of *Asher Hockett
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 11, 2021 3:42 PM
> *To:* Donna Lee 

[cayugabirds-l] Spoonbill continues at Montezuma NWR Monday morning

[Dave Nutter]

Shortly after 7am this morning (12 July) Jane Graves & Alison Van Keuren 
reported to eBird that they saw the juvenile Roseate Spoonbill with a Great 
Egret in Tschache Pool at Montezuma NWR. 

- - Dave Nutter
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