[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers in Trumansburg
I checked the Red-headed Woodpeckers at 24 Congress St in Trumansburg this afternoon, and saw 1 bird hanging around the nest hole (you can only see this from the yard, and need permission from the homeowner, who is very friendly). The bird brought food to the hole about 8 times, but each time, ate it. I never saw a head from inside the hole, although I stayed 80 minutes! My guess is that the nest is close to hatching, as I saw copulation on July 1. But, I would have liked to have seen the other bird come out of the nest while I was there to be sure there was an active nest. Sandy Podulka -- 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] Merlins
This evening during the thunderstorm I stopped by Cass Park to check on the Merlin nest by the Dog Park and saw three banded fledglings hanging around the trees in the area of the boat launch. They were definitely working on their landing, perching, and flying skills, and being seriously challenged by the wind. Sometimes they called repeatedly, but I never saw a parent nearby. Looks like they will be around for a while, as they did not move far. --Sandy Podulka -- 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] Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Continues at Cass Park
This evening at 7:30 during a thunderstorm I was driving along Route 89 by Cass Park and a (presumably "the") juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron flew in front of my car and into a large willow tree. I think it then may have gone down into the stream nearby. This was on the west side of Route 89, across from where Cove Ln (to the pool and tennis courts) enters Route 89. So it appears to be remaining in the same area in which it was seen recently. Sandy Podulka -- 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] Another Tompkins Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
I celebrated Sandy Podulka’s find of a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Taughannock Falls State Park that so many of us saw. I still do. I said one of the previous Tompkins sightings of the species was an adult along Fall Creek in Freeville. That was in 2018. Today Tom Schulenberg noticed something in eBird that I had overlooked (Thank-you, Tom!). There was a second similar sighting of an adult along Fall Creek in Freeville, this time specifically in Mill Dam Park, THIS YEAR, on May 31 by Gwen Gallagher and a second person not named in the eBird report. Each of those reports has a photo of a beautiful calm bird watching the person. So that’s the newly corrected 2021 Cayuga Lake Basin First Record for the species. This is also cool, because the earlier record was not a single fluke event. Maybe it’s annual, or a pair, or breeding, or the source of the juvenile(s) downstream at Cayuga Lake. Meanwhile, this evening Sandy relocated the juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Cass Park in a Willow along the lower reaches of Linderman Creek near where it crosses NYS-89 opposite Cove Lane. Maybe there’s better hunting there than in the soccer field floodles! - - Dave Nutter -- 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] Wood stork at Knox Marcellus
>From the rare bird alert hotline; Tim Lenz: WOOD STORK found by Les Preston continuing at Knox Marcellus Montezuma. Close shoreline from East Rd. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 20 2021 * NYSY 07.20. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 12 to July 20, 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 20 AT 3:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #761 Tuesday July 20, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 12, 2021 Highlights: --- LEAST BITTERN ROSEATE SPOONBILL SANDHILL CRANE WHIMBREL SANDERLING SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER PIPING PLOVER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) The ROSEATE SPOONBILL has stayed around for the week. It now is being seen west of Rt. 89 in trees near the Clyde River close to Mays Point. 7/12: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. 7/16: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen from Guy Baldessarre Marsh in the northern complex. 7/19: A LEAST BITTERN was seen in Tschache Pool. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues in the wooded section of Armitage Road on the west side of the bridge. Cayuga County 7/13: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found foo of Jordan Road near the entrance to Cross Lake Marina. 7/14: A WHIMBREL was seen on the breakwater at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 7/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County 7/13: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Watervale Road in Manlius. 7/15: 2 SEDGE WRENS were found in the big fields area of Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen from a boat at the south end of Cross Lake.A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at the Dewitt Marsh and Landfill area on Cedar Bay Road. 7/16: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and a LEAST BITTERN were seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County PIPING PLOVER family groups continue at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 7/13: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 714: A WHIMBREL was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park. 7/16: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER continues at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 7/18: 7 shorebird species including PIPING PLOVER and SANDERLING were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Madison county 7/18: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Black Creek Road in Kirkville. Oneida County 7/15: A SEDGE WREN was found on Walker Road in Durhamville. 717: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen south of Vienna. 7/20: A RED CROSSBILL was found on Hillside Road in Boonville. Herkimer County -- 7/14: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Sabin Road north of Little Falls. 7/15: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the Cozy haven Wildlife Marsh north of Richfield Springs. -end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 Region 5 -- 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] Upcoming Montezuma programming: Moths, Bats, and Raptors!
Montezuma Moth Night Wednesday, July 21 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM National Moth Week (July 17-25, 2021) celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. Join us for Montezuma Moth Night where "Moth-ers" of all ages and abilities are invited to learn about, observe, and document moths that could be found in their own backyards, parks, and neighborhoods. Dr. Jason Dombroskie, an entomologist from Cornell University, will be leading this program and sharing his expertise. Moth Night will begin indoors with a presentation discussing moth natural history and what species of moth can be found at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, as well as throughout the Finger Lakes Region. At dusk, the program will move outside to learn about how researchers study moths, and you will see the lights and other equipment used to study them. This is a family-friendly event and all ages are welcome. Insect repellant, a flashlight, and a camera are recommended. -Fee: $5/child, $10/adult, $30/family. -Space is limited and pre-paid online reservations are required. TO REGISTER: https://act.audubon.org/a/montezuma-moth-night Bats of NY Friday, August 6 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Shannon Dermody, from the Department of Environmental Conservation and Horticulture at Finger Lakes Community College, will be leading us through an educational evening of learning all about the bats that call New York State their home. We'll learn what they eat if they migrate or hibernate, and that they're not an animal to be afraid of. The program will begin indoors with a presentation detailing the nine species of bats found in NY. Once darkness falls, we'll head outside for a short hike and demonstration of some of the technical equipment used to survey for different bat species. Bring a flashlight and insect repellent! Long sleeves and pants may be desired as well. -Fee: $5/child, $10/adult, $30/family. -Space is limited and pre-paid online reservations are required. TO REGISTER: https://act.audubon.org/a/bats-new-york-8621 Raptor Connections Meet & Greet Saturday, August 7 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Join us for this brand-new program! Daena Ford, President of Braddock Bay Raptor Research, will be coming to us with four species of raptors that can be seen in New York. With the help of Jill Heimrich, Braddock Bay Raptor Research educator, each bird will be presented and walked through the audience for an up-close and personal experience. Daena and Jill will discuss the natural history of each species and how these birds came to be in their care. After the presentation has concluded, there will be the opportunity for everyone to have their picture taken with one of the birds! This is truly a unique experience and you won't want to miss it. Don't forget a camera! -Fee: $10/child, $20/adult, $40/family. -Space is limited and pre-paid online reservations are required. TO REGISTER: https://act.audubon.org/a/raptor-connections-meet-and-greet-8721#! To see a complete list of Summer 2021 events being offered by the Montezuma Audubon Center, please visit: https://ny.audubon.org/montezuma-programs-and-events -- Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator 315.365.3588 Montezuma Audubon Center PO Box 187 2295 State Route 89 Savannah, NY 13146 Montezuma.audubon.org Pronouns: She, Her, Hers -- 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] Little Blue Heron, Yates Co.
Reuben just called to give a heads-up that an egret initially reported as a possible Snowy was refound last night and is reported to be an immature LITTLE BLUE HERON. It's been seen across from the East View Mennonite Church off Lakemont-Himrod Road, across from the Beardsley Road intersection. Not sure exactly what the visibility is like, but worth checking out if you're in the area. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
