[cayugabirds-l] Tree swallows galore, MacKenzie-Childs
Thurs. afternoon 3/30/23, to my great delight, I saw several dozen tree swallows in all their splendor flitting hither & yon over the large open field west of the factory. Becky was as delighted as I. We haven't yet seen any over the lake or or the village ponds. We had been out checking osprey platforms for newly arrived Os between Long Point SP & Union Springs. We were successful in finding Os on about half of them. She keeps tabs in her handy red notebook with details going to Candace Cornell.Someone mentioned so many ospreys arriving "all at once." Remember, we had strong winds from the S & SW this past wk.. Why should this not have had an effect? Fritzie B.Union Springs, NY -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose
As I was walking home at 7:52pm (well after sunset) from Allan Treman on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail next to Taughannock Boulevard past Cass Park I saw the Snow Goose, still on the lawn between the trail and Cayuga Inlet. It has worked its way farther north, opposite Union Fields, and at mid-day I had seen it next to a local pair of Canada Geese in that area, but the Canadas were gone by dusk. This evening I stopped a hundred yards away to look at the Snow Goose. The bird is alert and certainly knows the difference between a runner or walker who goes past without stopping and doesn’t care at all about a goose therefore is safe to ignore, and a person staring at it even from a distance. The goose immediately walked over to the edge of the lawn at the top of the embankment. So, it knows that people can be threatening and that the water is a safer place, which is appropriate. But I crossed the street and walked along the opposite shoulder to give it extra room, then returned later to the trail and glanced back. The goose stayed up on the lawn. I think going down & up the embankment must be extra effort for it, worth staying on land overnight. By the way, I think it’s normal for a grazing goose to rest occasionally during the day by sitting down to digest awhile. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 30, 2023, at 9:25 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > As of 9:07am the Snow Goose is still/again grazing on the lawn between the > Cayuga Waterfront Trail and Cayuga Inlet next to the Children’s Garden and > Taughannock Boulevard (NYS-89). I did not get close, but through binoculars > it looked normal. Runners and walkers pass it without either being bothered. > > I should add that my explanation of summer Snow Geese around being disabled > veterans is an educated guess. If this bird has difficulty flying, it may > also be limited where it can climb from the water to & from the lawn, and it > may be reluctant to go up & down the embankment unnecessarily. > > - - Dave Nutter > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 7:34 PM, Elaina M. McCartney >> wrote: >> >> I can walk over in the morning and see if it's still there. >> >> Elaina >> >>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 18:20, marsha kardon wrote: >>> >>> >>> I'm wondering whether the bird should be brought to a wildlife >>> rehabilitator or Perhaps it has avian influenza? Or an injury that >>> isn't visible when it's standing or walking? Marsha Kardon >>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 4:51 PM Lanie Wilmarth wrote: I too, saw this bird roughly an hour ago in the exact same location, this time just sitting. > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM marsha kardon wrote: > I just got back from Cass Park and saw the lone snow goose about 10 > minutes ago (and 1 3/4 hours ago in a similar location) in the grass on > the inlet side not far past the Childrens' Garden. I agree that it looks > healthy and is walking in the grass nibbling, but it seems odd to see it > there alone. Marsha Kardon > >> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:16 AM Elaina M. McCartney >> wrote: >> There was a lone Snow Goose strolling along the daffodil part of the >> Waterfront Trail just south of Cass Park Rink this morning. It seemed >> healthy although I didn't see it fly. I circled back around after a tour >> of three occupied Osprey nests and it was gone. >> >> Elaina >> -- >> >> 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 List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- -- 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:
[cayugabirds-l] What it Sounds Like When Doves Cry
This is an interesting history….but read on to get to the good part. A century ago, an ornithologist proposed a system for transcribing bird sound as human speech. It did not catch on. Read More: https://daily.jstor.org/what-it-sounds-like-when-doves-cry/ Regi Creativity is the heart of adaptive evolution. Terry Tempest Williams -- 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] Bernie’s Bridge, etc
For a third time this month I really enjoyed the new deck on Bernie’s Bridge, which no longer threatens to tilt users into the creek at the north end of the Montour Falls Marina. (Last week I sent a note of thanks to the mayor for his part in the repairs.) Later this afternoon, and a bit farther north, I watched an incubating Bald Eagle in my old home town (Watkins Glen), and later still I saw a Peregrine Falcon perched along the Middle Road, high above the lake cliffs. -Geo -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose
As of 9:07am the Snow Goose is still/again grazing on the lawn between the Cayuga Waterfront Trail and Cayuga Inlet next to the Children’s Garden and Taughannock Boulevard (NYS-89). I did not get close, but through binoculars it looked normal. Runners and walkers pass it without either being bothered. I should add that my explanation of summer Snow Geese around being disabled veterans is an educated guess. If this bird has difficulty flying, it may also be limited where it can climb from the water to & from the lawn, and it may be reluctant to go up & down the embankment unnecessarily. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 29, 2023, at 7:34 PM, Elaina M. McCartney > wrote: > > I can walk over in the morning and see if it's still there. > > Elaina > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 18:20, marsha kardon wrote: >> >> >> I'm wondering whether the bird should be brought to a wildlife rehabilitator >> or Perhaps it has avian influenza? Or an injury that isn't visible >> when it's standing or walking? Marsha Kardon >> >>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 4:51 PM Lanie Wilmarth >>> wrote: >>> I too, saw this bird roughly an hour ago in the exact same location, this >>> time just sitting. >>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM marsha kardon wrote: I just got back from Cass Park and saw the lone snow goose about 10 minutes ago (and 1 3/4 hours ago in a similar location) in the grass on the inlet side not far past the Childrens' Garden. I agree that it looks healthy and is walking in the grass nibbling, but it seems odd to see it there alone. Marsha Kardon > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:16 AM Elaina M. McCartney > wrote: > There was a lone Snow Goose strolling along the daffodil part of the > Waterfront Trail just south of Cass Park Rink this morning. It seemed > healthy although I didn't see it fly. I circled back around after a tour > of three occupied Osprey nests and it was gone. > > Elaina > -- > > 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 List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
