Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures

2024-03-06 Thread Paul G. Rodewald 
Clicking on the Google maps link within this eBird checklist will point to the 
barn where I saw two BLVUs on 16 February.  My notes within the checklist.  
Hard to say much about what was really happening as I was simply driving by the 
barn and did not stop or return to observe their behavior.
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S162563609




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Subject: Re: Black vultures
From: Dave Nutter 
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 00:14:19 -0500
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Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures seemed to be prospecting a barn 
recently between Freeville & Cortland.

Last year the number of sightings over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill, & near 
Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the Elmira Rd strip seemed like some affinity - maybe 
nesting nearby? Or is it just that there are lots of potential observers, and 
they are conspicuous so they get reported more here even though they travel 
widely? Anyway it seems to be continuing. Is there a food source for them in 
the neighborhood? Or did they nest here?

I wonder how many pairs we are dealing with, how many birds are local, and how 
many of the birds seen recently have been migrating through.

- - Dave Nutter

> On Mar 4, 2024, at 5:07 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote:
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> Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!!
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>> On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
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>> A new yard bird this morning over Hunt Hill Road. Two black vultures 
>> circling each other just flew over.
>> Laura
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Subject: Re: Black vultures
From: anneb.cl...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 22:53:16 -0500
X-Message-Number: 2

Seems to me unlikely that many black vultures are nesting north of us.
We should see more incl juveniles in fall.  Maybe I haven’t been on
top of the observations, but doesn’t match my memory. So migrating
through
Where’s this barn?  Near McLean  or Lime Hollow?
I will say that I haven’t seen them overhead here just outside of
Freeville but I am completely capable of missing birds, even big black
ones I should be noticing. ðﾟﾘﾬ
Anne
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On Mar 5, 2024, at 12:14 AM, Dave Nutter 
wrote:



Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures seemed to be
prospecting a barn recently between Freeville & Cortland.
Last year the number of sightings over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill,
& near Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the Elmira Rd strip seemed like some
affinity - maybe nesting nearby? Or is it just that there are lots
of potential observers, and they are conspicuous so they get
reported more here even though they travel widely? Anyway it seems
to be continuing. Is there a food source for them in the
neighborhood? Or did they nest here?
I wonder how many pairs we are dealing with, how many birds are local,
and how many of the birds seen recently have been migrating
through.
- - Dave Nutter
On Mar 4, 2024, at 5:07 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com[1] wrote:



Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!!

Sent from my iPhone



On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Laura Stenzler 
wrote:



A new yard bird this morning over Hunt Hill Road. Two
black vultures circling each other just flew over.


Laura



Laura Stenzler


l...@cornell.edu[3]


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-06 Thread Dave Nutter 
The barn is between Freeville & McLean, more specifically along the SE side of 
Fall Creek Rd between Red Mill Rd & Malloryville Rd. Google maps shows a 
building complex associated with a closed farm stand. Below is the eBird rare 
bird report which I saved. The record doesn’t show up in the eBird database if 
you search Black Vulture, but I am still able to access it from this link, so 
it hasn’t been deleted, revised, or hidden, I guess just not confirmed. 

> 
> Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (2)
> - Reported Feb 16, 2024 11:34 by Paul Rodewald
> - 340–350 Fall Creek Rd, Freeville US-NY (42.5289,-76.3158), Tompkins, New 
> York
> - Map: 
> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.528927,-76.315839=42.528927,-76.315839
> - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S162563609
> - Comments: "Two BLVUs flying from barn at this location.  Seems early for 
> northern limit of breeding range, but appeared to be inspecting a potential 
> or prior nest location."
> 
- - Dave Nutter

> On Mar 5, 2024, at 10:53 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Seems to me unlikely that many black vultures are nesting north of us. We 
> should see more incl juveniles in fall.  Maybe I haven’t been on top of the 
> observations, but doesn’t match my memory. So migrating through
> 
> Where’s this barn?  Near McLean  or Lime Hollow?  
> 
> I will say that I haven’t seen them overhead here just outside of Freeville 
> but I am completely capable of missing birds, even big black ones I should be 
> noticing. 
> 
> Anne
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 5, 2024, at 12:14 AM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
>> 
>> Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures seemed to be prospecting a barn 
>> recently between Freeville & Cortland. 
>> 
>> Last year the number of sightings over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill, & 
>> near Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the Elmira Rd strip seemed like some affinity - 
>> maybe nesting nearby? Or is it just that there are lots of potential 
>> observers, and they are conspicuous so they get reported more here even 
>> though they travel widely? Anyway it seems to be continuing. Is there a food 
>> source for them in the neighborhood? Or did they nest here?
>> 
>> I wonder how many pairs we are dealing with, how many birds are local, and 
>> how many of the birds seen recently have been migrating through.
>> 
>> - - Dave Nutter
>> 
>>> On Mar 4, 2024, at 5:07 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!!
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
 
 A new yard bird this morning over Hunt Hill Road. Two black vultures 
 circling each other just flew over.
 Laura
 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Grackle

2024-03-06 Thread Nancy Cusumano 
We had about 50 gorgeous grackles here on Monday, looking beautiful in the
sun.


On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 9:35 AM Alyssa Johnson <
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> Just saw my first Grackle of the season at the feeders.
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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Grackle

2024-03-06 Thread Alyssa Johnson 
Just saw my first Grackle of the season at the feeders.

Peepers are peeping, song sparrows are singing- seems like a very early
spring this year!

Trumansburg

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