[cayugabirds-l] Owls
Two Who-Cooks-for-You hooting in my back yard this evening! -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red tail “death fall”?
I just saw two adult red-tailed hawks engaged in a behavior I’ve only see Bald Eagles doing. Locked talons and spiraling out of the sky! They were not far from me, but of course it happened so fast and unexpectedly! They seemed to mutually released as they fell behind the tree line separating my yard from my neighbors. Is this territorial behavior? So cool! They flew in separate directions but I still hear one “kearing” from somewhere out of sight behind my property. I regularly see one adult perched in a tree overlooking my neighbors fields which they lease out for hay, but I’ve never suspected any nearby nest. I’m usually alerted to its presence when the crows and sometimes ravens get up in arms. Now I’m curious. Searsburg, Trumansburg -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Osprey(s)
On the morning of March 18, Josh Snodgrass & Mark Syvertson saw an Osprey by the marina at Allan H Treman State Marine Park at the southwest corner of Cayuga Lake in Ithaca. Mark took a fantastic photo, which you can see using the links below, of the Osprey carrying a large fish. They said an immature Bald Eagle harassed the Osprey but did not mention the outcome. I walked around the park that afternoon, and did not see any Osprey. Maybe it moved on, or maybe it was still somewhere around the south end of the lake out of my view. On the 22nd I walked around Allan Treman Park and only as I was leaving did I notice an Osprey. It was perched in a favored snag near NYS-89, to the west of the platform in the SW part of the park north of the maintenance building. I took an identifiable but otherwise unremarkable photo, which I added to my eBird report. I didn’t see the Osprey move or associate otherwise with that or any other nest. Yesterday (the 23rd) I walked around Allan Treman Park again, and did not see any Osprey. The nests had snow on them. This morning (the 24th), a few minutes ago, I glanced out the window and saw a familiar large bird with long, narrow, angled, round-tipped wings. Raising binoculars, I saw the chocolate brown top of wings, back and tail, the white head with well-defined dark mask, and the white breast, belly, and wing linings. Aside from its different shape, it was also a far cleaner-colored bird than the unkempt, motley immature Bald Eagles. My first-of-year yard-bird Osprey was flying slowly north against the light wind and looking down, hunting for fish in the Flood Control Channel. I don’t know whether this is a new arrival or if these 3 observations are all of the same bird, but to me this is a more encouraging behavior than the bird I saw merely perching out of the weather within sight of a nest. Maybe I witnessed a homecoming for this bird. Or maybe I just overlooked it hunting for almost a week, and this river/canal is an obvious place to hunt. Regardless, I’m happy, and I’m going out for a walk now to see if there’s an Osprey around, and if so, whether it’s associated with any of the 4 nests I’ll see. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > > Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (1) > - Reported Mar 18, 2024 08:31 by Mark Syvertson > - Hog Hole (Allan H. Treman State Marine Park), Tompkins, New York > - Map: > http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.4618954,-76.5190244=42.4618954,-76.5190244 > - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165292688 > - Comments: "Foy for me, perched in tree over marina" > > Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (1) > - Reported Mar 18, 2024 08:31 by Joshua Snodgrass > - Hog Hole (Allan H. Treman State Marine Park), Tompkins, New York > - Map: > http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8=p=13=42.4618954,-76.5190244=42.4618954,-76.5190244 > - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165292685 > - Comments: "Foy for me, perched in tree over marina" > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Siskins
Siskins, Purple Finches, loads of Goldfinches, a Carolina wren (not seen since the fall) and our first Fox Sparrow today at the feeders. The madness started yesterday during the snow. 147 Hunt Hill Rd, Ithaca US-NY 42.42836, -76.36744 Mar 24, 2024 10:00 AM Stationary 30 Minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.20.4 Build 2.20.28 4 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 House Finch 12 Purple Finch 6 Pine Siskin 32 American Goldfinch 1 Fox Sparrow 10 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Common Grackle (10 more early this morning) Number of Taxa: 17 Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu From: bounce-128106889-8866...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Geo Kloppel Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2024 10:01 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Siskins A couple of Pine Siskins have joined the Goldfinches at my feeders this morning. Encouraged, I’ve put out a second Nyjer feeder. -Geo -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Siskins
A couple of Pine Siskins have joined the Goldfinches at my feeders this morning. Encouraged, I’ve put out a second Nyjer feeder. -Geo -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --