[cayugabirds-l] Northern Shrike in Caroline
For a couple of days there's been a Northern Shrike on Creamery Road in Caroline. It's been foraging in fields on the right side of the road, coming from 79. This morning it was perching up on an isolated bush in the middle of the upper field, the one with an electric fence around it. The shrike was active and often out of sight, but it returned to that bush frequently, perching on top of the bush in various locations. It also perched on top of small fence posts near the bush a couple of times. Also foraging over the fields was a Northern Harrier, and at least one Eastern Meadowlark was active and singing in the field. A resident Common Raven could occasionally be heard calling as well. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Acadian Flycatcher at SSW
I found an Acadian Flycatcher in Sapsucker Woods this morning on the Hoyt-Pileated Trail (East side of SSW Rd) in the vicinity of the junction with the trail to the powerline cut. I never saw it, but it sang fairly often, and Merlin confirmed the song several times. It was singing a song that I find similar to Alder but higher, faster, and sharper. Also, there was an Alder Flycatcher singing along the powerline cut closer to the road. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Prothonotary Warbler in Sapsucker Woods today
A Prothonotary Warbler has been singing from the back of the main pond in Sapsucker Woods. At mid-day it was singing sporadically between the Sherwood Platform and the trail junction near the Charlie Harper bench at the back of the pond. I did not get a look at it, but others were able to see it, sometimes in the top of deciduous trees, other times deep in brush around the platform. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Goldfinch eye disease
From November through April Project FeederWatch participants can report observations of eye disease as part of their regular counts. I'm not aware of anyone else collecting data on eye disease. Since you have such a significant outbreak, you should probably take down the feeders the goldfinches are using for a couple of weeks to encourage them to disperse and to assure disease isn't being spread at your feeders. Then if sick birds return, avoid using feeders with ports that birds put their heads into. You can learn more about eye disease on the Project FeederWatch website. Anne Marie Johnson On 5/20/2022 5:12 PM, Stephanie P. Herrick wrote: Peter - I had one at my feeder which I was fortunately able to gently capture and take to the CU Wildlife clinic where it was treated and released. I took down my feeders and cleaned them all and have not seen any other sick ones since. - S From: bounce-126569463-82496...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Peter McDonald Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 4:59:34 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch eye disease A number of goldfinch at my feeder in W. Danby have eye disease. They’re so disoriented they often land on me as a perch trying to find the feeders, which I scrub each week with warm water and a touch of bleach. Is the LabofO still keeping tabs on this? If so where to report my data. Other thoughts? It seems fatal since I’ve found three dead in past 2 months with the ‘glue eye’ diagnostic. I gather their deaths are probably for lack of feeding acumen due to blindness more than anything. (BTW I only get the list digest here so include me in any response.) Thx, Peter Sent from Peter's iPad -- 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] Blue-winged, not Golden-winged, at SSW
Several of us found a Blue-winged Warbler this morning singing the song I heard yesterday morning. We got great looks at the bird, and it's a Blue-winged with no signs of hybridization with Golden-winged. Today Merlin identified the song as both Blue-winged and Golden-winged. The bird was very cooperative, singing constantly along the Wilson Trail between the Fuller Wetlands and the footbridge on the lower leg of the trail. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Possible Golden-winged Warbler at Sapsucker Woods
In the vicinity of the Sherwood Platform on the Wilson Trail in Sapsucker Woods this morning I heard what sounded to me like a variation of a Blue-winged Warbler song- the typical higher buzz followed by a lower buzz, but the higher buzz was repeated, so two initial higher buzzes followed by the typical lower buzz. The bird repeated this song several times and move about quite a bit, but I never got a look at it aside from a glimpse as it flew from one spot to another before it either flew too far to hear or stopped singing. I heard a typical Blue-winged song in the same area on Monday. Since the song sounded a little different, I recorded it on my phone using the Merlin app, which identified it as a Golden-winged. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Great Egret at Sapsucker Woods
There's been a Great Egret foraging around the pond in Sapsucker Woods this morning. A few of us saw it from the Wilson Trail at 11:30, along with two Palm Warblers. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Great Egrets and Merlin at SSW
There are at least 2 Great Egrets foraging on the ponds in Sapsucker Woods. Earlier there were 5 of them perched in a snag at the back of the ponds. Unfortunately, Wilson Trail north is closed for tree work, so the best viewing (and perhaps only view) is from the Crane sculpture near the Visitor Center side of the Johnson Center (the Visitor Center is also closed). Earlier there was a Merlin making frequent flights over the ponds chasing and being chased by Blue Jays. Occasionally it perched right near the Crane sculpture. There was also a kestrel around, making for great comparisons, with them sometimes perching together in the same snag. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Robin fledgling
While eating dinner on our deck this evening, we were briefly joined by a recently fledged robin, with a spotted chest and half a tail. The fledgling soon flew to an adult robin that was foraging nearby. I had seen a robin in the yard yesterday with a bill stuffed full of worms, and I was hoping I might find the nest, but obviously it is too late for that! Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] question about feeder crowds
You can find a few more tips for deterring large flocks of birds on this page of the FeederWatch website. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline On 4/21/2021 2:15 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: I too have many RW Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and 6-8 Grackles and I am going thru a lot of expensive bird food. I put out food in early morning, one time a day. The only thing I can think to do is to stop feeding the birds altogether for a while, so that the hoards go somewhere else and then start feeding the “dainty” birds again. Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing From: bounce-125563710-15001...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-125563710-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Deb Grantham Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 2:06 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] question about feeder crowds Hi, A neighbor of mine is bothered that she gets a lot of grackles and starlings at her feeders, and that they hog all the food she puts out. Any suggestions? Deb -- 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: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: cleaning bird feeders
Debris is seed crumbs and other waste that collects in the nooks and crannies of bird feeders. It harbors bacteria. Project FeederWatch did a blog post about this paper last year. You can see a summary of the research and what it says about cleaning your feeders here: https://feederwatch.org/blog/cleaning-preventing-disease/ Anne Marie Johnson On 10/13/2019 4:46 PM, Norwalk, James wrote: > I don't understand what the debris component is. > > > From: bounce-124015218-48869...@list.cornell.edu > on behalf of Alicia > > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2019 4:20 PM > To: cayugabirds-l > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: cleaning bird feeders > > This was on a different bird list, thought it might be of interest to Cayuga > birders. > > > Forwarded Message > > The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(1):313-320, 2018 > The effectiveness of bird feeder cleaning methods with and without debris > > Lisa M. Feliciano,1 Todd J. Underwood,1* and Daniel F. Aruscavage1 > > ABSTRACT-Although feeders provide supplementary food to wild birds, they can > be a site of disease transmission. Periodic cleaning of bird feeders is > recommended to prevent disease transmission, but little is known about which > cleaning methods are most effective. We determined the effectiveness of 3 > cleaning methods (scrubbing with soap and water, bleach soak, and scrubbing > with soap and water followed by a bleach soak) in removing Salmonella from > feeders with debris from normal field use and without debris. Feeders were > inoculated with Salmonella enterica in the lab and then swabbed before and > after cleaning to determine the percent reduction of Salmonella colony > forming units (CFU/mL). All cleaning methods effectively reduced levels of > Salmonella on feeders without debris, but the presence of debris > significantly lowered the percent log reduction of Salmonella CFU/mL on > feeders. The bleach soak and the scrubbing with soap and water plus bleach > soak methods had a significantly higher percent reduction in Salmonella > CFU/mL than the scrubbing with soap and water method overall. A significant > interaction between debris and cleaning method was noted, however, indicating > that the presence of debris greatly lowered the percent reduction of > Salmonella CFU/mL on feeders cleaned with the scrubbing with soap and water > method compared to other methods. Overall, we recommend either scrubbing with > soap and water or a bleach soak to clean feeders with minimal debris, but > suggest a combination of these 2 cleaning methods if feeders have heavy > debris or if diseased birds are known to be in the area. > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/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/ > > -- > > -- 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] Avian Pox Virus
It is illegal to capture most wild birds unless under the direction of someone licensed to do so. I don’t know if House Finches are protected in this way, but it is always best to leave the capturing and/or treatment of sick or injured birds to the professionals. I am copying Victoria Campbell on this message. She is a local, licensed wildlife rehabilitator who can assist you. Anne Marie Johnson From: bounce-123756235-9846...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Nancy Cusumano Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 6:06 AM To: Carol Cedarholm Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Avian Pox Virus Carol, If there is any way you could catch this bird, maybe with a net, it could go to the Swanson Wildlife Center at the vet school. They could maybe treat him, but it is an advanced case and may euthanize but at least it would be out of pain. Poor thing. Nancy On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 7:58 PM Carol Cedarholm mailto:cceda...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, I have a mourning dove with avian pox virus sores around its beak coming to my feeders. Am I correct that this is very contagious to other birds? Should I stop filling my feeders? Thanks, Carol Cedarholm -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/16
This morning I heard a Northern Waterthrush near the Sherwood Platform, and this afternoon I heard one along the Woodleton Boardwalk at 4:45. It wasn't singing when I was on the boardwalk at 4, but when I came back through at 4:45, it was singing. I think they typically sing less often around now. Anne Marie Johnson On 5/16/2019 3:01 PM, Ann Mitchell wrote: Last time I heard one there was the 9th, but I don’t go there every day. Ann Sent from my iPhone On May 16, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: Sounds like a wonderful morning. Glad you were out there. Interestingly we did not hear any Northern Waterthrush along the Woodleton Boardwalk yesterday either and they are so reliably persistent, usually. Linda Orkin Ithaca, NY On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:47 PM Mark Chao <markc...@imt.org> wrote: I walked around much of Sapsucker Woods with visiting scientist Martin Stervander. It was by far the best morning of the spring for me, probably a top-ten day for me ever in the sanctuary, all the more so because we picked up many lifers for Martin. The treetops from Sherwood Platform past the Charley Harper Bench all the way to the road were teeming with great numbers of at least 19 warbler species, including CAPE MAY (4+ M, 1 F), BAY-BREASTED (3+), TENNESSEE (3+, one confirmed by sight), BLACKBURNIAN (8+), NORTHERN PARULA (7+), PINE (1 M, surprising to see by Fuller Wetlands, not near any pines – confirmed by photo), BLACK-THROATED BLUE (4 M, 1 F), BLACK-THROATED GREEN (6+), CHESTNUT-SIDED (6+), NASHVILLE (2, heard only), BLACK-AND-WHITE (1 seen, 1+ heard only), WILSON’S (seen by Martin, missed by me), and one HOODED (heard only, but I feel sure). Northern Waterthrush would have made 20 warbler species for the morning, but somehow we didn’t hear any along the Woodleton Boardwalk. We also found a couple of YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. Mark Chao -- 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! -- -- "For the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and the light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy" Plutarch If you permit this evil, what is the good of the good of your life? -Stanley Kunitz... -- 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] SSW Gallinule, Osprey, Rusty Blackbirds
There’s been an Osprey on one of the snags in the back pond of Sapsucker Woods the last three mornings. I saw it between 8 and 8:30 the last two mornings. It’s best viewed from the Sherwood Platform at the back of the pond or the bridge between the Wilson Trail and the Visitor Center entrance. While looking at the Osprey from that bridge this morning, a Common Gallinule walked out of the cattails and started swimming toward the island off shore from the Visitor Center. It was a stunning, close up view, and the first time I recall seeing or hearing one in SSW. There’s been a flock of about 40 Rusty Blackbirds in SSW the past two days. It moves around, though. Yesterday morning they were foraging in the pools on the Wilson Trail behind the pond. Then at noon yesterday, they were gathered along the Woodleton Boardwalk on the east side of Sapsucker Woods Rd. This morning they were between the road and the Podell Boardwalk on the west side of the road. They have been extremely vocal and can be heard from some distance away. Other highlights on the Wilson Trail this morning included Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers. I did not hear a Northern Waterthrush today, although I heard one near the Sherwood Platform yesterday morning. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Dryden Lake Ruddy and Long-tailed Ducks
On a quick scan of the Dryden Lake at around 11 this morning, there were about 14 Long-tailed Ducks and 4 Ruddy Ducks. There were also a bunch of Horned Grebes in various states of molt, Red-breasted Mergansers, Bufflehead, and Ring-necked Ducks, as well as a Bald Eagle. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Screech owl at Dandy Mart today
I saw the Eastern Screech-Owl in the opening of its hole at the Dandy Mart at noon today. The cavity is about half way up a tree at the back edge of the parking lot on the left side of the Dandy Mart on Rt. 79 in the village of Slaterville Springs (in the town of Caroline). If you don’t see a dark cavity, then the owl is probably in the opening, well camouflaged. The cavity faces the parking lot and can be seen from the parking spaces on the left side of the building. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Shorebirds at Myers Point
A White-rumped Sandpiper has been at Myers since Mon., according to eBird reports. This morning it was foraging along one of the sections of sandbar in Salmon Creek somewhat upstream from the point. It was joined by lots of Killdeer, one Semipalmated Plover, one Spotted Sandpiper, and a few Least Sandpipers. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker woods
I also encountered one or two large warbler flocks in Sapsucker Woods at lunch time. The first one was near the eastern intersection of the Wilson Trail and the Severinghaus Trail, past the Podell boardwalk from the CLO building. This flock was moving toward the building. About 30 minutes later I found a flock along the trail across the street from the visitor parking lot where the trail from the powerline cut hits the road. This flock was moving toward the powerline cut. In both flocks I found multiple Bay-breasted as well as at least one Black-throated Green and one Blackpoll Warbler. In the second flock I also found a Northern Parula and a Magnolia. In the first flock Blackpoll and Bay-breasted individuals came down to eye level, making for a great comparison and allowing me to see the yellow feet of the Blackpolls, and one Bay-breasted came to the ground close to the trail. Anne Marie -- 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] Red Knot still at Myers
Red Knot still on the spit at Myers this morning. Anne Marie -- 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] Shindagin Hollow picking up
Things are picking up in Shindagin Hollow. A CANADA WARBLER is back on territory along the narrow, steep stretch of road leading down to the hollow, and the LOUISIANNA WATERTHRUSH is back at the intersection past the pond at the bottom of the hollow, near the small gorge with the bridge for the FLT. There were OVENBIRDS singing everywhere, and a good number of other warblers were singing as well. Seeing them, though, was a challenge at best, even with barely any leaves! I did manage to see a BLACKBURNIAN and a MAGNOLIA around where the FLT crosses the road at the bottom and a CHESTNUT-SIDED, along with another BLACKBURNIAN, at the Canada Warbler spot. Also, there appears to be a BROAD-WINGED HAWK nest at the Canada Warbler spot. Steve Fast mentioned nesting activity when I ran into him there on Tuesday. That day I flushed a Broad-winged from there, and this morning I heard one calling there. My checklist from this morning is below. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline Shindagin Hollow SF--Shindagin Hollow Rd., Tompkins, New York, US May 5, 2018 7:13 AM - 9:04 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.63 mile(s) 36 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 4 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) 1 Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 3 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3 Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 2 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 3 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 2 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 11 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 1 Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 6 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1 Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3 Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1 Seen and heard, same spot as Tuesday. Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1 -- 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] New arrivals
As I pulled out of my garage, I spotted a Pine Warbler on my driveway right next to my car! It foraged in the gravel for a few more seconds and then flew up into the pines. I'm guessing it was a new arrival that was too hungry to be concerned about my moving car right next to it! A Chipping Sparrow was a new arrival in my yard this morning as well. I went to Goetchius Preserve in Caroline mid-morning where I found a Solitary Sandpiper, a Wilson's Snipe, and a Savannah Sparrow, along with a Barn Swallow and a Rough-winged mixed in with lots of Tree Swallows. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Eurasian Wigeon still at Stewart Park
The Eurasian Wigeon was still at Stewart Park at 10 am this morning, in a group of American Wigeon foraging close to shore near the east end of the park. When I pulled into the loop parking area, I could see it from the car with binoculars. Other ducks along the shore included American Wigeon, a few Green-winged Teal, and a Northern Pintail. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Screech owl in Slaterville Springs
The Eastern Screech-Owl was in it's usual hole in a tree at the back of the Dandy Mart parking lot in Slaterville Springs at around 4:30 yesterday. I checked for it earlier in the afternoon, and it wasn't visible, but when I went by at 4:30, it was sitting at the edge of the hole looking around. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Shindagin Hollow SF
Although the weather was cold, dark, and windy, there were a surprising number of singing warblers in Shindagin Hollow State Forest this morning, along the road to the bottom and beyond. It was my first trip in there this spring. My eBird list is below. I believe many of the birds are breeders singing on territory. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline Forwarded Message Subject: eBird Report - Shindagin Hollow SF, May 15, 2017 Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 12:10:38 -0400 (EDT) From: ebird-checkl...@cornell.edu To: annemariejohn...@frontiernet.net Shindagin Hollow SF, Tompkins, New York, US May 15, 2017 7:29 AM - 9:54 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Road to bottom, stopped and got out several times. Then parked at intersection and walked maybe half a mile. 34 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 1 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.) 1 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 3 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1 Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 3 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 11 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 8 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 5 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 3 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3 Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1 Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 7 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2 Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36872372 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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! --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods--Palm Warbler
There’s a Palm Warbler foraging along the Podell Boardwalk. Turned out to be a life bird for two visitors from Harrisburg, PA! Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods this morning
There's more activity this morning than in recent days. Most noticeable are lots of White-throated Sparrows. Wes Hochachka alerted me to a Black-and-White Warbler and pointed out a Ruby-crowned Kinglet near the small bridge on the Wilson Trail and told me others had heard a Warbling Vireo there. I later heard a Warbling Vireo briefly near the Fuller Wetlands. There were lots of birds singing, but no other new arrivals that I could identify on my quick loop around the Wilson Trail. Anne Marie -- 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] Peregrine and Great Egret at Sapsucker Woods
This morning David Bonter discovered an immature Peregrine Falcon on the largest snag in the main pond at Sapsucker Woods. The Great Egret found yesterday is still there this morning, foraging along the edge of the pond farthest from the building. There also are two pairs of Wood Ducks on the farther pond and 3 Ring-necked Ducks on the pond right in front of the Visitor Center. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods Blue-winged Teals
On a lunchtime walk today several of us saw 3 Blue-winged Teals on the pond near the islands. Someone was there taking pictures of them when we arrived. The ducks quickly disappeared out of sight heading left towards the Podell Boardwalk. I looked for them at 2:00 from the staff lounge and could not find them. Also on the pond was a pair of Hooded Mergansers. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Snow geese and other lake birds
We checked a few spots around the lake today, and there was a huge raft of Snow Geese in the center of the lake, between Aurora and Dean's Cove. Other highlights included a nice aythya flock off the boat ramp at Cayuga Lake State Park with geese and Common Mergansers mixed in. At least 10 mostly young Bald Eagles were sprinkled along the ice edge. There were lots of Tundra Swans just south of Mud Lock with some ducks, but we didn't scope them. On the Factory Pond in Union Springs, we found 3 male Northern Shovelers and a pair of Green-winged Teals. Speaking of eagles, on Friday I saw an adult and a young Bald Eagle perched on a branch near the white lighthouse jetty from Hog Hole. The adult would sometimes harass the young eagle. At one point the young eagle flew in a low circle toward the shore and back, flushing up ducks as it went but not seeming to make a play for any of them. It may have been looking for fish instead. I theorized that the adult was a parent trying to get the kid to hunt for itself. Beautiful weekend to be outside! Tim and Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Screech-Owl in Caroline now
I finally saw the Eastern Screech-Owl for myself. I left it 5 minutes ago sitting in the tree cavity behind the Dandy Mart in Slaterville Springs. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Screech-Owl in Caroline
We heard from a friend that the Eastern Screech-Owl was back in the tree behind the Dandy Mart on Rt. 79 in Slaterville Springs yesterday. She spotted it at 4:30 pm. For a couple of years an owl has roosted in a cavity in a tree at the edge of the pavement behind the gas station/store. You can see the cavity plainly from the parking spaces on the left side of the building (facing the building from Rt. 79). The hole is about level with the parking lot light nearby and faces the parking lot. If you don't see a hole, there's a good chance the owl is in it. Anne Marie -- 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] Blue-winged Warbler singing on Sapsucker Woods Rd
There's a Blue-winged Warbler singing on Sapsucker Woods Road right across from the visitor entrance to the Lab. There is also a turtle digging into the dirt at the edge of the pavement on the same side of the street as the visitor entrance, to the right of the entrance. Is it planning to lay eggs there?! Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Drive in Acadian Flycatcher - Leonard rd.
I didn't get to Leonard Road until 8:00 am this morning, and I didn't find the Acadian or any other flycatchers, but I did hear a Mourning Warbler singing for a while at the edge of the woods, in the area where the creek first goes under the road. Walking up the road after that creek crossing, I saw and heard a Louisianna Waterthrush and a Chestnut-sided Warbler, and I heard two Nashville Warblers, as well as a number of other birds singing, including a couple I could not identify. The ones I could identify are in the eBird list below. For those unfamiliar with Leonard Road, it is a dirt road in Caroline (south of Ithaca but still in the Cayuga Lake Basin) that leads from Central Chapel Rd up, quite steeply at times, to Bald Hill School Road. The second half of the road passes through the northern edge of Shindagin Hollow State Forest. Anne Marie Johnson Leonard Rd., Caroline, Tompkins, New York, US May 30, 2016 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 21 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X Heard flock flying over Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 5 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 2 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 1 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 2 Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 3 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 2 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1 View this checklist online athttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29988135 -- 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] A few other Sapsucker Woods highlights this morning
I did not find the Olive-sided Flycatcher at about 8:30 this morning. However, I did find a LINCOLN’S SPARROW foraging in the trail near the Charlie Harper bench. I also found two SWAINSON’S THRUSHES, one on the Severinghaus Trail between the Wilson Trail and the road and the other on the Hoyt-Pileated Trail trail between the Woodleton boardwalk and the trail to the powerline cut. I found a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on the trail along the power line cut and two BLACKPOLL WARBLERS singing in the Fuller Wetlands. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Shindagin Hollow Canada Warbler
Starting at around 8:30 this morning, I drove the road to the bottom of Shindagin Hollow, getting out frequently along the way. It was pretty quiet except from numerous singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE and GREEN WARBLERS, but on the way down the hill , I found a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER along the edge of the road singing and foraging at eye level, and along the road at the bottom, I found a singing CANADA WARBLER that came close to the road for nice looks. Anne Marie Johnson Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2 vireo sp. (Vireo sp.) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 3 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 2 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 6 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1 Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 8 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 4 Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 6 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 3 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29459335 -- 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] Sapsucker Woods Palm Warbler
There was a Palm Warbler near the Fuller Wetlands at 8:00 this morning. There was also a Northern Waterthrush and a Rusty Blackbird singing near the Sherwood Platform on the Wilson Trail. There are lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers, White-throated Sparrows, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Myers and Salt Point late morning
I went to Myers and then Salt Point late this morning. Highlights at Myers included several COMMON LOONS off shore and a BONAPARTE'S GULL and two GREATER YELLOWLEGS on the spit. A CASPIAN TERN briefly circled overhead and flew off. There was also a small raft of BUFFLEHEAD off the spit. At Salt Point, I bucked my tradition and did a little birding in the rain. Highlights were a PALM WARBLER with a few YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. My eBird checklists are below. Anne Marie Johnson Myers Point, Tompkins, New York, US Apr 22, 2016 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Stationary 11 species (+1 other taxa) Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 20 Common Loon (Gavia immer) 10 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2 Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 10 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1 crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 2 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 10 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 5 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2 Salt Point, Tompkins, New York, US Apr 22, 2016 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 27 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3 Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 5 Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 2 Common Loon (Gavia immer) 5 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 5 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 1 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 5 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 3 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 2 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 5 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 5 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 1 -- 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] Vesper Sparrow in Caroline
I've been checking sparrows along the fields on the north end of Creamery Road for years wondering why I never find a Vesper Sparrow there. Well, this morning I did! The first thing I noticed was that one sparrow didn't flush like the others as my car approached. I was able to get pretty close to it. Then I saw the white eye-ring and white outer tail feathers. It was being chased around by Song Sparrows, but it kept coming back to the East edge of the road (right side as you come down the hill toward 79), about ¼ of the way down the hill, a little uphill from the one house in the middle of the fields there. While looking at the sparrow, I heard Brown Thrasher and Eastern Meadowlark, and a Northern Harrier flew over the fields, landing briefly. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Rusty Blackbirds in Sapsucker Woods
On a lunchtime walk, we came across at least a dozen Rusty Blackbirds singing away in trees along the East trail at the eastern edge of the refuge close to the southeast corner of the trail. We saw 8 of them, but it sounded like there were a whole lot more. There were also singing Phoebes in a couple of places on the East trail. And there's still at least one Ring-necked Duck on the main pond. (For those directionally challenged like me, the East trail runs from Sapsucker Woods Road toward the Lab's green barn, along the pond behind the barn and through the woods to a pond with a shelter. The blackbirds were between the two ponds off to the right, coming from the road. You could hear them well before you could see them.) Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Around the lake
Highlights from a trip around the lake today... From East Shore Park, we found 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, RUDDY DUCKS (near ice edge off Stewart Park), and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, along with lots of COMMON MERGANSERS and a few HOODED MERGANSERS. We could also see a raft of ducks along the west shore that was predominantly made up of Redhead. We found AMERICAN PIPITS at Salt Point. From the Aurora Boathouse, we found one HORNED GREBE a small group of SNOW GEESE in the middle of the lake, and a few WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. On the ponds in Union Springs, we found a variety of ducks including AMERICAN WIGEON, BUFFLEHEAD, GADWALL, AND GREEN-WINGED TEAL. From the boat launch in Union Springs we could see some small duck rafts that were too far to make out and a few TUNDRA SWANS. Harris Park is iced in. From Mudlock, we could see LOTS of TUNDRA SWANS and geese. We also found a RING-NECKED DUCK and a NORTHERN PINTAIL. On the other side of the lake the ice extends well past Cayuga state park. We found a HUGE RAFT OF REDHEAD at the end of Parker Road. We scanned the flock for Canvasback but found none. There were both SCAUP and some RING-NECKED DUCKS and COMMON GOLDENEYE around the outsides of the raft. In Sheldrake, we found a small group of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. Anne Marie and Tim Johnson P.S. We haven't seen the Pine Siskins at our feeders since the day I posted about them. -- 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] Pine Siskins
Some Pine Siskins, 8 of them, just joined the goldfinch flock at my feeders. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Sapsucker Woods this morning
It's fairly quiet, but I heard and saw a Bay-breasted Warbler foraging in the tops of the trees where the trail from Sapsucker Woods Road through the power line cut meets the Hoyt-Pileated Trail (at about 8:30). Earlier I saw what might be a Gray-cheeked Thrush on the Wilson Trail between the foot bridge and the Sherwood Platform. It flushed from the trail into the brush on the pond side of the trail. I got a couple of glimpses of a dark-backed, dark-capped, thrush-shaped bird with a smudgy face and upper breast. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] SSW this morning
I walked the Wilson Trail from 7:45 to 8:30 and found some variation to what others saw earlier. Most of the activity was from the Fuller Wetlands to the Sherwood Platform. Mixed in with the LOTS of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets along this stretch were two PALM WARBLERS. I also found a BROWN THRASHER. I heard two Northern Waterthrushes from the direction of the power line cut, and a Spotted Sandpiper was working along a log straight out from the Sherwood Platform. Anne Marie Johnson From: bounce-119114054-9846...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119114054-9846...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris R. Pelkie Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:06 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning I was a half hour behind Mark, I guess: from 7-745 I walked the northern end of Hoyt-Pileated, finding 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOs, 2 of whom were interacting vocally and by chasing each other through the treetops, while the other was some distance away singing. Numerous BROWN CREEPERs in full song; the 2 I located were as expected on high perches, so I suspect this is territory/nest defense song? Then amidst the creeper song, I heard what sounded like BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER but wondered if a creeper had swapped a couple notes. Moving closer to Woodleton though, I got confirmation from 2 BT Greens singing (one in front of me, and 1 behind) though I couldn't see them. I think the big wave is coming but not here yet. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Information/Data Manager; IT Support Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-rumped Warblers at SSW
I just spotted three bright, male Yellow-rumped Warblers at the edge of the pond in Sapsucker Woods near the gate in the Wilson Trail that leads to the building. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Great Egrets at Sapsucker Woods
There are two Great Egrets at the back of the pond at Sapsucker Woods this morning. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Snow Geese overhead
Just watched four Vs of Snow Geese overhead heading toward Ithaca, beautiful against the blue sky. I thought I spotted a very small goose in one of the flocks, but after getting the binocs, it turned out to be a blue phase whose darker wings blended in with the sky. All the rest of the geese were white. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Eastern Screech-Owl
The screech-owl was in the tree cavity opening again this morning. Last year it seemed to most frequently appear in the opening when it was sunny, so I was skeptical this morning, but it was there. Thanks, Dave, for reminding us about this owl! The cavity is about half way up a tree at the back edge of the parking lot on the left side of the Dandy Mart on Rt. 79 in the village of Slaterville Springs (in the town of Caroline). If you don't see a dark cavity, then the owl is probably in the opening, well camouflaged. The cavity faces the parking lot and is easily seen from one of the parking spaces on the left side of the building. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Around the lake today
Tim and I made a quick trip around the lake today, checking points north of where we were yesterday (skipping Myers and Hog Hole). On the way north, we found a small group of HORNED LARKS on the farm fields a block east of 34B in King Ferry south of 90. I forget the name of the road, but it goes through a big dairy farm. The water was too rough and the conditions too windy for scoping from the Aurora boathouse. We found two GADWALL and three GREEN-WINGED TEAL on Factory Road Pond. The teal were tucked into the shrubbery on the lake end of the pond. There was a large group of REDHEAD, a few BUFFLEHEAD, and two AMERICAN WIGEON on Mill Spring Pond. The lake north of Union Springs was completely frozen. We looked for the Snowy Owl around the Finger Lakes airport but could not find it. We did not attempt Dean's Cove because the driveway looked icy. In Sheldrake, we found lots of BUFFLEHEAD with a few GOLDENEYE mixed in. We found one pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and a very nice-looking male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sunday afternoon birds
This afternoon, we found the TUFTED DUCK from the Treman State Marine Park. Amazingly, the bird was on the shore side of the long, narrow raft of mostly REDHEAD, with a few SCAUP mixed in. It was a bit away from the other ducks, nearly straight out from the northwest corner of the trail that goes around the park, making it easy to pick out with its bright white side and black back. It was tucked the whole time, and there was no breeze blowing the tuft, but we could see a bit of the tuft feathers occasionally. We also saw two RUDDY DUCKS and two RING-NECKED DUCKS. There was a pretty good-sized group of CANVASBACK at the east end of the raft. We did not find the Black Scoter. My general impression is that there were fewer Redhead at the south end of the lake than there were yesterday. And almost all of them were on the west side of the lake. At Lagoda Park near Myers, we found another large raft of mostly Redhead. This flock wasn't as big as the flock in Hog Hole but was still substantial. There were COOT with this flock. Between the flock and the shore, we found two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. Toward the marina we could see a number of TUNDRA SWANS as well as one NORTHERN PINTAIL. Also in the area was one BLACK DUCK and one HOODED MERGANSER, along with lots of Mallards and geese. We ended the afternoon at Scofield Road to look for Short-eared Owls. At about 5:20 one SHORT-EARED OWL appeared flying across the road from east to west. It flew around on the west side of the road very briefly before heading west out of sight. No other owls appeared before we left at 5:30. The owl we saw was relatively close to the south end of the field on the south side of Buck Road. If we had been any further north, I doubt we would have seen the owl. Tim and Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Pine Siskins
Three Pine Siskins joined the goldfinches at my feeders today. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Cackling Goose at Sapsucker Woods pond
Not sure how long the goose flock will stay, but right now there is a Cackling Goose in with the other Canada Geese on the main pond in Sapsucker Woods, viewable from the Cornell Lab's Visitor Center. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Lots of juncos
I just counted 45 juncos in my yard, and I don't even have feeders up, although we do have lots of native plants, and the seeds are getting blown everywhere. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Sapsucker Woods Birds
There was also a Swainson’s Thrush on the Wilson Trail between the small bridge and the Sherwood Platform. And there was a Swamp Sparrow mixed with the Song Sparrows around the parking lots. Anne Marie From: bounce-118076898-9846...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118076898-9846...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 9:03 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Birds Hi all, This morning on the Wilson Trail there was a flyover PINE SISKIN (heard simultaneously by Wes Hochachka) as well as several NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, CAPE MAY WARBLER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BLUE-HEADED VIREO. Most of the birds were around the Sherwood Platform/Charlie Harper Bench. - Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Park Preserve warblers this morning
I was at the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Park Preserve in Freeville for about an hour this morning, starting at 8:45. It was mostly quiet except for the stretch of brushy habitat along the brook (heading left on the orange trail as you enter the preserve). In this area on the way in I found four PALM WARBLERS foraging on both sides of the trail, and on the way out there was a CAPE MAY WARBLER mostly foraging in the conifers. This stretch of trail also had at least two COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, one of which sang occasionally; two EASTERN TOWHEES counter calling; a SONG SPARROW singing occasionally; as well as CATBIRDS, ROBINS, and CHICKADEES. While in the preserve, I saw several groups of 5-6 BLUE JAYS moving south. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods this morning
On the Wilson Trail this morning, I came across a warbler flock at the back of the pond around the little peninsula with two benches. Included in the flock were: Magnolia Blackpoll Chestnut-sided Common Yellowthroat I think there were more that I could never get a look at. Yesterday morning there was a smaller flock in this area with an Ovenbird, a Magnolia Warbler, a Redstart, and a Carolina Wren. But at mid-day yesterday the area was quiet, except for the constant presence of multiple catbirds. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Hawthorn this morning
We were at Hawthorn from 8:00 until 9:30 this morning. The birds seemed more active than when I was there last week, but we didn't find any new species than others have reported in recent days. TENNESSEE WARBLERS and GRAY CATBIRDS were singing everywhere pretty much the whole time we were there. Highlights included a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER often singing in the open on the east edge near the northeast corner, several vocal and active BLACKPOLL WARBLERS in the northeast and southwest corners; and two active and somewhat vocal PHILADELPHIA WARBLERS readily visible in the Hawthorns near the main path in the northeast corner. Two MAGNOLIA WARBLERS were very vocal early on but more difficult to see as they seemed to stay on the other side of dense leaves. I had a brief look at silent CAPE MAY WARBLER, and we glimpsed at least one silent SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Tim and Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Hammond Hill mid-morning
We arrived at the parking lot at Hammond Hill at 9:00, not expecting to find much singing at that late hour in light rain, but we were pleasantly surprised. We hiked about .5 mi. on the Yellow 1 Trail (a moderately steep, somewhat muddy trail that starts directly across the road from the parking lot on Hammond Hill Road), turning left at the T, to the old orchard a short way past the T that Wes described yesterday. On our way up we were treated to lots of singing CANADA WARBLERS, several of whom we saw with very little effort around the blow down area before the T. We also heard BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS, COMMON RAVEN, WOOD THRUSH, and a WINTER WREN. At the old orchard, we heard the GOLDEN-WINGED/BREWSTER'S WARBLER sing 3 times over about 15 minutes, always from deep in the orchard, but we saw no sign of the bird. We heard no MOURNING WARBLER until we were well on our way back down. Then I heard the song in the distance, so we returned to the blow down, where we were treated to magnificent looks at a male singing persistently and foraging right near the trail. Since we were that close and the weather had brightened, we returned to the orchard but heard no buzzing song. On our way down, we heard BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER and BLUE-HEADED VIREO in addition to the other birds we had been hearing but no Winter Wren. Tim and Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] No Kittiwake at Myers Pt at 8:00
We checked Myers at about 8:00 and found no Kittiwake, but we did find a Semi-Palmated Sandpiper and a Lesser Black-backed Gull in with a small group of the usual gulls. Tim and Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Hawthorn Orchard this morning
Things were fairly quiet, but when I arrived at 8:15, the sun was out and there were at least 6 TENNESSEE WARBLERS singing in the vicinity of the northeast corner. Shortly after that, it clouded up and the Tennessees fell silent for the most part. In the middle of the orchard toward the northwest side, I found a singing WILSON'S WARBLER and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER. I also found a SWAINSON'S THRUSH in this general area. Later the WILSON'S had moved further north and was joined by a female-type REDSTART and a silent BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. When I was leaving, I ran into someone who had seen CANADA WARBLER and another Magnolia Warbler and Wilson's Warbler along the shrubbery beside the softball field and the northeast corner of the orchard viewed from outside the orchard. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods this morning
Things were pretty quiet around the Wilson Trail, but activity picked up on the Severinghaus Trail between the Wilson Trail and the road. We found a SWAINSON'S THRUSH through here and then came upon a warbler flock high in the trees as we approached the road that included at least one BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and a NORTHERN PARULA. After the flock disappeared, we went across the street, where we refound the flock. We saw at least a dozen warblers foraging in the tree tops. Most were silent and backlit, but we found and heard BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACKBURNIAN. Later on the wood chip trail that connects the Hoyt-Pileated Trail with the road, we found a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. This bird was very dark backed-from cap to tail, and it lacked face markings. It had limited, clear, dark spots on the lower throat and upper breast, surrounded by smudgy spots on the sides and lower breast. Like the bird I found before, this bird was very cooperative and let us study it for quite a while at about 10' away. Anne Marie Johnson (with husband, Tim) -- 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] Shindagin Hollow this morning
Starting at 8:00 this morning, I worked my way along Shindagin Hollow Road in my car, stopping to get out frequently. I walked about halfway down the steep, curvy descent. I walked from just past the marsh/beaver pond at the bottom to where the Finger Lakes Trail crosses the road and up the FLT to the right for a short distance. There were lots of singing birds the whole way, but most of the activity was along the bottom of the hollow near where the FLT crosses. The marsh was surprisingly quiet compared to a few days ago, and amazingly I saw or heard no Yellow-rumped Warblers or Yellow Warblers in my 2 hours there. Here are my highlights: Broad-winged Hawk--saw 1 several times above and along upper portion of steep descent Wood Thrush--heard only Hermit Thrush--heard, glimpsed Yellow-throated Vireo Least Flycatcher--heard only Baltimore Oriole Black-throated Green Black-throated Blue Ovenbird--heard everywhere but never saw Redstart Common Yellowthroat Canada Warbler Northern Waterthrush--heard only Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackburnian Warbler--singing what I was sure was the Nashville Warbler song until I finally found him Magnolia Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Probably also heard a Nashville Warbler and a Louisiana Waterthrush, but only heard once or twice. -- 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] Thrushes at SSW
At about 9:30 this morning there were at least 3 thrushes along the portion of the East Trail that parallels Sapsucker Woods Road (on the east side of the road heading south from the traihead). The first I got a good look at was a SWAINSON'S THRUSH--clearly buffy eye ring, spectacle, and lower cheek. The next one was a VEERY--essentially no spots, brown back. Then a third thrush came in, and all the thrushes chased around. One thrush landed on the path and foraged for quite awhile, giving me a chance to observe all sides from 15 to 20 ft away. The back was evenly dark gray/olive, tail to cap. The cheek was a lighter gray/olive under the eye but no contrast in shade. There were no face markings. I believe this last thrush was a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. The AMERICAN BITTERN was still near the Sherwood Platform, but while we were there, it flew from the little area to the right of the two benches west of the boardwalk. It landed along the edge of the pond north of the platform but still in full view from the two benches. I arrived at Sapsucker Woods late this morning and didn't see much in the way of warblers. There was a PALM WARBLER near the Sherwood Platform, and several BLACK-THROATED GREEN warblers along the southwest portion of the Wilson Trail. Still lots of Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets around. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] LA Waterthrush Blackburnian in Caroline
Along Leonard Road into Shindagin Hollow in Brooktondale late this morning, we found a pair of Louisiana Waterthrushes exploring a crevice in the bank of the stream along the road. The male popped out of the ravine to sing occasionally. We also found a small warbler flock high overhead and back lit. The only bird we could make out was a Blackburnian Warbler, its throat blazing through the murky air. Tim and Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Dryden Lake
Spent about 45 min. at Dryden Lake late morning, between showers. I scoped from the first fishing platform and walked the trail along the lake. Highlight was a COMMON LOON plus a nice collection of ducks. See list below. Also saw an OSPREY on a snag close to the road in the wetland along 38 just outside of the village. Anne Marie Johnson American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Bufflehead Ring-necked Duck Redhead Horned Grebe Canada Goose Belted Kingfisher Chickadee--2 working on a cavity Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Red-winged Blackbird -- 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] Snow Geese on the move
A flock of Snow Geese just flew over Brooktondale valley from south to north. Anne Marie Johnson Brooktondale -- 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] Myers Park and Stevenson Rd
The compost piles were loaded with gulls at about 10:00 this morning, but scanning from Stevenson Road I could only find one white-winged gull, and I didn't get a good enough look to identify which one before it disappeared from view. We checked Ladoga Park Rd in Lansing twice, once at about 10:45 and again a little after noon. The first time, we saw several HORNED GREBES, LONG-TAILED DUCKS, BUFFLEHEAD, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, AMERICAN COOT, BLACK DUCKS, and a large group of Mallards on a sandbar extending out from the marina to the right. After spending some time at Myers Park and bumping into Tom Schulenberg, who had just seen two RED-NECKED GREBES at Ladoga, we returned and scanned again. This time I found one Red-necked Grebe and no other grebes. I scanned through the Mallards again and finally found the NORTHERN PINTAIL about halfway down the line of Mallards. At Myers there were lots of Mallards as well as some RING-NECKED DUCKS, COMMON GOLDENEYE, a REDHEAD, and the usual gulls. Walking out to the lighthouse, we flushed a SNOW BUNTING from among the rocks. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Around the lake
Tim and I decided to enjoy the good weather with a trip around the lake. The highlight was two aythya rafts. We started at East Shore, where we found the WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and LONG-TAILED DUCKS reported in recent days. We also saw several HORNED GREBES, a few COMMON GOLDENEYE, AMERICAN COOTS, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, and COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS. And from here we spotted our first aythya duck raft--in the Hog Hole area. So we went to Treman Marina and walked out to Hog Hole where we had spectacular looks at the duck raft. My guess was that it had about 500 ducks, 90% were REDHEAD, but there were also both SCAUP, at least one RINGED-NECK, and a few CANVASBACK. We also saw 3 BUFFLEHEAD, a BLACK DUCK, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE. We stopped briefly at Stewart Park and found some Redhead mixed with lots of geese but not much else. We found only the common gulls, lots of Mallards, and a few Black Ducks in choppy water at Myers. In Aurora we found several Horned Grebes and one EARED GREBE. On the ponds in Union Springs we found GADWALL and Redhead. I was surprised to see open water on the lake at Union Springs, so we went to the town hall boat launch area, and here is where we found our second aythya flock of the day. The wind was cold here, so we didn't scope the raft for long. It seemed to be 95% Redhead, but it was probably twice the size of the flock in Hog Hole. There was lots of open water all the way to Mud Lock, but the only birds we found north of Union Springs were behind houses between Harris Park and Mud Lock. We could see a few SWANS along here, but we couldn't find a good vantage point so didn't try to identify them further. Cayuga Lake State Park was ice. The only part of the lake we checked on the west side was Sheldrake, where we found 5 LONG-TAILED DUCKS off the point along with a female Common Merganser that we tried unsuccessfully to turn into a Red-breasted. The rest of the lake through Sheldrake was almost completely void of birds. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Long-tailed Ducks at Myers
On a brief stop at Myers mid-morning, I found two LONG-TAILED DUCKS south of the lighthouse, in the vicinity of a Coot raft that was venturing out from the marina. Also in the group were a COMMON GOLDENEYE, a BUFFLEHEAD, two BLACK DUCKS, and lots of Mallards. The group of seven all or mostly WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, along with a female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, continue off of East Shore Park. Looking toward Stewart Park, I could see LOTS of COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS. But I did not have time to go to Stewart Park to scan more carefully from there. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods at noon
Sorry for the late post... I walked on trails on both sides of the road at Sapsucker Woods from 12:15 to 1:00 today. There was a group of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS near the north feeders, and there were lots of RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS in several locations. On the east side of the road near the pond behind the 'frog' barn, a kinglet flock included a BLUE-HEADED VIREO. It was in the shrubbery at the side of the trail about 2 feet in front of me, and it sat there for a minute, letting me admire him without binoculars. In this stretch of trail there was also a HERMIT THRUSH. There was a group of DARK-EYED JUNCOS and lots of activity in the powerline cut, but by then I was running late and couldn't explore the area more carefully. At home in Caroline we have had a dramatic increase in our DARK-EYED JUNCO numbers the past week or so. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Lindsay-Parson's--this morning and questions
The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continues to sing persistently in the northeast portion of the first field along the blue trail. It's easy to hear as you approach the area. It seems to move from perch to perch singing, oblivious to observers. At one point I was walking along the trail, and it popped into a tree and sang directly over my head. I heard it singing almost constantly at 8:30 and 10:15. PRAIRIE WARBLERS can be seen in the same area. And a HOODED WARBLER was singing in the first wooded area near the parking area both on my way in and my way out. On the way in, it was viewable at the edge of the woods where the trail enters the first field. Along the red trail at the base of the Pinnacles, I heard two WORM-EATING WARBLERS singing, and then amazingly, one flew in and sang, giving me a great, albeit brief, look. It was foraging and moving quickly from north to south. Plenty of the usual summer breeders were around and singing: Chestnut-sided, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, and Yellow warblers. An Indigo Bunting joined in at Celia's Cup. I saw several Cuckoos flying across the fields but could never get on one to identify the species. I heard the Blue-winged Warbler song briefly but didn't see the bird. Questions about L-P trails, Worm-eating Warblers, and the Pinnacles... Is there a trail that goes up the Pinnacles from inside the preserve? The map on the Finger Lakes Land Trust website shows the trails only running along the base of the pinnacles, but the map on the sign at the preserve made it seem like the red trail might actually go up the Pinnacles, although it was hard to tell where the Pinnacles were on that map. When people see the warblers from the Pinnacles (like the ones listed in the eBird hotspot for L-P Pinnacles), are they seeing/hearing them from the base of the Pinnacles, from the Abbott Loop Trail in Danby State Forest, or from some other trail? For the guys I met on the trail this morning, this web page gives information and directions to the Abbott Loop Trail in Danby State Forest, which takes you to the top of the Pinnacles. I think the best chance of seeing a Worm-eating Warbler is along that trail, but maybe someone else will chime in with a better recommendation. http://www.cnyhiking.com/FLT-AbbottLoop.htm Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Ruddy Turnstone again
The Ruddy Turnstone was still there at 10:00 along with a couple of Killdeer. There were also lots of swallows again--Bank, Barn, Tree, and Rough-winged. From the point looking up the creek, there's a tree with no leaves, and some swallows were perching in the upper branches. There were a pair of PURPLE MARTINS perched on a branch just below where the swallows were coming and going. I didn't see any terns, unusual gulls, or baby mergansers, but there were lots of baby geese. I stayed in the rain for awhile hoping something new would drop in, but nothing did. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods additions
A couple of additional migrants in Sapsucker Woods this morning... I heard and briefly glimpsed a SWAINSON'S THRUSH singing softly along the trail between the Wilson Trail and SSW road at about 8:45. Along the wood chip path in the power line cut on the east side of SSW road, I had great looks at two BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS and two BLACKPOLL WARBLERS foraging in the trees and flying back and forth across the powerline cut between 9:00 and 9:15. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Hawthorns and Neimi Road this morning
The Hawthorns were quiet, but the MOURNING WARBLER was singing at the end of the ravine near the pond near the field with the fire hydrant when I arrived at 7:45. It stopped by 8:00. Aside from the usual breeders, there were two TENNESSEE WARBLERS singing and two BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, one singing but invisible moving along the ravine from northeast to southwest and then toward the recreation way. The other was very cooperative in the flowering trees in front of the tennis center. Near the ponds on Neimi Road I heard both WILLOW FLYCATCHER (from the ponds) and ALDER FLYCATCHER (a little west of the ponds, from the other side of the road). An Eastern Bluebird perched on the fence along with the swallows. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Shindagin Hollow
There was a nice mix of warblers along Shindagin Hollow Road this morning. Highlights included a MOURNING WARBLER and a HOODED WARBLER singing near the first parking area on the left (coming from Central Chapel Road in Caroline, after first big hill, where small wood road goes off to the right). Further down the road toward the base of the hollow, along the narrow, curvy stretch, I heard two CANADA WARBLERS. One was very cooperative, perching on branches over the road to sing. Down in the hollow, near the Finger Lakes Trail bridge across the stream, I heard and saw a TENNESSEE WARBLER. There were several BALTIMORE ORIOLES in this area as well. Other highlights along the way, mostly heard only: Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush American Redstart Ruffed Grouse (drumming in two places) Ruby-throated Hummingbird Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Audubon's Warbler continues, and other highlights
Tim and I saw the AUDUBON'S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at the Swan Pen at 1:00 this afternoon. We found several UPLAND SANDPIPERS, one HORNED LARK, and several KILLDEER at the Empire Days Fairgrounds. Several locations at Montezuma NWR held large numbers of BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, as well as good numbers of SHOVELERS, and we found one pair of GADWALL along the drive. At a pool near Carncross Road we saw more of the same ducks plus two AMERICAN WIGEON. Along the dirt portion of Carncross, we saw lots of both YELLOWLEGS. We saw 3 OSPREY on 5 20 near MNWR and 3 more near Cayuga Lake State Park. The Osprey pair in the nest on the cam in the Montezuma visitor center have one egg. We saw BUFFLEHEAD in several locations along the west side of the lake from 89. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Myers this afternoon
I stopped by Myers this afternoon at about 3:00. Not much to see at the point (no pipits), but scoping what wasn't directly in the sun from the beach at the Marina, I found Northern Pintail (3) Bufflehead (1) Ring-necked Duck (15) Hooded Merganser (5) Common Merganser (2) Common Goldeneye (~25) Belted Kingfisher (1) There were also many Coots and Mallards. The point held lots of gulls and Mallards. And looking to the west shore of the lake from the Marina, there was a large group of Canada geese. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Around the lake 2/15
I decided to take advantage of the mild weather yesterday and do some birding at the northern end of the lake. The highlight was a huge numbers of Aythya ducks and swans at the north end of the lake from Harris Park north, with lots of Common Mergansers mixed in. The flock also contained a few Red-breasted Mergansers, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Black Ducks, Mallards, geese, gulls, and probably more things I have forgotten. Viewing was best from Towpath Road and the marina north of there. Other highlights included an adult Bald Eagle at eye level along the bluffs in Aurora, a huge flock of Snow Geese in the air over the middle of the lake near Long Point, and a Lesser Black-backed Gull at Dean's Cove. Other observations: There were a few Goldeneye off Long Point and one Red-breasted Merganser. The water was too rough to find grebes in Aurora, but there was another group of Goldeneye there. There was a nice collection of ducks near the town offices in Union Springs--Redhead, Greater and Lesser scaup, Ringed-neck, Gadwall, Bufflehead, and Wigeon. Factory Pond had a Carolina Wren, and there were mostly Redhead on the Mill Pond. No owls in the boxes. Mostly geese in Sheldrake but also one Common Loon, a couple of Red-breasted Mergansers, and some Bufflehead and Ring-necked Ducks. -- 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] Shrikes
I tried to find both the shrike on Cayuga Vista Lane and the one on Cherry Road without success yesterday afternoon. However, I had better luck with the one John Confer reported on Flat Iron Road. I saw that shrike perched high in a tree fairly close to the Hammond Hill end of the road at about 8:00 this morning. I did not see the Rough-legged Hawk John suggested would be a more likely find. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Stewart Park Peregrine
I made a very quick scan of Stewart Park at 12:30 today. I didn't find anything notable except for a PEREGRINE FALCON perched on the ice edge roughly straight out from the dock. Other birds observed included HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, MALLARDS, BLACK DUCK, CORMORANT, and COOTS, in addition to the usual gull species and geese. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Snow Buntings and Longspur
Tim found a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS on Central Chapel Road just south of the intersection with 76 Road in Caroline. I went back with binoculars and found one LAPLAND LONGSPUR in the flock of about 40 Snow buntings. The flock is actively foraging on the side of the road. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Rough-legged Hawk
A Rough-legged Hawk just circled fairly high overhead. It was circling as if trying to gain altitude. After circling a few times it headed due south and disappeared. I haven't seen the Common Redpoll here since Saturday. It must have joined up with one of the flocks around. And I think all the goldfinches being crowded out of other people's feeders by redpolls have come here. The goldfinch flock grew to 65 yesterday! And I had 22 Mourning Doves. Merry Christmas! Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Rufous Hummingbird there this morning
We stopped by the Marty's house this morning at about 9:30 and waited for 20 minutes or so in the rain for the hummingbird to appear. It didn't stay long, but a great look while it was there! Anne Marie and Tim Johnson On Oct 19, 2012, at 6:32 PM, annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone that wants to join me for a half day trip tomorrow needs to meet me on the east side of Stewart Park at 7:30. It will be a lake trip finding ducks, etc. Hopefully we will get as far as Aurora. Also, If the Rufous Hummingbird is still in Ovid, we could go there. As far as I know, it is the first one seen here in the basin. Ann Mitchell Sent from my IPhone -- 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: 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] My goodness--Swainson's here this morning!
I just saw a Swainson's Thrush feeding on Gray Dogwood berries, as well as a Golden-crowned Kinglet and a Nashville Warbler nearby in my yard. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline On 9/28/2012 2:24 AM, Benjamin Van Doren wrote: All - Just spent 1.5+ hours listening to flight calls. Radar showed very dense movement (some returns over 35 dBZ!), local conditions low cloud ceiling with a light misty rain. Calling rates approaching 60 calls/min (~50 counted in one timed minute, but varied). Lots and lots of Gray-cheeked Thrush, several per minute. Definitely in the hundreds of calls--never heard this many before! 5-7x as many Swainson's Thrush as a rough guess, plus assorted warblers and sparrows. I was listening in a field/parking lot on the Cornell campus. Can only imagine what it was like at Mt Pleasant or other better spots. Benjamin Van Doren Ithaca, 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/ -- -- 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] More migrants
For about an hour migrants moved through the yard in waves. I kept thinking that was the end, and then I'd see something new. The movement finally ended with a batch of sparrows and a Palm Warbler. I saw the/a Swainson's two more times as well as a Hermit Thrush. My list from eBird is below, although not all are migrants. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline Mourning Dove 3 Downy Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 2 American Goldfinch 10 -- 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] Warbler flocks--SSW and Dryden trail
At 3:30 today I walked the trails on the east side of the road and came across a nice warbler flock between the two little ponds. They were mostly too high to see, but I did manage to get good looks at a Magnolia Warbler, a Bay-breasted Warbler, and a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Yesterday afternoon, Tim and I walked the portion of the Dryden rail trail from near the end of Purvis Road to the edge of the lake. Near where the trail crosses a bridge over some water, well before crossing the street to the lake portion of the trail, we found a mixed flock. There were several warblers I couldn't see well enough to identify. One was probably a Black-throated Green. There were also Cedar Waxwings, both a White-breasted and a Red-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrows, and a female-type Indigo Bunting. Closer to the Purvis Road end of the trail, a Green Heron perched on a log in the open mudflat, undisturbed by us passing by. A Belted Kingfisher was also in the area. And near the lake, we flushed a Sharp-shinned Hawk from right along the trail. The lake itself looked empty from that vantage point. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Montezuma this afternoon
I met Larry Newman at Montezuma NWR this afternoon for some birding. We started at the visitor center where we found lots of YELLOWLEGS, mostly Lesser. There were also maybe a dozen or so DOWITCHERS, at least a couple of each species, fairly close to the visitor's center. Before I arrived, others saw a BALD EAGLE and a MERLIN here. Next we took the drive. The first wetland on the right (Larue's Lagoon, I think) we found one SOLITARY SANDPIPER, lots of gulls, and several CASPIAN TERNS. There were also a few non-Mallard ducks in non-breeding plumage that we couldn't identify mixed in with Mallards. Aside for a group of COOTS and an OSPREY overhead, the main pool was mostly empty. After the pool, a long stretch of shorebird habitat has been created on the left of the drive. At first glance, the area appeared to be empty, but on closer inspection, we found lots of peeps. They just kept appearing out of nowhere. The viewing was outstanding, and we checked them closely but only found LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, KILLDEER, and two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. At Benning Marsh, we found a few Yellowlegs and three GREEN-WINGED TEAL.We also found two dense clumps of peeps, maybe a dozen each. They were squeezed onto two mud islands even though there were plenty of other mud clumps around. Not sure why they all wanted to be so tight together. It was hard to see much of them since they were packed in so tight, but they all appeared to be Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers. We went to Knox Marsellus on East Road, where we could see many, many GREAT BLUE HERONS and several GREAT EGRETS. We could see lots of shorebirds in the distance and some more ducks we couldn't identify. We also saw two BALD EAGLES overhead and one MERLIN perched at the left edge. Then we went to Towpath Road. The viewing was better here, but most of the shorebirds were still pretty far out. We managed to find two WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. We also found a few WOOD DUCKS, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, a GREEN HERON, 3 TRUMPETER SWANS, a NORTHERN HARRIER, and two juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS. There were some shorebirds that had the potential to be something different from what we'd already seen, but they were far in the heat shimmer, and we were out of time. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Yard birds and Dryden
In my yard this morning after the heaviest rain ended, there was a flurry of activity. The highlight was two male Scarlet Tanagers and a juvenile being fed by one of the males, Other birds included Baltimore Oriole, Northern Flicker, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Robins, American Goldfinches, a bunch of Red-eyed Vireos, and more things I didn't know were there until all the birds suddenly flushed and flew off. I couldn't find what flushed them. This afternoon on the rail trail in Dryden from East Lake Rd to the lake, we found 3 Green Herons foraging in the open, 2 kingfishers, two female/juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Song Sparrows, and a large group of Cedar Waxwings flycatching. (There have been Green Herons foraging in the open on the pond in Sapsucker Woods this week too.) The lake itself, viewed from the south end, only held a group of Canada Geese. The water level of the little pool across the trail from the lake was too high for shorebirds. On Schutt Rd., a Common Raven flew up from a farm field. In the wetland along Rt. 38 between Keith Lane and the center of Dryden, we saw three Wood Ducks on a log. I was hoping the water level here might be low enough for shorebirds, but it's not. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Possible White-eyed at Park Pres. this morning
Tim and I checked the Park Preserve this morning. We were there from 8:30 to 9:30 but only in the area where the vireo had been seen yesterday for the first and last 5 minutes of that hour. On our way in, we heard nothing that could be turned into a White-eyed Vireo, but we did have great looks at a silent Blue-winged Warbler foraging around the parking lot, and a Green Heron flew directly over the parking lot fairly low. On our way out, we heard a song that may well have been the White-eyed Vireo. It sounded like an Indigo Bunting song with an extra flourish at the beginning and end of the song. As we approached the location of the song, a bird flushed from down low and disappeared, and the singing ended. We were left with a tiny, bouncing, bare branch at the bottom of a spruce, close to the trunk--not where I would expect to see an Indigo Bunting singing. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Park Preserve this morning
I walked around the Park Preserve in Dryden this morning from about 8:15 to 9:30. The highlight was a CANADA WARBER singing from a perch high over Six Mile Creek. I also came across a recently fledged batch of PURPLE FINCHES following Mom around begging to be fed. And I saw a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and several MAGNOLIA WARBLERS. I heard one PRAIRIE WARBLER singing from the neighboring property. Other highlights included: Ovenbirds Common Yellowthroats Louisiana Waterthrush Black-throated Green Warbler Indigo Bunting Alder Flycatcher Carolina Wren Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Conn Warbler - No
I was at Goetchius from about 10:30 to 11:30 but was not able to find the Connecticut Warbler. I heard a couple of interesting songs but they were probably Common Yellowthroats. There were lots of singing Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers. I did see two Eastern Kingbirds, a Baltimore Oriole, and several Bobolinks. And I heard one or two Alder Flycatchers,Savannah Sparrows, and Swamp Sparrows. I also heard a probably Virginia Rail grunt. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Hawthorn this morning
This morning Tim and I went to Hawthorn expecting to find little and were pleasantly surprised. The numbers were low, but we found a nice mix of warblers, all in the NE corner, mostly down the slope of the ravine, and all singing persistently: Canada, Northern Parula (2), Nashville, Tennessee, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia (further west along the ravine), and Yellow. We were able to get great looks at all except the Yellow and Common Yellowthroat, which we didn't try to track down. Further along the ravine we found a Black-throated Green. Others we ran into said they found a Black-throated Blue. We heard Wood Thrush, Least Flycatcher, and Red-eyed Vireo but found no other thrushes, vireos, or flycatchers. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Sapsucker Woods
Great morning in Sapsucker Woods as well. I arrived at about 7:45 and walked until 8:30. I started from the Fuller Wetlands and came across a nice warbler flock at the foot bridge along the lower trail. Here are the highlights: Warbling Vireo (1 singing near Fuller Wetlands, another silently foraging near footbridge) Yellow-throated Vireo (singing persistently along lower trail) Red-eyed Vireo (singing near feeder garden, hunted down with the help of Chris Wood) Yellow-rumped Warblers (many everywhere) Blackburnian Warbler (singing softly along lower trail) Black-throated Blue Warbler (singing softly near footbridge) Yellow Warblers (2 or 3) Northern Waterthrush (heard from Podell boardwalk) Ovenbird (heard in 2 locations) Least Flycatcher (heard from lower trail) Wood Thrushes (2 calling only) Ruby-crowned Kinglets (several in different places) Baltimore Oriole (singing at edge of pond near feeder blind) White-throated Sparrows (many, many everywhere, including 3 high up in a tree near the Sherwood Platform!) Swamp Sparrow (near Sherwood platform) Wes Hochachka reported seeing a Palm Warbler near the Sherwood Platform and a Scarlet Tanager being chased by two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. And Chris Wood pointed out a Solitary Sandpiper near the feeder garden. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Yellow-Headed Blackbird Endicott, NY
Tim and I went to see the Yellow-headed Blackbird this morning. It's still in the small marsh next to school. I am copying David Nicosia's directions below. The view into this marsh from the road to the soccer field is outstanding. When the bird is up and perched in the marsh, it can be seen easily with binoculars. The bird is spending long periods of time down inside a thicket about halfway back on the left side of the marsh. In our experience, when it popped up, it perched for a few seconds, flew to the left edge of the marsh in trees and on the ground, and then returned to the thicket, perched a bit more and then dropped back out of sight. When we arrived at about 11:15, Victor Lamoureux had been scanning for 30-45 minutes without seeing the bird. Fortunately, the bird popped up about 15 minutes later, just as lots of people arrived to see it (and Victor returned from checking nearby roads). It only stayed up for a few minutes. Then it was down for about 15 minutes before popping back up for a few more minutes. When it was up, it perched in the open long enough to give everyone amazing looks. What a beautiful bird! Anne Marie Johnson Directions: To get to the marsh, you drive down route 26, the google earth address is 1329 union center maine highway, endicott, ny. You basically drive down route 26 and turn right before you get to the Ann G. McGuinness Intermediate School. There is a road which leads up to the soccer fields for the school. The Marsh is on the corner of route 26/union center main highway and the road that leads to the soccer fields. You can park by the marsh.The roadoverlooks it from above so you can get good views. -- 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] Shindagin Least Flycatcher
I walked along the road in the bottom of the hollow this morning and heard a persistently calling Least Flycatcher. Otherwise it was fairly quiet except for two kingfishers flying and calling up and down the creek south of Gulf Creek Road, an Eastern Towhee, a Hermit Thrush, and loads of robins and juncos. Noticeably absent were the two Louisiana Waterthrushes I saw at the intersection of Shindagin Hollow Road and Gulf Creek Road last week. Last year a Louisiana Waterthrush sang from this location well into the summer. There were three Wood Ducks on the pond, and along the road down into the hollow I heard several Winter Wrens. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Pine Siskins are back
Two Pine Siskins appeared on my nyjer feeder briefly today with the constantly-present goldfinches. It's the first I've seen them in a week. Three Purple Finches visited the feeders for a little while yesterday. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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] Siskins
I have had 3 siskins coming in a flock of goldfinches here, as well, although I haven't seen the siskins since yesterday morning. Interesting coincidence given that we are only about 3 miles apart, but I doubt it could be the same flock (especially since that Evening Grosbeak you had a year or two ago never came by here!). Today a Purple Finch joined the goldfinches. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline On 3/17/2012 1:52 PM, bilba...@pop.lightlink.com wrote: I meant to post yesterday, but forgot...I haven't seen any Siskin postings recently. We still have a few at our feeders. Yesterday we had 3 when I first looked outside at 8 or so, and there were 3 around again this morning as well. Both times with the flock of Goldfinches that frequent the yard. Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- 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: 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] Ticks
On a very short walk through woods behind my house, I picked up two wood ticks and two deer ticks today. I walk this particular trail at least once a week and have never picked up any ticks on it--or at least not that I have seen. The two deer ticks would have gone unseen today if the two wood ticks hadn't alerted me to the need to look more closely at little black specs. Apparently ticks are out in force, and appropriate precautions should be taken. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline P.S. I saw no birds migrating overhead, but I did glimpse a couple of Ruffed Grouse that flushed well before I got near them. -- 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] Question on the Western Grebe ID
Chris Wood's eBird post from his first sighting contains notes that describe the field marks distinguishing the grebe from a Clark's Grebe: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9554251 Anne Marie Johnson On 2/4/2012 9:08 PM, david nicosia wrote: I got a comment on my flickr account saying that the western grebe photos I posted look more like a clark's grebe. This forced me to do a little research on this as I have never been out west to have to learn to distinguish between these two similar species. The white lore would suggest a clark'sgrebe in non-breeding plumage but I have read in several field guides and on-line that western grebes in non-breeding can show this too. The bill on the bird I saw today was definitively olive-yellow and I had good lighting. Is this the main field mark that is making this a Western Grebe to everyone? Has anyone considered this could be a clark's grebe? Just curious to what other's thought process was on this. Thanks. Dave Nicosia -- 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] East Shore Park ducks
The large raft of mostly Redheads was just north of East Shore Park this afternoon, at the ice edge. The raft included both Scaup, at least one Ring-necked Duck, and a few Canvasbacks. Closer to the middle of the lake, there was a nice group of Common Mergansers and Goldeneye. There may have been other things there but the light was bad. A large group of gulls was gathered on the ice south of East Shore Park, most easily viewed from the Visitors Information building. I didn't find anything aside from the three usual species, but I didn't scan them carefully. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Pine Siskin
A single Pine Siskin joined the 40+ American Goldfinches at my feeders this afternoon. He's been fiercely defending a perch on the nyjer feeder. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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/ --
