Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored sparrow reports?

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Yes, it was there this morning. The nest it was attending (discovered
yesterday by Teresa Pegan and Eric Gulson) fledged in the last day and the
birds are now very active and flying all around the area following and
feeding the fledglings. The Clay-colored also seems to be trying to chase
off adult Chipping Sparrows -- maybe the other male of "his" nest.

Benjamin
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:05 AM Michele Mannella 
wrote:

> Has anyone seen/heard the clay-colored sparrow outside Goldwin Smith Hall
> on Cornell campus recently?
> Michele
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager - Cornell University Campus

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi All,

To add some history, I learned from someone in Day Hall that it has been
frequenting various windowsills there for a couple of weeks.

Best,
Benjamin

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Jay McGowan  wrote:

> The bird was foraging on the ground and in low trees and ivy as well as
> visiting a windowsill on the back of Day Hall where someone had put
> birdseed. It was seen, I believe, until about 5:00, mostly in the area
> between Day Hall and Sage Chapel. I will probably check in the morning and
> post if I find it, as I'm sure will all the students passing by.
>
> Photos here:
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27819871
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> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <
> c...@cornell.edu> wrote:
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>> Not seen posted yet, but I thought I’d pass along word that a Western
>> Tanager has been seen and photographed hopping around the ground behind Day
>> Hall on central Cornell University Campus.
>>
>> I don’t have many other details, but saw it posted to the text RBA.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Chris T-H
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Basin owls

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi All,

The last Snowy Owl was precisely here (green arrow):

https://maps.google.com/?q=42.870325,-76.853056t=pz=13

Thanks to Kevin for leading a great trip!
Benjamin Van Doren



On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 The very successful Cayuga Bird Club field trip to Niagara Falls today
 started and ended notably with owls in the Basin.

 Just after dawn at 7:00 am, we passed through King Ferry going north on
 90, and I remarked that we were entering one of the best areas in the Basin
 for Short-eared Owls.  Sure enough, just as we passed Lake Road (that heads
 to Long Point) we had 2 or maybe 3 in the field to the west.  We pulled
 into the driveway just before the bistro and hopped out to get great views
 as they flew around, foraged, and then harassed an early rising Northern
 Harrier.

 The Niagara River and gorge was good, although gull numbers seemed down to
 me.  We dipped on Lark Sparrow in Ft. Erie, but did get an unexpected young
 male King Eider that eventually joined some mallards and mergansers loafing
 on shore.  The falls area produced a young Glaucous Gull, one or two young
 Black-legged Kittiwakes, an Iceland Gull, a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls,
 and two probable Lesser Bb x Herring hybrids. No Red Phalarope or Purple
 Sandpiper. The powerplants offered a large number of Iceland Gulls (10
 minimum), and we found a single adult Little Gull at the Queenston boat
 launch.  A relatively quick customs stop (surprising because we had a
 British passport with us) allowed us to arrive at the Niagara Falls airport
 just at the end of dusk, where a sharp-eyed student spotted a Snowy Owl
 atop one of the out buildings.  An after-dark trip up the road on the east
 side of the airport provided another Snowy Owl, this time perched along the
 road on top of a utility pole.  It gave us great, if dark, scope views,
 then flew and foraged a bit for us before flying across the road nearly
 right over us and perching in a field to the east.  As we were leaving it
 came back to a utility pole ahead of us, right next to a lighted gate where
 we pulled in directly below it.  It gave no indication it knew we were in
 the world, or cared, and we got great looks out the windows.

 But, the day had one more treat for us.  I deviated from my normal route
 home via the west side of Cayuga Lake, for no good reason other than I
 thought I could do an efficient gas-up and student drop-off, and a thought
 that there might be a better chance of a Snowy Owl encounter going through
 the agricultural fields of the west side.  Sure enough, on rt 96 south of
 Waterloo, apparently a safe distance within the Basin, one of the students
 started thinking about finding more Snowy Owls, and the second utility pole
 he looked at had one!  We turned around and watched it fly up, not quite
 across the moon, but out into the fields west of the road.  (Somebody
 dropped a pin at the location and might post the precise location tomorrow.)

 It was a very, very nice day.

 Kevin



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[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Short-eared Owl flyover

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi All,

Not chaseable, but I was excited to spot a Short-eared Owl flying quite
high over Stewart Ave this afternoon. Ben Barkley and I watched it lazily
float north into the distance for a good 5+ minutes.

A photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmvd/10447630025/

Also, a shout-out to the guy who ran by and asked what we were doing. Upon
the reply Looking for birds, he commented, Oh, I thought something
exciting was happening, and continued running.

Good birding,
Benjamin Van Doren

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Information on the Myers Point Red Knot in July

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Will be interesting to see if it is resighted there again this fall, to
support such a navigational strategy!

Benjamin


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.eduwrote:

  Fantastic. Thanks Jay!  According to that history our bird should have
 turned due east to show up again at Monomoy as planned.

  Ken

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 On Aug 19, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:

Hi all,
  I know a lot of us were curious where the Red Knot that Kevin and Lee Ann
 found at Myers Point on 28 July 2013 was banded. I entered it into the
 shorebird banding database and was able to view where this bird was seen
 before.

  It was apparently banded on 2 Sep 2009 at Monomoy National Wildlife
 Refuge in extreme eastern Massachusetts. It was seen through 22 Oct 2009 in
 the same area, then not seen again until the next year. On 15 Aug 2010 it
 was seen at North Beach Island, Massachusetts, then on 1 Sep 2010 back at
 Monomoy, where it continued until at least 29 Oct 2010. The next year it
 was seen in the spring as well, on 19 May 2011 at Kimbles Beach near Cape
 May, New Jersey. It continued along the bayshore here for at least a week,
 then was resighted at Little Sipson Island, Massachusetts (a bit north of
 Monomoy) on 2 Aug 2011, then on 24 Aug 2011 it was back at Monomoy, where
 it was once again seen through October. Last year it was seen on 21-30 Mar
 2012 at Kiawah Island in South Carolina but was not reported all fall. This
 year it was seen in the Kimbles Beach area in New Jersey from 27-30 May
 2013 and not reported again until we saw it here on Cayuga Lake on 28 Jul
 2013.

 Here is a photo of the bird, for those of you who didn't see it or want to
 be reminded:

 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2013#5905860110729828098

  Pretty cool! I wish we could find out that much information on ALL the
 vagrants we see here.

 Cheers,
  -Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Ride to Franklin's Gull?

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi All,

Hope this isn't inappropriate for the list, but if anyone is planning to head 
up for the Franklin's Gull early tomorrow and would be generous enough to pick 
up a couple carless Cornell kids, please email me! 

We'd need to be back around 11, but would provide homemade banana bread...

Thanks!
Benjamin Van Doren
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