[cayugabirds-l] Blackandwhitestart?
Yesterday morning, Carol and I were birding at Jetty Woods, near the area where Trees Up Tompkins has been removing invasives and planting natives (a more open area, near where the gravel access road enters the woods). In that area we heard a couple American Redstarts, a Black-and-white Warbler, and several other species singing. And Merlin was suggesting all that. We wanted to see the Black-and-white, because we'd only seen one other this spring, so we spent a good amount of time looking for it. This, however, turned out to be a mistake. We'd seen plenty of Redstarts, so we weren't trying very hard to get a visual on those. But when we got round to spotting one, and watched it actually singing, we discovered that THAT was our Black-and-white. It was singing three different songs, in a sort of rotation. Two of them sounded to our ears like a Redstart, and one of them sounded very much like the high-pitched squeaky wheel of a Black-and-white. And Merlin thought so too! Live and learn... Rick -- 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] Orchard Orioles at Salt Point
Carol and I had a brief but nice view of two male Orchard Orioles at Salt Point this morning (ca. 7:45am). They were, for a moment, on the same branch of a large cottonwood tree which faces out toward the field with nest boxes (and the speed-bumped driveway beyond that). We'd probably caught the tail end of some kind of interaction, but we didn't catch any vocalizations. Rick -- 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] Not your typical Canada Goose nest
A few days ago, Carol and I took a walk on the south rim trail at Taughannock S.P. Not too far from the parking lot off Jacksonville Road, she spotted a Canada Goose, nesting in an unexpected location (to put it mildly). Here, have a look: https://youtu.be/g3dHEyC9qdA So I'm wondering if this bird might have been raised by peregrines. (Hey, if humans can be raised by wolves...)But seriously: Have any of you observed similarly maverick nesting behavior in this species? I'm wondering how common this might be. Rick -- 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] Help ID'ing peep?
My partner and I witnessed a peep at Myers Point this afternoon which we had difficulty ID'ing, and I wonder if anyone would be willing to help us with this. I've posted a video here: https://youtu.be/9cJehvqgjic The peep was foraging on the large mud/gravel bar in Salmon Creek, not far where some of the trailers are parked. I considered deleting the audio. But I ultimately decided to leave it, for your potential amusement (or horror). It features a...er, shall we say "distinctive"...cover of "Good Lovin'", sung in several different keys and performed live for a group of picnickers, in combination with an endless loop of "Turkey in the Straw" as played by an ice cream truck making the rounds in the park. (And it was a VERY warm day, so I think their sales were robust.) We had to listen to that stimulating melange for 15 or 20 minutes. But we DID get to see a Spotted Sandpiper (easy peasy!) and an Orchard Oriole, along with this mystery peep. So it was, arguably, worth it. TIA for any assistance with this! Rick -- 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] Cowbird or grackle with pigment problems?
Carol Johnson and I were on the East Trail boardwalk at Sapsucker Woods on Thursday morning, enjoying the sounds of several Northern Waterthrushes and a Great Crested Flycatcher, when we both spied a peculiar bird snooping around the base of a tree in the marsh not far from the boardwalk. We had only a few seconds once we each got our binoculars on it before it flew off. But we were left with the impression of a male BH Cowbird whose head was about the right color, but whose body was far too light (about, say, the color of a female BH Cowbird's breast). We didn't really see--or "register"--the color of the eyes and the exact size/shape of the bill in the brief glimpse we had. That's unfortunate, because in my later Googling for this color pattern, and for "leucistic" and "cowbird", I didn't find any images of cowbirds that looked like "our" bird, but I DID find a photo of a supposedly leucistic Common Grackle which looks quite a lot like our bird: https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdoheadtanager55/5343946235/ But whether we were looking at an anomalously pigmented cowbird or grackle (bummer that we didn't get the eyes and bill!)...or even something else, I can't be sure. Has anyone seen such a bird at Sapsucker Woods, or have any insights into pigment issues in those or similar species? If so, TIA! Rick -- 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] Bird call question
Just to elaborate a bit on Linda's interesting post: http://miracleofnature.org/blog/the-chipping-munk Rick At 05:57 PM 9/29/2014, Linda Orkin wrote: I was walking in the woods up at the overlook at Taughanock this afternoon when a large hawk flew through the trees. As I was trying to get a better view of his disappearing silhouette I noticed the immediate chorus of chipmunks all around. The typical clucking sound that they make to alert to an aerial predator. It doesn't sound like chatter. I found a youtube video here that has this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQO98CsaWZQ Linda On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com wrote: If you can't make chipmunks fit, you night consider Turkey moms and their half-grown poults. They're trading alarm clucks right now. -Geo Kloppel On Sep 29, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Sue Rakow sue.ra...@gmail.com wrote: I know chipmunk chatter quite well so am not sure of this. It is a loud sound and in the distance. Sounds like a group of something...? Sent from my iPad On Sep 29, 2014, at 4:51 PM, martin borko mbo...@stny.rr.com wrote: there is a lot of chipmunk chatter at this time of year marty On Sep 29, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Mary E. Winston wrote: It's a chipmunk -Original Message- From: bounce-118059948-12723...@list.cornell.edu [ mailto:bounce-118059948-12723...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sue Rakow Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 4:27 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Bird call question Lately in the woods during the day I have been hearing a call/sound that is like a low clack/ cluck at uneven intervals. It could be described as horseshoes on pavement. Some older some softer. I can never seem to get near to the sound. Any ideas what it might be from so little information? Thanks, Sue Rakow Sent from my 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: 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 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/ -- -- 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 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: Barred Owl, Cerulean
I ran into Pete Wiedmann at Sapsucker Woods this morning and we birded together for a while. Thanks to Pete's sharp eyes we saw a BARRED OWL, which may have been same one reported recently by Diane Ken (May 1), as well as by Mark Chao (early this morning), and was, I think, in about the same location (Severinghaus Trail). It sat on a branch about six to eight feet off the ground and watched us for a moment before flying off. This was probably between 10 and 11am. Another highlight of the outing was a CERULEAN WARBLER foraging high in a tall tree (aspen, I think) on the northeast side of the access path (power/airport right-of-way?) behind the far parking lot. It was sharing the tree with a BLACKBURNIAN. Rick -- 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] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary
That's a good one, Meena--a cemetery with no body in it. -Rick ;) At 01:13 PM 5/12/2012, Meena Haribal wrote: I did the same thing too! And found Merlin singing away! I also went to Green hills cemetery and except for the Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Chipping Sparrow and Great Crested Flycatcher no body was there. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-57377034-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-57377034-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Stuart Krasnoff [s...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 12:18 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary After a discussion about Cape May Warblers I decided to stop at the Ithaca City Cemetary to check the tall spruces. I didn't get that far. Just below the Stewart Ave. entrance there's a short road that goes off sharply to the north and over that road and up toward Stewart Ave. stands a white pine with its top 20' dead and sere. I saw a lump near the top that turned out to be a MERLIN with its back to me, either grooming or picking at some food. After a minute of watching it, it dive bombed a cardinal and then flew to the south into another white pine. I refound it perched near a dense packing of sticks that might be a nest. To find the putative nest tree find the bench with the short flagpole on the left of the main road where it bends sharply to the right. Stand across the road (on the north side) at the bend and sight to the left of the flagpole looking SSE. There are several pines up there just 50 yards or so below Stewart AVe. The bird and nest (or collection of sticks) was in the left-most tree maybe 20-25' from its top. Merlins have been reported thereabouts perennially but this the first one I've found there. Marginal digivideo through my scope at: http://youtu.be/azf-ZZlmi9Q Best...Stuart -- 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] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now
I discovered the aurora as I was leaving a dance rehearsal. Was awestruck, but managed to grab the gear from the trunk and take a photo. Not great, and a bit past the peak, but a nice memento. http://lightbody.zenfolio.com/auroras/e347244cf Then I drove up to Mount Pleasant observatory, where I ran into Meena. On the way home, I saw two bright flashes of light in the sky, in quick succession. Before I could barely form the thought, what the he..., I saw the super bright meteor streak emerge from behind the trees lining the road. I'm assuming that's where the flashes came from, but don't know for sure. Meena and Ken, if you saw the flashes in association with your sighting, please let me know. -Rick -Original Message- From: bounce-38191663-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38191663-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:46 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now Yes Ken, I did see that bright shooting star from Game farm Road as I was heading back from Mt Pleasant! That was a beautiful one. As I watched it I ooh oohed loudly. After I posted about Aurora, I ran out of the house got into my car, as I came out of my driveway I could see dazzling red lights all across the sky towards the zenith. Then I stopped at Lutheran church on Honness lane and watched some red and green columns being formed over Cornell campus' bright lights. After few minutes I drove to Game Farm road, even here campus lights are too bright, but at least city light is not mixed in. I watched glow for sometime, by then it had started fading. I took some video, but all you can see in that is a red glow with one bright star. Then I headed to Mt Pleasant, but by then we could only see green columnar glows but faint over Dryden lights. But milky way was awesome. From the observatory telescope we watched Jupiter and its moon, Pleiades etc. I did hear some bird calls, but they were not very audible among Cornell under graduates chatter, I did hear a shorebird, which sounded familiar but cant say for sure what it was. Also couple more shooting stars from Mount Pleasant! I am glad so many of you got see! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: Kenneth Victor Rosenberg Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:40 PM To: Riko Stan Cc: Meena Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now Darn, I saw these emails way too late -- when I went out at 10:45 it had mostly clouded over to the north and west and couldn't make out any aurora from the city glow. I did see about the brightest shooting star I've ever seen, though -- at 10:56 in the eastern sky -- it was so big and bright orange, then it turned green for a second before disappearing. Very low. Anyone else see that? should have put the Aurora on the RBA. Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Riko Stan wrote: We are right on lake Ontario and it is dark red. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: FYI Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: cornell-boun...@freeoutingclubs.org [cornell-boun...@freeoutingclubs.org] on behalf of Don Barry [d...@isc.astro.cornell.edu] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:23 PM To: corn...@freeoutingclubs.org Subject: [Free Outdoors] Aurora now From dark skies an obvious green band of aurora is on the northern horizon right now. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- 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:
