[cayugabirds-l] Great Crested Flycatcher

2015-05-04 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Just appeared in my backyard up at EcoVillage. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at my feeder! eom

2015-04-30 Thread Stephanie Greenwood


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[cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole in yard!

2015-04-30 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Here they all come! Whoopee!

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[cayugabirds-l] Birding this morning

2015-04-29 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Saw my FOY BROWN THRASHER singing heartily. Also my FOY HERMIT THRUSH.
I also had a treat watching a BROWN CREEPER, both doing its thing 
(scooting up tree trunks) and singing.
Lots of PURPLE FINCHES, lots of RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and surprised and 
was surprised by (not sure who was more surprised!) by a RUFFED GROUSE.
Only one YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Hoping I'm going to get some warblers 
before I leave for England (permanently) and will then have to make do 
with the drab little warblers over there.


What a gorgeous morning!

EcoVillage, Tompkins, US-NY
Apr 29, 2015 7:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: West end of EVI, Coy Glen, Cornell Natural Area
30 species

Ruffed Grouse  1
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  7
Brown Creeper  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  2
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  4
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  X
Dark-eyed Junco  8
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  5
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  2


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[cayugabirds-l] Lots of Purple Finches here too

2015-04-25 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
This morning I went out birding the West side of our land at EcoVillage 
to see if any warblers have arrived. It was pretty nippy out so it was a 
relatively quiet start, but I was rewarded with 1 YELLOW WARBLER and 1 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Notable were quite a surprising number of singing 
PURPLE FINCHES, and both RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS.

EoVillage Apr 25, 2015, 7:32 AM, Tompkins, US-NY
Apr 25, 2015 7:32 AM - 9:32 AM
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*28 species*

Mallard  2
Killdeer  1
Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
*Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4*
American Robin  7
*Yellow Warbler  1*
*Yellow-rumped Warbler  1*
Eastern Towhee  6
Song Sparrow  X
Dark-eyed Junco  4
Northern Cardinal  5
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Finch  4
*Purple Finch  5*
American Goldfinch  10
House Sparrow  3


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[cayugabirds-l] OT - David Kiehm at Handwork 1st May

2015-04-23 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Thought you all might be interested to know that there will be an 
opening reception for David Kiehm, BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013, 
from 5-8pm at Handwork 1st May (Gallery Night). Light refreshments 
served. Watercolor demonstrations.


Handwork has been carrying and selling his artwork for a number of years 
now.



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[cayugabirds-l] Huge flock of RWBB Grackles

2015-03-20 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
About 500 mixed flock of Common Grackles and Red-wing Blackbirds just 
landed in the trees South of my backyard. Quite a number of them are at 
my feeders and my neighbor's feeders.
Quite stunning. Reminds me of the murmurations (sp?) of Starlings on the 
Levels in Somerset, England.


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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Harrier

2015-03-04 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
FOY for me Northern Harrier hunting in the fields south of my house 
being harried by two crows.


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[cayugabirds-l] Any Purple Sandpiper reports today?

2014-10-24 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Thanks.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Any Purple Sandpiper reports today?

2014-10-24 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Thanks Jay. Found it. Still there 4-4:30pm. What a lovely looking bird.
Also found Gary and Mark and Tilden.
And Gary found for me a Long-tailed Duck at the marina.

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On 10/24/14, 3:07 PM, Jay McGowan wrote:

 The bird is still present now, walking along the shore on the north 
 side of the spit.

 On Oct 24, 2014 3:03 PM, Stephanie Greenwood 
 stpegreenw...@gmail.com mailto:stpegreenw...@gmail.com wrote:

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[cayugabirds-l] App for European birds

2014-10-08 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Hi Linda

I've just returned from one of my visits to England, and though I don't 
know of any apps for European birds, I use two apps specifically for 
British birds, many of which can be found on the European continent. 
Birds of Britain and Ireland Pro and Birds of Britain Pro.


There's also another app from BirdGuides: Northern European Birds. But 
Europe is a big place bird-wise, better to get an app for the country 
you're visiting.


Hope this helps.
Stephanie


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014

2014-07-06 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
My garden which I've designed for bees  butterflies is also relatively and 
sadly quiet. 

Stephanie Greenwood
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 On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Thanks for these observations Fritzie. I care. I'm there with you. It's a 
 tragedy. And now we are on the cusp of another horrible pesticide related to 
 Agent Orange being approved. Along with new agent orange ready GMO companion 
 plants. I, too, have silently blooming white clover in my yard. I was 
 thinking how just 20 years ago you could not walk barefoot at this time of 
 year for fear of being stung. Not so now. 
 
 If people don't wake up now the poisoning of this world, not our world but 
 all beings world, will be entire and complete. And this is an appropriate 
 discussion for a listserv made up of people who love birds, I would think. 
 
 And gas should cost $100 per gallon. 
 
 Linda
 
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 On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:19 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard 
 job121...@verizon.net wrote:
 
 Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) between 
 Rte. 34 B  Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field 
 Rd.. 
 
 Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house  one on the 
 NYSEG Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 
 June, Becky  I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the 
 trailer park down Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone 
 to ask about when, or if, they may have been active.
 
 In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in  out 
 of the tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have 
 noticed a remarkable lack of barn  tree swallows here this summer, compared 
 to previous years. 
 
 Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring ...  eventually people got her message 
  did something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of 
 weed-free corn  soybean fields,  I thought about seeing only one honey bee 
 so far, no Monarch butterflies  few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is 
 FULL of white clover which normally would be abuzz with honey bees.
 
 We still have mosquitoes  black flies, insects that need water in which to 
 lay eggs  blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water  blood. 
 They thrive. We scratch.
 
 Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US are 
 fast disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of 
 insecticides, weed killers  fungicides by home owners, golf course owners, 
 large  small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that  
 determines what food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the 
 same ranks as the carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late.
 
 I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating that 
 scientists at MD U  the USDA have now found evidence that bees that ate 
 pollen contaminated with fungicides  are 3 times as likely to be infected 
 with parasites that cause colony collapse disorder.
 
 I wonder ... WHO CARES??? 
 
 Fritzie, in Union Springs   where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July 2104
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday CBC Field Trip

2013-12-01 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
You forgot the Carolina Wren singing to us at East Shore Park. 

Stephanie Greenwood
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 On Dec 1, 2013, at 7:41 PM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote:
 
 Seven folks joined me for a run up the east side of the lake today. It was 
 warmer than any of the last few days, but with the south breeze off the 
 water, it still felt cold.
 
 We began at Stewart Park, picking through the groups of waterfowl. Dave 
 Nutter noted a Blue-winged Teal before we even got there - and we never did 
 re-find it. In addition to the usuals, we spotted a distant female 
 Red-breasted Merganser, 7 Scoters, most of which were White-winged, three 
 Double-crested Cormorants on the jetty, the ongoing Ruddy Duck flock, and the 
 beginnings of an aythya raft that seemed to consist solely of Redheads.
 
 We then got closer looks at the scoters from East Shore Park and then headed 
 up to Myers, checking Drake and Portland Point Roads on the way. The Salt 
 Point duck hunter was just packing up, leaving a large flock of Mallards 
 safely offshore. While were scanning the lake a single American Pipit flew in 
 the the spit, remained long enough for a couple of us to get looks, then flew 
 off. 
 
 The next stop was Center Road for great looks at a small Horned Lark/Snow 
 Bunting flock, then on to Lake Road and Long Point SP. Nearly at the bottom 
 of Lake Road we ran into a large flock of Robins/Starlings/Cedar Waxwings 
 consuming cedar berries. Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a Northern Flicker 
 called from the woods. And a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers ignored us for 
 the poison ivy berries right along the road. At Long Point we spotted a 
 couple of Common Loons and one Horned Grebe, as well as a vocal 
 Golden-crowned Kinglet foraging in one of the cedars. A digression here: the 
 ground around the bathrooms was littered with hickory nuts - thousands. Where 
 are the squirrels? 
 
 From the Aurora boathouse we were able to find a total of eight Horned 
 Grebes, couple of Loons, and several groups of Buffleheads. At the end of a 
 distant line of Mallards were three Ring-necked Ducks and one more that, we 
 finally concluded, must have been a Scaup-Ring-necked cross. The bird had a 
 rounded head (lacking the crest at the back of a Ring-neck's head), a much 
 paler and less-distinct white finger on the front of the flank, and an 
 overall browner color of wing and body.
 
 We got as far as Union Springs before heading home. Factory Street pond was 
 nearly empty, except for a single Green-winged Teal, a Mallard, several 
 Gadwall, and two female Northern Pintail. One of the Pintails had a couple of 
 unusual, diagonal, white stripes on the folded wing (on the right side 
 only!). Mill Pond was unremarkable, with the resident Redhead and several 
 Gadwall. Perhaps the best stop was our last, at Frontenac Park. Again, the 
 duck hunters had just finished up so there was not much on the water - except 
 for a couple more Horned Grebes, three distant Bonaparte's Gulls, and both 
 male and female Norther Harriers flying down the lake towards Farley's Point. 
 What were they doing out over the water?
 
 I took no notes and am writing this from memory. So chime in, anyone, and add 
 to/correct my comments.
 
 Bob McGuire
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Warbler surprise

2013-09-05 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Out walking with a friend this morning around about EcoVillage  
neighboring Plantation woodland, came across a bird party - lots of 
chickadees. So stopped to check it out in case any migrants were hanging 
out with them. I put my glasses onto what I thought was a chickadee or 
nuthatch and found myself looking at a BLACK  WHITE WARBLER. Then 
nearby another flutter caught my eye and what I thought was another BW 
Warbler turned out to be a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.

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[cayugabirds-l] Purple finch...uh-oh

2013-05-21 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Uh-oh. I have a Purple Finch on my feeder with one eye glued shut. Is 
that a sign of the dreaded disease?

Stephanie


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [NatureMobile: Birds PRO Northern America] new Birding App for iOs

2013-01-18 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Is this kind of advertising allowed on this list?

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[cayugabirds-l] HUGE Snow Geese movement

2012-12-27 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
A huge, inestimable number of snow geese just flew overhead, the biggest 
I've ever seen.

Brought everyone out of their houses up here to have a look.
Stephanie

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[cayugabirds-l] And MORE as I typed previous message!!!!

2012-12-27 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

I've never ever seen so many.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] HUGE Snow Geese movement

2012-12-27 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Those must have been the ones I saw streaming BACK from the South 
heading North, definitely in the lake direction from here about 5pm.

Don't know why they changed course and came back again. Weather? Wind? Lake?
Stephanie



On 12/27/12 9:25 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote:

At dusk I stopped by Stewart park - the churning lakeshore was pretty bird 
less, but then I noticed the western sky filled with SNOW GEESE pouring in from 
the south. The skeins were flying north but drifting east over the lake, flying 
very strongly into the stiff wind. I'm sure I missed the beginning of this 
return flight, but I counted 5,300 birds. They seemed to be dropping onto the 
lake somewhere up near myer's.

So it seems not all (any?) of the snows left the cayuga lake basin today.

Ken

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On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Bill Mcaneny bmcane...@fltg.net wrote:


Interesting to hear that they were still streaming at 2:30.  I was digging
out my driveway at about 12:15 when I heard the Snows and saw them heading
south.  I wondered whether they were going to the corn fields because the
Canadas fly in the same direction in the morning and back to the lake later
in the day.  When the good folks south of us started to report the flights,
it was obvious the destination was not the corn fields, at least, not the
local ones.  I think the early reports started coming in about 12:30, just a
few minutes after my first sightings.  The timing and direction were perfect
for an escape to the south.  I think Geo's count was accurate.  While I
watched for just a few minutes, I saw perhaps 1000 to 2000 birds.  I wonder
what Geo's final tally was.  Too bad the birds couldn't have waited until
the census day next week.

Bill McAneny, Tburg

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Still streaming out the south gates of the Cayuga Basin at 2:30!

-Geo

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[cayugabirds-l] Yard birds - Bluebirds

2012-10-30 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Beautiful pair of Bluebirds in my back garden right now.
Which is a treat as I rarely see them due to preponderance of House 
Sparrows.

Stephanie

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[cayugabirds-l] Rufous Hummingbird YES me too

2012-10-25 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

I was there between 2-3pm today and he came every 10-15 minutes.
It was so wonderful to get such good, close looks at him.
Thank you Marty and Mary Jean!
And thank you Nancy for confirming he was there earlier.

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[cayugabirds-l] Cool hawk event

2012-08-12 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
On the way to the Plantsmen's Garden Gathering event yesterday with 
friends who are visiting, just before we got there, I spotted either a 
Coopers or Sharpie coming from the right side of the road being chased 
by another small bird. As I slowed down it suddenly flew in front of the 
car and grabbed another small bird off the telephone/electric wires on 
the left side of the road and flew off with it in its claws. It was all 
incredibly fast, so no ID possible. But it was amazing to see!
It was also amazing that I managed to keep the car on the road while 
watching!


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[cayugabirds-l] Singing Hermit Thrush

2012-08-03 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
This morning on an early-morning walk in Coy Glen with Jane Graves we 
were treated close-up to a beautifully singing Hermit Thrush.

(And yes, Bob, I now get the diff betw Hermit  Wood Thrush song!)
We also had singing Eastern Wood-Peewee. Nice to hear a little singing 
at this time

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Owasco Flats

2012-06-27 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Another great way to see/hear birds and lots of other wildlife is to 
kayak down the inlet through the nature reserve. Glorious! The closest 
thing to the Adirondacks I've found in the area. (And no muddy shoes!)
Stephanie


On 6/26/12 11:45 PM, Donna Scott wrote:
 On this lovely 70 degree day (Tues. 6/26). , I took a leisurely drive 
 over hill and dale to Owasco Flats by NY Rt. 38 (#41 in our wonderful 
 Cayuga Basin guidebook) and walked around the loop trail along the 
 inlet stream and old RR bed Some parts were very wet  muddy and I 
 wore the wrong shoes, now also very muddy. I may also have poison ivy 
 on my legs in a few days... The paths could use a little trim. While 
 there is not too much PI right by the trail, I would recommend long 
 pants, not shorts.
 It was peaceful and quiet by the inlet portion of the path, except for 
 the faint traffic noise on Rt. 38. Luckily, some of the birds were not 
 quiet and I heard and saw several VEERYS and GRAY CATBIRDS, and saw,  
 of course heard, 2 BELTED KINGFISHERS.
 Heard the irregular knocking of a YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER across the 
 inlet, then saw one close by on my side. Kept hearing a GREAT CRESTED 
 FLYCATCHER and saw a smaller flycatcher I could not identify. I 
 learned the Sapsucker knock sound from Sandy Padulka, one of our field 
 guides in the SFO class. She found just the right stick to bang on a 
 tree to show us how it sounds!
 Saw a GREEN HERON flying away and a TURKEY VULTURE in the distance.
 Part way down the path, by the small bridge with railings (some torn 
 off by vandals), I found a lovely wild Canada Lily in full bloom.
 Along the old RR part of the path, I heard a few birds I can't yet 
 identify by sound, including one I have never heard:
 It called a plain sound - yurr or your with a faint buzzy 
 undernote - called once with pauses in between calls. Can anybody tell 
 me what bird this might be? I imitated it and the bird called back (I 
 think), but wouldn't come to where I could see it.
 Did see a nice female AMERICAN REDSTART there, and heard what I 
 thought was a RED EYED VIREO, and heard a WOOD THRUSH very close to me.
 On the gravel road part of the trail I saw a HOUSE SPARROW, an AMER. 
 GOLDFINCH, AMER. ROBINS, NORTHERN FLICKERS, DOWNY WOODPECKER, an E. 
 KINGBIRD, and a YELLOW WARBLER. Some RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS and C. 
 GRACKLES flew out to the nearby marsh. Saw several CEDAR WAXWINGS 
 and TREE SWALLOWS, including some babies lined up on a dead tree 
 branch, opening their mouths in unison when a parent flew near.
 Over or on Owasco Lake were several BARN SWALLOWS, MALLARDS, and RING 
 BILLED GULLS.
 On the drive over to Owasco through rural country, I saw a lot of 
 birds including many, many BARN SWALLOWS - some sitting in the dirt 
 and gravel on a dirt road, just sitting there, not bathing in the 
 dust; several NO. MOCKINGBIRDS, an AMER. KESTREL, and an EASTERN 
 BLUEBIRD; also, a BELTED KINGFISHER and a YELLOW WARBLER by a little 
 stream. Lots of other common birds, as well.
 Kevin McGowan is right - there are lots of birds out there and this is 
 a great part of the world - - rural NY in lush, green summer can't be 
 beat!
 Now I need to try Fillmore Glen State Park, also described in #41.
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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorne Orchard, etc

2012-05-04 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
My morning began with no less than 10 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in my yard, 
in the rain. But no hummers as yet :-( .


So, don't let anyone ever tell you that you have to be at Hawthorne 
early! I had intended to be at Hawthorne at 7am, but wimped out due to 
rain. Then I couldn't stand missing all the fun and headed out a bit 
later when it was only lightly sprinkling. I was fully prepared to have 
blown it, but decided to just go anyway. So I didn't arrive at the site 
until 8:30am. WOW! to my surprise and delight it was busy busy busy.


First I was greeted by a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, singing on the tree at the 
(SE?)entrance just like a gatekeeper. Then plunging in I found myself 
surrounded by numerous warblers. At one point I was standing in the 
center of a clearing and just kept turning around and around in a circle 
trying to see all of them until I just gave up, put down my binoculars, 
and stood blissed out listening to the 'surround sound'. I've never 
experienced anything like that before.


I had most of the Warblers already reported, was amazed at the large 
number of NORTHERN PARULAS  BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS as well as my first 
ever really good look at both a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a PRAIRIE WARBLER. 
Didn't see or hear Blue-wing or Hooded which was reported earlier today. 
Also had three large flocks of CEDAR WAXWINGS.


My ebird report below:

Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY
May 4, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
44 species

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Least Flycatcher  4
Blue-headed Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Barn Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  3
Cedar Waxwing  X
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  X
Nashville Warbler  X
Common Yellowthroat  X
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  X
Magnolia Warbler  X
Blackburnian Warbler  X
Yellow Warbler  X
Chestnut-sided Warbler  X
Black-throated Blue Warbler  X
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
Prairie Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  X
Canada Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  X
Chipping Sparrow  X
Field Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)  X
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  X

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY White-crowned sparrow

2012-05-01 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

In my back garden. Yay!
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[cayugabirds-l] Nashville Warbler

2012-04-21 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Okay I know it's 'out of the Basin' but it's so close and it was so cool 
Im going to report it anyway: Jane Graves and I heard a Nashville 
Warbler yesterday morning while hiking in the Finger Lakes National Forest.
We also both got the best ever look for both of us of a Broad-winged 
hawk (at the same spot as the Nashville) circling right above us calling 
loud and clear. It circled again and again and against the bright blue 
sky was breath-taking.
All in all we had a very birdy, very enjoyable hike, with lots of 
butterflies as well.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hermit Thrush, Brooktondale

2012-04-10 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Eeeyup. HERMIT THRUSHES are definitely back - saw one up here on 
Saturday at EVI and Jane Graves and I saw FIVE of them at Shindagin 
Hollow on Sunday.
Stephanie

On 4/10/12 6:54 AM, Melissa Groo wrote:
 Heard my first-of-year HERMIT THRUSH sing a few faltering times this 
 morning outside my window at 6 a.m., out here on Shindagin Hollow Rd 
 in Brooktondale, next to the state forest. It was soon replaced by the 
 robust song of the WINTER WREN that sings every morning in the valley 
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[cayugabirds-l] Ring-necked, etc

2012-04-04 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Welcome home me - first time on our pond, right now - a pair of 
Bufflehead, two pairs of Ring-necked and a female Red-breasted 
Merganser. Whoohoo!


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-wing Blackbirds arrived today at EcoVillage too

2012-02-26 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

FOY up here for me.

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[cayugabirds-l] Sharpie West Hill

2012-02-10 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Had a not very productive morning birding only to return to my house and 
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[cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl

2012-02-08 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
I was gently awakened this morning at around 5am by a Great Horned Owl 
hooting outside my bedroom window.

And just now a neighbor spotted it nearby in the NW corner of our wood.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin eating House Sparrow

2012-01-27 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Yippee! One down

On 1/27/12 9:45 AM, Bill Evans wrote:
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[cayugabirds-l] Male Red-winged Blackbird

2011-11-04 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Well THAT was a surprise. A male RWB at my feeders this morning. The 
first one I've seen since they left in August.


Also a lovely pair of Golden Crowned Kinglets when out walking our land 
yesterday.


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[cayugabirds-l] Immature rose-breasted grosbeak

2011-08-03 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
While watching an immature Baltimore Oriole in my back garden, movement 
further away in the blackberry patch caught my eye. At first I was 
completely flummoxed by what looked like a very unusual sparrow, until I 
spotted the beak. It was an immature Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Another 
birdy learning moment for me as I'd never seen one before.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd

2011-07-05 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
part of the same *early* *fall* movement.

PuLLEASE!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?

2011-05-23 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
No shortage of Field Sparrows up here.
Miss the migrants, though. They have vamooshed as if by magic.
Stephanie

On 5/23/11 2:50 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote:
 This morning at Park Preserve there was no shortage of Field Sparrows. 
 I hadn't been there this year and the new trails really extend the fun.
 Gary


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[cayugabirds-l] Female Redwings

2011-04-25 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Yes, we have quite a few up here at EcoVillage now. This seems to be 
Red-wing Blackbird heaven.

However, I reported to the list our first 2 females on 6th April this year.
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[cayugabirds-l] Swan Pen

2011-04-22 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
A quick stop en route at noon today revealed only two warblers - Yellow 
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[cayugabirds-l] FEMALE Redwing Blackbirds

2011-04-06 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
While cruising our 170 acre site this morning I came across my first 2 
FEMALE REDWING BLACKBIRDS.

Several males around them were making quite a fuss...understandably.
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[cayugabirds-l] American Tree Sparrows on the increase

2011-02-24 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Just thought it might be worth reporting that today I counted 42 
American Tree Sparrows under and on my feeders, my highest count yet. 
And I still have around 30 Redpolls (including a Hoary or two or three) 
visiting daily, as well as the other usual feeder birds.


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[cayugabirds-l] White-throated sparrow at my feeders eom

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[cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl(s)

2011-02-07 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
I've been woken up at 3am the past two nights by the hooting of Great 
Horned Owls. It sounds like two of them calling and answering.

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[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls

2011-01-27 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
I have about 40 Redpolls hanging around my feeders now on a daily basis. 
Yippee!!!

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[cayugabirds-l] Large flock of American Robins

2011-01-24 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
I counted at least 40 American Robins hanging around the berries West of 
EcoVillage land in the Cornell Plantations area today while out skiing 
and nearly lost my balance!

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[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls and Robins

2011-01-23 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Flock of over 2 dozen Redpolls at my feeders off and on all day today.
4 American Robins huddled in the aspen grove yesterday.
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[cayugabirds-l] 5000 blackbirds and starlings fall from the sky!

2011-01-03 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
I was just shocked when a friend I met for dinner this evening told me 
about this story. Have any of you heard about this?
What I found even more shocking was the ornithologist from the Game and 
Fish commission saying 'the incident is not that unusual'. First I've 
heard of such a thing.
I looked up the story on CNN and have copied it below.
Stephanie

*(CNN)* -- The thousands of birds that fell from the sky just before 
midnight New Year's Eve in Arkansas likely died from massive trauma, 
according to a preliminary report released Monday.

The birds -- most of which were dead when they were found -- were 
red-winged blackbirds and starlings, and they were found within a 
one-mile area of Beebe, about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock, the 
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said.

Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the commission, said the birds showed 
evidence of trauma in the breast tissue, with blood clots in the body 
cavity and a lot of internal bleeding. All major organs were normal.

He cited a preliminary report conducted by the Arkansas Livestock and 
Poultry Commission.

Further tests will be done to rule out other causes, but the birds 
suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and 
death. There was no sign of any chronic or infectious disease, the 
report said, according to the game and fish commission.

As of Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 birds had been found dead, said 
Stephens.

Karen Rowe, an ornithologist for the game and fish commission, said the 
incident is not that unusual and is often caused by a lightning strike 
or high-altitude hail.

A strong storm system moved through the state earlier in the day Friday. 
Officials also speculated that fireworks shot by New Year's revelers in 
the area might have caused severe stress in the birds.

It's completely indescribable how many birds were here. I've never been 
anything like it, said Melissa Weatherly, a Beebe resident.

Blackbirds do not normally fly at night and it was not immediately clear 
what caused the odd behavior. Loud noises were reported shortly before 
the birds began falling, according to the game and fish commission.

The birds obviously hit something very hard and had hemorrhages, said 
Rowe.

Initial examinations of a few of the dead birds showed trauma. Whether 
or not this trauma was from the force of hitting the ground when they 
fell or from something that contacted them in the air, we don't know, 
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[cayugabirds-l] Cedar Waxwings

2010-12-31 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

A flock of approx. 14 just flew over West end of EcoVillage.
I hope they do that tomorrow!
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[cayugabirds-l] First-year male Redwing Blackbird

2010-12-28 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Well that was a surprise!
A male Redwing Blackbird just appeared at my sunflower feeder. I first 
thought it was a female, but it was in what my Sibley notes as a male in 
its 1st-summer plumage. There's probably a more scientifically 
bird-speak word for that. But anyway I was very surprised to see it.

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[cayugabirds-l] Redpoll West Hill

2010-12-24 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

Single Redpoll under my feeders today.
Happy Christmas!
Stephanie

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-12-20 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
That's funny - I had 14 Mourning Doves under my feeders this morning, 
which is 10 more than usual. Are they having a local convention?

Stephanie Greenwood
West Hill

On 12/20/10 10:13 AM, Nancy W Dickinson wrote:
 Unusual birds at our feeders this weekend included a White-crowned 
 Sparrow, a Grackle, and a ridiculous number of Mourning Doves-- 28 at 
 last count.

 Nancy Dickinson
 Mecklenburg

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[cayugabirds-l] American Tree Sparrows are back!

2010-12-05 Thread Stephanie Greenwood

First ones today in back garden.
Stephanie

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-10-18 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
 Please don't tell me that you don't have any European House 
Sparrows...I have a flock of 20 that are driving me and my other feeder 
birds nuts. What to do what to do? Never thought I'd wish I owned a gun

Stephanie

On 10/18/10 5:54 PM, joe  Diana wrote:

 Hi,

 I had a visit from a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a single Pine Siskin 
at the feeder in the past two days. I also phished in a group of House 
Finches.  Maybe not too exciting except to me, because they came! 
Diana Whiting


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