[cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant nest
To give credit, Sunday a week ago in the evening (24 May), I was at Stewart Park and saw what seemed to me like a lot of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS for this time of year in the treetops of Jetty Woods. I did not recall them spending the breeding season here, so I was counting them for an eBird report (I was disappointed that 87 wasn't enough to get the coveted prompt), when Dan Otis came over. He walks Jetty Woods and the white lighthouse jetty regularly, as in every day throughout the winter. He suggested there might be even more not visible from that vantage and asked if the cormorants breed here. I promptly and confidently replied, No. Then he mentioned a nest he'd seen in the trees over the trail. I couldn't say anything about that, but I did note that most of the cormorants in view were immatures with various shades of gray neck breast, and those which did have adult type all-dark plumage mostly did not show the breeding-plumage double crests, for which I prefer to call the species OLD-MAN HAIRY-EYEBROW CORMORANT. I found one bird with slight crests to show Dan. I left feeling I had imparted some knowledge, but it turns out I was ignorant or at least out of date. I think it was on the morning of Tuesday 26 May I was back at Stewart Park hoping to hear the Yellow-throated Warbler which France Kehas-Dewaghe heard the day before (no luck). I met Ken Rosenberg who informed me that not only was there a nest at Jetty Woods, but it was visible from near the Cascadilla Boathouse path by the swan pond (see Kevin McGowan's photo after his series of the Arctic Tern), and Ken had seen a cormorant (or 2?) gathering sticks. Perhaps he saw a cormorant on the nest as well. I don't recall all the details, which he can provide. I was busy readjusting my concept of local cormorants locally and feeling like a bit of a dope. --Dave Nutter On Jun 03, 2015, at 09:56 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: In the trees over the creek at Jetty Woods, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS are roosting and loafing as usual, and, as Kevin pointed out to us yesterday, one has constructed and is sitting in a NEST! This is up in one of the tall red maples where the birds always sit. Cheers, Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu - -- 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] Double-crested Cormorant
For much of the winter, and as recently as 17 Feb I have only seen a single Double-crested Cormorant at the south end of Cayuga Lake.This past Sunday, 19 Feb, Norm Trigoboff reported to the Natural-History-L listserv that he saw a dead cormorant:I walked the eastern part of the Stewart Park shore and found a washed up cormorant that seemed much smaller up close than I would've thought.I didn't see any cormorants during the first half of the week, and I thought perhaps there were none here, but today while walking at Treman Marine Park I saw a living immature DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT resting on the substructure of one of the docks in the marina. Were there 2 all along? Is this a new arrival? Was the carcass something else?--Dave Nutter -- 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] Double-crested Cormorant
Tim Lenz and I saw a Cormorant swimming around two or three days ago on our morning Stewart Park count. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: For much of the winter, and as recently as 17 Feb I have only seen a single Double-crested Cormorant at the south end of Cayuga Lake. This past Sunday, 19 Feb, Norm Trigoboff reported to the Natural-History-L listserv that he saw a dead cormorant: I walked the eastern part of the Stewart Park shore and found a washed up cormorant that seemed much smaller up close than I would've thought. I didn't see any cormorants during the first half of the week, and I thought perhaps there were none here, but today while walking at Treman Marine Park I saw a living immature DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT resting on the substructure of one of the docks in the marina. Were there 2 all along? Is this a new arrival? Was the carcass something else? --Dave Nutter -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant on red lighthouse
During the time it took me to type out the text message, something scared up most of what was on the red lighthouse breakwater, and the Double-crested Cormorant, which had been a shimmery silhouette, had disappeared. Awhile later from the east end of Stewart Park I had another view of a/the Double-crested Cormorant hunting in the lake. This was more satisfying, showing yellow-orange bill pouch and even the proper spring double-crested head shape. Despite low numbers of waterfowl, the vast majority having migrated a bit further north, I found a good variety at Stewart Park today during several brief stops, including: SNOW GOOSE (2 flocks high up flying north early this morning), CANADA GOOSE (even though many have paired up and staked out territories elsewhere), AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (1M,1F), AMERICAN WIGEON (1M), RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE (1F), COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER (1M,1F), RUDDY DUCK (1F) I think I may have also seen Mark Chao heading off to the Renwick Sanctuary. I tried again today (unsuccessfully) to see a Great Horned Owl at the nest from the taxi on Pier Road as I did last year. Yesterday I also tried without seeing any owl, but was pleasantly surprised to see a BROWN CREEPER on the nest tree, which is a very good office bird for me. --Dave Nutter On Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 12:59PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: Double-crested Cormorant on red lighthouse breakwater 4pm 17 March -dave nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
