[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake: Surf Scoters
For those interested, there is a male and female Surf Scoter asleep near the middle of Dryden Lake right now. Generally associating with small group of female Buffleheads, and single female Ruddy Duck. First reported this morning by Kevin Cummings. Sincerely, Chris T-H Sent from my iPhone -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake Field Trip - Sunday Ap 7, Cayuga Bird Club
Hi All, Suan Yong and I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip to Dryden Lake on Sunday morning, April 7. Meet at the Cornell Lab of O parking lot at 8:00 am OR at Dryden Lake Park at 8:20 am for a half day trip walking along the Jim Schug trail that borders the lake (about 1 mile each way). Nesting Bald Eagles, early spring migrants, waterfowl and much more. The trail can be muddy so be prepared! We will be back at the cars by noon at the latest. Take Rte 38S from Dryden to Chaffee Road, left on Chaffee to W. Lake Road, left and then right into Dryden Lake Park. This trip is open to the public. Questions? email Laura, l...@cornell.edu Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake CBC trip
The Cayuga Bird Clubs Dryden Lake Trip this morning was very successful despite the dismal weather forcast. I had four people join me. We scoped the lake from under a pavilion to start, as it was lightly raining. There were 13 Bonapartes Gulls, a Pie-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, 4 Bufflehead, 2 Ring-billed Gulls, and 3 Common Mergansers. About 40 Tree Swallows swarmed around out over the lake. We saw the Osprey pair across the way perched on their nest platform. It stopped raining so we headed down the trail along the lake. Two Kingfishers seemed to keep traveling along ahead of us. Some highlights included good looks at Rusty Blackbirds (8 total) that were foraging on the ground in a wet area, and flew up to nearby bushes and trees. Woodpeckers we observed were Pileated, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied, Hariy, and Downy. We started seeing Yellow-rumped Warblers, with nice looks at many of them. We also found two Palm Warblers in different spots, with the second one giving us beautiful views. The Bald Eagle pair were at their nest site. Further down the trail we heard and saw Swamp Sparrows and there were some sparrows on the ground in the trail. One was a Song Sparrow and three others, smaller ones, turned out to be Field Sparrows. We had been hearing a Field Sparrow and it was a surprise to see them here on the ground. We saw a Wood Duck pair and several Mallards. We found a Solitary Sandpiper and we had nice close views, as it did not fly off. On our way back, ( it started raining ) we heard an Eastern Towhee and found a Common Loon out on the lake. We found 44 species and I haven't listed all the usual suspects. Thanks to Ann Mitchell who did an ebird list for us. We were a bit wet and cold when we got back to the cars but all agreed it was a wonderful morning with many good birds. Gladys Birdsall -- 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 ducks
Hi all, There is currently a nice diversity of ducks in the open water at the center of Dryden Lake: Green-winged Teal American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Kevin 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] Dryden Lake Bald Eagle
With local trails becoming snow-free on this warm day, my new knee and I checked out the Dryden Lake linear trail this afternoon. The trail was quite muddy and the birds scanty, but the highlight was a very handsome adult Bald Eagle circling over the south end of the lake, near a stand of conifers where I believe they have nested for several years. The magnificent bird then landed at the top of a tall, leafless tree allowing a great view. And like others I heard my first Killdeer of the year. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ -- 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 Osprey pair
Hi all, The Osprey pair at Dryden Lake have been busy collecting nest material the last few days. Typical behavior seems to be flying over a small tree on the lake edge and tearing off a twig on the way by. However, I just saw one flying low over the ground to grab a large clump of cut grass. Kevin 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] Dryden Lake
Birders, Dryden Lake is a designated Unique Natural Area in our county so the Environmental Management Council, advisory to the county legislature, will also be taking a look at this. I would encourage all other efforts to continue. Regi Teasley, incoming EMC Chair “The future of the world is nuts.” Philip Rutter, founder of the American Chestnut Foundation -- 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] Dryden Lake may be in danger
There must be 1000 redhead ducks close to shore in Aurora right now at 10 am. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 11, 2021, at 8:22 AM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > Has this been reported in any of the local presses? That might be a > good place to start increasing awareness. > More generally, I'm not finding any web presence at all describing > this issue with any authority. > > Are the homeowners along the lakeshore and nearby aware of this? They > would seem most likely to be directly impacted, and most motivated to > actively do something about it. > > Suan > > >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:18 PM Bard Prentiss wrote: >> >> The Dryden Lake that we know and love is in serious danger of reverting to >> >> its primitive original form as a shallow pond. >> >> The dam is beginning to leak a bit and its current owner NYS DEC >> >> may not wish to spend the money for a proper replacement of concrete >> >> nor are they interested in repairing and maintaining the current dam. >> >> The town is also resistant to assuming the costs and responsibility for >> >> either idea, although there has been a dam there since the late1700s. >> >> It is unlikely given the way things happen these days that the dam will >> >> be allowed to just rot away. It will probably have to be destroyed soon, >> >> for liability reasons, and the lake drained to primitive levels. >> >> Such action would dramatically effect the lives of persons throughout the >> >> region. The lake would, in effect, become relatively useless to its current >> >> large, diverse crop of users. It would have little appeal to the large number >> >> of boaters currently dotting its waters throughout the warmer >> >> months. Its shallow nature would limit the species of fish that >> >> could live there to pan fish. >> >> The current Dryden Lake Park would be difficult to justify and the trail >> >> would have little relationship to the remaining pond. >> >> The current lake’s great value to birders and naturalists >> >> would be seriously reduced. >> >> The lake attracts thousands of visitors yearly >> >> for all the activities mentioned above as well as for public gatherings, >> >> picnicking and relaxing. >> >> The loss of the lake would have a major economic impact on the region. >> >> It would be truly serious for the area to loose Dryden Lake. >> >> We can’t let it happen! >> >> Attached is a resolution by the Town of Dryden >> >> Conservation Board. >> >> To strengthen the case for keeping a dam individuals might write to >> >> the NYSDEC Region 7, Fisher Ave, Cortland, N Y 13045 and the >> >> Dryden Town Board, 93 E Main St. Dryden, N Y 13053 expressing >> >> the importance of the lake to them personally. >> >> PS: Feel free to post this any where it might further spread the word. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake may be in danger
Has this been reported in any of the local presses? That might be a good place to start increasing awareness. More generally, I'm not finding any web presence at all describing this issue with any authority. Are the homeowners along the lakeshore and nearby aware of this? They would seem most likely to be directly impacted, and most motivated to actively do something about it. Suan On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:18 PM Bard Prentiss wrote: > > The Dryden Lake that we know and love is in serious danger of reverting to > > its primitive original form as a shallow pond. > > The dam is beginning to leak a bit and its current owner NYS DEC > > may not wish to spend the money for a proper replacement of concrete > > nor are they interested in repairing and maintaining the current dam. > > The town is also resistant to assuming the costs and responsibility for > > either idea, although there has been a dam there since the late1700s. > > It is unlikely given the way things happen these days that the dam will > > be allowed to just rot away. It will probably have to be destroyed soon, > > for liability reasons, and the lake drained to primitive levels. > > Such action would dramatically effect the lives of persons throughout the > > region. The lake would, in effect, become relatively useless to its current > > large, diverse crop of users. It would have little appeal to the large number > > of boaters currently dotting its waters throughout the warmer > > months. Its shallow nature would limit the species of fish that > > could live there to pan fish. > > The current Dryden Lake Park would be difficult to justify and the trail > > would have little relationship to the remaining pond. > > The current lake’s great value to birders and naturalists > > would be seriously reduced. > > The lake attracts thousands of visitors yearly > > for all the activities mentioned above as well as for public gatherings, > > picnicking and relaxing. > > The loss of the lake would have a major economic impact on the region. > > It would be truly serious for the area to loose Dryden Lake. > > We can’t let it happen! > > Attached is a resolution by the Town of Dryden > > Conservation Board. > > To strengthen the case for keeping a dam individuals might write to > > the NYSDEC Region 7, Fisher Ave, Cortland, N Y 13045 and the > > Dryden Town Board, 93 E Main St. Dryden, N Y 13053 expressing > > the importance of the lake to them personally. > > PS: Feel free to post this any where it might further spread the word. > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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] Dryden Lake may be in danger
The Dryden Lake that we know and love is in serious danger of reverting toits primitive original form as a shallow pond. The dam is beginning to leak a bit and its current owner NYS DEC may not wish to spend the money for a proper replacement of concrete nor are they interested in repairing and maintaining the current dam. The town is also resistant to assuming the costs and responsibility for either idea, although there has been a dam there since the late1700s. It is unlikely given the way things happen these days that the dam will be allowed to just rot away. It will probably have to be destroyed soon, for liability reasons, and the lake drained to primitive levels. Such action would dramatically effect the lives of persons throughout theregion. The lake would, in effect, become relatively useless to its current large, diverse crop of users. It would have little appeal to the large number of boaters currently dotting its waters throughout the warmer months. Its shallow nature would limit the species of fish that could live there to pan fish. The current Dryden Lake Park would be difficult to justify and the trail would have little relationship to the remaining pond. The current lake’s great value to birders and naturalists would be seriously reduced. The lake attracts thousands of visitors yearly for all the activities mentioned above as well as for public gatherings, picnicking and relaxing. The loss of the lake would have a major economic impact on the region.It would be truly serious for the area to loose Dryden Lake.We can’t let it happen! Attached is a resolution by the Town of Dryden Conservation Board. To strengthen the case for keeping a dam individuals might write to the NYSDEC Region 7, Fisher Ave, Cortland, N Y 13045 and the Dryden Town Board, 93 E Main St. Dryden, N Y 13053 expressing the importance of the lake to them personally. PS: Feel free to post this any where it might further spread the word. -- 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] Dryden Lake dam: Zoom link for Conservation Board meeting 11/24
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[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake birds
Hi all, There are many Bufflehead, Hooded Mergansers, Common Mergansers, and Mallards on Dryden Lake right now, plus two Common Loons. I don't see yesterday's Tundra Swans. Kevin -- 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] Dryden Lake swans
Viewing has improved, and I believe they are Tundra Swans instead. Kevin Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 17, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > Hi all, > > There is currently a trio of Trumpeter Swans on Dryden Lake. > > Kevin > > > 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] Dryden Lake swans
Hi all, There is currently a trio of Trumpeter Swans on Dryden Lake. Kevin 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] Dryden Lake
Hi all 9:25am Friday at a misty, foggy Dryden Lake - a raft of 37 bufflehead and one nearby pied-billed grebe. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@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] Dryden lake
The trail from the parking area along Dryden Lake is busy this morning. Common yellowthroats Yellow warblers Yellow-rumped warblers Spotted sandpipers Catbirds Northern waterthrush Barn swallows Ruby-crowned kinglets Bald Eagles And more. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@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] Dryden Lake
Still lots of Common Mergansers hanging out on the lake. On Wednesday there was a pair of Long Tailed Ducks in the mix. Was pleased to have found Song, Swamp and Field Sparrows. There is a pair of very busy and vocal Kingfishers in the vicinity as well. Yesterday there were two Eagles at the nest. One flew off while I spied. It certainly looks to me as if there is feeding activity going on. The remaining adult was not sitting on the nest but rather, at the edge. There was head movement that I imagined was that of ripping up little pieces of fish and feeding the young. On my return walk from the Purvis Preserve section I could not see anything on the nest (or the lake) due to a white out of a snow storm. Lois Chaplin Beam Hill west -- 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
Lots of activity on Dryden Lake. There were two Red Necked Grebes with a dozen or so Bonaparte's Gulls and three Ruddy Ducks. A group of Common Mergansers was fun to watch as they would all of a sudden disappear and then pop up a few moments later, obviously enjoying a meal. I saw an Osprey nab a fish two different times. Not sure if it was the same Osprey or not. Word has it the Eagles have hatched. I could not confirm this although I did see one adult standing at the edge of the nest, fussing about. Lots of swallows (more than Tree? Not sure). Lois Chaplin Beam Hill west -- 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] Dryden Lake this morning
I can't go on the club walk tomorrow, so I took myself to Dryden Lake this morning and found it satisfyingly birdy. The highlights were a Bald Eagle carrying a branch to the nest where the partner was waiting, two very close-in Common Loons, and lots of sparrows including Song, Swamp, Chipping, Field, and Savannah. Ebird list is below. -Paul Dryden Lake, Tompkins, New York, US Apr 6, 2019 8:20 AM - 9:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) 36 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck 5 Mallard X Ring-necked Duck 15 Bufflehead 3 Hooded Merganser 4 Common Merganser X Red-breasted Merganser 10 Horned Grebe 5 Mourning Dove 2 Ring-billed Gull 1 Common Loon 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 American Crow X Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 American Robin X European Starling X American Goldfinch X Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Savannah Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Northern Cardinal 1 -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com -- 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 - Eagle, Mergansers
Enjoyed the sunshine this afternoon as I walked along the trail. It helped with the chill in the air. Saw Hooded, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, numerous Bufflehead, one pie-billed grebe. Checked out the Eagle nest at the far end of the lake to discover it's occupied by an Eagle. This is the nest they used last year, near the red barn which you can see from the fishing dock (handicapped). Was hoping for a changing of the guard, but no luck. Lois Chaplin Beam Hill west -- 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
Nice array of ducks on Dryden Lake this AM, including common and a few red-breasted mergansers, buffleheads, northern pintails, horned grebes, ring neck, scaup sp. and a few others I cannot identify in the mists. Happy Sunday, Nita Irby -- 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 this morning
At Dryden Lake this morning, Barbara Bauer and I saw lots of yellow-rumped warblers, yellow warblers, catbirds, and, foy for both of us, a kingbird and a solitary sandpiper. -- 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 Sunday
With classic "Dryden Lake effect" conditions, Livia and I thought it would be worth checking the lake this morning. We weren't disappointed, with a flock of 21 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 11+ RUDDY DUCKS (most were underwater at any given time), 7 GADWALL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and 3 BUFFLEHEAD, as well as a late winter-plumage RED-THROATED LOON. From eBird reports, most of these bird were still around as late as 3:30. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45064226 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] Dryden Lake this AM
For anyone in the area: wonderful array of birds on Dryden Lake this AM, including 18-19 swan sp that landed a few minutes ago but left quickly, flying north. MANY Canada geese (most leaving now), one snow goose, one long tail, green wing teal, buffleheads, hooded mergansers, common mergansers, ring neck, few scaup sp, pied billed grebes, bald eagle. Nita -- 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
Dryden Lake this AM: About 50 commons mergansers 12 hooded mergansers 10 ring neck ducks 3 pied billed grebes A few mallards Single male wood duck Three bald eagles (two adult, 1 juvenile) Northern harrier Three redwing black birds, two hairy woodpeckers, downy, red bellied, blue jays, house finches, juncos, 7 crows, mourning doves and way too many house sparrows Thankful for the birds and lovely day, and thankful to all of you who post birdy things. nita -- 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
It was a great evening after the rain to see birds on Dryden Lake. Three caspian terns (I think) plus two other terns that novice me cannot identify, an (American) bittern buried in the reeds on the north point (only my third ever), three presumably young wood duck males, three green herons perched in trees, two great blue heron, seven RT hummingbirds battling and diving over the butterfly bushes (the most this summer!), several Baltimore oriole families (I assume families, 11 birds in all, all shades of orange to dull yellow, swarming grape jelly, the hummer feeders, ripping off panicles from the butterfly bushes and seeming to chase the hummers(?); orioles also spent time pecking at the cups in the Silphium perfoliatum. Four cardinals, four phoebes, 1 kingbird, 1 kingfisher, 2 flickers, 1 downy woodpecker, 9 cedar waxwings, several catbirds stripping elderberries and large numbers of really adorable (sorry but I think they are beautiful and interesting ) immature Eur starlings feeding on the Rhys typhina drupes - so much fun to watch them tumbling about! Goldfinches still flying off with old cotton batting - isn't it late for nesting, even for them? Those were my highlights. So much activity. Lots of youngsters everywhere. Beautiful evening with so much birdsong, hard to come indoors. Nita Irby Dryden -- 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: Ross's Goose, goldeneye
Livia and I checked Dryden Lake late this morning. Although the lake is still almost completely frozen, the tiny open corner at the northeast end had an impressive diversity of ducks, including NORTHERN PINTAIL, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, RING-NECKED DUCK, and four COMMON GOLDENEYE, three females and one male. Goldeneye are generally quite scarce on Dryden Lake. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35413814 On our way out we drove along West Lake Road and found an adult ROSS'S GOOSE in a group of several hundred Snow Geese in the wet cornfields near the Rt. 38 end of the road. According to Kevin, the Ross's was still present a few minutes ago (1PM). This is only my fourth time seeing this species on the ground in Tompkins County. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35413820 We drove around quite a few other areas in Dryden without too much else to show for it. The only other birds of note were a MERLIN on a telephone pole on Livermore Road and an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK perched over the back ditch at the Unit 2 ponds on Niemi Road. 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] Dryden Lake
Nice sunny walk this morning. On the lake we say Canada geese, Gulls sp., Common mergansers, Bufflehead, and Redheads. -- 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
It was a great morning. We’ve never seen so many yellow rumps in one place and the wildflowers were nice also - white trillium, wild geraniums, foam flower, blood root in seed, solomon’s seal - both, and more. Fred & Janet Dryden Lake, Tompkins, New York, US May 11, 2016 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 28 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 4 Mallard 2 Bald Eagle 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Mourning Dove X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Least Flycatcher X Eastern Phoebe X Eastern Kingbird X Warbling Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X Veery 2 Gray Catbird X Common Yellowthroat X American Redstart X Yellow Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Baltimore Oriole X -- 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
A pair of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS was the only thing of note on Dryden Lake just now. Meanwhile, the Willets continue on Myers Point. -- 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 this AM
Interesting array of birds on Dryden Lake right now, including 4 surf scoters, 6 long tail ducks, 25 female and 2 male buffleheads, 21 gulls with black heads (sorry I can't identify better) plus other usual culprits. Nita -- 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: pipit, long-tail
Susan and I semi-co-led SFO groups this morning to Dryden Lake, where we were surprised to see an American PIpit along the Jim Schaug trail south of the park, in the little pond on the south side of the trail. I could not figure out its ID initially until Susan suggested pipit. Photo here: https://flic.kr/p/F27ojT Also on the lake were 6-7 long tailed ducks (including males in both plumages, and females), two (lesser) scaup, and one common loon. At Genung Preserve was a singing brown creeper, and a brief look at what I think was a fox sparrow -- big and reddish, perched close but too brief to get my bins on the bird. Suan -- 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
There's a loon on Dryden Lake fishing near the ice sheet at 3:15. ___ Rachel Dickinson Freelance Writer 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] Dryden Lake and Avicaching sites: 7 April
Hi everyone, While some may prefer sunny blue skies, days where skies blend into bark and mud offer much better birding. Shades of gray and heavy moisture in the air were too tempting to resist. Perhaps E. L. James is a birder? Whatever the case, Dryden Lake was calling. While still almost entirely frozen, open patches on the east and west side of Dryden Lake hosted good numbers of birds including RED-NECKED GREBE, LONG-TAILED DUCK, and BONAPARTE'S GULLS. 61 species total. I also did two avicaching sites, which were surprisingly good-it's interesting to see what is at these most underbirded locations in the county. Links to all three checklists below. Dryden Lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22734684 AviTom34: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22734948 AviTom 39: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22735169 Good birding. Chris Wood 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] Dryden Lake now
2 hundred snow geese with Canada's on the ice on Dryden Lake, many many blue variants, one totally grey. Hooded mergansers (15) on open water to the north. Several snow geese showing a lot of blood on their feathers. Gunshots heard before geese appeared. Nita -- 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 area
I checked the Dryden Lake area later yesterday afternoon. The lake is still frozen; the walking trail looks rough with slushy snow. As an alternative to looking over an expanse of water (Cayuga Lake), one could stop along Purvis Rd. and gaze over an almost unlimited expanse of cow poop. Both sides of the road. Many of the usual birds = C. GEESE, MALLARDS(lots), RING-BILLED GULLS(with some interesting vocalizations), KILLDEER, HORNED LARKS. I could find only 3 AMER PIPITS, but I scoped only a fraction of the available viewing area. At one point, all swirled into the sky, milled about, then resettled. No reason obvious to me, but impressive. Do not stand downwind.Also check out the new Cornell Dairy Research Barn on Cornell Lane. Steve FastBrooktondale -- 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
Stop at Dryden Lake this morning about 1000 found Common merganser 38Hooded merganser 12Mallard X -- 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] Dryden Lake
Computer got anxious and sent this out before I finished the list Amer. wigeon 1Gadwall 6Horned grebe 1Ring-billed gull 2Bonaparte's gull 1Ring-necked duck 4Canada geese XBufflehead 1 S. FastBrooktondale On Saturday, November 15, 2014 12:48 PM, Susan Fast sustf...@yahoo.com wrote: Stop at Dryden Lake this morning about 1000 found Common merganser 38Hooded merganser 12Mallard X -- 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, etc.
Late afternoon, I stopped by Dryden Lake. The only new bird was a male LONG-TAILED DUCK, still mostly in winter plumage. There are more HORNED and PIED-BILLED GREBES scattered over the lake than I'm used to seeing. Then stopped at the Pond with no birds (next to Rt. 38, just south of Dryden village) and located a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON on the beaver lodge in the SW corner. Bunch of ducks too. Steve Fast 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] 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] Dryden Lake
A visit to Dryden Lake at lunchtime was productive: One OSPREY A pair of HORNED GREBES, HOODED MERGANSERS At least 3 WOOD DUCKS (nestled along the far shore in the shrubs) Numerous RINGNECK DUCKS, WIGEONS PINTAIL MALLARDS, CANADA GEESE All from the fishing dock at the park entrance. Lois Chaplin -- 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 Trail
I got my first-of-the-year usual walk along the Dryden Lake Trail this morning. Found 40 species, which is pretty good for this time of year, and included 15 types of waterfowl (listed below). The Trail is mostly soft with some icy spots which can be avoided. Lake is still ice-covered with open areas at both ends and the long pond and beaver-flooded area to the west. Streams are open. Snow gooselarge V flyover Canada goose Wood ducklots Amer. wigeon 4 Black duck 11+ Mallard Blue-winged teal 1 pair Green-winged teal some Canvasback 1 pair Redhead some Ring-necked duck lots Greater scaup 1 Hooded merganser lots Common merganser 4 Red-breasted merganser 2 males Steve Fast 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] Dryden Lake today
A walk along the trail from Weber St. to the end of the lake was pleasant and productive for birds. There were numerous HOODED MERGANSERS, RED HEADED DUCKS, a pair of CANVASBACKS and MALLARDS along with geese and beaver. We rustled up two WOOD DUCKS near the far end of the lake. There were quite a few ROBINS, one PHOEBE for highlights. The lake is open at the park end; it is filled with CANADA GEESE. Enjoyed close ups of a FOX SPARROW today at the feeder in my yard. Lois Chaplin Beam Hill -- 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
I headed for the Dryden Lake area this afternoon in hopes of finding my first grackle of the year. The Lake has open water at both ends, plus the long pond. Waterfowl found: Canada goose 34 Mallard 5 Redhead 3 males Canvasback 1 female Common merganser 2 pair Hooded merganser 2 pair The Trail is walkable, but with many icy spots. I did 3 miles on it, but no grackle. I stopped along Purvis Rd. on the way home and hit the jackpot. Along with many ROBINS, and hundreds of STARLINGS, there were 75+ GRACKLES, and an equal number of male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS. To top the day off, there was a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the top of Grove School Rd., perched 10' from the roadedge. May be one of the residents. Steve Fast 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake
I stopped by Dryden lake around 530 and had very good looks at common loons, horned grebes, a pied billed grebe, and buffleheads A great blue flew over. Jim Gaffney Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: I just counted over 20 Horned Grebes,, most in breeding plumage, 3 pied-billed Grebes, 5 Common Loons, and a number of Buffleheads and Scaup Species. 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake, Stewart Park
Livia and I checked Dryden Lake early this morning. We found it almost completely socked in with fog, but were able to make out 9 CASPIAN TERNS (a very high number for Dryden Lake, I don't think I've ever seen more than three or four at a time), 2 transitional-plumaged BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 30+ Bufflehead, 7+ Horned Grebes (Chris Wood had 38 there yesterday!), and a raft of 9 LONG-TAILED DICKS barely visible in the fog. Stewart Park had 20+ Caspian Terns; 13 Bonaparte's Gulls (on the red lighthouse jetty, then flying north); Tree, Barn, and N. Rough-winged swallows, a large flock of scaup and Ring-necked Ducks, and several Horned Grebes, including one close in in the creek. Lots of good birds on campus today too, with students waking up early for pre-enrollment reporting Caspian Terns, Bonaparte's Gull, Bufflehead, and Bohemian Waxwings from Beebe Lake and another Bohemian with a Cedar flock from the Azalea Garden. -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] Dryden Lake east
I checked out the east side of Dryden Lake park this morning. A Ring-necked Pheasant was calling loudly, and spring peepers AND woodfrogs were chorusing too. A female Hairy Woodpecker was drumming. Tree Swallows have arrived in force, and the local Eastern Bluebirds (who still have no nest) now have lots of competition for the nest boxes. One of the resident Song Sparrows has a slightly odd song, ending with a downturned trill, and I've heard him several times on consecutive days...nice to have an easy way to recognize individual birds. On the way home, along Yellow Barn Rd I heard a Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing. Spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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 -- Swamp sparrow (heard) waterfowl
This morning on a walk along the Schug trail by Dryden Lake, we heard but did not see a Swamp Sparrow in the swamp near the east end. Waterfowl seen: Pied-billed Grebes, Hooded Merganser, Common Mergansers (seven females flew in with a lone male), Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, 3 pairs of N. Shovelers, one female Ruddy Duck. Beautiful sunny morning. Nari, Gin Premila Mistry -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, New York For my paintings, see http://www.artbynari.com -- 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
I made a brief stop at Dryden Lake this morning. Lake still mostly ice covered, with an open area (pond) at the north end. A dozen HOODED MERGANSERS, a pair of GADWALL, some MALLARDS, BLACK DUCKS and CANADA GEESE were there. A male COMMON MERGANSER flew by, as did a KILLDEER and KINGFISHER. I was just packing up, when the sound of SNOW GEESE arrested me. A flock came in fairly low from the south with some barking, passed over the pond, and seemed headed on north when there was a very loud disturbance. The flock then wheeled and returned to the pond, landing on the ice. I could be wrong, but my guess is that the leader said (in goose), Anybody want to stop here? They did. Once down, I noted the resemblance between goose and human behavior at rest stops. I counted 92 geese. About a third went immediately to the ice edge and began drinking. A few lay down for a nap. Then about half jumped in and splashed about, bathing. These eventually climbed out to preen, as many of the non-bathing group had been doing. Finally, almost all of them tucked head under wing, and ,standing, prepared to nap. As with humans, there were a couple individuals who drank, washed, preened, barked, or wandered about in contrast to what the large segments were engaged in at any time. Also noted: about 20 CANADAS were on the ice edge when the SNOWS landed. There is apparently some antipathy between these 2 species, as the Canadas, with vociferous insults, swam to the other side of the pond and continued their complaints loudly, before gradually reducing them to grumblings. Steve Fast 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] Dryden Lake
There are Red-necked and Horned Grebes on Dryden Lake today. One adult Bonaparte's Gull is looking sharp in the rain and sleet. Gary -- 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
Quiet at Dryden Lake this afternoon: some scaup, Canada geese, great blue heron. Sudden loud vocalizing of an osprey as it carried a large fish with 3 crows in pursuit. Following it with my binoculars, I noted another osprey directly across the lake - which the crows headed towards as their newest focus. BTW enroute to Dryden on 13N just past NYSEG I noticed 2 black birds out of the corner of my eye. A raven was being chased and dived at by a crow - to the point of the raven diving straight down in front of oncoming traffic. At the last moment it veered sideways and tumbled into the grass on the edge of the roadway (it was okay...). Colleen Richards Get Free Email with Video Mail Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 -- 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] Dryden Lake (Rusty Blackbirds)
Shannon and I stopped at Dryden Lake mid morning, and found it very quiet, finding mostly the same as Collen R. Our most interesting sightings where Jane Graves, and a bit later on, the Rusty Blackbirds she had mentioned to us. They were along the Schug trail right near the bench marked 3.5 mi. We made a quick run up to Montezuma as well, stopping only at mud lock, the visitors center and tchasche pool due to time considerations. We saw 2 young in the eagle nest at mud lock. The visitors center had lots of GW Teal, a few B-w Teal, N Shovelors, Gadwall and Ring-necked Ducks. The main pool itself was almost empty. One note is that the wildlife drive seemed to be closed at the outflow from the main pool, with a sign there telling visitors to turn around... Tschache was more active, but we didn't find anything there new except Am. Coot. 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] Dryden Lake
Excellent variety of waterfowl for SFO group. Many long tailed ducks, scaup, red breasted merganser, bufflehead, ruddy ducK, wood duck, ring necked ducks, canada geese, and also horned grebes and 1 bonaparte's gull. Great viewing for all! Dave Nicosia Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- 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 Longtail Ducks
Hi all, Dave Nicosia has already reported about these Long-tailed ducks. But I wanted to emphasize their behavior. There were males of both breeding and non-breeding plumaged males and they were going in straight line and lifting their tail and head to display to females. I would have loved to watch them longer but as I was with a class group, I did not get much of chance to view them well. But whatever I saw was quite fascinating. While we were watching them another 6 birds landed from the sky. Not a single swallow was on the lake. It was worth a trip to the lake! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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] Dryden Lake Longtail Ducks
This is the day of the Long-tailed Ducks. We have had them reported in 3 separate locations in Broome County of which there are pretty rare. We also saw a couple from Myer's Point as well in addition to the one's Meena and others have had at Dryden lake. In addition, we have 3 red-necked grebes down here in Broome County today. We also have 3 Broome County locations where Bonaparte's gulls are being reported. Another bird that is not seen as often down here as Cayuga Lake and vicinity. The phrase bad weather = good birds holds true today. Dave Nicosia From: Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 5:47 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake Longtail Ducks Hi all, Dave Nicosia has already reported about these Long-tailed ducks. But I wanted to emphasize their behavior. There were males of both breeding and non-breeding plumaged males and they were going in straight line and lifting their tail and head to display to females. I would have loved to watch them longer but as I was with a class group, I did not get much of chance to view them well. But whatever I saw was quite fascinating. While we were watching them another 6 birds landed from the sky. Not a single swallow was on the lake. It was worth a trip to the lake! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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] Dryden Lake day
I don't check Dryden Lake the way I used to, but today seemed like a good day for it. This evening I had 4 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 1 HORNED GREBE, 3 Greater Scaup, 26 Lesser Scaup, 2 Buffleheads, 5 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 male RUDDY DUCK, a couple of Canada Geese, and a single Herring Gull. Kevin -- 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 and George Road
I checked Dryden Lake and George Road this morning. Dryden Lake was all but empty, with a couple of Mallards, Ring-billed Gulls, and two Pied-billed Grebes the only birds on the lake. I had a Winter Wren and a lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Swamp Sparrows along the trail, but little else of note. George Road was a little more active, with 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 35+ GREEN-WINGED TEAL (in a tight group sleeping on the shore on the George Road side), 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, and *5* AMERICAN COOTS, easily the most coots I have ever seen in Dryden, where even a single bird is not always an annual event. I wasn't able to find any shorebirds, although the habitat still looks decent. -- 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] Dryden Lake, Park Nature Preserve, Hammond Hill SF
Hi again, These are the checklists from birding this morning. Highlights were a singing PRAIRIE WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, as well as some other new arrivals. Good birding, Evan Barrientos Location: Dryden Lake Observation date: 5/7/11 Notes: BRCR nest site and RBWO excavating cavity Number of species: 29 Canada Goose X Mallard 1 Green Heron 5 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 1 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Chimney Swift 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 3 American Crow X Tree Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 Brown Creeper 2 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10 Common Yellowthroat 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Baltimore Oriole 2 Location: Roy H. Park Nature Preserve--Baldwin Tract Observation date: 5/7/11 Number of species: 19 Mourning Dove 2 Blue Jay 11 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Gray Catbird 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Eastern Towhee 4 Field Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Purple Finch (Eastern) 1 American Goldfinch 3 Location: Hammond Hill SF Observation date: 5/7/11 Number of species: 26 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin X Gray Catbird 3 Nashville Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Ovenbird 5 Common Yellowthroat 5 Canada Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch (Eastern) 1 American Goldfinch 4 -- 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, Saturday pm
Cayugabirders Well, I simply couldn't being myself to join the bird club's Dryden Lake trip in this morning's horrendous weather, and I do hope that the intrepid souls that did were amply rewarded. But I did go there at 4:00 this afternoon with the sun finally shining. I walked the length of the trail along west side of the lake Highlights on the lake: Common Loon (nonbreeding plumage) Raft of 45 or so Common Mergansers Red-breasted Merganser 1 male and 4 females at north end of lake Horned Grebes - a pair in gorgeous breeding plumage at the south end of the lake, 1 not-so-handsome one at the north end Canada Geese Landbirds were few and far between, but there was a dyad of Northern Flickers in the dead trees on the west of the trail. To end my walk in good style, a Belted Kingfisher flew over just as I reached my car! And on Mt Pleasant Rd earlier that afternoon, a Brown Thrasher caught my attention in the woods opposite the farm house in the dip, first giving a rather creaky, hesitant song then bursting into full song for a while. This is the first thrasher I have noted up there in many years. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478pos=0 -- 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/ --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake, Saturday pm
Excuse the typo: being = bring Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478pos=0 From: bounce-21176762-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-21176762-5851...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:13 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake, Saturday pm Cayugabirders Well, I simply couldn't being myself to join the bird club's Dryden Lake trip in this morning's horrendous weather, and I do hope that the intrepid souls that did were amply rewarded. But I did go there at 4:00 this afternoon with the sun finally shining. I walked the length of the trail along west side of the lake Highlights on the lake: Common Loon (nonbreeding plumage) Raft of 45 or so Common Mergansers Red-breasted Merganser 1 male and 4 females at north end of lake Horned Grebes - a pair in gorgeous breeding plumage at the south end of the lake, 1 not-so-handsome one at the north end Canada Geese Landbirds were few and far between, but there was a dyad of Northern Flickers in the dead trees on the west of the trail. To end my walk in good style, a Belted Kingfisher flew over just as I reached my car! And on Mt Pleasant Rd earlier that afternoon, a Brown Thrasher caught my attention in the woods opposite the farm house in the dip, first giving a rather creaky, hesitant song then bursting into full song for a while. This is the first thrasher I have noted up there in many years. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478pos=0 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake, Saturday pm
As Marie described, the weather at Dryden Lake was terrible this morning. There were three of us and we did see about 40 Common Mergansers and a couple Canada Geese on the water. We talked about hanging out under one of the pavilions for awhile, but it was truly dismal with the rain and wind, so we called it off there, and dispersed! Good birding, Gladys On 4/23/2011 6:13 PM, Marie P Read wrote: Cayugabirders Well, I simply couldn't being myself to join the bird club's Dryden Lake trip in this morning's horrendous weather, and I do hope that the intrepid souls that did were amply rewarded. But I did go there at 4:00 this afternoon with the sun finally shining. I walked the length of the trail along west side of the lake Highlights on the lake: Common Loon (nonbreeding plumage) Raft of 45 or so Common Mergansers Red-breasted Merganser 1 male and 4 females at north end of lake Horned Grebes - a pair in gorgeous breeding plumage at the south end of the lake, 1 not-so-handsome one at the north end Canada Geese Landbirds were few and far between, but there was a dyad of Northern Flickers in the dead trees on the west of the trail. To end my walk in good style, a Belted Kingfisher flew over just as I reached my car! And on Mt Pleasant Rd earlier that afternoon, a Brown Thrasher caught my attention in the woods opposite the farm house in the dip, first giving a rather creaky, hesitant song then bursting into full song for a while. This is the first thrasher I have noted up there in many years. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478pos=0 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake and George Rd
Early this afternoon I scanned the north end of Dryden Lake and found two HORNED GREBES, one COMMON LOON, along with a few HOODED MERGANSERS, and lots of COMMON MERGANSERS and Canada Geese. Then I went to the George Road pond, where I found one REDHEAD and a few BUFFLEHEAD mixed in with lots of RING-NECKED DUCKS. The grass on the Rt. 38 side was covered with Canada Geese, and along that shore were Mallards, a few BLACK DUCKS, and one GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Anne Marie Johnson -- 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] Dryden Lake sightings
This morning at Dryden Lake we saw 1 Horned Grebe, 6-7 red-breasted mergansers, common and hooded mergansers, 1 common loon, many ring-necks, a pair (male and female) of scaups, two male buffleheads, a pair belted kingfisher and two wood ducks. On the path by the lake we saw a brown creeper. We viewed the pond on George Road from the road and saw about 6 green-winged teals, two American black ducks, many ring-necks, two buffleheads. We then walked along the old railroad track and saw about 8-10 wood ducks fly up from the stream beside the track. A very satisfying excursion! Fred and Marsha Kardon -- 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] Dryden Lake and Myers this Afternoon
Hi all, This afternoon, I went with Sarah Maclean and Gaelyn Ong to Dryden Lake and Myers Point. At Dryden Lake (~3:30), we saw some of the Long-tailed Ducks that Jay mentioned earlier, as well as Red-breasted Mergansers, Horned Grebes, Belted Kingfisher, and an Osprey amongst the usual crowd. At Myers (~6pm), we discovered a male PURPLE MARTIN sitting atop the martin houses. Upon pulling up to the spit, a large PEREGRINE FALCON flew overhead heading NE. Moving up to the shore, an immature GLAUCOUS GULL flew right in front of us. We also had two Phoebes, Shovelers, a Red-necked Grebe, and many of the usuals. I've included a list of our complete findings below. All-in-all, not a bad day! Happy Birding! Nathan -- Nathan Robert Williams Undergraduate Student Earth and Atmospheric Sciences College of Engineering Cornell University c. 413.695.9896 e. nr...@cornell.edu http://home.comcast.net/~nrwhawk/ Vice President, Birding Club at Cornell Supervisor, Cornell Raptor Program List from Dryden: 1530h Long-tailed Duck (8) Horned Grebe (~5) Bufflehead (~8) Canada Goose (lots) American Crow Turkey Vulture Mallard Red-breasted Merganser (8) Common Merganser Hooded Merganser (15) Belted Kingfisher (1-Male) American Robin (while traveling) Gadwall (12) Osprey (1) Song Sparrow Red-tailed Hawk (1-travel) European Starling (travel) Rock Pigeon (travel) Lesser Scaup (2) List from Myers: 1749h Purple Martin (1-Male) Eastern Phoebe (2) European Starling American Robin Glaucous Gull (1) Red-necked Grebe (1) Horned Grebe (8?) Pied-billed Grebe American Crow Bufflehead Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Mallard Northern Shoveler (3) Ring-necked Duck Scaup sp. Canada Goose Peregrine Falcon (1) Common Merganser Gadwall Common Grackle (10) Killdeer (2) -- 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] Dryden Lake
I birded Dryden Lake Saturday afternoon at 3 PM. Highlights were a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a flying OSPREY with a fish in its claws, WOOD DUCK, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, RED-EYED and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. As I was watching the vireos, a small brownish hawk with a short tail flew over my head. I got a brief glimpse of it with the binocluars before it flew off. I think it might have been a MERLIN. There were also a pair of PIED-BILLED GREBES on the lake. Other more common birds included Phoebes, Catbirds, a Redtail, Great Blue Heron and Blue Jays. The duck hunters were putting out decoys on the far end of the lake. Bruce Packard Groton -- 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] Dryden Lake Trail 4/23/10
I spent almost 3 hours combing the Dryden Lake Trail for new migrants this morning. No warblers at all. 41 species total, but nothing new. While watching 2 N. FLICKERS copulate, I saw the female turn her head around toward the back, while the male leaned forward and to the side, and they grasped each other by their bill tips. I thought, anthropomorphically, how romantic. But, then again, maybe it was. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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] Dryden Lake, Sunday evening
Just now (5:40 ) at Dryden Lake Perri and I saw 11 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Bufflehead, 1 Red-necked Grebe, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES that flew over the lake from the south, soared higher as they reached the north end, then circled out of sight to the north. Jay McGowan Beam Hill Dryden, NY -- 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] Dryden Lake 9Apr10
Just now, Dryden Lake hosted 18 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Bufflehead, 2 American Wigeon, and 1 Bonaparte's Gull. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- 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] Dryden Lake
I birded Dryden Lake Sunday afternoon with my parents. The bushes next to the parking lot were 'Kinglet Alley', with several of both species of KINGLET. There was also a YELLOW- RUMPED WARBLER mixed in. There were lots of sparrows afoot,- SWAMP, SONG, WHITE-THROATED and WHITE-CROWNED. I got a brief glimpse of a PILEATED WOODPECKER flying away. Also seen were WOOD DUCK and BROWN CREEPER. There was a single REDWING mixed in with a flock of fifty COWBIRDS. We then drove over to George Lake and saw the dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. He hovered in the air for a bit and then flew off. Bruce Packard Groton -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake
I birded Dryden Lake Saturday afternoon. Nothing really exciting. There was a warbler flock in the bushes near the parking lot. I picked out NASHVILLE and BLACK- THROATED GREEN WARBLERS. There was also Red-Bellied and Hairy Woodpecker around. The lake had one Cormorant. Then there were common birds like Phoebe, Song Sparrow, Catbird, Downy Woodpecker, and Kingfisher. The most active birds there were GREAT BLUE HERONS. A pair of them flew in and landed on a log. They strutted on the log, wings out, necks sticking up. It was quite a display! Bruce Packard Groton -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
