[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill and Snowy Owl

[bob mcguire]

A 2 hour walk/drive around Summerhill this morning produced very little in the 
way of birds - until the drive home.

Salt Road in the state forest was especially quiet. No chickadees or juncoes. A 
couple of crows & bluejays. One distant nuthatch. Best Bird: calling Pileated 
Woodpecker. 

The various feeders around Lake Como had chickadees/juncoes/tree sparrows and 
little else.

Driving south on Salt Road, just before Teet's scrap yard (and house #955) I 
spied a heavily-barred SNOWY OWL in the middle of a snowy field about 100 ft 
from the road. 

Bob McGuire
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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill SF Sunday

[bob mcguire]

I had a long walk up & down Salt Road this morning. As was to be expected at 
this time of year, it was rather quiet bird-wise. Along with the usual 
chickadees, nuthatches, and Common Yellowthroats I did have a few unexpected 
and pleasant surprises. Not the goshawk I had hoped for, but a RED-SHOULDERED 
HAWK called once (one series of 5 notes) from off to the east. The greatest 
activity was at the intersection of Salt & Hoag with a feeding flock that 
included four BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS and a young Rose-breasted Grosbeak. A Great 
Crested Flycatcher called persistently from the direction of Dresser Road. The 
other singing  birds of note were Eastern Wood-Pewee, Brown Creeper, and a 
Red-eyed Vireo.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill logs and birds

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Hi all,
I thought it would be fun to chase Jay and Livia’s Olive-sided 
Flycatcher. on Neimi Rd., today. I struck out on that one so I decided to go to 
Summerhill to my other "can’t miss spot”. Well of course I did miss seeing one 
there as well, but a nice consolation prize was a RED CROSSBILL that flew in 
with some A. Goldfinches to land in a nearby pine tree. I managed to get some 
phone-scope pictures as he was feeding on cones. Nothing else of note there 
except the ever present Cedar Waxwings. 
I wanted to give everyone a heads-up so you won’t be surprised. They 
are doing extensive clear-cut logging in Summerhill from the snow machine 
clubhouse on Salt Rd. to Hoag Rd. I suppose it will become a new hotspot for 
grassland birds. Ha! They aren’t taking every tree, it looks to be just the 
softwoods, but I haven’t seen as big a pile of logs around here for some time. 
I have no idea how far their lease extends. It looks like a logging company 
from Groton. I always forget that these State Lands are really just big tree 
farms. It’s good to get a reminder once in a while to help me appreciate the 
pristine woods more. 

happy birding,

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill 29Jun14 - Clay-colored, crossbill

[Jay McGowan]

In addition to the usual breeding warblers and other forest birds,
exploring around Summerhill so far this morning has turned up a continuing
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW singing from the middle of the Christmas tree farm on
Lick Street just north of 90 (audible but mostly not visible from the
road), and a flyover calling RED CROSSBILL, most likely Type 1, at the same
spot. Lots of butterflies and dragonflies as well.

Yesterday Livia and I visited Texas Hollow and Rock Cabin Road in Schuyler
County. It was a hot afternoon and we were more focused on insects, but a
singing ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Texas Hollow and coots and Marsh Wrens in
Queen Catherine Marsh were a nice backdrop.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill / Lake Como

[Gary Kohlenberg]

I had some time to kill yesterday before the playoff games so I drove 
to Summerhill by way of Freeville. I didn't find the SNOWY OWL on Ed Hill Rd., 
but snow does make it more of a challenge. The drive up to Lick St. was 
sprinkled with small SNOW BUNTING flocks. I especially like it when they sit of 
power lines, it always seems out of character to me.  I wasn't able to find a 
Shrike on the drive and the woods along Lick St. were exceptionally quiet, not 
even a Raven conking. 
Hovel Chalet didn't host anything more unusual than the typical feeder 
crew. Lake Como feeders were more productive, especially the east side. There 
were large numbers of TREE SPARROWS chattering and flying about. New birds this 
year for me were SONG SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, PURPLE FINCH and a couple 
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. It is an amazing place for MOURNING DOVES, they really 
seem to like it there. The brushy trees are thick and hold lots of birds so I 
think there is more to find here. 

Happy birding,

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

[Susan Fast]

I spent 2 hours this morning walking Salt, Hoag, and Dresser Rds. in
Summerill SF.  Bleak.  Almost no cones on any of the conifers and a little
fruit on winterberry holly bushes led me to expect to find little of avian
life, and so it turned out. Species with numbers follow:

 

blue jay   8

chickadee   10

r.-b. nuthatch   2

w.-b. nuthatch   2

junco   2

crow   7

downy woodpecker   1

fox sparrow   1

 

red squirrel   2

 

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Brooktondale


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill - no Clay colored

[Joseph Brin]

A trip to Summerhill on Lick Street did not produce the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. 
At 9:30 we were pretty much fogged in and a strong breeze was blowing. We did 
find PURPLE FINCH, INDIGO BUNTING, OVENBIRD, CHIPPING SPARROW and FIELD 
SPARROW. I also heard BLUE-WING song but without a visual I believe it is now 
impossible to positively ID the bird. This spring I have seen BLUE-WING, 
GOLDEN-WING and LAWRENCE'S WARBLER all sing BLUE-WING song. I don't think I 
have heard GOLDEN-WING song yet this year. On Hoag Road we found OVENBIRD, 
RED-EYED VIREO, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, CATBIRD, GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, 
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, MOURNING WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER and, most 
interesting, at the east end two or maybe three GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. The 
Kinglets were singing the complete song so I believe they are breeding here.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

[maryfaith miller]

Hi folks, Hattfield Rd is quickly becoming my favorite place to bird.
Starting this spring when I found my first ever N. Shrike there, and
continuing through this morning (and most mornings when I stop there).
Along the side of the road is an old orchard where many birds must find
good habitat. I've decided birding while driving is just plain dangerous
and I have to stop, but the compromise is I still can listen for birds
while driving. So a loud clear song had me hit the brakes this morning...
The lovely song belonged to a Rufous-Sided Towhee, then found a Catbird.
There was a Red-Tail perched on the power pole calling and calling, then it
would do a small circle or two, land in the same place, and call and call
again. It repeated this the whole time I was there. What was this behavior?
It would seem I would be too low for it to be worried about my presence...
Also heard an Eastern Meadowlark.
But my treat was a calling Wood Thrush, way off in the woods.
Have a good-birding day, Maryfaith

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Sunday

[bob mcguire]

I got a really late start today (overslept) and was surprised to run  
into Dave Nutter shortly after arriving at Salt/Dresser Roads. We both  
noted the 14 Evening Grosbeaks at the feeder at 1158 Salt Rd, then  
together walked down to the snowmobile clubhouse and back, and a  
stretch of Dresser Road, all without encountering more than 1 -2  
chickadees, a possible Golden-crowned Kinglet, and some thrashing wing  
noises that may have been a Ruffed Grouse. Oh, and a raven that kept  
us company for part of the walk.


From there Dave went north to chase the Trumpeter Swans (they are the  
ones with the green neck tags, if anyone has trouble telling them  
apart from tundra Swans). And I drove home via Lake Como. One of the  
feeders on East Lake Como Rd. was full of chickadees, nuthatches,  
cardinals, tree sparrows, a flock of some 40 Common Redpolls - and  
three early-season Red-winged Blackbirds.


It was not a bad morning to be out: no wind to speak of, few  
snowmobiles, and even a patch of near-blue overhead.


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Red Crossbill

[bob mcguire]

I spent a couple of hours walking along Salt Road late this morning.  
The entire area was about as quiet as I have ever seen (heard) it:  
only a few Chickadees, one Golden-crowned Kinglet, one distant calling  
Raven. The highlight of the morning, in fact the highlight of all of  
my recent walks there, was a single RED CROSSBILL which flew over just  
north of the junction of Salt & Hoag. It came in from the NE, calling  
continuously, circled overhead and flew back off to the NE. I went  
down Dresser Rd and in, on the left, as far as the beaver meadow but  
was unable to re-find it. (Matt Young: I did not get a recording, and  
am not yet good enough to ID it as to type.)


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Snow Buntings

[bob mcguire]

A walk this morning along Salt Road just south of the forest at  
Summerhill produced a flock of 18 SNOW BUNTINGS foraging in the middle  
of the road. Otherwise, it was quiet: the expected chickadees,  
nuthatches, down & hairy woodpeckers. No Evening Grosbeaks found.


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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill 11/18

[David Weber]

Hi all,

Sorry for the typo, for those who caught it: I obviously meant to type
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES, but my fingers did not obey.

Happy Birding,
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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill 11/18

[David Weber]

Hello all,

This morning I decided to check out Summerhill, hoping for some winter
finches to be around.  Assuming the feeder at the Yellow House on Salt Road
was my best chance, I headed straight there.  On the way, I could hear
plenty of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, CAROLINA
CHICKADEES, and BLUE JAYS in the spruces.  Once at the house, there were
only 8+ Chickadees and a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the feeder.  Continuing
down Dresser Road in an attempt to see the previously reported Northern
Shrike, I stumbled across 2 RUFFED GROUSE taking their time crossing the
road.  After failing to find the shrike, I decided to return to the feeder
once more before leaving.  Luckily, when I got there (11:35am), there was a
single EVENING GROSBEAK trying to hold its own against an army of
chickadees for its place on the feeder.  Just what I was hoping for! On the
way out of Summerhill, still on Salt Road, was a flock of over 100 AMERICAN
CROWS and among them was at least 2 COMMON RAVENS, calling audibly
somewhere around or in the flock.  All in all, a nice birding trip, and not
too far from Cornell.

Happy Birding,
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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

[grosb...@clarityconnect.com]

Hello all,

Yesterday there were 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS (came in later around 11:30am)
and 2 COMMON REDPOLLS 
at the yellow house on Salt Rd -- 8 Cedar Waxwings went over here too. A
few PINE SISKINS, 8 COMMON 
RAVENS and 1 dark morph ROUGHY were in the area as well (on Lick near
Hoag). ADULT NORTHERN SHRIKE 
on Dresser near Creech Rd.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Grosbeaks

[david nicosia]

Was just there. Did not get the evening grosbeaks. But fox sparrow still 
present under tree you mentioned close. Also pretty sure i heard a goshawk from 
the spruce on the hill behind the chalet. It was making its "wail" call. Did 
not see it. There were many crows around going nuts up there. Not sure wish we 
could have seen it.  

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Grosbeaks

[Gary Kohlenberg]

I did some walking and feeder checking today in Summerhill. There was lots if 
shooting today ,but it didn't seem to bother the Hovel Chalet Evening 
Grosbeaks. The flock grew as I watched to 14 birds. One Fox Sparrow kept a low 
profile under the trees. 

My first of the season Rough-legged Hawks were a treat. One light phase on Salt 
Rd. and a dark ,black , good looking one at the Hoag Rd. fields. 

Also on Hoag Rd was a duck, it looked like a Wood Duck, hanging by its neck in 
a tree about ten feet up. It was a little decomposed and looked like it got its 
head stuck between branches. Unable to get free it's now a monument to the 
sometimes tough life for birds. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill -- Evening Grosbeaks/Finches

[grosb...@clarityconnect.com]

Hello all,

A quick check of Summerhill this morning yielded a few PINE SISKINS, PURPLE
FINCHES, American 
Goldfinches, House Finches, COMMON RAVENS, and 2 flyover EVENING GROSBEAKS.
The grosbeaks flew 
over Salt Rd going west to east. 

A superflight or near superflight could be in the worksyou heard it
hear first.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill broadwing

[Suan Yong]

The forested portions of SSW were full of mosquitoes and other biting things 
this morning; looking to run away from them I ended up at Summerhill on Hoag 
Road - still full of bugs but at least somewhat manageable on the road. The 
first two minutes were most eventful: a winter wren serenading loudly but 
invisibly from very close. Then a high squeal which I thought was some kind of 
raptor, and soon a broad-winged hawk soared above briefly, continuing to 
vocalize. The rest of the morning had a lot of good stuff heard - 
black-throated blues, gc kinglets, eastern towhee, scarlet tanager - but very 
little seen. One of the few seen-but-not-heards was an empid spuh, perched a 
good long while very close to the road. Alas, I haven't done my homework on 
what to look for.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

[Susan Fast]

Susie & I spent about 2 hours this morning in Summerhill State Forest,
mainly along Salt Rd., looking for the reported pine siskins.  I looked, she
listened, but we found none.  But we did come across more interesting stuff.
A partial list follows

 

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 3All were singing.

MOURNING WARBLER 2

HERMIT THRUSH  2

PHOEBE  2

N. WATERTHRUSH   1

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 4

TURKEY3

WINTER WREN 4

  

The latter species was our great find.  We heard 2 singing adults.  One was
far off, so we headed into the woods to check it out.  In a bit, we found a
brush pile, atop which was an adult giving what Sibley describes as the
"agitated" call.  He describes it as a "rapid series of extremely high
staccato notes".  I first heard this call along the trail to Wakely Mtn., in
the Adirondacks, 5 years ago, and questioned the "extremely high"
designation then in my notes.  Susie, hearing the call for the first time
today, agrees that it is not even "high".  Anyway, the bird was agitated
because of 2 young WINTER WRENS hopping around in the limbs.  Imagine a bird
about half the size of an adult; with the exception of hummingbirds, they
were the smallest birds we have ever seen.  I am loathe to use the term
"cute",  but they really were.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill White-winged Crossbills

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Hello again,

Also, we should keep on an eye on Meena's singing Summerhill WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS. I'm convinced 
they nested there in March-April 2001, but better evidence would make them
a confirmed basin breeder 
for the first time! -- Figured I'd pass that little bit of basin history
on. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Crossbills & Siskins

[bob mcguire]

A walk up and down Salt Road this afternoon  produced a flock of some  
20 White-winged Crossbills and a dozen Pine Siskins. The Siskins were  
feeding on larch; the Crossbills flew over and only stopped to chat  
for a minute or two.


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

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Hi all,

A quick run through of Summerhill this morning yielded 14 WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS on Lick Street and 
9 PINE SISKINS and a COMMON REDPOLL on Salt St.. I also had the NORTHERN
SHRIKE at the corner of Lick 
and Rte 90. South of Rte 90 I had 2 Red-tails and a soaring BALD EAGLE. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill & north basin birding

[Dave Nutter]

On this final day of January Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell & I went birding to several places around the Cayuga Lake Basin. In Summerhill State Forest along Hoag Avenue we enjoyed a mixed flock of PINE SISKINS and COMMON REDPOLLS feeding in Hemlocks in the swamp. We searched unsuccessfully for yesterday's Eurasian Wigeon, both where Jim Tarolli and Dave Wheeler found it along Lower Lake Rd, Bridgeport, Town of Seneca Falls and where Ann Mitchell and Gary Kohlenberg re-found it south of Mud Lock, Town of Aurelius. In the former location it seemed we could pretty well see all the CANADA GEESE and TUNDRA SWANS (& sleeping ringers), along with a few GADWALLS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, MALLARDS, AMERICAN WIGEON, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and COMMON MERGANSER, plus one sleeping female RUDDY DUCK, and plenty of GREAT BLACK-BACKED and HERRING GULLS.  But at the latter location we contended with lots of heat shimmer, glare, and distance, so it may still be around.On the backroads of Tyre we tracked down a group of 4 Sandhill Cranes which were reported by Suzanne Broderick from 2 days ago. The location today was off Gravel Rd north of NYS-318 and I-90, and east on East Tyre Rd. Although all 4 birds had red crowns, I suspect this was a family. They varied in the amount of brown in their gray plumage, but it was not obvious to me which were what generation. Oddly, one had orange bottoms of its feet, while the other 3 were slate gray there as well as the rest of their feet and legs. Another bit of excitement was seeing a single COMMON GRACKLE (year bird for me) atop a tree in a yard along NYS-90 just north of Ledyard Rd, Town of Ledyard.  When we stopped it turned out there was a flock of at least 40 of them which flew out of the trees in that yard, started to fly north, then returned to that yard.  Were Common Grackles migrating north on today's extraordinarily warm south winds at the close of January??Other interesting birds seen today included: 2 adult BALD EAGLES at nest (1 in, 1 in a tree nearby) at Mud Lock, and 2 adults and 1 immature together in a tree south of the Wells College Boathouse.  From the latter location we saw 4 HORNED GREBES (and zero Eared Grebe), a substantial flocks of AMERICAN COOTS and CANADA GEESE, scattered COMMON GOLDENEYES, and a distant smear of SNOW GOOSE out on the lakeA female NORTHERN HARRIER over the Main Pool at Montezuma NWR, viewed from the tower because the Wildlife Drive was closed. The Main Pool is mostly frozen but did host a couple dozen distant MALLARDS and a handful of sleeping presumed TUNDRA SWANS.An AMERICAN KESTREL on a utility pole... um...  somewhere fairly far north along the east side of the lake. It was a long day.When we finally got back to Stewart Park we found several other birders but did not see the Western Grebe, Glaucous Gull or Golden Eagle which cause excitement there for others this morning. However we did see a/the 3rd year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL which Jay McGowan mentioned - it has a cool bill, dark with a yellow tip - and the presumed hybrid SNOW x CANADA GOOSE, plus a gang of birders. We also speculated on the spring-like weather bringing other birds over a month early in addition to the Golden Eagles and Eurasian Wigeon. Are there Wilson's Snipe around? Are there American Woodcock displaying tonight? Are there Eastern Meadowlarks? How about an Osprey?  Are the Sandhill Cranes holdovers from the fall or are they 2 months early? If we do get more winter and the north end of the lake freezes up again, will we get to see the Eurasian Wigeon where Jim & Dave found it and we traditionally search for it in early March in the melting ice near the south end of Lower Lake Rd? --Dave NutterPS: Bob has observed 111 species in the Cayuga Lake Basin this year, which I suspect is a record among participants in the quest for the David Cup. See results here:http://cayugabirds.pbworks.com/w/page/6630177/FrontPageAlso for people interested in what has been found so far in the basin, those lists are now on the Cayuga Bird Club web page under resources here:http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-recordsAs far as I know there have been 132 species found so far in 2012.
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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill; Dryden Shrike; South End: 29Jan2012

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
Kevin and I went to Summerhill today, where we, like many others, had a
nice WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL experience on Lick Street just south of Hoag.
We saw probably 45 crossbills in several large flocks that moved around
constantly, mostly feeding in the white spruces but briefly in norway
spruces and in some nearby tamaracks. I heard a couple Pine Siskins, but
did not see any redpolls as Laura reported. We checked the Hovel Chalet
feeders where a redpoll was seen yesterday but saw nothing there.

On the way up there (around 8:15), I asked Kevin to find me a shrike, and
15 seconds later he did, a beautiful gray immature NORTHERN SHRIKE in the
top of a tree on the east side of Johnson Road in Dryden, about half a mile
north of Rt. 13.

In the early afternoon I went down to the lake, first to Hogs Hole and then
to Stewart Park. From Hogs Hole I saw many of the same birds others have
been seeing down there (although I don't think anyone has posted in a
while), including a large flock of Redhead (perhaps 700-800, a couple
thousand fewer than in past days) with over a hundred of each scaup,
Ring-necked Ducks, half a dozen Canvasback, four RUDDY DUCKS, several
AMERICAN WIGEON, 16 Hooded Mergansers, lots of Common Mergansers, a single
Double-crested Cormorant, four GREAT BLUE HERONS on the shoreline. I saw
only three COMMON LOONS from Hogs Hole, but from Stewart Park Ken Rosenberg
and I saw two RED-THROATED LOONS. I also had a HORNED GREBE with the
goldeneye flock of Stewart Park. The only goose of note we found in the
thousands of Canada Geese was the presumed CANADA x SNOW GOOSE hybrid that
I have been told has been around since the first of the year. I did not see
the male WOOD DUCK today, but it was seen at Hogs Hole in the morning and
was around the boat house at Stewart Park last night. I checked for the
female GREEN-WINGED TEAL found by Jeff Gerbracht yesterday afternoon in the
channel by the old Verizon store (across from Lowe's) downtown, but did not
see it.

Good birding,
-Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill 27Jan2012

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
I made a brief trip to Summerhill this morning before work. I did not get a
visual on any of the crossbills, but I did have two WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS
fly over on Lick Street a bit south of Hoag near where others saw them
yesterday. Also a flyover PURPLE FINCH and a flock of about 10 PINE
SISKINS. Probably the best bird was an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK that
perched in a tree in the swamp on Hoag Road for a while before flying south
into the spruces.

Here are a couple of photos of this bird, which can present an ID challenge
if seen only briefly:
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367558901606514
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367564042291730
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367661776838354
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367672027795938
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Winter20112012#5702367672027795938

This was not a huge goshawk, so the large size was not particularly helpful
as a field mark (I thought it was a Cooper's when I first saw it based on
size). Actually, it looked more like a small Buteo in silhouette, and note
the barrel-chested appearance in flight. Especially apparent in the first
picture (because the bird was wet and fanning its tail) is the "uneven"
tail-barring, which seems to be due to the wavy shape of the dark bands on
each feather. Also, the streaking on the underparts is very dark, very
thick, and very extensive, almost reaching the undertail. On most of the
Cooper's I see this streaking fades out around the flanks. Finally, the
white supercilium is extremely bold on this bird, and the overall ground
color seems paler and buffier than the average Cooper's (visible especially
in the last shot where it's against the spruces).

Good birding,
-Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Crossbills

[bob mcguire]

I drove up to Summerhill this morning to find & record White-winged  
Crossbills and, after a long wait, was not disappointed. I arrived on  
Hoag Road just before 8 AM and stood around, listening to shotgun  
blasts, until about 10 when a small flock of Pine Siskins came  
through. They never got to feeding, and left after 5 minutes. At about  
10:30 a group of three White-winged Crossbills flew over, calling. I  
though they had gone off to the NW, but one, a juveline, returned and  
sat right over the road, calling continuously, for five minutes. At  
about that time another small group of siskins arrived to sit with it.  
Great size comparison, the crossbill being noticeably larger.


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Finches

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Hello all,

Just to let everyone know, the big flock(s) of PINE SISKINS AND WHITE
WINGED CROSSBILLS is still present 
in the Salt/Hoag Rd area of Summerhill as of yesterday --per myself and
Dave McCartt.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill crossbills etc; Dryden; Ellis Hollow shrike

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
I journeyed up to Summerhill this morning. I spent the first hour and a
half (7:00-8:30) walking up and down Salt Road and occasionally down Hoag
Street with very little to show for it. Several COMMON RAVENS were around,
as well as RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, and the other
usual spruce birds. The best birds during this time were 5-10 flyover PINE
SISKINS and 3-5 flyover PURPLE FINCHES. Finally, as I was considering
giving up, I decided to walk down Hoag Street one more time. My luck
changed abruptly as I was walking along the swampy area a few hundred
meters west of Salt Road. I had found a large flock of PINE SISKINS (20-40
birds) here earlier, and as I was looking for them again, I heard two or
three calls from a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. I waited a while, then heard
more and closer crossbills. I saw a decent sized flock (~25 birds) lift off
from a hemlock on the north edge of the marshy area and land in a deciduous
tree. This flock quickly disappeared, but a few birds split off from it and
flew south over the road in front of me, at least three WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS that gave me good looks and a few pictures in flight. And I
waited at this spot, I heard a single flyover RED CROSSBILL (could have
been in the flock with the White-wingeds or a lone bird flying over, I
couldn't tell) and more White-winged Crossbills, which turned out to be
mixed in with an even larger siskin flock. I watched one flock of siskins
(no crossbills with them at that point) foraging on hemlock cones,
exhibiting behavior much like crossbills. When the big siskin/crossbill
flock flew over again, I was unfortunately unable to assess the species
ratio, and I suspect the original flock of ~25 that I had taken to be all
crossbills was actually a mix, so I don't know how many were actually
there, somewhere between 5 and 20.

While I was waiting for them to return again, an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE
popped up in the tall spruces on the east edge of the swamp, then flew into
that area, not to be seen again. Two FOX SPARROWS were also present with
juncos in the underbrush.

After that, I checked a few Dryden spots, including Dryden Lake (2
Bufflehead, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Common Mergansers, 50 Ring-billed Gulls)
and George Road (16 AMERICAN COOTS, lots of geese, not much else). After
that I looked for Paul's NORTHERN SHRIKE and quickly found it in one of the
hedgerows on the north side of Ellis Hollow Creek Road near the horse barns
at the west end. I watched it for a long time, then came back an hour later
and watched it some more. It was one of the most cooperative shrikes I have
seen in a while. It switched perches quite often but was in view nearly all
the time, a beautiful adult. I never saw it chase any other birds (although
there were bluebirds, a mockingbird, and lots of House Sparrows and
starlings around), but it dropped down into the field many times would came
up with something, big arthropods of some kind.

On my way home I stopped briefly at the Freese Road garden plots, which are
now a plowed dirt field with 13 AMERICAN PIPITS foraging in it.

Also, last night I had a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL give one squeal in response
to whistling at Hammond Hill.

Good birding,
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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Today

[bob mcguire]

A stroll up Salt Road in Summerhill SF this morning produced numerous  
birds, but nothing out of the ordinary (no crossbills!)


Common Raven2
Ruffed Grouse (4 flushed from the west edge of the trees, about 200 m  
past the snowmobile clubhouse)

Brown Creeper 2
Blue Jay6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Chickadee 40
Song Sparrow 15
White-throated Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco 30

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Sunday

[bob mcguire]

Ann Mitchell, Dave Nutter, Gary Kohlenberg, and I spent a few hours at  
Summerhill this morning, most of it walking Salt Road and a bit of  
Hoag and Dresser Roads. My main goal was to investigate the cone crop  
and to try and locate any crossbills.


Having recently spent time in Algonquin Provincial Park and Aiguebelle  
National Parks in Canada (PO & PQ) and noting the almost total absence  
of cones on White and Black Spruce, and Red and Jack Pine, I was glad  
to see an abundance of cones of both Norway and White Spruces, Red  
Pines, and Larches. As Matt Young has noted earlier, this could well  
be a great year locally for crossbills. Although we could not locate  
any that were feeding, or perched and singing, the four of us did have  
one fly-over Red Crossbill on Hoag Road, and I, separately, had one  
fly over on Salt Rd.


Below is my report to eBird.

Summerhill--Salt Rd, Cayuga, US-NY
Jul 30, 2011 8:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
30 species

Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Alder Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  6
Black-capped Chickadee  14
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
Winter Wren  3
Veery  1
American Robin  6
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Ovenbird  1
Mourning Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
Chipping Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  6
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red Crossbill   1
American Goldfinch  4

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Today

[bob mcguire]

I walked Salt road from the snowmobile shack to Dresser Rd and back  
this morning. Very quiet. Only a few chickadees, Blue Jays, and a Red- 
breasted Nuthatch. However, I did have a fly-over Red Crosbill near  
the car . This is the second time I have heard a REDCRO in  
approximately the same location, many days apart. Again, this bird  
flew from SE to NW as though headed in the direction of Lick/Hoag Rd  
junction (white spruces??).


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Today

[bob mcguire]

I drove up to Summerhill this morning to take a few photos. Didn't  
spend a lot of time looking for birds, but I did find a few things of  
interest.


There was a flock of 42 Horned Larks on a manure spread on Elm Street  
Extension just east of Salt Road.


At 1192 Lake Como Road (Nick's feeders) there was a flock of some 100  
Common Redpolls. No Hoary that I could find. I spoke with Nick who  
said that he has recently had a few Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, and  
Red-breasted Nuthatches along with the other finches.


The three Mute Swans remain in the cove just north of Long Point SP  
along with one large flock of Redheads. Several other rafts of  
Redheads are in Aurora Bay along with one Horned Grebe.


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill-Evening Grosbeaks/Cortland CBC

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Hello all,

A flock of 12 EVENING GROSBEAKS (2 males) on Iowa Rd Bear Swamp and a flock
of ~15 EVENING 
GROSBEAKS on Eaton Rd Summerhill (5-6 male; these are in the basin). Eaton
Rd is just down hill from the 
Hovel Chalet on Fillmore Rd. In fact, about 10 minutes later after seeing
them on Eaton Rd, presumably the 
same flock flew in to feed at the feeders next to the road at the Hovel. I
also had a few PINE SISKINS on 
Lake Como Rd.

As a reminder to those participating, this Saturday Dec 18 is the Cortland
CBC. If anyone wants to help, I 
could still probably use more group. Please contact me if you want to help.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Crossbill

[bob mcguire]

I drove up to Summerhill SF this morning to take some photos of snowy  
Salt Road. The road was rather quiet between the Roadrunners clubhouse  
and Dresser Road. Half a dozen Bluejays, two Red-breasted Nuthatches,  
two Downy Woodpeckers, two juncos, and a handfull of chickadees. Just  
south of the clubhouse was a single, calling, fly-over Red Crossbill.  
It continued east, out of hearing.


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Evening Grosbeak Information Needed

[Greene, Aaron R.]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, 

 

I currently live in Washington, D.C., but I'm home in Corning, NY for
Thanksgiving. I recently saw a post about evening grosbeaks along Iowa
Road near Summerhill. I would like to check this area for evening
grosbeaks and other birds but I'm unfamiliar with the location. 

 

I'd like to get some directions to the best places to check and find out
the chances of seeing a grosbeak and other birds before I decide to make
the drive up from Corning. You can send me a personal e-mail at
aaron.r.gre...@saic.com 

 

Thanks in advance, 
Aaron Greene

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill-Bear Swamp

[grosb...@clarityconnect.com]

Hello all,

Yesterday Dave McCart and I did some birding of Summerhill (I also covered
Bear Swamp and Scott as 
well). Early morning there were many Cedar Waxwings, Robins, Blackbirds and
Bluebirds moving. I did 
have PINE SISKINS at 5 different locations including ~40 at Bear Swamp, 12
on Lake Como Rd and later in 
the day another 15 at the Hovel Chalet Summerhill. There were lots of
goldfinches around and 6-7 PURPLE 
FINCHES scattered about --I did not have any Evening Grosbeaks, but it
should be just a matter of days 
before they start showing up in the Summerhill-Bear Swamp areas --big
numbers are starting to show up 
at migration points to the north and birds have already been seen in NJ,
Penn, Conn, and RI.  Most Red-
breasted Nuthatches were at feeders and the woods were generally quite
quiet. Other sightings including 
2 RAVENS at Bear Swamp, a few HORNED LARKS in Sempronius and 6
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS just 
north of Lake Como. The best sighting of the day was perhaps the single
RUDDY DUCK that Dave scoped 
on Lake Como. In all the years of birding Sumerhill (13 years, whew, where
did the time go), I don't think 
I've ever had Ruddy Duck at Lake Como --if I have it might have been once
before.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill --Evening Grosbeak and Pine Siskins

[grosb...@clarityconnect.com]

Hello all,


I tried sending this but it looks like it didn't go through --trying 
again. 


A quick drive through of Summerhill this morning (Monday) yielded ~15 PINE
SISKINS 
at feeder near the corner of Lake Como and Creech Rds. At the Hovel Chalet 
were 7-8 PURPLE FINCHES and a single flyover EVENING GROSBEAK! Bring them 
on. :-)


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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill

[Susan Fast]

Susie & I got off fairly early today, stopped for a great breakfast at the
Dryden Hotel,  then continued to Summerhill area.  We walked Hoag and
Dresser Rds.  Highlight was 3 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS (2 singing).  Also
encountered were 3 WINTER WRENS, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
several MAGNOLIA AND BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, a N. WATERTHRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH,
SCARLET TANAGER (Susie's favorite), and Queen-of-the Prairie.  I thought the
deer flies only mildly annoying, but Susie got a plethora of cuss words off
her chest.

 

S. & S. Fast

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Bird trip

[Gladys J Birdsall]

On Sunday May 23ed, I led a half day trip to Summerhill with the Cayuga 
Bird Club.   I was joined at the lab by Judy, Leigh, Klaus, Bob McGuire, 
Bob Packard, Bruce, Paul, and Don. Later we met up with Bobbie and Linda 
at the corner of Route 90 and Lick Street. The morning cloudiness turned 
into sunshine and we had a great morning of birding. We first stopped at 
the corner of Bone Plain Road and Sheldon Road. We watched Bobolinks, 
Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbirds and Barn Swallows flying over the 
field. There were also Tree Swallows, and Canada Geese out in the field, 
the geese looking quite out of place. A home across from the field had 
nest boxes and we observed a beautiful Eastern Bluebird in their yard.


We made stops along Lick Street when we got to the Summerhill area. 
Highlights included Alder Flycatcher, Field Sparrow, Blue-Winged 
Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Magnolia Warbler, Red-breasted 
Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrows, Ovenbirds, Brown Creepers, and Raven. 
We heard, but only got quick glimpses of Yellow-billed Cuckoos.


At the corner of Lick Street and Hoag Roads, we spent a good deal of 
time. This is where patience paid off, and we finally got a look at the 
Mourning Warbler Bob McGuire had heard out the car window. It took some 
time but it finally sat up fairly high for us to watch. This corner was 
busy with birds, including Chest-nut sided warblers, Blue-Winged 
Warbler, Cedar Waxwings, Indigo Bunting, Veery, Wood Thrush, Purple 
Finch and a more distant Scarlet Tanager.


As we continued up Hoag Road we encountered Black-throated Blue Warbler, 
Hermit Thrush, and several more Brown Creepers. It was getting late so 
we drove over to the the McIllroy Preserve and did a quick walk back to 
the platform overlook. New birds we heard or saw included Black-throated 
Green Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Great Crested Flycatcher and 
Eastern Kingbirds. We watched the Kingbirds in a nest cavity right out 
in front of the platform. The Grackles, many of them, were catching 
dragonflies of some sort. They looked as if they just wanted to show off 
their catches, sitting up on branches or snags, just holding on to their 
treasures. On the way around the trail we saw many pink lady slippers in 
one area. It was very nice morning to be out birding.


Good Birding!

Gladys



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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill is quiet

[Gary Kohlenberg]

   Ann Mitchell and I took a ride around Summerhill this afternoon to 
look for SNOW BUNTINGS. We found one flock of about 40 birds on Salt Rd. 
and another group of 7 HORNED LARKS. We saw one RAVEN in the woods by 
Salt/Dresser Rd. intersection.
   The State woods were very quiet, no gee whiz birds like Finches, 
Shrikes, Crossbills or Goshawks. We saw several Red-tailed Hawks, but 
surprisingly no Rough-legged.
   The spruce trees have very few cones this year. I guess the glow of 
last years winter Finch invasion will wear off eventually.

   It was a nice cool beautiful walk and ride anyway.
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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Shrike

[Dave Nutter]

Ann Mitchell & I walked the Salt, Hoad, Dresser and some side paths in 
Summerhill State Forest this afternoon (2 Nov 2009).  It was pretty quiet, but 
we did find:

Ruffed Grouse - 2 or 3
Wild Turkey - 15 or so flushed from edge of uncut cornfield on Dresser
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1 male
Pileated Woodpecker  - 2 or 3
COMMON RAVEN - 1 or 2 calling
American Crow - 20 or so altogether including distant flying birds
Blue Jay - 2 or maybe 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 15 or so
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 heard
Brown Creeper - 1 
American Robin - 5 or more
NORTHERN SHRIKE - 1 immature seen along Hoag eliciting nervous noises from 
Robins
Dark-eyed Junco - 2
American Goldfinch - 1

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