[cayugabirds-l] Sunday CBC Field Trip- daylight savings
Do remember to move the time on your clocks one hour forward, i.e., less sleep. See you tomorrow at 7:45 at the parking lot opposite the Dairy Bar., or at the Lab before 8:00 Should you forget, our first stop of considerable duration will be at Myer's Point, but don't forget. Tufted Duck, Lapland Longspurs, and Snow Buntings better than a 50/50 chance, and others. -- 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] Sunday CBC Field Trip-Park Preserve
Hi all, I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club trip to the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Park Preserve (south) (http://fllt.org/protected_lands/protected_lands1.php?id=42) on SUNDAY, May 18. We will meet at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at 7:30 and head over to the preserve right after that. If you wish to meet me at the preserve, please be there by 7:45 (we will get there as quickly as possible after 7:30). This is the peak of spring migration and the Park Preserve is a rich, varied habitat, full of interesting breeding birds as well as migrants. It may be wet and buggy, so wear appropriate shoes and bring whatever you need to keep the blackflies at bay. All are most welcome to join us - club member or not! See you Sunday!! 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday CBC Field Trip
You forgot the Carolina Wren singing to us at East Shore Park. Stephanie Greenwood Sent from my iPad > On Dec 1, 2013, at 7:41 PM, bob mcguire wrote: > > Seven folks joined me for a run up the east side of the lake today. It was > warmer than any of the last few days, but with the south breeze off the > water, it still felt cold. > > We began at Stewart Park, picking through the groups of waterfowl. Dave > Nutter noted a Blue-winged Teal before we even got there - and we never did > re-find it. In addition to the usuals, we spotted a distant female > Red-breasted Merganser, 7 Scoters, most of which were White-winged, three > Double-crested Cormorants on the jetty, the ongoing Ruddy Duck flock, and the > beginnings of an aythya raft that seemed to consist solely of Redheads. > > We then got closer looks at the scoters from East Shore Park and then headed > up to Myers, checking Drake and Portland Point Roads on the way. The Salt > Point duck hunter was just packing up, leaving a large flock of Mallards > safely offshore. While were scanning the lake a single American Pipit flew in > the the spit, remained long enough for a couple of us to get looks, then flew > off. > > The next stop was Center Road for great looks at a small Horned Lark/Snow > Bunting flock, then on to Lake Road and Long Point SP. Nearly at the bottom > of Lake Road we ran into a large flock of Robins/Starlings/Cedar Waxwings > consuming cedar berries. Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a Northern Flicker > called from the woods. And a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers ignored us for > the poison ivy berries right along the road. At Long Point we spotted a > couple of Common Loons and one Horned Grebe, as well as a vocal > Golden-crowned Kinglet foraging in one of the cedars. A digression here: the > ground around the bathrooms was littered with hickory nuts - thousands. Where > are the squirrels? > > From the Aurora boathouse we were able to find a total of eight Horned > Grebes, couple of Loons, and several groups of Buffleheads. At the end of a > distant line of Mallards were three Ring-necked Ducks and one more that, we > finally concluded, must have been a Scaup-Ring-necked cross. The bird had a > rounded head (lacking the "crest" at the back of a Ring-neck's head), a much > paler and less-distinct white finger on the front of the flank, and an > overall browner color of wing and body. > > We got as far as Union Springs before heading home. Factory Street pond was > nearly empty, except for a single Green-winged Teal, a Mallard, several > Gadwall, and two female Northern Pintail. One of the Pintails had a couple of > unusual, diagonal, white stripes on the folded wing (on the right side > only!). Mill Pond was unremarkable, with the resident Redhead and several > Gadwall. Perhaps the best stop was our last, at Frontenac Park. Again, the > duck hunters had just finished up so there was not much on the water - except > for a couple more Horned Grebes, three distant Bonaparte's Gulls, and both > male and female Norther Harriers flying down the lake towards Farley's Point. > What were they doing out over the water? > > I took no notes and am writing this from memory. So chime in, anyone, and add > to/correct my comments. > > Bob McGuire > > -- > > 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] Sunday CBC Field Trip
Seven folks joined me for a run up the east side of the lake today. It was warmer than any of the last few days, but with the south breeze off the water, it still felt cold. We began at Stewart Park, picking through the groups of waterfowl. Dave Nutter noted a Blue-winged Teal before we even got there - and we never did re-find it. In addition to the usuals, we spotted a distant female Red-breasted Merganser, 7 Scoters, most of which were White-winged, three Double-crested Cormorants on the jetty, the ongoing Ruddy Duck flock, and the beginnings of an aythya raft that seemed to consist solely of Redheads. We then got closer looks at the scoters from East Shore Park and then headed up to Myers, checking Drake and Portland Point Roads on the way. The Salt Point duck hunter was just packing up, leaving a large flock of Mallards safely offshore. While were scanning the lake a single American Pipit flew in the the spit, remained long enough for a couple of us to get looks, then flew off. The next stop was Center Road for great looks at a small Horned Lark/Snow Bunting flock, then on to Lake Road and Long Point SP. Nearly at the bottom of Lake Road we ran into a large flock of Robins/Starlings/Cedar Waxwings consuming cedar berries. Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a Northern Flicker called from the woods. And a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers ignored us for the poison ivy berries right along the road. At Long Point we spotted a couple of Common Loons and one Horned Grebe, as well as a vocal Golden-crowned Kinglet foraging in one of the cedars. A digression here: the ground around the bathrooms was littered with hickory nuts - thousands. Where are the squirrels? >From the Aurora boathouse we were able to find a total of eight Horned Grebes, >couple of Loons, and several groups of Buffleheads. At the end of a distant >line of Mallards were three Ring-necked Ducks and one more that, we finally >concluded, must have been a Scaup-Ring-necked cross. The bird had a rounded >head (lacking the "crest" at the back of a Ring-neck's head), a much paler and >less-distinct white finger on the front of the flank, and an overall browner >color of wing and body. We got as far as Union Springs before heading home. Factory Street pond was nearly empty, except for a single Green-winged Teal, a Mallard, several Gadwall, and two female Northern Pintail. One of the Pintails had a couple of unusual, diagonal, white stripes on the folded wing (on the right side only!). Mill Pond was unremarkable, with the resident Redhead and several Gadwall. Perhaps the best stop was our last, at Frontenac Park. Again, the duck hunters had just finished up so there was not much on the water - except for a couple more Horned Grebes, three distant Bonaparte's Gulls, and both male and female Norther Harriers flying down the lake towards Farley's Point. What were they doing out over the water? I took no notes and am writing this from memory. So chime in, anyone, and add to/correct my comments. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
