I'm trying to update the first 2011 records for the Cayuga Lake Basin Sedge Wren and Long-eared Owl were first reported on the Montezuma Muckrace. If anyone can tell me who observed either species, the location, and which date (Friday evening 9 September, or Saturday 10 September), I would be most
Once again the lists are updated as of 24 September 2011. The exceptions are Sedge Wren and Long-eared Owl from the Muckrace. I don't know who observed them, which date (9 or 10 September), the locations or even if they were in the Cayuga Lake Basin, as I think the Muckrace boundary extends a bit
Listened for one hour this evening
1040 pm to 1140 pm...the flight appears high as skies are clear,
winds light southwesterly. Not ideal. Many calls very high up
and inaudible. But have had some nice fairly low GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
and SWAINSONS THRUSH calls.
Numbers are as follows:
SWAINSON'
Just a quick note on MWR late Saturday. Not much of interest accept two mature
Bald Eagles (calling to each other) in a tree across from cell post #6 (before
the spillway) and 4 Sandhill Cranes at Mays Point to the right of the platform
(closer than usual). It was too dark to try Puddler's Marsh
The American Avocet was still at Puddler’s Marsh at Montezuma as of 2:30 PM
Saturday afternoon. There were also two Black-bellied Plovers at that
location.
At least Three Sandhill Cranes were found at Knox-Marcellus.
There was a Caspian Tern at Larue’s Lagoon.
A Barred Owl was vocalizing at
Just reported by Nate Senner.
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Well, nesting in large old trees with the centers rotted out into cavities does
have its downside. It's an old story. This particular nest tree has actually
been used for only a few years. I believe the one before that lasted over 10
years.
I hope the pair again nests in a cavity that affords
I don't recall anyone reporting this, but I was surprised to find that the owl
tree in Renwick woods is down. You can follow the trunk to a cavity (possibly
the nest hole) now a sorry looking flooded basin.
Before making this sad discovery, upon entering the woods from the north, I was
surprise
I birded Hanshaw and Freese Road this morning. In the fields on
Hanshaw south from Sapsucker Woods Road, there were at least 39
KILLDEER mixed among the large numbers of Canada Geese and Ring-billed
Gulls. In the Freese Road garden plots, I had one beautiful LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, two FIELD SPARROWS, o
I visited the east side of Sapsucker Woods again on Saturday morning. Some
highlights were the same as yesterday's - two BLACKPOLL WARBLERS under the
power lines, a few MAGNOLIA WARBLERS throughout, and an OVENBIRD south of
the gated trailhead. Today I also saw two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES (one along
9:15am Saturday 24 Sept, I just got a call from Tom Schulenberg reporting a MARSH WREN on the west side of Freese Road opposite Dyce Lab. He was walking out between a soybean field (not to be trampled) and a patch of goldenrod, and he pished up the Marsh Wren several times from the goldenrod. --D
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