RE: [cayugabirds-l] ebird reporting question re: motion activated photos

2020-05-12 Thread Wesley M. Hochachka
Hi everyone, As one of the people at the Lab of O who regularly works with data from eBird, I’ll give you my take on answering Deb’s question, from the perspective of someone who is interested in using the data from eBird for research, both for basic science, and applied conservation and

Re:[nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Slowest spring migration in a very long time Broome Co., flood gates of migration soon to open...

2020-05-12 Thread Pat Martin
Almost the exact same mix of warblers up here in Monroe County, minus the Prairie Warblers (except those that have arrived on territory south of Monroe) but with the addition of Cape Mays in increasing numbers over the last couple of days.Pat Martin-Original Message- From: David Nicosia

Re: [nysbirds-l] Slowest spring migration in a very long time Broome Co., flood gates of migration soon to open...

2020-05-12 Thread Jonathan Perez
This is odd as we’ve been seeing floods of indigo and cape mays here in Brooklyn. In Greenwood Cemetery two days ago/ it felt like five or more in every other tree. This morning had indigo buntings in cadman plaza, which is in downtown Brooklyn. Interesting... Please excuse my brevity. Sent

[cayugabirds-l] Slowest spring migration in a very long time Broome Co., flood gates of migration soon to open...

2020-05-12 Thread David Nicosia
All, This spring season is the slowest evolving migration season that I can remember in a long time in Broome Co. (20 years at least). I basically am seeing the same warbler species that I had May 2-3: Black-throated blues, greens, blackburnian, ovenbird, nashville, northern and louisiana

Hawthorn Orchard - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mixed Flock

2020-05-12 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Hi everyone, Glad to see some reports of warblers starting to trickle in. Cold Northwest winds are the damper for migration, for sure. Here’s a link to the Hawthorn Orchard eBird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L122418 In the right-most column, you can see a listing for “Recent Visits,”

[cayugabirds-l] Location of clay colored sparrows/Ontario County

2020-05-12 Thread Peter Saracino
Hi Folks. Reuben Stolfus asked that I post this for folks interested in possibly seeing the clay colored sparrows that Kyle Gage posted today (5/12/20). The location I will describe is on PreEmption Rd. (also called County Rd. 6) heading south of Geneva, NY. It is suggested one gets permission

Re: [cayugabirds-l] ebird reporting question re: motion activated photos

2020-05-12 Thread Tom Schulenberg
Maybe someone can clarify or refer me to the right place. I have lived and > birded in the Cayugabirds region for 30+ years and use ebird > > questions regarding eBird should be directed to eb...@cornell.edu good birding, tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] ebird reporting question re: motion activated photos

2020-05-12 Thread Therese O'Connor
Interesting. Three weeks ago I received a "question" from ebird asking me if I had "additional information" about a siting I had in Seattle in *2014!* I wonder what took them so long to question my birdstrange. Therese O'Connor On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 5:35 PM Deborah G Lauper wrote: > Maybe

[cayugabirds-l] Mixed Flock

2020-05-12 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
Had my first warbler flock of the season this morning down in Six-Mile Creek, where I don't often go for warblers (because looking up from the bottom of a gorge makes warbler necking that much worse, and because I'd never encountered too many warbler migrants before). The songs included buzzers

[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock chicks

2020-05-12 Thread Geo Kloppel
This morning in an alder swamp at the edge of Michigan Hollow Marsh I nearly stepped on a brood of Woodcock chicks. Mom flew up just in front of me, attempting distraction, but I looked down at my feet instead, and there they were. Photo on my eBird checklist, if you’re in need of a dose of

[cayugabirds-l] Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager

2020-05-12 Thread Donna Lee Scott
My neighbor just to south reported a male Indigo Bunting was eating seed at her deck rail 8 AM this morning. My other neighbor just to the north went out in her driveway this morning and saw a Scarlet Tanager in her lilac bush! Unfortunately, I saw neither of these birds, but on my walk around

[cayugabirds-l] ebird reporting question re: motion activated photos

2020-05-12 Thread Deborah G Lauper
Maybe someone can clarify or refer me to the right place. I have lived and birded in the Cayugabirds region for 30+ years and use ebird. I also spend winters in Arizona, specifically Pima County (near Tucson, Madera Canyon etc). Owls have been visiting our bird baths nightly. Great Horned and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] molting birds question

2020-05-12 Thread Peter Saracino
Thanks for the info. Must be so m.j e as re molting non-essential feathers? On Tue, May 12, 2020, 2:37 PM Linda Clark Benedict wrote: > We had a bald rose-breasted grosbeak at our feeder. > > On Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:35 PM Peter Saracino > wrote: > >> Hi folks. >> Recently I have seen one

Re: [cayugabirds-l] molting birds question

2020-05-12 Thread Linda Clark Benedict
We had a bald rose-breasted grosbeak at our feeder. On Mon, May 11, 2020, 3:35 PM Peter Saracino wrote: > Hi folks. > Recently I have seen one "bald" redwing on a tray feeder and another that > was nearly bald. Now I see what appears to be an adult Oriole "losing" some > of the black on its

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mourning Doves

2020-05-12 Thread Donna Lee Scott
“My” orioles like my h-bird nectar feeder too (as well as all the oranges and dishes of grape jelly)! One of them even flicked off one of the bee guards to make the sugar water easier to drink. One also discovered he can put 1 foot on a little tiny hummingbird perch for better balance! Donna

[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Doves

2020-05-12 Thread Judy Cuyle
We were surprised at the comments about Mourning Doves fighting. We have lots of Mourning Doves and have never seen this behavior. Maybe because we have so many feeders? Year round we have 13 sunflower seed feeders and three suet feeders (each holding three cakes). Now we also have a