[cayugabirds-l] Port Byron Shorebirds

Maiden Lane & Towpath Rds, Port Byron. Saturday, May 6 & Monday, May 8, shorebird conditions in the muddy corn stubble were excellent. Field is being pumped, and conditions may dry up quickly. A mixed flock of over 200 shorebirds flushed and settled back into the field this afternoon. Best

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 5/8/23 -- Golden-winged Warbler

I apologize for the delayed post to Cayugabirds-L, but I did want to relay on this eList—to those who are not actively engaged with the CayugaRBA GroupMe alert app, or who have not set up an eBird RBA notification for hourly rare bird sightings in Tompkins County—there was a shy adult male

RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Purple Gallinules 4 May 2023

That osprey nest near Buttonwood Winery is the one I reported last weekend or so! There was an osprey on the perch but I didn’t see any nest building action although it looked as if there were some nest materials already there. Deb From: bounce-127403015-83565...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf

Re: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Purple Gallinules 4 May 2023

Hi Fritzie, That's an extremely rare bird that hundreds of birders across the state would have been interested to hear about. Could you provide some more details about age, field marks, and any behavior? Jay On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 4:08 PM job121...@verizon.net wrote: > Sorry for the late post.

[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Purple Gallinules 4 May 2023

Sorry for the late post. Last Thursday, 4 May 2023, daughter Becky & I saw 2 purple gallinules at MNWR in the first "pool" after the turn along the Thruway. We spent that afternoon checking on osprey nests for Candace Cornell's project & found new ones down the west side of Cayuga Lake. The one

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * May 8, 2023 * NYSY 05. 08 .23   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):May 01, 2022 to May 08, 2023 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex

[cayugabirds-l] FOY Hum-bird & others

FOY male Hummingbird at my feeder here at Kendal ! Also at same time, a FOY White-crowned Sparrow feeding on ground under the not-so-squirrel-proof seed feeder! Yesterday, FOY Great-crested Flycatcher. Yesterday elsewhere here, at least 2 Catbirds & a singing B. Oriole (FOY). House Wrens back a

[cayugabirds-l] gold finches

4 to 6 male American goldfinches FOY here at Sheffield Road. Deb Deborah G. Grantham Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell University The

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Good news about bird conservation and reducing window strikes at Cornell

Thanks also to the Conservation Action Committee of the Cayuga Bird Club which helped start the bird-friendly movement on campus with Miyoko's help. Cindy and Karel Sedlacedk and others picked up many crash victims on campus. It takes time, but change happens. Thanks to all! On Mon, May 8,

[cayugabirds-l] Good news about bird conservation and reducing window strikes at Cornell

Kudus to Miyoko Chu and others at Cornell for working hard to reduce bird-window collisions on campus. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/05/group-works-make-campus-windows-bird-friendly Jody W. Enck, PhD Conservation Social Scientist, and Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network