[cayugabirds-l] Possible Count Week Black Vulture

. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu > Date: January 4, 2019 at 4:40:51 PM EST > To: Undisclosed recipients: ; > Subject: [eBird Alert] Tompkins County Rare Bird Alert > > *** Species Summary: > > -

[cayugabirds-l] Raptors, swans, ducks

to Sheldrake. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More count week species

it in time to check it out today. Sorry to have missed the deadline for the newsletter. It’s tough to report on an ongoing story! - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 3, 2019, at 8:53 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote: > > Dave I received a report from a casual birder who saw a ‘grebe’ in Fall Cr

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More count week species

I have been informed that this odd eBird list was an unlabeled false report created by a programmer at the Lab for a test. We have no Snow Goose or Tundra Swan for the count yet of which I am aware. Keep looking for real birds! - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 3, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Dave Nutter wr

[cayugabirds-l] More count week species

In an eBird report from his office at the Lab of O yesterday (2 Jan 2019), Francisco Padilla Obregon listed 1 each of Snow Goose, Tundra Swan, Canada Goose, and hybrid Canada/domestic Goose. Snow Goose & Tundra Swan are Count Week birds. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2019 Ithaca Christmas Bird Count results

Sorry, I think that’s 84 for the count plus at least 3 for the week. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 2, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Despite a high turnout of birders to count Ithaca-area birds, the number of > species found and the number of individual birds count

[cayugabirds-l] 2019 Ithaca Christmas Bird Count results

been disturbed more thoroughly and moved out. And there may be other factors we just don’t know yet. Fitz says Audubon plans to analyze CBC data taking count-day weather into account to see if trends show up. - - Dave Nutter CBC results CACGOO 0101Ken Rosenberg Newman Golf/Jetty

[cayugabirds-l] Pink gull, etc.

Sparrow in our back yard, but not near any feeders. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] EVENING GROSBEAKS - Ringwood Rd

the hatch closes, and does not reopen until the Grosbeak leaves. So the Evening Grosbeaks are finding seeds in the grass below. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 1, 2018, at 10:30 AM, Marie P. Read wrote: > > Two Evening Grosbeaks (male and female) were on my feeders briefly, and are >

[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, Main Pool, Montezuma NWR

Jay McGowan just (11:23am) reported a male TUFTED DUCK in partly eclipse plumage on the main pool at Montezuma about halfway between Larue’s & Eaton in a huge Aythya flock. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Cass Common Mergansers

. Maybe that’s a reflection on how little time & effort I’ve made, but they’ve seemed scarce at the south end of the lake lately - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] odd radar at mid-morning - migrating raptors?

weather, radar, & migration care to consider these hypotheses? - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVE

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk migration

saw and that Adam saw yesterday. Reuben also saw a few additional species of raptors, but I didn’t take notes on that. He did not see any migration today. - - Dave Nutter > On Sep 13, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Reuben Stoltzfus was cutting hay on his farm in Ovid tod

[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk migration

additional 300. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Montezuma NWR.

vers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Least Sandpipers. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.

[cayugabirds-l] Today’s ‘Shorebird Walk’ and Montezuma NWR

them to eat than on past walks. In all I tallied 51 species of birds. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Shorebird Walk Saturday 18 August

st Linda Ziemba and Visitor Services Manager Andrea Van Beusichem for arranging these trips to happen. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.N

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole nest, Cass Park, Ithaca

ould disturb them, but I urge people to be aware and considerate of them while viewing. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat

[cayugabirds-l] Predation

regrowing them or it was a young bird just growing them for the first time. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Bobolinks, Purple Martins, Clay-colored Sparrow, Orchard Orioles.

nd a female with nesting material, but I did not see where she took it. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVE

[cayugabirds-l] Tschache: Red-necked Phalarope, Ruddy Turnstone, etc

WILLOW FLYCATCHER, YELLOW WARBLER, etc. SWAMP SPARROWS and MARSH WRENS sang from the marsh, etc. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] siskin young

I think Siskins are fairly nomadic, and they breed wherever they like. Congratulations on maintaining Siskin habitat. - - Dave Nutter > On May 21, 2018, at 4:45 PM, Laura Stenzler wrote: > > Hi all, > We still have several pine siskins coming to our feeders. This afternoon I &g

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey

supporting the lights for Union Fields, but not the nest. It took awhile for it to gain the elevation. - - Dave Nutter > On May 1, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Nancy Cusumano wrote: > > I have to say, I LOVE seeing ospreys every morning on my drive to work. I see > them along the inlet and t

[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk migration, Seneca County, Saturday

Yesterday (28 April) Reuben Stoltzfus was traveling north on NYS-414 between Ovid and Romulus when he saw several kettles of small Buteos who circled tightly and flapped rapidly. They totaled about 200 birds. This was before the rainstorm. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Bustle

watch. I stayed there for over an hour. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 28, 2018, at 9:13 PM, Sandy Wold wrote: > > This morning 8:30-10am I saw so many birds in my loop through Renwick Woods > to the Swan Pond and then through the Golf Course. > > Here are the highlights an

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey on nest, briefly

low and a bit hard to see) on the nest at the east end of Stewart Park and also on the nest in Union Fields. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 28, 2018, at 7:12 PM, marsha kardon wrote: > > There were two ospreys sitting peacefully together on the nest by the by the > bridge in Stewart P

[cayugabirds-l] Black Tern, Montezuma NWR

Reuben Stoltzfus tells me that Lisa Shirk with a field trip from Penn Yan today (Friday 27 April) to Montezuma NWR saw a BLACK TERN from the Wildlife Drive. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey on nest, briefly

hunkered down on it, presumably incubating. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 26, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Barbara Chase wrote: > > I walked around Renwick woods earlier in the afternoon yesterday (April 25) > and watched that nest for about 15 min yesterday around 1:30pm. I saw the > one osprey l

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey on nest, briefly

descended toward the bird on the nest talons first. The occupant vacated pronto, flying upstream, while the evictor continued westward without even touching down. Maybe there are established Ospreys who don’t want certain other nearby platforms to be occupied. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Does anyone know if there are red tail hawks nesting this year in the gorge at the Stewart Ave bridge over Fall Creek

I glanced out the taxi window as I drove across the bridge yesterday, and the nest appeared empty - no eggs, no adult - but it was a very brief look. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 19, 2018, at 11:41 AM, Barbara B. Eden wrote: > > Thanks, > Barbara > > > -- > Cayugabird

[cayugabirds-l] Port Byron Ruff continues

the latter. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Phoebe

. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 18, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Sara Jane Hymes wrote: > > I had my first PHOEBE today on Eastern Heights walkway near water tower. It > was desperately trying to find a bug to catch in the cold weather! > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.No

[cayugabirds-l] Recent arrivals in Cayuga Lake Basin

you, please let me know. The complete list is on the Cayuga Bird Club website Resources page. - - Dave Nutter Dunlin April 08David Wheeler, Deborah DohneCarncross Rd, Savannah Little Gull April 08Jay McGowan NYS-89 nr Schuyler Cr, Varick Purple Martin April 08

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Tagged Great Egret

snow here, and the expansive pool has plenty of water available for foraging. It’s cool to learn where “our” Great Egrets breed. We only see a few at a time and briefly in early April, but in late summer we accumulate scores of them. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 14, 2018, at 10:08 PM, me

[cayugabirds-l] American Bittern report in Cayuga Lake Basin?

. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loons, Dryden Lake

I just got a call from Reuben Stoltzfus who was at Dryden Lake and saw a tight flock of ten Red-throated Loons! - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Phoebes, Bonaparte’s Gulls, Grebes (Horned, Eared, & Pied-billed), Cormorants

east of the White Lighthouse Jetty. I also saw my first-of-year Field Sparrow beside Pier Rd with some Juncos & Song Sparrows (many of which have arrived lately) alongside the weedy, leaf-strewn fenceline of the DPW storage area next to the piles of wood chips. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayuga

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

As for all the single-bird-in-flight sightings, I don’t know whether they mean there were 4 Ospreys, or whether all my observations simply demonstrate that I cannot keep track of one large easy-to-ID bird. Regardless, I am confident that Ithaca again has Ospreys. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayuga

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree Swallows

Reuben Stoltzfus told me that yesterday morning (Tuesday) he saw 6 Tree Swallows at Treman Marina in Ithaca, first one and then five more coming from Cayuga Lake. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Dogfight

interested in migrating. Maybe it was more intimidated than most. It looked like it was a young bird, streaky below. I hope it gets a meal somewhere along its way. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Herons

Today’s sign of spring for me was a close trio of GREAT BLUE HERONS flying north this morning above Floral Avenue. They have seemed very scarce to me this winter, and these were my first in Ithaca. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-necked Grebes, Dyden Lake

are in the area. The distance and waves there don’t hide waterbirds so much as on Cayuga Lake. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 3, 2018, at 12:21 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > Two nonbreeding plumage RED-NECKED GREBES are currently sleeping in the > middle of Dryden Lake. Not much else asi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Peenting

Nancy Dickinson, when she lived a bit further down the hill in Mecklenburg, regularly got the first of year Woodcock in February. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 26, 2018, at 7:45 AM, k...@empacc.net wrote: > > Wow! The 31 year norm here, just about 2 miles and a bit higher than you, is &

[cayugabirds-l] Bird club trip addendum

d be able to displace or replace one member of a mated pair of adults. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHI

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon at Stewart Park, Ithaca

Correction/update: Jeremy Collison texted “west end” at about 10:50am. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 22, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > This morning Jay McGowan found a beautiful breeding plumage male EURASIAN > WIGEON at Stewart Park, which he reported to the text rar

[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon at Stewart Park, Ithaca

your clothes when you arrive. It has just been reported again on the text RBA but without details of location. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Weather brings new migrant arrivals

e Kelling’s eBird report reflect how lousy his view was, then this is a great example of piecing together subtle clues to build an ID. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Northeas

[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose reports, real and mistaken

wild or domestic hybrid goose will also join Canadas on land. So it’s always worth checking the local waterfowl, and it’s worth taking photos, even photos that don’t look nice, of anything unusual. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu > Date: Febru

[cayugabirds-l] Slaty-backed Gull, Van Cleef Lake, Seneca Falls

Tim Lenz just re-found and confirmed the Slaty-backed Gull which Dave Kennedy found on the ice on Van Cleef Lake in Seneca Falls. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 16, 2018, at 8:47 PM, Dave K wrote: > > ~5:30PM Herring Gull sized, dark mantle, pink legs, streaked head ,neck and > brea

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird Signs of Earlier Spring?

. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] 2018 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records

ings slip by. Thanks. - - Dave Nutter - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Another count week species

January 4 was the last day of count week, and another species was found. - - Dave Nutter > > Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (1) > - Reported Jan 04, 2018 10:12 by Mike Wasilco > - Sapsucker Woods--Lab Building Area, Tompkins, New York > - Map: > http://maps.google.com/?

[cayugabirds-l] Found!

swamp near her place. Maybe this is the same bird roughly five miles away. Or maybe her bird went south on the Jan 1 or 2, and this bird is now going south from somewhere else. Anyway, it was a surprise to me. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.

[cayugabirds-l] Newfield Red-winged Blackbirds

8°F, and I was not expecting my first 2018 sighting of this species to be there. I bet the fence at that house hid some popular feeders. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Quick & dirty summary of Ithaca bird count 1 Jan 2018

I see I omitted 111 American Coots, which brings my total to 101 species. And already Nancy Cusumano has let me know that the Common Loon was seen by her, Scott Sutcliffe (& others?) at the Ithaca Yacht Club in Ulysses. Thanks for help. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 2, 2018, at 9:09 A

[cayugabirds-l] Quick & dirty summary of Ithaca bird count 1 Jan 2018

McGowan just outside count circle at Myers/Salt Point, Lansing) Lapland Longspur Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Common Redpoll Pine Siskin That’s my notes from the tally last night plus a bit of eBird research. I’ll try to get the 2018 Basin list up soon. Have fun birding in 201

[cayugabirds-l] 5 Ross’s Geese at Stewart Park

I was just at Stewart Park briefly 1:20pm and saw 5 adult white Ross’s Geese together and close among the Canadas just off the tennis courts. Going back with better camera set up now. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous Gull, Red-throated Loon

tip. The bird is far larger than the nearby Herring Gulls, but it may be inconspicuous tucked down in a dip in the similar colored concrete of the breakwater. Duck diversity was a bit down. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hogs Hole raft?

r know when a Tufted Duck or Eared Grebe or any sort of Scoter might show up. Or even a King Eider. Meanwhile the Redheads & Mallards make a Christmas-y spectacle. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 20, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Nancy Cusumano > wrote: > > Has anyone had a chance to check o

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey data

are present. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 7, 2017, at 12:40 PM, Candace Cornell wrote: > > Gabriel, > > Pardon my delayed response, as I was traveling I have nesting data on 124 > osprey nests as part of my Cayuga Lake Basin Osprey Project and can easily > tell you the fe

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Pacific Loon report; south end Cayuga L birds

Scaup, Surf and White-winged Scoters, Common Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, and American Coots. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Identification and Status of White-faced and Glossy ibises in southeastern LA

Alicia Plotkin kindly forwarded this information about separating Glossy & White-faced Ibis. The first step is figuring out what age the bird is, so I’m looking for evidence about the Armitage Rd bird. - - Dave Nutter > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Alicia >> Dat

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Bird ID

Lovely photo of a female of the light form of Rough-legged Hawk, a sign that autumn is progressing. This bird might stick around the area all winter. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 5, 2017, at 8:48 PM, Rachel Hogancamp > wrote: > > Hi! > > I got my eyes and my lens on

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Glossy or White-faced Ibis on Armitage Rd today

s to see, but none of us noticed it, although we were looking. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 5, 2017, at 6:55 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > This afternoon a Plegadis, sp., ibis was reported on the north side of > Armitage Road in the partially flooded field west of Olmstead Road and east

[cayugabirds-l] Glossy or White-faced Ibis on Armitage Rd today

rvations as Plegadis, sp., and I’m looking for an observation of a bird which is distinctly either Glossy or White-faced before I put it on the year’s list. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.c

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 65 Sandhill Cranes

“Cranery” sounds like a nest colony (they don’t do that) or communal roost. Also auto-spell-correct changes cranery to cranberry. How about “cranefield” for where a large group feeds? - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie wrote: > > Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are all my feeder birds

Possibly there is less risk of predation when birds are dispersed in cover to feed v. concentrated at a predictable site at feeders designed to be open enough on at least one side for people to observe from inside a house. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 25, 2017, at 11:58 AM, AB Clark wrote: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

afternoon about 3:40 I saw some kettling, apparently also southbound over West Hill from Downtown Ithaca, likely some of the same Judith reported. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 13, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Judith Jones wrote: > > From the pool at Island Health I watched streams of the vultures going sout

[cayugabirds-l] About that injured hawk

. She did not know whether the wildlife vets would try to save a pheasant, a non-native species which is raised to be shot. Two pieces of good news, though: No hawk got hurt, and Candace was happy to rescue the bird regardless of species. - - Dave Nutter Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Help with hurt hawk tonight?

Thanks, everyone, for excellent and consistent advice. Candace Cornell volunteered first and went to capture it within minutes of my request for help. Sorry, I thought I sent this out earlier, but I only sent it to myself. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 6, 2017, at 9:45 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: >

[cayugabirds-l] Help with hurt hawk tonight?

whom to call or what to do (or not to do). Text me: 607-229-2158 for details and contact info. Thanks. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Seek ride Ovid to Montezuma shorebird walk tomorrow

ll me ASAP at 607-229-2158. There's a breakfast sandwich in it for you as well as good company. Thanks! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastB

[cayugabirds-l] American Golden-Plover reported on spit at Myers, 8:10am

That report just came in from Kevin McGowan on the text rare-bird-alert system. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights of Montezuma NWR shorebird walk Sat 26 Aug

o be there and see many of you at the next one. --Dave Nutter PS - "White-rumpled Sandpiper" is a fiction from the world of auto-incorrect spelling. The bird was very plump, but not at all rumpled, and in fact it did briefly show a white rump in flight, although that was not how we identif

[cayugabirds-l] Highlights of Montezuma NWR shorebird walk Sat 26 Aug

tion, and for allowing us onto the dikes for far better looks at the birds. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave

[cayugabirds-l] Shorebird trip, Montezuma NWR, 7am Sat 26 Aug

d and Wilson's Phalaropes in the past few days. This is migration, so anything may (or may not) show up. See you there! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.N

[cayugabirds-l] Ibis sighting Saturday 22 July at Tschache Pool

he neck, a long down-curved grayish bill, and a fast steady wingbeat interrupted a few times by a short glide, all of which is typical of either Glossy Ibis or White-faced Ibis. --Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu > Date: July 22, 2017 at 7:10:5

[cayugabirds-l] Least Bitterns, Red-headed Woodpeckers, etc.

Eaton where Tim Lenz et al saw the Ruff head yesterday evening. There were also a couple of distant immature swans at Kipp, and their bills (in crappy heat shimmery light) appeared quite pink to me, so I wondered if they might be TUNDRAs? Anybody else have a good look and idea about them? --Dave

[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird update

gether a more complete and illustrated story which might be worthy of an article in the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 13+ BC Night-Herons from East Road

Who says it's not a rookery? In years past, my impression was that they probably nested along the channel on the south end of the west side. I heard that the trees there had been cut down, but perhaps they are nesting somewhere very nearby. --Dave Nutter > On Jul 18, 2017, at 11:21 P

Re: [cayugabirds-l] RUFF location- made easy E-bird!!!

affic by giving someone a hard time. --Dave Nutter > On Jul 11, 2017, at 7:15 PM, David Nicosia wrote: > > You don't need a smartphone to look at ebird. A computer with internet access > is all you need. You don't even need an ebird account. > Just gotoebird.org and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Breeding plumage male RUFF, Eaton Marsh, Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR

egs due to Ruff's proportionally shorter legs, neck, & bill. To clarify about shorebird numbers, the estimate of 200 Tringa at Eaton was when Dave Wheeler & partner had joined me, which was far more than they had seen there earlier in the day. --Dave Nutter Sent from my iPad >

[cayugabirds-l] Breeding plumage male RUFF, Eaton Marsh, Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR

wlegs and Least Sandpipers. I hope somebody re-finds it tomorrow. I want to know what it looks like! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeCon

[cayugabirds-l] update on hummingbirds

by, so that the tips of the little one's bill seems to touch her chin and forehead. I have some bad photos. When I think of how small an adult hummingbird is, it's hard to imagine how tiny a chick is. Anyway, that's the news. --Dave Nutter > On Jun 17, 2017, at 8:17 PM, Dav

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Henslow's Sparrows?

ls about a rare bird you are reporting, include actual descriptions!) --Dave Nutter > On Jun 24, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > > I've checked, the fields hosting last year, but no luck yet. I wouldn't put > much stock in that, because W. King Rd. / Sandbank Rd. a

[cayugabirds-l] OT: fireflies, bats, avian visitor

ventually his songs moved farther off to another yard down the street. I guess he was cruising rather than defending a territory. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http:/

[cayugabirds-l] Migration, migrants, hummingbirds

d the nest-start which I discovered on the 6th appeared complete by the 12th, with incubation starting by the 13th, still underway today (17th), and with luck to continue for some time. It's certainly possible there's been a huge knock-back in populations, but I haven't been out e

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake Birding Trail

me feedback. If it gets cumbersome, send it to me off-list, but I hope the subject is of general birding interest at least for a couple days. Thanks for reading and thinking about this stuff. --Dave Nutter Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.North

[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds

s lots of fluff with several bits of lichen attached. I've checked several times since, and only seen her at work in the middle of the day, not early morning nor late evening, but there seems to be progress still. I'll keep you updated if I note any milestones. --Dave Nutter --

[cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myer Pt, Weds eve (now)

Ken Rosenberg just reported an adult Franklin's Gull at Myers Point. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARC

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler

were more large pines closer together, but certainly I'm a worse judge of Pine Warbler habitat than the bird is. Regardless, I should have noticed the clue that the bird was moving frequently between songs, which is typical of Pine Warbler, and which I have not noticed among juncos. --D

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Guess which bird...

kbirds are more tawny on the brow to even orange on the lores and chin, as shown in the photos in the article. Like other of our common birds, the female Red-winged Blackbird is a good bird to study to think about details of plumage. --Dave Nutter > On May 2, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Bill Mcaneny w

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Guess which bird made the front page of the Scottish BBC news...

ore complicated puzzle which birders memorize. It's also a reminder, whenever there is no obvious match for a brown bird, to check the field guide for females of various species, using shape and habitat as clues. And often birds' names are just distracting arbitrary words. --Dave Nutter

[cayugabirds-l] Lincoln's Sparrow at Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Ithaca

n in some leafing out honeysuckle bushes just past the only log which actually crosses the trail. I did not see it again as we were leaving. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsR

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

nter which eventually ended in aerial combat and a chase. --Dave Nutter > On Apr 25, 2017, at 12:11 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Reuben Stoltzfus found both BALTIMORE & ORCHARD ORIOLE at Allan H Treman > State Marine Park on Monday morning, 24 April. > --Dave Nutter > -

[cayugabirds-l] Orioles

Reuben Stoltzfus found both BALTIMORE & ORCHARD ORIOLE at Allan H Treman State Marine Park on Monday morning, 24 April. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding

Re: [cayugabirds-l] N. Parula??? [was Prairie Warbler???]

expert birder who works at the Lab of O, included a description of the song he heard which was also enough to ID the bird. --Dave Nutter > On Apr 21, 2017, at 8:12 AM, Alicia Plotkin wrote: > > Was wondering where these lucky folks were birding? No Parula's are showing > up i

[cayugabirds-l] Palm Warbler at Swan Pond, Stewart Pk, Ithaca

breast did not seem rufous, so I don't know whether it qualifies as Eastern. Some years I have had trouble tracking down a Palm Warbler, so I feel particularly fortunate finding an apparent year first for the basin. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirdin

[cayugabirds-l] 2017 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records list

creeks and ponds that help define the basin. The map used to be posted somewhere, and there's a modern version in the book Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin. Anyway, you're looking for indoor amusement on a rainy evening, have a look at the list of what's been fo

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, etc.

lighthouse. On my morning stop at Stewart Park there had been at least 4 Bonaparte's Gulls flying in that area: an immature, a breeding plumage adult, and a couple of winter plumage adults. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME h

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