[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club speaker dinner invitation
The Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome Drew Fulton as guest speaker at our monthly meeting on Monday, May 10 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Drew will be taking us on a photographic tour via his presentation, Everglades Imagery: Intimate Details of a Vast Landscape. Drew notes that many people think of the Florida Everglades as a giant swamp infested with mosquitoes, alligators, and snakes. However, the region is biologically diverse, and subtle changes in topography create significant changes in habitat. Come explore the plants and animals in the diverse habitats found throughout this ecosystem where the line between land and water is blurred and life is abundant. The Club will be hosting Jim for dinner at Aladdin's in Collegetown at 5:30 pm prior to the meeting. This is a great opportunity for members to meet Drew in a casual setting and socialize with other members while enjoying some great food. If you would like to join us for dinner, please rsvp to Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.eduby Monday before noon so that reservations can be made. Have a great weekend of birding and hope to see you Monday night, Colleen Richards $13/Month Car Insurance? Insurance deal just passed now allows you to get car insurance for $13 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4be582d96c09457475m07duc -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Bald Eagle
Hi all, A few minutes ago an adult Bald Eagle was soaring over West Campus headed NE. -Brad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Wood duck family (OOB?)
Hi, Was traveling between Interlaken and Lodi on Rte 96-A when a wood duck family scurried across the highway, the tiny ducklings strung so close together behind their mother that momentarily it looked like a strange long-tailed wood duck! Traffic on both sides hit the brakes and the family made it safely across. I neglected to see exactly where this was, so not sure if this was in the basin or not, but it was definitely very cute and seemed a bit early for wood ducklings - the ones on the pond near our house are still courting. Then later watched a definitely OOB Mourning Warbler closer to home, a silent female that popped up in a pile of brush by the road while I was looking at something else entirely. Lots of other warblers, vireos migratory thrushes out and about as well. Beautiful day out there! Alicia -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, 8 May 2010
I spent a bit of time late this morning (8 May 2010) walking around the pond at Sapsucker Woods. Things generally seemed quite birdy, but in looking at my notes, I guess I didn't really see that many birds that would be deemed migrants. I saw/heard a total of ten species of warblers, with MAGNOLIA WARBLER (1), CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (1), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (2), and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (2 heard only) being the highlights for me. I also enjoyed hearing my first WOOD THRUSH, RED-EYED VIREO (5, singing on territory), and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER of the season. The only other things that stood out to me were a single NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW foraging over the pond, and a single WILD TURKEY that followed me along the trail for a while. Is everybody else still out birding today? Matt Medler Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] saturday birds
I birded behind my house in Groton today. I saw or heard nine different warblers- highlights being a PARULA and BLACK-THROATED BlUE. Lots of YELLOW- RUMPS. I also saw a ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 2 male BOBOLINKS. A VEERY was calling, but I didn't see him. Plus, I flushed out a HORNED LARK. Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 5/8/2010 - 18 Warbler Species and both cuckoos
This morning, I made my first visit to the Hawthorn Orchard this spring. I was there from about 6:30am to 9:30am. Except for fresh footprints from one or two other persons, there were no people birding this Hawthorn Orchard this morning. It was a little drizzly early and it was certainly muddy throughout the Hawthorn Orchard. Around 9:30am, the wind really began to pick up and gust, by which time I had pretty much covered all parts in search of birds. For those new to Cayugabirds, more information about the Hawthorn Orchard and directions to get there may be found at this link: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/hawthorn.htm More links are at the bottom of this message. The following are the species and approximate numbers of birds I heard and/or saw in and around the Hawthorn Orchard: 2 Solitary Sandpipers (low flyovers) 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (heard calling cu-cu...cu-cu.cu-cu.cu-cu.cu-cu-cu. etc., WNW corner of H.O.) 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS (came in and seen very well, together, in response to my attempt at an Eastern Screech-Owl imitation; one appeared a bit more beefy looking with brighter rufous primaries than the other, slightly smaller, individual; also, one of them produced a good gurgle call - often heard during nocturnal migration; North central portion of the H.O.). 1 Chimney Swift (flyover) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (distant drummer) 3 Downy Woodpeckers (two trying to deter a European Starling from entering their nest cavity) 2 Northern Flickers 4-5 Least Flycatchers 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireos 12+ Blue Jays (some in north-bound migration overhead) 4-5 American Crows 1 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallows 5-6 Black-capped Chickadees 3-4 Tufted Titmice 4-5 House Wrens 5-6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 1 VEERY (center of H.O.) 1 WOOD THRUSH (saw and heard pip-pip-pip calls; no singing; North slope of H.O.) 25+ Gray Catbirds 6-7 European Starlings 2 Cedar Waxwings 3-4 Blue-winged Warblers 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS 7-8 Nashville Warblers 6-7 Northern Parulas 15+ Yellow Warblers 3-4 Chestnut-sided Warblers (alternate songs) 7-8 Magnolia Warblers 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER (silent adult male, actively foraging in a pair of spruce trees located down a path that is off to the West of the East Ithaca Recreation Way; the path entrance is about 100 yards to the North of the wooden rail fences that line either side of the EIRW where it crosses well above a small creek) 6-7 Black-throated Blue Warblers (2 females, 4-5 males) 30+ Yellow-rumped Warblers (primarily in the same location as the Cape May Warbler; some also present at far northwest portion of H.O. general area, by cottonwood trees near entrance to EIRW) 2 Black-throated Green Warblers (singing; at far northwest portion of H.O. general area, closest to cottonwood trees near entrance to EIRW) 1 Blackburnian Warbler (singing; same location as Black-throated Green Warblers) BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (1 softly singing at very NE corner of H.O., near softball field edge) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (1singing in ravine just East of pond and driveway below the Black Oak Lane townhouses) 3-4 American Redstarts (1 female, 2-3 males) 2 Ovenbirds (1 at SE corner of H.O., 1 at NW corner of H.O.) 1 MOURNING WARBLER (at 7:10am, this bird sang once from the NE section of the H.O., just uphill from the slope with all the brambles/multiflora rose; later, I relocated this bird singing periodically just downhill and in the brambles more, and managed to pish it in for a brief naked-eye view only about 3-4 feet from my feet. 6-7 Common Yellowthroats 1-2 Scarlet Tanagers (1 singing from NW section of H.O. early; later, one was singing from SW section, then flew off to the East; probably different birds) 1-2 Eastern Towhees 1-2 Chipping Sparrows 1 Savannah Sparrow (just SW of outdoor tennis courts at Reis Tennis Center) 10-11 Song Sparrows 4-5 White-throated Sparrows 6-7 Northern Cardinals 1-2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 1-2 INDIGO BUNTINGS (1 high flyover bzhee!, 1 nice male in the tops of the hawthorns at the NE section of the H.O.) 3 BOBOLINKS (2 high, north-bound flyovers, singing; 1 south-bound low flyover calling sprink! at time of increased wind, seemingly looking for a field to take refuge in) 10-12 Red-winged Blackbirds 1-2 Eastern Meadowlarks (heard singing from direction of Oxley Equestrian Center or fields to SW of there) 10-12 Common Grackles 1-2 Brown-headed Cowbirds 4 Baltimore Orioles (2 adult males and one 1st-yr-type foraging in tops of hawthorns at the NE section of H.O.; one singer from grove well south of H.O.) 1 House Finch 8-9 American Goldfinches 4-5 House Sparrows This link shows the progression of the Hawthorn Orchard habitat from aerial photographs taken as early as 1936 and as late as 2006: http://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/HawthornOrchardHistoricalAerials# This link is of some random digiscoped shots of birds seen at the Hawthorn Orchard
[cayugabirds-l] FW: eBird Report - Hunt Hill Rd. 147 , 5/8/10
Hi all, I spent from 7 am until around 2 pm at home today (Saturday) to see how many species of birds I could see or hear from our property. Several times, I decided nothing else was going to show up and started to head out toward the car to do errands only to hear something new singing! The total was a surprising 53, listed below as my eBIRD submission. It seems that birds were quickly moving through - several species sang once or twice and then disappeared - especially warblers moving along in small groups. One of the birds was a Cape May Warbler - the second ever on our property, and the first was seen only yesterday. Happy birding! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu Subject: eBird Report - Hunt Hill Rd. 147 , 5/8/10 Location: Hunt Hill Rd. 147 Observation date: 5/8/10 Number of species: 53 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 1 Wild Turkey 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 4 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 (a pair feeding nestlings) Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed) 2 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 (a pair feeding nestlings) Tufted Titmouse 2 (a pair feeding nestlings) Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 (a pair feeding nestlings) American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 2 Cedar Waxwing 6 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Cape May Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Black-and-white Warbler 2 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 (male and female) Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles and Shindagin Hollow
I visited Shindagin Hollow between 9 and 10 this morning. Not wanting to get caught in a shower and needing to get myself to an appointment on time, I stuck to the road. I didn't expect to find much, but there were lots of birds singing.The highlight for me was a CANADA WARBLER singing right next to the road on the steep, curving hill down to the hollow. I was also thrilled to see an ORCHARD ORIOLE briefly, my second for the day! One landed in my yard for about 5 seconds this morning when I happened to be outside with binoculars in hand. Both were adult males. This seems to be a Cuckoo week for me. Earlier in the week I saw two Yellow-billed Cuckoos at Sapsucker Woods together in one tree. Yesterday I saw two Black-billed Cuckoos in my yard chasing each other around--perhaps the first time I have actually seen or at least gotten a good look at that species. This morning I saw another Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the hollow. Birds singing all along the main road included Common Yellowthroats, Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, and Least Flycatchers. In addition I briefly heard one Black-throated Green and one Winter Wren, and I saw a Common Raven and a Chestnut-sided Warbler. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yard migrants
As others have reported, birds seem to be moving through in good numbers today. This morning, there were MAGNOLIA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT singing in the back yard and 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. In the afternoon, just as the first gusty storm was hitting, there were 10 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS in the newly leafing locust, and with them were at least 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS - one very bright and singing briefly. As it started to rain, one of the Cape Mays took a bath in the treetop by rubbing it's body against some new wet maple leaves and then shaking off the water - repeating several times. Not sure I've seen this bathing behavior before. With this flock also was a fast moving vireo that I could only see from below and behind - very bright yellow on the flanks, meeting across the belly, and with wing bars - I will have to call this a late migrant Blue-headed Vireo, but it appeared smaller and quicker to me and I cannot rule out a rarer species such as White-eyed or even Bell's Vireo. I will keep an eye our for it again. All for now. KEN ** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Co. and Montezuma NWR - 5/8
Cayugabirders, Dr. Winkler's Cornell ornithology class took an end-of-the-semester field trip to Montezuma NWR today. We stopped at Myers Point around 7:30 and saw hundreds of swallows (all sp. except Purple Martin - primarily Bank and Barn Swallows) and a few terns - a migrant flock heading north contained a Black (only my second ever in the county), a Forster's, and about 10 Commons. Shawn Billerman picked 2 Long-tailed Ducks heading up the lake as well. At Montezuma NWR, we enjoyed shorebirds at the visitor center including a large flock of peeps (mostly Least and Dunlin with a Semipalmated and a White-rumped). There was also a cool passerine flock around the Seneca Trail near the visitor center, including a cracking male Bay-breasted Warbler that posed so 30+ people could get great looks at it, and a Cerulean Warbler (which is probably on territory). Additionally, about 220 Atlantic Brant flew over the Main Pool heading north, one of the largest single flocks I've seen in the region. We also watched 2 very painted adult Sandhill Cranes in the fields south of Carncross Rd. in Savannah before heading to Syracuse for the afternoon. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Roy Park Preserve
Hi All, I led a trip to the Roy Park Preserve this morning for a Spring Ornithology local trip. This was basically a warbler trip. The first one we encountered was a male Prairie Warbler. He showed himself and sang for us. We saw a Canada Warbler singing from the bottom of the gorge (thanks, Peter). Usually, I hear and see a Louisiana Waterthrush from there, but not today. We did hear one from another river feeding into Six-mile Creek. We had great looks at a Black-throated Green Warbler, actually male and female. Common Yellow-throats were everywhere. Yellow Warblers were seen or heard. I did hear a bird song when we first entered the preserve. It had a Golden-winged Warbler song. I searched in vain for that bird. We listened to it on my Ipod. On the way back to the car, we actually saw the bird. It was a Blue-winged Warbler! It had to have been a hybrid. We all enjoyed that. We also saw Magnolia and Chestnut-sided Warblers while hunting for the Blue-Golden-winged Warbler plus Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Bobolinks, Eastern Towhees, and Turkeys were also heard. Someone in the group heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Wish we all had heard it. What a morning! Best, Ann Mitchell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods May 8 early a.m.
Susan Barr and I headed out on Wilson Trail at 6:30 this morning then over to the East Trail, with lots of low-lying mist, grey clouds and drizzle. Despite the less-than-ideal conditions we saw 10 species warblers, including CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK AND WHITE and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. Most of these were in a single mixed flock as we stood on the East Trail boardwalk. We also had lots of AM REDSTARTS and ORIOLES around the main pond. Heard and saw HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at varous points.As the sun broke through the clouds at 9, we had some good looks at WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, SWAMP SPARROWS, and WARBLING VIREO in the area next to the visitor parking lot. Unlike Matt Medler's wild turkey escort, we were preceded along part of the Wilson trail by one of the Great Blue Herons! Colleen Richards #34;Barely Legal#34; Discounts Online auction #34;trick#34; nets reporter a MacBook for $102.93. Full story#46;#46;#46; http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4be5f7991ec0558b3bm07duc -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
