[cayugabirds-l] OOB/Chimney Swifts

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

While this is out of the basin I think it may be of interest to some who might 
want to add them to their list.

We arrived in Skaneateles Tues. evening about 6:30 to join friends at the Blue 
Water Grill for a delicious meal. For 1/2 hr. before we went inside I had been 
watching many Chimney Swifts flying over the business district buildings. After 
we went inside my window view allowed me to continue to watch them, a sight 
I've always loved.

Many yrs. have passed since I've seen so many swifts. In my early teens, & even 
before, on the family farm near Wellsboro, PA I often climbed the tall, wall 
ladder to get to the peak of the hay mow where the swifts had their beautifully 
made, shiny, varnished-looking, "stick & spit" nests stuck to the side of the 
barn. Many times I would hold & pet the birds, marveling at their pointed tails 
& their soft feathers. None ever seemed alarmed that I was there. A treasured 
memory!

Here in Union Springs I saw only 2 swifts last night. Last yr. I discovered 
that swifts are nesting in an unused chimney of people we know. Previously, I 
had been unable to discover where they were going to roost.

I might also add, that we had dozens of bats around the barns at night. They 
slept in the barn near the swifts in the daytime & oh, horror of horrors, I 
often petted them & stretched out their velvety wings!! How much the simple, 
wonderful things of life have changed! The innocence of youth . ! Thanks 
for the memories!

Fritzie

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[cayugabirds-l] Common nighthawk far north of

[6072292158]

 Common nighthawk far north of nys 89 bridge 7:45pm -dave nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Catbird!

[Meena Haribal]

Last few days I have been anxiously waiting for the Catbird to come home. One 
day I heard some soft catbirds sounds but it turned out he was not from my area.

Today as I walked into my backyard, I was thrilled to hear him, he is back! He 
is hiding in the rose bushes and singing with gusto.  I will have to start 
competing with him for moths early mornings. I have to scare them off before he 
wakes up to have a hearty breakfast.

I was seeing catbirds all around and mine had not returned, so i was wondering 
if he lost his way in the hurricanes and tornados.

What a reliefe!

I look forward to his songs, hopefully he has added a few more phrases to his 
vocabulary!

Meena

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] id help and Spanish bird names

[Ray Zimmerman]

Thanks, several others suggested Palm Warbler ... after looking at some more 
photos, I'm convinced that's what it was.

Thanks everyone ... for the ID help and the suggestions about Spanish names. 
For others interested in an on-line resource for the Spanish names, Alberto 
Lopez mentioned the following site: 
http://www.seo.org/centro_doc.cfm?idCategoria=334

Happy birding,

   Ray

On May 13, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Matthew Medler wrote:

> Hi Ray,
> 
> Your mystery bird sounds like a western Palm Warbler.  Your plumage 
> description is good, and Palm Warblers are well-known for their tail wagging.
> 
> Regarding your question about Spanish bird names, Kenn Kaufman put out a 
> Spanish-language version to his North American field guide a few years ago.  
> I don't know if it is readily available or not, but I'm sure you could find 
> out easily on Amazon.com or some other bookselling site.
> 
> Best,
> Matt Medler
> Ithaca
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message 
> From: Ray Zimmerman 
> To: "cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu" 
> Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 3:02:33 PM
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] id help
> 
> About 1/2 an hour ago I saw a warbler-sized bird foraging on the ground under 
> the trees in front of the parking spaces facing the pond at Cornell 
> Plantations. It was a pretty uniform brown on top and streaked brown below 
> with a yellow throat and yellow underside near the tail. The top of the head 
> was more of a reddish brown. It had a thin bill and wagged it's tail up and 
> down as it foraged. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
>  Ray
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[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds nesting

[Kathy Strickland]

It's official: the first time ever that I have Bluebirds nesting in my yard! 
Out on the closeline pole where John Blizzard put a couple of Doug Carlter's 
bluebird boxes. House Wrens usually stake a claim on the one on the tree just 
outside the dining rm window, sometimes another pair on the clothesline pole 
box, but there was a male Bluebird claiming it this time, and the female nearby 
in the redbuds. A Tree Swallow may be in the second one on the pole, but with 
my mowing today I think they've all had enough tension so will check it out 
more closely another day.

 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] id help and Spanish bird names

[Matthew Medler]

Hi Ray,

Your mystery bird sounds like a western Palm Warbler.  Your plumage description 
is good, and Palm Warblers are well-known for their tail wagging.

Regarding your question about Spanish bird names, Kenn Kaufman put out a 
Spanish-language version to his North American field guide a few years ago.  I 
don't know if it is readily available or not, but I'm sure you could find out 
easily on Amazon.com or some other bookselling site.

Best,
Matt Medler
Ithaca



- Original Message 
From: Ray Zimmerman 
To: "cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu" 
Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 3:02:33 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] id help

About 1/2 an hour ago I saw a warbler-sized bird foraging on the ground under 
the trees in front of the parking spaces facing the pond at Cornell 
Plantations. It was a pretty uniform brown on top and streaked brown below with 
a yellow throat and yellow underside near the tail. The top of the head was 
more of a reddish brown. It had a thin bill and wagged it's tail up and down as 
it foraged. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me.

Ideas?

   Ray
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[cayugabirds-l] id help

[Ray Zimmerman]

About 1/2 an hour ago I saw a warbler-sized bird foraging on the ground under 
the trees in front of the parking spaces facing the pond at Cornell 
Plantations. It was a pretty uniform brown on top and streaked brown below with 
a yellow throat and yellow underside near the tail. The top of the head was 
more of a reddish brown. It had a thin bill and wagged it's tail up and down as 
it foraged. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me.

Ideas?

   Ray
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[cayugabirds-l] Green Heron

[Kathy Strickland]

in a small pond surrounded by willows & cottonwoods across the street from my 
son (Powers Rd, Springport tnship). They have nested there and in his yard in 
previous years.

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/13

[Mark Chao]

Most of the migrants in Sapsucker Woods on Thursday morning seemed to be in 
the woods, especially on the northeastern stretch of the Hoyt-Pileated 
Trail.  A prodigious mixed flock here included at least a half-dozen 
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (probable -- heard only), 
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, two or more BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, BLACK-AND-WHITE 
WARBLER, two AMERICAN REDSTARTS (clearly migrants), two NORTHERN PARULAS, a 
couple of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, and OVENBIRDS, as well as a couple of 
non-territorial male SCARLET TANAGERS foraging low in close proximity with 
each other.  As excellent as this flock was, I got most fired up by a WINTER 
WREN singing repeatedly by the egg cairn.


I happened upon this flock at the beginning of my visit.  I therefore had 
very high hopes when the sun came out and I arrived at the Wilson Trail 
North with Tom Hoebbel.  Alas, we found very few birds at the wooded edge, 
except for a long-tailed bird in the treetops that I am pretty sure was a 
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, and singing CANADA WARBLER and Black-throated Blue 
Warbler between the Sherwood Platform and the lone bench.  Back in the 
woods, now with Alicia Plotkin, we found a few more migrants -- another 
parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, more 
Yellow-rumped Warblers, and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH.


Alicia and I headed back to the Lab via the Podell Boardwalk as Tom went to 
the East Trail to look for that warbler flock.  Right after we parted, we 
heard four full series of hoots from a BARRED OWL somewhere in the direction 
of the road.  Maybe Tom can confirm whether this was a real bird or a person 
making mischief.  If it was a person, he or she really does a great 
impression of the species.


Mark Chao







Location: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Observation date: 5/13/10
Number of species: 58

Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 2
Common Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren 4
Winter Wren 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling 9
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 7
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 7
Ovenbird 5
Northern Waterthrush 5
Common Yellowthroat 6
Canada Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 3
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 4
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 6
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6

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[cayugabirds-l] CC lot Bay breasted warbler

[Karen Steffy]

I had a very cooperative bay breasted warbler in some low trees by CC lot, 
across from Clara Dickson Hall at 9:30 this morning.  It was low enough that I 
could get good views without my binoculars.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Spanish names of local birds

[Alberto Lopez]

This might help:

http://www.seo.org/centro_doc.cfm?idCategoria=334

Alberto

Sent from my iPhone

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> Does anyone know where I can find the Spanish names of local birds?
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[cayugabirds-l] Indigo Bunting

[Rose Broome]

This morning I had an indigo bunting at my feeders in Lansing.

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[cayugabirds-l] Spanish names of local birds

[Ray Zimmerman]

Does anyone know where I can find the Spanish names of local birds?

Ray

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[cayugabirds-l] Two minutes birding

[Meena Haribal]

Hi all,
As I was just walking into the office building, I watched an Eastern Kingbird 
in O parking lot trees (near BTI). As I was booting up the computer, I saw a 
couple of birds land in the oaks and they turned out to be Yellow-rumped 
Warblers! Hope there is more to come! Weather seems perfect for dripping 
warblers.

Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
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http://haribal.org/
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