[cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- 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] SW corner Cayuga Lake
There's a lot of waterfowl activity, flocks coming and going, mostly milling around but sometimes taking flight in panic. Couldn't see any Tundra Swans today. Location: SW corner Cayuga Lake Observation date: 1/26/11 Notes: Waterfowl gathering out at the edge of the ice, good viewing, especially when the sun peeks out. Number of species: 24 Canada Goose 85 Mallard 25 Canvasback 65 Redhead 2050 Ring-necked Duck 5 Greater/Lesser Scaup 6 Bufflehead 6 Common Goldeneye 2 Common Merganser 2 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Great Black-backed Gull 10 gull sp. 90 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2 Carolina Wren 2 Northern Cardinal 1 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.orghttp://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] Rusty Blackbird, Sapsucker Woods
There is a RUSTY BLACKBIRD visible in the treetops at the north end of the Lab right now. Jay McGowan -- 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] LOC Hawk
The Cooper's hawk trapped in the reading room of the Library of Congress has finally been rescued: http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/01/breaking-news-hawk-rescued-from-main-reading-room/ Michele Brown -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi all, Some days the birding is short but sweet. I left work this afternoon and made a quick loop around fantasizing about Black Vultures. No Vultures appeared, but the resident RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the lab flew in front of me and landed on the power lines letting be check him out for a while. Then when making a quick stop to gaze at food scrapes in the compost piles a very large white-winged gull, flying around, caught my eye. The adult GLAUCOUS GULL landed on the piles with the Herring Gulls and allowed some good viewing at binocular distance before they all got up to fly, maybe, back to the lake. I decided to quit when I was ahead and have dinner. Gary On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- 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 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] strange duck adventure??
Today at lunchtime I took advantage of the balmy weather and went for a row on the lake. A couple of miles north of Myers and about 100 feet from shore, I came upon a duck thrashing about rather feebly on the water. It turned out to be a male Mallard and when I first rowed by, its neck appeared to be very awkwardly twisted backward over its shoulder and it was flailing around with one foot out of the water. I wondered if it was tangled in fishing line or something and decided to approach and see if I could help. I rowed right up to it, and by this time it had stopped moving. It was floating with body upright, but its head and neck were laid out backwards and to one side, so that its head was upside down in the water, crown down and throat up. No sign of entanglement. I reached down and lifted its head, and its neck was totally limp and floppy. As I lifted its head out of the water I saw that its eye was open, and as I raised its head up so its beak pointed upward it opened its mouth a bit but no sound came out. Its neck was so floppy that I had a hard time getting it back into a normal position, upright and facing forward. But I did, and just then suddenly I felt its neck muscles come to life, I slowly let go- and it held its head straight! It began to swim, slowly but in a nice straight line toward the shore. I watched it, and it watched me with that suspicious sidelong duck look, as it swam away and finally climbed out of the water onto the shore, changing course slightly to walk up behind a rock where I could no longer see it. I rowed away, not wanting to approach and stress it any more. What had happened?? I could see no sign of injury, the bird was well-preened, floated high and dry, and looked normally plump and thoroughly duck-shaped. What had happened? I can still feel the strange sensation of holding up that absolutely limp neck, and then suddenly felt it come to life. John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] LOC Hawk
THANK YOU THANK YOU, Michele for posting this good news. I'll sent the news to various people with whom I shared the first news release, one as far away as to NC Audubon members. Fritzie Blizzard Union Springs - Original Message - From: Michele Emerick Brown To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:15 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] LOC Hawk The Cooper's hawk trapped in the reading room of the Library of Congress has finally been rescued: http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/01/breaking-news-hawk-rescued-from-main-reading-room/ Michele Brown -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3404 - Release Date: 01/26/11 02:34:00 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi Guys, I took a slow trip to the Trust Company today (.4 miles), but no vultures appeared. I am off tomorrow morning and will head to the compost before I have to meet the demands of work. I will keep you posted. Best, Ann On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:31 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.eduwrote: Hi all, Some days the birding is short but sweet. I left work this afternoon and made a quick loop around fantasizing about Black Vultures. No Vultures appeared, but the resident RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the lab flew in front of me and landed on the power lines letting be check him out for a while. Then when making a quick stop to gaze at food scrapes in the compost piles a very large white-winged gull, flying around, caught my eye. The adult GLAUCOUS GULL landed on the piles with the Herring Gulls and allowed some good viewing at binocular distance before they all got up to fly, maybe, back to the lake. I decided to quit when I was ahead and have dinner. Gary On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://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 List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://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 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/ --
