[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma
I headed up to Montezuma early this morning with a crew of Golondrinas technicians (Justin Proctor, Maria Stager, Emilie Ospina, and Eric Lopresti). We got to Towpath Road while the marshes were still enveloped in the morning fog, so we birded the road for migrants for a while. We had one NASHVILLE, BLACKPOLLs, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, one LINCOLN'S SPARROW, many White-throated Sparrows and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. After the fog lifted, there was good shorebirding on the north end of Puddler's: Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) 3 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 8 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 5 AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana) 1 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 10 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 45 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 15 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (Calidris fuscicollis) 45 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 3 DUNLIN (Calidris alpina) 3 The shorebirds were repeatedly flushed by a Peregrine and two Harriers. We were surprised when we realized one of the balls of shorebirds flying around was almost entirely White-rumps - we counted about 45 total in the flats, I think the most I've ever seen at once. The Avocet was still present. No sign of any Godwits. There was one female Common Merganser. Overhead and in the Knox-Marcellus half of the marshes were many thousands of ducks and geese. Hundreds of Snow Geese were flying around in large flocks, I think most of them originating in K-M and flying away. We estimated several thousand dabbling ducks were put up in great flocks by the raptors, but they were too far for us to estimate composition. On East Road, the highlight for the Golondrinas crew was of course the approximately 2000 Tree Swallows on the wires, overhead, over the fields, swarming the nest boxs and sign posts, and for some reason mobbing an immature PURPLE MARTIN. I didn't pick out any other swallow species. It is certainly pretty late for a Martin, but I got a great look as it passed over the car with Tree Swallows in pursuit. We also checked Mays Point and the Headquarters on the way back, but didn't see anything new. Best bird at May's was probably 2 White-rumped Sandpipers flying away. Good Birding, Nick -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma
Perhaps everyone already knows to what you are referring when you say Golindrinas technicians but I don't. I googled this and found it is people studying Tree Swallows. Is this what you are doing? And if yes, what are you doing? And if no, what is this about. Thanks Nick, I enjoy your posts. Best Linda Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Nicholas Sly pagoph...@gmail.com wrote: I headed up to Montezuma early this morning with a crew of Golondrinas technicians (Justin Proctor, Maria Stager, Emilie Ospina, and Eric Lopresti). We got to Towpath Road while the marshes were still enveloped in the morning fog, so we birded the road for migrants for a while. We had one NASHVILLE, BLACKPOLLs, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, one LINCOLN'S SPARROW, many White-throated Sparrows and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. After the fog lifted, there was good shorebirding on the north end of Puddler's: Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) 3 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 8 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 5 AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana) 1 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 10 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 45 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 15 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (Calidris fuscicollis) 45 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 3 DUNLIN (Calidris alpina) 3 The shorebirds were repeatedly flushed by a Peregrine and two Harriers. We were surprised when we realized one of the balls of shorebirds flying around was almost entirely White-rumps - we counted about 45 total in the flats, I think the most I've ever seen at once. The Avocet was still present. No sign of any Godwits. There was one female Common Merganser. Overhead and in the Knox-Marcellus half of the marshes were many thousands of ducks and geese. Hundreds of Snow Geese were flying around in large flocks, I think most of them originating in K-M and flying away. We estimated several thousand dabbling ducks were put up in great flocks by the raptors, but they were too far for us to estimate composition. On East Road, the highlight for the Golondrinas crew was of course the approximately 2000 Tree Swallows on the wires, overhead, over the fields, swarming the nest boxs and sign posts, and for some reason mobbing an immature PURPLE MARTIN. I didn't pick out any other swallow species. It is certainly pretty late for a Martin, but I got a great look as it passed over the car with Tree Swallows in pursuit. We also checked Mays Point and the Headquarters on the way back, but didn't see anything new. Best bird at May's was probably 2 White-rumped Sandpipers flying away. Good Birding, Nick -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Treman Marine Park, Hog Hole, etc, 6 Oct
This afternoon (6 Oct) I walked to the Hog Hole and around Treman Marina. HIghlights:BRANT - family of 4 again/still grazing on lawns by mouth of marinaREDHEAD - 2 males together off Stewart ParkSCAUP - continuing male off Stewart ParkPIED-BILLED GREBE - 2 off Stewart ParkRED-TAILED HAWK - 1 which I scoped over Cornell as it flew up and perched atop the clock towerSPOTTED SANDPIPER - 2 separately along lakeshoreEASTERN PHOEBE - 2 separatelyCOMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 2 separatelyYELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - 1SWAMP SPARROW - 1 in Hog HoleWHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 1 adult by Hog HoleRED FOX - in Hog Hole--Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods
I walked around the lab from 1-2:30 P.M. today. The only thrush I spotted was an AMERICAN ROBIN. Some of the usuals were around, but I didn't hear or see any Warblers. By the Sherwood Platform, I heard 2 EASTERN TOWHEES calling. That was the first time I have heard them since spring. That was very cool. Good birding, Ann -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black-crowned Night Herons American Bittern -Thursday evening October 6th.
I observed four Black-crowned Night Herons and one American Bittern fly from the north end of Tschache Pool across Rt. 89 into May's Point between 7:00 and 7:35 p.m. earlier this evening. This of course was after sunset(6:38 p.m.) and identification was based on flight patterns and silhouettesenhanced by the bright-orange western sky and overhead moonlight (waxing gibbous 73%). I also observed numerous flocks of Teal flying back and forth from the main refuge and Tschache pool. There were approximately 9 Great Egrets at May's Point. Bill RobertsAurora -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins are like potato chips...except in Sapsucker Woods today
This is a great excuse to plug eBird's great new mapping interface: http://ebird.org/ebird/map/pinsis?neg=trueenv.minX=env.minY=env.maxX=env.maxY=zh=falsegp=falsemr=onbmo=10emo=10yr=1900-2011byr=1900eyr=2011 A quick check of this map shows that it's not unusual for Pine Siskins reports in our area in early to mid October and it's also not unusual for single individuals to be reported. What a great eBird tool--much better than digging through old Cayugabirds messages! Matt Medler Ithaca From: Wesley M Hochachka w...@cornell.edu To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 4:16 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins are like potato chips...except in Sapsucker Woods today Hi everyone, On my way in to work this morning, I was surprised to see a single PINE SISKIN sitting atop one of the snags on the west end of the main pond in Sapsucker Woods…surprised for two reasons: (1) It seemed rather early for siskins to appear, although there was a little burst of eBird records in mid-September with none between then and now, and (2) In my experience “siskins” is almost invariably plural…like potato chips. I was puzzled as to how a single Pine Siskin could end up so early and so alone…and apparently with no other reports in the immediate area and date range. I think I know what happened now, thanks to Dave Bonter pointing out today’s blog entry from Braddock Bay: roughly 350 Pine Siskins hit the nets in Braddock Bay yesterday without any warning of a lead-up trickle over the previous days. So, it appears that there was a big movement of siskins into this general region, and I presume that the lone bird that I saw was either navigationally or socially challenged and overshot the main movement. Wesley Hochachka -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins are like potato chips...except in Sapsucker Woods today
I'm glad Wes beat me to the punch, but this morning I had at least two PINE SISKINS flying over my house calling -- I heard them several times and had the impression they were local birds moving about rather than multiples migrating overhead, but could have been wrong. So, at least there were several in the neighborhood today. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Oct 6, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Wesley M Hochachka wrote: Hi everyone, On my way in to work this morning, I was surprised to see a single PINE SISKIN sitting atop one of the snags on the west end of the main pond in Sapsucker Woods…surprised for two reasons: (1)It seemed rather early for siskins to appear, although there was a little burst of eBird records in mid-September with none between then and now, and (2)In my experience “siskins” is almost invariably plural…like potato chips. I was puzzled as to how a single Pine Siskin could end up so early and so alone…and apparently with no other reports in the immediate area and date range. I think I know what happened now, thanks to Dave Bonter pointing out today’s blog entry from Braddock Bay: roughly 350 Pine Siskins hit the nets in Braddock Bay yesterday without any warning of a lead-up trickle over the previous days. So, it appears that there was a big movement of siskins into this general region, and I presume that the lone bird that I saw was either navigationally or socially challenged and overshot the main movement. Wesley Hochachka -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- 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) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
