[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, May 26, 2012
I spent the morning walking around Lindsay-Parsons. Like Geo, I did not find any Acadian Flycatcher off Station Rd. However I did find a Worm-eating Warbler low enough on the steep eastern slope of the preserve that a person with good hearing (better than mine) might hear it from the blue trail. The yellow trail along the north border is under water due to a beaver pond. Good luck to Mark & friends on the bird quest. I hope all these species and more will cooperate.--Dave NutterLindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Tompkins, US-NY May 26, 2012 6:15 AM - 11:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Hiked in from Station Rd on old logging road above last driveway, went upstream to end of stream, then south near border of state forest and preserve, then diagonally down slope joining blue trail near south border, crossed railroad and stayed on blue trail to between ponds, backtracked and took red trail to yellow trail to orange trail then out along railroad and back up Station Rd. Successful search for Worm-eating, Hooded & Black-and-white Warblers; no luck with Acadian Flycatcher nor cuckoos. 58 species Canada Goose X many on southern pond off blue trail Wood Duck X several on southern pond off blue trail; a few flying Ruffed Grouse 1 heard drumming near south boundary on blue trail Great Blue Heron 1 in pond by red trail; flushed and circled up and to west Green Heron 1 heard from red trail Red-tailed Hawk 1 harassed by American Crows over northern lowlands Belted Kingfisher 1 flying over field Red-bellied Woodpecker X heard in northern lowlands Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 heard calls in forest Hairy Woodpecker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee X heard Alder Flycatcher 3 along red trail Willow Flycatcher 1 along red trail Eastern Phoebe 1 heard along railroad north of preserve Great Crested Flycatcher 3 heard in northern lowlands of preserve and along railroad to north Eastern Kingbird X several, including two near ponds off blue trail Yellow-throated Vireo X several heard in lowlands, especially in deciduous trees near ponds by blue trail Blue-headed Vireo 1 heard north of preserve in hemlocks grove Warbling Vireo 1 heard near ponds off blue trail Red-eyed Vireo X numerous singing in many places Blue Jay X American Crow X Common Raven 1 eating dead squirrel on Station Rd in forest Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 flying high over field Barn Swallow X flying high over field Black-capped Chickadee X heard several in forested lowlands House Wren 1 heard from yard along Station Rd Veery X heard several Wood Thrush X heard several American Robin X Gray Catbird X heard several European Starling X flying with food over lowlands Cedar Waxwing X several in woods between blue trail and northern pond Ovenbird X many heard Worm-eating Warbler 1 seen & heard singing while foraging in oak relatively low on steep eastern slope above blue trail not far from south border; a long buffy warbler with a black-striped crown giving a powerful trill. Blue-winged Warbler 2 heard along blue trail west of railroad Black-and-white Warbler 2 male seen & heard on blue trail just north of railroad; 1 heard on yellow trail Common Yellowthroat X heard several in lowlands west of railroad Hooded Warbler 2 2 singing (1 seen) on blue trail between railroad and southern border Yellow Warbler X several heard & seen in lowlands west of railroad, esp. red trail Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 1 singing between railroad and blue trail to east Blackpoll Warbler 2 heard Black-throated Green Warbler X several heard in hemlock forest north of preserve Eastern Towhee 2 2 singing west of railroad, 1 by blue trail, 1 by yellow trail Chipping Sparrow X along developed part of Station Rd Field Sparrow 1 along blue trail singing in shrub in field Song Sparrow X heard several, various places Scarlet Tanager 2 1 singing in state forest, 1 singing along yellow trail near railroad Northern Cardinal X several in lowlands Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 singing from yard along Station Rd Indigo Bunting X several in lowlands west of railroad Bobolink 1 1 male singing from treetop off red trail Red-winged Blackbird X near ponds Common Grackle X flying various places in lowlands west of railroad Brown-headed Cowbird X heard a couple places Baltimore Oriole X heard several in various parts of lowlands American Goldfinch X heard a couple places House Sparrow X along Station Rd This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] progress of Bald Eagle nest in town of Ulysses
This evening I biked to Ulysses near the Glenwood Pines to check on the Bald Eagle nest. There were two large young, one of which had climbed onto a tree limb adjacent to the nest. I have not checked this nest very frequently this spring, and I was not there very long, but I doubt that a third youngster was hiding in the nest or had already moved entirely out of the nest tree. Last year and the year before two youngsters were fledged as well. I did not see any adults on this visit.--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] McIlroy Bird Sanctuary (FLLT SBQ), Sat 5/26
Paul Anderson, Linda Frank, Bob Horn, Richard and Eileen Maxwell, Donna Scott, and Judy Thoroughman joined Bob McGuire and me on a walk this morning at the Dorothy McIlroy Bird Sanctuary at the northeast reaches of the Cayuga Lake Basin in Summerhill. This was the first of four walks I'm leading this weekend for the Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (FLLT SBQ). May 26 felt like midsummer and 8 AM felt like the height of midday in the overbearing heat, and the birding had a late-season feel too, with no apparent passage migrants. But still many breeding birds rewarded our patient effort. We found it difficult to see birds on the first 210 degrees of our circuit on the yellow trail (I'm speaking radially, not thermally), but the fen and swamp held many singing ALDER FLYCATCHERS all around our route. One perched for a long but distant scope view. We also heard OVENBIRDS and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES singing and RUFFED GROUSE drumming at several locations all around. The big surprise at the viewing platform was a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, which made for a sweep of all four of our local breeding vireo species for us today. There we also saw two HOODED MERGANSERS flying by, plus a BALTIMORE ORIOLE and a fine female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. A WILLOW FLYCATCHER joined the Alder Flycatchers in a typical two-for-one McIlroy Sanctuary Traill's special. At that point, I thought that we had already had hit our high points of the morning. But I was wrong. Back on the yellow trail, we tracked a wild but musical "kew-kew-kew-kew-kew" in the canopy to an adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, casting the gaze of its big red eyes down on us. I don't think I've ever seen this species look as picturesque as it did today, framed by shadowy hemlock fronds but lit up in a ray of light. Here too we heard our only WINTER WREN of the day (and my first of the spring), singing twice. It seemed like only half of a typical complete song, but of course that is still more stirring music than you get from the full songs of just about any other species. A short two-part song sounded a few times here. We pondered various ID possibilities, including an anomalous junco, but we concluded that the obvious match was NASHVILLE WARBLER. I know that Nashville Warblers breed in nearby Summer Hill State Forest, but eBird bar charts show a blank for this species in late May for the McIlroy Sanctuary. At the moment, I feel comfortable counting it for my weekend fundraising tally, but I welcome informed opinions about the plausibility of the ID. Our full list is below. Many thanks to all who joined the walk. I look forward to seeing many of you at other SBQ walks tomorrow and Monday! Mark Chao McIlroy Bird Sanctuary, Summerhill (FLLT), Cayuga, US-NY May 26, 2012 7:45 AM - 10:25 AM 39 species Canada Goose 4 Hooded Merganser 2 Ruffed Grouse 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Killdeer 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Alder Flycatcher 6 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 8 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 7 Tree Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 1 Veery 2 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 3 Ovenbird 4 Northern Waterthrush 3 Nashville Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Common Grackle 9 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Baltimore Oriole 2 Purple Finch 1 -- 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] some notes for the day
I spent most of the early morning in the garden. Surprisingly it was wonderful. I think I should spend more time at home. Birds hear/seen A red-eyed Vireo has taken up residence and has been singing non-stop A Blackpoll paid visit for about 15 to 20 minutes picking insects from Norway maple An American Redstart is also in residence in the stream between my house and my neighbors A Belted Kingfisher flew over to Six Mile creek Chimney Swifts, Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows flew and called overhead often. Common Grackles turning leaves and mowed grass to check for insects Cardinal Was nervous when I was in some particular part of the garden. Am. Robin incubating eggs House Finches went back and forth over my yard. An Oriole moves around the yards of neighbors and mine singing his "Pretty pretty" and occasionally " she's not very pretty". A catbird family lives in my yard and the male often sit next to where I am working and meows. I too meow. I don't know if he conversing with me or asking me to get out of the yard House Wren, who also has staked his territory and box in the backyard is chattering and scolding me often if I go around in his area. Blue Jays, BC chickadees and Am. Crows flew back and forth via my yard Across the road, a Carolina Wren often sings A Rose-breasted-Grosbeak moved around in the neighbor hood while singing. An Eastern Meadowlark was heard several times. >From Six Mile Creek, I also heard a yellow Warbler, Veery, Wood Thrush and a >Pilieated Woodpecker. A Red-bellied also chimed in in between. I was amazed that I could hear so many (25+ sp) of them. I did not look up for hawks, it was anyway may be too early too. Later in the afternoon, after some errands I hit Spencer marsh to look for Odonates. There I heard and had lovely looks at a Prairie warbler. I also heard a Virginia Rail and many typical birds of the marsh. I did find some nice odonates too. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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] more yard birds
Some more yard birds in my backyard in Northeast Ithaca so far today. The male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (still singing) was chasing another warbler, which turned out to be a female BLACKPOLL WARBLER. A few raptors are apparently migrating over -- a subadult BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a high circling female AMERICAN KESTREL which I wouldn't have seen if I wasn't watching the Broad-wing; then a ratty immature RED-TAILED HAWK, and then 2 TURKEY VULTURES flying high in straight line to the north. A SWAINSON'S THRUSH was singing in the yard at 2 PM. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- 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] Hudsonian Godwit, Montezuma
A beautiful female HUDSONIAN GODWIT is foraging out with Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers at Puddlers Marsh from Towpath Road. Also WILSON'S PHALAROPE and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at Shorebird Flats on the Wildlife Drive. Jay McGowan -- 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] Yellow- bellied Flycatcher In backyard
A Yellow- bellied Flycatcher calling 'chu-wee' from the spruces in my backyard at 1 pm. Also singing Blackburnian W. all morning. Still migrants moving through. Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Fw: Florida to NY
don't forget to look up, Joe - Forwarded Message - From: Joe DeVito To: oneidabird ; Cayuga Birds Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:54 AM Subject: Florida to NY I just got back from helping a friend move to NY and along the highways, hotels, and rest areas..did a little birding along the way.here are the birds and states where seen... Northern mockingbird (fl, ga,sc,nc,va) white-winged dove (fl) mourning dove (fl,ga,sc,nc,va,pa,ny) wood stork (fl) eastern bluebird (fl, ny---ironically none in between) turkey vulture (fl, ga,sc,nc,va,pa,ny) american crow (fl,ga,va,ny) cattle egret (fl,ga) swallow tailed kite (fl,sc) sandhill crane (fl) barn swallow (fl, ga,sc) rock dove (fl,ga,pa) least tern (ga) boat-tailed grackle (fl) common grackle (va,pa,ny) sharp-shinned hawk (ga) black vulture (ga) snowy eagret (ga) northern cardinal (fl,ga,ny) turkey (sc) cliff swallow (sc,va) house finch (sc, va) killdeer (sc) northern rough-winged swallow (sc) double crested cormorant (nc) great blue heron (nc,ny) american robbin (va,wv,md,pa,ny) chipping sparrow (va,ny) gray catbird (va) european starling (va,ny) black-crowned night heron (ny) house wren (ny) yellow-rumped warbler (ny0 red-winged blackbird (va,pa,ny) there were plenty of large wading birds we drove by that I had no chance to IDall in all the birds made the trip. don't forget to look up, Joe -- 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] Florida to NY
I just got back from helping a friend move to NY and along the highways, hotels, and rest areas..did a little birding along the way.here are the birds and states where seen... Northern mockingbird (fl, ga,sc,nc,va) white-winged dove (fl) mourning dove (fl,ga,sc,nc,va,pa,ny) wood stork (fl) eastern bluebird (fl, ny---ironically none in between) turkey vulture (fl, ga,sc,nc,va,pa,ny) american crow (fl,ga,va,ny) cattle egret (fl,ga) swallow tailed kite (fl,sc) sandhill crane (fl) barn swallow (fl, ga,sc) rock dove (fl,ga,pa) least tern (ga) boat-tailed grackle (fl) common grackle (va,pa,ny) sharp-shinned hawk (ga) black vulture (ga) snowy eagret (ga) northern cardinal (fl,ga,ny) turkey (sc) cliff swallow (sc,va) house finch (sc, va) killdeer (sc) northern rough-winged swallow (sc) double crested cormorant (nc) great blue heron (nc,ny) american robbin (va,wv,md,pa,ny) chipping sparrow (va,ny) gray catbird (va) european starling (va,ny) black-crowned night heron (ny) house wren (ny) yellow-rumped warbler (ny0 red-winged blackbird (va,pa,ny) there were plenty of large wading birds we drove by that I had no chance to IDall in all the birds made the trip. don't forget to look up, Joe -- 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] Yellow-throated Warbler PAIR at Ithaca City Golf Course
I think my comment "what appeared to be copulation" gives too strong an expression to my observation. If it were true then I would have to say there are three birds, because I'm assuming that females don't sing, and I'm not prepared to say that yet as much as I would like it to be. Let me restate my observation as a more wishy washy "brief physical interaction". I can't find any mention in the books I have of female vocalizations. Can anybody fill in the blank for me ? This is all very exciting ! I hope more people add their observations to the list. Gary On May 25, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: The song Gary recorded is the song I've heard from a Yellow-throated Warbler in the Renwick/Pier Rd area this month several times, a series of loud double notes, of which the second note is lower, but each double note is the same. Although I also heard fainter introductory and ending notes, they were not very noticeable nor accented, so basically from a distance you hear: "TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU" This apparently uncommon song is also what Stuart recorded. From Ken's description it may be what he heard as well. However, the last time I heard & saw a Yellow-throated Warbler at this location, on 23 May about 6:50am, it sounded like most recordings of the species and like I've heard in NJ, a series of similar notes, each descending in pitch and the later notes being a bit lower, except the last note, which rises: "teer teer teer teer teer teer tu wee?" Or exaggerating the pitch change: "teer teer teerwee" teer teer teer tu When I heard a second song from this location, I wondered: Does the first song represent some basic innate pattern on which the usual song is built? Has the first bird finally learned the correct song, perhaps from people trying playback? Does the first song indicate something different from the second, such as mating status? Is the second song simply from a second bird? Now that Gary reports two birds singing and also two birds mating, that raises more questions. Did both singing birds sing the same type song? Do females sing, and if so do they sing a different song? Or were there two males and at least one female? --Dave Nutter PS - Gary, did you really mean "Ken's great sighing" (very apt), or did you mean "Ken's great sighting" (also very apt)? On May 25, 2012, at 08:36 PM, Gary Kohlenberg mailto:jg...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Inspired by Ken's great sighing I made my seventh trip to Pier Rd. for this bird. After about 1/2 hr. of cruising up and down the walkway I was able to see one Yellow-throated Warbler foraging in the Sycamores by the tee. It eventually started singing and then I heard a second one across the river singing. I managed to get three recordings of the song on my phone. Things got crazy for a while when a Coopers Hawk flew in to sit in the same Sycamore ! My thanks went to the Starlings that managed to beat him into submission; leaving for friendlier territory. My looks were considerably higher in the canopy and they also included, what appeared to be, copulation. At least one bird continued to sing but wasn't visible as the breeze kept the leaves moving too much for me to pick out. Gary On May 25, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote: 8th time's a charm! With a brief window in downtown Ithaca before an appointment, I decided to give a listen at the sycamores by the 3rd tee of Ithaca city golf course (Pier Rd). Arriving at 8:20, I immediately heard the double-noted song of a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER out my car window -- it was among the loudest bird songs there and easily heard over the noisy grass-cutters and other truck noise in the area. I spotted the bird mid-height in the sycamore closest to Fall Creek, and then it flew up very high in the sycamores over the 3rd tee, continuing to sing. While I was following the singing bird, I heard a loud chip closer by and was surprised to see a SECOND YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER foraging lower in the sycamore. I followed the second bird for awhile as the first bird sang -- it (she?) flew from cluster to cluster of newly opening sycamore leaves, working its way higher in the trees. Then, I briefly saw the singing bird fly to the second bird and they had a brief (seemingly nonagressive) interaction partially hidden from view -- this was possibly a brief copulation. The two birds then took off to the north, flying towards or over the fire-training building area. No more songs were heard in the 10 minutes I remained in the area. These birds behaved exactly as a breeding pair would be expected to behave, which is not that surprising given the longevity and irregular appearance of the singing male (probably using a larger home range), the perfectly suitable habitat, northward expansion of many species, and global warming in general. Others hopefully will be able to document and confirm t
