[cayugabirds-l] Interesting call

2013-04-13 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all,

On Tuesday, along Tower Road near Dairy bar, I heard a song, a 3 note trill and 
ending with down slurred tseew or some times two tseews coming from the pines.  
I think it is a Junco variation. I recorded with my cell phone video, so it is 
not a great quality. It is on the youtube at this link. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzhu8IhdB8  You have to increase the volume on 
your computer a bit to hear it well. Can anyone think of what it is? I 
appreciate everyone's opinion.



Yesterday evening when I was getting to my house, an Osprey flew over my house 
towards Six Miles creek. That could be another great location for Ospreys to 
nest. I hope they do!



Cheers

Meena



Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
http://haribal.org/
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[cayugabirds-l] Merlin

2013-04-13 Thread Annette Nadeau
Had a MERLIN perched for about a minute at the very top of a snag at the edge 
of my pond on Burns Road in Brooktondale about 7:30 this morning. It flew off 
to the northwest.

Also this morning, a RUFFED GROUSE was drumming off to the south. And EASTERN 
BLUEBIRDS are checking out one of the nestboxes in my yard.

Ya gotta love spring!  :)

Annette Nadeau
Brooktondale

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[cayugabirds-l] OTB: [Eaton Birding Society] There is an American Avocet in breeding plumage...

2013-04-13 Thread Marty Schlabach


From: James Norwalk [mailto:notification+ann4e...@facebookmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 11:07 AM
To: Eaton Birding Society
Subject: [Eaton Birding Society] There is an American Avocet in breeding 
plumage...

James Norwalk posted in Eaton Birding 
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11:06am Apr 13

There is an American Avocet in breeding plumage right at the mouth of Castle 
Creek on the Geneva lakefront as of 1100. Stunning and up close!


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[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeaks, Hammond hill

2013-04-13 Thread Jay McGowan
John Confer asked me to post that he and Karen have at least eight EVENING
GROSBEAKS coming to their feeders on the east side of Hammond Hill, just
north of Goetchius. Keep an eye out!

Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Great feeder day

2013-04-13 Thread John Confer
Evening Grosbeak (5), Redpoll (3), Purple Finch (3), Towhee (1), Tree (2), Song 
(2), Fox Sparrow (7), Junco (120), Goldfinch (5), very pale and large female 
Sharshinned Hawk perched at seed feeder, 30+ Turkey with several displaying 
toms, and yesterday, Sapsucker, Downy, Hairy, Pileated and Red-bellied with all 
but the sapsucker at suet in yard, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatch.

Meanwhile, Goetchius had Swamp Sparrows (4), 8 fly-by Great Blue Herons, 
American Merg. (8), Wood Duck (2), Mallard 6, etc.. Generally, a highly 
enjoyable day and it's just 12:00.



Good birding to all.



John and Karen



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[cayugabirds-l] Raven

2013-04-13 Thread W. Larry Hymes
About 15 minutes ago I stepped out of our house on Vine St. (off 
Mitchell) and was very surprised to hear a RAVEN calling.  Are there 
more than one??  I saw 3-4 large black birds circling in the direction 
of East Hill Plaza.  Couldn't tell for sure what they were, as they 
disappeared beyond the East Lawn Cemetery trees before I could get a 
scope on them.


Larry

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[cayugabirds-l] GREEN HERON Stewart Park - Renwick lagoon. --Dave ...

2013-04-13 Thread 6072292158
GREEN HERON Stewart Park - Renwick lagoon.
--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Tree Swallows

2013-04-13 Thread Pete M. Marchetto
A large flock is wheeling over IHS near the Plumber's Pool right now.

Sent from my iPhone


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[cayugabirds-l] Bufflehead - Northeast Ithaca

2013-04-13 Thread Scott Haber
There is a lone female Bufflehead hanging out on the tiny pond at the
dogleg on Graham Road/Dart drive on the Ithaca-Lansing border. The pond is
between Route 13 and Graham/Dart, just behind the Cayuga Mall (with the new
Agway, Rite-aid, TJ Maxx etc.)

-Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Eurasian Wigeon

2013-04-13 Thread Brad Walker
Hi all,

Tim Lenz and I just had a male EURASIAN WIGEON way in the back of Tschache
Pool.  He seemed like he was enjoying himself and willing to stick around
for a bit.

- Brad

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[cayugabirds-l] grebes, warblers, etc.

2013-04-13 Thread nutter.dave
I spent the late morning and much of the afternoon at Newman Golf Course, the Cornell Biological Field Station (aka Jetty Woods), the whtie lighthouse, Renwick Sanctuary, and Stewart Park.I think the biggest story was the number of grebes. In a single scan from the white lighthouse I saw 31 HORNED, 2 RED-NECKED, and 3 PIED-BILLEDGREBES. Both Red-necked and most of the Horned were far to the north to northwest), but several Horned and the Pied-billeds were close to shore at Stewart. Late in the afternoon from the west end of Stewart I also saw what I believe was an EARED GREBE still in winter plumage south of East Shore Park. It had a small head, a straight vertical neck, no brown only shades of gray, and a lighter mark below and up behind the cheek. There were lots of variations on the theme of molting Horned Grebes, but I don't think this bird was one of them.The Aythya flock now has several dozen REDHEADS, a few RING-NECKED DUCKS, and 1 female GREATER SCAUP in addition to lots of LESSER SCAUP. The 3 RUDDY DUCKS are still present, now with AMERICAN COOTS along the east shore.In Renwick I saw 1 winter YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and at the swan pond I saw 4 more, including 2 males in breeding plumage.I also saw a GREEN HERON along the edge of Renwick by the lagoon which borders Stewart.In the golf course I found my first PURPLE FINCH, a male singing from the top of a tree.TREE, BARN, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS foraged variously over the Cayuga Lake, Fall Creek and the swan pond. By the base of the red lighthouse were 3 CASPIAN TERNS and a small crowd of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. I saw only the usual 3 gull species.An EASTERN PHOEBE foraged near the green suspension bridge over Fall Creek.--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Cass Park and Sapsucker Woods, Sat 4/13

2013-04-13 Thread Mark Chao
At around 1 PM on Saturday, I heard a WINTER WREN singing at Cass Park by
Union Fields F8.  

 

Then in Sapsucker Woods at about 4:30 PM, I found two HERMIT THRUSHES
together with two Eastern Phoebes at the intersection of the Severinghaus
and Wilson Trails, plus a FIELD SPARROW by Kip's Barn.

 

Mark Chao

 

 


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[cayugabirds-l] Barred Owl

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Hoebbel
holly just heard a Barred Owl here in Brooktondale

...stay hungry, stay foolish.
  -Steve Jobs


 Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video
 www.TH-Photo.com http://www.th-photo.com/
  607-539-6121


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] grebes, warblers, sparrows, snipe, etc.

2013-04-13 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
In addition to seeing Dave Nutter at the end of the lighthouse jetty, I had 
nearly identical counts as Dave did from Stewart Park shortly after noon today 
— only my count of HORNED GREBES was even higher than Dave's, as I counted at 
least 56 including many along the east shore that Dave might not have been able 
to see. In addition to the 2 RED-NECKED GREBES and several COMMON LOONS, I also 
had a pair of LONG-TAILED DUCKS fly in from the north and circle back across 
the south end of the lake.

There seemed to be lots of other birds grounded today as well. JUNCOs were 
everywhere throughout my neighborhood, in small flocks on lawns and driveways. 
I saw a HERMIT THRUSH and a FOX SPARROW in the woods between Tareyton Park and 
Arrowwood Drive, as well as a flock of 12 GOLDEN-CROWNED and 1 RUBY-CROWNED 
KINGLET.

While walking my dog in the fields along Bluegrass Lane in the late afternoon, 
we flushed at least 32 WILSON'S SNIPE from the wet muddy fields — there were at 
least 24 in the air at once, and others continued to flush making it very hard 
to get an accurate count. There could well have been over 50 birds. Also lots 
of sparrows along the wooded edge of the fields, including 1 VESPER, 1 FOX, 10 
SAVANNAH, 1 FIELD, 1 AM TREE, and 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS — the latter 3 were in 
the same bush for an amazing Spizella trifecta.

KEN

Ken Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
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From: nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:48:31 +
To: cb cayugabirds-l@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] grebes, warblers, etc.

I spent the late morning and much of the afternoon at Newman Golf Course, the 
Cornell Biological Field Station (aka Jetty Woods), the whtie lighthouse, 
Renwick Sanctuary, and Stewart Park.

I think the biggest story was the number of grebes. In a single scan from the 
white lighthouse I saw 31 HORNED, 2 RED-NECKED, and 3 PIED-BILLED GREBES. Both 
Red-necked and most of the Horned were far to the north to northwest), but 
several Horned and the Pied-billeds were close to shore at Stewart. Late in the 
afternoon from the west end of Stewart I also saw what I believe was an EARED 
GREBE still in winter plumage south of East Shore Park. It had a small head, a 
straight vertical neck, no brown only shades of gray, and a lighter mark below 
and up behind the cheek. There were lots of variations on the theme of molting 
Horned Grebes, but I don't think this bird was one of them.

The Aythya flock now has several dozen REDHEADS, a few RING-NECKED DUCKS, and 1 
female GREATER SCAUP in addition to lots of LESSER SCAUP. The 3 RUDDY DUCKS are 
still present, now with AMERICAN COOTS along the east shore.

In Renwick I saw 1 winter YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and at the swan pond I saw 4 
more, including 2 males in breeding plumage.

I also saw a GREEN HERON along the edge of Renwick by the lagoon which borders 
Stewart.

In the golf course I found my first PURPLE FINCH, a male singing from the top 
of a tree.

TREE, BARN, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS foraged variously over the 
Cayuga Lake, Fall Creek and the swan pond.

By the base of the red lighthouse were 3 CASPIAN TERNS and a small crowd of 
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. I saw only the usual 3 gull species.

An EASTERN PHOEBE foraged near the green suspension bridge over Fall Creek.

--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Saturday birding in and out of the Basin

2013-04-13 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi all,
Livia and I started out in Dryden this morning but ended up going around
the lake. Highlights were EVENING GROSBEAKS at the Confers on Hammond Hill;
the beautiful and cooperative AMERICAN AVOCET along the lakeshore in Geneva
(photos soon), along with Red-necked Grebe, Surf and White-winged scoter,
Bonaparte's Gulls, and many Common and one Forster's tern offshore from the
same area; 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS at the Empire Farm Days fairgrounds in
Seneca Falls (don't forget they still would like birders to call ahead); a
mostly winter plumage AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER with many Pectoral Sandpipers,
both yellowlegs, and dozens of Bonaparte's Gulls in the Kip Island Fields,
the flooded fields on either side of the thruway visible from Rt. 90 just
west of the village of Montezuma. Waterfowl diversity was good most of the
places we went, including Montezuma, but we didn't find anything other than
the usual species there. A gray fox running across Warren Road on the drive
home was a nice surprise as well.

Cheers,
Jay

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