[cayugabirds-l] Little Blue Heron - Monday night
Stakeout of the new Great Egret roost 500 yards south of Van Dyne Spoor Rd, MNWR, started at 7:30pm with 20 birds. Another ~20 flew in between 8:00-8:15 (these presumably from Knox-Marsellus). At 8:28pm Jim Tarolli spotted the juv. Little Blue flying in. It was the last bird of the day and marginally visible once landed. One really needs to see it fly in and hopefully perch atop the brush (or at least where it lands). It was coming from the south or southwest which could mean anywhere in the main MNWR complex. Dave Wheeler Jim Tarolli -- 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] Night Heron sp. (yesterday)
Just before the rains came last evening, while walking the dog in my backyard, I heard a single 'qwok' looked up and saw a largish winged bird flapping rapidly NW which would be more or less on a path from Sapsucker Woods to Cayuga Lake (or many other ponds along the way). Listening to all readily available recordings of Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night Herons convinced me it sounded more like BCNH. But the wing profile was rather narrow (leading to trailing edge) and the bird seemed overall rather darker blue. Googling flying Night Herons, I found more YCNH images that looked like that, whereas BCNH seemed to have a fuller rounder wing profile. So, nice NEW yard bird, but semi-unsatisfying that I couldn't nail it to species. I saw no reports on this list from anyone observing either at SSW yesterday. Did anyone? __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] Montezuma Eurasian Wigeon
Hi all, I made a quick trip through Montezuma on my way back from the airport this morning. I arrived at Van Dyne Spoor apparently too late to see the Little Blue fly out to wherever it lives during the day (where??), but at least 19 Great Egrets were still around, as well as lots of Black-crowned Night-Herons, dozens of Common Gallinules, many coots, thousands of swallows (including at least one Cliff with the multitudes of Tree and Bank) and lots of other marsh life. I couldn't spend much time on shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus, I mostly just checked for anything obvious, but good numbers continue, including lots of dowitchers and Stilt Sandpipers. The highlight was an eclipse male EURASIAN WIGEON hanging out with a few American Wigeon in the middle of the impoundment. It's still quite dull but the face is clearly red compared to any of the other wigeon. I was surprised when one turned up in mid-August last year, and this is earlier still (only the second July record in eBird for New York?) Myers Point held four SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at the end of the spit (Livia and I had six with two Least there on Sunday), and I see Chris Wood had an unseasonal LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the compost this morning. Finally, an unposted bird from last week, we had a CLIFF SWALLOW foraging distantly with Barn Swallows at the top of Mount Pleasant on Thursday (July 18) and Solitary Sandpipers at Dryden Lake. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@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] rufous-necked wood rail
Many of you may have gotten wind of this already, but there is a RUFOUS-NECKED WOOD-RAIL in New Mexico. First time sighted in US. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/rufous-necked-wood-rail_n_3638913.html?utm_hp_ref=green -Dan -- 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] White Pelican and Little Blue Heron
The WHITE PELICAN was seen at Knox Marcellus along with a male EURASIAN WIGEON. There was a WILSON'S PHALAROPE, also, seen by Wade and Melissa Rowley. The LITTLE BLUE HERON flew in to roost with 45 GREAT EGRETS at 8:21 on Van Dyne Spoor Road. Good Birding, Ann Mitchell 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/ --
