Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frozen Bill Canada Goose

[Judith Thurber]

On a field trip last Saturday, I, too, noticed a Canada Goose that appeared to 
have snow encrusted on its bill.  This was seen at Baldwinsville on the Seneca 
River.  Of the many waterfowl seen there, only one showed this.

Judy Thurber
Liverpool

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> On Jan 28, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Dave K  wrote:
> 
> Something else I have never seen before.. a Canada Goose with its bill 
> glazed over with ice. Seen with 8 Mute Swans at Mud Lock this afternoon.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/12196558955/ 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] SNOW HELP-Please

[Dave Nutter]

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[cayugabirds-l] Frozen Bill Canada Goose

[Dave K]

Something else I have never seen before.. a Canada Goose with its bill 
glazed over with ice. Seen with 8 Mute Swans at Mud Lock this afternoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/12196558955/ 
  
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[cayugabirds-l] Snowshoe Hike with Montezuma Eagles

[Chris Lajewski]

Snowshoe Hike with Montezuma Eagles
Jan. 30, Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
During the last 40 years, the bald eagle has been brought back from the
 brink of extinction. Strap on a pair of snowshoes and trek through a 
portion of the Refuge normallyoff 
limits to the public, including the bald eagle hacking tower, to explore 
Montezuma’s role in restoring this iconic bird of prey. After the hike 
we’ll warm up with some hot cocoa! Fee with snowshoe rental: $6/child, 
$8/adult. Fee without rental: $4/child, $6/adult. Friends of the Montezuma 
Wetlands Complex receive a 50% discount. Call 315.365.3588 to register. Meet at 
the Montezuma Audubon Center  2295 State Route 89, Savannah, NY 13146. 


Chris Lajewski
Interim Center Director
Montezuma Audubon Center

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

[Bill Evans]

Just found this paper that shows in 1994 Lake Erie went from ~50% iced over on 
Jan 12 to ~100% on Jan 21 (Fig. 8).  I’m imagining grebes on 5000 square miles 
of lake getting confined to a smaller and smaller area over a week then 
abruptly on one calm night being forced to evacuate en masse.

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077%3C0071%3AWWAICF%3E2.0.CO%3B2

Lake Erie was reported to be 95% ice covered last Thursday, so I imagine the 
most recent cold snap has by now pretty much eliminated that lake’s open water 
for waterfowl.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Map for David Cup suggestion

[Dave Nutter]

David Diaz (& all),That's a great map of the Cayuga Lake Watershed, but it differs from the 1925 map Wiegand & Eames drew of the Cayuga Lake Basin, and the David Cup adopted, in several important respects: * W&E included south-flowing drainage toward the Seneca River and Erie Canal, so that the Basin has always traditionally included the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (the National Wildlife Refuge, Howland Island & other DEC lands, the Montezuma Audubon Center, some TNC land, private mucklands...). This is the biggest functional difference for birders.* In the northwest part of the Cayuga Lake Watershed ("Seneca River Area"), W&E did not include the north-flowing Kendig Creek, thus the Basin boundary goes north to the Seneca River about a mile west of Waterloo (I cannot explain this, but it is plainly seen on their map). The Basin then uses the the Seneca River as the boundary westward to Packwood Corners, then goes west and north to include Black Brook as shown on the Watershed map. However, the Basin also goes farther north to include the Junius Ponds (including Burnett Pond) and the northward drainage via Pond Brook to the Erie Canal. The Basin includes all drainage, both northward and southward, into the Erie Canal east of a point about a mile and a half downstream of the Village of Lyons, thus including another small north-flowing stream west of Pond Brook. (Excluded, however, is a south-flowing creek whose name I don't know, just east of the Village of Lyons.) This is a lot of land which birders aren't famous for using, but it does include the famous flock of Wood Storks from late summer of 2001 around Clyde.* To the northeast of the Cayuga Lake Watershed, the Basin includes Crane Brook, thus all land which does not flow directly east into Owasco Lake, and even some western outskirts of the City of Auburn. The Basin does not include the Owasco Outlet and its tributaries, except for downstream of NYS-38, thus allowing basin birders to include the length of Howland Island Road as they approach the pedestrian-only iron bridge access to the island. (Port Byron, however, is out!) The Basin Boundary then goes east, bending north to cross the Seneca River/Erie Canal close to the intersection of Emerson and Smith Roads north of Weedsport, thus just including River Forest Park and a substantial rather triangular island to the north in the Seneca River. The Basin boundary includes all south-flowing drainage into the Seneca River this far east, thus encompassing Stark Pond, Mud Pond (the one in the Town of Conquest), and Duck Lake. Excluded are Parker Pond and Otter Lake. Streams flowing north directly to Lake Ontario are out, such as Sterling Creek, Little Sodus Creek, Red Creek, Wolcott Creek (and Millpond), Mudge Creek, Sodus Creek, Third Creek, and Second Creek. --Dave NutterOn Jan 28, 2014, at 12:18 AM, David Diaz  wrote:Regarding a map for the David Cup:  Perhaps the map the Cayuga Watershed Network has could be used.  It accurately depicts the Cayuga Lake watershed (and all it's sub-watersheds)  Here's the link...http://www.cayugalake.org/the-watershed.htmlDavid DiazTburg, NYSent from my iPad--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!--
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[cayugabirds-l] Nightjuncos?

[Sheila Ann Dean]

A couple of nights ago I went outside around 9:30 to exercise my dog and
look at the stars. Our movement or my voice evidently disrupted a junco (I
know some roost in conifer shrubs near the feeder). One started flitting
about in a way that seemed aimless and disoriented, and it also appeared to
be attracted to the porch lights, almost like a moth. Soon another one
joined it. I went inside, and with peeking through the curtain, saw them
continue to flit about a bit, but eventually they (hopefully) settled down
again. I never saw them nab a midnight snack at the feeder. But several
were at the feeder the next morning so seemed not to suffer from the
interrupted roosting.

With some reading, I find that juncos migrate at night. I wonder if this
makes them light sleepers.

Sheila

Sheila Ann Dean, PhD
Natural Selection Editing and Research
2010 Ellis Hollow Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
USA

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl- OOB

[David Diaz]

Snowy owl on rt96A and Larsen Road, south of Geneva.  About 250' from rt96A.  
Google maps pin attached...

Dropped Pin
near 3631-3799 New York 96A, Geneva, NY 14456
http://goo.gl/maps/HvkLj

David Diaz
Tburg, NY

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Screech roost cavity

[Chris R. Pelkie]

John, I have a question that hope is not pedantic. You referred to ‘grey phase’ 
EASO in your note. As you are the owl expert, can you clarify, is this really a 
‘phase’ or a ‘morph’?
I thought they stayed either grey or rufous (born that way), not phased into 
different plumage colors.
Not calling you out, just wanting to learn!
ChrisP

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Chris Pelkie
Research Analyst
Bioacoustics Research Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850

On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:53, John Confer  wrote:

>  a grey phase Screech 
> Owl 


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

[Bill Evans]

I remember the winter of 1994 when Lake Erie froze over abruptly in Jan/Feb, 
resulting in the incredible mid-winter grebe fallout across the region. There 
was very little open water between here and Lake Erie and “people were finding 
grebes in their backyards.” With temps averaging 7 to 8 degrees below normal 
for Jan and Feb that year, I recall Cayuga Lake was frozen northward past Myers 
Pt perhaps half way to the Milliken Station power plant, which expelled warm 
water into the lake. The open water in the middle of the Cayuga collected 
grebes lucky enough to find it.  Ned Brinkley and I counted Red-necked Grebes 
from the limited access points in the middle of the east side of the lake and 
came up with circa 100.

As cold as it has seemed recently, this winter is on track to be substantially 
warmer than that of 1993-1994, which was a cold spell that may have been 
related to the June 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption.

Bill E



From: Linda Post Van Buskirk 
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:08 AM
To: Asher Hockett ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

I’m watching the ice in Aurora—and more is accumulating along the shore north 
of the village than one usually sees.  The wind, though, will keep anything 
from freezing.  What I imagine is that if the wind suddenly dropped, the 
surface (with all the cooling from evaporation) could skim over pretty quickly. 
 The wind always breaks it up.  I watched a youtube video (Ingraham) on the 
lake.  Some good pictures, including from 1912.

 

Sometime in the early thirties, some friends of my inlaws either skied or less 
probably walked across the lake.  It was a near thing:  one of them dropped a 
jackknife, and it fell through the ice—it was that thin.  They made it to the 
other side and called for someone to pick them up.  

 

When I go into Auburn this afternoon, I’ll be interested to see how much ice 
there is on the north end of the lake.  Maybe not so much, with the brutal 
winds.  

 

In the old days, there was much cross-ice commerce on Owasco Lake, which pretty 
much always froze.

 

 

 

From: bounce-112238041-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-112238041-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Asher Hockett
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:48 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

 

This from Wikipedia:

A tradition at Wells College in Aurora holds that if the lake completely 
freezes over, classes are canceled (though for only one day).[6] According to 
Wells College records, this last happened in 1979. However, other sources 
suggest that the only time the entire lake froze over solid end to end in the 
20th century was in 1912.,[

 

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

I don't know what possessed me to suggest the lake might freeze over when 
there's a gap of some 30 miles. Still, the ice I saw yesterday was not merely 
over 3 or 5 feet of water, it may have been 30 to 50 feet deep. Today around 
mid-day I happened to drive NYS-89, after the west wind had been blowing 
several hours. The ice edge had eroded back from about #967 to about #911, and 
later I saw that the cluster of pilings was once again in open water, unlike 
yesterday. I expected some destruction, but maybe it won't be completely to the 
shallows, and with the next cold, as soon as there's calm, the ice may extend 
even farther. 

--Dave Nutter
On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Donna Scott  wrote:

  Not a chance the whole lake will freeze over, Dave. 

  No ice at all up here where it is 460 feet deep. 1 1/2 weeks ago water near 
shore was 39 degrees. 

  It freezes only at the shallow ends and areas adjacent, usually. 

  A little raft of Redheads, Ring Necks, swimming, diving here. Accompanied by 
some Mallards. 

  Birding from my kitchen window on this wild, windy day seems good. 

  Sent from my iPhone

  Donna Scott


  On Jan 26, 2014, at 11:02 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

I don't know what possessed me to walk to the lake again today, having 
walked both to East Shore Park and past Treman to the lake yesterday. Anyway, 
the ice has grown considerably, extending about 3/4 of a mile from the land at 
Treman's lakeshore, so today's walk was longer than I expected. I did get fine 
views of ducks from between houses at about #967 Taughannock Blvd, including 
White-winged Scoters close to shore, plus all the Mergansers, all the (usual) 
Aythya, and Common Goldeneyes. The few Long-tailed Ducks I saw were diving next 
to the ice edge in the middle of the lake. I also saw Canada Geese, the usual 3 
gull species, and an immature Bald Eagle on the ice. I wasn't able to scan the 
whole lake and saw no grebes, loons, or coots. The only Anas I saw was a single 
male Mallard flying over Inlet Island. With serious cold expected to return and 
continue for awhile, and the ice shelf already so big, I wonder how far it will 
grow, or if this could even be a rare year that the lake freezes over.  

--Dav

RE: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

[Linda Post Van Buskirk]

I'm watching the ice in Aurora-and more is accumulating along the shore north 
of the village than one usually sees.  The wind, though, will keep anything 
from freezing.  What I imagine is that if the wind suddenly dropped, the 
surface (with all the cooling from evaporation) could skim over pretty quickly. 
 The wind always breaks it up.  I watched a youtube video (Ingraham) on the 
lake.  Some good pictures, including from 1912.

Sometime in the early thirties, some friends of my inlaws either skied or less 
probably walked across the lake.  It was a near thing:  one of them dropped a 
jackknife, and it fell through the ice-it was that thin.  They made it to the 
other side and called for someone to pick them up.

When I go into Auburn this afternoon, I'll be interested to see how much ice 
there is on the north end of the lake.  Maybe not so much, with the brutal 
winds.

In the old days, there was much cross-ice commerce on Owasco Lake, which pretty 
much always froze.



From: bounce-112238041-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-112238041-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Asher Hockett
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:48 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

This from Wikipedia:
A tradition at Wells College in 
Aurora holds that if the lake completely freezes over, classes are canceled 
(though for only one 
day).[6] According to 
Wells College records, this last happened in 1979. However, other sources 
suggest that the only time the entire lake froze over solid end to end in the 
20th century was in 
1912.,[

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Dave Nutter 
mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> wrote:
I don't know what possessed me to suggest the lake might freeze over when 
there's a gap of some 30 miles. Still, the ice I saw yesterday was not merely 
over 3 or 5 feet of water, it may have been 30 to 50 feet deep. Today around 
mid-day I happened to drive NYS-89, after the west wind had been blowing 
several hours. The ice edge had eroded back from about #967 to about #911, and 
later I saw that the cluster of pilings was once again in open water, unlike 
yesterday. I expected some destruction, but maybe it won't be completely to the 
shallows, and with the next cold, as soon as there's calm, the ice may extend 
even farther.

--Dave Nutter

On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Donna Scott mailto:dls...@me.com>> 
wrote:
Not a chance the whole lake will freeze over, Dave.
No ice at all up here where it is 460 feet deep. 1 1/2 weeks ago water near 
shore was 39 degrees.
It freezes only at the shallow ends and areas adjacent, usually.
A little raft of Redheads, Ring Necks, swimming, diving here. Accompanied by 
some Mallards.
Birding from my kitchen window on this wild, windy day seems good.

Sent from my iPhone
Donna Scott

On Jan 26, 2014, at 11:02 PM, Dave Nutter 
mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> wrote:
I don't know what possessed me to walk to the lake again today, having walked 
both to East Shore Park and past Treman to the lake yesterday. Anyway, the ice 
has grown considerably, extending about 3/4 of a mile from the land at Treman's 
lakeshore, so today's walk was longer than I expected. I did get fine views of 
ducks from between houses at about #967 Taughannock Blvd, including 
White-winged Scoters close to shore, plus all the Mergansers, all the (usual) 
Aythya, and Common Goldeneyes. The few Long-tailed Ducks I saw were diving next 
to the ice edge in the middle of the lake. I also saw Canada Geese, the usual 3 
gull species, and an immature Bald Eagle on the ice. I wasn't able to scan the 
whole lake and saw no grebes, loons, or coots. The only Anas I saw was a single 
male Mallard flying over Inlet Island. With serious cold expected to return and 
continue for awhile, and the ice shelf already so big, I wonder how far it will 
grow, or if this could even be a rare year that the lake freezes over.

--Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee

[Linda Orkin]

Cardinals, Chickadees and Titmice have been singing for a couple of weeks now. 
And woodpeckers have been drumming. Their sounds fill these frigid, bright 
mornings with cheer and resilience. Amazing. 

Linda Orkin

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On Jan 28, 2014, at 8:45 AM, Asher Hockett  wrote:

> Sunday morning I heard a Tufted Titmouse. I had to stop in my tracks to be 
> sure.
> 
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> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Carol Keeler  wrote:
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> surprised to hear Chickadee singing his phoebe song very sweetly over and 
> over again.  Kind of cold to think about  spring, isn't it?  I've heard birds 
> singing spring songs in February, but not January.
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee

[Marie P. Read]

Downy Woodpecker heard drumming up here on the mountain several days ago.

Marie

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From: bounce-112238014-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-112238014-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Asher Hockett 
[veery...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:45 AM
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Sunday morning I heard a Tufted Titmouse. I had to stop in my tracks to be sure.


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Carol Keeler 
mailto:carolk...@adelphia.net>> wrote:
As I walked up the driveway to get my paper this morning, I was very surprised 
to hear Chickadee singing his phoebe song very sweetly over and over again.  
Kind of cold to think about  spring, isn't it?  I've heard birds singing spring 
songs in February, but not January.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] lake ice & waterfowl

[Asher Hockett]

This from Wikipedia:
A tradition at Wells College
in Aurora holds that if
the lake completely freezes over, classes are
canceled (though for only one
day).[6]According
to Wells College records, this last happened in 1979. However,
other sources suggest that the only time the entire lake froze over solid
end to end in the 20th century was in
1912.,[


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

> I don't know what possessed me to suggest the lake might freeze over when
> there's a gap of some 30 miles. Still, the ice I saw yesterday was not
> merely over 3 or 5 feet of water, it may have been 30 to 50 feet deep.
> Today around mid-day I happened to drive NYS-89, after the west wind had
> been blowing several hours. The ice edge had eroded back from about #967 to
> about #911, and later I saw that the cluster of pilings was once again in
> open water, unlike yesterday. I expected some destruction, but maybe it
> won't be completely to the shallows, and with the next cold, as soon as
> there's calm, the ice may extend even farther.
>
> --Dave Nutter
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Donna Scott  wrote:
>
> Not a chance the whole lake will freeze over, Dave.
> No ice at all up here where it is 460 feet deep. 1 1/2 weeks ago water
> near shore was 39 degrees.
> It freezes only at the shallow ends and areas adjacent, usually.
> A little raft of Redheads, Ring Necks, swimming, diving here. Accompanied
> by some Mallards.
> Birding from my kitchen window on this wild, windy day seems good.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Donna Scott
>
> On Jan 26, 2014, at 11:02 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
>
> I don't know what possessed me to walk to the lake again today, having
> walked both to East Shore Park and past Treman to the lake yesterday.
> Anyway, the ice has grown considerably, extending about 3/4 of a mile from
> the land at Treman's lakeshore, so today's walk was longer than I expected.
> I did get fine views of ducks from between houses at about #967 Taughannock
> Blvd, including White-winged Scoters close to shore, plus all the
> Mergansers, all the (usual) *Aythya*, and Common Goldeneyes. The few
> Long-tailed Ducks I saw were diving next to the ice edge in the middle of
> the lake. I also saw Canada Geese, the usual 3 gull species, and an
> immature Bald Eagle on the ice. I wasn't able to scan the whole lake and
> saw no grebes, loons, or coots. The only *Anas* I saw was a single male
> Mallard flying over Inlet Island. With serious cold expected to return and
> continue for awhile, and the ice shelf already so big, I wonder how far it
> will grow, or if this could even be a rare year that the lake freezes
> over.
>
> --Dave Nutter
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee

[Asher Hockett]

Sunday morning I heard a Tufted Titmouse. I had to stop in my tracks to be
sure.


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Carol Keeler wrote:

> As I walked up the driveway to get my paper this morning, I was very
> surprised to hear Chickadee singing his phoebe song very sweetly over and
> over again.  Kind of cold to think about  spring, isn't it?  I've heard
> birds singing spring songs in February, but not January.
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[cayugabirds-l] Chickadee

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As I walked up the driveway to get my paper this morning, I was very surprised 
to hear Chickadee singing his phoebe song very sweetly over and over again.  
Kind of cold to think about  spring, isn't it?  I've heard birds singing spring 
songs in February, but not January.

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