[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys in Lansing & Cass Psrk; Bald Eagles at Glenwood Pines
Area Osprey Comings and Goings: On Friday morning I saw a male osprey carrying sticks to the Portland Point nest and on Saturday Robyn Bailey saw the pair together with sticks for the nest. Saturday, the female spent much of her time sitting on the nest, but I only saw the male once as he delivered a stick. to the nest. Friday, there was a report of an osprey dropping a stick in the new platform on Myers Hill and a sighting of an osprey sitting on the platform perch at 4 pm Saturday. I have yet to see an osprey around the Old Myers Hill platform nest despite numerous attempts, but I have seen a plump Red-tailed Hawk sitting on the perch on both Friday and several times Saturday. I suspect the hawk was mistaken for an osprey at the new Old Myers Hill platform, but I certainly could be wrong. Saturday was the first osprey action I have seen at Salt Point, but I did not get close enough views to tell if they were the adults from last year. Two ospreys began flying around the platform just after the rain stopped around 4:30 pm and Cindy and Karel Sedlacek witnessed a mating attempt by two of them at the nest. The osprey pair was soon joined by a third and eventually a forth and they persisted flying on the wind in a graceful, loose formations. Flying up and down the shoreline for several miles and in and out of the clouds before circling around the SP platform, which was clearly the focus of their attention. Of the four ospreys at SP, only one was a female. . Sunday will hopefully reveal if the ospreys at SP are last years' adults Ophelia and Orpheus. and give more clues as to whether the Old Myers Hill platform has been discovered by ospreys already. There were also four ospreys vying for the Cass Park platform today around 3:30 pm and a pair of Bald Eagles were seen mating in their nest just down hill from the Glenwood Pines. There has been quite a few, very colorful Red-tailed Hawks around Ladoga Point, along Salmon Creek from upstream of Rt. 34 to Myers Park, and in the Finger Lakes Marina. Stay warm1 Candace -- 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] Whoops Pied billed
. A real Horned Grebe was fishing in the very rough waters of Salmon Creek.from at least 4 pm, until after 6 pm today. Candace On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Stuart Krasnoff wrote: > I guess I hallucinated nice orange horns on a pied billed grebe when from > Stewart Park but I can only find pie billed from the southern end of the > Eastshore sailing docks. > > From the semi-opposable thumbs of SB Krasnoff via 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 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] OOB Migration Today in Broome County
Caspian Tern and American Bittern are both due back in the Cayuga Lake Basin and would be new for 2014. The others species mentioned are already starting to be reported. http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-recordsThanks for the bird/weather report, Dave! Looking at Ithaca's hourly weather forecast graph which Dave's team makeshttp://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.44220&lon=-76.50020&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphicalthe NW winds are still strong enough to inhibit migration tonight (at least it's minimal on radar now), but winds will calm toward dawn through tomorrow and turn southeasterly but light Sunday night, becoming strong south winds Monday during the day, and strong southeasterly winds Monday night but with rain starting in the afternoon or evening. So I'd say expect diurnal migrants Sunday, some nocturnal migrants Sunday night, and more diurnal migrants Monday, but nothing Monday night. However, I haven't checked what's happening upstream where the birds would be coming from.--Dave NutterOn Apr 05, 2014, at 08:11 PM, david nicosia wrote:Lots of bird species on the move today. In several placeswe have had small flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS in Broome County. Also CASPIAN TERNs in two locations, RED-THROATED LOON in Upper Lisle(rare for Broome), COMMON LOON, and BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Also ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and AMERICAN BITTERN. These birds should be in the Cayuga basin soonif not already (I know Bonaparte's gulls have been seen). Not sure if any of these others have been seen this year. I have not checked e-bird. Also every water way seemed to have many TREE SWALLOWS moving. I literally had a "flux" of tree swallows pass bymy scope!! I estimated several hundred in one partof the Susquehanna River alone. Next couple days also look promising weather-wise...Good luck to all. Dave Nicosia -- 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] Dryden: Bonaparte's Gulls & Common Tern
On my SFO trip to Dryden Lake this morning Jason Huck found 2 winter plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the edge of the ice which still covers the middle half of the lake. Later I told Susan Danskin about them, and she went in search of them. She did not find the gulls, but at the pond along NYS-38 closer to the Village of Dryden ("the one with dead trees where there's never any birds") she found a breeding plumage COMMON TERN as well as a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and an OSPREY. Unbeknownst to us Nita Irby had seen possibly the same COMMON TERN this morning at Dryden Lake about an hour before my group arrived. Since this species had not been previously reported for the Cayuga Lake Basin this year, Susan asked me if she should send out a rare bird alert. I replied that the species not really rare, just first and a bit early, but the scale to use is the amount of adrenaline it provokes. Susan is pretty even-keeled; she did not send out an RBA. I, on the other hand, succumbed to temptation and returned to Desolate Pond in Dryden, where I was so pleased to see those birds that I wished other birders could have such an uncommonly good look at an uncommon Common Tern flying around over a fairly small body of water and posing for scope views on the branch of a fallen dead tree. So, rationalizing that one criterion for an RBA is that others are apt to refind the bird (there it still was, an hour after Susan's call, so why wouldn't it wait for other birders?) I sent out an RBA. The tern promptly took flight and flew out of view to the northwest.--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] OOB Migration Today in Broome County
Lots of bird species on the move today. In several places we have had small flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS in Broome County. Also CASPIAN TERNs in two locations, RED-THROATED LOON in Upper Lisle(rare for Broome), COMMON LOON, and BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Also ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and AMERICAN BITTERN. These birds should be in the Cayuga basin soon if not already (I know Bonaparte's gulls have been seen). Not sure if any of these others have been seen this year. I have not checked e-bird. Also every water way seemed to have many TREE SWALLOWS moving. I literally had a "flux" of tree swallows pass by my scope!! I estimated several hundred in one part of the Susquehanna River alone. Next couple days also look promising weather-wise... Good luck to all. Dave Nicosia -- 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] Yellowlegs
I spotted a Greater Yellowlegs on mud at the west end of the rte 31 causeway across the mucklands around noon. There was also a large Calidris-type sandpiper, probably Pectoral Sandpiper -Geo Kloppel -- 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] N. Rough-winged Swallows
I had my FOY Northern Rough-winged Swallows mixed with Tree Swallows Friday in the wind shadow of the Aurora bluffs. I don't think I've ever been happier to find a flock of Swallows as I am after this winter. I also did a quick trip around the auto loop at Montezuma. Large numbers of Ring-necked Ducks are spread out in the cattail stubble along with many Gadwall, Bufflehead, Coot and American Wigeon. I also saw one Long-tailed Duck which I don't ever remember finding in the main pool before. The large Redhead numbers have dissipated and I only saw handfuls of them. Gary -- 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] Whoops Pied billed
I guess I hallucinated nice orange horns on a pied billed grebe when from Stewart Park but I can only find pie billed from the southern end of the Eastshore sailing docks. >From the semi-opposable thumbs of SB Krasnoff via 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] Horned grebe near east shore
There's a nice breeding plumage horned Grebe at east shore park south of the most southerly docks. >From the semi-opposable thumbs of SB Krasnoff via 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] woodcocks
This morning, at 0600, while getting the morning paper, I heard a WOODCOCK peenting and chirping from the field close-by. I could make out another one singing farther to the west. They quit at 0615. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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/ --
