[cayugabirds-l] My Catrbird is back!

2014-05-14 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
After four or five days delay he is back today!  I was starting worry that 
something happened to him and to my neighboring catbird.

I heard a single chatter at 4.11 am as I was awake from 3.30 am. So I got ready 
with my recorder if I heard the chatter again. I was wondering who made that 
sound, I was thinking may be the wren, but now I know it is the catbird.  Then 
everything was quiet till 6.40 am.  At 6.40 am he started singing and his 
phrases were so fast and lots of new sounds which I have not heard before. It 
seemed he was  in hurry to establish his territory and make sure nobody else 
has taken up the territory.  Now he is quiet.  So he must have landed at 4.11 
am and gone to sleep till 6.40 am.  And now again he is resting or looking for 
something to eat.



How cool! And I am so thrill he has returned! So one more season of saving my 
moths in the morning from his claws (or rather his beak), that means I have to 
be up before the day breaks and photograph the moths and scare them away from 
my sheet!



Cheers

Meena

Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://haribal.org/
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow, Cornell Campus

2014-05-14 Thread Brad Walker
Hi all,

Andrew Dreelin reports that the Clay-colored Sparrow is on the south side
of Goldwin Smith this morning.

- Brad



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 Late this evening a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was discovered on the Cornell
 Campus, originally in the Azalea Garden and then feeding on the road and in
 trees along paths on East Ave in front of Goldwin-Smith Hall just north of
 the intersection with Tower Road. The bird was moving around a lot and even
 singing occasionally. I'm sure the students will keep up updated if it is
 refound tomorrow.
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[cayugabirds-l] New Yard Bird

2014-05-14 Thread Carol Keeler
I'm so excited!  For the first time ever, I had a Scarlet Tanager under my 
feeder.  It didn't stay long.  Who knows what else came with those nasty storms?

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this morning

2014-05-14 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
Things were pretty quiet around the Wilson Trail, but activity picked up on the 
Severinghaus Trail between the Wilson Trail and the road. We found a SWAINSON'S 
THRUSH through here and then came upon a warbler flock high in the trees as we 
approached the road that included at least one BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and a 
NORTHERN PARULA. After the flock disappeared, we went across the street, where 
we refound the flock. We saw at least a dozen warblers foraging in the tree 
tops. Most were silent and backlit, but we found and heard BLACK-THROATED GREEN 
and BLACKBURNIAN.

Later on the wood chip trail that connects the Hoyt-Pileated Trail with the 
road, we found a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. This bird was very dark backed-from cap 
to tail, and it lacked face markings. It had limited, clear, dark spots on the 
lower throat and upper breast, surrounded by smudgy spots on the sides and 
lower breast. Like the bird I found before, this bird was very cooperative and 
let us study it for quite a while at about 10' away.

Anne Marie Johnson (with husband, Tim)



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[cayugabirds-l] Bird recordings

2014-05-14 Thread David Diaz
Hi all,

The American Bird Association has an ethics document that addresses the issue 
(see below).  

While it’s not as specific as I’d like, it clearly mentions heavily birded 
areas among a number of other caveats.  Given the fact that our region has lots 
of birders, many of whom have smart phones or iPods etc, I would assume that 
recordings are probably being played for recreational purposes with some 
regularity.  I’m assuming that each time a recording is played, it’s a 
disturbance event for the bird(s) among many other events including: predators, 
real” rivals of the same species, invasive species (plant and animal), West 
Nile Virus, human development (here and abroad), weather events, dogs, cats, 
all the crazy things they encounter in their winter habitats and during 
migrations, bad science, and truly unethical birders/wildlife watchers.  

Given all this, playing recordings for kicks doesn’t sound like a good thing to 
me.

Issue is probably not so simple as that, it’s just my two cents.  Hope I didn’t 
sound like some holy birder.  I’ve played recordings before and this discussion 
is causing me to rethink.

David Diaz
Trumansburg, NY

1(b) To avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger, exercise restraint 
and caution during observation, photography, sound recording, or filming.

Limit the use of recordings and other methods of attracting birds, and never 
use such methods in heavily birded areas or for attracting any species that is 
Threatened, Endangered, or of Special Concern, or is rare in your local area.

Keep well back from nests and nesting colonies, roosts, display areas, and 
important feeding sites. In such sensitive areas, if there is a need for 
extended observation, photography, filming, or recording, try to use a blind or 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] ANy resource for hybrid warbler photos?

2014-05-14 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi Alicia,
Warbler hybrids do occur, but in general they are less frequent (or at
least less frequently reported) than in some other groups, such as ducks.
The exception of course is Blue-winged x Golden-winged crosses, which are
seen quite frequently, especially in this part of the world. The bird you
describe sounds to me like an immature male American Redstart, which look
essentially identical to females their first year but often look blotchily
transitional their second. I just saw a similar looking bird to what you
describe at Sapsucker Woods, mostly like a female redstart but with a small
black mask and blotchy black markings on the body. Take a look at some
photos on the web and see if that seems reasonable for what you saw.

-Jay


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 Hi,

  As often happens after storms in May, we had a bunch of warblers in
 our yard this morning, and I just got in from four hours of watching them.
  (Since the part of our yard involved is only about an acres, this is a lot
 of time - partly it was birdy, partly it's hard to come in when there is
 anything at all to watch or hear.)  One bird definitely was not a standard
 issue warbler, but I don't have a camera so am reduced to looking at other
 people's pictures, although it was extremely cooperative and staying in
 clear view at or a little above eye level for 20 minutes and may still be
 there for all I know!  (But my neighbors with cameras have all gone to
 work.)  It seemed redstart-ish in many ways - size, feeding patterns, songs
 variable and generally w/i the redstart spectrum - and it also in many ways
 was like a female redstart in overall color.  However, the tail had a bit
 less yellow, it had a single short and very slim buffy wingbar, and, most
 peculiarly, it s head had a greyish cast and also a black mask that
 extended to the eyes. It had the same yellow shoulder patches but it also
 had a fairly large blotch of black on it's upper breast that was slightly
 off center to the left, where it met the yellow patch, but didn't extend
 nearly as far to the right; and a much smaller blotch a bit below that and
 on the right, with one or two very short vertical black lines below that
 smaller blotch.  The rest of the chin and breast, all the way to the tail,
 were white.

  I don't really expect anyone to recognize this bird from this
 description, but if you could point me toward a resource with photos. I'd
 be much obliged.

Alicia
oob in Ovid

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard, May 14, 2014

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Went to the Hawthorn Orchard early this morning and didn't expect much, given 
the cool temps and blustery winds from the SE. As it turns out, things picked 
up by about the time I needed to leave, probably as a result of the sun coming 
out.

The first highlight was hearing and then observing two MERLINS copulating in a 
spruce treetop across Mitchell Street, as visible from the Northeast corner of 
the Hawthorn Orchard. I'm guessing they will be nesting somewhere over in the 
East Hill Cemetery.

Then came my final highlight. As I was getting ready to head out, I met two 
undergrad students, Eric and Taylor (apologies for misspellings), who tipped me 
off to a male BAY-BREASTED WARBLER which they had seen minutes earlier in the 
Northeast corner. Fortunately, I came across the male BAY-BREASTED WARBLER 
silently foraging in a hawthorn tree right near the muddy Northeast Corner 
entrance.

As I was observing this bird, I kept hearing high frequency, short, thin seet 
flight notes, but couldn't quite localize where they were coming from. Finally, 
I honed in on their source, up in the top of the tallest Maple tree immediately 
adjacent to the Northeast corner. I got onto a warbler which turned out to be a 
nice male CAPE MAY WARBLER. Then, I saw movement of another bird, and another 
bird, and another bird, and another bird, and finally another bird. They were 
ALL CAPE MAY WARBLERS foraging in the treetop of this maple and giving constant 
contact flight notes. In total, five males and one female.

Then, as soon as I got on them, they rapidly flew down into the sunlit hedgerow 
of hawthorns adjacent to the one the Bay-breasted Warbler was in and began 
probing leaves and gorging themselves on extricated Tortricidae larvae (Tortrix 
or Leafroller Moths). This flock was feverishly moving around the hawthorn 
edges and were soon joined by both male and female MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, two male 
TENNESSEE WARBLERS and two AMERICAN REDSTARTS. I eventually moved myself around 
to the outside of the hedgerow to get better views of the Cape May Warblers, 
but by the time I had gotten to a location where the sun was to my back, the 
only Cape May Warbler remaining was a female. I suspect the rest of the males 
must have either moved along down the hedgerow or took flight and headed into 
the Hawthorn Orchard.

On my way out, I ran into Stuart Krasnoff and Bob McGuire who were just 
arriving. Hopefully, they will have similar success to report from today.

Overnight last night, following the thunderstorm-associated rain showers, the 
dominant canopy hawthorn flowers have resultantly totally popped open. If this 
small flock of Cape May Warblers is any indication, along with the arrival of 
at least four male Tennessee Warblers, and the Bay-breasted Warbler, this may 
be the beginning of full forage use of the Hawthorn Orchard by neotropical 
migrants this spring. Keep an eye out over the coming days, the potential is 
now there.

Thank you to Eric and Taylor for the Bay-breasted Warbler tip. Had I not 
stopped to look for that bird, I almost certainly would have missed those Cape 
May Warblers!

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY
May 14, 2014 7:25 AM - 8:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Really nice showing of Cape May Warblers in NE corner, later in 
AM walk.
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32 species (+1 other taxa)

Osprey  1
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Merlin  2 Heard calling, observed copulating in top of spruce tree across 
Mitchell Street in East Hill Cemetery.
Least Flycatcher  2
Blue Jay  4
Barn Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  8
Northern Mockingbird  1

Blue-winged Warbler  1 Heard singing, North ravine
Tennessee Warbler  4 Singing NW corner, NE corner, 3 males at one time in 
NE corner
Nashville Warbler  2 Singing NE corner
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  5 North ravine and NE corner
Cape May Warbler  6 1 female, at least 5 males; 4 in one binocular view at 
one point. In tall maple tree at NE corner, then descended into Hawthorn 
hedgerow just East of NE corner. Lots of short, thin flight notes. Rapidly 
moving flock.
Magnolia Warbler  11 Mostly in North ravine and NE corner
Bay-breasted Warbler  1 Silently foraging male in corner hawthorn, NE 
corner. Thanks to tip from Eric and Taylor!
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1 NE corner
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1 Singing, maples, East of NE corner
warbler sp.  5 Flyovers

Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1 NE corner
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Baltimore Oriole  1

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] redstart resource for warbler photos?

2014-05-14 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
Ageing and sexing website for American Redstart.  Will help with transitional 
plumages.  


http://www.migrationresearch.org/mbo/id/amred.html


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] ANy resource for hybrid warbler photos?

2014-05-14 Thread Alicia Plotkin
Yep, that's it!  While I haven't found any quite as weird as the bird I 
saw, the mask definitely seems identical to several, and one shows small 
blotches on the upper breast.

Thanks, Jay!

Alicia



On 5/14/2014 11:59 AM, Jay McGowan wrote:
 Hi Alicia,
 Warbler hybrids do occur, but in general they are less frequent (or at 
 least less frequently reported) than in some other groups, such as 
 ducks. The exception of course is Blue-winged x Golden-winged crosses, 
 which are seen quite frequently, especially in this part of the world. 
 The bird you describe sounds to me like an immature male American 
 Redstart, which look essentially identical to females their first year 
 but often look blotchily transitional their second. I just saw a 
 similar looking bird to what you describe at Sapsucker Woods, mostly 
 like a female redstart but with a small black mask and blotchy black 
 markings on the body. Take a look at some photos on the web and see if 
 that seems reasonable for what you saw.

 -Jay


 On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.com 
 mailto:t...@zoom-dsl.com wrote:

 Hi,

  As often happens after storms in May, we had a bunch of
 warblers in our yard this morning, and I just got in from four
 hours of watching them.  (Since the part of our yard involved is
 only about an acres, this is a lot of time - partly it was birdy,
 partly it's hard to come in when there is anything at all to watch
 or hear.)  One bird definitely was not a standard issue warbler,
 but I don't have a camera so am reduced to looking at other
 people's pictures, although it was extremely cooperative and
 staying in clear view at or a little above eye level for 20
 minutes and may still be there for all I know!  (But my neighbors
 with cameras have all gone to work.)  It seemed redstart-ish in
 many ways - size, feeding patterns, songs variable and generally
 w/i the redstart spectrum - and it also in many ways was like a
 female redstart in overall color.  However, the tail had a bit
 less yellow, it had a single short and very slim buffy wingbar,
 and, most peculiarly, it s head had a greyish cast and also a
 black mask that extended to the eyes. It had the same yellow
 shoulder patches but it also had a fairly large blotch of black on
 it's upper breast that was slightly off center to the left, where
 it met the yellow patch, but didn't extend nearly as far to the
 right; and a much smaller blotch a bit below that and on the
 right, with one or two very short vertical black lines below that
 smaller blotch.  The rest of the chin and breast, all the way to
 the tail, were white.

  I don't really expect anyone to recognize this bird from this
 description, but if you could point me toward a resource with
 photos. I'd be much obliged.

Alicia
oob in Ovid

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard, Tuesday, May 13, 2014

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes

This is a little delayed, but is an interesting comparison to today.

Best bird yesterday was a softly singing and scolding, brightly-colored, male 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO in the very Northeast corner of the Hawthorn Orchard. Jay 
McGowan and Livia Santana were already observing it as I was walking toward the 
source of the softly singing Red-eyed Vireo sound-alike, suspecting Philly 
Vireo.

It is fairly common to have general daily turnover of migrants at the Hawthorn 
Orchard, especially with low food resources there. Now that the Tortricidae 
larvae have hatched, there may be more birds arriving and staying for longer 
durations…I hope.

Tuesday, there was only one hawthorn tree that I observed with flowers open on 
the crown…compared to most of the crowns open today.

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY
May 13, 2014 7:00 AM - 8:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
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37 species (+1 other taxa)

Osprey  1 Flying with fish in direction of Game Farm Rd
Mourning Dove  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Philadelphia Vireo  1 Bright male singing and scolding softly at NE corner.
Red-eyed Vireo  1 Singing in oaks, NW corner
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Wood Thrush  1 Male singing NE corner in ravine
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  8
Brown Thrasher  1 Male singing from various tall perches in middle Northern 
side
European Starling  6

Northern Waterthrush  1 Singing near West edge of South creek.
Blue-winged Warbler  1 Female
Black-and-white Warbler  1 Female
Tennessee Warbler  1 Male singing quietly in NW corner
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  2
Magnolia Warbler  1 Male singing middle West side
Yellow Warbler  6
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
warbler sp.  6 Flyovers

Song Sparrow  4
Scarlet Tanager  1 Male singing, passing through NE of Hawthorn Orchard
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  2 Flyover
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn birds

2014-05-14 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
I spent the late morning at Hawthorn. As Chris's RBA pointed out there was a 
nice selection of migrants. With a good chunk of time spent birding with Larry 
Hymes. 
There were multiple copies of Blue-winged, Chestnut-sided, Bay-breasted, 
Blackpoll , Yellow-rumped, Tennessee, Yellow, A. Redstart, C. Yellowthroat , 
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia and Nashville Warblers. There was one Wilson's and a 
B-T. Green Warbler. We had stellar looks at 2 Swainson's thrush with one of 
them singing and the two Merlin's displaying. Many Red-eyed Vireos a 
Blue-headed Vireo along with Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak helped past 
the time. 
I misses the Cape May Warblers, but it's one of the days where if you keep at 
it silent birds pop-up every where. 
Good birding , 

Gary 


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow, Cornell Campus

2014-05-14 Thread Jay McGowan
The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continues around the lawns and flowering trees
south of Goldwin-Smith hall on Cornell Campus this evening.

Gary Kohlenberg also found a nice LAWRENCE'S WARBLER singing on Burns Road
this evening.
On May 14, 2014 8:05 AM, Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Hi all,

 Andrew Dreelin reports that the Clay-colored Sparrow is on the south side
 of Goldwin Smith this morning.

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 On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Late this evening a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was discovered on the Cornell
 Campus, originally in the Azalea Garden and then feeding on the road and in
 trees along paths on East Ave in front of Goldwin-Smith Hall just north of
 the intersection with Tower Road. The bird was moving around a lot and even
 singing occasionally. I'm sure the students will keep up updated if it is
 refound tomorrow.
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[cayugabirds-l] Chimney Swifts

2014-05-14 Thread Sara Jane Hymes
I thought I would share this email from Bryant Park List Serve, that even 
non-birders are enjoying the Chimney Swifts:

Neighbors,

It appears that the flock of Chimney Swifts has returned to the Belle Sherman 
school chimney. They put on quite a show...I'd recommend it!

If you're interested, they begin gathering about 8:20 (at least that's been 
their pattern over the past few days). After 15-20 minutes of flying in big 
circles over the school and surrounding area the flock (50-60?) then streams 
into the chimney for the night. It's quite fascinating.

I'm not a birder, so if anyone has more information to share, please do!

Regards,
-Rob
(603 Mitchell)
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[cayugabirds-l] Nighthawk

2014-05-14 Thread Martha Fischer
I heard a Common Nighthawk this evening at home in Enfield. The sound moved 
away to the north.


Martha Fischer

Enfield, NY


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