[cayugabirds-l] Towhee
As Eastern Towhee is singing outside the window! FOY for the yard. Bob McGuire -- 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] NYSOA field trip in May
The New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) is offering a field trip to the Intervale Lowlands Preserve in Lake Placid in the Adirondacks on the weekend of 16-17 May 2015. The weekend will start with an optional bird walk at Bloomingdale Bog on 16 May, and that afternoon Larry Master will give a presentation on the history and natural history of the Intervale Lowland Preserve. The main event will be a bird walk at the preserve on 17 May, where we hope to see Black-backed Woodpecker, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and many of the 17 species of warbler that breed here. Visit the NYSOA web site (www.nybirds.org http://www.nybirds.org/) for more information including instructions about how to register for the trip. Kathy Schneider for NYSOA -- 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] 10th annual Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest
Throughout May, Ill be conducting the 10th annual Spring Bird Quest (SBQ) on preserves of the Finger Lakes Land Trust throughout our region. The SBQ has three purposes: * To give birders of all skill levels an opportunity to come together and enjoy birds at some of the finest spots in our area, at the best time of year * To spread the word the Land Trusts role in preserving vital habitat for the birds we love * To raise funds to support the Land Trusts continuing work. In the past, weve held the event only on Memorial Day weekend, but this year, we will have SBQ activities on all five weekends in the month. There will be no fewer than eight public walks, including several at beautiful sites that we Ithaca birders almost never think to visit. See below for the schedule. (Some sites are far from Ithaca. I can offer rides from northeast Ithaca for up to three people. Contact me if youre interested.) All the walks are free; donations on the spot are most welcome but not at all required. Moreover, Ill be counting bird species found at the preserves over the month and raising pledge money per species. Proceeds from the first nine SBQs have exceeded $35,000. I have a crazy hope of raising $10,000 for the 10th SBQ, from at least 100 donors. In support of this goal, a supporter of the SBQ and the Land Trust has pledged $10 per donor up to 100 donors. Can you help us to achieve these goals? If youre interested in pledging, please contact me. You may also donate a flat amount online at http://www.fllt.org/donate/. And it would be fantastic some of you might do your own species count and raise your own pledges. Let me know if youre interested. I look forward to seeing many of you out on the walks next month! Mark Chao Saturday, May 2 (Rain date May 3) 8:00 AM Wesley Hill Nature Preserve Come and visit the mature forests of Wesley Hill, our westernmost preserve, home to Briggs Gully and sweeping views of the hills surrounding Honeoye Lakes southern end. Directions: From Honeoye, take Rt. 20A east to East Lake Road. Follow East Lake Rd. south for a short distance and then turn left on County Rd. 33. Continue a short distance and turn right on Pinewood Hill Rd. Follow Pinewood Hill, then Gulick Road south toward Cumming Nature Center, for a total of 6.4 miles to preserve entrance, on right. (This preserve is about 1 hour and 50 minutes from Ithaca.) Saturday, May 9 (Rain date May 10) 8:00 AM Bahar Nature Preserve and Carpenter Falls at 8:00 am This preserve includes a forested ravine alongside Bear Swamp Creek as well as 65 feet of Skaneateles lakeshore. After this walk, head over to the High Vista Preserve for more birding! Directions: From Route 38 in Moravia, take Route 38A north for about 6.9 miles. Turn right onto Burdock Street, and continue for one mile after Burdock turns into New Hope Road. Turn left onto Rt. 41A north, then right (east) on Appletree Point Rd. and follow for 1.6 miles to parking area, on left. Saturday, May 9 (Rain date May 10) 10:30 AM High Vista Preserve Join us for a walk high above the eastern shore of Skaneateles Lake at this diverse hillside forest full of songbirds. Directions: From Bahar Nature Preserve Carpenter Falls, head southeast on Carver Rd. toward Glen Cove Rd., then turn left on N. Glen Haven Rd. After 5 miles, turn right onto Glen Haven Rd./E. Lake Rd., then turn left onto Vincent Hill Rd. The parking area will be on the left. From Rt. 41 south of Skaneateles, turn onto Vincent Hill Road West, just north of the Cortland/Onondaga County line. After about 1/3 mile, the road bends to the southwest and there is a small parking area on the right-hand side. Saturday, May 16 8:00 am VanRiper Conservation Area and Whitlock Nature Preserve, Romulus Bird walk led by the Eaton Birding Society Ill plan to join the Eaton Birding Society on this walk through the woods to the lake shore. Directions from the South: The preserves are approximately 23 miles north of Ithaca; 2.6 miles north of County Rt. 138; and 2 miles north of the Thirsty Owl winery. The gravel parking area is on the right side of Rt. 89. Saturday, May 23 8:00 AM Dorothy McIlroy Bird Sanctuary, Summerhill This preserve contains deep hemlock woods, some sunny edges, and a fen. Directions: From Main Street in Groton, turn east on Route 222 (E. Cortland Street). After 2.2 miles, turn left onto Salt Road. Turn left onto Salt Road, then right on Route 90 to Lake Como Rd. Turn left on Lake Como Rd. and continue for about 2 miles until you come to Fire Lane A. Make a right onto lane to find the parking area on the right. Sunday, May 24 8:00 AM Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, West Danby This preserve, perhaps the Land Trust spot most renowned for birds, comprises open fields, a large pond, forests, and various edge habitats. From Ithaca, take Rt. 13 south to junction
[cayugabirds-l] More W Danby Birds
I would like to add to my earlier post of today: Two pairs of HERMIT THRUSHES foraging along Maple Avenue. A pair of FIELD SPARROWS, one singing lustily, at Lindsay-Parsons. Two Great Blue Herons on nests on the pond by the fire station. Bob -- 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] Birding Ford Hill Rd
In Lansing, this morning, while my car was being repaired at Snyder's Repair Shop on Ford Hill Rd (excellent place, specializes in foreign cars, great waiting room with bird feeders over garden outside). Ford Hill Rd. is a little dead-end off Lansingville Rd. just north of intersection with Lockerby Hill /Jerry Smith Roads (those roads change names there). Right off the bat while walking down the hill to end of road and into the large NYSEG-owned, partially-thicketed meadow with small trees and a narrow woods edge around some of it, I found a pair of Chipping Sparrows, a Song Sparrow, then a pair of Bluebirds (checking out a blue bird nest box in a yard). Robins were all over the place, along with a few House Sparrows. I heard a lot of RW Blackbirds and Grackles. I walked around the gate and into the meadow with its great view across the Salmon Creek valley; it was sunny and quiet. After clomping around a thicket and a muddy ATV track, I started hearing more birds. I looked up ahead and saw a beautiful Brown Thrasher (FOY for me) sitting near the top of a small tree singing away in the sun. An all-yellow male Goldfinch sat in another tree nearby. Soon some Black Capped Chickadees appeared very near where I stood and Song Sparrows flitted about. More Robins explored the ground. I circled around to another ATV trail that runs in the small woods along a farm field above the meadow; saw some Crows. Not much else there except 2 Downy Woodpeckers drumming in response to the other (I think). I ended up back at the end of Ford Hill Rd. and went back into the meadow, where I heard some faint Field Sparrow songs. I walked downhill and stood still listening and lo and behold 2 Field Sparrows flew right behind me into a bush! I got a nice close look at them. (Also, FOY for me). Then I heard and saw 2 E. Phoebes and watched them flycatching with their little circular flight off the branch and back again. As I walked back to the end of Ford Hill road, I found a pair of N. Flickers working the lawn where the Bluebirds had previously been. It was a glorious morning! I have heard that we are not supposed to go into this meadow area, but the man who runs the repair shop said the locals all go there, so I thought I would too. My bad. Donna L. Scott Lansing, -- 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] Gravel Rd Osprey
First saw the Gravel Road Osprey (the one South of 318) on Monday afternoon. JVN -- 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] Campus Club Bird Study Group, April 14
Tuesday morning, April 14, Campus Club Bird Study Group at Myers and Salt Point European Starling House Sparrow American Robin Eastern Bluebird American Crow Grackle Red-winged Blackbird Mourning Dove Osprey Ring-billed Gull Caspian Tern Kingfisher Common Loon Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Hooded Merganser Common Merganser American Coot Redhead Bufflehead Horned Grebe Ruddy Duck -- 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] Woodcocks
After reading the description of Woodcock lek habitat (am I using the term correctly??), it occurred to me that they might be present in the field next to and behind my house so I stomped out through my marshy backyard and through the little woodlot to the edge. Sure enough, I heard peenting! Didn't dare venture farther since a) I had foolishly neglected to bring a flashlight with which to find my way back; and b) I didn't want to risk disturbing the birds. On Monday evening at the airport I heard peenting but could not get a visual. Tonight I tried again and heard both peenting and the whistling audio of the display but again could not find a bird with my binoculars. Also heard what sounded like a Great Horned Owl from somewhere in the woods east of Mohawk Road. On 4/13/2015 6:10 PM, Carol Keeler wrote: Does weather effect the Woodcock's sky dance? Do they stay down when it's windy like today? Or do hormones dictate their behavior and weather has no effect. Sent from my iPad -- 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/ --
