[cayugabirds-l] Todays birding notes

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

?I went to Hammond Hill in the hopes of recording Ruffed Grouse, but I just 
manage to hear them (two of them) and got a faint recording.

Boy the forests are so noisy out there! Initially the wind was slow, and later 
it became up to 10 miles an hour or so. In  the breeze, dry leaves on the 
ground and dry birch made so much of noise it was impossible not to hear them 
through the microphone. When you are just listening somehow your brain filters 
the surround sounds and impresses on you on the sound you want to listen to.

There were Swamp Sparrow, Chickadees and Ruby Crowned Kinglet singing right at 
the entrance of the Hammond Hill Road. I got nice recordings, of course with 
the leaf noises of Dark-eyed Junco, Brown Creeper, four species of woodpeckers 
drumming (Red-bellied, Hairy, Northern Flicker and Yellow-bellied sapsuckers) 
almost in five minutes with some overlaps along with a tree which sounded like 
an woodpecker.  A Hermit Thrush was also singing but was in a distance.


Later I got an overlapping songs of Chipping and Song sparrows.


Also a note of interest is on one of the small ponds along Irish Settlement 
road there was a female Bufflehead.


In the afternoon I was looking out of the window when I found both squirrel and 
rabbit dash to cover. So I went outside to see if any hawk was present. But I 
did not see any.  A little later, may be half an hour later, I went to take a 
stock of my vegetable plot, when I heard and saw a male and female cardinals 
dash into multiflora rose bush with a alarm calls and hunker down.  Soon I 
found two hawks take off form somewhere nearby, may be they were in my trees. 
One was slightly smaller than the other. First I thought they were Broad-winged 
Hawks because of the wing shape, but soon realized they had very long tails. So 
watched them, the smaller one had greyish underside and the other had streaks. 
They circled above my yard for several minutes  and kept going higher and 
higher till they were almost visible as a speck with binoculars and headed 
northwardly direction. I noticed they had a very large patch of white sides of 
the tail. I am suspecting they were Northern Goshawk an adult and a younger 
bird.


Finally, in the evening I went for a fusion music concert of Shakuhachi and a 
guitar like sounding traditional instrument of Aomori Prefecture (forgot the 
name Shamisen?) and Indian tabla. I found that my brain was processing only two 
instrument at a time and not all the three instruments. So that reminded me of 
my earlier comment of leaf noise not being perceived by my brain. So I have a 
question for musicians/musical minded people out there, when you are at a 
concert how does your brain process the sounds form different instruments?  How 
does that relate to processing hearing multiply singing birds? Do you hear all 
birds at once or you notice them one by one?  Give it as a challenge next time 
you are out there listening!



Meena





Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://www.haribal.org/
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts
Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf




--

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] Re: RE:[cayugabirds-l] [bluewing-group] Today's Little Gull Cayuga Lake

[Dave Nutter]

About 4 miles north of Dean's Cove and just north of 4590 NYS-89, a bright 
yellow house, there's a gravel pull-off near a dock with twin thatch-roofed 
boat shelters. That's where I saw 2 of the LITTLE GULLS were when Jay McGowan 
reported them. They then moved a bit south, though they were still visible in a 
flock of a couple hundred BONAPARTE'S GULLS swimming and feeding 
phalarope-style dabbing at the water. I don't think there are other safe & 
legal places to pull off in that area. If you want to see them I would not 
delay. Today's numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls that the Little Gulls are with are 
phenomenal, and these birds are migrating, though rain and continuing insect 
emergence may cause them to delay a bit.

--Dave Nutter


On Apr 19, 2015, at 08:40 PM, Glenn Wilson  wrote:

> I want to go tomorrow too but the TV says RAIN for the next 5 days L.
>
> Glenn
>
>  
>
> From: bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Linda K Tuyn
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 8:31 PM
> To: David Nicosia
> Cc: Cayugabirds-L; Bluewing-group
> Subject: Re: [bluewing-group] Today's Little Gull Cayuga Lake
>
>  
>
> Wow! Great bird and photos! Were you at Dean's Cove or thereabouts? An 
> address? I may go up tomorrow..
>
>  
>
> Linda T
>
>  
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 6:08 PM, 'david nicosia' via bluewing-group 
>  wrote:
>
> Again, thanks to timely rare bird alerts from Jay McGowan and Tim Lenz, I was 
> successful in getting this life bird.
>
>  
>
> I took a few photos. Great bird! Thanks Tim and Jay!
>
>  
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157652069955115/
>
>  
>
> Dave Nicosia
>
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> "bluewing-group" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
> email to bluewing-group+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>
>  
>
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> "bluewing-group" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
> email to bluewing-group+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
> --
> 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 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] 2015 basin first records updated

[Dave Nutter]

I have updated the 2015 First Records List for the Cayuga Lake Basin here:

http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records

My apologies for taking so long. Even now I have not double-checked all the 
info. Please let me know if you believe any of the information - species, 
observer(s), location, date - to be incorrect or incomplete.

--Dave Nutter
--

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] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

[Dave Bulatek & Teresa Wagner Bulatek]

There is a Red-tailed hawk nest not far from the owls' nest.  We have photos 
of the owls from Friday evening, April 17.

Teresa
- Original Message - 
From: "Noe Fernandez Pozo" 

To: "CAYUGABIRDS-L" 
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: 
owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.



Hi,

I saw the GHO on the nest today.

Cheers,
Noe



On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Susan Danskin  wrote:

A friend sent me a photo of the chick in the nest time stamped 10:45 am 
today.  is it possible John’s group was looking at a different nest?  I 
know Gary K said he spent a bunch of time looking at the wrong nest a 
couple of weeks ago.

Susan






On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Paul Schmitt  wrote:

Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning.  This 
report does not match.


Paul Schmitt

Sent from my iPad


On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:

Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. 
One adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
< I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in 
residence.>


Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read 
[m...@cornell.edu]

Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest

John Confer wrote:

< We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great 
Horned Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in 
sight, there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I 
know some species reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor 
species in the same season? If the red-tail is incubating, it must have 
started laying almost immediately after the GHOW left, because it was 
there just two weeks ago.


Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw 
the GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there 
myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence.


What happened?

Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
[con...@ithaca.edu]

Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy

 The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many 
migrants: one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then 
a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen 
at Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more 
common waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy 
Duck, which we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the 
picnic tables near the band shelter.  We did hear the wheesey call and 
see glimpses of two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall 
Creek.



 We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great 
Horned Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in 
sight, there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I 
know some species reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor 
species in the same season? If the red-tail is incubating, it must have 
started laying almost immediately after the GHOW left, because it was 
there just two weeks ago.



 Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot 
of guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view 
of a flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird 
on the ground, apparently eating ants.



 Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair 
carrying material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch 
along the south end of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some 
material from the nest, which reminded me of trying to move furniture to 
please my wife.



A nice morning of birding.


John Confer





--
Cayugabirds-L List Info:
Welcome and Basics
Rules and Information

RE:[cayugabirds-l] [bluewing-group] Today's Little Gull Cayuga Lake

[Glenn Wilson]

I want to go tomorrow too but the TV says RAIN for the next 5 days L.

Glenn

 

From: bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com [mailto:bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Linda K Tuyn
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 8:31 PM
To: David Nicosia
Cc: Cayugabirds-L; Bluewing-group
Subject: Re: [bluewing-group] Today's Little Gull Cayuga Lake

 

Wow! Great bird and photos! Were you at Dean's Cove or thereabouts? An address? 
I may go up tomorrow..

 

Linda T

 

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 6:08 PM, 'david nicosia' via bluewing-group 
 wrote:

Again, thanks to timely rare bird alerts from Jay McGowan and Tim Lenz, I was 
successful in getting this life bird. 

 

I took a few photos. Great bird! Thanks Tim and Jay! 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157652069955115/

 

Dave Nicosia

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"bluewing-group" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to bluewing-group+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

 

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"bluewing-group" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to bluewing-group+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.


--

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] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

[Noe Fernandez Pozo]

Hi,

I saw the GHO on the nest today.

Cheers,
Noe


> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Susan Danskin  wrote:
> 
> A friend sent me a photo of the chick in the nest time stamped 10:45 am 
> today.  is it possible John’s group was looking at a different nest?  I know 
> Gary K said he spent a bunch of time looking at the wrong nest a couple of 
> weeks ago.
> Susan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Paul Schmitt  wrote:
>> 
>> Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning.  This 
>> report does not match.
>> 
>> Paul Schmitt
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One 
>>> adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
>>> < I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in 
>>> residence.>
>>> 
>>> Marie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>>> 452 Ringwood Road
>>> Freeville NY  13068 USA
>>> 
>>> Phone  607-539-6608
>>> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
>>> 
>>> http://www.marieread.com
>>> 
>>> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
>>> 
>>> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
>>> 
>>> From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
>>> [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read 
>>> [m...@cornell.edu]
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
>>> To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
>>> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest
>>> 
>>> John Confer wrote:
>>> 
>>> < We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great 
>>> Horned Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in 
>>> sight, there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I 
>>> know some species reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species 
>>> in the same season? If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started 
>>> laying almost immediately after the GHOW left, because it was there just 
>>> two weeks ago.
>>> 
>>> Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw 
>>> the GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there 
>>> myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence.
>>> 
>>> What happened?
>>> 
>>> Marie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>>> 452 Ringwood Road
>>> Freeville NY  13068 USA
>>> 
>>> Phone  607-539-6608
>>> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
>>> 
>>> http://www.marieread.com
>>> 
>>> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
>>> 
>>> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
>>> 
>>> From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
>>> [bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
>>> [con...@ithaca.edu]
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
>>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
>>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy
>>> 
>>>  The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
>>> one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a 
>>> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at 
>>> Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more common 
>>> waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, 
>>> which we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic 
>>> tables near the band shelter.  We did hear the wheesey call and see 
>>> glimpses of two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall Creek.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
>>> Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, 
>>> there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some 
>>> species reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same 
>>> season? If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost 
>>> immediately after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
>>> guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
>>> flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
>>> ground, apparently eating ants.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
>>> material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south 
>>> end of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, 
>>> which reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A nice morning of birding.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> John Confer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Cayugabirds-L List 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

[Susan Danskin]

A friend sent me a photo of the chick in the nest time stamped 10:45 am today.  
is it possible John’s group was looking at a different nest?  I know Gary K 
said he spent a bunch of time looking at the wrong nest a couple of weeks ago.
Susan





> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Paul Schmitt  wrote:
> 
> Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning.  This 
> report does not match.
> 
> Paul Schmitt
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
>> 
>> Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One 
>> adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
>> < I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in 
>> residence.>
>> 
>> Marie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>> 452 Ringwood Road
>> Freeville NY  13068 USA
>> 
>> Phone  607-539-6608
>> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
>> 
>> http://www.marieread.com
>> 
>> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
>> 
>> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
>> 
>> From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
>> [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read 
>> [m...@cornell.edu]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
>> To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
>> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest
>> 
>> John Confer wrote:
>> 
>> < We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
>> Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
>> was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
>> reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? 
>> If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost 
>> immediately after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
>> 
>> Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw the 
>> GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there myself on 
>> Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence.
>> 
>> What happened?
>> 
>> Marie
>> 
>> 
>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>> 452 Ringwood Road
>> Freeville NY  13068 USA
>> 
>> Phone  607-539-6608
>> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
>> 
>> http://www.marieread.com
>> 
>> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
>> 
>> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
>> 
>> From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
>> [bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
>> [con...@ithaca.edu]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy
>> 
>>   The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
>> one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a 
>> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at 
>> Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more common 
>> waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which 
>> we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables 
>> near the band shelter.  We did hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two 
>> Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall Creek.
>> 
>> 
>>   We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
>> Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
>> was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
>> reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? 
>> If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost 
>> immediately after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
>> 
>> 
>>   Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
>> guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
>> flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
>> ground, apparently eating ants.
>> 
>> 
>>   Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
>> material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south 
>> end of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, 
>> which reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.
>> 
>> 
>>  A nice morning of birding.
>> 
>> 
>> John Confer
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Cayugabirds-L List Info:
>> Welcome and Basics
>> Rules and Information
>> Subscribe, Configuration and 
>> Leave

Re: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

[Paul Schmitt]

Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning.  This 
report does not match.

Paul Schmitt

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
> Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One 
> adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
> < I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in 
> residence.>
> 
> Marie
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
> 452 Ringwood Road
> Freeville NY  13068 USA
> 
> Phone  607-539-6608
> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
> 
> http://www.marieread.com
> 
> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
> 
> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
> 
> From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
> [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read 
> [m...@cornell.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
> To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest
> 
> John Confer wrote:
> 
> < We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
> Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
> was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
> reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? 
> If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
> after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
> 
> Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw the 
> GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there myself on 
> Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence.
> 
> What happened?
> 
> Marie
> 
> 
> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
> 452 Ringwood Road
> Freeville NY  13068 USA
> 
> Phone  607-539-6608
> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
> 
> http://www.marieread.com
> 
> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
> 
> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
> 
> From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
> [bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
> [con...@ithaca.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy
> 
>The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
> one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a 
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at 
> Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more common 
> waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which 
> we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables 
> near the band shelter.  We did hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two 
> Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall Creek.
> 
> 
>We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
> Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
> was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
> reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? 
> If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
> after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
> 
> 
>Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
> guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
> flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
> ground, apparently eating ants.
> 
> 
>Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
> material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south 
> end of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, 
> which reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.
> 
> 
>   A nice morning of birding.
> 
> 
> John Confer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 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 List Info:
> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsW

RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

[Marie P. Read]

Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One 
adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
< I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in 
residence.>

Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read 
[m...@cornell.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest

John Confer wrote:

< We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? If 
the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
>

Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw the GH 
Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there myself on Friday 
morning when the owls were definitely in residence.

What happened?

Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
[con...@ithaca.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy

The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at Stewart Park had few 
birds and the waterfront produced the more common waterfowl. An ornithology 
class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which we missed. We heard and saw 
Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables near the band shelter.  We did 
hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the 
west band of Fall Creek.


We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? If 
the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.


Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
ground, apparently eating ants.


Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south end 
of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, which 
reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.


   A nice morning of birding.


John Confer





--
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 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:

[cayugabirds-l] Today's Little Gull Cayuga Lake

[david nicosia]

 Again, thanks to timely rare bird alerts from Jay McGowan and Tim Lenz, I was 
successful in getting this life bird. 
I took a few photos. Great bird! Thanks Tim and Jay! 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157652069955115/
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/

--

RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest

[Marie P. Read]

John Confer wrote:

< We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? If 
the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
>

Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw the GH 
Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there myself on Friday 
morning when the owls were definitely in residence.

What happened?

Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer 
[con...@ithaca.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy

The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at Stewart Park had few 
birds and the waterfront produced the more common waterfowl. An ornithology 
class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which we missed. We heard and saw 
Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables near the band shelter.  We did 
hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the 
west band of Fall Creek.


We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? If 
the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.


Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
ground, apparently eating ants.


Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south end 
of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, which 
reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.


   A nice morning of birding.


John Confer





--
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 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] SFO learns alchemy

[John Confer]

The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: 
one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at Stewart Park had few 
birds and the waterfront produced the more common waterfowl. An ornithology 
class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which we missed. We heard and saw 
Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables near the band shelter.  We did 
hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the 
west band of Fall Creek.


We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned 
Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there 
was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species 
reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? If 
the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately 
after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.


Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of 
guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a 
flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the 
ground, apparently eating ants.


Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying 
material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south end 
of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest, which 
reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.


   A nice morning of birding.


John Confer






--

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] Little Gulls, Varick

[Jay McGowan]

At least two of 3+ LITTLE GULLS of various ages found by Tim Lenz an hour
ago still present in Varick, on water across from 4590 Rt. 89.

--

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-eyed Vireo, Towpath Rd.

[Jay McGowan]

A WHITE-EYED VIREO was singing from the shrubby area on the right at the
beginning of Towpath Road, Montezuma NWR around 11:00. Unfortunately it
only sang for a couple of minutes before falling silent or moving away and
we were never able to locate it, nor have we heard it again along the rest
of the road.

--

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] Yesterday

[Ellen Haith]

A day late...

Sightings off Elm Beach Road, Romulus, 4.18.15:

- 3:15 p.m., a flight of 45-50 Double-Crested Cormorants flying low over
the lake and in a long formation, heading north.

- 2:30-4:15, three separate 'couples' of Common Mergansers, just riding the
waves.

On a less positive note, there is NO sign of activity at last year's RTH
nest on top of the hill, still Town of Romulus. The nest is perfectly
visible through the leafless trees; I will watch and report any residents
who may appear.

--

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] Little Gull, Mackenzie-Childs bluffs

[Jay McGowan]

An adult LITTLE GULL was just on the water off the Mackenzie-Childs bluffs
just north of Aurora. At 855 it took off with a few Bonaparte's and headed
south towards Aurora. Lots of Bonaparte's in Aurora Bay and off Long Point
for it to hang out with.

Jay

--

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/

--