[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: May 16, 2015

I apologize for the brevity, but I wanted to at least share this morning's list. Excellent morning with highlight being singing Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, and Black-billed Cuckoo; and a non-vocal Mourning Warbler. I'll add details to my eBird list later. Good birding! Sincerely,

[cayugabirds-l] More Acadians

My dog and I took a walk in Michigan Hollow this morning. Lots of birds are in there. I had a couple of Winter Wrens, and I found two more Acadian Flycatchers singing: one about a third of a mile upstream from the previously mentioned spot, and another about a third of a mile above that; each

[cayugabirds-l] East Hill Plaza Raven

For the third time this week I have encountered a Raven in the area of the East Hill Plaza, along Ellis Hollow Rd in Ithaca. This time it was carrying food. I am going to explore Hungerford Hill Rd.for a nest. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] YBCuckoo @ Commonland

Surprise bird this morning in the forest edge around my cluster at Commonland was a silent yellow-billed cuckoo, first I've seen here. Less surprising highlights include blackburnians, bay-breasted, and chestnut-sided. Inspired by Meena's post, I bought a spectrogram app and with the Blue Mike

[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin hollow is full of warblers now

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, CLO, May 16, 2015

Hi all, Sapsucker Woods was hopping with birds this morning. I led 4 enthusiastic birders on the 'local' Spring Field Ornithology walk between 7 am and 10:30 (while the rest of the course went to Arnot). We originally were going to walk the Wilson trail really quickly and then head to

[cayugabirds-l] VanRiper Conservation Area (FLLT), Sat 5/16

Several Cayugabirders and I joined Lyn Jacobs and a throng of Eaton Birding Society members on Saturday morning at the VanRiper Conservation Area, a 68-acre Finger Lakes Land Trust preserve established in 2011 on the lake in Romulus. We found an impressive variety of birds, including a mix of

RE: [cayugabirds-l] More Acadians

-Original Message- From: bounce-119275534-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119275534-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel ... Canada Warblers were present all along our walk, so I had the opportunity to reflect that a mnemonic phrase is not just a device for

[cayugabirds-l] Wildlife Drive shorebirds

Notable birds on the wildlife drive at Montezuma just now included ORCHARD ORIOLE, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON TERN, CANVASBACK, and two flyover flocks of BRANT. Jay McGowan

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why to not feed jelly to orioles

Fruit is probably better than concentrated sugars, but domesticated grapes and oranges aren’t really “natural” foods, either. They have been selected to have more sugar, more flesh, and fewer other compounds than natural fruits. I wouldn’t give much credence to this article. It gives no

[cayugabirds-l] Any good places to bird in Florida Panhandle?

I'll be visiting my mother there in a few weeks and would like to do some birding there. I especially am interested in stopping in Apalachicola. Thank you! Sandy -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Why to not feed jelly to orioles

Here's an informative article that endorses sticking with natural sugars (grapes and oranges). http://nmconservationnetwork.org/2014/04/20/please-no-jelly-for-orioles/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Prairie Warbler with odd song at Arnot; Black-billed Cuckoo at Greensprings

A couple of highlights from today's SFO trip to Greensprings Cemetery Arnot Forest: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Greensprings Cemetery south of Newfield, calling from the stand of trees alongside the hill which is topped by Carl's Bench. Part of my group stayed late to try to see it, and a couple

[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler still

Forget to mention that a Mourning Warbler continued today singing in the same hard-to-penetrate thicket in my yard. -Geo Kloppel, West Danby -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Canada mnemonic

Canada Warbler - To me it sounds like 'Black-throated blue not green But you have to say it fast. I think it happened when we were looking at a Black-throated blue and at the same time Canada was calling. Today I recorded a couple of them in Shindagin Hollow. I will listen to them and see how

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More Acadians

Hi Kevin, you wrote: So, one has to ask, what is your mnemonic for Canada Warbler? The mnemonic that I use won't initially strike many readers as a plausible rendering, especially not if they have been introduced to field guide representations like chip-chupety-swee-ditchety. Some years ago

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Wildlife Drive shorebirds

All, A few more details and highlights from a day at Montezuma. We were unable to find the reported Sedge Wren at Carncross. Shorebirds continue there in modest numbers (compared to the Main Pool), with about 50 Dunlin, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plovers and Least Sandpipers, and two

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant pm Horned Lark display flight

On my afternoon walk up Mt Pleasant Rd (east end) around 4pm today I heard a singing Horned Lark and located it fluttering and hovering high in the sky. I'm no expert at judging heights, but it had to have been 100 feet up or more. After several minutes alternately fluttering and gliding up