[cayugabirds-l] Sunday Cayuga Bird Club Trip at Stewart Park

[Gladys Birdsall]

Hi Everyone,
A reminder that I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club trip at Stewart 
Park and Renwick Woods area this coming Sunday, April 22ed.  Meet at the 
parking area near the tennis courts towards the west side at 7:30 AM.  
The weather is looking UP!  for warmer temps and lots of sunshine.  We 
will be looking to see what birds may be out on the waterfront, and any 
new returning migrants.

  Please dress for the weather and bring water and a snack.  Everyone is 
welcome, regardless of experience level or membership status. Any 
questions, please email me at g...@outlook.com.

Good birding,

Gladys


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrows in Tompkins County (long)

[Linda Orkin]

Thanks for that suggestion Kevin. I just tried it. Much quicker than eBird. 
Thanks. 

Linda Orkin

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 20, 2018, at 8:35 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:
> 
> I've still got a few Fox Sparrows, too. I can't ever remember waking up to 
> them singing in my yard for over a week before. It always seemed that a few 
> would be present a few days in the spring and fall, and that was it.
> 
> No doubt our lingering winter is to blame. They don't go far south for the 
> winter, but they go pretty far north to breed, so it makes sense that they 
> should be aware of local weather and be cautious before they make the final 
> move.
> 
> A fun new addition to the Merlin app (free!) for your phone is that when you 
> browse birds in a specific area, you see bar charts of the likelihood of 
> occurrence for the whole calendar year. You can find the same information in 
> eBird, but it takes more finagling to find it there. In Merlin, go to 
> "Explore Birds" from the main screen, go up to the icon at the top that looks 
> like lines and spots, click "Likely Birds," then filter by your current 
> location and date. I suggest using "Family - Most Likely." That puts all the 
> sparrows together, all the ducks, etc. Scroll down to the sparrows, and 
> there, 11th on the list is Fox Sparrow. You can see by the bar chart that 
> it's never abundant, but that it's usually seen in March and April, and that 
> we're getting to the end of the narrow window when they normally occur.
> 
> If you browse the sparrows, you see that the next most/least likely sparrow 
> here this time of year is White-crowned. But, comparing the two bar charts 
> shows that Fox Sparrows should be on their way out, while White-crowns should 
> just be coming in. 
> 
> Also interesting, if you browse farther down the list, is that we have just 
> gone through the peak time of Vesper Sparrow reports. And, unlike the other 
> two species, they breed here! But, apparently they show up more on eBird 
> checklists during April as they arrive and can't get to their breeding 
> grounds yet, what with the snow and all, and show up in parking lots and 
> roadsides the way they have done this last week or two. There have been 
> dozens of Vesper Sparrow reports all over the county this last week and a 
> half, and that perfectly reflects the bar chart in Merlin based on ebird 
> checklists.
> 
> I've been a half-hearted endorser of Merlin over the last few years because, 
> frankly, I don't need the help identifying birds. But, the app is becoming 
> much more than what it started as, and it's growing all the time. It's now 
> one of the fastest and easiest portals to finding what birds are to be 
> expected at a specific time of year, pretty much everywhere in the world. 
> Soon it is going to be a reference source for birds all over the world, with 
> photos, songs, and maps. Already it covers all of the US and Canada, Mexico, 
> and most of Central America, as well as parts of Colombia and northwestern 
> Europe. And it's growing every day.
> 
> I did a West Coast business trip in February, and I used Merlin to tell me 
> what birds to expect in the places I visited. I went to Oregon, and Merlin 
> told me that Acorn Woodpeckers would be common in Medford, west of the 
> Cascade Mountains, but would be rare in Klamath Falls, east of the mountains. 
> It told me that I'd be seeing California Quail all along most of my drive to 
> San Diego, but when I went to Joshua Tree National Park, I would be seeing 
> Gambel's Quail.
> 
> So, just a head's up to the birding community. The Cornell Lab's Merin app is 
> not just some cute toy for beginners. (Although, it did get my bird-averse 
> sister to start liking looking at birds.) It's becoming a powerful tool for 
> traveling birders to use all over the world. Currently, it only has photos, 
> maps, and information for the areas I mentioned above. But, it already can 
> give you a list of the most likely birds you will see anywhere on earth. 
> Well, anywhere there are eBird checklists. But, every eBird checklist you put 
> in from some exotic locale helps the program refine its results and improve 
> the accuracy of its predictions. And, every photo you upload to an eBird 
> checklist from a foreign location gets Merlin closer to being able to 
> identify that species from photos, and closer to having photos available in 
> the app. 
> 
> Latin America has an avid and active birding presence, so we can expect big 
> strides there in the near future. But, it also has the most diverse and 
> complex suite of birds on the planet, so, that's a hurdle. I personally hope 
> that southern and eastern Europe will be covered completely soon (I have a 
> trip there scheduled in late June), but it seems that India is going to jump 
> ahead in the line ahead of other expected regions.
> 
> Indian birders have enthusiastically embraced eBird the last couple of years, 
> and they're 

Re:[nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrows in Tompkins County (long)

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I've still got a few Fox Sparrows, too. I can't ever remember waking up to them 
singing in my yard for over a week before. It always seemed that a few would be 
present a few days in the spring and fall, and that was it.


No doubt our lingering winter is to blame. They don't go far south for the 
winter, but they go pretty far north to breed, so it makes sense that they 
should be aware of local weather and be cautious before they make the final 
move.


A fun new addition to the Merlin app (free!) for your phone is that when you 
browse birds in a specific area, you see bar charts of the likelihood of 
occurrence for the whole calendar year. You can find the same information in 
eBird, but it takes more finagling to find it there. In Merlin, go to "Explore 
Birds" from the main screen, go up to the icon at the top that looks like lines 
and spots, click "Likely Birds," then filter by your current location and date. 
I suggest using "Family - Most Likely." That puts all the sparrows together, 
all the ducks, etc. Scroll down to the sparrows, and there, 11th on the list is 
Fox Sparrow. You can see by the bar chart that it's never abundant, but that 
it's usually seen in March and April, and that we're getting to the end of the 
narrow window when they normally occur.


If you browse the sparrows, you see that the next most/least likely sparrow 
here this time of year is White-crowned. But, comparing the two bar charts 
shows that Fox Sparrows should be on their way out, while White-crowns should 
just be coming in.


Also interesting, if you browse farther down the list, is that we have just 
gone through the peak time of Vesper Sparrow reports. And, unlike the other two 
species, they breed here! But, apparently they show up more on eBird checklists 
during April as they arrive and can't get to their breeding grounds yet, what 
with the snow and all, and show up in parking lots and roadsides the way they 
have done this last week or two. There have been dozens of Vesper Sparrow 
reports all over the county this last week and a half, and that perfectly 
reflects the bar chart in Merlin based on ebird checklists.


I've been a half-hearted endorser of Merlin over the last few years because, 
frankly, I don't need the help identifying birds. But, the app is becoming much 
more than what it started as, and it's growing all the time. It's now one of 
the fastest and easiest portals to finding what birds are to be expected at a 
specific time of year, pretty much everywhere in the world. Soon it is going to 
be a reference source for birds all over the world, with photos, songs, and 
maps. Already it covers all of the US and Canada, Mexico, and most of Central 
America, as well as parts of Colombia and northwestern Europe. And it's growing 
every day.


I did a West Coast business trip in February, and I used Merlin to tell me what 
birds to expect in the places I visited. I went to Oregon, and Merlin told me 
that Acorn Woodpeckers would be common in Medford, west of the Cascade 
Mountains, but would be rare in Klamath Falls, east of the mountains. It told 
me that I'd be seeing California Quail all along most of my drive to San Diego, 
but when I went to Joshua Tree National Park, I would be seeing Gambel's Quail.


So, just a head's up to the birding community. The Cornell Lab's Merin app is 
not just some cute toy for beginners. (Although, it did get my bird-averse 
sister to start liking looking at birds.) It's becoming a powerful tool for 
traveling birders to use all over the world. Currently, it only has photos, 
maps, and information for the areas I mentioned above. But, it already can give 
you a list of the most likely birds you will see anywhere on earth. Well, 
anywhere there are eBird checklists. But, every eBird checklist you put in from 
some exotic locale helps the program refine its results and improve the 
accuracy of its predictions. And, every photo you upload to an eBird checklist 
from a foreign location gets Merlin closer to being able to identify that 
species from photos, and closer to having photos available in the app.


Latin America has an avid and active birding presence, so we can expect big 
strides there in the near future. But, it also has the most diverse and complex 
suite of birds on the planet, so, that's a hurdle. I personally hope that 
southern and eastern Europe will be covered completely soon (I have a trip 
there scheduled in late June), but it seems that India is going to jump ahead 
in the line ahead of other expected regions.


Indian birders have enthusiastically embraced eBird the last couple of years, 
and they're pumping sightings and photos into the database. I spoke to someone 
in Oregon at the bird festival I was attending (Winter Wings) who was from 
India. He wanted to show me his photos from birding in India (very nice), and I 
told him to put them into checklists in eBird because every photo uploaded for 
a species (especially good ones like his) put 

[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow arrived today

[Tom Hoebbel]

I had a Field Sparrow in my window feeder today and I think it was there
yesterday too, but didn't recognize it right away as I have never had one
in the window.  Funny.




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[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrows

[Carol Keeler]

I now have 2 Fox Sparrows!  They’ve been here for two days now. I had one about 
five years ago which stayed for minutes.  I don’t get great numbers of birds 
like you do in the Ithaca area.  I’m delighted.
I also just had a flock of Cedar Waxwings sitting in a tall maple.  Now and 
then they would hawk insects .  

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler at suet

[Andrew Schmalfuss]

Same down here in Spencer: 3 Pine Warblers for the past three days AND
large numbers of Pine Siskins (23 at the most). 2 Purple Finches today, a
Field Sparrow showed up today and foraging Kestrels across the street!!

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Randolph Ross 
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> Pine Warbler briefly at suet and then seed feeder this afternoon.  Strange
> spring indeed
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler at suet

[Poppy Singer]

I saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet on the suet at my house this morning when
the sun was out.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Randolph Ross 
wrote:

> Pine Warbler briefly at suet and then seed feeder this afternoon.  Strange
> spring indeed
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 5:36 PM Regi Teasley  wrote:
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>> We had a Pine warbler at our suet feeder this afternoon.
>>
>> West Hill in the city
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler at suet

[Randolph Ross]

Pine Warbler briefly at suet and then seed feeder this afternoon.  Strange
spring indeed


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> We had a Pine warbler at our suet feeder this afternoon.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Very strange spring!

[Geo Kloppel]

Speaking of unusual feeding, I saw something new just now: the Wood Ducks who 
visit my pond each day, typically to dabble in the shallows or wade in the 
spillway, climbed up the bank and onto a large ant hill (about eight feet wide 
by ten feet long), where they seem to have begun poking around in the soft 
dirt, probing for...?

-Geo


> On Apr 20, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Linda Orkin  wrote:
> 
> I think everyone is struggling to find any kind of food in this spring that 
> is mostly devoid of insects.  Leaf litter would be a logical place to look.
> 
> Linda Orkin
> 
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 3:40 PM, W. Larry Hymes  wrote:
>> While walking through Mundy Wildflower Garden today, I came across both 
>> RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS foraging together.  That in itself 
>> is not so unusual.  What was really strange, however, was they were foraging 
>> among the leaf litter on the ground!!  That's a first for me!
>> 
>> We are still having FOX SPARROWS --- 9 days in a row, and counting!  I tried 
>> to trade a Fox Sparrow for Ann Mitchell's Towhee, but she hasn't seen it for 
>> awhile.  How about you, Asher.  Got anything good to swap for one of "my" 
>> Fox Sparrows?
>> 
>> Larry
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Very strange spring!

[Asher Hockett]

No Fox Sparrows, but I plan to observe and listen very carefully tomorrow
morning. Heard a drumming sapsucker this morning and another lone Barred
Owl last evening when I was taking down the feeders. Also a lot of Flickers
flushing from roadside areas and yards when driving.

You can have some of my siskins any ol' time. How about 6 siskins for one
Fox Sparrow? They're territoriality is likely chasing away some something
I'm hankering to see. My plans for the morning include kinglets, Fox
Sparrows, and Pine Warblers. Here that, you boids??

I am going to be in Albuquerque and eastern NM next week and LA the week
after, so hope to expand my list then. Never seen a Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher yet.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 3:40 PM, W. Larry Hymes  wrote:

> While walking through Mundy Wildflower Garden today, I came across both
> RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS foraging together.  That in itself
> is not so unusual.  What was really strange, however, was they were
> foraging among the leaf litter *on the ground*!!  That's a first for me!
>
> We are still having FOX SPARROWS --- 9 days in a row, and counting!  I
> tried to trade a Fox Sparrow for Ann Mitchell's Towhee, but she hasn't seen
> it for awhile.  How about you, Asher.  Got anything good to swap for one of
> "my" Fox Sparrows?
>
> Larry
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers persisting

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

Yet another male PINE WARBLER, and a YELLOW PALM WARBLER, are flycatching this 
afternoon from the edge of Sapsucker Woods pond, near the feeder garden.

Ken Rosenberg
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From:  on behalf of John Confer 

Reply-To: John Confer 
Date: Friday, April 20, 2018 at 12:00 PM
To: Tom Hoebbel , CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers persisting

One more in Brooktondale at feeder. Yesterday, I put out meal worm larva and it 
ate three of them in quick succession. Didn’t see it today.

Confer on Hammond Hill

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[mailto:bounce-122491820-25065...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Hoebbel
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 9:56 AM
To: Cayugabirds 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers persisting


We now have 2 Pine Warblers in Brooktondale. One or the other has been outside 
our windows every day this week.
Tom



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Very strange spring!

[Linda Orkin]

I think everyone is struggling to find any kind of food in this spring that
is mostly devoid of insects.  Leaf litter would be a logical place to look.

Linda Orkin

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 3:40 PM, W. Larry Hymes  wrote:

> While walking through Mundy Wildflower Garden today, I came across both
> RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS foraging together.  That in itself
> is not so unusual.  What was really strange, however, was they were
> foraging among the leaf litter *on the ground*!!  That's a first for me!
>
> We are still having FOX SPARROWS --- 9 days in a row, and counting!  I
> tried to trade a Fox Sparrow for Ann Mitchell's Towhee, but she hasn't seen
> it for awhile.  How about you, Asher.  Got anything good to swap for one of
> "my" Fox Sparrows?
>
> Larry
>
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this evil, what is the good
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[cayugabirds-l] Very strange spring!

[W. Larry Hymes]

While walking through Mundy Wildflower Garden today, I came across both 
RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS foraging together.  That in 
itself is not so unusual.  What was really strange, however, was they 
were foraging among the leaf litter *on the ground*!!  That's a first 
for me!

We are still having FOX SPARROWS --- 9 days in a row, and counting!  I 
tried to trade a Fox Sparrow for Ann Mitchell's Towhee, but she hasn't 
seen it for awhile.  How about you, Asher.  Got anything good to swap 
for one of "my" Fox Sparrows?

Larry

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120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
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[cayugabirds-l] Yard birds

[Geo Kloppel]

West Danby enjoyed a bright sunrise. There was hardly a cloud in the sky for a 
short period this morning. I had Fox Sparrows singing from all directions, a 
couple of Hermit Thrushes drinking or bathing or foraging at the pond outlet, 
Wood Ducks on the pond, a Brown Thrasher rummaging under the shrubs, c. 50 
Juncos at the feeders, a lone Pine Siskin, a few Golden-crowned Kinglets, a 
Phoebe, etcetera.

-Geo

Tupper Road
West Danby
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers persisting

[John Confer]

One more in Brooktondale at feeder. Yesterday, I put out meal worm larva and it 
ate three of them in quick succession. Didn’t see it today.

Confer on Hammond Hill

From: bounce-122491820-25065...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-122491820-25065...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Hoebbel
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 9:56 AM
To: Cayugabirds 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers persisting


We now have 2 Pine Warblers in Brooktondale. One or the other has been outside 
our windows every day this week.
Tom



 Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpiper continues Broome County This morning

[David Nicosia]

The UPLAND SANDPIPER continues across the road in a field from 149 Owen
Hill Road in Lisle, NY. This was the original field it was found in
yesterday. The bird at times hunkers down and is hard to see. The location
I put on ebird is the exact spot we saw it. If you put the ebird map in
satellite view, you can clearly see the field that it frequents.

Here are two photos from this morning(more to come):

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44747917


We have determined that this is the first recorded Upland Sandpiper in
Broome Co in at least 20 years!

Dave Nicosia

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[cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers persisting

[Tom Hoebbel]

We now have 2 Pine Warblers in Brooktondale. One or the other has been
outside our windows every day this week.
Tom



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