Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

2019-07-25 Thread John Confer 
Hi Suan,

   Thanks for posting that.

   Mammals are rarely captured by Merlin, but not never. Adults often remove 
the tail and head before they bring it to nestlings. That has been a 
frustration when I tried to identify prey, which I did for 50 prey. None of 
them were mammals, but dead floppy birds without tail or head look like 
mammals. I couldn't tell what it was. At one frame I thought I saw two bumps on 
the ventral surface where the legs of a bird would be. By the way, they do eat 
the bird's legs. Lots of calcium I guess.

John

From: bounce-123767908-25065...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Suan Hsi Yong 

Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 7:59 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

This message originated from outside the Ithaca College email system.

Stopped by GIAC this evening, one merlin (couldn't tell if parent or young) was 
perched visibly until my attention caused it to hop behind some branches. They 
can definitely tell who's paying attention and who isn't, like the few dozen 
parents watching the ongoing basketball game.

Anyhow, last Friday, July 19, I happened to get a video of a feeding:

  
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10220272976272542

Can anyone ID the rodent?

Suan

--
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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

2019-07-25 Thread Suan Hsi Yong 
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:20 AM John Confer  wrote:

> Hi Suan,
>
>Thanks for posting that.
>
>Mammals are rarely captured by Merlin, but not never. Adults often
> remove the tail and head before they bring it to nestlings. That has been a
> frustration when I tried to identify prey, which I did for 50 prey. None of
> them were mammals, but dead floppy birds without tail or head look like
> mammals. I couldn't tell what it was. At one frame I thought I saw two
> bumps on the ventral surface where the legs of a bird would be. By the way,
> they do eat the bird's legs. Lots of calcium I guess.
>

Thanks John.

On that evening, I first observed a parent flying by with the prey in its
talons, over the field and an unseen site away from the nest. The video was
taken about 10-20 minutes later when a/the parent brought the prey to the
nest. That timeline is consistent with some food pre-processing.

Meanwhile, this morning the two fully-feathered fledglings sat in the nice
morning sun, preening, ever attentive of the parent's few fly-by's, and
made a couple of short flights to a nearby tree and back, but always
wanting to stay close to home.

Suan

--

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] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

2019-07-25 Thread Marie P. Read 
Hi all,

I took a short walk around Salt Pt this morning (9-10 am) with the goal of 
checking out Myers Pt spit for Caspian Terns. None of those yet but I did see 
some cool birds, the best of which was multiple Baltimore Orioles (adult male 
and female, plus at least 4 juveniles all foraging in the same tree). Later a 
male Orchard Oriole that flew with a more olive/brown companion possibly a 
female or juvenile.
And 
Yellow Warbler
(Willow) Flycatcher
Group of drab vireos that I presume were Warbling (some checking out 
honeysuckle fruits)
2 Eastern Kingbirds
And the usual cast of geese, Mallards, gulls.

Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
Website: http://www.marieread.com

AUTHOR of:
Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing 
Birds and Their Behavior

https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/
--

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] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

2019-07-25 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Tuesday at my east shore beach, I saw a Caspian Tern fly over.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2019, at 5:48 PM, Marie P. Read 
mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Hi all,

I took a short walk around Salt Pt this morning (9-10 am) with the goal of 
checking out Myers Pt spit for Caspian Terns. None of those yet but I did see 
some cool birds, the best of which was multiple Baltimore Orioles (adult male 
and female, plus at least 4 juveniles all foraging in the same tree). Later a 
male Orchard Oriole that flew with a more olive/brown companion possibly a 
female or juvenile.
And
Yellow Warbler
(Willow) Flycatcher
Group of drab vireos that I presume were Warbling (some checking out 
honeysuckle fruits)
2 Eastern Kingbirds
And the usual cast of geese, Mallards, gulls.

Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
Website: http://www.marieread.com

AUTHOR of:
Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing 
Birds and Their Behavior

https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/
--

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/

--

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

2019-07-25 Thread Judith Thurber 
The Baltimore Orioles frequently coming faithfully for grape jelly end of May, 
in June and earlier in July have not been seen in at least a week.  The catbird 
stills comes.  Think Orioles must have started moving around—away.   I miss 
them.  They are so beautiful!

Judy Thurber
Liverpool 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 25, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
> 
> Tuesday at my east shore beach, I saw a Caspian Tern fly over. 
> 
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 25, 2019, at 5:48 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I took a short walk around Salt Pt this morning (9-10 am) with the goal of 
>> checking out Myers Pt spit for Caspian Terns. None of those yet but I did 
>> see some cool birds, the best of which was multiple Baltimore Orioles (adult 
>> male and female, plus at least 4 juveniles all foraging in the same tree). 
>> Later a male Orchard Oriole that flew with a more olive/brown companion 
>> possibly a female or juvenile.
>> And 
>> Yellow Warbler
>> (Willow) Flycatcher
>> Group of drab vireos that I presume were Warbling (some checking out 
>> honeysuckle fruits)
>> 2 Eastern Kingbirds
>> And the usual cast of geese, Mallards, gulls.
>> 
>> Marie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>> 452 Ringwood Road
>> Freeville NY  13068 USA
>> 
>> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
>> Website: http://www.marieread.com
>> 
>> AUTHOR of:
>> Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing 
>> Birds and Their Behavior
>> 
>> https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/
>> --
>> 
>> 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:
> 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/

--

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

2019-07-25 Thread Magnus Fiskesjo 
Wonderful. 

I wonder if orioles are around but wandering more widely, after their chicks 
are out, and we don't see them because they're not staying put singing any more 
but ranging widely wherever there is food? I recently saw several orchard 
orioles flying around Hog Hole, and several more of them at Salt point, about 2 
weeks ago.

One surprised me by fiercely divebombing-attacking an Osprey which really 
didn't seem to have done anything to the oriole (Orchard, male) other than 
sitting down on a branch in a tree (a very tall tree across from the railroad, 
inland). Maybe the tree was oriole territory.
 
--yrs.
Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu

Affiliations at Cornell University, WWW:
Anthropology Department, anthropology.cornell.edu/faculty/
Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), seap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory
East Asia Program (EAP), eap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory
CIAMS (Archaeology), ciams.cornell.edu/people/
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA), 
cipa.cornell.edu/academics/fieldfaculty.cfm

From: bounce-123772662-84019...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-123772662-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Judith Thurber 
[jathur...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:10 PM
To: Donna Lee Scott
Cc: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles frequently coming faithfully for grape jelly end of May, 
in June and earlier in July have not been seen in at least a week.  The catbird 
stills comes.  Think Orioles must have started moving around—away.   I miss 
them.  They are so beautiful!

Judy Thurber
Liverpool

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Tuesday at my east shore beach, I saw a Caspian Tern fly over.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2019, at 5:48 PM, Marie P. Read 
mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Hi all,

I took a short walk around Salt Pt this morning (9-10 am) with the goal of 
checking out Myers Pt spit for Caspian Terns. None of those yet but I did see 
some cool birds, the best of which was multiple Baltimore Orioles (adult male 
and female, plus at least 4 juveniles all foraging in the same tree). Later a 
male Orchard Oriole that flew with a more olive/brown companion possibly a 
female or juvenile.
And
Yellow Warbler
(Willow) Flycatcher
Group of drab vireos that I presume were Warbling (some checking out 
honeysuckle fruits)
2 Eastern Kingbirds
And the usual cast of geese, Mallards, gulls.

Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
Website: http://www.marieread.com

AUTHOR of:
Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing 
Birds and Their Behavior

https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/
--

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:
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:
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/ca

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

2019-07-25 Thread Carol Keeler 
There were Caspian Terns at the end of the wildlife drive on Tuesday.   They 
were rather distant.  

My orioles are still here and coming for the jelly.  The juveniles were finally 
eating jelly on their own.  I still have my Grosbeaks coming.  I have a pair of 
House Wrens nesting in a birdhouse on my shed.  I love hearing him sing. 

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 25, 2019, at 6:20 PM, Magnus Fiskesjo  
> wrote:
> 
> Wonderful. 
> 
> I wonder if orioles are around but wandering more widely, after their chicks 
> are out, and we don't see them because they're not staying put singing any 
> more but ranging widely wherever there is food? I recently saw several 
> orchard orioles flying around Hog Hole, and several more of them at Salt 
> point, about 2 weeks ago.
> 
> One surprised me by fiercely divebombing-attacking an Osprey which really 
> didn't seem to have done anything to the oriole (Orchard, male) other than 
> sitting down on a branch in a tree (a very tall tree across from the 
> railroad, inland). Maybe the tree was oriole territory.
> 
> --yrs.
> Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
> Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
> McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
> E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu
> 
> Affiliations at Cornell University, WWW:
> Anthropology Department, anthropology.cornell.edu/faculty/
> Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), seap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory
> East Asia Program (EAP), eap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory
> CIAMS (Archaeology), ciams.cornell.edu/people/
> Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA), 
> cipa.cornell.edu/academics/fieldfaculty.cfm
> 
> From: bounce-123772662-84019...@list.cornell.edu 
> [bounce-123772662-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Judith Thurber 
> [jathur...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:10 PM
> To: Donna Lee Scott
> Cc: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles
> 
> The Baltimore Orioles frequently coming faithfully for grape jelly end of 
> May, in June and earlier in July have not been seen in at least a week.  The 
> catbird stills comes.  Think Orioles must have started moving around—away.   
> I miss them.  They are so beautiful!
> 
> Judy Thurber


--

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] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

2019-07-25 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Today, I had not only my regular Catbirds at the jelly feeder (with half an 
orange), but an adult and a juvenile B. Oriole came to feed! They ate suet, as 
well as jelly and orange.
At night the flying squirrels eat the jelly & suet, too!

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing

From: Judith Thurber [mailto:jathur...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:11 PM
To: Donna Lee Scott 
Cc: Marie P. Read ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Baltimore and Orchard Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles frequently coming faithfully for grape jelly end of May, 
in June and earlier in July have not been seen in at least a week.  The catbird 
stills comes.  Think Orioles must have started moving around—away.   I miss 
them.  They are so beautiful!

Judy Thurber
Liverpool
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Tuesday at my east shore beach, I saw a Caspian Tern fly over.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2019, at 5:48 PM, Marie P. Read 
mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Hi all,

I took a short walk around Salt Pt this morning (9-10 am) with the goal of 
checking out Myers Pt spit for Caspian Terns. None of those yet but I did see 
some cool birds, the best of which was multiple Baltimore Orioles (adult male 
and female, plus at least 4 juveniles all foraging in the same tree). Later a 
male Orchard Oriole that flew with a more olive/brown companion possibly a 
female or juvenile.
And
Yellow Warbler
(Willow) Flycatcher
Group of drab vireos that I presume were Warbling (some checking out 
honeysuckle fruits)
2 Eastern Kingbirds
And the usual cast of geese, Mallards, gulls.

Marie




Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
Website: http://www.marieread.com

AUTHOR of:
Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing 
Birds and Their Behavior

https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/
--

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:
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] Mergs on float

2019-07-25 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
I have been seeing here by the east shore a family of 8 Common Mergansers, I 
presume the mother and 7 young, although they are all the same size.
One day one of them caught quite a large fish and then swallowed it quickly 
when its sibs zoomed over to steal it! I was surprised it was able to get it 
down.

A neighbor to the south has attached a bright red, rectangular float to his 
mooring ball about 50 feet from shore.
After they swim their rounds and fish up and down along the shore, the Mergs 
regularly swim down there and all get on the float to loaf.
It is neat seeing them all on that bright red plastic pad out in the water!

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY


--

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/

--