[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock and waterthrush...interesting yard birds!

[Marie P. Read]

Hi  everyone,

I found a couple of interesting "yard" birds as I made my way through the woods 
edge on my property to see what was around in the beaver pond next door.
First, up from the ground flew a chunky medium-sized bird which fluttered off 
twittering into the woods and landed on the ground again. Too small for a 
Ruffed Grouse (which ARE there occasionally) and wrong habitat for a snipe, so 
I'm going to call it an American Woodcock.

Second, on my way back I was brought up short by a loud ticking call and on a 
branch over the stream was a Northern Waterthrush. I do seem to have them come 
through this time of year some years, but they don't nest on the property.

Finally, another somewhat unusual bird for my yard is the Carolina Wren that's 
been around for most of this week, in fact there may be two. What an 
interesting variety of songs and calls they make! Never used to see them up 
here at this elevation, but with climate change who knows what may show up next!

And as a follow-up to my search for Caspian Terns at Myers Pt, I did find five 
of them there a couple of days ago and was able to get some photos. All adults, 
but I'm sure the fledglings will show up soon with their parents and that will 
make for some good photo ops.

Marie




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock and waterthrush...interesting yard birds!

[bob mcguire]

Thanks Marie!

Funny about the woodcock. Last night, as I lay in bed, I heard the 
wing-feathers whistling of a woodcock right outside the window. No “peanuts”, 
no sky display with chirps. Just a woodcock on the move. We had as many as 5 
woodcocks in our fields this spring, and I often hear them displaying here in 
early fall.

Bob
> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
> Hi  everyone,
> 
> I found a couple of interesting "yard" birds as I made my way through the 
> woods edge on my property to see what was around in the beaver pond next door.
> First, up from the ground flew a chunky medium-sized bird which fluttered off 
> twittering into the woods and landed on the ground again. Too small for a 
> Ruffed Grouse (which ARE there occasionally) and wrong habitat for a snipe, 
> so I'm going to call it an American Woodcock.
> 
> Second, on my way back I was brought up short by a loud ticking call and on a 
> branch over the stream was a Northern Waterthrush. I do seem to have them 
> come through this time of year some years, but they don't nest on the 
> property.
> 
> Finally, another somewhat unusual bird for my yard is the Carolina Wren 
> that's been around for most of this week, in fact there may be two. What an 
> interesting variety of songs and calls they make! Never used to see them up 
> here at this elevation, but with climate change who knows what may show up 
> next!
> 
> And as a follow-up to my search for Caspian Terns at Myers Pt, I did find 
> five of them there a couple of days ago and was able to get some photos. All 
> adults, but I'm sure the fledglings will show up soon with their parents and 
> that will make for some good photo ops.
> 
> 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/
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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow warbler downtown

[Asher Hockett]

Walking by the Holiday Inn on Cayuga St this morning I spotted a young
Yellow Warbler sitting quietly on the sidewalk. It could have easily been
stepped on. I put my hand down in front of it and it climbed onto my index
finger . I then put that same finger next to a branch of one of the
container bushes nearby and it moved to the branch. It was as green a bird
as I have ever seen. It didn't seem injured. I left it there. I like to
think it will be OK.

The trees nearby were ringing with the metalic calls of male Yellow
Warblers, more than one I think, though the echoes between the buildings
there may have multiplied them. I don't know if the calls related to the
youngster - maybe?

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[cayugabirds-l] Empid ID help

[Jody Enck]

Hi All,

While working in my home office today, I noticed a flycatcher land on a
partially-shaded branch of an apple tree about 20-25 feet (6-7m) directly
out my window.  At first glance, I noticed wing bars, and thought I saw a
two-colored lower mandible even with my naked eye.  I expected it to be an
Eastern Wood-pewee as one has been hanging around my yard.  However, when I
put up my binoculars, I quickly realized that it was instead an Empid.  It
had a bold, white eye-ring that pinched to a tear-drop behind the eye.  The
overall color of the head and upperside was greenish rather than grayish
brown that you'd see on a Pewee.  Three other things jumped out at me.  The
bill seemed to have a lighter lower mandible and dark upper mandible.  It
also had very long primary projection.  Both of those characteristics
pointed me away from Least Flycatcher, along with a longer-lankier rather
than stubbier overall impression of the bird sitting in front of me.  (I
put down my binoculars.  Picked up my phone.  Fumbled around opening up my
camera, and zoomed it to full mag.  I took two pictures.  Neither show
anything diagnostic even as a bird, let alone field marks on a bird.)  I
picked my binoculars back up, and my last noted characteristic was that it
appeared quite yellow below, from the chin to the belly area.  This could
have been a play on light as it filtered through the apple tree leaves, but
it was quite noticeable.  It sat there for at least 2 minutes until chased
away by the antics of a recently-fledged and 2 adult Gray Catbirds.

I never saw it open its mouth to call, nor did I hear it make any sound.

The markings on the bill, long primary projection, and overall shape helped
me eliminate Least Flycatcher.  The bold eyering, pinched in the rear,
pointed me away from Willow.  Indeed, the overall  green coloration of the
dorsal side pointed me away from either Willow or Alder.  I am kind of left
with Acadian or Yellow-bellowed.  Of those, the ventral coloration matches
best with Yellow-bellied.


Comments and suggestions welcomed.
Thanks
Jody

Jody W. Enck, PhD
Conservation Social Scientist, and
Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Empid ID help

[Jody Enck]

Hi Adrian,
Thanks for your feedback.
Only took a quick second through binoculars to realize that the shape was
an Empid not a Pewee, which I just assumed given that I had seen one
earlier.  My reference to it being stretched out was to indicate it was
more like a Willow Flycatcher in structure than a Least Flycatcher.  Sorry
for any confusion.

Thanks again.
Jody


Jody W. Enck, PhD
Conservation Social Scientist, and
Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network
607-379-5940


On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 1:49 PM Adrian Burke  wrote:

> Hi Jody
>
> Frankly sounds like a pewee to me. The long primaries and overall tall
> rather than round appearance are the best marks for pewees. Like empids
> they have orange lower and dark upper mandibles. They can show eyerings. In
> certain light like bright sun through leaves they can appear quite greenish
> above and yellowish below. I’d suggest sharing your photos. Perhaps others
> can draw conclusions from them although you may not be able to. Shape alone
> would be enough to confirm a pewee if that’s indeed what it was.
>
> Good birding
>
> Adrian Burke
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 11:13 AM Jody Enck  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> While working in my home office today, I noticed a flycatcher land on a
>> partially-shaded branch of an apple tree about 20-25 feet (6-7m) directly
>> out my window.  At first glance, I noticed wing bars, and thought I saw a
>> two-colored lower mandible even with my naked eye.  I expected it to be an
>> Eastern Wood-pewee as one has been hanging around my yard.  However, when I
>> put up my binoculars, I quickly realized that it was instead an Empid.  It
>> had a bold, white eye-ring that pinched to a tear-drop behind the eye.  The
>> overall color of the head and upperside was greenish rather than grayish
>> brown that you'd see on a Pewee.  Three other things jumped out at me.  The
>> bill seemed to have a lighter lower mandible and dark upper mandible.  It
>> also had very long primary projection.  Both of those characteristics
>> pointed me away from Least Flycatcher, along with a longer-lankier rather
>> than stubbier overall impression of the bird sitting in front of me.  (I
>> put down my binoculars.  Picked up my phone.  Fumbled around opening up my
>> camera, and zoomed it to full mag.  I took two pictures.  Neither show
>> anything diagnostic even as a bird, let alone field marks on a bird.)  I
>> picked my binoculars back up, and my last noted characteristic was that it
>> appeared quite yellow below, from the chin to the belly area.  This could
>> have been a play on light as it filtered through the apple tree leaves, but
>> it was quite noticeable.  It sat there for at least 2 minutes until chased
>> away by the antics of a recently-fledged and 2 adult Gray Catbirds.
>>
>> I never saw it open its mouth to call, nor did I hear it make any sound.
>>
>> The markings on the bill, long primary projection, and overall shape
>> helped me eliminate Least Flycatcher.  The bold eyering, pinched in the
>> rear, pointed me away from Willow.  Indeed, the overall  green coloration
>> of the dorsal side pointed me away from either Willow or Alder.  I am kind
>> of left with Acadian or Yellow-bellowed.  Of those, the ventral coloration
>> matches best with Yellow-bellied.
>>
>>
>> Comments and suggestions welcomed.
>> Thanks
>> Jody
>>
>> Jody W. Enck, PhD
>> Conservation Social Scientist, and
>> Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network
>> 607-379-5940
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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA




*New York




July 29 2019




NYSY 07. 29 19




Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert




To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com




Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, 
Cayuga, 

Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex




Compiled: July 29 at 4:00 p.m.




Compiler: Joseph Brin




Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org













Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July  22, 
2019













Highlights:




COMMON LOON

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

CANVASBACK

PIPING PLOVER

STILT SANDPIPER

UPLAND SANDPIPER

SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER

BLACK TERN

SEDGE WREN







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     Shorebirds seen at the complex this week




     KILLDEER

     STILT SANDPIPER

     LEAST SANDPIPER

     SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER

     SOLITARY SANDPIPER

     GREATER YELLOWLEGS

     LESSER YELLOWLEGS

     SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER

     PECTORAL SANDPIPER




     7/25: 7 species of shorebirds including a STILT SANDPIPER were seen along 
the Wildlife Trail.

     7/27: 2 STILT SANDPIPERS and 40 BLACK TERNS were seen from VanDyne Spoor 
Road. A SEDGE WREN  was found on the east side of East Road near the house 
#400. 

     7/28: A male CANVASBACK continues at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. The SECGE WREN 
was again heard on East Road. 9 species of shorebirds including a SEMI-PALMATED 
PLOVER were found along the Wildlife Trail.

     7/29: The SEDGE WREN continues on East Road.







Onondaga county






     The SEDGE WREN found on 7/14 at Three Rivers WMA in the big fields east of 
60 Road continues to sing as recently as today.

     7/25: A STILT SANDPIPER was found in the marshy spit area at the southwest 
end of Onondaga Lake.

     7/26: 3 adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen on the Onondaga creek 
creekwalk just north of Hiawatha Boulevard.







Oswego County






     7/26: 2 juvenile PIPING PLOVERS were again seen on the beach north of 
Sandy Island State Park. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Oswego County 
Airfield on Howard Road along with 6 other shorebird species.







Madison County






     7/24: A COMMON LOON was spotted on Deruyter Reservoir.

     7/29: 19 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS were seen at Easton Brook Mill Pond.







Herkimer County






     7/23: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was found at the Mckoons Road pond north of 
Richfield Springs.

     7/24: The Dowitcher was not seen but 6 species of shorebirds were again at 
the Mckoons Road Pond.

   




         

  

     

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Region 5




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