RE:[cayugabirds-l] wonder if anyone knows more?

[Deb Grantham]

Thanks for the details. I hope it goes well for him.

Deb


From: Borzik, Rose 
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 11:28 AM
To: Deb Grantham ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: RE: wonder if anyone knows more?

Hi All,

The news report is accurate.  I received a call from Cortland emergency 
dispatch looking for a rehabilitator to respond to a downed Bald Eagle near 
Song Mountain in Tully at about 12:30 yesterday.  A neighbor reported seeing 3 
eagles in an aerial fight. One "hit" another who fell to the ground.

State Police responded were on site and agreed to wait until I arrived. When I 
was half way to the scene, the police updated me that the eagle was closing its 
eyes and not moving. They were increasingly concerned because it had difficulty 
keeping its eyelids open. As the eagle had yet to move, the officers decided 
the eagle could be safely picked up with a blanket they had on hand. We agreed 
they could deliver it to the Cornell Wildlife Clinic faster than me (I don't 
have red flashing lights).

I had already alerted the Wildlife Clinic and staff were there to meet the 
State police.

This is the first I've seen the photo. That someone could approach an eagle and 
scoop it up without a struggle is not a good sign. My guess is that the hit the 
BAEA received in air impacted its spine-thus, the unceremonious drop from the 
sky. A hard landing would certainly add to the trauma.

I'll share the outcome when I hear from the Clinic staff.

Rose Borzik

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] wonder if anyone knows more?

Injured bald eagle on Saturday:

https://www.14850.com/041213479-bald-eagle-2004/

Deb


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[cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher

[Regi Teasley]

This morning we saw a very handsome Brown Thrasher digging in the leaves in our 
back yard.  We’re on West Hill in the city.  In case you needed another reason 
to garden for birds

Regi
Cliff Park Rd.
Ithaca


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[cayugabirds-l] wonder if anyone knows more?

[Deb Grantham]

Injured bald eagle on Saturday:

https://www.14850.com/041213479-bald-eagle-2004/

Deb


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Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences
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University
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[cayugabirds-l] Sampson State Park uplands at lunchtime

[Alicia Plotkin]

On this blustery cloudy day with brief bursts of light rain, not a lot 
of birds out but a few each of several varieties of sparrow were 
singing: song, Savannah, field, and towhee.  Best parts of the walk were 
two tiny blue azure butterflies flitting in front of us and a long (5+ 
minute) look from less than 100 yds at a robustly healthy and 
lush-furred Gray Fox, who didn't see or smell us and was concentrating 
on something on the ground during that time.  Never saw one for that 
long before, and never saw one at all during midday.  (Definitely a grey 
fox and not red - tail black all the way down to the tip, distinctive 
facial pattern, grizzled above and only rusty red on belly/neck.)


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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* April 13, 2020

*  NYSY  04. 13. 20

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):




April 06 2020 to April 13, 2020

to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com

covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),

Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland

compiled: April 13 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org

 

 

#697 Monday April 13 2020

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

April 06, 2020

 

Highlights:

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RED-THROATED LOON

RED-NECKED GREBE

AMERICAN BITTERN

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

ROSS’S GOOSE

GREAT EGRET

AMERICAN BITTERN

SURF SCOTER

BROAD-WINGED HAWK

BLACK VULTURE

GOLDEN EAGLE

SANDHILL CRANE

VIRGINIA RAIL

SORA

DUNLIN

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

ICELAND GULL

GLAUCOUS GULL

BAND SWALLOW

NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER

LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH

EASTERN TOWHEE

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW

LARK SPARROW

VESPER SPARROW

PINE SISKIN













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






     4/9: A BLACK VULTURE was seen on the Wildlife Trail.

     4/11: DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, VESPER SPARROW and SANDHILL CRANE were all reported 
on the Wildlife Trail. A BANK SWALLOW was seen on East Road. A PECTORAL 
SANDPIPER was seen on Carncross Road.

     4/12: An EASTERN TOWHEE was found at South Spring Pond Trail. 4 SANDHILL 
CRANED were seen at VanDyne Spoor road.

     4/13: A NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was seen on the Wildlife Drive.







Derby Hill Bird Sanctuary






     4,417 Raptors were counted at Derby Hill this week . On 4/12 the first 
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS (22) were reported. Other highlights were 3 SANDHILL CRANES 
and 2 ROSS’S GEESE.







Oswego County






     The LARK SPARROW at Hinman Road north of Pulaski was seen up to 4/22. It 
has now been present for 97 days.

     4/7: a pair of SURF SCOTERS were seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake.

     4/8: 2 RED-NECKED GREBES and 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS were seen at Deer Creek 
Marsh near Rainbow Shores Road.

     4/10: An early GREAT EGRET was seen on County Rt. 58 north of Colosse.

     4/11: A VESPER SPARROW was seen at Sandy Island Beach state Park.







Onondaga County

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     4/6: A LESSER BLACK BLACKED GULL was seen at the Liverpool Marina on 
Onondaga Lake.

     4/7: A VIRGINIA RAIL was found at the Dewitt Marsh off of Fisher Road in 
Syracuse. A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was found at Cedarvale Road east of Marcellus.

     4/10: A PINE SISKIN wa aeen at a feeder on Lawrence Road in Marcellus.

     4/11: A GOLDEN EAGLE wa spotted from Fox Road in Marietta.

      4/12: A GOLDEN EAGLE, a VESPER SPARROW and an EASTERN TOWHEE were all 
seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was 
found on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen 
near Syracuse University.







Madison County






     4/8: A SORA was seen at the MADISON STREET IMPOUNDMENT north of Hamilton.

     4/10: An AMERICAN PIPIT was seenat Ditchbank Road north of Canastota.

     4/11: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an ICELAND GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL and a 
FISH CROW were all found on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. A RED-THROATED 
LOON was found at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton.







Oneida county






     4/9: A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at Belle Ave. in Utica.

     4/12: A VESPER SPARROW was found on Black Hollow road in Remsen.







Herkimer County






     4/6: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Hinckley Reservoir.




     




     

 End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5



    
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[cayugabirds-l] NE Ithaca highlights since Sat 4/11

[Mark Chao]

I've had several spirit-lifting bird moments in northeast Ithaca over the
past few days.

* HERMIT THRUSH along St. Catherine's Circle on Saturday at 7 PM.  The
very occurrence of this species in our suburban neighborhood seemed
unusual enough.  This bird delivered further surprise and entertainment
with its vocalizations (a repeated, exquisitely gentle, high-pitched
*zn*, quite unlike the "chuck" or "zhraaay" call notes I've heard from
other local Hermit Thrushes) and behavior (standing with a robin right in
the middle of the road and on an open lawn, as if pretending to be another
robin or maybe an honorary pipit, plus some more typical picturesque
perching low in the shadows).

* FOX SPARROW heard singing and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS heard and seen in the
treetops at Palmer Woods on Sunday morning.

* EASTERN SCREECH-OWL continuing along Siena Drive, unexpectedly out of
view on Saturday evening and maybe equally unexpectedly in view on both
Sunday morning and Monday early afternoon.  Today the owl was sleeping
with its chin down on its chest, face and ear tufts parallel to the
ground.  (I've had no screech-owl sightings anywhere else in our
neighborhood for more than a month, and no more sightings of two together
since the encounter I posted about in February.)

* Two sightings of an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK migrating over St. Catherine
of Siena Church at about 1 PM on Monday.

* A pair of MERLINS has been conspicuous and very vocal around our
neighborhood for the past week, ranging over several blocks, but I don't
know where they are nesting.

Mark Chao

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