[cayugabirds-l] Morning birds/bear

[Donna Lee Scott]

Scarlet tanager singing unseen in a tree. Rose breasted grosbeak, lots of B 
Orioles, (3 nests that I know of) here.
for the first time I remember, a juvenile gray-headed Red bellied woodpecker 
coming with parent to suet. Young one has learn to eat on the suet cage by 
itself.

Cat birds & orioles eating jars full of jelly. I hope they don’t get cavities 
w/ all that sugar. Flying squirrels & chipmunks eating jelly too.

Reported: small bear (yearling?) trying to pull down bird feeders in west hill 
area of ithaca. Seen by a few people.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

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[cayugabirds-l] Singing Swainson's Thrush New Michigan State Forest Chenango Co.: Finally

[David Nicosia]

All,

I did some atlasing early this morning and I heard my first singing
SWAINSON'S THRUSH on my atlas block which encompasses a good portion of New
Michigan State Forest. In the past I usually got there by mid morning or
sometimes birded in the evening. I decided to try getting there before
sunrise which for me meant an early start.  I left my house at 4 am and got
there around 450 am. Wow, what a dawn chorus! I checked all locations with
intact deep spruce forest and got all the usual warblers that I have
mentioned before and had VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH and WOOD THRUSHES singing
loudly, sometimes all within earshot. This was very nice except no
SWAINSON's.  Later in the morning around 7 to 730 am I was on the CCC truck
trail driving through the beginning of the tornado ravaged area and I heard
a SWAINSON'S THRUSH in full song!  The bird was singing outside the main
contiguous NORWAY SPRUCE stand in a patch of regrown spruce and aspen that
probably was about 20-25 feet high or so. It was very thick in there.  I
didn't expect this but referring to Cornell's Lab of Ornithology's Birds of
the World on SWTH"*Described as a bird of mature forests (86, 87), but
other studies show equal or higher densities in early-successional habitat,
particularly closed-canopy plantations (80, 81, 88)..."  *I didn't know
this. This is such a great resource by the way.  Anyway, I managed a poor
quality recording with my cell phone. Bird was singing close but my phone's
audio recording abilities are pretty bad. See
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S70663930   I certainly hope this
species will persist up here...

Dave Nicosia

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Weather for May 9th Global Big Day in central NY....not good news

[Lynn Bergmeyer]

You never answered my question re my blocks in Yates. Worried

On Thu, May 7, 2020, 4:19 PM David Nicosia  wrote:

> All,
>
> I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Saturday's weather is looking
> downright awful.  We are looking at a record breaking cold air mass with
> strong northwest winds and temperatures mainly in the 30s most of the day.
> In addition, there will be off and on snow/rain showers which will reduce
> visibility at times. The winds are going to be the worst averaging around
> 20 mph or more sustained w/ gust to 35 mph at times. The eastern and
> southern shores of the Finger Lakes could see wind gusts of 45 mph or more.
> With temperatures in the 30s most of the day, that equates to wind chill
> temperatures in the low 20s.  If you want to bird the finger lakes you may
> want to consider the western sides of the lakes.
>
> See https://go.usa.gov/xvG7S  which is Ithaca's detailed NOAA forecast
>
> I also did one for Montezuma since I know a lot folks like to bird the
> complex...  https://go.usa.gov/xvGA3
>
> The web page that allows you pick any point in the CONUS can be found
> here https://www.weather.gov/forecastpoints   Go to this site, zoom
> and click on the map of desired location or enter zipcode or name of town
> and state. These forecasts are updated at least once per 3 hours or more.
> Let me know if you have questions. This is probably the best free weather
> site for detailed forecast information from NOAA!
>
> Best, good luck and bundle up!!!
> Dave Nicosia
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