[cayugabirds-l] Advice on attracting a screech owl
I just ordered an Owl house with great hopes of attracting them to my backyard. There is a mature canopy ( I live in Cayuga Heights) and I am looking for pointers on the best path to success. I assume this is late in the season for Owls but hope to attach it next week. This is the one I ordered https://www.jcswildlife.com/jcs-wildlife-screech-owl-or-saw-whet-owl-house-cedar-nesting-box-with-poly-lumber-roof/ Thanks in Advance for any advice Barbara Eden -- 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] Orange Crowned @ Hawthorn
Like yesterday hawthorn orchard was again relatively quiet today, nashville warblers continuing to be the dominant singer, with a good number of white crowned sparrows singing and foraging in the freshly and messily mown grass, joining a seemingly diminishing number of white throated sparrows. Then Ken Kemphues chased me down to tell me that he'd just seen an orange-crowned sparrow after following an unfamiliar trill, and together we were able to relocate it. (So FOY credit goes to him.) The trill fits in the junco-chipping range, but doesn't stay in the same pitch like those songs, varying and slowly descending towards the end. At times it seemed to have an edge, and was somewhat reminiscent of a female cowbird's chatter. Suan _ Composed by thumb and autocorrect. -- 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] white throat sparrows
I have had a small group of white throated sparrows in my yard for the last 3 days. The color variability is one Ive never seen. One with the usual white throat and white stripes on head, several with tan stripes and tan throat, and one with white throat and tan stripes on head. Is this usual? -- 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] Immature red-winged blackbird
We get many red-winged blackbirds at our feeder. On May 6 we saw a juvenile/immature one, which we have never seen before. Is this a 2020 hatchling which hasn't molted yet? You can see photos at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S87318675 Thanks, Fred Kardon -- 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] Orchard Orioles at Salt Point Natural Area
Hello All- My husband and I went for a morning bird walk at Salt Point where we had multiple Orchard Oriole sightings!! At one point we saw 4 males and 1 female simultaneously in/near a flowering apple tree along the southern leg of the trail. 2 male Baltimores were also in the tree at the same time- distinctly different in color. We’re still novice birders, but are 99% sure in our ID- definitely not robins or towhees! :) Would love to get confirmation from more experienced birders if anyone else is heading to Salt Point today. We have a low quality iPhone video of a male where you can hear its calls that we’d be happy to share with anyone who is interested. Yay! Spring! - Martha -- 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] Rainbow of birds!
Dark-chestnut male Orchard Oriole, FOY Yard bird here today! Along with several brilliant orange & muted-orange B Orioles. Cardinals & Goldfinch are bright regulars, along with purpley Grackles. Yellow Warblers search the tree blossoms for bugs. Green-backed, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds sip nectar, as the male Indigo Bunting grabs seed from the railing. Blue Jays are up to their usual antics & the lovely rusty-backed Wood Thrush serenades from the woods nearby. Robin red breast is joined on the lawn by the multi-colored Flicker, as the soft-tan M. Doves search for fallen seeds. It is hard to tend to chores with this rainbow show outside! Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Orange Crowned @ Hawthorn
As pointed out by several people, I meant of course Orange-Crowned Warbler. That's what happens when trying to type on your phone while walking down the recway, I guess. (Hard to blame auto-correct for this one, though.) Meanwhile, it's interesting that the OCWA did not fire off an ebird alert as I would've expected. Does that feel like something that needs fixing? (In contrast, the ebird alerts about red-eyed vireos, while a little noisy, are at least understandable for seasonality reasons.) Suan On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 9:11 AM Suan Yong wrote: > > Like yesterday hawthorn orchard was again relatively quiet today, nashville > warblers continuing to be the dominant singer, with a good number of white > crowned sparrows singing and foraging in the freshly and messily mown grass, > joining a seemingly diminishing number of white throated sparrows. > > Then Ken Kemphues chased me down to tell me that he'd just seen an > orange-crowned sparrow after following an unfamiliar trill, and together we > were able to relocate it. (So FOY credit goes to him.) The trill fits in the > junco-chipping range, but doesn't stay in the same pitch like those songs, > varying and slowly descending towards the end. At times it seemed to have an > edge, and was somewhat reminiscent of a female cowbird's chatter. > > Suan > _ > Composed by thumb and autocorrect. -- 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/ --
