Re: [cayugabirds-l] 100 brant off east shore
This morning a couple minutes after 8am I had just dropped off a customer in Varna and was driving back toward town on NYS 366, when I first saw one TURKEY VULTURE fly north across the road, then a RED-TAILED HAWK fly south, then I noticed 2 more TURKEY VULTURES apparently just starting to move out from trees in Hillside Acres trailer park. As I began to ascend the hill I was surprised to see a V of about 60 small, dark, fast-flapping geese, not very high under a low cloud ceiling and headed northwest, more or less following the south rim of the valley of Fall Creek. I continued on NYS 366 and turned off on Caldwell Road, pulling over between the Vet School and the greenhouses to get another look at what I thought was the same flock moving away from me to the northwest, but now it was in more of an irregular mob and appeared to have about 80 birds. From Caldwell Road I took Plantations Road to the end and briefly scanned Beebe Lake, only finding CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS. My next pick-up was on NYS 34B north of Myers, so I rationalized dropping all the way down to East Shore Drive. There I found what I expected, a tight flock of BRANT in the middle of the lake north of the piling cluster. I called Bob who I figured would be out looking for them. He said he'd just left Stewart Park without Brant which verified that they'd just arrived. I had another look in the scope and counted about 100. Then I pecked out my message to Cayugabirds-L. When I looked up, they were gone. I called Bob back to warn him, but he had to hang up because he'd just found them in distant flight. A minute later he called back with a count of 130. But his high count at the marina was 190, which comports well with what Tom & Mark saw. I suspect my Varna flock joined Ryan's Northwoods & Tower Road flocks to form my lake flock, then they flew around gathering more stray groups. I wonder what they were doing so dispersed at 8am. Had they spent the night on the lake or a pond and taken off to migrate at dawn to be turned back by the weather, or was it just breakfast time? --Dave Nutter On Friday, October 23, 2009, at 05:21AM, <6072292...@vtext.com> wrote: > 100 brant off east shore pk 0815 23 oct -dave nutter > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >Archives: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >2) 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 Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black Scoters, East Shore
Hi folks, The flock of 80+ BLACK SCOTERS (later joined by 3 adult male SURF SCOTERS) flew a bit north as previously posted, however they were visible from near the dentist office (Dr. Janice Hall Ormsby) a ways north on 34. Most if not all of the original flock (75+ birds, ~20f/juv, ~55m - no surfs) was visible from the spot out in the middle of the lake. (Thanks to Jay for posting.) Also, I figure I saw about 800 Brant today - 1 good sized flock flew over my house this morning (unusually low), 3 big groups flew south from the lake this afternoon, 1 flock that stayed on the lake up near the scoters, and a small group (couple dozen) that flew down along the shore at Myers. Also at Myers were 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 20+ Common Loons, small group of E. Bluebirds and a very vocal Carolina Wren mobbing a young Red-tail over at salt point. Good birding, -Paul -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] flocks of crows and of vultures not migrating
Going to work and coming back from work on East Hill, I also have been seeing hundreds of crows flying. Guess it is that time of year again. Ann Mitchell In a message dated 10/22/2009 11:17:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nutter.d...@mac.com writes: I've been seeing some crow flocks as well but thought they were local. On Wednesday evening about 6pm as I was walking along Spencer Road in Ithaca, along the base of South Hill I saw 30 AMERCIAN CROWS flying northeast over/along the hill. Perhaps they were going to a winter roost. This morning I saw 5 TURKEY VULTURES going south over the Flood Control Channel along the base of West Hill in Ithaca, but they seemed kind of lazy. Two stopped off in a dead tree and one veered southeast over downtown, so I'm guessing maybe they were local, at least for now. --Dave Nutter Meena wrote: >Today morning while walking to work, I saw several hundred crows in groups and they looked like migrants. One group was larger than 100 birds, they kept coming. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) 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 Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Brant and Black Scoters
I arrived at East Shore Drive before 5:00 P.M.. Gary Kohlenberg and Drew ? were there. I saw the MANY reported Brant near the Weather Station in the middle of the lake. Gary said the BLACK SCOTERS moved pretty far north, too far north to id them. We went to Myers Park, and from the point, we eventually saw 12 Black Scoters heading south. The 3 reported DUNLIN were still around and very close to us, so we had excellent views of them. Of note, there were many flocks of CORMORANTS heading south. Unfortunately, I neglected to count them. (Guess I need to do much better for E-bird.) We did see many more of them at East Shore and at Portland Point. Not one Greater Cormorant among them so far. Best, Ann Mitchell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Scoters, East Shore
Paul Hurtado just called to say he is watching a very large flock of SCOTERS on Cayuga Lake from East Shore Park, where they are visible to the northwest. At least a good number of them appear to be BLACK SCOTERS. Good numbers of Brant are around as well. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Brant, Dunlin
I was at Myers for first light this morning watching three DUNLIN forage on the spit. Nothing much else in the drizzle. A few Ring- billed Gulls, Mallards, Starlings, and a distance Carolina Wren. From there I went to Stewart Park, scanned the lake (Canada Geese, one PIED-BILLED GREBE and three GREEN-WINGED TEAL as well as the common gulls), and walked around the Swan Pen (one YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER). I was headed home when I got a call from Dave Nutter who had just followed a flock of Brant from Varna to the lake. I returned to East Shore Park and found the Brant flying down the lake, right on the deck, from the area of the weather buoy. I watched as they gained altitude and flew to the Inlet, then circled out over the lake, and back, and forth. They continued to circle a dozen times, seeming unable to make up their minds as to whether or not to continue south. Eventually they all settled on the grass at Treman Marina and began foraging with a bunch of Canadas. I drove to the marina and got close looks at the flock, now numbering 190 individuals. Just before I left (8:40) they all took off, circled again, and landed on the lake off the Swan Pen. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] North Woods Birds
This morning some agitated CAROLINA WRENS alerted me to the presence of an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL just to the north of building 16 at North Woods Apartments in Lansing. On the short walk from the apartment to the car there was also a small flock of BRANT headed southwest over the complex. Another group of ~50 BRANT flew over Tower Road on campus this morning. Good birding, Ryan -- Ryan Douglas r...@cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] 100 brant off east shore
100 brant off east shore pk 0815 23 oct -dave nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
