[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker
Jessie Barry and I saw the juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker at South Monkey Run just before dusk this evening. It could be seen from the snow plow turnaround at the northern terminus of Monkey Run Road. Cheers, Chris Chris Wood eBird Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 26, 2009 * NYSY2610.09 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 19, 2009 - October 26, 2009 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:October 26 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #177 -Monday October 26, 2009 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 26 , 2009 Highlights: --- RED-NECKED GREBE GREAT EGRET WHITE IBIS (Extralimital) EURASIAN WIGEON SURF SCOTER SANDHILL CRANE AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER NORTHERN SHRIKE CAROLINA WREN ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER NELSON’S SPARROW SNOW BUNTING PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 10/19: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Audubon Center on Rt.89. 10/24: A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was spotted and photographed on VanDyne Spoor Road. On 10/25 the bird was relocated and seen by many observers from early morning to last light. As yet there have been no positive reports on 10/26. 10/25: Also seen this day fron Van Dyne Spoor Road were HUDSONIAN GODWIT, SANDHILL CRANE, and NORTHERN SHRIKE. At Marten’s tract 2 NELSON’S SPARROWS were seen. At Tschache Pool an EURASIAN WIGEON was seen.At North Spring Pond 5 GREAT EGRETS were spotted. At the Visitor’s Center 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen. Cayuga County 10/22: 22 DUNLIN and 1 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were found at Fairhaven State Park. 10/24: 9 species of waterfowl including 10 SURF SCOTERS were seen at Fairhaven State Park. Also seen were 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and 10 SNOW BUNTINGS. Oswego County 10/22: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Hastings. Onondaga County 10/22: A laate EASTERN MEADOWLARK was spotted in Tully. PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in the est side of Syracuse. 10/23: 2 CAROLINA WRENS were found on the Erie Canal Trail on Bennets Corners Road west of Syracuse. Extralimital The WHITE IBIS has returned to the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area and was seen as recently as 10/25. Check Genesee Birds for specific location. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Rusty Blackbirds, Fox Sparrows, no Red-headed Woodpecker
It wasn't until early this morning that Ann Mitchell & I checked out Chris Wood's Red-headed Woodpecker spot in Monkey Run South. It was frosty, shady and pretty quiet, but we did find several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, DARK- EYED JUNCOS and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and we heard a BROWN CREEPER song among a few other expected birds. I returned this afternoon and took a longer loop walk clockwise upstream along the pink trail (past Chris' original description and eBird map mark where there was indeed a RUFFED GROUSE drumming), cutting across a meander on the red trail, more of the pink trail to near where NYS 13 crosses Fall Creek, and returning on the orange trail. Near where I first got on the red trail I found 3 FOX SPARROWS, and on the far end I found botrh RED-BREASTED and WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. On the return on the orange trail on a straight grassy right-of-way I found a flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS & AMERICAN ROBINS eating fruits near where a stream passed under in a culvert. In the late morning Ann & I walked in several short grassy or weedy fields in the Varna area and found very few sparrows. I must concur with Bill Evans that we are probably 3 weeks late on such a quest. Next year! We did see a SAVANNAH SPARROW and saw and heard several flying AMERICAN PIPITS near Stevenson Road, and a immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in the Freese Road gardens. There were a couple SONG SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES as well, but literally only a handful of birds at Freese Rd. Near the entrance to the Cornell compost facility there were many blackbirds feeding in a corn field which has not been harvested. These included hundreds of COMMON GRACKLES and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, over a dozen BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, and at least 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. The EUROPEAN STARLINGS at the Game Farm numbered in the thousands, and were fun to watch as they took flight in lava-lamp-like blobs when an immature COOPER'S HAWK came by and tried to pick one off. The intended victim led it out of our sight toward the woods. There were at least 20 RED-TAILED HAWKS in the area, mainly the Game Farm and a similar number of TURKEY VULTURES, mainly the compost facility and fence posts on the adjacent hill. There were hundreds of HERRING and RING-BILLED GULLS and at least one FISH CROW (heard by Ann) and plenty of AMERICAN CROWS at the compost or commuting. --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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
I spent 2 1/2 hours today looking for the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher from about 8- 10:30. It was not seen by any of the people who had come to look, It was pretty laden with frost at arrival. Diana Whiting On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Matthew Medler wrote: Just a quick note for those who might be interested in looking for the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Savannah on Monday. The bird was still present when I left the area at 5:40 pm on Sunday evening (25 Oct 2009). David Wheeler was still watching it, hoping that Jim Pawlicki would arrive in time to catch a glimpse of it (which I think he did). During the time that I was there this afternoon, the bird ranged a considerable distance along the eastern end of Van Dyne Spoor Road. When I arrived, it was probably 3/5 to 3/4 of a mile west of the road's dead end, but at one point it flew east of the dead end and over the small canal into Cayuga County. At all times that I saw it, the bird was either perched on the power lines, or on vegetation on the south side of Van Dyne Spoor Road. Good luck, Matt Medler Ithaca -- 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/ --
