[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Trip Haiku

[Susan Danskin]

Dave was right, I was tired, it took a while to compose the Haiku, and of 
course I had to watch the Olympics.  Obviously not everything is reported here. 
 It was fun to write.  Hope you enjoy.
Susan

Bird Club trip report
Tired of writing in prose
Haiku used instead
 
Fun on Saturday
All the way around the lake
Nice day of birding
 
Joined by Ann Dave Klaus
Sara Jane and Larry too
Gary and Judy
 
East Shore Park at first
Redheads, Goldeneye abound
White-winged Scoter male
 
Ladoga Park next
Trio of Snow Geese plus Coots
Coopers Hawk great look
 
Amidst Canadas
A Greater White-fronted Goose
Myers a success
 
Bathrooms and coffee
Pileated Woodpecker
Triangle Diner
 
Blue birds in cedars 
Yellow-rumped warbler flashes
Road just past Long Point
 
Wells College boathouse
Choppy looks at four Horned Grebe
No companion Earred
 
No Screechie in sight
Not so many birds to see
Both ponds Union Springs
 
Village offices
First looks at swans for the day
Rafts of ducks galore
 
Just south of Mudlock
Tundra and Trumpeter Swans
No Eagles on nest

Rough-leggeds, Eagles
Short-earred owl chased by crow
Mucklands raptor show
 
Van Dyne Spoor no Shrike
Freight trains block exit to pass
Fifteen minutes lost
 
West side at Dean’s Cove
Red-breasted Mergs so handsome
Evening approaching
 
More White-winged Scoters
This time not just one, a pair
Wyers Point Road, there
 
Larry wants a Loon
Not one on east side or west
Sheldrake, finally!
 
Bird Club trip Haiku
Dave thought it couldn’t be done
Had to prove him wrong
 
Haiku about birds
Not so simple or easy
Next time will be prose
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[cayugabirds-l] 'round the lake Saturday with Cayuga Bird Club

[Dave Nutter]

No doubt Susan Danskin is tired after driving 'round the lake today, or maybe 
it's just taking her awhile to compose the verses of haiku to recount the 
Cayuga Bird Club field trip as she intended.  Just in case she's decided not to 
give a report, here's some highlights.  

Two cars left the Lab of O shortly after 0730, with Susan, me, Klaus (whose 
last name I missed), Judy T (whose last name I'm afraid I'll mess up), Larry & 
Sara Jane Hymes, Gary Kohlenberg, and Ann Mitchell.  

Our first stop was East Shore Park, where we saw plenty of CANADA GEESE, 
MALLARDS, COMMON GOLDENEYE, REDHEADS (a few close by, and scads of them near 
the far shore with at least a few CANVASBACKS mixed in), a few GADWALL, 
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, and COMMON MERGANSERS.  The usual 3 gull species loafed 
on the ice to our south. The highlight for me was finding an adult male 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER swimming near the red lighthouse.  

In the Myers Point neighborhood we found, in addition to the GREATER 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE reported elsewhere, the 2 adult (1 with a wing awry) & 1 
immature SNOW GOOSE, more of most of the previously mentioned waterfowl and 
gulls, plenty of AMERICAN COOTS, and a perched COOPER'S HAWK which flew off 
sneakily while most of us were pointing at books and discussing field marks.  
This was the first of 3 Cooper's Hawks seen today.  

>From the Triangle Diner those who spent less time indoors saw a PILEATED 
>WOODPECKER.  

On Lake Rd in Ledyard in the open fields at the top we saw a female NORTHERN 
HARRIER, several RED-TAILED HAWKS, and a HORNED LARK.  My car missed seeing a 
fly-by SHARP-SHINNED HAWK reported by the other car despite our use of 
walkie-talkies.  In brushy woods by the entrance to Long Point State Park we 
saw lots of HOUSE FINCHES, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and AMERICAN ROBINS, along with a 
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, a couple of NORTHERN FLICKERS, and - first noticed at 
quite a distance by Susan - a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.  

>From the Wells College boathouse in Aurora we saw a total of 4 HORNED GREBES.  

>From the village offices in Union Springs we saw many waterfowl along the ice 
>edge parallel to shore.  Most abundant were REDHEADS, but also present were 
>CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, GREATER & LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, GADWALL, 
>MALLARDS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, lots of COMMON MERGANSERS, and 8 distant SWANS 
>- at least 1 and presumably the rest also TUNDRA.  

Somewhere between stops we saw a male AMERICAN KESTREL on a wire bobbing his 
tail. 

In the Village of Cayuga there was a wide swath of open water near the east 
shore occupied by many waterfowl (mainly REDHEADS), and this widened out by 
Harris Park such that the 3 MUTE SWANS (and 1 sleeping Cygnid companion) were 
fairly distant.  North of the railroad tracks from Towpath Machine shop we saw 
scads of TUNDRA SWANS and at least one which several of us thought was a 
TRUMPETER SWAN along with lots of other waterfowl.  Two female HOODED MERGANSER 
swam fairly close to us.  

Next major birding stop was NYS 31 crossing the mucklands.  There to our north 
we saw a distant SHORT-EARED OWL being harassed in flight by an AMERICAN CROW.  
I had never before considered that a Short-eared Owl is smaller than an 
American Crow, but so it was.  The Owl out-climbed the crow, and we lost sight 
of it flying east.  We also saw at least one female NORTHERN HARRIER and I 
think more than 1 light ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.  There were 2 aduilt BALD EAGLES at 
the nest far to the northwest from the Potatoes building, and later we saw one 
in flight in that vicinity to our south from Van Dyne Spoor Road, where we also 
saw several AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD.  

>From Dean's Cove we saw several male and female RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS on the 
>water to the south and flying past us going south.  From Wyers Point Rd we saw 
>a pair of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS.  Our best find south of Sheldrake Point, 
>finally satisfying Larry's wish, was a couple of COMMON LOONS.  

I left out a lot of birds and fun from this account.  We enjoyed a nice, if 
limited, sunset on our way back to Ithaca.  Since we were out past the 
scheduled 4pm end time, Susan requested overtime pay, so she deserves a 
bird-and-a-half for everything we found from the west side of the lake. 

--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Gang Wars

[Meena Haribal]

Carol's email reminded me of two other incidences that I observed sometimes ago.


1.   A few years ago, I was on Salmon Creek road and two pairs of catbirds 
were confronting each other with lots of meowing at each other.  Their hairs 
were raised (meaning their crests were erected, eyebrows raised). They had 
conversation quote sometime and here I was feeling like laughing at them, they 
reminded me of wars in Bombay apartments where two families have things to say 
each others over variety of disputes.  I wish then I had my recorder and 
camera.  After some enough of name naming, one party decided they had had 
enough and backed out of the fight and went away to other side of the road.  I 
thinks theirs was a border dispute!

2.   A couple of years ago, at the Sapsucker woods, just below my office 
window  there was a gang war going on among the Canada Geese. I heard lot of 
honking, so I looked down to find one goose was being surrounded by several 
others and everyone was saying something to that one poor goose. All geese were 
putting their head down when honking. Either they were hazing the poor guy or 
it was disciplining him for stepping outside his line. It was a serious fight. 
I did not watch the whole episode, but I could hear them going on for long 
time, I don't know what happened in the end.

Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY


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[cayugabirds-l] turkey vulture Q

[Susan Fast]

There was a recent question about a turkey vulture being early in Vestal.  I
haven't seen it answered on the general list, so will try to do so.  No, not
early.

A good reference for questions like this at this time of year (or any time)
is www.birdcount.org  .  This gets you to the
GBBC site; then hit the "Exploring Results" box. This gives you 4 choices-go
to "Map Room" (upper left-hand corner).  You are then asked what species you
want and will have to scroll down a list to "turkey vulture".  Hit "Year
2010", then "North America".   Once you get that map, you can pick
"Allegheny" from the "Region" list on the left-hand side to see the
distribution of TVs in NY and PA as of mostly last weekend.  Some half-hardy
species have started moving north, and I suspect that's what was seen.

This site is great fun in addition to having a lot of information.  I spend
a lot of time wandering around in it.

 

Steve fast


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[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run - South: GRAY CATBIRD

[Christopher Wood]

Jay Powell and I birded the trail along the south side of Monkey Run today.
The biggest highlight was a GRAY CATBIRD that was on the south side of the
old railroad grade about 200 meters east of Monkey Run Road. There was also
quite a nice assortment of other birds including the biggest flocks of
waxwings I have seen in this area this year. Complete eBird report follows.

Location:  Monkey Run - South
Observation date: 2/20/2010
Notes: Bird activity has increased significantly in the past week and we
had good numbers of birds. The most species seen this year on this walk by
CLW. WEATHER: 33F. Overcast. Light WSW winds 0 - 5 mph. About 10 - 18
inches of snow on the ground. OBSERVERS: Chris Wood and Jay Powell.
Number of species: 24

Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 3
Herring Gull (American) - Larus argentatus smithsonianus 110 flyovers
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 5 flyovers
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 1 flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 4
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 10 exact count
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 4
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 9
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 38
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 37
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa 1 A single bird calling and
seen well along the creek.
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis 2
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 1
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1 **Rare for this season. Seen
about 200 meters east of Monkey Run road on the south side of the railroad
grade. It was loosely associating with a flock of White-throated Sparrow.
The bird flew up at one point and we had wonderful views of it. I wonder if
this is the same individual that had been around in late fall.
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 64 Highest count of the year for
CLW in Ithaca area. Included a flock of 47 along Monkey Run Road.
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 4 **Partial albino
showing several entirely white feathers on the head so that 3/5 of the head
was entirely white. CLW had not seen this individual before.
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis
13
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 11
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 2
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Chris Wood

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose - Lansing

[Dave Nutter]

It was Susan Danskin, leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip around the lake, 
who picked out the Greater White-fronted Goose this morning.  At the time 
it was close behind a gravel spit, and by the time I got my camera ready 
it had settled down for a nap, but I think everyone got decent looks by then.  
I believe this is the same bird which Stuart Krasnoff found at Boynton Middle 
School on 24 January.  I only have photos from that day of the bird's left 
side, 
but it looks like Tom's right side photos today.  I also suspect it is the same 
bird 
which I saw on 11 January in Union Springs but which I did not photograph.  
--Dave Nutter

On Saturday, February 20, 2010, at 09:33AM, "Tom Johnson"  
wrote:
>Cayugabirders,
>Gary Kohlenberg reported a Greater White-fronted Goose at Myers Point
>in Lansing this morning.  I saw the bird shortly after with other
>birders and we had nice looks in with a flock of Canadas that included
>a yellow-collared goose, potentially from Greenland.  The vividly
>orange-billed Greater White-fronted Goose also showed several
>characteristics of Greenland origin (ssp. flavirostris), though
>subspecific ID is rather confused.
>Two photos of the goose are online here:  
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/
>Cheers,
>Tom
>
>-- 
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>Ithaca, NY
>t...@cornell.edu
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Crow gang wars

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Wow.  Interesting observations.

Like all the other resident birds, the crows are feeling the increasing day 
length and are getting ready to breed.  Although they shouldn't have eggs until 
the last week of March or so, now is the time to get back into the swing of 
keeping everyone else out of the territory.  Boundaries can get a bit sloppy in 
the winter, but as you noticed, it's getting serious now.  Crow territories 
shift a bit from year to year, sometimes quietly and sometimes with a lot of 
fighting.  Territorial disputes have the potential to be fatal, but that 
happens only rarely.

Kevin


From: bounce-5331402-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-5331402-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of cfschm...@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:54 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Crow gang wars

Interesting situation just now at our feeders --
   Tagged TW and his crew began cawing loudly and I looked out when the din 
really increased, and was surprised to see a major fight among about 10 crows. 
They were down on the ground, tumbling and pecking and fighting in the snow.  
They cawed and fought for what seemed a long time, maybe 30 seconds or so of 
serious aggression. Then both groups flew off in different directions, and I 
can still hear them up in neighboring pine trees.
Even the squirrels and other birds froze, to watch this battle.
Carol Schmitt

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Roughed Grouse

[George Houghton]

Several years ago we had a Roughed Grouse crash into our house and fall 
onto our deck.  It didn't survive.


George & Jo Houghton


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[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose - Lansing

[Tom Johnson]

Cayugabirders,
Gary Kohlenberg reported a Greater White-fronted Goose at Myers Point
in Lansing this morning.  I saw the bird shortly after with other
birders and we had nice looks in with a flock of Canadas that included
a yellow-collared goose, potentially from Greenland.  The vividly
orange-billed Greater White-fronted Goose also showed several
characteristics of Greenland origin (ssp. flavirostris), though
subspecific ID is rather confused.
Two photos of the goose are online here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/
Cheers,
Tom

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse collision

[Jeff Holbrook]

Years ago, I flushed a grouse in old field that had patches of dogwood,  
multiflora rose, open grassy areas along with goldenrod. The tallest brush  
in the old field was probably no more than seven feet high. The grouse  
flushed and flew about twenty yards flying low to the ground. It crashed  
right into the only patch of dogwood in its way then fell into the snow.  
It stood there looking at me and I at it. After about ten seconds of no  
movement from either of us it flew into the bush again! It repeated this  
process several times. Eventually it got around the bush and flew off into  
the nearby woodlands. It didn't appear to be hurt by the collisions but  
this was likely due the small size and flexibility of what it was running  
into.


Kind Regards,

Jeff Holbrook,
Corning, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Greater White fronted Goose

[Gary Chapin]

There is a GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE among the Canada Geese in the  
eastern portion of Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva at 11:15 AM.


Also seen in the vicinity was an adult LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL just  
north of the pier behind the hotel (Ramada?).


Gary

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[cayugabirds-l] Crow gang wars

[CFSchmitt]

Interesting situation just now at our feeders --
Tagged TW and his crew began cawing loudly and I looked out when the 
din really increased, and was surprised to see a major fight among about 10 
crows. They were down on the ground, tumbling and pecking and fighting in the 
snow.   They cawed and fought for what seemed a long time, maybe 30 seconds 
or so of serious aggression. Then both groups flew off in different 
directions, and I can still hear them up in neighboring pine trees. 
 Even the squirrels and other birds froze, to watch this battle.
Carol Schmitt

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse collision

[Robin Cisne]

I had a notable collision with a Ruffed Grouse several years ago while
garage sale-ing along a back road in Danby on the second or third day of
March.  Something large and brownish flew across the road, right in front of
the car, and while I was processing what I'd seen and figuring out what it
was, a great cantaloupe-sized WHUMP slammed into my windshield.  I stopped
the car and walked back, and found a dying grouse.  No doubt he had been
pursuing a female.  After he was gone I put the body into a shopping bag I'd
serendipitously left in the car, took him home, and put him in the freezer
until I could get him to a taxidermist.

He's been a member of the family ever since.  We call him Roger, since that
was what he was up to. ; )  And we even made up a cheerfully tasteless song
about him (sung to the tune of "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer"):

 Roger, the randy Ruffed Grouse,
 Flew across a country road
 After a fleeting female
 Hoping he could ... [this part is censored]

 And then along came Robin
 Searching for EAPG*.
 She didn't see poor Roger
 Now he's taxidermy!


*Early American Pattern Glass, c. 1835-1915.  I apologize in advance if I
have offended anyone.
Happy birding —
Robin



On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:13 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote:

> While we were out tracking skunks yesterday (and there was plenty of track
> as they
> wake for the breeding season) we flushed a Ruffed Grouse. As usual it beat
> out of
> cover but then slammed into tree branches much like a flushed turkey.
>
> It was a few minutes later when we heard wing flutter and closed on the
> grounded
> grouse which appeared to have a damaged wing. We recovered the bird and
> delivered it
> to a Schuyler rehabber.
>
> We've spent a lot of time birding and generally off the beaten path over
> the years
> but this is the first such incident we've ever seen or heard of. Thought
> we'd pass
> it along. Have any of you seen/heard of such an avian accident?
> --
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse collision

[Alan Mapes]

Grouse are usually good about dodging hazards as they burst out of 
cover, however, I found this on the Maine Ruffed Grouse Society website:


"In early fall, birds of the year may exhibit a strange period of 
restlessness known as the “fall shuffle” or “crazy flight.” During this 
time, some young grouse take off in apparently undirected flight and a 
few are killed when they crash into trees, fences, windows or the sides 
of building. The fall shuffle may serve to scatter broods and expand or 
disperse the population."


I've had a few turned in at the environmental center where I worded 
(Five Rivers in Delmar), having hit windows during the fall flight time. 
It's always sad to loose one to injury with a population that seems 
really down, at least in this part of the state.


Alan Mapes
Delmar (grew up in Cayuga County)


John and Sue Gregoire wrote:

While we were out tracking skunks yesterday (and there was plenty of track as 
they
wake for the breeding season) we flushed a Ruffed Grouse. As usual it beat out 
of
cover but then slammed into tree branches much like a flushed turkey.

It was a few minutes later when we heard wing flutter and closed on the grounded
grouse which appeared to have a damaged wing. We recovered the bird and 
delivered it
to a Schuyler rehabber.

We've spent a lot of time birding and generally off the beaten path over the 
years
but this is the first such incident we've ever seen or heard of. Thought we'd 
pass
it along. Have any of you seen/heard of such an avian accident?
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Field Ornithologists
Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Road
Burdett,NY 14818-9626
 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/
"Conserve and Create Habitat"




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[cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse collision

[John and Sue Gregoire]

While we were out tracking skunks yesterday (and there was plenty of track as 
they
wake for the breeding season) we flushed a Ruffed Grouse. As usual it beat out 
of
cover but then slammed into tree branches much like a flushed turkey.

It was a few minutes later when we heard wing flutter and closed on the grounded
grouse which appeared to have a damaged wing. We recovered the bird and 
delivered it
to a Schuyler rehabber.

We've spent a lot of time birding and generally off the beaten path over the 
years
but this is the first such incident we've ever seen or heard of. Thought we'd 
pass
it along. Have any of you seen/heard of such an avian accident?
--
John and Sue Gregoire
Field Ornithologists
Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Road
Burdett,NY 14818-9626
 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/
"Conserve and Create Habitat"




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[cayugabirds-l] Rough-legged hawk

[Susan Fast]

On a windy walk late yesterday morning in Brooktondale, I came upon what l
was sure was an early turkey vulture-long wings (a bit narrow, though);
long, straight tail; very dark above and below; pronounced dihedral to
wings; and the characteristic rocking motion.  As it flew over me, the head
didn't seem right, however; then it drifted over a nearby field and began
hover-hunting which gave it away as a very dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, the
first I've seen in the area this winter.

 

Steve Fast

Brooktondale


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