[cayugabirds-l] pine siskin-brooktondale
I saw a single Pine Siskin foraging with goldfinches at our place on Burns Rd in Brooktondale this afternoon. Tom Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. Warren Buffett ~ Thomas Hoebbel Photography www.TH-Photo.com 607-539-6121 ~ -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] early Chipping Sparrow - Sapsucker Woods
Cayugabirders, I forgot to post about an early Chipping Sparrow that was hanging around the front feeders and parking lot yesterday at the Lab of O, Sapsucker Woods. Mary Winston mentioned it to me in the afternoon, and I heard and saw it around 6:30 pm. Notably, this is around 2 weeks early for Chipping Sparrow here relative to historical arrival dates. American Tree Sparrows and Song Sparrows were also around, and Red-winged Blackbirds were singing up a storm in the early evening. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park
There were 11 ring-billed gulls and 19 Canada geese at Stewart Park today, 3/17 Bob G -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2752 - Release Date: 03/17/10 03:33:00
[cayugabirds-l] FW: eBird Report - Montezuma Audubon Center , 3/17/10
Location: Montezuma Audubon Center Observation date: 3/17/10 Number of species: 6 Canada Goose X American Wigeon X Ring-necked Duck X Purple Martin 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Joe Carol Slattery -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] No Purple Martins
Hi, Today is St Patrick's Day, not April Fool's. Day! The two Purple Martins we reported seeing at MAC today were decoys. (Thanks, Chuck Gibson for letting us know about the decoys on the Martin House). Joe Carol Slattery -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] No Purple Martins
Before recording a first record for the year for the basin, I try to remember to check eBird in case someone has quietly submitted a record earlier. When I saw that there were no other NY records yet, nor PA, nor CN, nor MA, nor OH, nor MD, nor VA, and the nearest Purple Martin record was from Cape May NJ just today, and the next nearest from NC, I began to wonder what was going on. Now I wonder whether those NJ records were decoys. Another thing to beware of is that some folks play Purple Martin sounds along with their decoys in a multimedia attempt to lure them to use a new martin house. This was tried at the Lab of O last year. --Dave Nutter On Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 05:01PM, Joe Carol Slattery jslatte...@rochester.rr.com wrote: -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant on red lighthouse
During the time it took me to type out the text message, something scared up most of what was on the red lighthouse breakwater, and the Double-crested Cormorant, which had been a shimmery silhouette, had disappeared. Awhile later from the east end of Stewart Park I had another view of a/the Double-crested Cormorant hunting in the lake. This was more satisfying, showing yellow-orange bill pouch and even the proper spring double-crested head shape. Despite low numbers of waterfowl, the vast majority having migrated a bit further north, I found a good variety at Stewart Park today during several brief stops, including: SNOW GOOSE (2 flocks high up flying north early this morning), CANADA GOOSE (even though many have paired up and staked out territories elsewhere), AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (1M,1F), AMERICAN WIGEON (1M), RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE (1F), COMMON MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER (1M,1F), RUDDY DUCK (1F) I think I may have also seen Mark Chao heading off to the Renwick Sanctuary. I tried again today (unsuccessfully) to see a Great Horned Owl at the nest from the taxi on Pier Road as I did last year. Yesterday I also tried without seeing any owl, but was pleasantly surprised to see a BROWN CREEPER on the nest tree, which is a very good office bird for me. --Dave Nutter On Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 12:59PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: Double-crested Cormorant on red lighthouse breakwater 4pm 17 March -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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs, 4PM Wends.
With beautiful calm, sunny weather I was able to find the Western Grebe this afternoon, Wednesday, at 4 PM. It was straight out from the parking area, swimming, snoozing and preening. Over about an hour it swam leisurely west until it was behind the bluff. I was able to pick it up again by scanning from the State Park shore. I noticed a couple things; it doesn't associate with the Red-necked Grebes at all. Once when crossing paths with another Grebe it dove and swam underneath to avoid a close encounter. Many times it looked like it had something trailing behind like a tail extension, but was only dragging a leg. I've seen other birds stretch their legs, but this guy seemed to do in constantly mostly the right leg. Sometimes he would windmill his leg around the side of his body. I don't think anything was wrong, maybe it just felt good. When past the bluff toward the State Park he resumed actively feeding, diving about every 30 seconds and staying down about 20 seconds each time. He came up with a fish on very many of those dives. This lasted about 1/2 hour. He then resumed swimming out to the northwest in a straight line, but not diving anymore. He must have been full. When I left at 6 PM he was still visible in the scope. Gary Kohlenberg -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
