[cayugabirds-l] Barred Owls and Spotted Salamanders
This evening's rain and dropping temperatures seemed like a promising combination, so just now I stepped out to the vernal pool in my wooded yard and directed a flashlight beam down through the duckweed onto the leafy bottom, where I could see that the spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) have begun their annual gathering. Lately, Barred Owls have been hooting down in the gulf, day and night. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@clarityconnect.com -- 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] Warbler
I saw my first warbler today. I was working on Lake Street. My radio was playing Ornette Coleman's 'Endangered Species', and the bird flew over to check out the music! I didn't have binocluars, but it looked a lot like a PINE WARBLER- very greenish- yellow. Bruce Packard Groton -- 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] turkeys displaying
Eleven tom turkey were displaying for two hens Monday and one hen this morning alongside the house on the NE corner of Cayuga Heights Rd and Hanshaw Rd. The toms were displaying alongside the road and making a grand show of it. The female(s) were in a small ravine behind the house and appeared to take no notice of the parading for their benefit. After a while, they all went to the yard next door on Hanshaw and foraged together. Candace -- 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] Mt Pleasant Eastern Meadowlark
An Eastern Meadowlark was singing from the easternmost fields on Mt Pleasant Road around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, when I took my walk up the hill. It was much closer to the road on my way back and I got good looks at it amid the grass. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- 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] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, possible Bell's Vireo rumor
For me the Bell's tip was a great excuse for a little afternoon bird walk. Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets and my first of the year Yellow-rumped Warbler, some Sapsuckers, along with the Gnatcatchers made it fun. Gary From: bounce-5543607-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5543607-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of David McCartt Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:13 AM To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu; Dave Nutter Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, possible Bell's Vireo rumor Sorry gang but I'm the one that started the Bell's Vireo rumor! After reading this post and doing a little research I now realize the bird was a/the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. I'm not very familiar with this Gnatcatcher and I've never seen/heard a Bell's Vireo. I guess not-so-close and no cigar for me... Carry on. David --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Dave Nutter wrote: From: Dave Nutter Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, possible Bell's Vireo rumor To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:33 PM Attracted by a third-hand report of a possible Bell's Vireo on the Wilson Trail north at Sapsucker Woods this afternoon (07 April), I ran into Tom Johnson, Carolyn Sedgwick, and Jay McGowan. They kindly pointed out a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, a first for the basin for 2010, so far as I know. I don't think anyone re-found the Vireo, nor do I know the details on the bird, but it's worth keeping eyes & ears alert around Sapsucker Woods for awhile. Other birds I encountered today included a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW on the wires between East Shore Park and NYS 34, probably the same Swallow sp. I saw backlit there yesterday as I went past at the speed limit with a fare, and a PINE WARBLER singing in pines beside The Parkway in Cayuga Heights near Parkway Place, a good sighting from the taxi. --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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, possible Bell's Vireo rumor
Sorry gang but I'm the one that started the Bell's Vireo rumor! After reading this post and doing a little research I now realize the bird was a/the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. I'm not very familiar with this Gnatcatcher and I've never seen/heard a Bell's Vireo. I guess not-so-close and no cigar for me... Carry on. David --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Dave Nutter wrote: From: Dave Nutter Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, possible Bell's Vireo rumor To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:33 PM Attracted by a third-hand report of a possible Bell's Vireo on the Wilson Trail north at Sapsucker Woods this afternoon (07 April), I ran into Tom Johnson, Carolyn Sedgwick, and Jay McGowan. They kindly pointed out a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, a first for the basin for 2010, so far as I know. I don't think anyone re-found the Vireo, nor do I know the details on the bird, but it's worth keeping eyes & ears alert around Sapsucker Woods for awhile. Other birds I encountered today included a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW on the wires between East Shore Park and NYS 34, probably the same Swallow sp. I saw backlit there yesterday as I went past at the speed limit with a fare, and a PINE WARBLER singing in pines beside The Parkway in Cayuga Heights near Parkway Place, a good sighting from the taxi. --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] Yard Birds: Louisiana Waterthrush, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse
I have had some fun new yard birds this week. About a half an hour ago, I heard a Louisianna Waterthrush in the creek across the road. I believe I heard it a few days ago as well, but was able to hear it better and confirm it this morning. There has also been a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker drumming in the woods in my back yard for the past 4 days. I have seen a Ruffed Grouse on two occasions and just heard it again this morning. Cheers, Shannon Haskins Caroline -- 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/ --
