[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Ducks, Common Loon
On my way to Aurora today I turned onto that loop road that goes down to the lake in Levannah. Saw my FOY Common Loon not far from shore, and just a couple hundred feet south of it was a small raft of 11 Long-tailed Ducks. They were feeding very actively and it was now-you-see-them (for 5-10 seconds) and then now-you-don't (for the next 45-60). They all dove together and popped back to the surface as a group as well. Fun watching them at such close range. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 -- 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] Sapsucker Woods House Wren
I stopped by the Lab after work and heard my first of the year House Wren on the Wilson trail. I still haven't seen or heard a Winter Wren, maybe this weekend. Gary -- 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] Lake Street
It turned out that the bird I thought was a Pine Warbler last week was a RUBY- CROWNED KINGLET. I thought at the time that the song wasn't quite right for Pine Warbler. Today, I heard the full Kinglet song at Lake Street, and figured it out. 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] Willard Str. Rock Garden
Had a pleasant picnic lunch in Cornell's "secret garden", sharing a corner bench with singing RC Kinglet, titmouse, and White-throated Sparrow, and a rabbit. The mix of blooming flowers in that hidden oasis is incredible, just steps away from the milling crowds of Ho Plaza-- trillium just starting. Nancy W. Dickinson Director's Administrative Assistant Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art -- 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] Great Blue Herons
I have put some photos of the male heron's feet, showing his missing right hallux at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2010. I put up one from last year that shows the same injury. When I looked through this year's first photos I was a little surprised to see the first male to be displaying on the tree in early March was NOT this individual, but one with all his toes. No wonder there was so much scuffling the first week. Kevin -- 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] Pine Siskins
The first Pine Siskins showed up at our feeders this noon. A pair, these are the first we've seen this year. How unlike the recent past. J -- 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" -- 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] Reminder: Monday Night Seminar
A reminder that this coming Monday Elizabeth Buckles from the Cornell Vet School will be giving a talk that focuses on white nose syndrome in bats. We hope to see you here! Monday, April 19, 2010 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Monday Night Seminar: Elizabeth Buckles "White Nose Syndrome: A Unprecedented Threat to Hibernating Bats" Elizabeth L. Buckles DVM, Cornell University Monday Night Seminars were originally conceived by Lab founder Dr. Arthur A. Allen as a venue for sharing the complex world of science in a format aimed at a public audience. Seminars typically begin at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.) in the Visitors’ Center Auditorium. As always, admission is free and open to all. ** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods -- 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] Thrasher at CLO
Came upon a BROWN THRASHER singing near the feeding station on the north trail of the Sapsucker Woods pond this AM. He moved up from a mid-level branch til he was in the topmost of the highest tree. I listened for a few minutes, then really had to get to work. My first movement sent him flying off. ChrisP (I hope this msg only arrives once: I've been having some email/list issues in the last couple of days). -- 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] Spotted Sandpipers - Salt Pt. and Private Marina; Yellow-rumped Warbler - Stewart Park
At ca. 7:30 this morning there were 3 Killdeer around the pool on the north side of the spit at Myers. One was vocalizing persistently from a brooding posture on a low mound of beach gravel near the pool. Later, In the bird's absence, I could see what looked like a nest excavation at the site. Around that time I saw a Spotted Sandpiper across the creek at Salt Pt. Later I saw what I presumed was a second one working the beach at the Private Marina. At ca. 8:20 I saw a bright male Yellow-rumped warbler at the Swan Pen in Stewart Park. Also in the vicinity were 5 Hooded Mergansers, a Fish Crow, and a Red-bellied Woodpecker. Stuart -- 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] Vultures
At Little Paine's Creek Three black vultures Rest on the bank Waiting. Waiting. Suckers are running. Yesterday there was one Tomorrow? Perhaps none. -- 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] sapsucker drumming
Aside from an occasional (and easily dissuaded) N. Flicker, I find Y-B Sapsuckers the only woodpecker with an apparent preference for the metallic resonance of building gutters and downspouts, testing and then rejecting perfectly good natural opportunities nearby (good enough for the downies, hairies and red-bellies, anyway). Their persistence is admirable, I guess...but not so much at 5 AM. I wonder if having more than one breeding male in the area results in the kind of one-upmanship, where in a fit of trial and error one bird eventually hits upon the loudest possible drumming place--more often metallic than not--and sticks with it. The question for me is why other woodpeckers in the territory don't do the same? Eben McLane -- 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] RC Kinglet
I found a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET dead on the ground outside the glassed stairway of Rhodes Hall on campus yesterday evening. A sad end to migration for this one. Look out for live ones! John Greenly -- 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/ --
