[cayugabirds-l] Triphammer Terrace Redpoll flock now 100
I checked for the Redpolls again this morning and am giving myself another chance to try to type 'flock' . At ca. 0800 h I counted 105 Redpolls in two adjacent birches. Yesterday a Red-tailed Hawk cruised over and the flock briefly evacuated the triangular patch of birches. Today, a Red-tailed was sitting in a birch when I drove up, but the Redpolls were going about their business about 100 yards away...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] KING EIDER in lake off
KING EIDER in lake off middle of Stewart Pk 855am 29 Dec. Also 1 each Canvasback American Wigeon for count week. --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] 2 adult Bald Eagles opp
2 adult Bald Eagles opp Cascadilla boathouse 910am plus Gadwall for count week. --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] Common Redpolls in Brooktondale
8 Common Redpolls showed up today at our feeders in Brooktondale---and on our Project FeederWatch day. And it's a good thing, because all the other birds we've been watching all week seem to have evaporated with the warmer weather. We had a little excitement a few days ago when a Long-tailed Weasel (in its white plumage with black tip to tail) showed up in our shed. It was very curious and gave us great looks, even though my husband had unknowingly dumped out its cache of 5 dead mice in a bucket a few days previously, not realizing they belonged to someone. It apparently accepted his apologetic offering of a couple of chunks of suet in exchange. --Sandy Podulka -- 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] Redheads
Despite three boatloads of hunters shooting near the lighthouse jetty and regular gunfire from the north as well, approximately 1900 Redheads and 2 Canvasbacks congregated in front of my house just north of Hog Hole for a while. Yesterday there were 5 Tundra Swans (inclucing the young one with bluish-gray neck) with a group of Redheads and Mallards--not here today so far though. -- 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] Tundra Swans, 4 adult, 1
Tundra Swans, 4 adult, 1 immature, southeast corner Cayuga Lake 1040am --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] Ithaca Peregrine
Hey All, This morning, I saw a Peregrine Falcon flying over the parking lot at K-Mart toward the inlet. Way cool! Martha Fischer Town of Dryden -- 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] Redpolls, larks
Susie I found about a dozen COMMON REDPOLLS in the tamaracks at the end of Signal Hill Rd., off Tehan, off Irish Settlement Rd. this morning. Also 49 HORNED LARKS along Red Mill Rd. in the Town of Dryden. And, a DARK-PHASE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the north end of George Road. Steve Fast -- 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] Northern Pintail, 1 male off
Northern Pintail, 1 male off Stewart Pk 340pm --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] Cedar Waxwings Mt. Pleasant
Although my friend's search for snow buntings on Mt. Pleasant this morning did not yield any larks or buntings, she did see a large flock of Cedar Waxwings in what she called a scrubby hedgerow not far from the Observatory. She said the Waxwings just kept coming, and estimates their number to be around seventy. -- 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] northern pintail
Still easy to see just off the ice shelf 4:45pm -- 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] Triphammer Terrace Redpoll flock - Wednesday pm
I found the redpolls this afternoon (Wednesday) around 4:15. There are a number of birches in this area, but the redpolls are focussing their attention on the few that have catkins remaining. As Stuart mentioned to me, this food source may not last much longer. The large Snow Bunting flock on Mt Pleasant is mostly staying way in the back of the fields and has been much harder to locate in the past couple of days. So folks wanting to see them need to either hang out a while and watch for them, or be lucky! 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 From: bounce-7619105-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-7619105-5851...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Krasnoff [s...@cornell.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:53 AM To: CayugaBirds Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Triphammer Terrace Redpoll flock now 100 I checked for the Redpolls again this morning and am giving myself another chance to try to type 'flock' . At ca. 0800 h I counted 105 Redpolls in two adjacent birches. Yesterday a Red-tailed Hawk cruised over and the flock briefly evacuated the triangular patch of birches. Today, a Red-tailed was sitting in a birch when I drove up, but the Redpolls were going about their business about 100 yards away...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 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] Cayuga Lake 29Dec10
I took a year-end spin around the lake today, with mixed results. I started off glancing at the south end from Rt. 89 above Hog Hole, where no ducks were in evidence close to shore, except for a female Mallard full of birdshot being retrieved by a bird dog. The Redhead flock was a little farther north, and contained upwards of 100 Canvasbacks, several of each scaup (more Lesser), and several Ring-necked Ducks. I then spent some time scanning the lake from the Sheldrake area with very little to show for my effort. Three Horned Grebes and two Common Loons were almost the only non-goose birds offshore. Other vantages on the west side proved similarly disappointing. December is just not the month to bird the lake, I guess. Several hundred gulls were congregated on Van Cleef Lake in Seneca Falls, as has been the case the last few times I have been there. The only one of note I found was a beautiful creamy first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL. I followed some of the birds leaving the lake to the Seneca Meadows Landfill, where, as usual, the gull-watching was tantalizingly good but frustratingly difficult. A huge flock was airborne when I arrived and the fringe of it would periodically touch down on one of the closer, smaller hills where several vehicles were working, but the birds would usually only remain on the trash for less than a minute before being flushed by the movement of the tractors. Eventually the entire flock moved off to the usual loafing field behind the trees and out of sight on the other side of the road, but before they did I was able to see an adult ICELAND GULL, a second-cycle ICELAND GULL, a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL, and a likely adult THAYER'S GULL. As with the others, I was only able to observe the Thayer's for a short time, but in flight it looked good, with black wingtips with large white stripes/mirrors, the white more reduced than in Icelands but larger than is typical for Herring; and relatively petite, somewhat rounded head with an apparently dark eye (although this was very hard to judge from the distance.) As usual, I really wish there were a better way to access these birds as there seems to be quite a diversity. Several of these birds (the 1st year Glaucous and the adult Iceland, for example) I saw only in flight as I scanned the flock in the air above me, so I suspect a more detailed scan could turn up some good birds. Worth checking, anyway. Maybe eventually they will loaf in a field that is more visible, or feed on an exposed hillside that isn't being actively worked. I checked a few other spots in the Montezuma area, including the mucklands, where one Snow Bunting and many Rough-legged Hawks were about all I saw. The main pool was pretty deserted in late afternoon as well, although from the cattails and phragmites below the tower wafted up the call notes of two Song Sparrows, a continuing MARSH WREN, and what I strongly suspect was a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT scold note, although I was not able to confirm the last. At Mud Lock, 11 Trumpeter Swans were close to the road. Finally, since it was about that time I stopped by the Ithaca Airport to check on the owl situation for count week. At 4:46, a single SHORT-EARED OWL came drifting in from the northeast (I was watching from Snyder Road near the cone-shaped building on the airport field) and landed out of sight in the distance near the runway. It did not return to view before I left 10 minutes later. This bird was probably roosting somewhere towards Niemi Road, perhaps in some of the scattered pines back in the woods. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- 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] Count Weekl summary so far
Okay, I apologize for yet another message. I guess I just get excited. This is a summary of Count Week highlights so far. I spent some time at Stewart and East Shore Parks today because business was so slow, then went home early and spent more time at Treman Marine Park: SNOW GOOSE - 1 adult white, off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoonCanada GooseTUNDRA SWAN - 4 adult, 1 immature in southeast corner of lake this morningGadwall - at least 2AMERICAN WIGEON - 2 males off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoonAmerican Black DuckMallardNORTHERN PINTAIL - 1 male off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoonCANVASBACK - 1 male this morning, 2 females this afternoon, Stewart Park near RedheadsRedheadRING-NECKED DUCK - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoonGREATER SCAUP - 1 male, 1 female from East Shore Park this morningLesser Scaup - several from East Shore, Stewart, TremanKING EIDER - 1 male seen off Stewart Park this morningBufflehead - 2 males off East Shore this morning, 5 females off Stewart Park this afternoonCommon GoldeneyeHOODED MERGANSER - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoonCommon MerganserRUDDY DUCK - 2 males, 9 females off Treman Marine Park this afternoonCOMMON LOON - 4 far north of Treman Marine Park this afternoonBALD EAGLE - 2 adults on snag opposite Cascadilla boathouse this morningRing-billed GullHerring GullGreat Black-backed GullThis is a pretty good list! I hope they all survive and stick around through count day(and the rest of the winter), and that viewing conditions on Jan 1 are as nice as they were this evening. There was a lot of movement today, and several birds were only seen for brief periods. Several birders this afternoon were disappointed because the King Eider was not evident. Among recently seen water birds which are MISSING from my Count Week list so far are: Cackling Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Horned Grebe, American Coot, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher. I haven't heard news of the Red-throated Loon in awhile, and I suspect the last Double-crested Cormorant is gone, though it's worth looking for, as is Red-necked Grebe, which was reported awhile back at Myers (which is a bit outside the count circle). Did the Red-winged Blackbird re-appear?It's exciting to see so many other reports of cool Count Week Birds too:TURKEY VULTURE - Triphammer Rd; Game Farm Rd - Laura StenzlerROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - George Rd - Steve Susie FastAMERICAN KESTREL - Burdick Hill Rd - Dave NutterPEREGRINE FALCON - K-Mart - Martha FischerSHORT-EARED OWL - at airport - Jay McGowanCOMMON REDPOLL. - Triphammer Terrace Hillcrest Rd - Stuart Krasnoff--Dave Nutter
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Count Weekl summary so far
Just one bird to add -- a single GREAT BLUE HERON in the thawed Ithaca Relief channel near Lowe's in Ithaca today, with about 60 Mallards. I did not scope the ducks further along the canals for possible GW Teal or others, but this can be a birdy pace on count day. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Dec 29, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: Okay, I apologize for yet another message. I guess I just get excited. This is a summary of Count Week highlights so far. I spent some time at Stewart and East Shore Parks today because business was so slow, then went home early and spent more time at Treman Marine Park: SNOW GOOSE - 1 adult white, off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon Canada Goose TUNDRA SWAN - 4 adult, 1 immature in southeast corner of lake this morning Gadwall - at least 2 AMERICAN WIGEON - 2 males off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon American Black Duck Mallard NORTHERN PINTAIL - 1 male off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon CANVASBACK - 1 male this morning, 2 females this afternoon, Stewart Park near Redheads Redhead RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoon GREATER SCAUP - 1 male, 1 female from East Shore Park this morning Lesser Scaup - several from East Shore, Stewart, Treman KING EIDER - 1 male seen off Stewart Park this morning Bufflehead - 2 males off East Shore this morning, 5 females off Stewart Park this afternoon Common Goldeneye HOODED MERGANSER - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoon Common Merganser RUDDY DUCK - 2 males, 9 females off Treman Marine Park this afternoon COMMON LOON - 4 far north of Treman Marine Park this afternoon BALD EAGLE - 2 adults on snag opposite Cascadilla boathouse this morning Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull This is a pretty good list! I hope they all survive and stick around through count day (and the rest of the winter), and that viewing conditions on Jan 1 are as nice as they were this evening. There was a lot of movement today, and several birds were only seen for brief periods. Several birders this afternoon were disappointed because the King Eider was not evident. Among recently seen water birds which are MISSING from my Count Week list so far are: Cackling Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Horned Grebe, American Coot, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher. I haven't heard news of the Red-throated Loon in awhile, and I suspect the last Double-crested Cormorant is gone, though it's worth looking for, as is Red-necked Grebe, which was reported awhile back at Myers (which is a bit outside the count circle). Did the Red-winged Blackbird re-appear? It's exciting to see so many other reports of cool Count Week Birds too: TURKEY VULTURE - Triphammer Rd; Game Farm Rd - Laura Stenzler ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - George Rd - Steve Susie Fast AMERICAN KESTREL - Burdick Hill Rd - Dave Nutter PEREGRINE FALCON - K-Mart - Martha Fischer SHORT-EARED OWL - at airport - Jay McGowan COMMON REDPOLL. - Triphammer Terrace Hillcrest Rd - Stuart Krasnoff --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] Redpolls Snow Buntings
Check at Triphammer Terrace area at 10:00 AM , no redpolls. Moved on to Mount Plesant, no Snow buntings to be seen. Lots of finches and Blue Jays at Lab of O feeders. Now home, shoes off and warm. Carl Steckler -- 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/ --
