[cayugabirds-l] Water management at MNWR Main Pool and Tschache Pool for 2011
Here is a statement from Linda Ziemba, Wildllife Biologist at MNWR, concerning water management at Montezuma this summer: Draining the Main Pool in 2010 resulted in lush vegetative growth that will continue to provide food and cover for wildlife this year. We intend to keep water in this impoundment through 2011 to provide emergent marsh habitat for migrating waterfowl and breeding marshbirds. We are experimenting with techniques to continue restoring the Dry Marsh while keeping water in the Main Pool for wildlife. Tschache Pool has not been drained in a while and therefore largely consists of open water, which is not ideal for many wildlife species. Weather permitting, Tschache Pool will be drained this spring to provide habitat for northbound shorebirds and to promote vegetative growth. If possible, the area will be reflooded in the fall to provide high quality habitat for southbound waterfowl. Jane Graves -- 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] Surf Scoter Tree Swallows, rumors of Black Scoter Eurasian Wigeons
Hi all, I've posted a photo of the Black Scoter in Canoga here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5544385845/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5544385845/Was certainly surprised to see it; but now I'm disappointed that I didn't see the Surf Scoter, which has been a tougher bird for me in recent years. Other highlights from yesterday were the adult NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Railroad Rd. Marsh, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at both Tschache Pool and Dean's Cove (the latter vocalizing!), and a PEREGRINE FALCON in the snag overlooking Fall Creek at Stewart Park. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: When Tim Lenz sent out an RBA about a Black Scoter seen from Lower Lake Road in Bridgeport, Ann Mitchell I decided to detour that direction. We found lots of waterfowl and excellent viewing conditions. There was flat water, no shimmer, and the birds were not blocking the view of each other. However they were swimming back and forth, and some were sleeping, and some were diving, and lots were flying in and out of the area near Lower Lake Rd and NYS-89, which was all a bit distracting. We did not find Tim's first year male Black Scoter, but we did find a female SURF SCOTER among the Aythya (all 5 species), American Wigeon, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Snow Geese, etc. Tim also mentioned a Eurasian Wigeon he'd seen distantly from the Cayuga Lake State Park boat ramp, and we missed that, too, but we did meet a fellow who said he'd seen one at Stewart Park around 11:30 this morning, so keep an eye out for that. On our way home along NYS-89 just south of the Fayette-Varick town line we saw at least 5 TREE SWALLOWS flying around the barns of a farm. --Dave Nutter -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * March 21, 2011 * NYSY 2103.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): March 14, 2010 - March 21, 2011 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:March 21 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #248 -Monday March 21, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of March 14 , 2010 Highlights: --- RED-THROATED LOON GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON WHITE-WINGED SCOTER OSPREY MERLIN SANDHILL CRANE GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL EASTERN PHOEBE NORTHERN SHRIKE FISH CROW TREE SWALLOW TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE PINE WARBLER EASTERN MEADOWLARK PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 3/15: 2 EURASIAN WIGEON and 1 ROSS’S GOOSE were spotted in the mucklands on Rt.31. 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road at dusk. 3/16: 1 EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the mucklands.A NORTHERN SHRIKE and 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 3/17: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 3/18: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. A FOS GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at the Visitor’s Center 3/19: 1 EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on Morgan Road near the DEC buildings. 3/21: A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in the marsh on Railroad Road. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Tschache Pool. Derby Hill 2201 raptors were counted this week. The first OSPREY was seen on 3/19. SANDHILL CRANES were seen on 3/15 and 3/17. The FOS EASTERN PHOEBE was seen on 3/15. Oswego County 3/16: The FOS TREE SWALLOWS (15) were seen on Rt. 3 near the Salmon River at Port Ontario. 3/19: A PINE WARBLER was spotted at a feeder in Constantia but it is believed to be a bird that overwintered and not a migrant since it had been seen previously this winter. 3/20: A RED-THROATED LOON was spotted in Oswego Harbor. Also seen among the usual waterfowl were WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. 3/21: 2 PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Hastings Onondaga County 3/18: FOS EASTERN MEADOWLARKS were seen in Tully and on Fenner Road in Lysander. 3/20: A MERLIN was spotted on Cardener Road in southeast Onondaga County. Cayuga County 3/19 : The FOS Region 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on Towpath Road in Port Byron. Jefferson County 2/20: Another positive sighting on the Point Peninsula TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was made in the same general area as before but somewhat closer to the Co. Rt. 57 intersection with State Park Road than previously reported. Extralimital Lewis's Woodpecker in Ontario County, NY The Lewis's Woodpecker arrived October 30, 2010. Up to now over 200 people have seen the bird by word of mouth. We would like to let others that have not heard about this bird the opportunity to see him if they wish. Please call 585-229-2144 for a time to come. New Arrivals 3/15 - EASTERN PHOEBE 3/16 - TREE SWALLOW 3/18 - GREATER YELLOWLEGS 3/18 - EASTERN MEADOWLARK 3/19 - OSPREY 3/21 - FOX SPARROW --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Osprey- Knox-Marcellus Marsh
Yesterday afternoon, while scanning the large numbers of No.Pintail and Canada Geese at Knox-Marcellus marsh from East Road at Montezuma Joann picked out an Osprey soaring directly above us then off to the SE. 2 Tree swallows and a pair of Wood Ducks were there also. At around 4:30 all the Snow Geese at the rte. 31 muck lands lifted off and about 5000 (basically 10 groups of 500) flew west over us leaving probably 10-15M landing back on the muck lands. We couldn't see any smaller geese or White-fronted but there were about 40 Blue Geese mixed in. Large numbers of waterfowl especially Ring-necked Ducks were on the Northern Complex flooded areas and ponds. Up at the East Bay Marsh Unit along East Bay Road in Huron there were 5 Great Blue Herons working on their nests. First day of spring!! Mike and Joann Tetlow p.s. extensive mudflats developing on Tschache Pool with 1 killdeer ( I don't know why they are drawing it down). -- 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] FW: Osprey- Knox-Marcellus Marsh
Yesterday afternoon, while scanning the large numbers of No.Pintail and Canada Geese at Knox-Marcellus marsh from East Road at Montezuma Joann picked out an Osprey soaring directly above us then off to the SE. 2 Tree swallows and a pair of Wood Ducks were there also. At around 4:30 all the Snow Geese at the rte. 31 muck lands lifted off and about 5000 (basically 10 groups of 500) flew west over us leaving probably 10-15M landing back on the muck lands. We couldn't see any smaller geese or White-fronted but there were about 40 Blue Geese mixed in. Large numbers of waterfowl especially Ring-necked Ducks were on the Northern Complex flooded areas and ponds. Up at the East Bay Marsh Unit along East Bay Road in Huron there were 5 Great Blue Herons working on their nests. First day of spring!! Mike and Joann Tetlow p.s. extensive mudflats developing on Tschache Pool with 1 killdeer ( I don't know why they are drawing it down). -- 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] March 27 Field Trip - Cayuga Bird Club
Hi All, Gary Kohlenberg will be leading a HALF-DAY birding trip on SUNDAY, MARCH 27 for the Cayuga Bird Club, and ANYONE is welcome to join! Meet Gary at 8:30 am at the Lab of Ornithology to see what the winds have blown in (and out) of the area. If you have questions, contact Gary at jg...@cornell.edumailto:jg...@cornell.edu. See you there! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edumailto:l...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
