[cayugabirds-l] MNWR White-faced Ibis not relocated
The bird flew in to the new shorebird area near the turn on Wildlife Drive, it was there for a while, then flew toward Mays Pt pool. I watched it in the scope and thought it dropped into Mays along the far side (near the thruway). I then checked Benning, Tschache, and Mays Pt with no luck. If the bird stays, it may return to the wildlife drive shorebird spot or visitor center shorebird spot. David Wheeler. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Monday evening migrants
There are obviously lots of migrants grounded around Ithaca by this weather -- dominated by an almost unprecedented number of Tennessee Warblers. When I went for a walk with the dog around 6 PM in our neighborhood, I was greeted by 2 singing TENNESSEE WARBLERS near my driveway, and just on my short block I had 2 more feeding TENNESSEES (in flowering trees), male BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, plus an EASTERN KINGBIRD. The most unusual bird, though, was a female NORTHERN HARRIER cruising over my house -- my third "yard" sighting this spring of a species I often miss for the year. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] WHITE-FACED IBIS - MNWR
Was at shorebird spot on wildlife drive, flew toward Mays. Will try to relocate. David Wheeler -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA - Addendum
New Arrivals - Week of 5/9 - 5/16 5/10 - TENNESSEE WARBLER - Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) 5/10 - WILSON’S WARBLER - Gully Road (Skaneateles) 5/11 - CAPE MAY WARBLER - ErieCanal (Fayetteville) and Sunset Bay (Lake Ontario) 5/11 - LINCOLN’S SPARROW - Erie Canal Fayetteville 5/11 - BLACKPOLL - Baldwinsville 5/11 - CANADA WARBLER - Baldwinsville 5/11 - HOODED WARBLER - Sithe (Lake Ontario) 5/11 - EASTERN PEEWEE - Sunset Bay 5/14 - SWAINSON’S THRUSH - Baldwinsville 5/14 - ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - Derby Hill 5/15 - COMMON NIGHTHAWK - Schiller Park (Syracuse) 5/15 - PHILADELPHIA VIREO - Three Mile Bay (Oneida Lake) 5/15 - WHIMBREL - Constantia (Oneida Lake) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Myers Today
I stopped by Myers Park around noon today to check the spit between rain showers. There were 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER working along the shore. Just before I left, I spotted a single FORSTER'S TERN winging its way north up the far shore. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Migrants Today Broome Co. 5/16/11
Radar images early this morning suggested "fallout" conditions in the southern tier of NY. There were fairly heavy radar bird echoes across PA with much less returns in NY...especially north of Binghamton. A cold front dropped south last night and migrants eventually encountered northerly winds in NY which apparently halted their northward progress. So, in anticipation of good birding today, I went to Upper Lisle County Park in northern Broome Co where I know there are a lot of blooming hawthorns on the edge of a woodland. This habitat is similar to the famed Hawthorn Orchard in Ithaca and, this morning, this area produced a nice wave of migrants. At times it was overwhelming for just one set of eyes. Most of the action was confined to about 2 acres of hawthorns mixed with aspen and an occasional norway spruce. The most common warbler was the TENNESSEE (~15). There were also MAGNOLIA (3),BLACKBURNIAN (1), BAY-BREASTED (1), CANADA(1), WILSON'S (2), MOURNING (heard not seen), CHESNUT-SIDED(3), YELLOW (many) BLACK-THROATED GREEN(3), BLACK-THROATED BLUE (female), AMERICAN REDSTARTS (many), OVENBIRDS, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (3). In this general area(maybe 10-15 acres), there were also many RED-EYED VIREOS, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, at least 8 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 4 SCARLET TANAGERS (1 male,3 female), several ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, and 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER. This is what I could identify in about 1 hour. There were many that I missed since there were, at times, 5 or 6 birds flitting around at once in the tops of the trees and bushes. I could not get my bins on all the birds at once! The northern end of Whitney Point Lake was loaded with migrant swallows too. Most were BANK and BARN with some TREES. I was surprised to see so many CLIFF SWALLOWS as well. I counted at least 5. I also found a SOLITARY SANDPIPER perched on a fence! He was very cooperative and I got some great photos. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/5727959160/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/5727958386/ As the rain started getting heavier I decided it was time to head home. But, as I got closer to home, the rain let up some and I was soaked anyway, so I stopped at Murphy's Pits in Broome County to check out the mudflats along the Susquehanna River. The river has receded markedly in the past week creating great shorebird habitat. As I drove in, I saw a huge bird that turned out to be a GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL, which is rare in Broome County. I don't think I have ever had one near the Susquehanna River. This bird was missing an eye but seemed fine. I got a couple shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/5727405335 http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/5727400327/ The mudlflats along the Susquehanna were loaded with LEAST SANDPIPERS(40-50). There were also many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. I also had 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. So the saying..."bad weather = good birding" definitively held today! Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 16, 2011 * NYSY 1605.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): May 09, 2010 - May 16, 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:May 16 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #255 -Monday May 16, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 09 , 2010 Highlights: --- GREAT EGRET BRANT SANDHILL CRANE YELLOW RAIL PIPING PLOVER WHIMBREL BLACK TERN MERLIN BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SWAINSON’S THRUSH ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 5/10: CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at the Visitor’s Center. GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were seen at Tschache Pool. A BLACK TERN was seen at May’s Point Pool. 5/13: 25+ BLACK TERNS were found at the end of Railroad Road. CERULEAN WARBLERS are back on Howland Island and were seen by many observers this week. If you are not having luck finding this bird elsewhere I suggest you visit the island. Any area with high deciduous trees should have them. Derby Hill -- Action has slowed considerably this week. Only one day, 5/13, had over 1,000 raptors. Other highlights were: 5/11 - 13 species of warbler including CAPE MAY. Also an ORCHARD ORIOLE. 5/13 - The best day of the week. 1089 raptors and 14 species were counted. Highlights were 12 MERLIN, 3 SANDHILL CRANES, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 975 PINE SISKINS, and 15 species of warbler. 5/14 had another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES, and an ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER. Only one other day broke 100 and the weeks total raptors was 1318. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch On 5/9 the first BRANT were seen migrating along the lake. Also seen this week were GREAT EGRET, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-NECKED GREBE, DUNLIN, and other more common waterfowl. Oswego County 5/10: A PIPING PLOVER was seen on the beach at Sandy Pond. 2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard at Gayville, and CERULEAN WARBLERS were found at Phillips Point. 5/11: 18 species of warbler were found at Sunset Bay Park including 6 CAPE MAYS. 5/12: 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at Sunset Bay and 2 more were seen at the end of Nine Mile Point Road near Noyes Sanctuary. 5/13: A YELLOW RAIL was heard at Peter Scott Swamp but has not been heard again.A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the green house near Noyes Sanctuary. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found at the power lines on Rt. 29 south of Rt.104. 5/14: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to breed (hopefully) at the fisherman’s Access area on Shaw Road off of Toad Harbor Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 5/15: 8 WHIMBREL were spotted on the nearest rock island from shore in Constantia onOneida Lake. The PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were at the Shaw Road location. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Carley’s Mills Cemetery in Hastings. Onondaga County 5/10: A possible CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was heard on Gully Road north of Skaneateles. 5/11: 13 species of warbler were found along the Erie Canal in Fayetteville. Also seen were LINCOLN’S SPARROW and MERLIN. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was found in Schiller Park in Syracuse 5/13: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found along Dead Creek in back of the Town of Van Buren Transportation Dept. west of Baldwinsville. 5/15: An Onondaga Audubon field trip the the Camillus Unique Forest Area found 10 species of Warbler. Also seen was a. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a CAPE MAY WARBLER were seen in Schiller Park in Syracuse. Madison County 5/10: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Chittenango Flats. --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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Mon 5/16
Two pesky TENNESSEE WARBLERS singing in our neighbors' yards foiled my honest but admittedly vulnerable intentions to stay behind my desk all Monday morning. So I went to Sapsucker Woods, of course. Practically the first bird I saw was an exquisite YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER at eye level right where the Wilson Trail South enters the woods on the way to the Podell Boardwalk. This bird eventually crossed over to the roadside hedgerow of the last house on the street. Then I wandered through the woods. I was surprised almost to miss seeing SWAINSON'S THRUSH, but the trusty stretch I call the Catharus corridor, between the East Trail gate and the green building to the south, came through with one near the ground. This bird seemed to be tipping its bill at an unusual upward angle, maybe to reduce exposure to raindrops as with some shorebirds. It seems that essentially all of yesterday's warblers remain on the Wilson Trail North, including MOURNING (second footbridge again), BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-SIDED, YELLOW-RUMPED, TENNESSEE, CANADA, WILSON'S, migrant NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, and other common expected species. The tree of the day for me was the largest spruce of the lower branch of the trail, where I had dazzling views of male Blackburnian, male and female Magnolia, female Bay-breasted, male Blackpoll (with legs as yellow as a rain slicker), and female Yellow-rumped all at once, with Canada, Chestnut-sided, Yellow, and American Redstart also available for outstanding looks nearby with a mere turn of the head. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER along the Woodleton Boardwalk brings the day's warbler tally to at least 16 species. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run South
I finished the day doing the loop in the sw side. I added Wood Duck (99), Great Blue Heron (100), Ring-billed Gull (101) and finally Black-throated Blue Warbler to end at 102. Hoped for cuckoos never vocalized. Chris Wood Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org On May 15, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Christopher Wood wrote: > I decided to see how many birds I could find at Monkey Run South > today. I walked all the trails on the south side of the river and > spent quite a bit of time watching from the house. I am now up to 98 > species (22 warblers). I only added a single species in the last THREE > hours, a Carolina Wren. There are certainly some easier ones like > Black-throated Blue Warbler (biggest miss by far--had 6 yesterday, > mostly singing too), Louisiana Waterthrush (Ugh!), Yellow-throated > Vireo, both cuckoos (unbelievable on an day like this given how much > they like to sing in the rain), Great Blue Heron, Winter Wren (not > sure they breed on the south side anymore), maybe a White-crowned > Sparrow or Field Sparrow. Not to mention raptors and other things that > fly overhead; I've only had Red-tailed had Broad-winged Hawk today. > Anyway, this is certainly my highest species total at Monkey Run. It > is very enjoyable to walk around a relatively small area and see how > many birds you can find. As Mark Chao has explained to me, you find > more and more every time you go out on the trails even if you are > covering the same trails you covered 30 minutes ago. > > Hopefully the rain will stop by about 6 or so (or at least not be > quite so heavy as now). Bird activity was very good through about > 1:00pm. > > The totals below are the highest number of individuals I saw on any > one of my several (5) eBird entries for the day. > > Canada Goose - Branta canadensis10 > Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos2 > Common Merganser - Mergus merganser1 > Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus2 > Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo1 > Green Heron - Butorides virescens2 > Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus1 > Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis1 > American Coot - Fulica americana1 > Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus1 > Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius2 > Rock Pigeon - Columba livia7 > Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura4 > Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio1 > Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus1 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris4 > Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus5 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius4 > Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens6 > Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus2 > Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus1 > Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens1 > Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris2 > Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii1 > Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus1 > Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe4 > Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus4 > Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus1 > Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius2 > Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus2 > Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus1 > Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus17 > Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata14 > American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos6 > Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis10 > Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor6 > Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia35 > Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica1 > Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus19 > Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor10 > Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis1 > White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis2 > Brown Creeper - Certhia americana3 > Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus1 > House Wren - Troglodytes aedon9 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea1 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula1 > Veery - Catharus fuscescens9 > Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus4 > Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus1 > Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina7 > American Robin - Turdus migratorius13 > Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis33 > European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris7 > Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum25 > Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera6 > Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina6 > Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla1 > Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia9 > Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica17 > Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia11 > Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata5 > Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens1 > Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca5 > Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus11 > Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea5 > Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata1 > Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia3 > American Redstart - Setophag
