[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker-Yes
Shannon and I drove up to Aurora this morning to look for the Red-headed Woodpeckers previously reported in Aurora. We were there for about 20 minutes before one flew from the west side of Rt. 90 to the woodlot where others had found them. The bird we saw flew initially to a tree on the edge and then to the Sycamore Jay mentioned, where I lost it for a few minutes. I saw it fly again a bit to the N where it stayed sitting on a horizontal branch affording us both good views. Also in the same general area were an Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, E Wood Pewee, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Catbird and Baltimore Oriole. We checked Ledyard Rd for Grasshopper Sparrow but came up empty, but with the wind and contruction noise up the road we easily could have missed them... Bill Baker - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- 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] CayugaRBA WHIMBRELS still on shorebird
CayugaRBA WHIMBRELS still on shorebird flats, wildlife drive, Montezuma NWR 430pm --Dave Nutter -- 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] Montezuma Whimbrels, etc
Although Bob McGuire and Susan Soboroff saw the WHIMBRELS fly in at noon, it turns out this was not the first time today they did so. Doug Daniels saw the birds earlier and reported them to Genessebirds-L (see below), which is why I subscribe to that digest. Thanks to Bob McGuire for calling me at noon today to have me get the word out to Cayugabirds-L and to the CayugaRBA, and thanks also to Gary Kohlenberg for the ride offer to chase them this afternoon. While we were there the two WHIMBRELS were quietly standing around in the open on the mud about 2/3 of the way along the new shorebird flats on the left side of the wildlife drive past the main pool. They weren't actively feeding, although one of them picked up a crayfish carcass that was lying nearby and worked at it for awhile. They mostly just stood, sometimes on one leg - yes at times even one leg for both birds as one sat directly on the ground. They weren't tucked in to sleep, although one had its eyes shut at times. With the south winds I'm surprised they stuck around. Perhaps they are tired or weak, or maybe just one of them is, if the other is loyal. I wonder if they will find food hereabouts and stick around awhile to regain strength, or whether they will skedattle. Anyway, it was great to be able to observe them standing in the open at relatively close range, rather than hidden in saltmarsh grass half a mile away as I normally see them at Forsythe NWR on SFO's NJ trip - a cool new basin bird for me.We also observed a slightly different mix of shorebirds than Doug Daniels did:KILLDEER - 1SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - severalSPOTTED SANDPIPER - 3PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 1DUNLIN - several SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 2LEAST SANDPIPER - severalThe shorebirds did not seem perturbed by a small group of quiet observers on the road nor by 3 OSPREYS on the mud. An immature BALD EAGLE was more distant. Waterfowl included several families of CANADA GEESE, several male MALLARDS, some starting to molt, and briefly a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL.Begin forwarded message:Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 12:50:19 -0400 From: "Doug Daniels" doug...@rochester.rr.com To: "'Genesee Birds'" geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] MNWR - 8 species of shorebird, incl. 2 Whimbrel Message-ID: 2815CBCA993C4D8AA1D6CCE3ACDB8C36@Home1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The phrase "dumb luck" has been used a lot on this listserve. It certainly applied to my experiences today. First, at 8 am, I was at Railroad Ave, near Van Dyne Spoor hoping to locate rails bittern. In the 45 minutes I was there, 5 long trains passed, taking up about half of that time with noisy clatter I did hear one American Bittern. Second, the good luck at the new shorebird area along the Dike Road, Main Pool area of Montezuma, I had 8 species of shorebirds, from 9:45 until 11:00 am: 5 Black-bellied Plover - 3 adult in breeding plumage, 2 imm. 2 Whimbrel 10 Semi-palmated Plovers 2 Dunlin 5 Killdeer 9 Least Sandpipers 2 Semi-palmated Sandpipers 1 Solitary Sandpiper As I was scoping the Whimbrel, a van of environmental tech. students exited enmass to see what I was looking at. Some of the shorebirds flew. Next, the many Bald Eagles in the area, flew over causing the 2 Whimbrel to fly, They did, hover, after circling twice, land again nearby. 5 minutes later, another Bald Eagle caused them to fly. This time, to the NE and I did not see them return. By the time I left, only a few Least Sandpipers and Killdeer were left Also seen on the day was 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at the Tshchache Tower, 2 Trumpeter Swans at the wet area off Savannah Springs Rd. Doug Daniels -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Whimbrels, etc
Although there were a few shorebirds (perhaps 30 in all, including the two beautiful WHIMBRELS) in the main drive shorebird pool, by far the best and most extensive habitat I am aware of at Montezuma is at Tschache Pool. This evening I saw probably close to 500 shorebirds on the extensive mudflats recent draining has exposed at Tschache, including (approximately) 150 DUNLIN, 200 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 75 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a handful of GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and at least 7 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. I was unable to find any rarities among them, but this area has great potential (though it will probably be too dry fairly soon.) Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Plus 3 SNOW GEESE, several SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and an EASTERN KINGBIRD also from the shorebird flats. Sorry about the multiple messages, and also for being so behind on the 2011 first basin records. I'm working on reading my backlog of Geneseebirds-L digests from when I was busy with SFO. --Dave Nutter On May 26, 2011, at 04:14 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Although Bob McGuire and Susan Soboroff saw the WHIMBRELS fly in at noon, it turns out this was not the first time today they did so. Doug Daniels saw the birds earlier and reported them to Genessebirds-L (see below), which is why I subscribe to that digest. Thanks to Bob McGuire for calling me at noon today to have me get the word out to Cayugabirds-L and to the CayugaRBA, and thanks also to Gary Kohlenberg for the ride offer to chase them this afternoon. While we were there the two WHIMBRELS were quietly standing around in the open on the mud about 2/3 of the way along the new shorebird flats on the left side of the wildlife drive past the main pool. They weren't actively feeding, although one of them picked up a crayfish carcass that was lying nearby and worked at it for awhile. They mostly just stood, sometimes on one leg - yes at times even one leg for both birds as one sat directly on the ground. They weren't tucked in to sleep, although one had its eyes shut at times. With the south winds I'm surprised they stuck around. Perhaps they are tired or weak, or maybe just one of them is, if the other is loyal I wonder if they will find food hereabouts and stick around awhile to regain strength, or whether they will skedattle. Anyway, it was great to be able to observe them standing in the open at relatively close range, rather than hidden in saltmarsh grass half a mile away as I normally see them at Forsythe NWR on SFO's NJ trip - a cool new basin bird for me We also observed a slightly different mix of shorebirds than Doug Daniels did: KILLDEER - 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - several SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 1 DUNLIN - several SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 2 LEAST SANDPIPER - several The shorebirds did not seem perturbed by a small group of quiet observers on the road nor by 3 OSPREYS on the mud. An immature BALD EAGLE was more distant. Waterfowl included several families of CANADA GEESE, several male MALLARDS, some starting to molt, and briefly a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Begin forwarded message:Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 12:50:19 -0400 From: Doug Daniels doug...@rochester.rr.com To: 'Genesee Birds' geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] MNWR - 8 species of shorebird, incl. 2 Whimbrel Message-ID: 2815CBCA993C4D8AA1D6CCE3ACDB8C36@Home1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The phrase dumb luck has been used a lot on this listserve. It certainly applied to my experiences today. First, at 8 am, I was at Railroad Ave, near Van Dyne Spoor hoping to locate rails bittern. In the 45 minutes I was there, 5 long trains passed, taking up about half of that time with noisy clatter I did hear one American Bittern. Second, the good luck at the new shorebird area along the Dike Road, Main Pool area of Montezuma, I had 8 species of shorebirds, from 9:45 until 11:00 am: 5 Black-bellied Plover - 3 adult in breeding plumage, 2 imm. 2 Whimbrel 10 Semi-palmated Plovers 2 Dunlin 5 Killdeer 9 Least Sandpipers 2 Semi-palmated Sandpipers 1 Solitary Sandpiper As I was scoping the Whimbrel, a van of environmental tech. students exited enmass to see what I was looking at. Some of the shorebirds flew. Next, the many Bald Eagles in the area, flew over causing the 2 Whimbrel to fly, They did, hover, after circling twice, land again nearby. 5 minutes later, another Bald Eagle caused them to fly. This time, to the NE and I did not see them return. By the time I left, only a few Least Sandpipers and Killdeer were left Also seen on the day was 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at the Tshchache Tower, 2 Trumpeter Swans at the wet area off Savannah Springs Rd. Doug Daniels -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and
[cayugabirds-l] BB Cuckoo, Nighthawk and others
In my quest for first-of-season birds I made a fourth trip to try and find a Worm-eating Warbler in W. Danby. I was finally successful, but was more excited to hear a Black-billed Cuckoo singing on Bald Hill Rd. It's just a great sound ! A B-b Cuckoo was singing in Jetty Woods last night during the volleyball tournament. One Common Nighthawk flew from the golf course, around 8:30 pm, NNE toward the Mall, maybe even stopping at Neimi Rd. to be one of the three Ken watched. I found Louisiana Waterthrush at Park Preserve and Mullholland Wildflower Preserve. They are much easier to see and hear at Mullholland. Park Preserve is steep and the river noise makes it harder I think. Blacklpoll warblers are still at almost ever stop I make and many places in the city. They are especially good drive-by birds. The high pitch seems to cut through ambient noise very well. I like having them around. Gary -- 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/ --
