[cayugabirds-l] B-b Cuckoo
I was home this morning planting flowers and vegetables and heard a Black-Billed Cuckoo calling in the distance towards the Eastern Rec way. I have heard it from home in past years. What a nice sound. Best, Ann Eastern Heights Road Ithaca -- 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] Sweedler Preserve at Lick Brook (FLLT SBQ), Sat 5/28
On Saturday morning, Paul Anderson and Betsy Darlington joined me for the first group outing of this year's Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest. We started at the big trailhead sign on Town Line Road. There we immediately we found two BLUE-HEADED VIREOS in a territorial standoff where the road crosses over Lick Brook. So intent were the birds on each other that they chased and perched quite close to us, affording some of the best views I've ever had of this species. They countersang with remarkably short pauses, sounding quite agitated compared to usual, though still smoother and more languid than other songbirds, including nearby Red-eyed Vireo. Down on the steep blue trail along the gorge, we saw silent LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES first above the upper falls and then again by the middle falls. Near the bottom, we saw a male and female SCARLET TANAGER together, pausing for extremely picturesque views in the shadowy hemlocks. Betsy departed at this point, while Paul and I continued to the inlet valley floor. We found a fine variety of birds, best seen along the railroad tracks, but all within earshot of the preserve and the nearby Babcock Tract also owned by the Land Trust. Highlights here included several YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, INDIGO BUNTINGS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and others. We looked and listened for chats, Cerulean Warblers, and Orchard Orioles, but did not find any. We climbed back to Town Line Road via the white-blazed trail along Spring Brook. Here we heard our first Louisiana Waterthrush song of the day, plus BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS and another Scarlet Tanager. We ended the morning having tallied 44 species in a little more than two hours. See below for the full list from eBird. Tomorrow Bob McGuire and I will lead a group walk at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, starting from the parking lot along Routes 34 and 96 at 8:00 AM. Waterproof footwear and protection against ticks are recommended. The birding should be excellent. I hope to see some of you there! Mark Chao Location: Sweedler-Lick Brook FLLT Preserve Observation date: 5/28/11 Number of species: 44 Common Merganser 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 4 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Veery 3 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 1 Cedar Waxwing 5 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 American Redstart 3 Louisiana Waterthrush 5 Common Yellowthroat 3 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Baltimore Oriole 2 -- 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] Aurora Red-Headed WP
The red-headed woodpecker looks to be nesting in the earlier mentioned sycamore tree - I see it entering and staying in for minutes at a time (incubating?). It's not the big obvious hole on the trunk, but a small neat round hole on one of the branches. If you walk south along 90 from the Poplar Ridge corner about 10 yards past the 30mph sign til where you get the best view of the sycamore, look for the contrastingly brown branch starting at ~30 feet extending vertically up, scan that branch for the hole. I've only been seeing one bird. Suan -- 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] yard birds
My neighborhood 'rain crows' - both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos - have really been living up to their nickname! Along with all the rain, hailstones have rattled the roof for several days running. And they're likely to do it again today, if the Cuckoos are to be believed. It's amazing to sit under shelter and think of all the birds out in these storms, like the female Hooded Warbler sitting tight on on her knee-high nest, which now contains 4 little eggs of ivory wreathed in red, while all around her lightning flashes and the ground is pelted by hailstones as big as hickory nuts! -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- 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 - no Whimbrels
In case anyone is interested, Matt Medler just let me know that he checked the auto loop on his way out of town this morning and did not find any Whimbrel. Sounds like they weren't seen by a few observers yesterday evening either, so perhaps they all took off before the storms started movin in. Stuart Krasnoff and I spent an extremely uneventful two hours at Myers this morning, where we saw almost no birds moving up the lake. A Semipalmated Sandpiper materialized on the point for a few minutes, and a late RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was swimming in the middle of the lake, but otherwise it was very quiet. Good birding. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@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] MNWR highlights - Friday
I missed the Whimbrel again and found little at the Visitor Center or Wildlife Drive spot. Over at Tschache Pool the highlight was a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, many DUNLIN, many peeps, and a good number of SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. This was between ~3:30 - 6:00pm 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] 2nd Whimbrel photo
took a break from submitting eBird reports and uploaded a 2nd Whimbrel photo: http://montezumabirding.webs.com/apps/photos/ click on Shorebirds album Dave -- 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] New yard bird
I know there are some killer yards out there, and some magic ones, that report wonderful birds and maybe if I stayed home more my yard total would increase, but I had my first Blackpoll Warbler this morning. I was excited enough to leave the coffee boiling too long. At Ford Rd. yesterday while searching for Acadian Flycatcher there was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher giving his loud "Turree" call. I have seen them here before, but not recently. 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/ --
