Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole - Sapsucker Woods

[Riko Stan]

I saw an Orchard Oriole today as well, my very first!
We have a hummingbird feeder up by a huge window in the living room. I had
the screen down so I could clean it and as I was walking back to put the
screen back in I saw a small-medium sized bird sitting on the hummingbird
feeder. Something scared it(probably me) and it flew right in the house.
Both the cat and dog instantly started chasing the poor guy, so he flew into
windows multiple times before I could get the animals out of the room. I
opened all the windows, let him sit for a few minutes, then gently shooed
him out. He flew off just fine, so I hope he wasn't to hurt, but I got a
great close up view of him.

LOL! as I am writing this, a female cardinal flew into the room too. There
is the last suet cake right by the hummingbird feeder too. The female
cardinal usually hits it a few times a day, today she flew right in, did a
big loop into the dining room, and flew out another window.
Guess I better put the screens back up!

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Scott Haber  wrote:

> Susan Newman and I just spent a few minutes watching the young male Orchard
> Oriole with Mark Chao at Sapsucker Woods.  The bird was singing constantly,
> spending most of his time in the trees in the gravel parking area at Kip's
> Barn (on the east side of the building).  Several times, he flew north
> across Sapsucker Woods Road to the flowering Black Locusts on the hill just
> across the road from the barn.  It was interesting to note that the bird was
> singing in flight as well, something I've never noticed in previous
> encounters with this species.  Mark also noticed that the bird is starting
> to show streaks of the chestnut-brown on his breast that will be more
> extensive as a full adult.
>
> -Scott
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Bird ID help needed

[Karen Steffy]

I got back half an hour ago from jogging around Beebe Lake.  There was a large, 
hawk-like bird soaring over the lake, looking for fish.  I saw it dive twice 
for fish.  The bird has a white head and underside and was reddish-brown on 
top.  I have looked on allaboutbirds.com and haven't found anything.  It could 
almost be a rough-legged hawk, except for the fishing part.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Karen



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[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole M and F at 1230

[Chris Pelkie]

Thanks for the heads-up on the Orchard Oriole. He was still singing a lot from 
perches in a big circle around Kipps driveway, including landing in the tree 
right over my head for a couple phrases. I spotted a female at first, then 
realized it wasn't the singer, so there are at least 2 there as of 1230pm. 
Excellent looks and nice song!

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Chris Pelkie
Research Analyst
Bioacoustics Research Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850


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[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole - Sapsucker Woods

[Scott Haber]

Susan Newman and I just spent a few minutes watching the young male Orchard
Oriole with Mark Chao at Sapsucker Woods.  The bird was singing constantly,
spending most of his time in the trees in the gravel parking area at Kip's
Barn (on the east side of the building).  Several times, he flew north
across Sapsucker Woods Road to the flowering Black Locusts on the hill just
across the road from the barn.  It was interesting to note that the bird was
singing in flight as well, something I've never noticed in previous
encounters with this species.  Mark also noticed that the bird is starting
to show streaks of the chestnut-brown on his breast that will be more
extensive as a full adult.

-Scott

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Email: sa...@cornell.edu

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[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Sapsucker Woods

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
The young male ORCHARD ORIOLE that Ken found a little while ago was
still singing as of a few minutes ago, now across the pond in the
Fuller Wetlands, close to the white barn.  I never got the original
email, so I thought I would send this out in case others had the same
problem.

-Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary nest sites

[Scott Haber]

With all the discussion of the Prothonotary Warblers at Armitage Road
lately, I thought I'd share an interesting Prothonotary nest site that was
submitted to the Lab as part of the Celebrate Urban Birds "Funky Nests
Challenge":

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/challenge/funky-nests-2011/Funky2011/1-25/9.%20Laura%20Herzog_PRWA_TX_FN11.jpg/view

-Scott

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers AND Acadian Flycatcher, Armitage Rd

[Dave Nutter]

Here's another clue to how Bob & John missed the Prothonotary Warblers:  Bill found them to be inactive yesterday evening too.  This was later in the day than when I saw them with Meena on Monday.  --Dave NutterBegin forwarded message:From: wroberts Date: June 02, 2011 8:54:31 PMTo: Dave Nutter ,bluehorsestu...@hotmail.comSubject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warblers AND Acadian Flycatcher, Armitage RdDave, Thanks for including me in  your report and thanks to you and Ann I got 
a lifer. This was a great 
day for me especially with the Prothonotary. I stayed in the area for another 
30 minutes  and I later 
returned in the evening to photograph the Yellow-throated Vireo. No 
Prothonotary singing or visible 
between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.  I have attached some photos. Take care. Bill 
Roberts
IOn Jun 02, 2011, at 06:35 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:Today (Thursday 2 June) I went with Ann Mitchell to Armitage Rd, among other north basin locations.  When we arrived mid-morning we found Bill Roberts standing within a few feet of where I'd seen a Prothonotary Warbler sing a couple days earlier, but he was not having any luck finding this life bird.  Ann & I wandered west along the road and within a few minutes heard a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER singing to the north.  It moved frequently and at times was right next to the road as it worked its way towards where we had parked, yet Bill did not see it, and after a few minutes it went quiet.  After several minutes it began another bout of singing from another part of its territory, again moving several times,but eventually favoring the top of a broken stump about eye-level maybe 15 yards into the swamp, and this time Bill did get to see it.  The Prothonotary Warbler from south of the road also sang, but less frequently and further away, and we did not see it.  Ann and I also clearly heard a singing ACADIAN FLYCATCHER north of the road and a bit west of where the Prothonotary Warbler action was concentrated. 
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