[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma this afternoon
This afternoon Puddler's marsh was mostly the same as has been reported except 1 molting adult Black-bellied Plover. At the visitor center around 3:30 the 6 Least and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers were suddenly joined by (counting by tens) 350 Least and 300 Semipalmated Sandpipers plus a few Pectorals. I could not believe that after scanning these birds carefully I couldn't find even a possible Western or Baird's. It would have been nice to at least see Dave Wheeler's bird which by posture, molt and bill looks like a Western to me (but I'm terrible with photos). I saw my first obvious fresh juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs today. Mike Tetlow -- 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] Southern Highlands
Hello all, 3 weeks ago I recorded 8-10 Type 1 Red Crossbills on territory in the Southern Hills south of Syracuse. Chris Wood and I did a tour of much the same areas yesterday and had 3 RED CROSSBILLS, one undetermined Type (probably Type 1 but it was too distant --same location a type 1 was singing 3 weeks ago) on Muller Hill in Madison County and a pair of Type 10s on North Road --same road where there's been 1-2 pairs of Type 1s for 6 weeks.. We had a lack of Type 1s yesterday (at least no definitive observations), but I suspect they are in the middle of nesting and are just quiet. Other good sightings were a young NORTHERN GOSHAWK at close range on Muller Hill, nesting CLIFF SWALLOWS outside DeRuyter, calling SWAINSON'S THRUSHES on North Rd Pharsalia (they nest there), a few Broad-winged Hawks, a flyover PURPLE MARTIN in Pharsalia that Chris saw and heard, calling VIRGINIA RAIL at Perkins Pond Pharsalia, and much more. Several Red Crossbills have been reported in recent days from the western Adirondacks. Chris had 2 very probable Type 10s in early July in the western 'dacks while doing a BBS route, and back in March I recorded 12 Type 10s in the western 'dacks as well. cheers, Matt mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange -- 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] Summerhill Sunday
Ann Mitchell, Dave Nutter, Gary Kohlenberg, and I spent a few hours at Summerhill this morning, most of it walking Salt Road and a bit of Hoag and Dresser Roads. My main goal was to investigate the cone crop and to try and locate any crossbills. Having recently spent time in Algonquin Provincial Park and Aiguebelle National Parks in Canada (PO & PQ) and noting the almost total absence of cones on White and Black Spruce, and Red and Jack Pine, I was glad to see an abundance of cones of both Norway and White Spruces, Red Pines, and Larches. As Matt Young has noted earlier, this could well be a great year locally for crossbills. Although we could not locate any that were feeding, or perched and singing, the four of us did have one fly-over Red Crossbill on Hoag Road, and I, separately, had one fly over on Salt Rd. Below is my report to eBird. Summerhill--Salt Rd, Cayuga, US-NY Jul 30, 2011 8:00 AM - 12:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 30 species Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Alder Flycatcher 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 6 Black-capped Chickadee 14 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Winter Wren 3 Veery 1 American Robin 6 European Starling X Cedar Waxwing 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Ovenbird 1 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Chipping Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Indigo Bunting 6 Baltimore Oriole 1 Red Crossbill 1 American Goldfinch 4 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 25, 2011 * NYSY 07:25.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 18, 2010 - July 25, 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:July 25 AT 10:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #264 -Monday July 25, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 18 , 2011 Highlights: --- GREAT EGRET TRUMPETER SWAN SANDHILL CRANE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE BONAPARTE’S GULL GRAY-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) BLACK TERN EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RAVEN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 7/25: 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were found in Puddler’s Marsh from Towpath Road. They have not been relocated. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was also seen in Puddler’s. It was seen the next day (7/26) but has not been reported since. 12 species of shorebirds were counted in this area. Other highlights are STILT SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. 7/26: An adult and a juvenile BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at the Visitor’s Center. BLACK TERN and SANDHILL CRANE are still being reported throughout the complex but in small numbers. 7/29: A possible WESTERN SANDPIPER was reported from the Visitor’s Center but could not be verified. Onondaga County 7/27: An EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was heard at a residence in Skaneatekes. It was not relocated. 7/28: A family group of 5 COMMON RAVENS was observedfrom Armstrong Road in the Town of Camillus. 7/29: A GREAT EGRET was spotted in the big pond at the Eagles nest on 60 Road in Three Rivers WMA. 7/30: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (adult) and 2 TRUMPETERS were seen in the big swamp on the west side of Fenner Road in the Town of Lysander. Extralimital On 7/29 a GRAY-HEADED GULL was found and photographed at Coney Island just outside New York City. It is still being seen and would be the first verified sighting in New York and only the second sighting in the U.S. if ultimately accepted by NYSARC --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] OT - Weasel dead on
OT - Weasel dead on Stewart Av, north end of bridge over Fall Creek gorge. --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/ --
