[cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

2011-09-11 Thread bob mcguire
The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will  
get posted to the List soon.


Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary  
Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the  
Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and  
Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club.


Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning  
team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was  
found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or  
Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have  
no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced).


Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good  
variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted,  
Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent  
shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right  
along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has  
significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds.


Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] LARK SPARROW fair haven west spit

2011-09-11 Thread tigger64
in the gravel parking lot at the tip of the west spit


Dave W. 315-373-5350



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[cayugabirds-l] Ruddy Turnstone

2011-09-11 Thread Jay McGowan
Ruddy Turnstone on the spit then by the lighthouse at Myers Point.

Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Warbler flock SSW

2011-09-11 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
appeared at this am at 9:20am just as I was leaving Sherwood Platform.  I had 
to be somewhere at 10 so needed
to put blinders on as I dashed out to my car.  Luckily, the bird walk beginners 
were enthralled by the Great Blue herons, the cardinals, the catbird nest saga 
(a story for another time), mobbing chickadees and the cedar waxwings on nest 
feeding nestlings. 

I keep missing the SSW warbler flocks 4x this week so far, I've been on the 
wrong days or wrong time. 

15 birdwalk participants 7:30 am-9:20am

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Saturday Morning

2011-09-11 Thread Evan Barrientos
Hi everyone,
I birded Sapsucker Woods yesterday from 8:15-10:30am, finding only moderate 
activity. The entrance to the lab was filled with birds when I arrived, 
including BT GREEN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YT VIREO,and PHILADELPHIA VIREOS. 
However, I found the trails very quiet overall, until finding a second mixed 
flock when returning on the other side of the lake at 10:00, with CS WARBLER, 
COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and another BTG Warbler and Magnolia Warblers.
Evan B.

 
 Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, US-NY
 Sep 10, 2011 8:13 AM - 10:28 AM
 Protocol: Traveling
 1.5 mile(s)
 Comments: 62F, partly sunny, calm. One large flock at beginning and one 
 at end.
 34 species
 
 Canada Goose  5
 Wood Duck  2
 Mallard  7
 Mourning Dove  3
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
 Downy Woodpecker  3
 Hairy Woodpecker  1
 Northern Flicker  2
 Pileated Woodpecker  1
 Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
 Eastern Phoebe  1
 Yellow-throated Vireo  1
 Philadelphia Vireo  4
 Red-eyed Vireo  2
 Blue Jay  5
 American Crow  3
 Black-capped Chickadee  9
 Tufted Titmouse  2
 White-breasted Nuthatch  2
 Eastern Bluebird  1
 American Robin  3
 Gray Catbird  11
 European Starling  5
 Cedar Waxwing  35
 Common Yellowthroat  4
 Magnolia Warbler  7
 Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
 Black-throated Green Warbler  2
 Song Sparrow  6
 Northern Cardinal  1
 Red-winged Blackbird  8
 House Finch  4
 American Goldfinch  20
 
 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

2011-09-11 Thread Jane Graves
All - 

I will be compiling the Muckrace report shortly after I return from Michigan, 
where I am helping a friend clear out the house of his recently-deceased sister.

The ibis is going into the list as Plegadis sp., which is how my team 
reported it.  I don't believe anyone could have been 100% certain that it was a 
Glossy.

The complete Muckrace list will, as usual, be posted on the Friends of the 
Montezuma Wetlands Complex website, and the full report on the event will 
appear in Muckrace Musings, also on the website.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Jane




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Sent: Sun 9/11/2011 8:51 AM
To: cayugabirdlist
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace
 
The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will  
get posted to the List soon.

Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary  
Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the  
Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and  
Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club.

Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning  
team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was  
found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or  
Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have  
no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced).

Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good  
variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted,  
Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent  
shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right  
along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has  
significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds.

Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club speaker dinner

2011-09-11 Thread clr82
Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome Petra Deane as guest speaker at
our monthly meeting on Monday, September 12 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab
of Ornithology.  Petra will be presenting Uncovering the Evolutionary
Secrets of a Small, Nocturnal Seabird .

The Club will be hosting Petra for dinner at Taste of Thai Express 
(downtown on Rt. 13N) at 5:30 pm prior to the meeting.  This is a great
opportunity for members to meet Petra,socialize with other members, and
enjoy some great food.  If you would like to join us for dinner, please
rsvp to cl...@juno.com by noon on Monday  so that reservations can be
made.

Sorry for the short notice -  it was a great weekend at the Muckrace!
Colleen Richards


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[cayugabirds-l] Grape loving Wood Duck hen

2011-09-11 Thread Paul
Friends,

I’ve held up posting until I had something I thought would show interesting 
behavior.  (I am less of a bird counter and more of a bird observer.)

Traveled up to Montezuma NWR today.  Not much interesting to report on the 
Wildlife Drive other than a confrontation between two Great Egrets at the 
Benning Pool.  The smaller of the two seemed intent to pick a fight with the 
end result that that the larger bird tired of it and pinned the aggressor into 
the water.  

The more interesting observation was at the viewer platform at May’s Point.  
Arriving at 1: 15 pm, we almost immediately realized that a Wood Duck hen was 
in the bushy tangle of Wild Grapes that stands immediately in front of the 
platform.  We must have been within 15 feet of the hen, and she showed no 
concern about us.  We observed that she was picking wild grapes from the vines. 
 Wow!

I have posted three photos on my Flickr page that show her in the bushes, and 
then a grape in her beak and then further back as she crushed it. 

See the photos at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pschmitt_at_flickr/

Observed the same sort of behavior in the morning by a Hairy Woodpecker at Lowe 
Pond near the Elmira Airport.  Sorry, but no photo of that (yet).

Paul Schmitt
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

2011-09-11 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Bob,

Thanks for posting.  Last year a full report never was posted to the list.  Can 
you tell us who won?

Kevin




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Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will  
get posted to the List soon.

Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary  
Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the  
Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and  
Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club.

Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning  
team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was  
found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or  
Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have  
no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced).

Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good  
variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted,  
Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent  
shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right  
along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has  
significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds.

Bob McGuire



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

2011-09-11 Thread Ann Mitchell
Also, Bob Spahn's team heard a Whip-pool-will early morning on Howland
Island.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Bob,

 Thanks for posting.  Last year a full report never was posted to the list.
  Can you tell us who won?

 Kevin




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 From: bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
 bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire
 Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

 The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will
 get posted to the List soon.

 Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary
 Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the
 Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and
 Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club.

 Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning
 team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was
 found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or
 Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have
 no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced).

 Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good
 variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted,
 Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent
 shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right
 along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has
 significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds.

 Bob McGuire



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

2011-09-11 Thread J. Gary Kohlenberg
Hi Kevin,

Interestingly the wining recreational team, I forget the name, had 120 
species. The wining competitive team, with 118, species was Bob Span's team. 
Bob Span was also honored for 15 years of Muckrace participation. This is a 
wonderful commitment to local conservation. 

Gary



On Sep 11, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:

Bob,

Thanks for posting.  Last year a full report never was posted to the list.  Can 
you tell us who won?

Kevin




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[mailto:bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will  
get posted to the List soon.

Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary  
Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the  
Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and  
Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club.

Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning  
team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was  
found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or  
Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have  
no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced).

Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good  
variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted,  
Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent  
shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right  
along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has  
significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds.

Bob McGuire



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RE: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

2011-09-11 Thread Jane Graves
The Recreational team with 120 species was Tyrannus tyrannus, with Mickey 
Scilingo and Marty Mau.  They also heard the Whip-poor-will.

Jane


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Sent: Sun 9/11/2011 10:42 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace
 
Hi Kevin,

Interestingly the wining recreational team, I forget the name, had 120 
species. The wining competitive team, with 118, species was Bob Span's team. 
Bob Span was also honored for 15 years of Muckrace participation. This is a 
wonderful commitment to local conservation. 

Gary



On Sep 11, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:

Bob,

Thanks for posting.  Last year a full report never was posted to the list.  Can 
you tell us who won?

Kevin




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Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace

The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will  
get posted to the List soon.

Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary  
Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the  
Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and  
Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club.

Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning  
team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was  
found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or  
Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have  
no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced).

Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good  
variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted,  
Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent  
shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right  
along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has  
significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds.

Bob McGuire



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