[cayugabirds-l] Northern Mockingbird back
My FOY NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD reappeared across the street in the neighbor's tall pine (I have a feeling he's been here before, in past years) singing for the first time this year in the pre-dawn chorus. My casual observation was that he was doing a set based on more northerly species: in fact, I had to listen for a bit to factor out 'blue jay', 'house finch', 'northern cardinal', 'european starling' imitations (all quite good, and all current residents) before I heard a more definitive 'mockingbird triplet warble'. So I wonder if he did not need to move as far south as in past years when the early mockingbird songs seem to contain more exotic variety. At Sapsucker Woods, I watched the birds while the sun rose on this most pleasant morning. I got my first definite YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER drumming merrily on a tree just outside the lab. I heard similar drumming at home a couple weeks ago but wasn't sure if it was Sapcucker or an early Flicker and without a visual, I let it slide. Many RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS with a smattering of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES were flitting around Fuller Wetlands and singing and whistling. Many other usual birds so I won't list all: RED-TAILED HAWK flew by. A pair of EUROPEAN STARLINGs copulated on the high wire. Yesterday, the pond was host to a set of 4-5 RING-NECKED DUCK males pursuing at least one female; there was another more distant female but I couldn't tell if she was also Ring-necked or a Mallard. Didn't see them on this morning's walk but they may reappear later. __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] Tree Swallow, Stewart Park
Shawn Billerman and I had a single TREE SWALLOW foraging out over the lake from Stewart Park. Not too much else of note. An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was in the top of one of the tall trees along the shore, three PIED-BILLED GREBES were along the east shore, and a distant RED-THROATED LOON was still hanging out along the west shore. Cheers, -Jay -- 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] BLUE-WINGED TEAL Montezuma NWR Visitor
BLUE-WINGED TEAL Montezuma NWR Visitor Center --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] SANDHILL CRANES
3 sandhill cranes at the DEC office area in Savannah NY 3pm. Wade Melissa -- 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] more woodcocks
At last it is really woodcock season in Mecklenburg. At least 4 individuals were peenting and skydancing when I went out at 6 am, audible from every side of our house. I heard them last evening in the rainy dusk, and they may have continued all night under the bright moon. Anyone who lives in an open area should go out at twilight and listen. (There were peepers calling from the creek, too.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] more woodcocks
We had at least 2 woodcocks this morning too. Our first this year! David McCartt Tubbs Hill Rd. Richford --- On Tue, 3/13/12, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote: From: Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] more woodcocks To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 8:18 AM At last it is really woodcock season in Mecklenburg. At least 4 individuals were peenting and skydancing when I went out at 6 am, audible from every side of our house. I heard them last evening in the rainy dusk, and they may have continued all night under the bright moon. Anyone who lives in an open area should go out at twilight and listen. (There were peepers calling from the creek, too.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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! -- -- 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] more woodcocks
They're displaying in at least two fields on Burns Road in Brooktondale, too. Annette Nadeau Brooktondale From: bounce-42387052-14356...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-42387052-14356...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of David McCartt Sent: March 13, 2012 8:45 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] more woodcocks We had at least 2 woodcocks this morning too. Our first this year! David McCartt Tubbs Hill Rd. Richford --- On Tue, 3/13/12, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote: From: Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] more woodcocks To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 8:18 AM At last it is really woodcock season in Mecklenburg. At least 4 individuals were peenting and skydancing when I went out at 6 am, audible from every side of our house. I heard them last evening in the rainy dusk, and they may have continued all night under the bright moon. Anyone who lives in an open area should go out at twilight and listen. (There were peepers calling from the creek, too.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] BLUE-WINGED TEAL Montezuma NWR Visitor
Dave's post reminded me that I heard numerous flocks of Blue-winged Teal and other waterfowl over the high terrain of Danby during the windless quietude Sunday night. Notable in the mix was an emotionally-stirring flock of Long-tailed Ducks. Turn on, tune in, bird out, Bill E -- 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: Cornell Chronicle: Rare corpse flower blooms on campus
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:26 PM Subject: Cornell Chronicle: Rare corpse flower blooms on campus Chronicle Online e-News Rare 'corpse plant' preparing to bloom on campus http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March12/CorpseFlower.html March 13, 2012 By Krishna Ramanujan ks...@cornell.edu The corpse plant, also known as titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), has a bloom that has been recorded only 140 times in cultivation, and perhaps that's for the best, as the plant smells like rotting meat when in bloom. The strong odor and deep purple color of the inner leaf attracts carrion flies for pollination in its native rainforests on the island of Sumatra. Now, a titan arum in the Kenneth Post greenhouse on campus is expected to bloom any day. The plant is located in the Green Greenhouse 114, attached to Kenneth Post Lab on Tower Road on campus, and will be open to the public from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, March 13, until the bloom is complete. Titan arum was extremely rare in cultivation until a researcher brought seeds to the west in the mid-1990s. Cornell acquired seeds in 2002, when Melissa Luckow, associate professor of plant biology, witnessed a flowering corpse plant while visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the care of greenhouse grower Carol Bader since then, this is the first year Cornell's titan arum has flowered. The plant takes seven to 10 years for a plant grown from seed to reach flowering size, and then it may flower every few years. It isn't a common occurrence, said Luckow. It's really an event. When the flower blooms, it lasts only a day or two before withering. In the wild, the plant is rare, and it is listed as a vulnerable species. Appearing like a prop from an early episode of Star Trek, the plant's complete flower head -- more accurately referred to as its inflorescence -- can reach three meters in height. The inflorescence includes two main parts, a corrugated leaf wrapped around a velvety cone-shaped spadex that rises up from the leaf. When in bloom, the leaf with a purple inner side unfolds to many feet around the spadex. At the bottom of the spadex, beneath the leaf, are tiny male and female flowers; the female flowers emerge first and are receptive for one day, after which the males produce pollen. Cross-pollination from another flower is required for it to fruit. In the wild, it is believed that the strong odor and large spadex serve to send the scents out over long distances and attract carrion fly pollinators, said Luckow. The plant also has a large tuber, a storage root that can weight up to 200 pounds, the largest such structure known in the plant kingdom. When dormant, the plant's energy goes down into the corm. Once the plant reaches flowering size, the tuber puts up a single inflorescence, which blooms, withers, and is replaced by a single leaf that looks like a small tree, with a single green polka-dotted stem that divides at its apex into many leaflets. Another corpse plant, at a greenhouse at Binghamton University, bloomed in 2010, and horticulturists there saved and froze the pollen. Andrew Leed, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences greenhouse manager, said he hopes to coordinate with Binghamton to try to pollinate the Cornell corpse plant. Once it blooms, Cornell plans to keep the Post greenhouse open to the public until 11 p.m. Large group visits from schools should be scheduled in advance by contacting Joe Schwartz at Cornell's Press Relations Office at 607-254-6235. Chronicle Online 312 College Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 607.255.4206 cun...@cornell.edu http://www.news.cornell.edu For subscription information: http://www.news.cornell.edu/subscribe.shtml -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] BLUE-WINGED TEAL Montezuma NWR Visitor
Silly me, thinking maybe I'd found a new species for 2012 for the Cayuga Lake Basin. I was about to ask whether the Danby migrants were before or after midnight so I'd know what date to write when I remembered to check eBird. Not only had one of my pair of Blue-winged Teal (I saw a male and female together) at the Montezuma NWR visitor center been reported by Doug Daniels hours earlier, but but on March Nita Irby found 5 on Dryden Lake and Wade Melissa Rowley found 4 at Myers Point.The Wildlife Drive is still closed, with several construction machines near the far first bend, but a grader was preparing the road. From the tower I could see hundreds of CANVASBACKS and one RING-NECKED DUCK on the Main Pool. I looked at Larue's from the Seneca Trail but saw no snipe. The main feature I found at Montezuma NWR today was Anas ducks, all except Eurasian Wigeon, and only one GADWALL (at Railroad Road), but multiple birds at multiple locations for MALLARD, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHRIKE and (AMERICAN) GREEN-WINGED TEAL. There were also some COMMON MERGANSERS and a BUFFLEHEAD on May's Point Pool and some REDHEADS and RING-NECKED DUCKS on Tschache, all seen from the tower. At Railroad Road I saw one TRUMPETER SWAN near a group of 6 TUNDRA SWANS. On Van Dyne Spoor Road I saw an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE.There was still a flock of SNOW GEESE mid-lake off the south end of Lower Lake Rd, plus a few small flocks flying north over Van Dyne Spoor Rd.--Dave NutterOn Mar 13, 2012, at 01:50 PM, Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.com wrote:Dave's post reminded me that I heard numerous flocks of Blue-winged Teal and other waterfowl over the high terrain of Danby during the windless quietude Sunday night. Notable in the mix was an emotionally-stirring flock of Long-tailed Ducks. Turn on, tune in, bird out, Bill E -- 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! --
[cayugabirds-l] TV s in the evening
I watched 55 Turkey vultures pass over my yard in two groups, while I was working on bush trimming. They looked very beautiful in lovely blue sky. I also saw a Sharp-shinned hawk circle around and fly rapidly north. Cardinal has been singing regular song last two days! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] BLUE-WINGED TEAL Montezuma NWR Visitor
That was March 5 when the Blue-winged Teal were first found on Dryden Lake and Myers Point.--Dave NutterOn Mar 13, 2012, at 08:10 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Silly me, thinking maybe I'd found a new species for 2012 for the Cayuga Lake Basin. I was about to ask whether the Danby migrants were before or after midnight so I'd know what date to write when I remembered to check eBird. Not only had one of my pair of Blue-winged Teal (I saw a male and female together) at the Montezuma NWR visitor center been reported by Doug Daniels hours earlier, but but on March Nita Irby found 5 on Dryden Lake and Wade Melissa Rowley found 4 at Myers Point.The Wildlife Drive is still closed, with several construction machines near the far first bend, but a grader was preparing the road. From the tower I could see hundreds of CANVASBACKS and one RING-NECKED DUCK on the Main Pool. I looked at Larue's from the Seneca Trail but saw no snipe. The main feature I found at Montezuma NWR today was Anas ducks, all except Eurasian Wigeon, and only one GADWALL (at Railroad Road), but multiple birds at multiple locations for MALLARD, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHRIKE and (AMERICAN) GREEN-WINGED TEAL. There were also some COMMON MERGANSERS and a BUFFLEHEAD on May's Point Pool and some REDHEADS and RING-NECKED DUCKS on Tschache, all seen from the tower. At Railroad Road I saw one TRUMPETER SWAN near a group of 6 TUNDRA SWANS. On Van Dyne Spoor Road I saw an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE.There was still a flock of SNOW GEESE mid-lake off the south end of Lower Lake Rd, plus a few small flocks flying north over Van Dyne Spoor Rd.--Dave NutterOn Mar 13, 2012, at 01:50 PM, Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.com wrote:Dave's post reminded me that I heard numerous flocks of Blue-winged Teal and other waterfowl over the high terrain of Danby during the windless quietude Sunday night. Notable in the mix was an emotionally-stirring flock of Long-tailed Ducks. Turn on, tune in, bird out, Bill E -- 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! -- -- 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! --
[cayugabirds-l] MNWR
Wildlife Drive was open at 5pm when I arrived there. Open just to the Carp spot where it is blocked. The drive is all new gravel. There were a few Coot, many Canvasbacks and not much else. On my way out I saw two Greater Yellowlegs at the Visitors Center that was about 6:15, also the two Blue Winged Teal reported earlier. Janet Akin -- 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/ --
