[cayugabirds-l] VESPER SPARROW, Cherry Snyder
VESPER SPARROW, Cherry Snyder Rds by airport fence. --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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article
I just bought a copy for WBU in Johnson City Glenn Wilson Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Willie and All, You can find out how to get ahold of this book by checking the list of vendors on our website, Cayugabirdclub.org. For people that live in the Cayuga Lake area, the book is readily available locally. As far as I can tell, Wildbirds Unlimited at Sapsucker Woods is the only place where you can buy this online. So far. Thanks Linda Orkin Ithaca NY Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter dannapot...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hi Linda, Thanks for posting the link to the article. Perhaps this was an oversight but as far as I could tell, neither you nor the article’s author indicated how a birder could acquire this book. I am sure I am not the only one who would be interested. Best regards, Willie From: bounce-47216062-15084...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-47216062-15084...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Orkin Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:37 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu; nysbirds-l Subject: [nysbirds-l] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article For those who may be interested, Sue Heavenrich has written an article about this Guide and it appears in this week's Tompkins County Weekly. A good overview of the book. Here is a link to the pdf page. http://www.tompkinshosting.com/tompkinsweekly/TompkinsWeekly120409.pdf Also, she had emailed me with the following request which I forward in the event that someone may wish to help her with this. I am reluctant to just give out names of people to her without some expression of interest beforehand. If anyone does want to take this on, please email me and I will put you in touch with her. Now I have another question for you - or maybe I already asked it we didn't have time to explore: Does anyone in the club have bird count numbers or data that might show whether/how bird populations have changed over past 35 years? Am working on something re: climate change bird range expansion or northward expansion ~Sue Thanks in advance if you can help out. LInda Orkin Ithaca, NY -- NYSbirds-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! -- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4928 - Release Date: 04/11/12 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock owl night
As soon as we arrived behind the airport most of my SFO group had an excellent close look at an AMERICAN WOODCOCK on the ground calling before we saw it fly off low toward another spot farther away for complete displays in which we heard the bird calling from the ground, wings whistling during ascent, and vocal chirping during descent. A few of the sharper-eyed among us also saw it momentarily in flight either at the start or end of a skydance. My group saw the flyover of a GREAT HORNED OWL near the Game Farm Road end of the East Hill Recreationway. For several days the species has been spontaneously vocalizing during broad daylight with playback neither necessary nor recommended.--Dave Nutter -- 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] Pine Siskins
Two Pine Siskins on the nyjer feeder with the goldfinches this morning...with the falling snow...flashback to winter. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 -- 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] Art Reception for Jenny Pope this Thursday, 5-7pm at Cornell Lab.
Shakespearean Flocks and Other Follies Special Spring Reception featuring artist Jenny Pope We’ll be hosting a special reception on Thursday, April 12 from 5:00–7:00 p.m. for you to meet Jenny, see the artwork, learn more about the color-reduction woodcut process, and enjoy light refreshments in the spring light. We hope to see you here! Jenny Pope is a local full-time artist known for her large, beautiful color-reduction woodcut prints, often featuring compelling juxtapositions of well-known species with odd or interesting elements from their natural histories. For this special show at the Cornell Lab, Pope has put together an exhibition that showcases her interest in endangered species, invasive species, and the bizarre mythologies that have been created to help explain the amazing things that birds do. As she explains in her artist statement, “I make this work because I believe that with education and understanding of the environment, people will learn to respect and attach importance to our own backyards and beyond. My hope is that my work provides an interesting avenue for people to contemplate our environment.” This exhibition is sure to be one of the highlights of the year. For more information on Jenny’s art, check out www.jpopstudios.comhttp://www.jpopstudios.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] (playback)Has birding ethics changed?
Ted Parker, one of the best birders and a well known recorder of bird songs, recorded the birds in Peru and played back tapes of them so they would respond. Of course it was done in the name of science, but he was relentless. A super researcher. That didn't keep the birds away. Read The Parrot Without A Name. That will help you appreciate the work that goes into identifying birds. Best, Ann On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg k...@cornell.eduwrote: Hi all, Although this discussion has gone on for awhile and is in danger of getting too heated for this List, I feel compelled to jump in. I want to thank those who brought scientific experience and reasoning to the debate, and especially to Lee Ann for the links to deeper discussion and actual studies on this topic. Bottom line is that the scientific evidence (sparse as it is) does not support the often strongly negative views that some birders have towards the use of playback to lure birds into view or get them to pose for photographs. As with most ethical questions, then, this issue comes down to people's personal opinions and choices. So here is my (hopefully somewhat professional and reasoned) personal opinion: I have been a professional ornithologist for 35 years and have spent much of the past 15 years trying to help conserve threatened and declining bird populations; I am also a lifelong birder, bird-tour leader and teacher. I have used playback in a wide variety of situations ranging from scientific protocols to purely recreational -- I frequently use an owl-mobbing playback during birding, in order to get a more thorough count of the species in a given area. I am not aware of any situation in which a population of birds was adversely affected by use of playback by birders or researchers. Even in the most famous and hotly debated cases (Arizona trogons) no effects on nesting success could be shown, and after 40+ years of using playback and imitating calls (the same thing really) in many Arizona canyons, none of the highly sought species have disappeared from those areas -- in fact most have expanded their distribution and populations in the general region. I know of many, many cases where bird tour leaders at tropical locations return year after year to the same rare bird territories, using playback successfully to show these amazing birds to successive groups of people. The primary negative effect of excessive use of playback (certainly a subjective term) is that the birds quickly habituate to the sound and stop responding -- very often a bird continues to sing on its territory but simply does not respond to the playback (guides use the expression taped out to describe such birds). Even around here I have found that chickadees will not respond to the owl-mobbing playback if I go to the same area within a short timeframe. In my experience the adverse effects of excessive playback is mostly on the birders and not on the birds. In certain locations, such as the tropical lodge discussed in the posts at Lee Ann's link, or South Fork of Cave Creek Canyon, guidelines for regulating use of playback (but not banning) might be necessary -- but again, mostly to preserve the experiences of other birders. I think the ABA Code of Birder Ethics has this issue well covered, and Sibley's guidelines are very sensible and even offer tips for improving the effectiveness of playback while birding. And John Confer -- among the most cautious and respectful bird people I have known -- summarized well the biological perspective – that even regular (daily) use of playback, even during the breeding season (not to mention the subsequent capture, handling, and blood-sampling of individual birds), had minimal if any effect on breeding success or population status. Certainly compared with virtually every other form of anthropogenic disturbance or threat to habitats that birds face everywhere and all the time, the use of playback by birders, from a conservation perspective, is simply a non-issue. If one's personal birding ethics do not include playback or pishing because of the perceived temporary stress to individual birds, that is fine, but please don't question the integrity of other birders or SFO leaders that choose to use these tools to enhance the birding experience. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Apr 8, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Lee Ann van Leer wrote: I've heard this debated by many birders at many levels. Many pros and cons have been argued. It is worthy of more research in to what if any negative or positive impact playback has on individual birds, bird populations, bird conservation funding. Ecotourism in general has pros and cons but researchers have to be willing to do the research to find out what human impacts have on wildlife. Certainly one should adhere to
[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake
There are Red-necked and Horned Grebes on Dryden Lake today. One adult Bonaparte's Gull is looking sharp in the rain and sleet. 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/ --
FW: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article
Hello, The only relevant research paper that I can think of using bird club-related data is this one: Butler, C. J. 2003. The disproportionate effect of global warming on the arrival dates of short-distance migratory birds in North America. Ibis 145:484–495. that made use of the weekly readings of the lists to look at long-term changes in arrival dates of migrants in spring into Ithaca (a second data set of a similar type was also used in the paper from MA, if I remember). While the paper doesn't talk about changes in abundance, the climate-related link is via changes in timing of migration. Wesley Wesley Hochachka Assistant Director, Bird Population Studies Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology ph. (607) 254-2484 From: bounce-47216061-3494...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-47216061-3494...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Linda Orkin [wingmagi...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:37 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu; NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article For those who may be interested, Sue Heavenrich has written an article about this Guide and it appears in this week's Tompkins County Weekly. A good overview of the book. Here is a link to the pdf page. http://www.tompkinshosting.com/tompkinsweekly/TompkinsWeekly120409.pdf Also, she had emailed me with the following request which I forward in the event that someone may wish to help her with this. I am reluctant to just give out names of people to her without some expression of interest beforehand. If anyone does want to take this on, please email me and I will put you in touch with her. Now I have another question for you - or maybe I already asked it we didn't have time to explore: Does anyone in the club have bird count numbers or data that might show whether/how bird populations have changed over past 35 years? Am working on something re: climate change bird range expansion or northward expansion ~Sue Thanks in advance if you can help out. LInda Orkin Ithaca, NY -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Birds today
On a walk up Leonard Rd.(town of Caroline) this morning, I ran into 3 HERMIT THRUSH. One of them, facing me, looked like a veery; i.e. a small number of pale spots under the throat. I requested it to turn around, at which point its hermitness revealed itself. This afternoon, at 1400 hrs., Susie I checked out the TURKEY VULTURE couple on the ridge of a small barn across the road from 56 Mill St. in the Village of Dryden. We've noted them before several times this spring, but today they were copulating. They were awkward, but managed anyway. Susie is a regular vulturophil. The Dryden Lake GREBES were still there, along with a large flock of D.-C. CORMORANTS. S. S. Fast Brooktondale. -- 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] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article
Not sure of the scope of Sue's question. This may be the only research paper based on our local first arrival dates, but there are many, perhaps hundreds of articles on spring arrival dates and climate change/global warming. Is Sue specifically interested in local data? Marty Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu Cell 315-521-4315 Head, Collection Development, Mann Library, Ithaca 607-255-6919 Food Agriculture Librarian Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 From: bounce-47243050-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-47243050-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Wesley M Hochachka Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:03 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: FW: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article Hello, The only relevant research paper that I can think of using bird club-related data is this one: Butler, C. J. 2003. The disproportionate effect of global warming on the arrival dates of short-distance migratory birds in North America. Ibis 145:484-495. that made use of the weekly readings of the lists to look at long-term changes in arrival dates of migrants in spring into Ithaca (a second data set of a similar type was also used in the paper from MA, if I remember). While the paper doesn't talk about changes in abundance, the climate-related link is via changes in timing of migration. Wesley Wesley Hochachka Assistant Director, Bird Population Studies Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology ph. (607) 254-2484 From: bounce-47216061-3494...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-47216061-3494...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-47216061-3494...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Linda Orkin [wingmagi...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:37 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edumailto:cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu; NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Guide to Birding in the Cayuga Lake Basin article For those who may be interested, Sue Heavenrich has written an article about this Guide and it appears in this week's Tompkins County Weekly. A good overview of the book. Here is a link to the pdf page. http://www.tompkinshosting.com/tompkinsweekly/TompkinsWeekly120409.pdf Also, she had emailed me with the following request which I forward in the event that someone may wish to help her with this. I am reluctant to just give out names of people to her without some expression of interest beforehand. If anyone does want to take this on, please email me and I will put you in touch with her. Now I have another question for you - or maybe I already asked it we didn't have time to explore: Does anyone in the club have bird count numbers or data that might show whether/how bird populations have changed over past 35 years? Am working on something re: climate change bird range expansion or northward expansion ~Sue Thanks in advance if you can help out. LInda Orkin Ithaca, NY -- 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/ --
