[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar a the Lab
Leo Douglas is currently a lecturer at Columbia University, with a strong interest in the social and ecological impacts of human / wildlife conflicts will be giving the Monday Night Seminar at the Lab of Ornithology tomorrow at 7:30pm. While he hails from Jamaica, his talk will focus on his research in the Caribbean island of Dominica which has had success in furthering conservation by utilizing the beautiful Imperial Parrot as a Flagship species. Flagship or Battleship? Unintended consequences of the use of an Amazona parrot as a conservation flagship in the Caribbean by Leo Douglas This should be a very interesting talk and given the trend in conservation of focusing conservation campaigns on single species, it'll be illuminating as well. I encourage everyone who can to attend this one. Cheers, Jeff -- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 -- 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] Derby Hill Raptor Watch Van Tour - April 25
Derby Hill Raptor Watch Van Tour Wednesday, April 25 8:00 AM-2:00 PM Visit Lake Ontario for the spectacular spring raptor migration and leave the driving to us. Travel in the Montezuma Audubon Center van to witness hundreds and perhaps thousands of broad-winged hawks, bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, sharp-shinned hawks, and many migrating passerines! If weather conditions do not cooperate, the program will be moved to Thursday, April 26. This program is offered in cooperation with the Onondaga Audubon Society. Space is limited. Registration required. Call 315-365-3588 or e-mail montez...@audubon.org. Meet at the Montezuma Audubon Center 2295 State Route 89, Savannah, NY 13146. Fee: $15/child; $20/adult. Please pack a lunch. Chris Lajewski Education Manager Montezuma Audubon Center 2295 State Route 89, PO Box 187, Savannah, NY 13146 315.365.3588 clajew...@audubon.org http://ny.audubon.org/montezuma ** Celebrate Important Bird Areas at the Montezuma Audubon Center's 6th Annual Wildlife Festival on Saturday May 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For details visit http://ny.audubon.org/montezuma.** -- 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] Savannah Mucklands and Armitage Road areas
This morning, I trekked up to visit and scope out the area of Savannah Mucklands and the Armitage Road areas for field birds. I was there from about 7:30am to 8:30am. In the fields near the Potatoes building were about 10+ Savannah Sparrows, 8 Horned Larks and 3 AMERICAN PIPITS. One thing of note, regarding the dirt road to the South of the Potatoes Building. This is the dirt road located about a mile West of the Village of Montezuma along Route 31, about half-way along the entire Savannah Mucklands area, on the left side of the road. There is now a rope fence with a posted sign preventing the casual observer from pulling into that dirt road to even turn around. Don't plan on accessing any portion of the farm fields on the South side of the road. Active farm machinery was in the fields to the North of the Potatoes building (North of Route 31). I would not advise visitation when persons are actively cultivating or preparing the fields for planting, so as to prevent disruption from their routine and their need for open and ready access to the lanes. These fields belong to the persons who farm this area. Please be respectful of their lands. Driving along Armitage Road, I scoped out the fields well North of Armitage Road. Several Savannah Sparrows (10+) and 2 Horned Larks were present. A single SANDHILL CRANE was standing in the field, then took flight, calling all the while. An adult BALD EAGLE was standing guard near the large Bald Eagle nest, located on the SW side of the open potato/corn field located on the South side of Armitage Road. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] Hawthorn Orchard - Sunday 4/22/2012
After returning from the Savannah Mucklands area this morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard on East Hill in Ithaca (located between Pine Tree Road, Mitchell Street, and the East Ithaca Recreation Way) from about 9:45 to 11:00am. It was fairly quiet, in part due to the cold, windy, damp conditions. I was extremely surprised to see that many of the hawthorn trees (Crataegus sp.) were in bloom. This could make for an interesting spring, because they usually don't bloom until mid-May. Bird-wise, I heard/saw the following: 19 Yellow-rumped Warblers (6 in NE corner, 12 in SW corner, 1 in SE corner) 1 Palm Warbler (heard singing and moving rapidly along East edge) 1 Blue-headed Vireo (NE corner) 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet ~15 White-throated Sparrows 2 Brown Thrashers (male and female, along gravel pathway that leads from the East Ithaca Recreation Way up to the southern rugby playing field) 1 Field Sparrow (flyover, flight notes) Heard an unidentified very rich, sweet-sounding, call note a few times that was very reminiscent of Hooded Warbler, but just couldn't locate the bird producing the sound. This was along the North slope that leads down into the ravine area from the NE corner. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] L. Waterthrush @ Shindagin
Managed to get fairly close to a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH singing at the bottom of a ravine and a WINTER WREN that seemed to be singing in response. Watched the LOWA singing from a perch and then forage in the rocky stream. No photos, but I recorded some good audio. Other bird activity was mostly quiet in the poor weather. 1 PURPLE FINCH was heard singing back in the conifers near the wetland. Best, Evan B. Begin forwarded message: From: do-not-re...@ebird.org Date: April 22, 2012 1:45:42 PM EDT To: emb...@cornell.edu Subject: eBird Report - Shindagin Hollow, Apr 22, 2012 Shindagin Hollow, Tompkins, US-NY Apr 22, 2012 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Temp ~40F. Wind calm. Overcast and occasional mist. Many Large-flowered and red trilliums in bloom as well as Dutchman's breeches. Leaves in early stage of development. 12 species Wood Duck 1 Broad-winged Hawk 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Winter Wren 1 Singing with the LOWA American Robin 5 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Singing at bottom of ravine off the trail. Song Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Purple Finch 1 Singing back in conifer stand. This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] Grey Squirrels after hummingbird feeders
I've been feeding birds in the same location for almost 20 years. I've always had grey squirrels, however, never before have I had them go after the hummingbird feeders. They hang from above the feeders, grab the feeder with their front feet, and seem to drink the sugar water. They are not drinking the water in the ant trap that I can tell, plus I have several other places they can drink from including two garden ponds. Has anyone else observed this behavior? Mona Bearor So. Glens Falls -- 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-headed Vireo SSW
The SFO local field trip had at least 3 Blue-headed Vireo foraging along Wilson Trail North this morning. Also great views of the Barred Owl, Rusty Blackbirds, and a fishing female Belted Kingfisher. Susan Danskin -- 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] Peterson Field Guide App on Sale for .99 cents
Hello, Just wanted to let all you know that the Peterson Field Guide App is on Sale for .99 cents in celebration of Earth Day! Regular price is 14.99 and it is both iPhone and iPad native. Its pretty nice :) Alberto López Flickr Stewart Park today: Protocol:Traveling Party Size:2 Duration:1 hour(s), 15 minute(s) Distance:1.0 mile(s) Observers:Alberto Lopez Torres, Chris Dalton Comments:Birding with Alberto Lopez. Cloudy, windy from ~N at 10-15 mph. ~40 F. Species Edit Species List 38 species total 20 Canada Goose Branta canadensisDelete 4 Wood Duck Aix sponsaDelete 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchosDelete 1 Blue-winged Teal Anas discorsDelete Immature (?) male closely guarding female mallard 2 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collarisDelete 8 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatusDelete 10 Common Merganser Mergus merganserDelete 1 Common Loon Gavia immerDelete flyover 25 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritusDelete 3 Turkey Vulture Cathartes auraDelete 2 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalusDelete Flyover, adult chasing immature 1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinusDelete Flyover bird coming from direction of downton 2 Killdeer Charadrius vociferusDelete 1 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphiaDelete 15 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensisDelete 5 Herring Gull Larus argentatusDelete 2 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinusDelete 3 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspiaDelete 1 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyonDelete 1 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratusDelete 2 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragusDelete 5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennisDelete 10 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolorDelete 10 Barn Swallow Hirundo rusticaDelete 2 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillusDelete 1 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolorDelete 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caeruleaDelete 10 American Robin Turdus migratoriusDelete 12 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronataDelete 2 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerinaDelete 3 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodiaDelete 2 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalisDelete 6 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceusDelete 6 Common Grackle Quiscalus quisculaDelete 2 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus aterDelete 2 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanusDelete 3 American Goldfinch Spinus tristisDelete 6 House Sparrow Passer domesticus -- 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] Two Pine Siskins
Two Pine Siskins showed up at our feeders this afternoon, with the usual flock of Goldfinches. Could they be the same two laggards that have been reported earlier? (I don't remember where those two were seen.) Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow rd. -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SFO SAturday Derby Hill, Summer Hill trip
Hi all, Meteorologists are really getting better and better. Our meteorologist told us it was going to be 100% rain at Derby Hill and we thought may be there would some variables and we get lucky. But it turned out to be 100% rain. Highlights (some were for me alone!) At Derby Hill, we had Brown Thrasher, Palm and Yellow Rumped Warblers, Eastern Towhee, Song and White-throated Sparrows, Tree, Barn and Rough-winged swallows. From the bluffs, we watched a few Long tailed Ducks, Red-breasted Mergansers and flyover of Common Mergansers, Double crested cormorants and Caspian Terns. At the Sage Creek marsh, before we arrived Wes's group had found a Greater Scaup female and had heard a Sora. After we arrived we could id Scaup sp and as a female, luckily for us, Sora decided to call again! Just before we left this location we saw a NORTHERN HARRIER cruise over the marsh into the woods and a couple of Common Loons over our head, flying north-east. That was our hawk of the day. Then my group headed to Peter Scott swamp. Did not get much here, but two Great Blue Herons and several hidden Swamp Sparrows trilling as response to each other. Then we headed to Summer Hill. Along upper reaches of Fall Creek, we stopped to look for a possible Louisiana Water Thrush, but did not hear any, but we did hear and see a chirping Junco, who was later joined by its mate. I also had a flyover of a Raven chased by crows. Earlier, at the Junction of Lake Como road and Rt 90 there was another Raven being chased by a Kestrel and I think some blackbirds, we did get to see the Kestrel later. At Summer Hill, it was initially very quiet. We spent sometime on Dresser Road, when we heard and saw a flock of PINE SISKINS that were calling, later they were doing zet or zreeet calls to from top of a Norway spruce. On Dresser, a little ahead, back in the woods, there were at least three or four WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS singing. Later at the junction of the Salt and Hoag road we encountered the same siskins, but it was really difficult to see their colors as there was very dense fog and light was very low. We also had a pair of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES doing a song which sounded like Brown Creeper. I have heard this song from them previously a couple of times too. Then there were two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES singing at two different speeds, that confused lots of students. A WINTER WREN sang his short bars twice and a HERMIT THRUSH gave one song bar. Over all we had some 46-50 (for me) species of birds, in spite of almost continuous rain and fog at Summer Hill! Cheers meena PS: Today morning I was getting out of the house, a PILEATED WOODPECKER in my yard screamed in delight! 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Common Gallinule on Van Dyne Spoor Road
These photos are not great but they prove the ID. Several birders have heard the Common Gallinule recently and some doubted the reports. Ebird wanted them confirmed so I took the photos. Sorry the light wasn’t better. Mark Miller also saw this bird today. In one photo you can see the little fish the bird caught. https://plus.google.com/photos/101627732132660516717/albums/5734394500626620993 Other birds on Van Dyne Spoor Road: Bald Eagle, American Bittern in flight, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and 9 Rusty Blackbirds. Also many Tree and Barn Swallows and one Rough-winged Swallow. Leona Lauster Lyons, NY -- 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/ --
