[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskin, E Kingbird
Hi all, There is currently a Pine Siskin at my feeder. And two Eastern Kingbirds were the highlight of my afternoon walk yesterday at around 4:00 pm. 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] Adolescent RT Hummingbird?
While out photographing birds this morning, I observed on three occasions the odd situation where a male RT Hummingbird was doing a mating display to a Chestnut-sided Warbler. Probably the same RT each time. Can’t decide if it is funny or pitiful. I guess they will display to anything that moves. Some years ago I had one display to me as I set out a feeder of fresh nectar. Reminds me of adolescent boys at a school dance. Paul Schmitt -- 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] Arnot Forest May 4
I was at Arnot Forest from 1pm-4pm yesterday and did manage to hear and see a fair number of migrants, including FOY CANADA WARBLERS. Also found two beautiful SPRING SALAMANDERS in the creek. eBird list is below, but the best highlight was definitely having two LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES foraging and calling about 8ft away from me in the creek at eye level (with a spring salamander directly below me). Good birding, Evan Arnot Forest, Chemung, US-NY May 4, 2012 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: TA~75F, Sunny. No binoculars, but identified by song mostly. Found 2 Slimy Salamanders in the creek. 13 species Red-tailed Hawk 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Common Raven 1 Ovenbird 3 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Canada Warbler 2 -- 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] another red-tailed hawk nest
I noticed this nest a couple weeks ago, and have made it back once to film and photograph it. I will post photos and video as soon as I can. Best, Evan B -- 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] Brewster's Warbler@Hawthorn Orchards
Persistent and very vocal Brewster's Warbler (a hybrid of Blue-winged Golden-winged) Was spotted and pointed out to us first by Brad Walker or his group. Kevin McGowan obtained photos and positively identified it. It has been persistently vocalizing on and off all morning (7:30-10:30). Chris T-H also found it independently later in morning and identified it as well. Many birders were able to see BREWSTER'S. I was able to video it. Also of note PHILADELPHIA VIREO TENNESEE WARBLER both singing a lot NORTHERN PARULA NASHVILLE WARBLER several other warbler's but I let someone else post that list as I'm still in the field. ---Lee Ann van Leer 607-279-9833 Sent from my iPhone -- 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 - 5 May 2012 (11 Warbler Species, plus 1 hybrid)
Today, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard (East Hill of Ithaca) from about 8:45am to 11:45am. For most of the time there, I was birding along with Matt Medler and his girlfriend Diane. Due to the relatively cold temperatures, it was fairly quiet until it warmed up and the warblers began to arrive. It wasn't until the last hour of the morning that things picked up in a similar capacity to that of yesterday morning. Here's a basic run-down of what highlights were there and in the vicinity: 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Warbling Vireo 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (NE corner) 1 Blue Jay on a nest 3-4 House Wrens 1-2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 8-10 Gray Catbirds 1 Brown Thrasher 1 BREWSTER'S WARBLER (Golden-winged X Blue-winged hybrid) singing a Golden-winged type song. 6-8+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS 6-8+ Nashville Warblers 2-3 Northern Parulas Zero Yellow Warblers - did I just totally miss them? 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers 3-4 Magnolia Warblers 5-6 Yellow-rumped Warblers (mostly flyovers) 8-10 Black-throated Green Warblers 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 American Redstarts 1 Ovenbird 2 Common Yellowthroats 4-6 White-throated Sparrows 6-8 Baltimore Orioles Most of the activity, once it picked up, was limited to the Northeast corner of the Hawthorn Orchard. Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and Northern Parulas were the most vociferous singers. Perhaps others can add to this list. Thanks and 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] Sapsucker Woods
Short time from 7:30-9 this morning. Missed yesterday's larger number of warblers but there were still plenty of good birds and fellow birders to share them with. A small mixed flock of warblers flew through the trees just west of the Lab feeding station - caught a glimpse of Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided and Magnolia amongst others moving too fast to id. A pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were breakfasting along the trail just before the Sherwood platform beside some raucous catbirds - not sure what they were mimicking... Heard several red-eyed vireo along SW portion of Wilson Trail, then a nice view of a Veery and Wood Thrush foraging under beeches (thanks for spotting them Rosenbergs!) After unsuccesfully trying to catch a glimpse of the Northern Waterthrush singing near the boardwalk along the East trail, I headed back across the road towards Wilson Trail and in a short space had two singing Wood Thrushes perched on branches directly over the trail. Had 36 species by the time I got back to my car where a female kestrel was preening in a nearby tree. Colleen Richards 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4fa5712a4f7fb1086027st05duc -- 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] Prothonatary warbler
On towpath road. Singing and inspecting nest cavity. -- 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] Prothonatary correction
That should be armitage road -- 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 Friday - Swallow-tailed Kite
Just to follow up since it hasn't been cross-posted: Friday at 1:21 pm EDT, Hawk Counter Kyle Wright spotted a Swallow-tailed Kite loosely traveling with Broad-winged Hawks over the South Lookout at Derby Hill. This is possibly the same bird that passed the Hamburg Hawk Watch on Wednesday afternoon and we were on the lookout for it. The bird joined Broad-wings in a thermal and gave great looks over the next few minutes. I could still see it in the scope five minutes later winging north up the east lakeshore on stiff, slow wingbeats. As noted by Kyle in his Hawkcount write-up, the only previous record at Derby Hill was April 16, 1976. Dave W. N Syracuse, 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] eBird Report - Cayuga Lake Basin, May 4, 2012-all day
Hi all, Yesterday, 5/4, my husband Ton Schat and I spent the day birding from around 4:30 am til 9 pm. We usually do a big day (all day out to see how many species we can see/hear) around the middle of May, but because migration has been so crazy this year, we decided to do a 'preliminary' big day yesterday, knowing not all birds are back yet. We had a great day, aside from a 2 hour delay due to car problems (from 3-5 pm!). We tried some different strategies than our normal route, which had us heading up the lake later than usual. That, along with our delay, caused us to skip some sites and miss some species. In addition, we missed 5 species that have been on our property daily and were there again today!! (Sapsucker, Pileated WP, Purple Finch, Waxwing and Thrasher!!). Oh well - you can't be everywhere at once! We started owling at 4:30 am and were unlucky everywhere we tried. Oh well - zip on the owls. We started from there in Stewart Park, which was much more quiet than we had hoped. We did get a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the swan pen and also picked up our only HOODED MERGANSERS for the day. From there we headed to SHINDAGIN HOLLOW, with stops along the way at HUNT HILL RD for our feeder PINE SISKINS and HUMMINGBIRD and along HURD ROAD for possible Hooded Warbler and Brown Thrasher, which were not there but we did get lots of other great birds. A quick stop at the Park Preserve got us PRAIRIE WARBLER, and a second stop later in the day had our only MAGNOLIA WARBLER. A trip up Creamery Rd. got us BOBLINK and MEADOWLARK. Shindagin Hollow was amazing! Our plan was to hit the Hawthorns for any warblers we missed in Shindagin, but we saw and heard almost all of the 20 species we identified all day (missed Hooded, which breeds there)! Warblers at Shindagin included Parula, Tennessee, Black Throated Blue (lots), Black Throated Green, Chestnut-Sided, Canada, Blue-winged and Ovenbird. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO also at Shindagin, but no Winter Wrens so we made our way to Deputron Rd., off Coddington, where we picked up LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and WINTER WREN. On to the Hawthorns to get BLACKBURNIAN and YELLOW-RUMPED Warblers. Next was Sapsucker Woods, where we FAILED to see the KESTREL - a miss for the day! Also, no SAPSUCKERS!! Amazing! Time was flying and we had lots still to cover, so we left Sapsucker Woods and headed downtown to get Chimney Swift (already 3 pm!!), but that's when we had car problems and thought we'd have to abort. A quick trip to drop off the car at Varna Auto, help from friends to get home to pick up our other car and we were at Myers Park by 5 pm, wondering what the heck we were doing! We were at 91 species -far from our average of 130!! But, we motored on! The rest of the evening turned out to be wonderful. Highlights included a very productive trip along Towpath Rd. between 7:30 and 8 pm, with the sun providing great lighting. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, GREEN HERON, PALM WARBLER and just beautiful scenery. Then up to Van Dyne Spoor Rd. where we tried for Virginia Rail and Sora (no luck) but did hear a continuously calling AMERICAN BITTERN. As it got dark, we tried again for owls in that area, but no luck. It was a really wonderful day, but a bit frustrating. No time to get the Upland Sandpipers. And some misses that were probably due to the fact that all birds are not back in all places yet. No terns at all, no Indigo Buntings nor Kingbirds (nor Alder or Willow flycatchers), no time to look for Redbreasted Nuthatch, no Bank Swallows at our usual place in the quarry in Brooktondale, few raptors. But, we're going to try it all again next weekend!! Below is the eBIRD list we submitted. Happy birding! Laura and Ton Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu Cayuga Lake Basin, Seneca, US-NY May 4, 2012 4:37 AM - 7:37 PM Protocol: Traveling 120.0 mile(s) Comments: Shindagin Hollow to Van Dyne Spoor Rd. Probably not totally in the basin, due to Shindagin. 121 species (X's mean present, but no numbers entered.) Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan 1 Wood Duck X Gadwall X American Wigeon X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Ring-necked Duck X Lesser Scaup 1 Bufflehead 2 Hooded Merganser 6 Common Merganser X Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 3 Common Loon 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 2 American Bittern 1 calling spontneously at Van Dyne Spoor Rd. marsh Great Blue Heron X Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey X Bald Eagle X Northern Harrier 2 Red-tailed Hawk X Common Gallinule 1 American Coot X Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper X Greater Yellowlegs X Lesser Yellowlegs X Dunlin X American Woodcock X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Chimney Swift X Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy
[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean - Howland's Island
I also had a Cerulean Warbler (male) near S. Winter pond on Howland's Island (north of Port Byron). Photo posted on Eaton Birds Facebook page. Had many RB Grosbeaks, several Am Redstarts, Scarlet Tanager, pair of Wood Thrushes, Yellow Yellow-rumped Warblers, YT Vireos, Great Crested Flycatchers, Baltimore Oriole, to name a few on Sat afternoon (mostly on the east side of Howland's Island). -- 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] slightly out of basin bald eagle pair
My husband and I watched a pair of Bald Eagles transect back and forth along the Tiaghniouga River in Virgil, along Rt 11 today. We have seen them there before but today had beautiful looks as one of them perched along a snag for a while. Also had great views of Baltimore Orioles. Tina Phillips Evaluation Program Manager Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Ithaca, NY 14850 tina.phill...@cornell.edu (607) 254-2482 On 5/5/12 6:02 PM, Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, Yesterday, 5/4, my husband Ton Schat and I spent the day birding from around 4:30 am til 9 pm. We usually do a big day (all day out to see how many species we can see/hear) around the middle of May, but because migration has been so crazy this year, we decided to do a 'preliminary' big day yesterday, knowing not all birds are back yet. We had a great day, aside from a 2 hour delay due to car problems (from 3-5 pm!). We tried some different strategies than our normal route, which had us heading up the lake later than usual. That, along with our delay, caused us to skip some sites and miss some species. In addition, we missed 5 species that have been on our property daily and were there again today!! (Sapsucker, Pileated WP, Purple Finch, Waxwing and Thrasher!!). Oh well - you can't be everywhere at once! We started owling at 4:30 am and were unlucky everywhere we tried. Oh well - zip on the owls. We started from there in Stewart Park, which was much more quiet than we had hoped. We did get a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the swan pen and also picked up our only HOODED MERGANSERS for the day. From there we headed to SHINDAGIN HOLLOW, with stops along the way at HUNT HILL RD for our feeder PINE SISKINS and HUMMINGBIRD and along HURD ROAD for possible Hooded Warbler and Brown Thrasher, which were not there but we did get lots of other great birds. A quick stop at the Park Preserve got us PRAIRIE WARBLER, and a second stop later in the day had our only MAGNOLIA WARBLER. A trip up Creamery Rd. got us BOBLINK and MEADOWLARK. Shindagin Hollow was amazing! Our plan was to hit the Hawthorns for any warblers we missed in Shindagin, but we saw and heard almost all of the 20 species we identified all day (missed Hooded, which breeds there)! Warblers at Shindagin included Parula, Tennessee, Black Throated Blue (lots), Black Throated Green, Chestnut-Sided, Canada, Blue-winged and Ovenbird. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO also at Shindagin, but no Winter Wrens so we made our way to Deputron Rd., off Coddington, where we picked up LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and WINTER WREN. On to the Hawthorns to get BLACKBURNIAN and YELLOW-RUMPED Warblers. Next was Sapsucker Woods, where we FAILED to see the KESTREL - a miss for the day! Also, no SAPSUCKERS!! Amazing! Time was flying and we had lots still to cover, so we left Sapsucker Woods and headed downtown to get Chimney Swift (already 3 pm!!), but that's when we had car problems and thought we'd have to abort. A quick trip to drop off the car at Varna Auto, help from friends to get home to pick up our other car and we were at Myers Park by 5 pm, wondering what the heck we were doing! We were at 91 species -far from our average of 130!! But, we motored on! The rest of the evening turned out to be wonderful. Highlights included a very productive trip along Towpath Rd. between 7:30 and 8 pm, with the sun providing great lighting. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, GREEN HERON, PALM WARBLER and just beautiful scenery. Then up to Van Dyne Spoor Rd. where we tried for Virginia Rail and Sora (no luck) but did hear a continuously calling AMERICAN BITTERN. As it got dark, we tried again for owls in that area, but no luck. It was a really wonderful day, but a bit frustrating. No time to get the Upland Sandpipers. And some misses that were probably due to the fact that all birds are not back in all places yet. No terns at all, no Indigo Buntings nor Kingbirds (nor Alder or Willow flycatchers), no time to look for Redbreasted Nuthatch, no Bank Swallows at our usual place in the quarry in Brooktondale, few raptors. But, we're going to try it all again next weekend!! Below is the eBIRD list we submitted. Happy birding! Laura and Ton Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu Cayuga Lake Basin, Seneca, US-NY May 4, 2012 4:37 AM - 7:37 PM Protocol: Traveling 120.0 mile(s) Comments: Shindagin Hollow to Van Dyne Spoor Rd. Probably not totally in the basin, due to Shindagin. 121 species (X's mean present, but no numbers entered.) Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan 1 Wood Duck X Gadwall X American Wigeon X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Ring-necked Duck X Lesser Scaup 1 Bufflehead 2 Hooded Merganser 6 Common Merganser X Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 3 Common Loon 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 2 American Bittern 1 calling spontneously at Van Dyne Spoor Rd. marsh Great Blue Heron X Green Heron
