Re: [cayugabirds-l] Common Nighthawk, Stewart Park

[Dave Nutter]

This evening Stuart Krasnoff, Gary Kohlenberg, and I spontaneously gathered by the Cascadilla Boathouse in Stewart Park at about 8:15pm. Around 8:30 Gary was the first to pick out a single COMMON NIGHTHAWK working its way north over Cayuga Inlet or Jetty Woods. It foraged over the vicinity of the lakeshore of Treman Marine Park for a minute or so before we lost it against West Hill, apparently headed north again.While not seeing any more nighthawks we amused ourselves by looking at the crescent of Venus through Stuart's scope.--Dave NutterOn May 18, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Jay McGowan  wrote:Brad Walker, Livia Santana, Matt Medler, Emma Grieg, and I had a COMMON NIGHTHAWK at Stewart Park last night around dusk (8:20?). Brad first spotted it over Jetty Woods, and it eventually flew right over our heads on the shore of Stewart Park and headed up towards Ithaca Heights.
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[cayugabirds-l] Weekend Field Trips-Cayuga Bird Club

[Laura Stenzler]

Hi all,
 This weekend there are TWO Cayuga Bird Club trips, open to the public.  See 
you there!
Laura

May 19
Saturday
7:30 a.m. – noon or 1 p.m.
Field Trip:  Dorothy McIlroy Preserve, Town of Summerhill, then Bear Creek Swamp
Leader:  Carl Steckler
Meet:  Cornell Lab of Ornithology parking lot
Carl will lead trip participants on this half-day trip to the Finger Lakes Land 
Trust’s McIlroy Preserve, followed by a stop at Bear Creek Swamp.  Waterproof 
shoes are a good idea.  Dress for the weather, bring insect repellent for those 
ticks and be ready for a great morning of birding these unique areas.   We’ll 
see Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos, Canada Warblers, Swamp Sparrows, 
Hermit Thrushs, Alder Flycatchers and much more.  Contact Carl by email at 
c...@cornell.edu if you have any questions.

May 20
Sunday
7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Field Trip:  Roy H. Park Preserve, Town of Dryden
Leader: Laura Stenzler
Meet: Cornell Lab of Ornithology parking lot
This month seems to be Finger Lakes Land Trust Preserve month!  Laura will lead 
a trip to this 300 acre preserve, which offers a mix of habitats from conifer 
plantations to hardwoods and ravines.  Magnolia Warblers, Indigo Buntings, 
Prairie Warblers and Louisiana Waterthrush are just a few of the birds that 
breed here.  Bring insect repellent for those deer ticks!  Contact Laura at  
l...@cornell.edu if you have questions.



Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

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[cayugabirds-l] Upland sandpiper at Syracuse airport

[Meena Haribal]

Hi all,
I was in the plane on the way to Chicago sitting on runway when I saw an Upland 
sp sitting on A10 marker nervously watching the plane. Once we moved it dove 
into grass.
It was lovely view of all lakes some 20 miles from the plane including MNWR and 
other interesting features
Meena


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[cayugabirds-l] W Danby Migrants

[geokloppel]

Around my house this morning: Tennessee Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, 
Blackpoll. Many other warblers, but those three are the clearest migrants.

No Acadian Flycatcher yet...

Geo 
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[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 18 May 2012 Very Quiet

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I birded the Hawthorn Orchard area this morning from about 7:45am to 8:30am. It 
was another quiet morning there. Only one likely migratory individual, a female 
Black-throated Blue Warbler. As evidenced by the foraging behavior of this 
individual, the food resources in the Hawthorn Orchard are pretty much depleted 
at this point. I'll keep monitoring the area for a little bit longer into this 
spring, because it is still a good resting location for migrants.

Also, a Gray Catbird in the ravine area just North of the NE corner of the 
Hawthorn Orchard was producing some interesting vocalizations. These sounds 
initially had me wondering if there was a hoarse-sounding Mourning Warbler in 
that spot. This catbird was repeatedly giving a very rough 
"churry-churry-chorry-chorry" vocalization, interspersed with some normal 
catbird squeaks and other sounds. Kind of makes me wonder if a Mourning Warbler 
was there yesterday and I missed it by not going...

Below is the checklist I submitted to eBird:


Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY

May 18, 2012 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Comments: Very quiet here. Food resources likely depleted.

34 species



Killdeer  2

Ring-billed Gull  1 Flyover. Immature.

Mourning Dove  X

Downy Woodpecker  X

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo  2 pair building nest

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  X

American Crow  X

Tree Swallow  X

Barn Swallow  X

Black-capped Chickadee  X

Tufted Titmouse  X

House Wren  X

Wood Thrush  0

American Robin  X

Gray Catbird  X

European Starling  X

Cedar Waxwing  X

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  2 One singing from North ravine, one female in Hawthorn 
Orchard middle Northern area.

Yellow Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1 This female was silently attempting to 
forage for food in buckthorns and hawthorns in area of large oak tree at NW 
corner. Despite observing her forage for several minutes, actively looking and 
plucking through leaves, she was not seen consuming anything; but she was 
visibly actively looking.

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  X

Northern Cardinal  X

Red-winged Blackbird  X

Eastern Meadowlark  1

Common Grackle  X

Brown-headed Cowbird  X

Baltimore Oriole  0

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  X

House Sparrow  X



This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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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



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[cayugabirds-l] Park Preserve this morning

[Anne Marie Johnson]

I walked around the Park Preserve in Dryden this morning from about 8:15 to 
9:30. The highlight was a CANADA WARBER singing from a perch high over Six 
Mile Creek. I also came across a recently fledged batch of PURPLE FINCHES 
following Mom around begging to be fed. And I saw a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and 
several MAGNOLIA WARBLERS. I heard one PRAIRIE WARBLER singing from the 
neighboring property.


Other highlights included:

Ovenbirds
Common Yellowthroats
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black-throated Green Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Alder Flycatcher
Carolina Wren

Anne Marie Johnson




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[cayugabirds-l] Common Nighthawk, Stewart Park

[Jay McGowan]

Brad Walker, Livia Santana, Matt Medler, Emma Grieg, and I had a COMMON
NIGHTHAWK at Stewart Park last night around dusk (8:20?). Brad first
spotted it over Jetty Woods, and it eventually flew right over our heads on
the shore of Stewart Park and headed up towards Ithaca Heights.

This morning I drove around the Ithaca Airport. Nothing too exciting, but
lots of the expected species, including NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, EASTERN TOWHEE, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and FIELD
SPARROW.

Here at Sapsucker Woods, I just saw and heard a singing WILLOW FLYCATCHER
near the platform at the Fuller Wetlands north of the building.

Cheers,
-Jay

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Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu

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