[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Falls Upland Sandpipers

[Dave Nutter]

I drove through Seneca Falls today. There was lots of tree damage from yesterday's storms. I paused at Martin Road where there's a gravel parking area on the south side close to the intersection of NYS-414. Part of the Lott Farm has been kept mowed ever since the first time this season that I saw Upland Sandpipers. The mowed part is what I think is used for the Empire State Farm Days, with the farm-related street signs on narrow gravel roads and extending west to the farm buildings. Within that mowed area I easily saw 3 adult Upland Sandpipers (Office Bird!) from my vantage. To the south of the mown area all the way to Martin Road is a considerable area which has not been mowed this year. There is a similar area south of Martin Road beyond a plowed area. And to the north of the mowed area is a huge area which has not been mowed. In the past I have seen Upland Sandpipers use all of these grassy areas (which are tall enough to easily hide the birds), so I suspect there is plenty of habitat for them. I paused very briefly on King Road but did not hear any Clay-colored Sparrow.  --Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] more night migrants

[Kenneth Victor Rosenberg]

I guess I was too tired to type last night -- sorry about that :)  (gotta love 
those "thrushees")

KEN


Ken Rosenberg
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On May 30, 2012, at 12:28 AM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote:

> Quite a bit of birds are still moving overhead tonight. In 30 minutes 
> beginning at 11:30, I counted 44 Swainson's Thrushees and 6 Gray-Cheekd 
> Thrushrs over my hose in  Northeast Ithaca.
> 
> KEN
> 
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] RFI: Common birds nesting - still needed

[Marie P Read]

Hi Cayugabirders,

Thanks very much to everyone who responded to my request back in April. I've 
been hard at work this spring gathering material for a series of multi-media 
ebooks to be produced with Lang Elliott. We are still looking for certain 
species nesting locally. I'd really appreciate any leads to the following:

White-breasted Nuthatch - nest in natural cavity
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
House Wren - nest in natural cavity
Carolina Wren 
Eastern Kingbird
Belted Kingfisher - nest site or regularly-used (and accessible) perch

(note that for the cup-nesters, we probably will not photograph at the actual 
nest...just use it as a focal point for the adult birds perching nearby)

As always, I offer you a beautiful print suitable for framing if the 
photography is successful.

Our first ebook for the Apple iPad, Music of the Birds Vol 1, has just been 
released. If any iPad owners would like to check it out, please contact me 
privately and I'll send you a link.

Thanks for all your help.

Marie

Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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Freeville NY  13068 USA

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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

[Meena Haribal]

Osprey is circling in front of my office window!
Meena
Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
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[cayugabirds-l] GODWIT and more

[Jill Vaughan]

Marianne L. and I watched the HUDSONIAN GODWIT moving around at Benning
Marsh  (11 a.m.) -  handsome with the chestnut color showing in the
sunlight.  On Vandyne Spoor Road, we heard an ORCHARD ORIOLE singing just
at the edge of the woods before it opens up into the marshy area.  Two
other audio treats:  AMERICAN BITTERN and (whinnying of) a SORA.  At the
east end of the road, there were several BLACK TERNS swooping around and
skimming the water, and a COMMON MOORHEN dabbled close to shore.

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[cayugabirds-l] Golden -Fronted Woodpecker

[Janet Akin]

This is on the e-bird google rare bird alert. Does anyone have any more 
information? I saw the Hudsonian Godwit at Bennings this morning close views. 
Also saw and heard the male Prothonotary Warbler on Armtiage Rd. Jaaanet Akin
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[cayugabirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit Yes, Towpath Road

[Carl Steckler]

Meg and I traveled to Benning Marsh MNWR to see if the Hudsonian Godwit 
was still there,It was, at least as of 12:00 it was. ( a life bird for 
both of us) Real; good looks even though it was on the Rt 90 side of the 
marsh.


We then went to Towpath Road to see if any Phalaropes were present. They 
weren't. We did have some good views of a Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, 
Semi-palmated Plovers, Many Great Blue Herons and Northern Shoveler.
Other highlights were an Indigo Bunting, several Orchard Orioles in 
yellow phase and a persistent singing Scarlet Tanager who remained 
unseen. Add a couple of Osprey and an immature Bald Eagle both fishing 
the marsh and it was a good trip.

Carl Steckler

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[cayugabirds-l] Geese 2, Human 0

[Karen Steffy]

When I went running at lunch today, there was a family of geese with some brand 
new goslings just off the path around Beebe Lake.  I am always very respectful 
of the adult geese and their space.   Usually, if I talk to the geese, the 
parents will herd the goslings far enough away that I can safely pass.  It may 
take a while, but we come to a mutual understanding and life is good.

Not today.  I stopped running when I saw the family and waited.  I was about 
ten feet away.  The parent geese started hissing as usual.  I got a bit closer 
and one of the parents snaked his/her neck and hissed, so I waited.  (I think 
it was the mom because she was smaller.)  The next thing I knew, she was flying 
at my face.  Then the second one flew at me.  I flailed my arms around and 
yelled at them.  They went back to their family and I waited.  The goslings 
were moving and I thought I had enough room to go off the path into a clearing, 
and continue.  The geese flew at me again.   One of them got his/her foot on my 
arm.  It was cold, wet and rubbery.

I debated trying to win the standoff, but decided my best choice was to turn 
around and go up to the upper path around Beebe Lake.  The second time I passed 
that spot, the geese were gone, but I was watching the sides of the path for an 
ambush.  ;)

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Thank you from the Land Trust

[Linda Orkin]

> A big DITTO from the birding communitiy!! And the Cayuga Bird Club.  The Land 
> Trust preserves are favorite places for us all to bird and we are very 
> appreciative of Mark's very successful efforts to support and advertise these 
> special lands.,
> 
> Linda Orkin
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> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Betsy Darlington  
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> Andy Zepp asked me to post a big THANK YOU to Mark Chao from him, on behalf 
> of the Land Trust, for yet another year of his phenomenal Bird Quest trips, 
> and also his recent trip specifically geared toward children.  Not 
> surprisingly, Mark's trips draw a lot of people, young and old, and the Land 
> Trust deeply appreciates his dedication and commitment.
> Betsy
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[cayugabirds-l] Thank you from the Land Trust

[Betsy Darlington]

Andy Zepp asked me to post a big THANK YOU to Mark Chao from him, on behalf
of the Land Trust, for yet another year of his phenomenal Bird Quest trips,
and also his recent trip specifically geared toward children.  Not
surprisingly, Mark's trips draw a lot of people, young and old, and the
Land Trust deeply appreciates his dedication and commitment.
Betsy

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[cayugabirds-l] Great Crested Flycatcher

[Donna Scott]

This morning as I searched in vain in bushes across my road for a calling, but 
hidden warbler, I spotted a Great Crested Flycatcher with his brilliant yellow 
breast shining in the early sun, on a top-most bare branch-- he was calling 
"Wheap"!

Recently, as I sat in my screen porch with a big oak tree limb is just outside, 
a Catbird perched there and sang a perfect imitation of a Wood Thrush 
"Ee-oh-lay".

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY 14882
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[cayugabirds-l] N Spencer Eagles

[geokloppel]

At 7:15 this morning a young Bald Eagle was jumping up and down in the nest at 
N Spencer Marsh, trying her wings. Looks ready to fly!

I wouldn't be surprised if the pressure created by the presence of those Eagles 
was responsible for the relocation of Great Blue Heron nesting to the L-P 
preserve, and maybe related to the surprise appearance of a Common Gallinule at 
Coleman Lake too. (Eagles have a taste for Coots, so moorhens seem likely to be 
acceptable as well)

Geo Kloppel
Bowmaker & Restorer
227 Tupper Rd
Spencer NY 14883
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