[cayugabirds-l] bird injury/pecking
I thought some might be interested in my anecdote about an injured bird and its companion, as I remembered the discussion a few weeks ago about behavior of birds when one is injured and the other is pecking at it. I observed a similar scenario. I was driving along Ellis Hollow Rd on Sunday when a Baltimore Oriole flew close to my hood before I could react. I couldn't tell if it had made contact but in the rear view mirror I saw it flutter down to the ground on the road shoulder. My heart sinking, I turned around, thinking if it were injured I could take it to Victoria at Wild Things Sanctuary or, if it were just slightly stunned, at least move it somewhat off the road till it recovered. When I pulled up on the opposite side of the street from the bird, I realized that there were two birds there, one prone, the other, a male oriole, standing by it, pecking at its chest. The male flew up to a nearby tree when it saw me. As he flew, the struck bird's feet were suddenly up in the air, twitching a bit. I thought those were the death throes and I looked up in the nearby tree where the male had alit, and saw it preening itself. When I looked back at the bird on the road--it was on its feet and in the next second, in flight. The male followed it. Can anyone tell me if the one my car struck is an adult female or a juvenile? It looks diminutive in my photo but it seemed near adult size if not full; the sudden drop of the roadside has hidden its lower body. My hurried pictures taken from the car can be seen at my album on the Cayuga Birding web site: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/gallery Melissa Groo Melissa Groo Fine Art Photography http://melissagroo.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] CBC dish to pass and evening birds
Hi all, We had great CBC dish to pass dinner with great turnout and tasty food! After the dinner, we went for a walk in search of Orchard Orioles. We were rewarded by wonderful sights of the orioles, especially those who had patience to wait longer got to see them up fairly close for long time. I think Paul Anderson saw them feeding a young. We also had at least four Baltimore Orioles, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Mockingbirds, B. Kingfisher, Carolina Wren, Tree and Rough-winged Swallows, Warbling Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds, Common Mergansers, Killdeer, etc. I also heard someone mention Bank Swallows, but I did not see. Lots of Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds etc. It was a lovely pleasant evening. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- 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] oops forgot to mention location RE: CBC dish to pass and evening birds
oops forgot to mention location... This was all at Myers Point! Meena From: bounce-61058830-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-61058830-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:59 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] CBC dish to pass and evening birds Hi all, We had great CBC dish to pass dinner with great turnout and tasty food! After the dinner, we went for a walk in search of Orchard Orioles. We were rewarded by wonderful sights of the orioles, especially those who had patience to wait longer got to see them up fairly close for long time. I think Paul Anderson saw them feeding a young. We also had at least four Baltimore Orioles, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Mockingbirds, B. Kingfisher, Carolina Wren, Tree and Rough-winged Swallows, Warbling Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds, Common Mergansers, Killdeer, etc. I also heard someone mention Bank Swallows, but I did not see. Lots of Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds etc. It was a lovely pleasant evening. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] oops forgot to mention location RE: CBC dish to pass and evening birds
Yes Meena, thanks so much for posting. It was a lovely evening made special by the people in attendance, the beautiful birds and great food. Perfect weather with a breeze and a pink sunset on sparkling water. We were so excited to have a successful Orchard Oriole quest. Much gratitude to all for coming. Best Linda Orkin On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: oops forgot to mention location… ** ** This was all at Myers Point! Meena *From:* bounce-61058830-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: bounce-61058830-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Meena Haribal *Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:59 PM *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] CBC dish to pass and evening birds ** ** Hi all, We had great CBC dish to pass dinner with great turnout and tasty food! After the dinner, we went for a walk in search of Orchard Orioles. We were rewarded by wonderful sights of the orioles, especially those who had patience to wait longer got to see them up fairly close for long time. I think Paul Anderson saw them feeding a young. We also had at least four Baltimore Orioles, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Mockingbirds, B. Kingfisher, Carolina Wren, Tree and Rough-winged Swallows, Warbling Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds, Common Mergansers, Killdeer, etc. I also heard someone mention Bank Swallows, but I did not see. Lots of Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds etc. It was a lovely pleasant evening. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME*** * Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://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] Some birds from California (pics)
I was visiting friends in the Bay Area this past week and had the good sense to carry my camera with me. I managed to see (and photograph) several life birds, including White-tailed Kites, Acorn Woodpeckers, Lazuli Buntings and Marbled Godwits. For those who are interested, here's a link to the gallery -- http://rramanujan.smugmug.com/Birds/California/23522372_GqFz7N#!i=1901825242k=zvBWLCK Raghu -- 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] Ravens
I looked out our front windows a bit ago and saw 4 large, dark birds milling close together in the driveway of the Brooktondale firehall. It was raining pretty hard, and I thought at first they were the local crow family. Two of them wandered off across the lawn picking at probably snails or bugs; the other two engaged in preening, which I thought a little odd for crows, so the scope was hauled out. It was the local RAVEN family which we haven't seen for 2 months. One preened the head of the other for 5-10 minutes. At one point, Susie saw the preener pull the head feathers of the preenee roughly forward so far as to expose a large white area. The white we thought was skin, but research indicated it to be the white bases of the black feathers. Thanks to Bernd Heinrich for providing an excellent photo of these bases in Mind of the Raven The two wandering the lawn we assume to be this year's juveniles. 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/ --
