[cayugabirds-l] Some recordings fro ADK thought you may enjoy

2012-07-22 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all,

Past week-end I was in ADK doing bioblitz, spent some time trying to record on 
Oregon plains road, which was noisy due to planes and cars nearby. But I got 
this nice mix of birds on Merrill Road, off of Oregon plains road. Young ravens 
begging was a bit scary. Also a Winter wren serenaded me for quite sometime 
with his lovely song.



http://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/morning-chorus-in-adk-ny

http://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/eastern-winter-wren-and-blue



Meena



Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
http://haribal.org/
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/


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[cayugabirds-l] Happy hummer

2012-07-22 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
This a.m. I had the sprayer turned on to water my tomatoes in the garden. After 
about 20 minutes, as I walked along the fence, I saw something fluttering on a 
plant.  It was a female HUMMINGBIRD thoroughtly enjoying a bath. Since we've 
had so little rain the water must have been very welcome to a little creature 
that doesn't use the bird bath. In yrs. past when I've had the sprayer on in 
the back yard, the swallows would sit on my clothesline enjoying the unexpected 
rain.

I have a large, old garbage can lid that I use for a bird bath, sitting on a 
tire (perfect fit) atop a wooden spool up in the woods. It's amazing how many 
varieties of birds come there that don't come to the backyard bath. Amongst 
them are bluebird, robin, starling, red-winged blackbird, brown thrasher, 
mocking bird  catbird as well as h.  ch. sparrow  g.  h. finches. I suspect 
even a crow tries to use it when the lid is full because water is splashed over 
a wide area. 

Something leaves the water very muddy. Some mornings the lid is completely dry 
so I feel sure the deer have been there, saving them a trip to Mill pond or the 
lake. Even our cat stood tall yesterday afternoon as we were going for a walk  
drank his fill.

Two wks. ago when it was so hot, I saw a doe standing in the water of Mill 
pond, in the shade. Smart animal ...  she likes to get in my garden. Last 
night a deer bit off a couple green tomatoes  feasted on my beets  beans. 
GRR!! 

We see the ospreys still bringing food to the 2 youngsters on Center St. 
ext./Number One Rd. platform. Last evening I saw a green heron flying over. 
Haven't seen one since spring. 

 Finches very quickly found the new niger feeder I put on the clothesline arm 
on Fri.. We're having fun watching the new barn swallow babies as they try to 
grasp  balance on the clothesline. Already we're seeing dozens of swallows 
sitting on power lines ... too soon. Several chimney swifts are using the tall 
dorm chimney for nesting /or roosting. My best,  last treat last evening was 
seeing a bat swooping around the trees.

Fritzie ... in Union Springs










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[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins County 22Jul2012

2012-07-22 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi all,
Brad Walker and I did a little birding around Lansing this morning. We
started at Myers Point, where five LEAST SANDPIPERS were the only
shorebirds of note. Yesterday morning produced a few more Leasts but no
other shorebirds. No sign of the female Red-breasted Merganser that has
been hanging around there this week. CASPIAN TERNS are putting on a good
show here, as usual, and PURPLE MARTINS are in good numbers (10+ most
days). Yesterday I had a pair of martins over Drake Road in Lansing as
well. We checked out Ford Hill after that, where I was somewhat surprised
to still hear an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER singing lustily, with another nearby
giving single-note calls. Hooded Warbler, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and a
lingering Louisiana Waterthrush were also here. PINE WARBLER, Red-breasted
Nuthatch, and a family of Eastern Towhees were in the pine plantation/new
development on the west side of Warren just north of Hillcrest Road, but
the airport didn't produce more than a lot of meadowlarks flying around.
After that we headed down to the Ellis Hollow area. We had a large number
of Ring-billed Gulls at the compost, so this may be a worthwhile place to
check for Laughing Gulls and other things in the coming months. Another
LEAST SANDPIPER joined a Spotted in the compost ponds. Finally, we walked
around the Durland Preserve for a while. Nothing exceptional, but the
highlight for me was hearing *7* ALDER FLYCATCHERS singing at the same time
from the observation platform over the marshy area. Pretty interesting they
are still so vocal (and in such numbers!) considering it seems like a lot
of them have stopped singing other places. A close soaring immature
BROAD-WINGED HAWK was nice here too.

We didn't go to Stewart Park today, but adult white-form SNOW GOOSE has
been hanging out there for the last week or two. It is missing most of its
flight feathers and its wings don't look in good shape either. I haven't
seen much else of note here lately, though Caspian Tern and Double-crested
Cormorant numbers are still impressive on the red lighthouse jetty,

Finally, it is worth mentioning (although a week late now), that while
looking for butterflies along Rock Cabin Road in Watkins Glen on July 14th,
Livia and I saw two SANDHILL CRANES foraging in the marsh just south from
where there is a nice viewing platform looking out over Queen Catherine
Marsh. For those who don't know this area, this road runs from Watkins Glen
to Montour Falls along the east side of Queen Catherine Marsh. It is fairly
well-known as a good spot for butterflies, with lots of hackberry trees
growing just upslope providing food sources for Hackberry Emperors, Tawny
Emperors, and American Snouts, all quite scarce in this part of the
country. It's quite dry this year and the traffic seemed worse than usual,
so butterflies were harder to come by on the road itself (puddles along the
road have been very good in the past for attracting a great variety of
species), but we still saw a lot. It also provides a nice access point to
various parts of the extensive marsh, and I have heard rails and bitterns
from it before. The tower if fairly new I believe but give a great view of
parts of the marsh, including some dryer areas that could be good for
shorebirds. The cranes were close to the road in the marsh. I initially
thought at least one of them might be a grown juvenile, but now I'm not
sure they're not just both adults--maybe someone else can tell for sure.
One was very ratty on the head, the other very red overall, including up
through the head. Pictures here:
First bird:
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092262504652002
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092309184362770
Second bird:
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092265717762082
https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092322845148642

Good birding!
-Jay

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

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[cayugabirds-l] Green heron

2012-07-22 Thread Marla Coppolino
There has been a green heron at my pond for at least the past several days.
 It has plenty of grasses and vegetation to hide in, and it seems to hide
itself well from me even in the open, but now that I know it's been around,
I'll keep binoculars handy and will be attentive to keep looking.

Located on Pleasant Valley Rd. in Groton.

Marla
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