[cayugabirds-l] Stevenson Rd Golden Plovers
As I drove down Stevenson Road at 8:15 this morning there were two AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS in the newly-plowed field SW of the compost piles. Also there were at least 75 KILLDEER. An hour later the golden plovers were not to be found. Bob McGuire -- 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] Red Crossbill in northeast Ithaca
I heard (but didn't see) a Red Crossbill flying over lower Sapsucker Woods Road this morning. There also was a single Caspian Tern flying north directly up Sapsucker Woods Road, then veering off to the west on the upper part of the road, at around 08:35. Was anyone watching from the Lab - did it make a pass over the pond? tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.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] Caspian Terns at L of O
There were 2 Caspian Terns, a low adult and a juvenile following behind at a higher altitude. I was in the first staff parking lot as they flew by, west of the Lab, heading north. They did not look at the pond Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 From: bounce-64105690-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-64105690-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schulenberg Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 9:56 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: Douglas Stotz; Steve Kelling Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Red Crossbill in northeast Ithaca I heard (but didn't see) a Red Crossbill flying over lower Sapsucker Woods Road this morning. There also was a single Caspian Tern flying north directly up Sapsucker Woods Road, then veering off to the west on the upper part of the road, at around 08:35. Was anyone watching from the Lab - did it make a pass over the pond? tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edumailto:ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.commailto:tschulenb...@gmail.com -- 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] no hummingbirds
We've still got a hummingbird feeding on flowers as of yesterday. Michele Interlaken/Ovid Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House BB www.thehaywardhouse.com On Sep 3, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote: I see Laura has a hummingbird on her list, but mine seem to be, very suddenly, gone. All summer there was one at the feeder, or perched on a twig next to it waiting. Sometimes there were arguments when two tried to visit at once. But yesterday and today, the feeder and twig are empty. (And I always wondered how many of them there actually were.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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] no hummingbirds
I've still got some here in Auburn. I suspect it's a young one. I see her on my flowers and the feeders. I haven't seen any males in quite a while. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad On Sep 5, 2012, at 1:00 PM, M K Mannella mkmanne...@gmail.com wrote: We've still got a hummingbird feeding on flowers as of yesterday. Michele Interlaken/Ovid Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House BB www.thehaywardhouse.com On Sep 3, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote: I see Laura has a hummingbird on her list, but mine seem to be, very suddenly, gone. All summer there was one at the feeder, or perched on a twig next to it waiting. Sometimes there were arguments when two tried to visit at once. But yesterday and today, the feeder and twig are empty. (And I always wondered how many of them there actually were.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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] Sapsucker Woods Birding
I met Laura Stenzler at the Lab of Ornithology and we birded the first part of Wilson Trail from l:00 to 1:30. Other than the usual suspects seen, we had a nice flock of warblers including Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Tennessee, Wilson's, a female Redstart, and a singing Common Yellow-throat. There was also at least one Red-eyed Vireo, a singing Warbling Vireo, and a Red-breasted Grosbeak. Not bad for 1/2 hour of birding. Good birding, Ann -- 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] Knox-Marsellus shorebirds
Shorebirding is as good as ever at Knox-Marsellus at Montezuma, viewing from Towpath Road right now. Highlights are 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS running around together on the mud, 23 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, Red-necked and Wilson's phalaropes, Ruddy Turnstone, and 16 other species of shorebirds. Jay McGowan -- 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] No hummers
Saw my last hummer here in Union Springs on 21 Aug.. The local OSPREY was last seen that day also. About a doz. or so tree barn SWALLOWS are swooping over the woods up by the garden. For those who want to view the breakwater at the former Castelli's Marina you can drive down to the dock at the south end of the parking area park there. I was given permission last spring told that BIRDERS are welcome. Just don't drive along the north edge of the marina (nearest Frontenac Park.). You can walk there then west out to the lake edge for good view. Fritzie -- 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] Hummingbirds
Interesting following the comments on sightings and missing RT Hummingbirds. Still have our female and juvenile here in Big Flats. No males. Actually, we are seeing more activity than during the first half of the summer. I have a theory on why they sometimes seem to disappear in summer, only to return. I think they have just found a new, better food source that may be temporary. It comes to mind that insects are good source of protein for them. So, today, I observed our female RTH land on the stalk below the Monarda didyma flower head, and pick something from under the dried flower head. I theorize it is small spiders or similar insects. She then took flight to draw nectar from the few remaining flowers on adjacent stalks and again perched under a dried flower head to pick something from underneath. 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] Cats and wildlife -an American Bird Conservancy interview on 20/20.
The following from George Fenwick: John Be sure to tune in to or set your DVR to record ABC News 20/20 this Friday September 7, 2012 at 9pm EST to catch ABC President Dr. George Fenwick. Dr. Fenwick will appear in a segment about domestic cat predation on birds and other wildlife. The program was prompted by an August American Bird Conservancy news release on a University of Georgia and National Geographic study of house cats that were allowed to roam outdoors. The activities of the cats were recorded using small video cameras attached to the cats collars, leading to some startling results. The issue has recently been covered by almost 100 newspapers nationwide as well as by CNN, CBS and USA Today. Members of that study team will also appear on Fridays program. -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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] Hummingbird
A few minutes ago, a female hummingbird came to my feeder. I live at North Woods apartments in Lansing. Cathy -- 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] No hummers
We still have two hummers, maybe more. Bill and Shirley McAneny, T'Burg _ From: bounce-64107687-7495...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-64107687-7495...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:00 PM To: CayugaBirds-L@Cornell.e Subject: [cayugabirds-l] No hummers Saw my last hummer here in Union Springs on 21 Aug.. The local OSPREY was last seen that day also. About a doz. or so tree barn SWALLOWS are swooping over the woods up by the garden. For those who want to view the breakwater at the former Castelli's Marina you can drive down to the dock at the south end of the parking area park there. I was given permission last spring told that BIRDERS are welcome. Just don't drive along the north edge of the marina (nearest Frontenac Park.). You can walk there then west out to the lake edge for good view. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html The Mail Archive http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Surfbirds http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird http://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] Common Goldeneye, Myers Point
Hey all, Just a quick note to mention my best bird from an otherwise quiet lakewatch at Myers Point this morning was a months-early COMMON GOLDENEYE which flew by distantly heading north up the west side of the lake, then back south again a little closer (presumably the same bird) half an hour later. I saw a medium-sized, compact dark duck with large white wing patches in the secondaries (and beyond), too compact for a merganser or White-winged Scoter. On its way south I got a better look at the face and it did indeed appear to be a goldeneye. Very strange. Also, on Monday I had an early PALM WARBLER along the new Lansing Center Trail on Rt. 34 between Triphammer and East Shore Drive. This is kind of a cool place, pretty open and agricultural feeling, but with enough goldenrod and hedgerows to be interesting. Feels like a Connecticut Warbler or Dickcissel could show up, and it's a great place for fall Palm Warblers for sure. Good birding, Jay -- 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] Hummingbirds
At least three Ruby throats feeding here at dusk. David + Phyllis Smith Bridle Lane, Dryden -- 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/ --
[PMX:#] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawk Mountain
My mistake, the date is Friday the 21st. not Thursday the 20th. Must learn to read a calendar one of these days. BTW according to the Hawk Mtn. web site it should be pretty good for hawks then. Carl On 8/31/2012 2:16 PM, Carl Steckler wrote: On Thursday Sept. 20 Meg and I are planning a day trip to Hawk mountain. I have room for two people if anyone is interested. We will leave around 7:00AM and return in the evening. Carl Steckler -- For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know Unknown Marine Khe Sahn, Vietnam -- 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] Blackbirds Caspian Terns - Montezuma
At about 7:15 p.m. this evening there were huge flocks of blackbirds ( RwBs, C. Grackles, E. Starlings) converging on MNWR near the Visitor Center. My guess is that there were several hundred thousand birds swirling, swarming and streaking over and through the wetlands and trees for approximately forty-five minutes before all movement concluded as the birds descended into the rushes and nearby trees as the sun was setting. I felt privileged and very excited to be witnessing a magical spectacle. Occasionally a flock would dive low over my position making it possible to hear and feel the sound of the flock as it swooshed in an undulating or serpentine manner. Regrettably I did not have a video camera to record this amazing event. In addition there were 16 Caspian Terns that flew in a very loose flock over the Visitor Center parking lot on a southern tack. Bill RobertsAurora -- 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/ --
