[cayugabirds-l] birders beware what you seed you buy

2012-12-18 Thread Joe DeVito 
This article is important to read so we can all be educated on 'bad' bird seed 
for our feeders..


http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=bird-seed-poisons-wild-birds-12-09-16



 
don't forget to look up,


Joe
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[cayugabirds-l] Corvids: The Birds Who Think Like Humans

2012-12-18 Thread Chris Pelkie 
http://io9.com/5969515/corvids-the-birds-who-think-like-humans

Kevin is cited, as are others...


chris.pel...@cornell.edu

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[cayugabirds-l] geese & falcon reported

2012-12-18 Thread nutter.dave 
Norm (& all),A couple possibilities for the goose similar to a Canada but with extra speckling on the head and neck: First, it's not too rare to see variants among the thousands of Canada Geese which pass by here, including individuals with a few - or even a lot - of white feathers on the head and neck where we would expect the solid black "stocking," while the rest of the field marks are as crisp as usual. One Canada Goose I saw had so much mottling on the stocking that it looked like it used an Argyle sock instead.  Another possibility is a hybrid. Here in Ithaca we have experience with a family of 4 goslings raised by a pair of domestic Greylag Geese but evidently fathered by a Canada Goose. Pictures here: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/domgeese.htmOne of these birds lived several years at Stewart Park, while the other 3 dispersed.  I saw 3 similar birds at once at Montezuma a few years ago. A bird of this type was sighted in Ithaca again a couple times in the last few weeks as well.The Canada X Snow Goose hybrids I've seen tend not to show the Canada face pattern, but I don't know how much variation there is.About the raptor and the goose, I think a goose would be an ambitious quarry for a Peregrine Falcon, which makes me wonder whether the raptor was serious or whether it was another species, and what happened either way. I wish I'd seen that.--Dave NutterBegin forwarded message:From: Norm Trigoboff Date: December 18, 2012 2:46:48 PMTo: Cornell Listserve Subject: odd duck  Saturday, Cortland County winter bird count day, we saw a probable Canada goose x snow goose hybrid at Stupke Pond. Peter from Lime Hollow (who never posts anything) spotted it among about 2600 geese. The bird was Canada goose size and body pattern, with a striking speckled neck and mottled head, yet with the white cheek patch fairly clear. None of the pics online match it perfectly.  Sunday, in the field around Cornell's Equine Research Center, a Canada goose flew in, chased for a few seconds by a big dark falcon. I hear a peregrine has been hanging around Cornell campus. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Townsend Solitaire still present Sampson State Park Dec 18th Late Morning

2012-12-18 Thread david nicosia 
Dan Watkins and I went to try to get the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE this morning.
The bird was an easy find at the north end of East Lake Road before the green 
gate 
in Sampson State Park, Romulus, NY. It was flying around from the junipers to
the ash trees and staying near the tops of the trees. We saw the bird
around 1030 am or so. Thanks to Tim Lenz for finding this great
bird of which so many birders have got to enjoy!  Some rather poor photos 
below...
as it was raining with poor lighting. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157632275532889/


We also stopped at Lower Lake Road northwest side of Cayuga Lake 
and I counted 335 TUNDRA SWANS!! There was also a raft of SNOW 
GEESE around 300  or so and many many BLACK DUCKS, few GADWALL 
and a nice group of RUDDY DUCKS...I counted 39  among other common
species.  

There were also 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.  We didn't spend as much time
as we would have liked here due to the rain and wet optics! 

Dave Nicosia
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

2012-12-18 Thread Cornell Mail 
In my wanderings around campus, I have noted small numbers of Fish Crows (< 3) 
flying over the North Campus parking lots and the area around Bluegrass Lane. 
At least one joined a large flock of American Crows that began congregating 
outside of Clara Dickson Hall (also North Campus) at dawn a few weeks ago. Last 
week, I observed a similarly-sized flock of crows (with both species present) 
around dusk in the woods east of the Cornell Golf Center. Perhaps this is at or 
near the roost site?

Safe travels,

- Reid Rumelt

On Dec 18, 2012, at 10:23 AM, "Kevin J. McGowan"  wrote:

> Marc,
>  
> Thanks for mentioning Fish Crows.  We have a small (<30) population of 
> permanently resident Fish Crows in Ithaca that have been here since the 
> 1960s.  They  wander a lot, and it can be hard to pin them down at certain 
> times of the year.  This is one of those times.  They had been regular at the 
> Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road through the fall, but they have 
> become intermittent out there over the last month.
>  
> I was going to mention to the list about looking for Fish Crows as we near 
> the 1 January Ithaca Christmas Count.  I don’t know where they have been 
> hanging out, and would be hard pressed to find one if asked.
>  
> In past years the local Fish Crows have often been found in winter in the 
> neighborhoods in the general vicinity of the Science Center.  I drove through 
> there the other day and found no crows at all.  They will join in the large 
> roosts of American Crows, and can sometimes be heard in the pre-roosts 
> gatherings.  Apparently they are doing that in the vicinity of the Cornell 
> and Ithaca Country Club golf courses.  I haven’t tracked the final location 
> of the current in-town Ithaca roost, but I suspect that is where the Fish 
> Crows spend the night.
>  
> If anyone is seeing Fish Crows on a regular basis, I would love to hear about 
> it.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Kevin
>  
>  
>  
> From: bounce-72531675-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-72531675-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Devokaitis
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:01 AM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus
>  
> As I was walking past the A.D. White house this morning (7:30)  I stopped to 
> listen to a group of about 25 crows gathered together and talking noisily at 
> the top of a tree (perhaps harrassing, but I couldn't make out a raptor from 
> where I was).  Based on the sounds I heard, there were 3 or more Fish Crows 
> in the bunch.  I'm new to the area, so I don't know how often they show up 
> around here, but it occurred to me I haven't seen many (if any) reports of 
> them since I moved here in August.
> 
> Marc Devokaitis
> 
> 
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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Dinner guest

2012-12-18 Thread Anne Marie Sheridan 
Hi all,

I can see from my window what looks like a juvenile sharpie on a pigeon (?).  
Landed outside of Bailey w/prey in talons, flew to tree, then, as now, on 
ground @ NE corner of Savage Kinzleberg Hall, knoll behind wrought-iron fence. 
If you're looking at the fence, orient towards the "no park" sign w/red 
letters. If anyone else can see it, please let me know if you think it's a 
Coopers. Head seems slight, but I thought a pigeon would be too big for a juvie 
sharpie.

Cheers,
Anne Marie

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[cayugabirds-l] Fw: eBird Report - MNWR, Dec 17, 2012

2012-12-18 Thread Joe DeVito 
Had a great time doing the CBC at Montezuma yesterday. I had the pleasure of 
birding with wildlife biologist Scott Stipetich and Leona Lauster for a long 
and exciting day of birds. Highlights were probably seeing 4 RLHA including 3 
at one location on Morgan Rd. A SEOW, and seing 2 NSHR while driving the dike 
at Knox. Here is an ebird account of what we saw together.

 
don't forget to look up,


Joe

- Forwarded Message -
From: "do-not-re...@ebird.org" 
To: joeb...@yahoo.com 
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:52 AM
Subject: eBird Report - MNWR, Dec 17, 2012
 
MNWR, Seneca, US-NY
Dec 17, 2012 6:26 AM - 4:56 PM
Protocol: Traveling
31.8 mile(s)
Comments:     started at Knox and worked our way north in area IX for the 
Montezuma CBC
47 species (+1 other taxa)

Snow Goose  3
Canada Goose  14687
Trumpeter Swan  21     in one large group seen by wildlife biologist Scott 
Stipetich
Tundra Swan  120
Gadwall  3
American Black Duck  53
Mallard  1387
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  2
Hooded Merganser  38
Common Merganser  18
Great Blue Heron  3
Northern Harrier  7     1 adult male on railroad rd.
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  6     2 adults and 4 juvies
Red-tailed Hawk  13
Rough-legged Hawk  4     3 seen at one time on Morgan rd. by the DEC office
Sandhill Crane  36     all seen at the K-M marsh
Ring-billed Gull  219
Herring Gull  6
gull sp.  142
Rock Pigeon  38
Mourning Dove  19
Short-eared Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  8
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  2
Northern Shrike  2
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  29
Horned Lark  10
Black-capped Chickadee  13
White-breasted Nuthatch  8
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  232
Cedar Waxwing  1
Snow Bunting  17
American Tree Sparrow  130
Song Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  14
Northern Cardinal  9
Common Redpoll  90     on Morgan rd.
American Goldfinch  7
House Sparrow  5

View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12317019

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

2012-12-18 Thread Marie P Read 
Wesley wrote:



Maybe also from the difficulty of distinguishing them from American Crows, 
except by sound—but that is iffy in spring when female Am Crows are begging.

Marie

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From: bounce-72531729-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-72531729-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Wesley M Hochachka 
[w...@cornell.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:20 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

Hi Marc,

   Fish Crows are a year-round resident in Ithaca, and while in small numbers I 
guess that people view them as being not special enough to be mentioned on the 
listserv.  Largely, they are reported from the lakeshore, but they do pop up in 
other places (last year, if I remember, there seemed to be a resident group 
around Triphammer Mall).  I’ve mostly heard Fish Crows away from their typical 
haunts in the early fall, at least in my neighbourhood near Sapsucker Woods.  
To give you an idea of where the crows have been seen around Ithaca (including 
on campus) start with the following URL

http://ebird.org/ebird/map/fiscro?neg=true&env.minX=-77&env.minY=40&env.maxX=-76&env.maxY=45&zh=true&gp=false&mr=on&bmo=8&emo=12&yr=2012-2012&byr=2012&eyr=2012

and zoom in on Ithaca (I tried tweaking the URL to zoom in further, but at 
least in quick attempts that didn’t seem to work).  The URL is to a map of 
eBird sightings since August of this year.

Wesley Hochachka


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Dark-mantled Madison Co landfill gull

2012-12-18 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Dave,

Although I wouldn't rule out a hybrid, I would call this a Lesser Black-backed 
Gull.  It is roughly the same size as, or slightly smaller than the Herring 
Gulls in your photos.  The wing extension seems a little short, but the almost 
complete lack of a tertial crescent on the back is about right (and rules 
against Slaty-backed).  The uncertainty about what color the legs are also fits 
with a sub-adult Lesser Black-backed Gull.  That seems to be a common 
confusion.  The degree of head markings and the eye color is variable in the 
large gulls and often related to age.  The extra large and messy red spot on 
the lower mandible if classic Lesser Black-backed Gull to me.

Best,

Kevin

Ithaca, NY

From: bounce-72531612-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72531612-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of tigge...@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:45 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dark-mantled Madison Co landfill gull

Here's a gull from 11/23/12.  I saw it in the same scope field with Great and 
Lesser BB Gulls but the only photos I have show it with Herring.  I have 
included a typical LBBG with GBBG for comparison of back color and pointed to 
the LBBG with a wide arrow.  I also created a composite photo.  The bird was 
larger and darker than Lesser BB Gull (in direct comparison) and had a dusky 
eye rather than staring yellow (which could be seen on the known LBBG).  In 
direct comparison with Great BB Gull it was smaller and slightly paler.  
Ultimately I thought the bird a hybrid of one sort or another.

Strikes against a LBBG include size, darker color, dusky eye, and leg color if 
fleshy pink rather than fleshy yellow.  If too dark for a pure LBBG then LBBG x 
Herring would seem to be out.  I didn't think a GBBG because of size and back 
color in direct comparison.  Strikes against Slaty-backed seem to be the dusky 
eye and probably other things too.  I saw the legs at a distance but not sure 
what color.

One of the photos shows a well-defined white crescent and I zoomed in on it - 
not sure if it's the tertials or secondaries.  Comments welcome.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/sets/72157632207031229/

Dave Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

2012-12-18 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Marc,

Thanks for mentioning Fish Crows.  We have a small (<30) population of 
permanently resident Fish Crows in Ithaca that have been here since the 1960s.  
They wander a lot, and it can be hard to pin them down at certain times of the 
year.  This is one of those times.  They had been regular at the Cornell 
compost facility on Stevenson Road through the fall, but they have become 
intermittent out there over the last month.

I was going to mention to the list about looking for Fish Crows as we near the 
1 January Ithaca Christmas Count.  I don't know where they have been hanging 
out, and would be hard pressed to find one if asked.

In past years the local Fish Crows have often been found in winter in the 
neighborhoods in the general vicinity of the Science Center.  I drove through 
there the other day and found no crows at all.  They will join in the large 
roosts of American Crows, and can sometimes be heard in the pre-roosts 
gatherings.  Apparently they are doing that in the vicinity of the Cornell and 
Ithaca Country Club golf courses.  I haven't tracked the final location of the 
current in-town Ithaca roost, but I suspect that is where the Fish Crows spend 
the night.

If anyone is seeing Fish Crows on a regular basis, I would love to hear about 
it.

Best,

Kevin



From: bounce-72531675-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72531675-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Devokaitis
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:01 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

As I was walking past the A.D. White house this morning (7:30)  I stopped to 
listen to a group of about 25 crows gathered together and talking noisily at 
the top of a tree (perhaps harrassing, but I couldn't make out a raptor from 
where I was).  Based on the sounds I heard, there were 3 or more Fish Crows in 
the bunch.  I'm new to the area, so I don't know how often they show up around 
here, but it occurred to me I haven't seen many (if any) reports of them since 
I moved here in August.

Marc Devokaitis

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

2012-12-18 Thread Wesley M Hochachka 
Hi Marc,

   Fish Crows are a year-round resident in Ithaca, and while in small numbers I 
guess that people view them as being not special enough to be mentioned on the 
listserv.  Largely, they are reported from the lakeshore, but they do pop up in 
other places (last year, if I remember, there seemed to be a resident group 
around Triphammer Mall).  I've mostly heard Fish Crows away from their typical 
haunts in the early fall, at least in my neighbourhood near Sapsucker Woods.  
To give you an idea of where the crows have been seen around Ithaca (including 
on campus) start with the following URL

http://ebird.org/ebird/map/fiscro?neg=true&env.minX=-77&env.minY=40&env.maxX=-76&env.maxY=45&zh=true&gp=false&mr=on&bmo=8&emo=12&yr=2012-2012&byr=2012&eyr=2012

and zoom in on Ithaca (I tried tweaking the URL to zoom in further, but at 
least in quick attempts that didn't seem to work).  The URL is to a map of 
eBird sightings since August of this year.

Wesley Hochachka



From: bounce-72531675-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-72531675-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Devokaitis
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:01 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

As I was walking past the A.D. White house this morning (7:30)  I stopped to 
listen to a group of about 25 crows gathered together and talking noisily at 
the top of a tree (perhaps harrassing, but I couldn't make out a raptor from 
where I was).  Based on the sounds I heard, there were 3 or more Fish Crows in 
the bunch.  I'm new to the area, so I don't know how often they show up around 
here, but it occurred to me I haven't seen many (if any) reports of them since 
I moved here in August.

Marc Devokaitis

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[cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus

2012-12-18 Thread Marc Devokaitis 
As I was walking past the A.D. White house this morning (7:30)  I stopped
to listen to a group of about 25 crows gathered together and talking
noisily at the top of a tree (perhaps harrassing, but I couldn't make out a
raptor from where I was).  Based on the sounds I heard, there were 3 or
more Fish Crows in the bunch.  I'm new to the area, so I don't know how
often they show up around here, but it occurred to me I haven't seen many
(if any) reports of them since I moved here in August.

Marc Devokaitis

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[cayugabirds-l] Dark-mantled Madison Co landfill gull

2012-12-18 Thread tigger64 
Here's a gull from 11/23/12.  I saw it in the same scope field with Great and 
Lesser BB Gulls but the only photos I have show it with Herring.  I have 
included a typical LBBG with GBBG for comparison of back color and pointed to 
the LBBG with a wide arrow.  I also created a composite photo.  The bird was 
larger and darker than Lesser BB Gull (in direct comparison) and had a dusky 
eye rather than staring yellow (which could be seen on the known LBBG).  In 
direct comparison with Great BB Gull it was smaller and slightly paler.  
Ultimately I thought the bird a hybrid of one sort or another.

Strikes against a LBBG include size, darker color, dusky eye, and leg color if 
fleshy pink rather than fleshy yellow.  If too dark for a pure LBBG then LBBG x 
Herring would seem to be out.  I didn't think a GBBG because of size and back 
color in direct comparison.  Strikes against Slaty-backed seem to be the dusky 
eye and probably other things too.  I saw the legs at a distance but not sure 
what color.

One of the photos shows a well-defined white crescent and I zoomed in on it - 
not sure if it's the tertials or secondaries.  Comments welcome.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/sets/72157632207031229/

Dave Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY


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