[cayugabirds-l] Yikes! Shrikes!
At 4 PM Friday I went up to the Equine Research Lab to find the Northern Shrike reported by Dave Nutter. It flew into the 'top of a tall tree behind the lab buildings and showed itself briefly but brightly in the fading sunlight, disappeared and did not reappear in the next 15 minutes. Then, I headed up Scofield Rd. and saw yet another Northern Shrike on the east side of the road opposite the house at 436 Scofield. Whence this plenitude of shirkes? A quirk of sampling due to January enthusiasm? Stuart -- 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] Red-tailed Hawk pair sightings
Interesting post Dave, as I had a pair hunting over here at my home (30 Torok Road, Groton) yesterday. We had a pair here 2 years ago but something killed one in my pasture (and left enough to identify), and in the summer I only ever saw a solitary red-tailed hawk. This was the first time I'd seen a pair since, and I would also guess these were a male and female. I am not sure where they nest, but probably north of my farm between Torok Road and Sovocol Hill Road where there are tall trees and structures. Nena Dr. Nena Winand Department of Molecular Medicine C4-149 VMC College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-6401 USA Ph: 607-253-3608 Fx: 607-253-3659 Email: n...@cornell.edumailto:n...@cornell.edu -- 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] Redpolls
Since the snows, I've been feeding upwards of 100 Common Redpolls. They gather all around my lone 4-perch Niger feeder, and empty it every day or two, which makes frequent cleaning easier. Remember, crowds of Redpolls are a treat in January, but by February or March we may begin to see them sickening from feeder-born diseases. Sanitize! -Geo Kloppel -- 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] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks
This would be a nice accomplishment that is long overdue. I’ve thought that the “few individuals...greatly reducing the pleasure of many” angle should be enough to produce such an exemption, but your approach of population analysis and presenting a scientific case for the exemption might help facilitate the change for DEC. Certainly the issue of hunting in such close proximity to a population center seems like it could be a driver – besides the safety issue, the sound of gunshots can be quite unnerving for some in our society. From the birding and environmental education perspective, it would be wonderful to enjoy viewing large rafts of Aythya ducks and their cohorts on a more consistent basis. Nearly 20 years ago Common Council voted to ban hunting in Allan Treman Marine Park – apparently the City of Ithaca had allowed hunting there after it was purchased by the state in 1976. Hunting currently occurs in the water offshore, and I’m not clear on jurisdiction involved. Bill E From: John Confer Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:55 PM To: Cayuga Bird List ; Confer, Karen ; j...@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks Hi Folks, CBC are always fun for many reasons. It tickles the grey cells to think about population trends and regulatory factors. I shared a fun discussion about the impact of hunting on waterfowl on the south end and the rest of Cayuga Lake and we discussed if there were objective data on population abundance to justify preventing such hunting. This got me thinking. The Fish and Wildlife spends an immense amount of effort to census waterfowl every year: extensive aerial surveys that criss-cross the prairie potholes and elsewhere and Hudson Bay coast, really extensive banding efforts, and hundreds of hours of ground surveys, etc. All of this provides an estimate of pop abundance for each species. This is used to set bag limits. This immense effort is predicated on the belief that hunters are one of the significant factors that regulate waterfowl abundance, and that to sustain the population at nearly level numbers over the long term, one must adjust the bag limit in some proportion to the abundance at the start of fall migration. In the same line of reasoning, the spring snow goose hunting season and the split canada goose hunting season are all based on the belief that hunting in general regulates waterfowl abundance. The newly proposed expansion of waterfowl hunting on snow geese for Montezuma is also based on hunting will continue to regulate abundance. Either, hunting does regulate waterfowl abundance, or the FWS is fooling us and themselves. It is impossible to acquire the specific, statistically-based evidence that hunting regulates the specific population of waterfowl using Cayuga Lake for several reasons. There is no reason to believe that the impact of hunting of waterfowl on Cayuga Lake is exempt from this generality. In fact, it would be incumbent for the merit of such an argument to provide evidence why Cayuga Lake is an exception to the general concept of waterfowl management. Difficulties in making data-based arguments about waterfowl on Cayuga Lake include many factors. 1) There is no estimate of the take, which obviously means you can't quantify the impact. The absence of the fundamental data limits the ability to say if there is or isn't an effect. 2)There is no way to estimate the impact of driving the waterfowl out of their favored foraging site. A reasonable hypothesis is that winter food supply is important. Waterfowl speak with their wings. This provides strong support for the hypothesis that the shallows of Cayuga Lake provide a favorable foraging site. There are no other areas in the inland northeast that have as many diving ducks in mid-winter as Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. The abundance of diving waterfowl on these lakes during times outside of the hunting season suggest that this food source may be one of the best in the entire winter range. In which case, limiting access to a food source for part of the winter may be very deleterious, and could have negative effects on far more than the number killed by shot. 3) When I first came here, there was a waterfowl bander on Seneca Lake. I never met him and don't recall his name. I was told, with what seemed like high credibility, that banding indicated that waterfowl moved back and forth between Seneca Lake, and by inference Cayuga Lake as well, and the coast repeatedly during the winter. Thus, populations on Seneca Lake, and by inference Cayuga Lake, are a sub-sample of the eastern population. The suggestion that an increase in waterfowl on Cayuga Lake during the winter shows that hunting on Cayuga Lake has no impact on the Cayuga Lake population fails to consider that the Cayuga Lake population is a portion of and exchanges with the east coast wintering population. In order
Re: [cayugabirds-l] REDPOLLS Finally
We have at least 30 Redpolls here at Blue Heron Point, on the west shore of the lake. Blue Heron Point is just north of Elm Beach. These cute little guys are going through Nyger seed at a rapid rate! And my large flock of Goldfinches are not happy with the competition! Sally and Tim Eller Blue Heron Point, Ovid -- 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] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks
Hello All, Yes, I think this could be a project of the bird club with this input and support from people like John and Bill and their extensive knowledge and experience with authorities. Let us pursue this worthy goal. What would be a good next step? Should those of us interested get together? John's points are so well presented and thought out it seems to be the perfect starting place. Linda Orkin On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I think this would be great conservation project for CBC to take up, with inputs from Bill and John and anyone else to be part of it. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- *From:* bounce-72558715-3493...@list.cornell.edu [ bounce-72558715-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Bill Evans [ wrev...@clarityconnect.com] *Sent:* Saturday, January 05, 2013 8:52 AM *To:* John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks This would be a nice accomplishment that is long overdue. I’ve thought that the “few individuals...greatly reducing the pleasure of many” angle should be enough to produce such an exemption, but your approach of population analysis and presenting a scientific case for the exemption might help facilitate the change for DEC. Certainly the issue of hunting in such close proximity to a population center seems like it could be a driver – besides the safety issue, the sound of gunshots can be quite unnerving for some in our society. From the birding and environmental education perspective, it would be wonderful to enjoy viewing large rafts of Aythya ducks and their cohorts on a more consistent basis. Nearly 20 years ago Common Council voted to ban hunting in Allan Treman Marine Park – apparently the City of Ithaca had allowed hunting there after it was purchased by the state in 1976. Hunting currently occurs in the water offshore, and I’m not clear on jurisdiction involved. Bill E *From:* John Confer con...@ithaca.edu *Sent:* Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:55 PM *To:* Cayuga Bird List Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu ; Confer, Karenconfergoldw...@aol.com; j...@cornell.edu *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks Hi Folks, CBC are always fun for many reasons. It tickles the grey cells to think about population trends and regulatory factors. I shared a fun discussion about the impact of hunting on waterfowl on the south end and the rest of Cayuga Lake and we discussed if there were objective data on population abundance to justify preventing such hunting. This got me thinking. The Fish and Wildlife spends an immense amount of effort to census waterfowl every year: extensive aerial surveys that criss-cross the prairie potholes and elsewhere and Hudson Bay coast, really extensive banding efforts, and hundreds of hours of ground surveys, etc. All of this provides an estimate of pop abundance for each species. This is used to set bag limits. This immense effort is predicated on the belief that hunters are one of the significant factors that regulate waterfowl abundance, and that to sustain the population at nearly level numbers over the long term, one must adjust the bag limit in some proportion to the abundance at the start of fall migration. In the same line of reasoning, the spring snow goose hunting season and the split canada goose hunting season are all based on the belief that hunting in general regulates waterfowl abundance. The newly proposed expansion of waterfowl hunting on snow geese for Montezuma is also based on hunting will continue to regulate abundance. Either, hunting does regulate waterfowl abundance, or the FWS is fooling us and themselves. It is impossible to acquire the specific, statistically-based evidence that hunting regulates the specific population of waterfowl using Cayuga Lake for several reasons. There is no reason to believe that the impact of hunting of waterfowl on Cayuga Lake is exempt from this generality. In fact, it would be incumbent for the merit of such an argument to provide evidence why Cayuga Lake is an exception to the general concept of waterfowl management. Difficulties in making data-based arguments about waterfowl on Cayuga Lake include many factors. 1) There is no estimate of the take, which obviously means you can't quantify the impact. The absence of the fundamental data limits the ability to say if there is or isn't an effect. 2)There is no way to estimate the impact of driving the waterfowl out of their favored foraging site. A reasonable hypothesis is that winter food supply is important. Waterfowl speak with their wings. This provides strong support for the hypothesis that the shallows of Cayuga Lake provide a favorable foraging site. There are no
Re:[cayugabirds-l] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks
This would be a great project for the CBC and John has made thoughtful, thorough points. It will be a tough sell to DEC, though, as in my experience, many people at DEC (but hopefully not all) view wildlife only as stuff to hunt. --Sandy Podulka At 09:29 AM 1/5/2013, Linda Orkin wrote: Hello All, Yes, I think this could be a project of the bird club with this input and support from people like John and Bill and their extensive knowledge and experience with authorities. Let us pursue this worthy goal. What would be a good next step? Should those of us interested get together? John's points are so well presented and thought out it seems to be the perfect starting place. Linda Orkin On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Meena Haribal mailto:m...@cornell.edum...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I think this would be great conservation project for CBC to take up, with inputs from Bill and John and anyone else to be part of it. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- From: mailto:bounce-72558715-3493...@list.cornell.edubounce-72558715-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-72558715-3493...@list.cornell.edubounce-72558715-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Bill Evans [mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.comwrev...@clarityconnect.com] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 8:52 AM To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks This would be a nice accomplishment that is long overdue. Ive thought that the few individuals...greatly reducing the pleasure of many angle should be enough to produce such an exemption, but your approach of population analysis and presenting a scientific case for the exemption might help facilitate the change for DEC. Certainly the issue of hunting in such close proximity to a population center seems like it could be a driver besides the safety issue, the sound of gunshots can be quite unnerving for some in our society. From the birding and environmental education perspective, it would be wonderful to enjoy viewing large rafts of Aythya ducks and their cohorts on a more consistent basis. Nearly 20 years ago Common Council voted to ban hunting in Allan Treman Marine Park apparently the City of Ithaca had allowed hunting there after it was purchased by the state in 1976. Hunting currently occurs in the water offshore, and Im not clear on jurisdiction involved. Bill E From: mailto:con...@ithaca.eduJohn Confer Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:55 PM To: mailto:Cayugabirds-L@cornell.eduCayuga Bird List ; mailto:confergoldw...@aol.comConfer, Karen ; mailto:j...@cornell.eduj...@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] (Long comment) Exempt part of Cayuga Lake from hunting diving ducks Hi Folks, CBC are always fun for many reasons. It tickles the grey cells to think about population trends and regulatory factors. I shared a fun discussion about the impact of hunting on waterfowl on the south end and the rest of Cayuga Lake and we discussed if there were objective data on population abundance to justify preventing such hunting. This got me thinking. The Fish and Wildlife spends an immense amount of effort to census waterfowl every year: extensive aerial surveys that criss-cross the prairie potholes and elsewhere and Hudson Bay coast, really extensive banding efforts, and hundreds of hours of ground surveys, etc. All of this provides an estimate of pop abundance for each species. This is used to set bag limits. This immense effort is predicated on the belief that hunters are one of the significant factors that regulate waterfowl abundance, and that to sustain the population at nearly level numbers over the long term, one must adjust the bag limit in some proportion to the abundance at the start of fall migration. In the same line of reasoning, the spring snow goose hunting season and the split canada goose hunting season are all based on the belief that hunting in general regulates waterfowl abundance. The newly proposed expansion of waterfowl hunting on snow geese for Montezuma is also based on hunting will continue to regulate abundance. Either, hunting does regulate waterfowl abundance, or the FWS is fooling us and themselves. It is impossible to acquire the specific, statistically-based evidence that hunting regulates the specific population of waterfowl using Cayuga Lake for several reasons. There is no reason to believe that the impact of hunting of waterfowl on Cayuga Lake is exempt from this generality. In fact, it would be incumbent for the merit of such an argument to provide evidence why Cayuga Lake is an exception to the general concept of waterfowl management. Difficulties in making data-based arguments about waterfowl on Cayuga Lake include many factors. 1)
[cayugabirds-l] cleaning, sanitizing bird feeders
Hi all, Before retirement, I spent 15 years in Cornell Cooperative Extension/Food Science Dept. at Cornell doing food safety education all over NYS. This included teaching the mundane but necessary/crucial principles for cleaning and sanitizing dishes, utensils and food prep surfaces. It is important to know that simply rinsing dirty bird feeders in 10% bleach may not be as effective as we might think. Bleach is taken up by organic matter, soap, and dirt and becomes ineffective. Therefore, if you haven't thought of this already, a.. you need first to wash and scrub bird feeders with warm water and soap to remove most the organic matter and dirt, b.. rinse well with clean water, c.. THEN dip the feeders in 10% bleach. Air dry so the bleach volatilizes away. Or, you could dry them with a hair dryer. Straight Vinegar is also a good sanitizer that could be used instead of bleach, although it is not as strong. In food service situations we use the strategy of switching sanitizers now and then, from bleach to quaternary ammonium compounds and back, to help combat bacteria and viruses becoming resistent to any one sanitizer. Vinegar could be used at home as an alternate sanitizer, since most people do not have quats in their kitchen. Therese O'Connor may want to weigh in on this info, if she has anything to add. Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- 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] Golden Eagle
Headed south from Park Preserve. Chris Wood -- Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- 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] Redpolls
I can finally join the redpolls finally club, as a flock of 10 or so descended on my paltry feeders in Northeast Ithaca. I've had none in my yard so far and none downtown on the CBC on the 1st -- they seem to finally be entering the more urban areas. My birds sampled the black oil sunflower seeds for a little while, and never even tried the niger. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Jan 5, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote: They're eating black oil sunflower seed too, but they spill a lot of that on the ground, possibly through rummaging for the smallest seeds. I expect the standard sanitization advice is still to wash feeders thoroughly with a 10% bleach solution once a week, paying special attention to crevices where disease organisms may accumulate. Move feeders to new ground occasionally if you can, and stop feeding if you begin to see sick birds. Google bird feeder hygiene for lots more on this topic. -Geo -- 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 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] Finally! Redpolls in the hills of Candor!
Swarming my feeders like bees to honey, must be about 15 of them. Hurray! -- 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] Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Swan Penn
Picking thru the hedges around the pond right now France -- 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] cleaning, sanitizing bird feeders
I did not start getting redpolls until about 10 days ago after I dumped out the Niger seed in my Niger feeder and washed the feeder with soap and hot water and refilled it after it dried. Now I get at least a few and up to 15 or more everyday. There are 5 out there right now. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, Before retirement, I spent 15 years in Cornell Cooperative Extension/Food Science Dept. at Cornell doing food safety education all over NYS. This included teaching the mundane but necessary/crucial principles for cleaning and sanitizing dishes, utensils and food prep surfaces. It is important to know that simply rinsing dirty bird feeders in 10% bleach may not be as effective as we might think. Bleach is taken up by organic matter, soap, and dirt and becomes ineffective. Therefore, if you haven't thought of this already, - you need first to wash and scrub bird feeders with warm water and soap to remove most the organic matter and dirt, - rinse well with clean water, - THEN dip the feeders in 10% bleach. Air dry so the bleach volatilizes away. Or, you could dry them with a hair dryer. Straight Vinegar is also a good sanitizer that could be used instead of bleach, although it is not as strong. In food service situations we use the strategy of switching sanitizers now and then, from bleach to quaternary ammonium compounds and back, to help combat bacteria and viruses becoming resistent to any one sanitizer. Vinegar could be used at home as an alternate sanitizer, since most people do not have quats in their kitchen. Therese O'Connor may want to weigh in on this info, if she has anything to add. Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- *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 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] Juvenile Cooper's hawk
My neighborhood Cooper's Hawk finally showed up at the feeders. I had watched it out back about 100' from the house. It sat for a long time watching the birds that were flying overhead. I ate my breakfast and looked out and it was gone. I checked out front, and there it was sitting in my weeping pine right by the front porch. It was very cooperative and let me take many images. I started out my new 2013 gallery with its picture. http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/picture_a_day_2013 After that I didn't have as many birds as usual, which I kind of expected. No mob scene today either. I did spot it out back today, but it didn't come in to the feeders. I have a few Redpolls today, but not the horde from pre-Cooper. It didn't catch anything, by the way. All the birds had fled. I had a record Mourning Dove number of 22 today all sitting in a weeping beech. Carol Keeler -- 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 notes on birds
Yesterday while I was waiting for the bus in the morning, a COOPER'S HAWK was chased away by chickadees and downy from probably its temp roosting location in my neighbor's woods. Today, I went to look for Snow buntings and Longspurs that I had seen on Jan 1 along Irish Settlement road. But there were none today. So I just zoomed around various locations. On West Dryden road just past Wood Road, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK flew out of the pine woods. At Junction of Asbury and West Dryden there were about 15 or so REDPOLLS on the road. On Farrell Road, I saw one TURKEY VULTURE, which lazily flew in the wind with no particular destination. And no shrikes anywhere. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings and Longspur
Flock of 10 Snow Buntings at intersection of Landon Road and Vandermark Road in Caroline today. Kim Brooktondale On Jan 4, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Anne Marie Johnson annemariejohn...@frontiernet.net wrote: Tim found a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS on Central Chapel Road just south of the intersection with 76 Road in Caroline. I went back with binoculars and found one LAPLAND LONGSPUR in the flock of about 40 Snow buntings. The flock is actively foraging on the side of the road. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- 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 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] white-winged, but not a scoter, poor thing
I stopped at East Shore Park today in hopes of seeing the reported White-winged Scoter. Instead, I found a lone female Lesser Scaup with a fishing lure in her mouth and apparently fishing line wrapped around her wing exposing the white at the bases of her secondaries. I have put a few photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Winter20122013#5830074707828587666 and the following images. I don't know if this is the same bird that has been reported as a White-winged Scoter, but I wouldn't be surprised. It had me fooled for a while. It is a dark duck showing a distinct white patch in the wing, a white spot behind a scooped bill, and a dirty paler area near the nape. Luckily I saw only the head for the moments of my first identification try, and the white in the face was solid scaup. When it finally turned and the white in the wing showed I went back and tried to make it a scoter, but it just wasn't. As can be seen from the photos, the bird has a large white belly and white wing linings. An immature scoter can have a white patch on the belly, but not a clearly defined dark chest line nor any white under the wing. With a bit of overexposure the head can be seen to be brown, not blackish and whitish. The large red lure dangling from its bill didn't fit any field marks of any species, but it did make me think for a while that it was holding its bill open exposing a pink lining. The bird was actively swimming past the park, going south. It dived once when a Ring-billed Gull made a pass. I can imagine that having a gull pull on the lure, trying to steal the fish would not be fun, and the scaup didn't let the gull get close. As someone commented to me, it's good Bald Eagle bait. Personally I hope an eagle gets it soon. Its quality of life looks pretty miserable. Kevin -- 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] Fw: Birdhouse Roof Tile
- Forwarded Message - From: Erik Bootsma erikboot...@bootsma-design.com To: trada...@listserv.miami.edu Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 2:17 PM Subject: Birdhouse Roof Tile A roof tile/birdhouse. Pretty cool idea. I wonder if they can do a bat house too? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/designboom/birdhouse-rooftile-klaas-kuiken_b_2402279.html -- Erik Bootsma4400 Lee Highway #309 Arlington VA, 22207 (571) 502-8500 e...@bootsma-design.com radianceofform.blogspot.com * * * * * * * The Tradarch List is an open forum for the discussion of the theory and practice of traditional architecture; It is affiliated with the Certificate in Classical Architecture at the University of Miami School of Architecture, the ICAA, and INTBAU. Please direct enquiries to the listowner, Dr Richard John (rj...@miami.edu). To join (or leave) the listserv, or to browse its archives, visit www.tradarch.net. -- 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] Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Swan Penn
Wow -- nice find . Another bird I missed on the CBC -- undoubtedly hunkered down somewhere in the area and not responding to my pishing in the wind.. Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Jan 5, 2013, at 2:17 PM, France wrote: Picking thru the hedges around the pond right now France -- 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] white-winged, but not a scoter, poor thing
Just FYI, the White-winged Scoter I saw on the CBC Jan 1st was an adult male with a flock of goldeneye far to the north of the red jetty not apparent today. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Jan 5, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote: I stopped at East Shore Park today in hopes of seeing the reported White-winged Scoter. Instead, I found a lone female Lesser Scaup with a fishing lure in her mouth and apparently fishing line wrapped around her wing exposing the white at the bases of her secondaries. I have put a few photos athttp://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Winter20122013#5830074707828587666 and the following images. I don’t know if this is the same bird that has been reported as a White-winged Scoter, but I wouldn’t be surprised. It had me fooled for a while. It is a dark duck showing a distinct white patch in the wing, a white spot behind a scooped bill, and a dirty paler area near the nape. Luckily I saw only the head for the moments of my first identification try, and the white in the face was solid scaup. When it finally turned and the white in the wing showed I went back and tried to make it a scoter, but it just wasn’t. As can be seen from the photos, the bird has a large white belly and white wing linings. An immature scoter can have a white patch on the belly, but not a clearly defined dark chest line nor any white under the wing. With a bit of overexposure the head can be seen to be brown, not blackish and whitish. The large red lure dangling from its bill didn’t fit any field marks of any species, but it did make me think for a while that it was holding its bill open exposing a pink lining. The bird was actively swimming past the park, going south. It dived once when a Ring-billed Gull made a pass. I can imagine that having a gull pull on the lure, trying to steal the “fish” would not be fun, and the scaup didn’t let the gull get close. As someone commented to me, it’s good Bald Eagle bait. Personally I hope an eagle gets it soon. Its quality of life looks pretty miserable. Kevin -- 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] white-winged, but not a scoter, poor thing
I wonder if this entangled duck isn't a hazard for Eagles? -Geo -- 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] Stewart Park, East Shore Sat PM
The viewing conditions were excellent this afternoon from East Shore Park and Stewart Park. Although waterfowl diversity seemed lower today, it was a good day for picking out non-waterfowl waterbirds. Highlights included two RED-THROATED LOONS far to the northwest -- I wasn't sure if I was seeing the same bird moving, but eventually saw both birds on a single scan. Also 2 COMMON LOONS, 3 HORNED GREBES, (the) 1 RED-NECKED GREBE (close to the red jetty; also nicely visible from Stewart Park), 1 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (hanging with the tight flock of COOTS), and a single GREAT BLUE HERON on the ice with gulls. Unlike on Tuesday, large numbers of gulls came in to loaf on the ice and nearshore water before heading out to the lake -- despite counting 620 HERRING and 115 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, I could not find anything even semi-unusual in the flocks. The Redhead, etc flock was not present in the southwest corner of the lake, but a small number of REDHEAD were among the still-very-large numbers of MALLARDs off Stewart Park. A single female NORTHERN PINTAIL was the only different duck I saw. Oh, a single SNOW GOOSE was way up the west side of the lake -- probably injured. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- 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] Scaup with fishe lure
I also was thinking the same! May be duck is managing to feed with the lure. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-72559079-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-72559079-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Geo Kloppel [geoklop...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 6:51 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] white-winged, but not a scoter, poor thing I wonder if this entangled duck isn't a hazard for Eagles? -Geo -- 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 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] Redpoll, finally
On Thursday Isort ofjoined the club, even though I can't claim big flocks are coming to my feeders, and I don't worry about what they consume. When I went out for a walk that afternoon the first bird I saw fly up from the ground behind my next door neighbor's house turned out to be a COMMON REDPOLL. According to the list on our fridge it was a new species for my yard ever. I can't compete with my neighbors' bird feeding operation, and even though it is a challenge to see from my yard, I get a good deal of enjoyment from it.--Dave Nutter -- 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! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] white-winged, but not a scoter, poor thing
The bird which I counted as a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at East Shore Park today was initially on the water far to the northwest. Bob McGuire had been watching it and thought that's what it was, although I was initially unsatisfied with the view. About 9am it flew much farther north low over the lake showing a very dark (black) body and wings except each wing showed a prominent long rectangular white patch in the trailing edge in the secondaries. The bird was shaped and flew like a robust duck, not a coot nor a grebe (other local birds with some non-rectangular white in the trailing edge of the secondaries), and the white patches were the right shape and size for a White-winged Scoter, not a Gadwall. I did not see the injured Lesser Scaup.--Dave NutterOn Jan 05, 2013, at 04:47 PM, "Kevin J. McGowan" k...@cornell.edu wrote:I stopped at East Shore Park today in hopes of seeing the reported White-winged Scoter. Instead, I found a lone female Lesser Scaup with a fishing lure in her mouth and apparently fishing line wrapped around her wing exposing the white at the bases of her secondaries. I have put a few photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Winter20122013#5830074707828587666 and the following images.I don’t know if this is the same bird that has been reported as a White-winged Scoter, but I wouldn’t be surprised. -- 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] Townsend Solitaire
The TOSO was still present at Sampson State Park as of 1-5-2013 at 2:45 PM ~ 200-250 yards south of the green gate on west side of road. Very actively feeding. Gary Calabrese Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- 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/ --
