[cayugabirds-l] Blue-winged Teal - Mays Point (late report)

[tigger64]

Apologies for the lateness of this post.  Jim Tarolli and I found a Blue-winged 
Teal, a female, on March 17th at Mays Point Pool (MNWR).  I think it's a 
first-of-season for the Basin.  There were many many dabblers there and 
probably male BW Teal somewhere.

David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar: Caren Cooper--Science Revolution and Public Participation

[Charles Russell Eldermire]

Please join us, and help spread the word!

MONDAY NIGHT SEMINAR AT THE CORNELL LAB ORNITHOLOGY
March 25, 2013
7:30 p.m. in the auditorium

Science Revolution: Advances Powered by Public Participation
Caren Cooper, Research Associate, Bird Population Studies, Cornell Lab of 
Ornithology
Host: André  Dhondt

New science frontiers in ornithology and many other fields are now possible 
because so many people participate in research through their hobbies. With 
citizen science, information can be gathered from across broad geographic areas 
down to individual backyards. Public participation in science may help answer 
questions such as, How can House Sparrows be minimized in the New World and 
saved in the Old World? How can we protect sea turtles and their global 
habitats? How can we make new discoveries in the tiny microbial world that 
lives on us? In the universe around us? Track diseases? Monitor pollutants? 
Manage environmental crises? Dr. Cooper says all this and more can be achieved 
through citizen science.
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April 8, 2013 (CAYUGA BIRD CLUB)
David Nicosia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NOAA/National Weather 
Service, Binghamton, NY
Highways in the Sky--Wind and Weather Patterns for Bird Migration

April 22, 2013
George Divoky, Director, Friends of Cooper Island
Forty Years of Change: a Seabird Responds to a Melting Arctic
Host: Christopher Clark

April 29, 2013
Tim Gallagher, Author, Living Bird magazine Editor-in-Chief
Imperial Dreams—In Search of the Long-Lost Imperial Woodpecker
Tim's new book, "Imperial Dreams—Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the 
Wild Sierra Madre" will be available for purchase and signing.
Host: Miyoko Chu

May 13, 2013 (CAYUGA BIRD CLUB)
Cyndy and Richard Tkachuck, Editors, Cayuga Bird Club Newsletter
Volunteering--Getting Your Feet Wet

May 20, 2013
Hollis Taylor, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of 
Technology, Sydney, Australia
Australian Songbirds, the Music of Nature, and the Nature of Music
Host: Ann Warde

May 28, 2013 (TUESDAY due to Memorial Day)
Mark Avery
Former Conservation Director for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 
 Now author, writer, and wildlife blogger.
How to Do Bird Conservation the UK Way: The role of science
Host: Matt Young



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon on Ithaca Gun smokestack

[nutter.dave]

Usually I see a Red-tailed Hawk there.--Dave NutterOn Mar 22, 2013, at 09:14 AM, "Russell A. Charif"  wrote:Last seen at 8:55 this morning.I have actually seen the bird there many mornings in recent weeks, when I drive by the Gun Hill apartments on Lake St. (between 8:35 and 8:40 most weekday morning), but have not been in a position to stop and get bins on it to identify until today.__Russ Charif  Cornell Lab of OrnithologyResearch Team Leader                   159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.Bioacoustics Research Program  Ithaca, NY  14850r.cha...@cornell.edu  USA607-254-2458    --Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!--
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[cayugabirds-l] RFI: looking for Downy Woodpecker and WB Nuthatch nesting

[Marie P. Read]

Hi everyone,

If anyone has seen Downy Woodpeckers excavating or White-breasted Nuthatches 
investigating a nest hole (in accessible spots) I'd love to hear about them. 
Looking to photograph these two species (as well as many others) at the nest 
this spring.

Thanks very much for any leads

Marie

Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture hunting

[John and Sue Gregoire]

Recently we watched a our FOY TURKEY VULTURE scanning a group of fields near 
us. The
flight was so interesting we pulled off the road to watch.

It was soaring, as usual, but the flight was very, very close to the ground, 
and the
vulture was tipping and dunking and rising, just like a Harrier. Because it was 
so
low and close, it looked extra large, almost scary. We could easily see the red 
head
swiveling back and forth, searching.

There were crows on the ground, foraging in a liquid manure spread, so maybe the
vulture thought there might be something to eat. It never landed and eventually
disappeared over a treeline. The behavior was a treat to watch.

Sue
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Field Ornithologists
Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Road
Burdett,NY 14818-9626
 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/
"Conserve and Create Habitat"




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[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine Falcon on Ithaca Gun smokestack

[Russell A. Charif]

Last seen at 8:55 this morning.

I have actually seen the bird there many mornings in recent weeks, when I drive 
by the Gun Hill apartments on Lake St. (between 8:35 and 8:40 most weekday 
morning), but have not been in a position to stop and get bins on it to 
identify until today.


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Research Team Leader   159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Bioacoustics Research Program  Ithaca, NY  14850
r.cha...@cornell.edu  USA
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