[cayugabirds-l] terns, gulls, & ducks
At 5:30 this morning I was driving people to the Ithaca Airport through darkness and dense fog, a cloud whose bottom intersected with NYS-13 between the Cayuga Heights Rd and Triphammer Rd exits, entirely enveloping Warren Rd and making my work uncomfortable. I don't know if my passengers' plane(s) took off, but it made sense to me for them to stay grounded. During the day I noticed some migrant birds who decided it wasn't worth traveling further in fog, afternoon showers, and later a headwind. Shortly before 8am I stopped at Stewart Park and noted a single CASPIAN TERN. But at 9:15 as I waited at the traffic light at Seneca and Fulton Streets I saw 2 CASPIAN TERNS following Cayuga Inlet north. About a quarter of 10 I stopped again at Stewart Park and noticed 16 CASPIAN TERNS on the red lighthouse breakwater, and another 2 who may have been different seen later from a different vantage. Around 11am from East Shore Park I saw that there were now several much smaller whitish birds among the Caspian Terns, so I returned to Stewart Park for a closer view. While most of those smaller birds turned out to be BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and I counted 9 in flight together as they circled and landed there, there was one standing bird I was able to pick out, despite distance and heat shimmer, as being similar in size to the Bonaparte's Gulls but with a black cap, orange bill, and body uniformly pale gray above and below, which I took to be a COMMON TERN. After I walked home from work amid showers in the evening I took advantage of a lull to bike to the lakeshore. I found 11 CASPIAN TERNS on the red lighthouse breakwater, but only one fly-by BONAPARTE'S GULL, the rest having moved on, along with the Common Tern.In Cass Park I also found a couple of paler birds among a group of SONG SPARROWS - my first-of-year SAVANNAH and VESPER SPARROWS, which were a special treat in that location. And inside Treman marina was an unusual flock of 22 BUFFLEHEADS sheltering from the now-rough lake water. And harking back to Dave Nicosia's report, I also saw 6 LONG-TAILED DUCKS during that late-morning visit to East Shore Park.--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! --
[cayugabirds-l] Am. Tree Sparrows => Chipping Sparrows
This evening, I heard a single singing American Tree Sparrow, but the majority of those individuals that were present yesterday (7+) were apparently replaced by CHIPPING SPARROWS today. This evening, there were three CHIPPING SPARROWS under our feeders but no American Tree Sparrows. It will be interesting to see what is present under the feeders tomorrow morning. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] Barred owl
With all the talk about using playback to attract owls, I was pleased to hear a Barred Owl calling spontaneously this afternoon in the Ringwood Preserve. Also present were FOY (for me) Chipping Sparrow and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 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] Big fallout Broome county long tailed ducks bonapartes gulls red necked grebe
45 long tailed ducks on one pond and 22 on another!! also 87 Bonapartes gulls susquehanna river endwell! Red necked grebes showing up in 3 different spots 4 caspian terns upper Lisle . FOY rough winged swallow and spotted sandpiper . front stalled just south of the ny pa border. birds are dropping down on us. what a day! Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- 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] SFO and playback
On 4/10/2013 11:13 AM, Sandy Podulka wrote: > Here is a reply from Steve Kress, SFO course leader: > > The SFO recommended practice on use of audio playbacks is for > instructors to use them minimally for educational purposes. We > recommend playbacks only when unassisted viewing has proven to be > unsatisfactory (e.g. owls and rails) or to demonstrate > territoriality. In any event, the audio playback should be turned off > once the bird is visible to the class, it should not be used for > attracting rare species, declining species and out of range species. > Likewise, we ask leaders not to use recordings in areas where birders > are abundant (so as not to confuse birds and birders). We discourage > birders from using audio playback for recreational or list building > purposes. > > > At 08:13 AM 4/10/2013, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: >> Does SFO approve of/teach using playback calls for recreational >> birding? Recent SFO >> trip reports would indicate that this is a sanctioned procedure and >> is also subject >> to overuse by the guide. With so many groups and so many students as >> well as the >> proliferation of playback devices and call sources, this could easily >> get out of >> hand much to the detriment of bird populations. Even worse if it even >> appears >> Cornell sanctions this method of "birding". >> >> John OK I'm going to jump in the fire here. I have been doing extensive reading on this topic for the last year. Most sources agree that even going into the woods to observe birds causes disruption in the bird's routine and causes some amount of stress. Some studies cite that thousands of birders cause major stress and disruption of the bird's routine all over the world on a daily basis. Many studies say that calling birds, through playback of bird songs or even phishing causes additional stress. I have even read a study that proposes that using playback may cause a female bird to not want to mate with a particular male bird because the playback makes the female think there is a better male out there somewhere. However if you read enough of the many studies done on the playing of bird sounds you will find that most conclude that the of birders employing this method are so spread out and that any one birder doing this even once a day in different locations is so minimal as to cause no long term harm or distress to bird populations. You may impact one bird for a few minutes, but most studies show that the long term impact on that bird is very minimal. Birds adapt to sounds and the activity in their environment. For example if loud noises drive birds from their habitat, as some studies suggest, then Sapsucker Woods which lies very near a large airport should have no birds. However we all know that there are birds there and indeed they don't seem to be bothered at all. Most of the studies that conclude that playback is bad for birds seem to assume that all birders do this all of the time. In my opinion this is a ridiculous conclusion and should be dismissed out of hand. My own observations during SFO last year is that playback was used at most once on each trip, some not at all and others two or three times. Having been back to those birding spots since then the birds are still there doing their bird things despite us having momentarily disrupting them. Actually what most studies base their conclusion on is not whether calling really impacts the birds, but whether it is ethical or not. Ethics is a very cloudy issue. There are no clear guidelines where ethics are concerned. My bottom line is that unless a conclusive study shows me that I have directly caused the decline in a bird species by my birding activity, I will not modify my birding behavior. Summing up from what I have read, there does not seem to be any conclusive information either way as far as playback is concerned. In the mean time pay attention to the important thing, enjoying the birds. Carl Steckler -- 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] SFO and playback
Here is a reply from Steve Kress, SFO course leader: The SFO recommended practice on use of audio playbacks is for instructors to use them minimally for educational purposes. We recommend playbacks only when unassisted viewing has proven to be unsatisfactory (e.g. owls and rails) or to demonstrate territoriality. In any event, the audio playback should be turned off once the bird is visible to the class, it should not be used for attracting rare species, declining species and out of range species. Likewise, we ask leaders not to use recordings in areas where birders are abundant (so as not to confuse birds and birders). We discourage birders from using audio playback for recreational or list building purposes. At 08:13 AM 4/10/2013, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: >Does SFO approve of/teach using playback calls for recreational >birding? Recent SFO >trip reports would indicate that this is a sanctioned procedure and >is also subject >to overuse by the guide. With so many groups and so many students as >well as the >proliferation of playback devices and call sources, this could >easily get out of >hand much to the detriment of bird populations. Even worse if it even appears >Cornell sanctions this method of "birding". > >John >-- >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 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] Crossley ID Guide Raptors
My new Crossley Raptor guide just arrived from Amazon. It looks wonderful. Besides the many photographic images of each bird, there is detailed information on each bird. It has pages where you can test yourself in IDing birds, such as Turkey Vultures versus Black Vultures and aging them. I think I'm going to learn a lot about the raptors with which I'm not as familiar. Sent from my iPad -- 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] Regarding the ago trip and owls
Normally if I am calling in owls, I start with the small owls. I was told on good authority last night that Barred Owls don"t bother Screech Owls. That is the only reason I did it in that order. Best, Ann Mitchell Sent from my IPhone -- 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] Dryden Lake, Stewart Park
Livia and I checked Dryden Lake early this morning. We found it almost completely socked in with fog, but were able to make out 9 CASPIAN TERNS (a very high number for Dryden Lake, I don't think I've ever seen more than three or four at a time), 2 transitional-plumaged BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 30+ Bufflehead, 7+ Horned Grebes (Chris Wood had 38 there yesterday!), and a raft of 9 LONG-TAILED DICKS barely visible in the fog. Stewart Park had 20+ Caspian Terns; 13 Bonaparte's Gulls (on the red lighthouse jetty, then flying north); Tree, Barn, and N. Rough-winged swallows, a large flock of scaup and Ring-necked Ducks, and several Horned Grebes, including one close in in the creek. Lots of good birds on campus today too, with students waking up early for pre-enrollment reporting Caspian Terns, Bonaparte's Gull, Bufflehead, and Bohemian Waxwings from Beebe Lake and another Bohemian with a Cedar flock from the Azalea Garden. -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@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] Bohemian Waxwings on Cornell campus sent by BFogarty
60+ On Campus Road in Gully across Freidman Wrestling Center. This was massage on Cayuga RBA a minute ago Meena PS My colleagues saw a Turkey on that road too. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- 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 TERN & many BONAPARTE'S GULLS with CASPIANS...
COMMON TERN & many BONAPARTE'S GULLS with CASPIANS on red lighthouse breakwater. --Dave Nutter -- 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] Sandpiper sp. - Spotted Sandpipers
Hi all, I just saw four sandpiper sp. fly over my office building towards Fall Creek, I think their flight was unmistakable typical that of Spotted Sandpipers. They seemed to have just arrived on Hogwarts migratory train. I will check out during lunch if they are around. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- 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] Cornell Beebe Lake Caspian Terns
Some texts went out today from David Weber that 5 Caspian Terns were feeding on Beebe Lake this morning around 8 AM. Gary -- 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] At least 16 CASPIAN TERNS at Stewart Park & red li...
At least 16 CASPIAN TERNS at Stewart Park & red lighthouse breakwater, plus many TREE SWALLOWS & maybe others. --Dave Nutter -- 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] Eastern Towhee in Ellis Hollow
We had a lovely male Eastern Towhee under our spruce tree yesterday afternoon. Melissa Fowler -- 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] Field Sparrow - Brown Road, Ithaca
This morning, immediately after stepping out of my car at Langmuir Lab (95 Brown Road) by the Tompkins Regional Airport, I heard a FIELD SPARROW singing loudly from the bushes to the NW of the main parking lot. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] SFO and playback
Does SFO approve of/teach using playback calls for recreational birding? Recent SFO trip reports would indicate that this is a sanctioned procedure and is also subject to overuse by the guide. With so many groups and so many students as well as the proliferation of playback devices and call sources, this could easily get out of hand much to the detriment of bird populations. Even worse if it even appears Cornell sanctions this method of "birding". John -- 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/ --
