[cayugabirds-l] late report of late Lapland Longspurs
Hello everyone, I have to apologize for the very late nature of this posting, but on Wednesday late afternoon, while touring a couple guests from the British Trust for Ornithology around, we encountered a flock that I estimated to be at least 100 LAPLAND LONGSPURs at Carncross Road near the bridge to Howland Island. There have been a few eBird reports from last weekend, but of much smaller groups. The birds were in the corn stubble field to the south of the road, well away from the road (100 - 150m). Part of the reason that I did not post this earlier was that I thought I was delusional in my ID for the flock of birds that I only saw distantly and briefly through binoculars as they flew, and only yesterday evening I found out that others had also seen the species...much later than would be expected. Anyway, if anyone is up in that area, don't be surprised if you see the longspurs still around. Wet areas in the stubble also held various other birds, including LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGs, GREATER YELLOWLEGs, and a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. Wesley -- 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] Parula, Tennessee
A fresh wave of migrants has arrived at my place this morning, including Northern Parula, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Magnolia Warbler... -Geo Tupper Road West Danby -- 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] YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER on Pier Rd at 6am sings: t...
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER on Pier Rd at 6am sings: tu tu tu tee-tu tee-tu tee-tu tee-tu, same atypical song as last year. --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] White-crowns
Eight White-crowned Sparrows singing while dining under my feeders this morning! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg 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] Warblers
Goof morning out here. Highlights so far are Cape May Warbler at Dodge Road south of spruces and singing Orange-crowned Warbler along western edge of Hawthorn Orchard. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] EVENING GROSBEAK, Brooktondale (slightly OOB)
Heard and saw a small flock of Evening Grosbeaks @ 7:30 this morning in northbound flight over Bald Hill Rd. in Danby. Also, while biking to Ithaca I was surprised to hear a White-crowned Sparrow singing in the landscaped intersection between Barnes Noble and Wegmans. Bill E -- 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] Ruff Glossy Ibis near village of Montezuma
Tim Lenz just reported a male Ruff and a Glossy Ibis at Kip Island Fields, located along NYS-90 south of the village of Montezuma and south of I-90.--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] Fun and (minor) tragedy at SSW
Unfortunately almost the first bird of the day was a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER who sang once as I stepped out the back door of the lab, then flew up from a perch probably on our BBQ grill a couple feet from the windows, smacked it, broke his neck and fell to the ground. I picked him up hoping for a revival but it was not to be, so he will soon be an educational device in the skins lab. Seemed to be not quite in full breeding color. These windows have black see-through curtains to help cut down bird strikes but they didn't help this time. Coming back out after putting him inside, I saw the 2 GREEN HERONs reported yesterday fly one after the other across the pond to the snag tree near Sherwood. Also watched one of the nesting GREAT BLUE HERONs bring a new stick to the nest where it was gratefully accepted by the mate who raised neck and bill straight up and made the peculiar throaty noise reserved for such an occasion. Walking around the pond got looks at YELLOW-RUMPED and YELLOW WARBLERs, my FOY MAGNOLIA WARBLER foraging and singing quietly, heard OVENBIRD, heard and saw HOUSE WREN(s), heard BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, thought I might have heard Black-and-white, but when I went to check the board at the front desk, found that Brad had posted Blackburnian so maybe I heard a trace of them (not claiming either). 2 BARN SWALLOWS flew over, and more than one BALTIMORE ORIOLE was singing. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was heard a couple times. Singing BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, Chickadees, Robins, Titmouse were all noted. Highlight though was that while at the base of Sherwood, almost ready to walk out to the platform where I might have come across the Kentucky Warbler that Brad and Mary found only a short time earlier (! drat !), I heard really intense crow mobbing SW of the platform back in the thicket of pine. After I listened for a bit, I said 'that is NOT a hawk, it MUST be an owl; oh boy, these guys might have found me a Barred Owl!. So I had to go all the way around by the bench, then to the trail fork onto West Trail, the mobbing getting more intense as I got closer. Scanning high and low and realizing the mob was down in the thick part, I finally raised glasses and 50 yds away saw in full front view on a branch, the GREAT HORNED OWL looking back at me. A few seconds later, one of the crows, literally sitting 2' away on a branch, lunged at the owl and everyone flew off into the forest. __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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-crowned Sparrows - Enfield
This morning up the hill on Bostwick Rd, I heard at least three singing White-crowned Sparrows. Martha Fischer Enfield, NY From: Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com Reply-To: Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com Date: Friday, May 10, 2013 8:19 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] EVENING GROSBEAK, Brooktondale (slightly OOB) Heard and saw a small flock of Evening Grosbeaks @ 7:30 this morning in northbound flight over Bald Hill Rd. in Danby. Also, while biking to Ithaca I was surprised to hear a White-crowned Sparrow singing in the landscaped intersection between Barnes Noble and Wegmans. Bill E -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Freeville morning birds
__ Rachel Dickinson Freelance Writer 31 Main Street Freeville, New York 13068 geolog...@yahoo.com www.racheldickinson.com http://thehaikudiaries.wordpress.com 607.279.9772 cell Member: American Society of Journalists Authors (ASJA) Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Blogging for The Huffington Post *author of FALCONER ON THE EDGE: A Man, His Birds, and the Vanishing Landscape of the American West (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). One merlin, one green heron, and two baltimore orioles (so far). Rachel Dickinson Freeville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] eBird -- Hawthorn Orchard -- May 10, 2013
Decent morning at the Hawthorn Orchard. Regular movement of birds. Highlights: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Tennessee Warblers, Prairie Warbler, Pine Siskin. Hawthorns are in near full bloom with Tortricid larvae hatch well under way. This weekend is shaping up nicely for the Hawthorn Orchard to welcome new arrivals, rain or not! Sincerely, Chris T-H cth4th May 10, 2013 Hawthorn Orchard Traveling 0.75 miles 116 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes Comments: Decent day at the Hawthorn Orchard. Cool to warm. Light SW breeze. High thin clouds. Continual movement of migrants into the morning. Sporadic singers. 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 5 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Barn Swallow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Wood Thrush 4 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 1 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler -- Singing, NE and NW corners. 1 Orange-crowned Warbler -- Seen and heard singing and chipping at NW part of HO, near fire hydrant clearing. 5 Nashville Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler -- Singing along WSW part of HO, near Shagbark Hickory. 1 Ovenbird 6 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chipping Sparrow 7 Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 3 Scarlet Tanager 6 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Bobolink 7 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 4 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Baltimore Oriole 1 House Finch 1 Pine Siskin -- High flyover, calling, headed due North. 5 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 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] Not a Kentucky at SSW: correction
Through a miscommunication now authoritatively corrected, the previously mentioned Kentucky Warbler this AM was a NASHVILLE WARBLER (which I still didn't see). __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] Ruff Glossy Ibis near village of Montezuma
The Ruff just flew with yellowlegs to the other side of the thruway and out of sight, but is probably out on the mudflats on that side. The ibis is still visible. Jay On May 10, 2013 8:28 AM, nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Tim Lenz just reported a male Ruff and a Glossy Ibis at Kip Island Fields, located along NYS-90 south of the village of Montezuma and south of I-90. --Dave Nutter -- *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 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] eBird -- Hawthorn Orchard -- May 10, 2013
Hi all, To add to Chris's list There were at least 7-8 Tennessee warblers some feeding silently and others very vociferous. 2 Black- throated blues 6-7 Singing Yellow-dumped 2 Black and White 1 American Redstart 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 1 White-throated Sparrow Among others were seen mostly in Northeast corner. Plus vociferous Chris Hymes Meena Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone - Reply message - From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] eBird -- Hawthorn Orchard -- May 10, 2013 Date: Fri, May 10, 2013 9:24 am Decent morning at the Hawthorn Orchard. Regular movement of birds. Highlights: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Tennessee Warblers, Prairie Warbler, Pine Siskin. Hawthorns are in near full bloom with Tortricid larvae hatch well under way. This weekend is shaping up nicely for the Hawthorn Orchard to welcome new arrivals, rain or not! Sincerely, Chris T-H cth4th May 10, 2013 Hawthorn Orchard Traveling 0.75 miles 116 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes Comments: Decent day at the Hawthorn Orchard. Cool to warm. Light SW breeze. High thin clouds. Continual movement of migrants into the morning. Sporadic singers. 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 5 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Barn Swallow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Wood Thrush 4 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 1 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler -- Singing, NE and NW corners. 1 Orange-crowned Warbler -- Seen and heard singing and chipping at NW part of HO, near fire hydrant clearing. 5 Nashville Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler -- Singing along WSW part of HO, near Shagbark Hickory. 1 Ovenbird 6 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chipping Sparrow 7 Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 3 Scarlet Tanager 6 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Bobolink 7 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 4 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Baltimore Oriole 1 House Finch 1 Pine Siskin -- High flyover, calling, headed due North. 5 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 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 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] OT:Migration Celebration at the Lab of Ornithology tomorrow.
Just a reminder to all, and spread the word. Migration Celebration will be going on from 10-4 tomorrow at the Laboratory of Ornithology. Something there for everyone that loves birds. Here's the link for more details. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1816 Enjoy. Linda Orkin President, Cayuga Bird Club -- Don't ask what your bird club can do for you, ask what you can do for your bird club!! ')_,/ -- 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] eBird -- Hawthorn Orchard -- May 10, 2013
My addition to the hawthorn reports is a (the?) yellow-throated vireo which sang from a tall tree across the recway from the SW entrance, flying a couple times but not staying put long enough to get my binoculars on it before flying off. Also a green heron calling from the small pond. I saw a BW warbler foraging quietly and close at three locations in succession: couldn't tell if it was the same bird following me (maybe it was attracted to my shiny orange jacket :-). I left just as a softball game was starting, with one of the teams warming up on the culvert with the killdeer nest (four eggs today). The birds were going crazy, and the players had no clue. Incredibly camouflaged are those eggs. Suan -- 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] Eldridge Wilderness Open Woods
Birders: I wanted to share an event that is happening tomorrow morning on the opposite end of town, celebrating the improvements at a local nature preserve, and the variety great habitats for migratory and resident birds. What: The Nature Conservancy's Eldridge Wilderness Preserve Where: Troy Road, Ithaca, just south of the intersection with W. King Rd When: Saturday May 11-- 9:30-12:00 Who: Everyone Featuring: Presentation, Nature Walk, Nature Treasure Hunt At 9:30 there will be a short program, followed by a nature walk/tour of the preserve (with a focus on migrating and resident birds) at 10:00. All ages! Article form Ithaca Journal/Elmira Star-Gazette: http://www.stargazette.com/article/20130509/NEWS01/305090060/Eldridge-Wilderness-Preserve-reopens-with-some-high-tech-upgrades More info about the preserve: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/placesweprotect/eldridge-wilderness.xml A great way to discover a little-known birding locale right in the Town of Ithaca (not quite Danby!) --and still have time to make it over the the other big bird event that day. :) Marc Devokaitis Ithaca -- 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] Lone snow goose
I saw a lone snow goose flying north in the Wilseyville area yesterday afternoon. As they are not exactly solitary birds, I wonder what was going on. John -- 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] Ruff photos
I found this breeding plumaged Ruff at Larue’s Lagoon on the drive at MNWR. I watched it for awhile. Then Mark Miller showed up and he took some more photos. I posted it with BirdLog NA. I called others to come and look but the bird flew off to the north. https://plus.google.com/photos/101627732132660516717/albums/5876467921138118449 Leona Lauster Lyons, NY It was a little cloudy and I’m still getting used to the camera. -- 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] More on SSW today a question about the BirdCast forecast
Usually 11 warblers on May 10th isn't so exceptional, but this year it felt like a jackpot! Late in the morning there was a (live) BLACK-THROATED BLUE hanging out with two or three BLACK-THROATED GREENS at the northeast corner of the Hoyt Pileated Trail. Initially he sang a weird song partway between BT Blue BT Green, but then he settled down and did several repetitions of beer beer brie and established his identity. Earlier in the morning I had my first warbler flock of 2013 on the north branch of the Wilson trail, where it splits: 3 or 4 Yellow-Rumps, 2 REDSTARTS, 1 MAGNOLIA, and 1 BLUE-GREY GNATCATCHER, all vocalizing and heading roughly east. There were also singing yellow warblers, orioles, and a house wren all competing for aural attention - it was almost like a regular spring for a moment there! Two VEERIES were veering near the shelter on the Wilson Trail; one of them, or possibly a third, obligingly hopped around on a log in front of the netting a little later. A BLACKBURNIAN and another BT GREEN were ar the intersection with the Severinghaus Trail, and a single NASHVILLE was in the trees off Sapsucker Woods Road at the entrance to the East Trail. Not sure if ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS are old news but there was a male singing early in the day north of the north part of the Wilson Trial, and a pair near the intersection of the Woodleton Boardwalk and the Hoyl-Pileated Day, hopping around right on the trail with a pair of Cardinals?! Question re BirdCast: has anyone else noticed the forecast for May 12-18 http://birdcast.info/forecast/regional-migration-forecast-12-18-may-2013/? It actually starts with tonight, Friday May 10th, and predicts moderate to heavy migration tonight with possible fallout throughout this area for tomorrow. For real Alicia On 5/10/2013 8:34 AM, Chris Pelkie wrote: Unfortunately almost the first bird of the day was a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER who sang once as I stepped out the back door of the lab, then flew up from a perch probably on our BBQ grill a couple feet from the windows, smacked it, broke his neck and fell to the ground. I picked him up hoping for a revival but it was not to be, so he will soon be an educational device in the skins lab. Seemed to be not quite in full breeding color. These windows have black see-through curtains to help cut down bird strikes but they didn't help this time. Coming back out after putting him inside, I saw the 2 GREEN HERONs reported yesterday fly one after the other across the pond to the snag tree near Sherwood. Also watched one of the nesting GREAT BLUE HERONs bring a new stick to the nest where it was gratefully accepted by the mate who raised neck and bill straight up and made the peculiar throaty noise reserved for such an occasion. Walking around the pond got looks at YELLOW-RUMPED and YELLOW WARBLERs, my FOY MAGNOLIA WARBLER foraging and singing quietly, heard OVENBIRD, heard and saw HOUSE WREN(s), heard BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, thought I might have heard Black-and-white, but when I went to check the board at the front desk, found that Brad had posted Blackburnian so maybe I heard a trace of them (not claiming either). 2 BARN SWALLOWS flew over, and more than one BALTIMORE ORIOLE was singing. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was heard a couple times. Singing BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, Chickadees, Robins, Titmouse were all noted. Highlight though was that while at the base of Sherwood, almost ready to walk out to the platform where I might have come across the Kentucky Warbler that Brad and Mary found only a short time earlier (! drat !), I heard really intense crow mobbing SW of the platform back in the thicket of pine. After I listened for a bit, I said 'that is NOT a hawk, it MUST be an owl; oh boy, these guys might have found me a Barred Owl!. So I had to go all the way around by the bench, then to the trail fork onto West Trail, the mobbing getting more intense as I got closer. Scanning high and low and realizing the mob was down in the thick part, I finally raised glasses and 50 yds away saw in full front view on a branch, the GREAT HORNED OWL looking back at me. A few seconds later, one of the crows, literally sitting 2' away on a branch, lunged at the owl and everyone flew off into the forest. __ * * *Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850* -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds
[cayugabirds-l] R-T Hummer
Just had a Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the azalea by our front porch on Savercool Rd off Rte 89. The initial attraction seemed to be a small hybrid lilac blooming nearby. It did not stay long, probably due to two large critters sitting within a yard or two. Bill and Shirley McAneny, TBurg -- 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] Montezuma highlights
Pat Martin and I explored Montezuma today, finding many good things for the day, including the three highlight species reported. Several folks gave us good tips - thank you! Seneca Trail/Main pool - Tricolored Heron - we missed it early in the day but came back to the Seneca trail around 4:30 where another birder had it and called us over. The heron was in and out of the brush right along the bank next to the trail instead of the opposite side. Great close binoc looks. Also cerulean singing. In the wet area in front of the visitor center was a lone blue morph snow goose (8:00 am) NY90 near Kip Island (@9am) - Ruff Glossy Ibis. We were with the group that saw it before the Ruff moved across the thruway. Beautiful breeding plumage. Same bird later at Larue's? Armitage - No sign of Prothonotary here yet. Yellow-throated vireo, Red-eyed vireo, Nashville and Redstarts. Van Dyne Spor rd. - American Bittern in plain sight not too far from road. It never moved, other than to move it's head once or twice. Not good hiding on its part, great for us. Carncross - Here we had 4 Eagles - 3 juveniles and one adult. Would they still be a family from last year, or new fledglings? Also at least 50 Lesser Yellowlegs, several Greater YL, 2 Dunlin, many least sandpipers, one Am. Pipit, one N. Pintail. Know-Marcellus was pretty empty of birds (full of water) except for 6 snow geese on the dike between the two pools. Mays Point had two beautiful rust colored Sandhill cranes. Tasche pool had 5 more non-rust colored cranes and 6 Black terns, along with a few ring-necked, gadwall, redhead and ruddy ducks. Kim Hartquist Pat Martin Rochester, 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] New yard birds
New in the last couple of days: Hummingbird (just a few minutes ago) White crowned sparrow (3 here now) Warbling vireo Yellow warbler Savannah sparrows (last week) Waiting for baltimore and orchard orioles! Michele Interlaken / ovid Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House BB www.thehaywardhouse.com and @ The Body Shop www.bodyshopwellness.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] New yard birds
Here on the west shore of Cayuga, 25 miles north of Ithaca ... Hummingbird (male, yesterday) Baltimore Oriole Sally Ovid/Romulus -- 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/ --
