[cayugabirds-l] Brant, Myers Point

[Jay McGowan]

An adult BRANT is on the spit at Myers Point right now. No shorebirds that
I have seen.

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/

--

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday highlights - Chat no, MNWR

[tigger64]

Very windy at the Chat spot southeast of Red Creek so not good conditions to 
expect it to sing or be seen.

At Montezuma, the Kipp Island field was loaded with shorebirds.  Highlight was 
a Wilson's Phalarope and 16 SB Dowitcher among hundreds of Dunlin.  Distance 
makes it hard to say what might actually be in there - recommend checking 
carefully on every visit.  Highlights from the Wildlife Drive were a Stilt 
Sandpiper at the Main Pool and White-rump at Benning Marsh. Virtually no Pecs, 
Solitary, or yellowlegs left.  A few spots with good shorebird habitat but few 
birds may get something on the next wave.  At least that's the theory.

Jim Tarolli picked out a Least Bittern flying away from the reeds across from 
Benning Marsh.

Dave W.
N. Syracuse, NY


Kipp Island Fields (SW of SR 90 and I-90 Thruway), Cayuga, US-NY
May 25, 2013 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.7
17 species

Canada Goose  8
American Black Duck  6
Mallard  10
Green-winged Teal  1
Hooded Merganser  1
Wild Turkey  4
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  1
Semipalmated Plover  50
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
Least Sandpiper  X
Dunlin  400 estimated; very high numbers this year for MNWR
Short-billed Dowitcher  16
Wilson's Phalarope  1

View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14244317


Montezuma NWR Wildlife Drive, Seneca, US-NY
May 25, 2013 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: with Dave W.!
34 species

Snow Goose  2 One at visitor center, one across from shorebirds flats
Canada Goose  6
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  3
Least Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  15
Great Egret  4
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  4
Semipalmated Plover  X
Killdeer  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
Least Sandpiper  X
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Dunlin  X hundreds presumably
Stilt Sandpiper  1 adult, breeding plumage; bad photos (seemingly more 
curve 
in the bill than the Benning Marsh bird of 5/17)
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Herring Gull  5
Eastern Kingbird  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  X
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Marsh Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  5
Baltimore Oriole  1

View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14245459



--

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] Tuesday Night Seminar: Bird Conservation- Mark Avery

[Jessie Barry]

Please join us for the final "Monday Night Seminar" of the semester on TUESDAY, 
May 28th, at 7:30pm in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Visitor Center 
auditorium.


Dr. Mark Avery presents:

How to Do Bird Conservation the UK Way: The role of science

Mark Avery is the former Conservation Director for the Royal Society fro the 
Protection of Birds (RSPB) and wildlife blogger for the The Independent 
newspaper. Mark Avery spent 25 years working for the Royal Society for the 
Protection of Birds (RSPB) in the UK–an organization with more than 1.1 million 
paying members. As Conservation Director for more than a decade, he led 
conservation actions: lobbying the UK government; carrying out species 
reintroductions; providing outreach to farmers; buying land for nature 
reserves. Dr. Avery will discuss how much of this success came down to science 
and how much to luck or politics.

Mark's charismatic personality and insightful perspective on bird conservation 
from across the pond, ensures this will be an exciting finish to the Spring 
semester seminar series.

The seminar is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:00 and will close 
when the auditorium reaches capacity. For more information visit: 
www.birds.cornell.edu/mns

Good birding,
Jessie Barry


--

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] Shindagin Hollow in the morning

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

I was hoping to get some birds before wind picked up, but was a little too lazy 
to start earlier, but by the time I reached the hollow wind caught up with me. 
I spent three hours looking for birds and listening to them.



I saw quite a few breeding warblers.



Several of American Redstarts all along the road, still arguing with their 
neighbors.

At least three Canada warblers on the breeding grounds, I only heard them.

Several Chestnut-sided Warblers, one was singing a very weird song, almost 
sounded like black and white, I caught him doing this song.

Ovenbirds many heard only

Hooded Warblers  three of them and one was seen.

Black and White two of them heard (I hope they were not Chestnut-sideds as they 
were heard at different locations)

Black-throated Blue three at different locations



Common Yellowthroat  several

Scarlet Tanagers three

Rose-breasted grosbeak 5 or 6.



Least Flycatcher 1

Great-crested Flycatcher 1

Eastern Wood Peewee 1

Winter wren snatch of one bar of song from a hidden bird.

Wood Thrush

Veery

Baltimore Oriole



An American Robin giving alarm call which sounded  like Veery.



No  Black-throated Green or Blue-winged I heard, which generally are present in 
the area.

No Cuckoos or Indigo Bunting.



And other usual common birds seen and heard, it was too windy so decided to 
call it a day.



Cheers

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] Windy day makes great swallowing!

[nutter.dave]

As I walked into Stewart Park along Fall Creek Saturday morning about 9:30am I heard CHIMNEY SWIFTS overhead and looked up in time to see a squadron of at least 13 of them coming erratically downstream above tree top level. While Stuart & I waited by the swan pond for Ann's arrival we saw BARN, TREE, BANK, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS at low altitude but hard to count among the trees, and I saw at least 20 CHIMNEY SWIFTS in view at once overhead. There was also a MYRTLE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in the Spruce by the Cascadilla Boathouse. At the end of our trip just before sunset the CHIMNEY SWIFTS were just above the trees of Renwick Wildwood Sanctuary along Fall Creek, and again I could see at least 20 at once, so there may have been more. I wonder what portion of Ithaca's population was in this flock. Other swallow congregations we found included: * along Lake Road south of Aurora over the pasture south of the most northerly house. The field north of this house has also been good for swallows early in the year as it catches the sun early in the morning. These fields may have an extra dose of insects from cow-pies. Although yesterday's were mostly BARN SWALLOWS, there a couple TREE SWALLOWS among them, and a female PURPLE MARTIN rested on the wires to the north.* over Knox-Marsellus pool, but these were distant to view from Towpath Rd.--Dave NutterOn May 25, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Ann Mitchell  wrote:Stewart Park had MANY Chimney Swifts in the air. On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Chris R. Pelkie  wrote:I went up to Myers/Salt Pt As Mark and Tilden reported yesterday, there were swallows. Wow, lots of swallows! 
--
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] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (FLLT SBQ), Sun 5/26

[Donna Scott]

Thanks to Mark's excellent tutelage on our Lindsey-Parsons walk, on the way 
home in the woods at bottom of Sweazey Road, Lansing, off rt. 34B, I heard and 
then got a good look at a Hooded Warbler male!
Also, 2 singing Indigo Buntings & a Yellow Warbler. 
Donna Scott

Sent from my iPhone
Donna Scott

On May 26, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Mark Chao  wrote:

> On Sunday, the second day of this year’s Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird 
> Quest (SBQ), I started my morning of birding at 7 AM on the west side of the 
> Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, by the West Danby Fire Station on 
> Sylvan Drive.  I had very fine views of some species that aren’t always easy 
> to find on the SBQ, including HOODED WARBLER (along steep road to water 
> tower), BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (pair along old railroad bed), and four 
> WILD TURKEYS in the grassy field along the road.  GREAT BLUE HERONS have at 
> least one nest in the dead trees in the swamp.  I also heard many other 
> species, including two BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 
> BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, and HOUSE WREN (another good SBQ find).
>  
> Then starting at 8 AM, I led a group walk on the east side.  About 16 people 
> attended, including very gratifying number of repeat customers, as well as 
> some first-timers.  My young baseball all-star friend Dylan joined us despite 
> having had 4 hours of sleep at a friend’s house last night!
>  
> It was very windy and therefore more difficult than usual to spot birds, but 
> we had more than our share of excellent viewing, including long looks at 
> PRAIRIE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, RUBY-THROATED 
> HUMMINGBIRD, INDIGO BUNTING, GREEN HERON, and WOOD DUCK.  We also heard a 
> HOODED WARBLER and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in the first patch of woods by 
> the parking lot, then another Hooded Warbler, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and 
> BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER between the railroad track and Celia’s Cup.  At 
> Celia’s Cup we heard a bird singing a very fast dry trill a few times.  I 
> named it as a Chipping Sparrow, until I retrieved some deep memory and 
> realized in an electrifying moment that it really sounded more like a 
> Worm-eating Warbler, which is equally or more expected given the location.  
> Alas, we didn’t see this bird and get a conclusive ID.   (For all I know, it 
> could well have been a junco – but I don’t think so.)
>  
> On our way back, we found more exciting birds – a BROWN THRASHER seen by me 
> only, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, an ALDER FLYCATCHER, a rather unexpected 
> NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH by the northern pond, and a singing BOBOLINK in weedier 
> habitat than I usually associate with this species.
>  
> My current tally for the weekend so far is 71 species – modest compared to 
> previous years, but not bad given the weather.  The quality of the birding 
> has been really pretty good!
>  
> I look forward to seeing many of you at tomorrow’s walks at the Goetchius 
> Wetland Preserve in Caroline (6:30 AM) and the Park Nature Preserve in Dryden 
> (8:30 AM).
>  
> Mark Chao
>  
> --
> 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] Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (FLLT SBQ), Sun 5/26

[Mark Chao]

On Sunday, the second day of this year's Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird
Quest (SBQ), I started my morning of birding at 7 AM on the west side of the
Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, by the West Danby Fire Station on
Sylvan Drive.  I had very fine views of some species that aren't always easy
to find on the SBQ, including HOODED WARBLER (along steep road to water
tower), BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (pair along old railroad bed), and four
WILD TURKEYS in the grassy field along the road.  GREAT BLUE HERONS have at
least one nest in the dead trees in the swamp.  I also heard many other
species, including two BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, and HOUSE WREN (another good SBQ find).

 

Then starting at 8 AM, I led a group walk on the east side.  About 16 people
attended, including very gratifying number of repeat customers, as well as
some first-timers.  My young baseball all-star friend Dylan joined us
despite having had 4 hours of sleep at a friend's house last night!

 

It was very windy and therefore more difficult than usual to spot birds, but
we had more than our share of excellent viewing, including long looks at
PRAIRIE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, INDIGO BUNTING, GREEN HERON, and WOOD DUCK.  We also heard a
HOODED WARBLER and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in the first patch of woods by
the parking lot, then another Hooded Warbler, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER between the railroad track and Celia's Cup.  At
Celia's Cup we heard a bird singing a very fast dry trill a few times.  I
named it as a Chipping Sparrow, until I retrieved some deep memory and
realized in an electrifying moment that it really sounded more like a
Worm-eating Warbler, which is equally or more expected given the location.
Alas, we didn't see this bird and get a conclusive ID.   (For all I know, it
could well have been a junco - but I don't think so.)

 

On our way back, we found more exciting birds - a BROWN THRASHER seen by me
only, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, an ALDER FLYCATCHER, a rather unexpected
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH by the northern pond, and a singing BOBOLINK in weedier
habitat than I usually associate with this species.

 

My current tally for the weekend so far is 71 species - modest compared to
previous years, but not bad given the weather.  The quality of the birding
has been really pretty good!

 

I look forward to seeing many of you at tomorrow's walks at the Goetchius
Wetland Preserve in Caroline (6:30 AM) and the Park Nature Preserve in
Dryden (8:30 AM).

 

Mark Chao

 


--

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/

--