RE: [cayugabirds-l] PEREGRINE FALCON on Bradfield Hall SW corner ledge...
Meena, You're strict! We've always used any bird that can be seen from the yard. I believe that same type guideline is used for point counts, big sits, big squats and other competitions. I guess you had best allow for hearing also. ;-) J. -- 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 On Tue, February 25, 2014 20:28, Meena Madhav Haribal wrote: Dave, I think yard bird is the one which flies over or alights within your yard boundary. This would another category! Birds seen from the yard! Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-112743360-3493...@list.cornell.edu bounce-112743360-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of 6072292...@vtext.com 6072292...@vtext.com Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 5:14 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] PEREGRINE FALCON on Bradfield Hall SW corner ledge... PEREGRINE FALCON on Bradfield Hall SW corner ledge 1/2-way up. Yard bird! --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 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] Sapsucker Trail note
I did a lunchtime turn around Hoyt-Pileated inner loop back to Wilson yesterday. I took and would highly recommend you take trekking poles: it is seriously treacherous out there with the frozen snow/ice/footprint holes. It was cold and crisp but not snowing (yesterday), so good exercise but few birds. Crows, jays, red-bellied woodpecker, titmouses, and chickadees called or flew over. I had hopes of an owl or creeper or even yellow-rumped warbler but saw none of those. The thing of note was 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERs who called (not the crazy laugh call but more like a flicker social call) and flew to a tall tree where I saw them together, then flew again. I caught up with them near the south end of Woodlleton Boardwalk where they have excavated a roundish hole in a 16” live oak just 15’ up and so close to the boardwalk that chips are littered over it. I think these are both juvenile males because I could see some red as well as black in both malar patches. I stand to be corrected, but don’t think females have red there, and yet it took some looking even to be sure there was red, unlike the ease of ID’ing a breeding color male. I fancy they are brothers. They stayed together on that tree, hopping up and hopping down while chattering to each other, worked the hole, then jumped to another tree, which finally allowed me to pass without scaring them off. Good thing because I was starting to freeze in place. So if you need a PIWO for your year list, they should be around that oak some more, I’d guess. __ 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] Snowy Owl - 3 sightings in 3 days
Along 96A in the town of Fayette, between Kime Rd and Post Rd, I have seen “her” 3 times. Monday at 7 AM and again at 11 PM, and this morning (Wed.) about 7 AM. She is fairly heavily barred, but there has also been a much lighter owl (male?) seen in the same area over the last month. Sent from Windows Mail -- 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] Sapsucker Trail note
Chris, I came across a product in LL Bean and Amazon called stabilicers which are inexpensive and work so much better than yak-trax. They come in two variants and the light is plenty for icy sidewalks, roads and groomed trail. In the mountains I'd recommend the more expensive version, short of crampons for real ice. These are much like the more expensive micro-spikes which are also great on trail. The Stabilicer lights are easy on/off and we have used them often this winter. By using these you can largely eliminate the trekking poles and have hands for stability, camera, binos and the like. 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 On Wed, February 26, 2014 08:56, Chris R. Pelkie wrote: I did a lunchtime turn around Hoyt-Pileated inner loop back to Wilson yesterday. I took and would highly recommend you take trekking poles: it is seriously treacherous out there with the frozen snow/ice/footprint holes. It was cold and crisp but not snowing (yesterday), so good exercise but few birds. Crows, jays, red-bellied woodpecker, titmouses, and chickadees called or flew over. I had hopes of an owl or creeper or even yellow-rumped warbler but saw none of those. The thing of note was 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERs who called (not the crazy laugh call but more like a flicker social call) and flew to a tall tree where I saw them together, then flew again. I caught up with them near the south end of Woodlleton Boardwalk where they have excavated a roundish hole in a 16 live oak just 15 up and so close to the boardwalk that chips are littered over it. I think these are both juvenile males because I could see some red as well as black in both malar patches. I stand to be corrected, but dont think females have red there, and yet it took some looking even to be sure there was red, unlike the ease of IDing a breeding color male. I fancy they are brothers. They stayed together on that tree, hopping up and hopping down while chattering to each other, worked the hole, then jumped to another tree, which finally allowed me to pass without scaring them off. Good thing because I was starting to freeze in place. So if you need a PIWO for your year list, they should be around that oak some more, Id guess. __ 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 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] Chicken eye displays unique arrangement of cells
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/chicken-eye-weird-state-of-matter_n_4854897.html __ 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] Robins
Just looking through the digests for the last few days and saw no mention of robins. We saw about a dozen robins on Sunday afternoon. They were browsing in a patch of bare grass on swamp college rd in Jacksonville. Rhea Garen 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/ --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] Robins
Lots of robins about…I just haven't posted about it! Scores of them feeding on the still-fruit-laden the crabapples in the Cornell Plantations, lots of them singing. Scores also on bare grass patches in a backyard along Mt Pleasant Road (around Baker Hill area). Would people agree there's been a big influx? Or have they all just been hiding somewhere…my take is that a lot of robins that have been hanging out south of here have started to filter north again. 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 ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bounce-112774128-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-112774128-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Rhea Garen [r...@cornell.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:52 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Robins Just looking through the digests for the last few days and saw no mention of robins. We saw about a dozen robins on Sunday afternoon. They were browsing in a patch of bare grass on swamp college rd in Jacksonville. Rhea Garen 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 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: video trails of flying birds
Dennis Hlynsky has produced some fascinating videos showing the paths birds make. They proceed at normal speed, but the previous hundred or so frames are superimposed, creating moving lines. Recommended: starlings coming going from wires, crows at a roost, gulls over a boardwalk, plus non-avian bonus water striders.http://sysvision.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/index/--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! --