[cayugabirds-l] Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest -- May 24-26

2014-05-06 Thread Mark Chao
Over Memorial Day weekend, I’ll be leading a series of activities,
collectively called the Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (SBQ), to
celebrate our local birds, the lands on which their lives depend, and the
Land Trust’s role in preserving these vital habitats.

 

Please below for a full schedule and directions to the preserves.  (Note
that the Saturday walk at the McIlroy Sanctuary will begin at a new spot,
not the main parking area, to highlight a recent addition to the preserve.)


 

In addition to leading the walks, as usual I’ll be counting species, and
raising money via pledges to support the Land Trust’s efforts in our region.
In the past eight years, SBQ supporters have donated more than $28,000.  I
hope we can roar past the $30,000 mark this year with people’s help.  Please
contact me off-list if you’d like to pledge.  (The bird walks are free of
charge, but donations on the spot are welcome too.)

 

Thank you for your consideration.  And if you care to join me in birding,
counting, and raising pledges, please do!!  Contact me or the Land Trust’s
Edie Jodz (ediej...@fllt.org) for more details.

 

I hope to see many of you out on the trails this month, and especially
during the SBQ!

 

Mark Chao

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, May 24

8:00 AM

Dorothy McIlroy Bird Sanctuary 

Lake Como Road, Summerhill. 

This year, the walk will begin at the Maneri tract, a new addition to the
McIlroy Bird Sanctuary.  Take Rt. 90 to Lake Como Road. Turn north onto on
Lake Como Road and continue for about 1.5 miles until you come to Peth Road.
Make a right onto Peth Road and park in snowplow turnaround just past
driveway. If turnaround is full, park on shoulder, but be sure to leave
enough room for other vehicles and farm equipment to get by.

 

Sunday, May 25

8:00 AM

Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve

West Danby

From Ithaca, take Rt. 13 south to junction with Rt. 34/96. Continue south on
34/96 to hamlet of West Danby. Preserve entrance is on left, ½ mile past
Sylvan Drive.

 

Monday, May 26

6:30 AM 

Goetchius Wetland Preserve

Caroline

From Ithaca, take Rt. 79 east approximately 11 miles and turn left on Flat
Iron Road. Continue up the road approx. 0.5 mile to marked parking area on
left.

 

Monday, May 26

8:30 AM

Roy H. Park Preserve (south). 

From Ithaca, take Rt. 13 north to Irish Settlement Rd. Turn right and
continue 1.5 miles past Hammond Hill Rd. to the south parking area. The
preserve parking area is on the left just past the southern end of Goodband
Rd.



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[cayugabirds-l] Common Yellowthroat

2014-05-06 Thread Kevin Loope
I saw my first common yellowthroat of the year in the pine by the back door of 
Mudd Hall on Cornell Campus!

Good Birding,
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB

2014-05-06 Thread Dave Nutter
Ann Raffetto's Red-winged Blackbird in East Varick on 15 Feb was the first in 
the basin this year of which I was aware. I think I saw it in eBird because of 
the Great Backyard Bird Count. I don't know if Project Feederwatch records are 
searchable for this purpose. Now that I know the bird was there a week earlier, 
I'll have to revise. That may have been a bird which overwintered in the area 
and found her feeding station then. My personal first of the species was on 9 
March, which probably represents an influx. Generally males Red-winged 
Blackbirds arrive first to establish ownership of territories, and the females 
arrive a couple weeks later to choose a territory (and thus a male). We see 
warbler females migrating a bit after males as well, but the more pronounced 
separate migration as well as different size  coloration add to the impression 
of female Red-winged Blackbirds being a different species. It may be that lower 
places, which melt sooner, and marshy habitats are taken first, which may 
explain why your upland place in Ulysses was late to see them.

The basin first arrivals list, which I'm a few days behind updating, is here:
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records

--Dave Nutter


On May 05, 2014, at 08:57 PM, Ann Raffetto rass...@rochester.rr.com wrote:


 We participate in Project FeederWatch and we had a female RWBL on our 2/8 and 
 2/15 counts in East Varick, about 20 miles north of T-burg.
 Ann


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[cayugabirds-l] Veery

2014-05-06 Thread Geo Kloppel
My West Danby place received a modest influx overnight, including a number of 
American Redstarts, Red-eyed Vireos, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blackburnian, 
and my first Veery.

I'm standing in the City Cemetary right now. Several Least Flycatchers in view, 
Warbling Vireo, not much else going on. Fun to remember what a hotspot this was 
in the late '90s!

-Geo Kloppel
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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles

2014-05-06 Thread Naomi Brewer
Monday, May 5th. about 3 p.m.  as I looked out the window, there on the suet
cake in its cage, stood a male Baltimore Oriole. He was standing on the top
of the cage which had a new block of suet in it. He was  eating the suet. He
flew off and  at 4 p.m. as I sat in front of the porch the female Oriole lit
on a ,very near ,branch of the maple tree right in front of me. She was soon
joined by the male. They stayed awhile then flew around the house. Just
beautiful. 

 

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Sheldrake/Wyers Point


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[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean warbler

2014-05-06 Thread daven1...@yahoo.com
Singing Howland island in woods to the left as you drive in near the end. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Orchard Orioles

2014-05-06 Thread Marie P. Read
Hi everyone,

Well, the light didn't cooperate with my planned trip to Montezuma this 
morning, so instead I sidetracked to Salt Pt in Lansing. What a great place 
that spot is! The highlight was two male Orchard Orioles singing and engaging 
in territorial altercations in trees just a little way down the gated dirt road 
(has big concrete barriers). Bob McGuire was there earlier than I was, and he 
reports seeing a male chasing a female. One of the trees in which one male 
spent a considerable time singing and feeding on the cottonwood catkins had the 
remains of an old oriole nest. I wonder if this is where the Orchard Orioles 
nested before?

(Some photos  to come…)

Other delights included:

Four Buffleheads, a male with three females.
Three Horned Grebes
Two Common Loons
(And a partridge in a…oh no sorry, wrong life…)

Heard one of the loons calling at one point
A very vocal Osprey carrying a large fish
Belted Kingfisher
Warbling Vireos singing everywhere
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Baltimore Oriole
Gray Catbird
Common and Hooded Mergansers
Eastern Bluebird feeding on sumac
Plus the usual suspects

And over in Myers Park, I became captivated with the scores of swallows (mostly 
Tree and Barn) foraging by skimming low over the water, on what had by now 
become a cool overcast morning. Tried some still images and video of this cool 
behavior.

A nice morning jaunt…

Marie



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[cayugabirds-l] Oriole

2014-05-06 Thread Carol Keeler
Just had my first male Baltimore Oriole show up at my jelly feeder!  Good thing 
I refilled the jelly this morning.  The Raccoon cleaned them out last night.  
It left the Hummer's sugar water.

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[cayugabirds-l] Catbirds and suet

2014-05-06 Thread W. Larry Hymes
Had our first of year CATBIRD and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.  The catbird 
went to our suet feeder, but couldn't figure out how to get to the 
suet.  We cut only the top off the package and hang it upside down 
inside the rest of the package to make it more difficult for starlings 
to feed.  Yesterday we hung a Wildbird's bark butter feeder (bought for 
Sara Jane's birthday) near the suet feeder.  After a few failed attempts 
with the suet feeder, the catbird noticed the bark butter feeder and 
began taking pieces off it.  It's been back a couple times.  We have 
never seen catbirds feed on suet.  Have any of you observed this?


Larry

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[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean Warbler

2014-05-06 Thread daven1...@yahoo.com
First attempt at posting did not go thru. Singing at Howland Island woods near 
end about an hour ago. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Orchard Orioles

2014-05-06 Thread Marie P. Read
As promised (threatened?) here's a link to an Orchard Oriole photo from this 
morning at Salt Point, Lansing.

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Orchard-Oriole/GSQQk.xpjxpQ/IZR0mVm8.21g/CbRXTCg10bWo



Marie


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[cayugabirds-l] Young Bald Eagle and local bird interactions

2014-05-06 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all,
Just now a young Bald Eagle (3 rd year possibly), passed my window. As soon as 
it was over USDA building a crow came to attack it. Then when I was watching 
through the binoculars as it passed over arboretum, the crow continued 
harassing and it was joined by a swallow and  thirdly a Red-tailed, which was 
flying over the eagle dive bombed it. The eagle continued in its presumably 
migratory journey of north-east!
Meena

Dr. Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
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[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Kingbird and Green Heron

2014-05-06 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
Up her in the hills at the SW corner of the basin we are usually a week or two
behind the lake microclimate areas in bird arrivals. We were surprised this 
noon to
find both an EAKI and a BEKI over two of the sanctuary ponds. This morning a
Nashville, NAWA, was right on time on the 29 year norm here. Most others have 
been
running as much as two weeks behind norm.

Earlier some were concerned about female RWBLs. They'll be along as the older 
males
travel first and together followed by the SY males and then the females as much 
as
two to three weeks later. By that time lots of teritorial battles have been 
fought
and won or lost so the males can spend more time finding that perfect mate.

JS
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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




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[cayugabirds-l] Great Egret

2014-05-06 Thread daven1...@yahoo.com
Van dyne sporer road 

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[cayugabirds-l] Recent Montezuma sightings

2014-05-06 Thread tigger64
Birding Friday with Steve Kolbe and Jim Tarolli, highlights included:


Savannah Mucks: Peregrine Falcon chasing Am. Golden Plover.  Lengthy pursuit, 
we did not see who prevailed.
Savannah-Spring Lake Rd. at the bridge north of Van Dyne Spoor:  Steve picked 
out a Eurasian Green-winged Teal.  Yellowlegs and 4 Dowitchers were also 
present.
Visitor Center: Glossy Ibis flew in
Wildlife Drive: at least one Raven and a light immature Rough-legged Hawk
Deep Muck overlook: Eurasian Wigeon


Monday highlights, birding with Jim Tarolli:


Visitor Center: 3 Sandhill Cranes soaring high
Carncross Rd: Glossy Ibis north of the bridge to Howland Island.  We also saw a 
distant Green-winged Teal seemingly with both horizontal and vertical white 
stripes thus a possible intergrade.  Definitely not the bird from Friday.
Marten's Tract: Eurasian Wigeon
We also checked for Cerulean's and Prothonotary - not yet.


David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Black tern Tschache Pool

2014-05-06 Thread daven1...@yahoo.com
At least 4 coursing around the back of the marsh. Gorgeous breeding plumage! 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] other osprey nest at Cass?

2014-05-06 Thread Jody W Enck
Yes, I have been watching progress for a couple days as my one son has played 
several baseball games down there recently.  One Osprey was carrying huge 
sticks to the nest on Saturday, including dropping a couple by accident beside 
the field where they kids were playing (wish they were wearing batting helmets 
while out in the outfield!!).  Osprey also observed copulating that day on the 
nest.  Last night (Monday) one bird was on nest while second brought in two 
different fish.  Once, as bird approached with a fish, a gull chased after the 
fish carrier and chased it all the way to West Hill (I say, all the way but 
that is only a couple hundred yards as the Osprey flies.



Jody W. Enck, PhD
Program Development and Evaluation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2169

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Haven't seen this mentioned but maybe someone is aware--a second Osprey nest 
has been built (or is in final stages) at Cass Park on one of the lights in the 
middle of the softball fields--reported by phone to the Lab today by an 
(almost) non-birder.

Marc Devokaitis
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] other osprey nest at Cass?

2014-05-06 Thread Karel V. Sedlacek
Marc,
Yes saw it this weekend.  See: 
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/3414738/events/2970495/videos/49852806
Best,
Karel


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Date: 05/06/2014 4:09 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] other osprey nest at Cass?



Haven't seen this mentioned but maybe someone is aware--a second Osprey nest 
has been built (or is in final stages) at Cass Park on one of the lights in the 
middle of the softball fields--reported by phone to the Lab today by an 
(almost) non-birder.

Marc Devokaitis
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[cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks in Danby

2014-05-06 Thread Eric Banford
Joyously heard my first Bobolink's this morning, with all of the construction 
going on around us I fear they will be pushed out of my neighborhood soon. So I 
will enjoy them while I can, and hope that someone with money and a 
conservation heart buys the 12 acres for sale across the street from us 
(Nelson/E Miller).

Also heard my first Baltimore Oriole on the edge of Cornell campus. Still 
looking for my first warbler of the year.

Eric
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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Grebe vs Bullhead

2014-05-06 Thread Dave K
Today at MNWR auto loop
 
https://flic.kr/p/nvXS6w
 
  
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[cayugabirds-l] Belated post re probable Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

2014-05-06 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
At about 1230pm at the NW corner of the SSW pond, in a tree where I have seen 
Least Flycatchers in the spring several times, I had what I assumed at first 
was this year’s FOY (for me) of same (knowing others already have reported one 
at SSW). However, from a rather close distance and with 10x binocs in good 
light, what I actually saw had a quite yellow front side (throat, belly, 
underside) and a yellow-olive back side and the eye ring was also yellowish. It 
was definitely a smallish flycatcher; no vocalizations. I think therefore that 
it was a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Sorry for not posting sooner but I wanted 
to review images of Least to see if they tend to occasionally show more yellow 
than the plain buff I am used to seeing. I can’t find any evidence they do, but 
stand to be corrected.

I was pleased to also find 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHes calling (‘chick’) but not 
singing from either side of the trail just where it bends at the Fuller 
boardwalk. These were not my FOYs, but I’ve not seen them in this marshy area 
before. One hopped up for good looks while the other hid behind the huge willow 
tree there.

At home this afternoon, I did get my FOY NASHVILLE WARBLER (nice to get one for 
the home team as the first of year) as well as my SOYY (second of year yard) 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER(s). Then Martha came out and while we were looking at our 
first of year Female (no less, and unaccompanied) ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, she 
also spotted a yellow breasted tail pumper in a hemlock which indeed was a PALM 
WARBLER.

Our resident YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER has discovered to his delight that the 
metal eave trough just above the bedroom window makes a resounding and 
satisfying racket when pecked vigorously at 530 am. for 15 mins at least.

ChrisP
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[cayugabirds-l] Eastern Kingbird

2014-05-06 Thread John VanNiel
Saw my FOY Eastern Kingbirds on the Wildlife Drive this evening at Montezuma. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Parula at Sapsucker Woods

2014-05-06 Thread Diane Morton
Saw a nice variety of warblers at Sapsucker Woods this evening, including a
beautiful Northern Parula, FOY for us.  There were also plenty of Yellow,
Palm, and Yellow-rumped warblers, one Black-and-white, an American
Redstart, and at the Sherwood Platform, a Common Yellowthroat.

Diane  Ken

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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Wetlands Area Today 5/6/14

2014-05-06 Thread david nicosia
Birded from sunrise to sunset today. My goal was to see shorebirds, the ibis 
and anything else up around Montezuma. 
However, I totaled up my species count today and was surprised that I had 111 
species!!! I spent little time
in woodland habitat except for brief times driving through the woods at 
Carncross Rd, Howland Island, Van Dyne Sporer rd
and listening from my car.  In the Montezuma wetlands complex I had 100 
species. In the Cayuga Basin, I totaled 107 species
for today. 

My first stop was Carncross Road Montezuma Wetlands Complex with the hope of 
getting the GLOSSY IBIS. 
Thanks to all who have posted on this bird as it was exactly where it has been 
the last few days...just north 
of the bridge on Carncross Rd. I got great views and met up with Doug Daniels. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/14123526842/in/photostream/


In addition at Carncross, there was 1 adult breeding plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 
 a lot of CASPIAN TERNS, 
DUNLIN,  both species of YELLOWLEGS and KILLDEER.  I also heard a SOLITARY 
SANDPIPER. The shorebird 
diversity is still down. Aside from the KILLDEER did not find any other plovers 
today. 

Howland Island had one singing CERULEAN WARBLER among others including FOY (for 
me) WOOD THRUSH, and GREAT-CRESTED 
FLYCATCHER.  

Marten's Tract was awesome. Saw 1 AMERICAN BITTERN and heard another. Also 
SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, many
COMMON GALLINULES, CASPIAN TERNS. Heard a BARRED OWL as well. 

Van Dyne Sporer road was full of waders. The lighting was awful and the shimmer 
was bad but I did manage
to see a GREAT EGRET that Doug Daniels found earlier. There were also many 
CASPIAN TERNS, and a few 
HERRING GULLS. There were loads of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, GREAT BLUE 
HERONS, PIED BILLED
GREBES, quite a few COMMON GALLINULES, AMERICAN COOT and 5 RUDDY DUCKS 
including 3 gorgeous 
breeding males. 

Wildlife drive had some lingering waterfowl many RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 
REDHEADS and 1 CANVASBACK. 

Tschache Pool had 4 BLACK TERNS, loads of BUFFLEHEAD, several GADWALL, 
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCKS
and others. 

May's Point was quiet but did have 2 flyby BLACK TERNS. These birds flew over 
toward wildlife drive. Probably same
birds from Tschache pool?? 

East Road had 70+ NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 19 RUDDY DUCKS and 1 WILSON'S SNIPE among 
others. 

Some select photos  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157644500286716/

Dave Nicosia

P.S sorry for the double posting earlier today. there is a problem with my 
yahoo account as the messages
are getting blocked. They do show up on the aba website. Not sure if this is 
coming through on other's emails 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Grebe vs Bullhead

2014-05-06 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Good catch,  Dave! Wonder the little guy didn't sink!

Fritzie


On 5/6/2014 5:36 PM, Dave K wrote:
 Today at MNWR auto loop

 https://flic.kr/p/nvXS6w



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Belated post re probable Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

2014-05-06 Thread Dave Nutter
I understand that the level of contrast on the throat and face is more 
important than the shade of color of the underparts. Yellow-bellied 
Flycatcher's throat blends, but other Empids have a distinct throat even when 
they look yellowish below. That said, I'm no expert, but I'd love to see the 
photos and hear what others think of them as well.

This evening around 5:15 I saw an Empidonax which I believe was a Least along 
the Wilson Trail a short distance north of the Sherwood Platform, It was 
typical grayish-green above, pale grayish below, had a substantial but not 
overly-emphasized eye-ring, whitish double wing bars, and gave a quick whit 
call. I was looking up at it against the sky through branches, but my bird 
seems different from Chris'.

--Dave Nutter


 From: Chris R. Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu
 Date: May 06, 2014 7:16:35 PM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Belated post re probable Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
 
 At about 1230pm at the NW corner of the SSW pond, in a tree where I have seen 
 Least Flycatchers in the spring several times, I had what I assumed at first 
 was this year’s FOY (for me) of same (knowing others already have reported 
 one at SSW). However, from a rather close distance and with 10x binocs in 
 good light, what I actually saw had a quite yellow front side (throat, belly, 
 underside) and a yellow-olive back side and the eye ring was also yellowish. 
 It was definitely a smallish flycatcher; no vocalizations. I think therefore 
 that it was a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Sorry for not posting sooner but I 
 wanted to review images of Least to see if they tend to occasionally show 
 more yellow than the plain buff I am used to seeing. I can’t find any 
 evidence they do, but stand to be corrected.
 


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