[cayugabirds-l] Parakeets and stuff

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Hi all,
Ann Mitchell and I went to Hector hoping to see the MONK PARAKEETS 
taking up residence in the vineyards. I also wanted to walk in the Finger Lakes 
National Forest, one of my favorite spots. 
It wasn't hard to find the Parakeets, using LeeAnn's directions, and 
the fact that they are big green and blue noisy exotic birds in a shed at a 
vineyard. To say they look the unlikely visitors would be understatement. Their 
loud calling and powerful flight is fun to watch and I was impressed with the 
size and length of stick that could be flown with. We were able to easily 
digiscope and get some movie footage. I really like these birds and they are 
much more approachable than the ones in Rochester. We will see how they like a 
good Fingerlakes winter ! They are surprisingly hardy I guess, but birds in 
this family just look out of place to me here. 
After the visit with our green friends we headed back up Searsburg Rd. 
to the FLNF. Along the way we spotted a RUFFED GROUSE by the road edge. I 
always take advantage of any sighting of these guys so I swung the car around 
so we were looking through the windshield. She was standing stark still until 
the traffic cleared then very slowly started walking across the road. Her 
walking looked exaggerated with too much head bobbing, fascinating, but weird. 
When she was halfway across the little chicks started marching out of the 
roadside grass in line formation. Soon there were 7 chicks and the mother in a 
line across the road. Just when I was fearing this was way to slow a process 
for safety the first chick picked up and flew across then on down the line it 
went until there was only one chick left. A few protracted seconds later he 
found the courage to fly and all were safely to the other side. 
The Interloken trail waited for us and was its usual birdie self. Among 
the many wonderful breeders, VEERY, HERMIT/WOOD THRUSH, OVENBIRD, TANAGER, 
GROSBEAK, HOODED and CANADA WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN, REDSTARTS, RAVENS, 
BLUE-HEADED / RED-EYED VIREOS, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and more. Our most exciting 
visual treat was getting great looks at a BLUE-HEADED VIREO catching an insect 
then flying back to a nest right next to the trail. I've never seen one of 
these nests. It's a small cup nest with hanging tendrils of some tiny leafed 
vegetation that gave it a wonderful delicate basket appearance. 
It was a fun day of birding and another reminder of all the terrific 
public land we can enjoy with only a short drive. 

Happy birding,

Gary 
 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuta Gulf

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi Bob and all,
Recently, I have been going to this location a lot. This also a wonderful place 
for seeing gems of dragonflies and damselflies. Well I am missing this weekend, 
though I saw Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia for the first time in 
its native habitat. But Japan is very low in birds in summer.
I think they use too much of pesticides!
Meena

bob mcguire  wrote:


Thanks to Geo's "heads up", I spent a delightful morning along the FLLT in 
Cayuta Gulf. First of all, the geology is fascinating - the way the Little Lake 
(Cayuta Lake) outlet has cut through between Oak & Connecticut Hills. This 
morning the trail was lush and sun-dappled. And the birds were still singing! 
Several Acadian Flycatchers, two pairs of Louisiana Waterthrushes, a Canada 
Warbler, multiple Veerys, Scarlet Tanagers, Juncoes, Least Flycatchers, 
Yellow-throated Vireos, and even a family of newly-minted Wood Ducks. Best of 
all, no mosquitoes.

Bob McGuire


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[cayugabirds-l] Hooded Warbler in SW Ithaca, Sun 6/22

[Mark Chao]

On Sunday at about noon, I heard a HOODED WARBLER loudly and persistently
singing a typical song from the wooded slope behind the school-bus depot
along Bostwick Road in Ithaca.  

 

Mark Chao



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuta Gulf

[Geo Kloppel]

Bob's right, the end-Pleistocene origin of the Cayuta Gulf / Hendershot Gulf 
complex is fascinating. As far as I know, the source account remains "The 
Finger Lakes Region: Its Origin and Nature" by Cornell geology professor O D 
Von Engeln. For those who might want a teaser intro from a different angle, try 
this:

http://csip.cornell.edu/Curriculum_Resources/CEIRP/Gorges.pdf

-Geo
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuta Gulf

[bob mcguire]

Thanks to Geo's "heads up", I spent a delightful morning along the FLLT in 
Cayuta Gulf. First of all, the geology is fascinating - the way the Little Lake 
(Cayuta Lake) outlet has cut through between Oak & Connecticut Hills. This 
morning the trail was lush and sun-dappled. And the birds were still singing! 
Several Acadian Flycatchers, two pairs of Louisiana Waterthrushes, a Canada 
Warbler, multiple Veerys, Scarlet Tanagers, Juncoes, Least Flycatchers, 
Yellow-throated Vireos, and even a family of newly-minted Wood Ducks. Best of 
all, no mosquitoes.

Bob McGuire


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] sound help?

[Therese O'Connor]

Definitely Veery.  Thanks.
Therese


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Jgerbracht  wrote:

> Did it sound like it was spiraling down.  Could be a Veery?
>Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 21, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Bill Evans 
> wrote:
> >
> > Northern Waterthrush?
> >
> > From: Therese O'Connor=20
> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 9:13 PM
> > To: cayuga bird email list=20
> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] sound help?
> >
> > Tonight between 8:35 to 8:55 PM a bird was singing loudly in SSW which
> is p=
> > ractically my back yard.  It sounded like a cross between a Wood Thrush
> and=
> > a Whip-poor- Will.  It was a deep, flute-like s
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] sound help?

[Therese O'Connor]

Definitely  Veery.  Thanks for the suggestion.


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote:

> I lived on Hanshaw near Sapsucker for 28 years and just moved to Lansing
> in January. Sapsucker Woods (the part owned by Lucente) was behind our
> house and I routinely heard Whip-poor-wills around 9 pm until the houses on
> Sanctuary Drive were built. After that the Whip-poor- Will. were silent.
> Maybe they are coming back?
> Candace
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Therese O'Connor 
> wrote:
>
>> Tonight between 8:35 to 8:55 PM a bird was singing loudly in SSW which is
>> practically my back yard.  It sounded like a cross between a Wood Thrush
>> and a Whip-poor- Will.  It was a deep, flute-like sound, repeating in
>> descending 7-8 notes, with a resonance that was really loud.   Could anyone
>> venture a guess as to what it might be?  It was near, flew far and called,
>> came closer and called--always the same song.
>> Therese
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