Re:[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-billed Cuckoo again
Again this morning there's a bird around my place in West Danby giving slow hollow calls Kowp... ...Kowp... ...Kowp Patricia asked me which cuckoo it was, and I said I would call it Yellow-billed. Having declared, I had to make an effort to confirm. This time I was able to get very nice views of it as it moved around in a willow tree plucking caterpillars, and it is indeed a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. -Geo -- 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] Monk Parakeets?
Does anyone know if they ever came back to Hector? Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 460 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org 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] Treman Marina Ospreys Caspian Terns
A Caspian Tern was fishing by my cayuga L beach in Lansing on Monday. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:27 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Late this evening, for the first time in weeks, I biked to the lakeshore at Treman State Marine Park. The OSPREY family there is doing well: one adult (presumably the male) perched on the bowsprit, the other (presumably the female) stood in the nest feeding 3 large and scruffy youngsters who are getting their feathers but don't wear them well yet. I scoped the red lighthouse and breakwater and counted 24 CASPIAN TERNS, apparently all adults, and including a few I could see fishing. This seems like a lot to me so early in the season, but it didn't impress eBird, so maybe it's just that I haven't been keeping up. I assume these are unsuccessful parents, and those who raised young will join them later. --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 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 bluebird photos
I've posted more photos of the bluebird from 9 May. At the moment they are at the top of the photostream and I have grouped them in a folder of their own. Photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/ Taxonomic Groups: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/ Bluebird: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/72157645468229712/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Owl seduction
John has great advice. You want to avoid metal, which will heat up and potentially kill or harm anything inside. Best practices would also be to avoid painting, staining or treating the wood with preservatives or creosote. Milk cartons are also best avoided. NestWatch has a lot of useful information on providing nest boxes and monitoring nests. Below is a direct link to the nest box plans, but you may want to explore other parts of the site too. http://nestwatch.org/learn/nest-box-resource-center/nest-box-construction-plans/ Best, Chris Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:31 AM, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu wrote: HI Folks, I have no information about using metal boxes as potential nest boxes. Owls probably can't be too picky about the shape of their nest box because natural cavities come in a variety of shapes. But I do have a concern. I wonder if metal boxes wouldn't get too hot if they get direct sun. I wonder if they would lack insulation and get too cold when the temperature drops. I don't think owls carry much nesting material, if any at al, and sitting on a piece of metal could be really near lethal in cold weather and really hard on eggs. Maybe you could line the box with plywood? Anyone else have nesting experiences for birds in metal containers? I put up one of Brad Prentise's owl boxes and had an owl use it for a winter roost, once in about 15 years. I know other's have had an occasional owl and Hooded Merganser use Brad's boxes. It is fun to put them up and hope. Good luck, John Confer I think this is entirely appropriate for the list serve. On 6/29/2014 5:57 PM, Robin Cisne wrote: I hope you'll excuse this being somewhat off-topic, but I could use some sage counsel. I have an old mailbox that I was thinking I could nail up in a tree in hopes an owl would roost in it. Am I deluding myself? If this is a realistic possibility, are there things I could do to make it more attractive? I put up a bat house a couple of years ago and am disappointed that it remains unused. Thanks for your help, Robin -- ** *I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert * P.B. Shelley -- *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 http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- *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 http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
