[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Just now an Osprey flew overhead, was seen from yard where i was having my 
dinner.
There is also a dead Am. Robin flegdling in my yard, which i just saw. The 
reason for death is not known.
Meena

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[cayugabirds-l] Great Egret @ Thomas Rd Farm

[Jgerbracht]

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[cayugabirds-l] Baird's Sandpiper and More

[bob mcguire]

I had an errand to run up north today and so stopped at a couple of spots in 
the Montezuma Complex to check on shorebirds. 

The visitor's center pool (?) has been disced, and some of the troughs have 
begun to fill with the recent rains. I understand, however, that watering it 
has been delayed due to a plumbing problem. In any case, the only inhabitants I 
could see were a dozen Canada Geese.

Knox-Marcellus has been drawn down, exposing considerably more mud - and the 
number of shorebirds has increased several-fold over the past couple of weeks. 
I did not spend time counting or closely examining each bird. The bird that did 
stand out was a molting adult AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER.

I was told that the DEC has begun to draw down the south pond at the MAC, and I 
walked out to check. Shorebird habitat was about the best I've seen there, and 
there was a good variety of birds to observe. They were a lot closer than the 
birds at K-M as seen from East Road. Of particular interest were the first (for 
me this year) juvenile dowitchers. I counted 21 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 1 
LONG-BILLED, though there may have been more that were obscured by the cattails 
in front of me. It appeared that all of the dowitchers were juveniles. They all 
had fresh plumage with no evidence of body molt. The Short-billeds showed the 
classic barring on their tertials, and the lone Long-billed showed the tiger 
striping there.

Also of note was a single BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, a handful of WHITE-RUMPEDS, 4 
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, 80 Semipalmated and 13 Least Sandpipers.

Dave Nutter will be leading a dike walk at K-M this Sunday. There should be a 
lot to see!

Bob McGuire


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Re:[cayugabirds-l] OT: New York State Ornithological Association Annual meeting here in Ithaca!!

[Linda Orkin]

Correction. Please read "high energy" as "GOOD energy" after some concerned 
inquiries from leaders who don't want to be running while birding. 

Linda 

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On Aug 27, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Linda Orkin  wrote:

> 
> Come one, come all! The Cayuga Bird Club hosts the New York State 
> Ornithological Association’s annual meeting this year the weekend of 
> September 19 through September 21.  Registration is in full swing and we are 
> excited to have people coming from all around New York State to participate 
> in this.  We are especially hoping that many of our wonderful local birders 
> will also attend, so that not only our great birding spots but our wonderful 
> friendliness and local hospitality will be showcased for all to enjoy.
> 
> The Friday night reception will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of 
> Ornithology from 6-9 PM. We thank Melissa Walker for working along with us to 
> make this happen.  There will be “heavy” hors d’oeuvres provided by Cornell 
> Catering, along with a wine and beer cash bar.  Two presentations will be 
> offered:  All About Bird Biology given by Mya Thompson , the author of this  
> newly launched web resource, and a recently produced film called Inside the 
> Lab  (which is not currently available to the general public). Guests can 
> join either of two tours of the employee areas of the Lab. The innovative 
> sound ring, a wooden soundscape sculpture by Mya Lin, part of her “What is 
> missing?” series dealing with extinctions, will be turned on for all to hear 
> and experience.  And the wonderful new mural of bird silhouettes, a tribute 
> to Roger Tory Peterson and his first field guide, will captivate our visitors 
> who will have a check list to challenge their ID acumen. 
> 
> Bob McGuire has organized many wonderful field trips and you can select the 
> ones which may interest you.  These will be high energy walks to many of our 
> favorite hot spots. 
> 
> Saturday at the Ramada will see a series of interesting paper presentations 
> from 1:30 to 5, with topics ranging from The Hidden World of Bird Language to 
> Earlier Arrival Dates of Spring Migrants, to Piping Plover Recovery in NYS 
> and many more.  There will be posters on display, and of course, the NYSOA 
> delegates business meeting in the morning.  A silent auction will be ongoing 
> throughout the day. 
> 
> The banquet Saturday night at the Ramada will be buffet style, with a cash 
> cocktail reception preceding this.  Announcements of award winners will be 
> followed by our keynote speaker. We are very excited to be presenting Dr. 
> Bridget Stutchbury, who will talk about her groundbreaking research and whose 
> talk is titled Frequent Fliers: New Discoveries in Bird Migration.  For those 
> who may not know Dr. Stutchbury, you still have time to read her three great 
> books  written for general audiences: Silence of the Songbirds, Bird 
> Detective, and most recently, The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals 
> the Intricacies of Avian Social Life.
> 
> Doesn’t this sound like a must-attend weekend?  Don’t brush it off just 
> because you don’t have to travel long distances and stay in a hotel to 
> attend.  As a matter of fact, this is a wonderful reason for you to make sure 
> you are part of this.  Go to Cayugabirdclub.org to register and for more 
> information.  And please note,  if you are registering and choosing banquet 
> or reception, the deadline for this is Sept. 12.  
> 
> 
> 
> Contact me if you need more information.
> 
> 
> 
> Linda Orkin
> 
> Ithaca, NY
> 
> 
> 
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> If you permit 
> this evil, what is the good
> of the good of your life?
> 
> -Stanley Kunitz...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> this evil, what is the good
> of the good of your life?
> 
> -Stanley Kunitz...
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[cayugabirds-l] OT: New York State Ornithological Association Annual meeting here in Ithaca!!

[Linda Orkin]

Come one, come all! The Cayuga Bird Club hosts the New York State
Ornithological Association’s annual meeting this year the weekend of
September 19 through September 21.  Registration is in full swing and we
are excited to have people coming from all around New York State to
participate in this.  We are especially hoping that many of our wonderful
local birders will also attend, so that not only our great birding spots
but our wonderful friendliness and local hospitality will be showcased for
all to enjoy.

The Friday night reception will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of
Ornithology from 6-9 PM. We thank Melissa Walker for working along with us
to make this happen.  There will be “heavy” hors d’oeuvres provided by
Cornell Catering, along with a wine and beer cash bar.  Two presentations
will be offered:  *All About Bird Biology *given by Mya Thompson , the
author of this  newly launched web resource, and a recently produced film
called *Inside the Lab*  (which is not currently available to the general
public). Guests can join either of two tours of the employee areas of the
Lab. The innovative sound ring, a wooden soundscape sculpture by Mya Lin,
part of her “What is missing?” series dealing with extinctions, will be
turned on for all to hear and experience.  And the wonderful new mural of
bird silhouettes, a tribute to Roger Tory Peterson and his first field
guide, will captivate our visitors who will have a check list to challenge
their ID acumen.

Bob McGuire has organized many wonderful field trips and you can select the
ones which may interest you.  These will be high energy walks to many of
our favorite hot spots.

Saturday at the Ramada will see a series of interesting paper presentations
from 1:30 to 5, with topics ranging from *The Hidden World of Bird Language*
to *Earlier Arrival Dates of Spring Migrants*, to *Piping Plover Recovery*
in NYS and many more.  There will be posters on display, and of course, the
NYSOA delegates business meeting in the morning.  A silent auction will be
ongoing throughout the day.

The banquet Saturday night at the Ramada will be buffet style, with a cash
cocktail reception preceding this.  Announcements of award winners will be
followed by our keynote speaker. We are very excited to be presenting Dr.
Bridget Stutchbury, who will talk about her groundbreaking research and
whose talk is titled *Frequent Fliers: New Discoveries in Bird Migration*.  For
those who may not know Dr. Stutchbury, you still have time to read her
three great books  written for general audiences*: Silence of the
Songbirds, Bird Detective, and most recently, The Private Lives of Birds: A
Scientist Reveals the Intricacies of Avian Social Life.*

Doesn’t this sound like a must-attend weekend?  Don’t brush it off just
because you don’t have to travel long distances and stay in a hotel to
attend.  As a matter of fact, this is a wonderful reason for you to make
sure you are part of this.  Go to *Cayugabirdclub.org* to register and for
more information.  And please note,  if you are registering and choosing
banquet or reception, the deadline for this is Sept. 12.


Contact me if you need more information.


Linda Orkin

Ithaca, NY


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Great Egret

[Kim Haines-Eitzen]

I think I must have seen this same Great Egret—at our pond in Brooktondale—this 
morning at about 10am.   A beauty!
Kim

From: bounce-117792568-32451...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-117792568-32451...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Gerbracht
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:07 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Great Egret

This morning while driving along Boiceville Rd, I had a Great Egret fly over, 
heading down the valley in the direction of Ithaca.   Keep a look out.
Jeff

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[cayugabirds-l] Great Egret

[Jeff Gerbracht]

This morning while driving along Boiceville Rd, I had a Great Egret fly
over, heading down the valley in the direction of Ithaca.   Keep a look out.
Jeff

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