Re: [cayugabirds-l] barn swallows
Our barn swallows are gone this morning too and it seems very quiet. They had a very late fledge and a small group stayed behind the rest of them. Michele Interlaken -- www.thehaywardhouse.com www.bodyshopwellness.com -- On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: After nesting, Tree Swallows tend to join large roosts in wetlands. During the daytime, they leave the roost and disperse (often large distances) to feeding areas, which is why we still may see them over our fields in the summer, post-breeding. Then in the evening they all head toward the roost again. These roosts are often out of our sight and may move location often, but occasionally they are visible as one was at Montezuma NWR back in late July: These photos are from July 25 this year: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tree-Swallow/GYOpvGGFa3n8/IZRcNxn0V7qs/CJGA3u3.D1t8 http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Tree-Swallow/GYOpvGGFa3n8/I2zBp95hsqyw/CJGA3u3.D1t8 Tree Swallow roosts can become enormous as more and more birds join (including multiple species of swallows and martins usually) as the summer/fall progresses. Eventually (even as late as October) they move south. 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 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-117801628-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-117801628-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Anne Clark [anneb.cl...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:38 AM To: Tobias Dean Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] barn swallows I see hundreds of tree swallows, mixed with barn swallows, over mown fields during August. On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Tobias Dean wrote: Our barn swallows left yesterday, some may have left a few days earlier but there was a core group that waited until sometime during the day to depart. I had counted 3 individuals in the spring, there may have been more that straggled in. A couple of weeks ago I counted around 40 individuals, though that may be under the actual group that breeds in our out buildings. It is always a sad day not to see them in the morning, though that is the annual cycle. Godspeed to them over the Gulf of Mexico, and many thanks for keeping our yard relatively bug free. I was curious about their cousins, the tree swallows. They arrived before the barn swallows, took up nest boxes away from the buildings and hunted along with the barnies. At some point in the summer they disappeared, and I noticed a few individuals in the last few days near the barn swallows. Where did the tree swallows go for the summer? Toby Dean, North Danby -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Monarch caterpillar rescue opportunity?
Hi, Suan and Candace- We went down there this morning and hunted thoroughly for the caterpillar, but couldn't find it. There were quite a few milkweed plants, so I hope if we somehow missed it, that it will find its way to one of them. I'm hoping that someone else rescued it. Betsy On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Candace Cornell cec...@gmail.com wrote: I can not make it downtown tomorrow. If someone is willing to bring the caterpillar out to Salt Point, Lansing, the point is now registered Monarch Way Station #8782 (www.MonarchWatch.org http://www.monarchwatch.org/) and has a field of milkweed and other butterfly attracting plants. The best place to place the caterpillar is in the milkweed field behind the Monarch Waystation sigh. It is across the path from the dog litter station at second entrance on the north side of the point (not the entrance next to the RR tracks). I've been very concerned about the Monarchs this year. I have seen very few Monarch caterpillars or adults around Tompkins or Cayuga County this summer and I've been checking milkweed stands as I survey osprey nests. Helping this little fellow may seem trite, but it will make a big difference to its progeny. If some one does this kind deed, please let me know. Many thanks, Candace Friends of Salt Point Many thanks to whomever can rescue the caterpillar. Every Monarch is important! Candace On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Suan Hsi Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote: This morning I found a small monarch caterpillar in an unlikely spot downtown, and my untrained instinct tells me it's unlikely to survive to adulthood at this location, so if anyone is up for it, I think it would be a good idea/opportunity for someone to effect some level of rescue, anything from moving it to a bigger patch of milkweeds to trying to raise it at home (or better yet, in an educational setting somewhere). It is located on Seneca Street next to the bridge over the inlet, in front of the Finger Lakes Electric Supply Company, here: 42.440079, -76.511573 There is a very small bed of mulch with some decorative plants and two very small stray milkweeds (half a foot tall, about a dozen smallish leaves), and the still very small caterpillar (less than an inch in length) was in the easternmost of the two milkweeds. Here's a photo of the would-be adoptee: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204734943071423l=0218fab00e IMO the two milkweeds (not _that_ close to each other) will not provide enough nourishment, and are likely to be pulled anyways by anyone tending that bed (I assume they're considered weeds by gardeners). Thus, I would recommend that anyone effecting the rescue just pull out the entire plant. Feel free to let me know (offlist, if you want) if you adopt it, need more info, or think this message was a good/bad idea. Thanks. Suan -- *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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill cranes
9 Sandhills SE plowed field Armitage @ route 89 Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Male Harrier-Stevenson Rd
at about 8 AM, a beautiful female Harrier was working the field along Stevenson Rd at Dodge Rd, working N and NE across the field E of the Compost Facility driveway. Anne Clark -- 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] Monarch caterpillar relocated to Salt Point
The Monarch caterpillar that Suan found yesterday downtown has been transported to the Salt Point natural area in Lansing and placed deep within a milkweed patch. Sue Ruoff, one of the Friends of Salt Point and the person responsible for creating the butterfly attracting meadows and securing Salt Point's Monarch Waystation (*http://www.monarchwatch.org/ http://www.monarchwatch.org/*), used Suan's directions to locate the creature and it's now been introduced it to it's new home. FYI: Monarch Waystation #8782 is at Salt Point, Lansing. This is a registered Waystation with Monarch Watch, a group dedicated to the conserving Monarch populations. I wrote about it in my last *On Osprey Time* (*http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time*) blog installment, Blog #48, which will be posted shortly. Thank you Suan for bringing this to our attention and to Betsy, Sue, and all others that attempted to help the caterpillar. Candace [image: Inline image 1] -- 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] Monarch caterpillar relocated to Salt Point
So very good to hear! A friend of mine raised three Monarch caterpillars that she found in her garden. She just released them as beautiful adults. I see one or two Monarchs daily in my yard. I haven't found any caterpillar yet. I do plant native plants to try and help. I have lots of common milkweed in my yard and have planted many swamp milkweed plants to attract Monarchs. Each new Monarch is important in view of their decline. I hope the one you found makes it to adulthood and the next step in its journey. Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Candace Cornell cec...@gmail.com wrote: The Monarch caterpillar that Suan found yesterday downtown has been transported to the Salt Point natural area in Lansing and placed deep within a milkweed patch. Sue Ruoff, one of the Friends of Salt Point and the person responsible for creating the butterfly attracting meadows and securing Salt Point's Monarch Waystation (http://www.monarchwatch.org/), used Suan's directions to locate the creature and it's now been introduced it to it's new home. FYI: Monarch Waystation #8782 is at Salt Point, Lansing. This is a registered Waystation with Monarch Watch, a group dedicated to the conserving Monarch populations. I wrote about it in my last On Osprey Time (http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time) blog installment, Blog #48, which will be posted shortly. Thank you Suan for bringing this to our attention and to Betsy, Sue, and all others that attempted to help the caterpillar. Candace quote.png -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Monarch caterpillar relocated to Salt Point
You guys rock! Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 450 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Carol Keeler carolk...@adelphia.net wrote: So very good to hear! A friend of mine raised three Monarch caterpillars that she found in her garden. She just released them as beautiful adults. I see one or two Monarchs daily in my yard. I haven't found any caterpillar yet. I do plant native plants to try and help. I have lots of common milkweed in my yard and have planted many swamp milkweed plants to attract Monarchs. Each new Monarch is important in view of their decline. I hope the one you found makes it to adulthood and the next step in its journey. Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Candace Cornell cec...@gmail.com wrote: The Monarch caterpillar that Suan found yesterday downtown has been transported to the Salt Point natural area in Lansing and placed deep within a milkweed patch. Sue Ruoff, one of the Friends of Salt Point and the person responsible for creating the butterfly attracting meadows and securing Salt Point's Monarch Waystation (http://www.monarchwatch.org/), used Suan's directions to locate the creature and it's now been introduced it to it's new home. FYI: Monarch Waystation #8782 is at Salt Point, Lansing. This is a registered Waystation with Monarch Watch, a group dedicated to the conserving Monarch populations. I wrote about it in my last On Osprey Time (http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time) blog installment, Blog #48, which will be posted shortly. Thank you Suan for bringing this to our attention and to Betsy, Sue, and all others that attempted to help the caterpillar. Candace quote.png -- 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: 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] orioles
I just put out the jelly feeder and there were 3 beautiful male Orioles at the feeder! I've had 2 Orioles regularly, but never three. They had a conflict with the House Sparrows, as usual. One Oriole ended up hanging upside down on the perch. I think each Oriole got to eat. The problem with the feeder now, is that it often gets mobbed with bees. I think the Orioles come early, before the bees (and hornets). Is there any solution for getting rid of the bees? I had read that if you moved the feeder a few feet, the bees weren't smart enough to find . Not so. They found it right away. It only confused the Orioles. I solved the bee problem of bees on the Hummingbird feeders by getting bee proof ones, which do work. No solution for the Oriole feeder though. My female Hummingbird has been hovering in front of the large sunroom window, seemingly watching me. She's done it so often, I'm beginning to wonder if she is checking me out. It might be a curious young one since her breast is very white. The feeders are full, so she's not asking for more food. 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] Monarch caterpillar relocated to Salt Point
Hurray! Ever since not finding it this morning, I've been wondering if someone else did. Whew! I have seen just one - or perhaps two - adults this entire summer! :-( Betsy On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Candace Cornell cec...@gmail.com wrote: The Monarch caterpillar that Suan found yesterday downtown has been transported to the Salt Point natural area in Lansing and placed deep within a milkweed patch. Sue Ruoff, one of the Friends of Salt Point and the person responsible for creating the butterfly attracting meadows and securing Salt Point's Monarch Waystation (*http://www.monarchwatch.org/ http://www.monarchwatch.org/*), used Suan's directions to locate the creature and it's now been introduced it to it's new home. FYI: Monarch Waystation #8782 is at Salt Point, Lansing. This is a registered Waystation with Monarch Watch, a group dedicated to the conserving Monarch populations. I wrote about it in my last *On Osprey Time* (*http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time*) blog installment, Blog #48, which will be posted shortly. Thank you Suan for bringing this to our attention and to Betsy, Sue, and all others that attempted to help the caterpillar. Candace [image: Inline image 1] -- *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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Knox-Marcellus Marsh and the Montezuma Audubon Center Ponds Sat 8/30/14
Went to K-M marsh this morning on Towpath Road (its really bad by the way). I got there around 830 am and parked close to the dike and almost immediately I got on the 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS found by Dave Wheeler the night before. I was soon joined by fellow birders Bob McGuire and Dave Nutter and eventually Gary Kohlenberg. As Bob stated from a couple days ago, the shorebird habitat here is growing with plenty of mudflats now and many many shorebirds. Besides the HUDSONIAN GODWITS, we found 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and got great looks. These birds were so much buffier and sleaker with a more tapered look and the primary projection just past the tail. They also had scaly scapulars. We also found at least 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANPIPERS. In addition, there was one BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER in worn adult plumage and many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and several KILLDEER. Peeps were abundant with most of them being SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. There were also a fair amount of LEAST SANDPIPERS and several PECTORAL SANDPIPERS here and there. Bob also found a SANDERLING of which I think each of us refound at one point. There could be two of them but we were not sure if it was the same bird. There were also many LESSER YELLOWLEGS and much fewer GREATER YELLOWLEGS. We also had about a dozen or so DOWITCHER sp. They were too distant for us to make a call on species. Some other birds seen here were CASPIAN TERNS, RING-BILLED GULLS, a couple HERRING GULLS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 3 PINTAIL,5 NORTHERN SHOVELORS and MALLARDS. Waders were the typical numerous GREAT-BLUE HERONS and many GREAT EGRETS. The Montezuma Audubon Center has a quite a bit of shorebirds much closer than what was seen at K-M marsh. There were many dowitchers. There was at least 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and around 35 or so SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. In addition, there was one STILT SANDPIPER.The peeps were both SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and LEAST SANDPIPERS. There were also KILLDEER and several SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. It was great day of shorebirds and I thank Dave, Bob and Gary for making the day even more fun and enjoyable. Dave -- 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] Montezuma Philly Vireo more
Found a Philadelphia Vireo on the South Spring Trail (across from the platform/bench). Also had a few Common Yellowthroats, Belted Kingfishers, Cedar Waxwings. Along the drive, had a Green Heron Virginia Rail across from LaRue’s Lagoon, lots of juvenile Eagles, Great Egrets, G L Yellowlegs, assorted ducks (wood, mallard, am wigeon, g-w teal, n. pintail) a few Pectoral Sandpipers. Knox-Marsellus had a lot of sandpipers, assorted ducks, 2 Sandhill Cranes, 2 N. Harriers, a Peregrine Falcon. The Hudsonian Godwits were seen just before I arrived. Some photos available on Eaton Birding Society facebook page. 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/ --
