[cayugabirds-l] Brown creeper
A BROWN CREEPER has been at my suet feeders for the past several days (Pleasant Valley Rd. in Groton). Marla Marla L. Coppolino Groton, New York USA http://marlacoppolino.com http://www.thesnailwrangler.com/ http://kibibiacres.com -- 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] Further
...and a (presumably) M Goldfinch sporting a 'necklace' of yellow feathers. -- 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/ --
Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Flicker
Interesting about the Ovid Flicker! We have had a gorgeous M Flicker for the past three weeks, intermittently, and I believe it's the first one who has graced our Trumansburg yard with his presence. -- Forwarded message -- From: t...@zoom-dsl.com Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 11:03 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Flicker To: Cayuga Birding List Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu YS Flicker on our suet in Ovid. Only other winter flicker we have seen in 20+ yrs here was a sad pile of feathers under a cedar tree found in February 2012. Also have now been able to see both 2 male and 2 female redpolls simultaneously, so definitely have at least 4, am guessing between 4-8 total, but really hard to count among the shifting flock of finches juncos. Nothing like the numbers of 2 yrs ago, regardless, and still no siskins. Alicia --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Flicker
YS Flicker on our suet in Ovid. Only other winter flicker we have seen in 20+ yrs here was a sad pile of feathers under a cedar tree found in February 2012. Also have now been able to see both 2 male and 2 female redpolls simultaneously, so definitely have at least 4, am guessing between 4-8 total, but really hard to count among the shifting flock of finches juncos. Nothing like the numbers of 2 yrs ago, regardless, and still no siskins. Alicia --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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] redpoll
Good morning. We have one REDPOLL at our feeder (so far) among the many Goldfinches. I hope there are more to come! Laura Hunt Hill Rd., east of Ithaca (town of Dryden) Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Snowy owl
Off Route 96a, in field across from Larsen Rd. South of Geneva approx 2-3 miles. David Diaz Tburg, 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Rough-legged hawks
Two light morphs in over field across from Ventossa Winery. 96a just south of geneva. Red-tailed on Ventossa side of road. David Diaz Tburg, 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Crows Mallards
Britt Rd, off Blackrock rd. , north of Ledyard Rd. corn stubble field full of many A CROWS MALLARDS. 100s. Flying Hanging out together. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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] Lapland Longspur/ Pheasant
LAPLAND LONGSPUR continues NW of Dixon Ledyard Rds. West of NY Rt 34B. Was difficult to locate among the many HORNED LARKS lesser #s of SNOW BUNTINGS. I finally saw it: it came onto road w a few H LARKS I got a great look in scope for about 2 minutes, then they flew into the field again. Also, RING NECKED PHEASANT male digging in snow in wheat stubble on Dixon Rd north of Ledyard Rd. near abandoned large old house way back from road. This is 2nd Pheasant i have seen in this area the other (female) was also near an abandoned house, on Rafferty Rd. Houses both w windows gone. Wonder if they go inside for shelter? They are probably pheasants that have been released for hunting Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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] Lapland Longspur/ Pheasant
Re the pheasant sighting... DEC only releases male pheasants in that part of the state as natural reproduction of pheasants does occur here. Hence, females are not legal game around central New York. So, theoretically at least, any female in Cayuga County should be a naturally hatched bird. Of course, individual who train dogs or who operate licensed shooting preserves could release hen pheasants. Pheasants were really common on our farm in southcentral PA when I was growing up. I love to see them. Jody Jody W. Enck, PhD Program Development and Evaluation Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2471 From: Donna Scottmailto:dls...@me.com Sent: ?Saturday?, ?January? ?31?, ?2015 ?2?:?45? ?PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-Lmailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Also, RING NECKED PHEASANT male digging in snow in wheat stubble on Dixon Rd north of Ledyard Rd. near abandoned large old house way back from road. This is 2nd Pheasant i have seen in this area the other (female) was also near an abandoned house, on Rafferty Rd. Houses both w windows gone. Wonder if they go inside for shelter? They are probably pheasants that have been released for hunting Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cardinal and Coopers Hawk
I was shoveling snow at the end of my driveway when I heard something behind me about two feet away and a branch shake. So I looked back to hear a cardinal click and from corner of my eye I caught Coppers Hawk fly away. I thought the cardinal was saved. Just in five minutes I finished my drive and came back to garage door, there on the snow and cleared drive a female cardinal feathers all over. So actually Coopers Hawk took cardinal from back of my neck! Amazing how silently he came. Meena Ithaca -- 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] Snow Buntings Horned Larks
A mixed flock of 200-300 snow buntings and horned larks was on Munson Road across from Countryside Market in Ovid at 2:00 and still at 3:30. Had no time to stop and check for longspurs or other more sought after birds. They were covering strips of bare ground where the snow had been blown away, many quite close to the road, and did not fly away as traffic went by. Alicia --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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] spy camera on goshawk-new article
Given the Goshawk sightings and interest, I thought some might be interested in this news writeup on a new article on how goshawks hunt their prey. I have pasted it in and removed hot links, but am happy to send article to any individuals who wish to see the full deal in the journal. Anne doi: 10.1242/jeb.118539 January 15, 2015 J Exp Biol 218, 161. Goshawk hunt and prey-evasion strategies revealed Kathryn Knight Stealth is the goshawk's greatest asset. Plummeting out of the air, the raptors fix their gaze on the oblivious victim below. Intrigued by the birds' attack tactics, Suzanne Amador Kane from Haverford College, USA, decided to find out more about the factors that guide a goshawk during its approach and in the final instants before a strike. However Kane knew that she could only begin to understand the hunters' strategy from a bird's-eye perspective, and to do that she would have to team up with an experienced falconer . Taking advantage of academic contacts, Kane linked up with Robert Musters – a falconer from The Netherlands who works regularly with biomechanics to study bird flight – and his 2.5-year-old goshawk, Shinta. ‘Robert is an inventor and engineer and he designed the helmet that Shinta wore,’ says Kane, who supplied Musters with the tiny spy camera that was mounted on the bird's head. However, once Shinta was released into the wild Musters had no control over where she flew or what she filmed, ‘She would film whatever she encountered’, chuckles Kane. After sifting through several hours of hunting footage, Kane found 16 short pursuits to investigate with undergraduate researchers Andrew Fulton and Lee Rosenthal. Manually analysing the motion of background objects in the bird's vision and the position of the target during her approach, Kane was able to extract information about Shinta's trajectory in the majority of attacks and the evasive action taken by the rabbit or pheasant that was in her sights. Explaining that goshawks usually spy out their victims from a vantage point before launching an attack, Kane describes how Shinta first made a beeline towards her prey by holding the victim in the centre of motion of her gaze to minimise the time to impact and optimise the surprise factor. Then, once the target had been startled and was running for its life, the goshawk switched to a pursuit strategy where she held the prey at a constant angle in her vision as she closed in. Kane explains that this allows the predator to intercept its victim in the fastest time while also masking the attacker's approach from the victim's perspective. However, once she was within striking range Shinta switched strategy again, flying parallel to the fleeing animal, which gave her time to decide when to strike. And when Kane compared Shinta's tactics with those of goshawks filmed by British falconers David and Adam Burns from the ground, she often saw the same pattern of behaviour as she had seen previously when the goshawks closed in for the kill. However, Kane adds that although she would expect goshawks to use this strategy in the majority of cases, she says, ‘you would expect them to use different strategies in certain circumstances’. Having identified the key components of the goshawk attack, Kane says, ‘One of the other things we wanted to study was how the prey try to evade capture’. Analysing the escape trajectories of the rabbits and pheasants that successfully eluded capture, Kane, Fulton and Rosenthal realised that the survivors made a sharp sideways turn away from the predator. ‘In our videos you could see that only the sideways motion was effective at breaking the visual fix’, says Kane. Adding that there is no way that a rabbit or pheasant could usually out run or out manoeuvre super agile goshawks, Kane suggests, ‘Maybe what they are trying to do is counter the sensory abilities of the predator. They are trying to take advantage of the way the predator does its visual guidance to escape’. © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd Research Article: Suzanne Amador Kane, Andrew H. Fulton and Lee J. Rosenthal When hawks attack: animal-borne video studies of goshawk pursuit and prey-evasion strategies J Exp Biol 2015 218:212-222. ; doi:10.1242/jeb.108597 Anne B. Clark, Ph.D. Biological Sciences Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 13902 1-607-777-6228, Fax -777-6521 C. 607-222-0905 Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you--Wendell Berry. -- 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/ --
