[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Titmouse singing

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

?A Tufted Titmouse was singing in my backyard about half an hour ago. He 
sounded very cheery to me!

Meena


Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
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Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

In addition to the great list of birds off Myers Point, among the nice 
diversity of other waterfowl, I picked out a hybrid male RING-NECKED DUCK X 
SCAUP in the small open water hole off Lagoda Point-- sharply demarcated gray 
back and clean white sides, with the curved demarcation dipping lower on the 
front end. Looked like one of the two birds Marshall picked out earlier this 
winter at Hog Hole. No Tufted Duck visible. 

Ken

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> On Mar 1, 2015, at 10:26 AM, "Birding"  wrote:
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> 2 Surf Scoter 
> 4 White-winged Scoter
> 1 Red-necked Grebe
> 1 Horned Grebe
> Viewed from flagpole
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[cayugabirds-l] Snow buntings

[Carl Steckler]

hundreds of Snow Buntings Davis Rd Lansing 600 block by large dairy farm

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Ulysses Bald Eagle nest

[Sarah Gould]

I live on Maplewood Rd and we look up at the nest tree each morning as we are 
driving by on our way to work.  For the past month there has been an adult in 
the tree near the nest at least two out of five weekday mornings.

Sarah

From: bounce-118876433-14823...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118876433-14823...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2015 9:18 AM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ulysses Bald Eagle nest

Several people have mentioned Bald Eagles in the vicinity of the Ithaca Yacht 
Club along the west shore of Cayuga Lake in the Tompkins County town of 
Ulysses. Last Thursday Ann Mitchell & verified that the nest, which can be 
scoped from Maplewood Rd, is again occupied by an adult BALD EAGLE either 
incubating or brooding. Its wingtips extended above the rim of the mostly 
obscured nest, and the white of its crown, when seen at high power, was clearly 
composed of fluffy feathers and was not a random blob of snow.

--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] REDPOLLS

[Ellen D. Haith]

Five F and one stunning M right now, Trumansburg village.
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[cayugabirds-l] Myers

[Birding]

2 Surf Scoter 
4 White-winged Scoter
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Horned Grebe
Viewed from flagpole

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Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Around Icy Cayuga Lake Today Feb 28 2015

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

 Meant to send this correction to the List.

Ken

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Begin forwarded message:

From: "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" mailto:k...@cornell.edu>>
Date: March 1, 2015 at 8:32:48 AM EST
To: Dave Nutter mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Around Icy Cayuga Lake Today Feb 28 2015

Sorry, that last, potentially confusing, line of my post last night referring 
to Seneca Landfill should have read:  "Lots of falcon bait, but no takers."

Love that auto-correct.

KEN


Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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On Mar 1, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Dave Nutter 
mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> wrote:

Ken,
What did this passage mean?
"Lots of falcon. Sit but no takers. "

--Dave Nutter

On Feb 28, 2015, at 10:38 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" 
mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

It was indeed a beautiful winter day to be out birding. I spent from about 8:30 
 till 3 pm driving around the Canoga Springs area, scanning from many spots and 
running into lots of other birders, who as far as I know all came up Gyr-less. 
Besides the aforementioned SNOWY OWL and SHRIKE, I had a single flyover LAPLAND 
LONGSPUR along Canoga Rd, and then found a large manure spread on 96 north of 
Yellow Tavern Rd with hundreds of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS- my Longspur 
was likely among them but I couldn't find any.

I also spent about an hour scanning the Seneca Landfill from 414 and North Rd, 
and although no gulls seemed to be on the landfill, there were at times 
hundreds of gulls on the air against the deep blue sky- I picked out an 
immaculate white 2nd cycle GLAUCOUS GULL and at least 3 ICELAND GULLS. Lots of 
falcon. Sit but no takers.

Early in the morning the lake looked almost completely frozen over from the 
west side, with a thin glaze of new ice and steam rising even off Deans Cove 
and the Varick shoreline. By mid afternoon many of these areas had opened up.

I hope the Tufted Duck is as easy tomorrow.

Ken

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[cayugabirds-l] Finder is the looser and stealer is the winner: Birding on seneca river Baldwinsville and Syracuse aiport

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

​Hi all,

Yesterday I ventured into our neighboring areas for some birding.


As we were entering Destiny Mall's parking lot a few crows were in hot pursuit 
of a Cooper's Hawk. I dropped of my colleagues for  shopping spree at the mall. 
Ngampit and I headed to Baldwinsville via NH 690. As we joined 690 there was as 
adult Bald Eagle, which flew across parallel to our car for some distance 
giving beautiful view of itself while it did so.  As we left 690 to join Van 
Buren Road another adult Bald Eagle flew across the road.


We arrived at Red Mill Inn parking lot. We watched birds from the sidewalk on 
the bridge. The upper side of the dam was frozen, Below the dam there were 
about  two dozen of Red- Breasted Mergansers and three dozens Common mergansers 
and  three Hooded mergansers that slept in a depression of ice, which looked 
like a cove. While we were watching these birds one of the female Common 
merganser caught a fish and immediately it was pursued by two other females and 
they ran over the water zigzagging at various points and in between one more 
would join to try to snatch the fish form the finder's beak but the finder kept 
dodging. This went on for a few minutes when the gulls decided to give a try 
too. One of the young gulls was more successful. It snatched the fish from the  
merganser and ate it in one gulp while air borne! The finder sat stupidly on 
the water looking at the gull and other chasers were also equally dismayed.


Then we crossed across the road to the other side of the bridge, where there 
was another sidewalk!  This side river was more open and hundreds of waterfowls 
on the river. Most of the Canada Geese were sleeping among what to me looked 
like bracket fungi made of ice and to my friend they looked like Jellyfish with 
moving gills, which I later agreed to her description as they really were like 
transparent jellyfish. So it suggests that brain compares things to what you 
frequently encounter. For me I rarely encounter jelly fish, while she has spent 
more time on the beaches so to her they looked like Jellyfish.


We spent an hour and half here sifting through the ducks and photographing and 
taking some videos too. Only problem was you looked down upon them:-)


There were several Redheads, a few Greater Scaups, scores of more mergansers 
and  Canadas. We spent time enjoying the assorted waterfowls. At one point for 
a short time, may be a few seconds all three male mergansers were in one camera 
view, I took a shot in hurry but unfortunately was not sharply focused.  We 
watched the merganser do variety of things like preen, look for fish with their 
head and eyes inside water, chase each other etc.


Another Common Merganser female caught another fish. This time chase was much 
longer and went crisscrossing the river and at one point it climbed on to the 
shore to eat peacefully but was chased off by a Canada Goose after doing 
several crisscrosses the fish was nabbed by another merganser, which was 
unnoticed by the chasers as they were still thinking that the finder had in its 
mouth and they were continuing the chase.  several gulls also tried to steal it 
but were unsuccessful.


So this made me think why they cant eat the fish as soon as they catch it. I 
think because they catch the fish along the length of the body, while to feed 
on it, it needs go head on first so they want to arrange the fish in proper 
manner to gulp on it.  While the stealer probably gets it head on first so it 
is easy to eat while everyone else's  attention is still on the finder.


But it was fun to watch these games, while feeling sorry for the finder.


So I think saying in Merganser community is "finder is the looser and stealer 
is the keeper"!


Then from here we went to Syracuse airport via NH 90 and saw another Bald Eagle 
cross the road on NH 90!


As we arrived at the Employees parking lot there was a Snowy Owl, heavily 
barred, so female I presume sitting on a lamp post very close by. We watched it 
sometimes. Then as we were getting ready to take a shot (with camera), a truck 
on the other side of the fence came roaring down the road, the owl flew away 
further on the other side of the ice field near the runway.

we looked for the second one but did find it.


I think we did something wrong. When we saw the owl, we straight headed to the 
parking lot, I did not see any obstruction at the parking lot. When we came out 
I was not sure if  the entrance was one way as there was no sign and no car in 
the vicinity. So we came out by the same entrance which was open. A little 
further down the road, I saw another exit which had a gate and it was down.  So 
I am not sure what did was right or wrong.  So can anyone on the Oneida list 
tell us if we did something wrong?



Then we headed back to pick up our mall visitors and head to have lunch in one 
of the Indian restaurants in Dewitt and  do some grocery shopping.


Overall, it was beautiful enjoyable day and I am ​glad

[cayugabirds-l] Ulysses Bald Eagle nest

[Dave Nutter]

Several people have mentioned Bald Eagles in the vicinity of the Ithaca Yacht 
Club along the west shore of Cayuga Lake in the Tompkins County town of 
Ulysses. Last Thursday Ann Mitchell & verified that the nest, which can be 
scoped from Maplewood Rd, is again occupied by an adult BALD EAGLE either 
incubating or brooding. Its wingtips extended above the rim of the mostly 
obscured nest, and the white of its crown, when seen at high power, was clearly 
composed of fluffy feathers and was not a random blob of snow.

--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Canoga area Saturday 28 Feb

[Dave Nutter]

I also spent a good chunk of yesterday, mid-morning to early afternoon, in the 
Canoga area with Gary Kohlenberg & Ann Mitchell. While we did not see the 
Gyrfalcon (I wonder if it decided that fighting off 2 Red-tailed Hawks for a 
meal it had already chased and killed was too much bother?), we did see some 
other cool birds:

In a field two hedgerows SE of the Canoga / Seybolt Rd intersection(s) there 
was a line of at least 14 WILD TURKEYS walking. Then we noticed large lumps in 
the trees at the edge of the woods beyond them. At least 23 Wild Turkeys were 
sitting in the trees, evidently still roosting because their heads seemed not 
to be up. Their breast feathers reflected the sun and made them look white on 
top, but their long tails with a broad tan terminal band gave them away.

The NORTHERN SHRIKE was not quite as distant in the same direction when Jay 
McGowan pointed it out to us later.

There was open water in the creek along the south side of Canoga Rd east of 
Seybolt Rd, and we saw 60+ MALLARDS there. Farther downstream on the north side 
of the road were 7 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS. With the lake thickly frozen for miles 
and thinly frozen for more miles it was interesting to see the waterfowl 
gathered here.

A light ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK near the empty/frozen/snowed-over bait ponds. This 
cool raptor did not seem to adequately explain why so many MALLARDS were flying 
around just then.

An adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK atop a barn at the Stahl Rd dairy farm. The ID was 
based on the apparent size compared to European Starlings flying in the 
vicinity and the goofy surprised expression on its face created by the large 
eye centered on its face (Cooper's Hawks, with their eye farther forward, look 
meaner). This bird was clutching a prey item partly hidden against a line of 
snow on the roof. I saw both red of flesh and dark of plumage, so I'm guessing 
it was a surplus starling. That farm supports a lot of birds: European 
Starlings, Rock Pigeons, American Crows, House Sparrows, Horned Larks... and 
the next trophic level, various raptors.

A BROWN CREEPER with a flock of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES etc in the woods along 
Leader Rd between Seybolt and NYS-89.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Hoster Rd.

Twenty or so SNOW BUNTINGS somewhere on Yellow Tavern Rd, and small groups of 
HORNED LARKS many places along the roadsides in farmland.

Six RING-NECKED PHEASANTS hiding in brush northeast of the Martin Rd / Farron 
Rd. The previous two times I've been in the area there were 9 of them, and they 
were out in the open near crows working on a pheasant carcass. Hmmm...

The very cooperative but severely backlit SNOWY OWL in the field south of the 
intersection of NYS-96A and Kime Rd, well outside the Cayuga Lake Basin as 
defined by Wiegand & Eames in 1925, but a fine consolation for those of us 
hoping for another large arctic raptor. Thanks, Mike Tetlow & Ken Rosenberg for 
pointing it out on CayugaBirds-L. This bird, sitting all day in a seemingly 
random spot in the field, for some reason walked several steps and also turned 
its body around, not just its head.

We also admired the largely frozen Cayuga Lake and the still-liquid parts by 
Sheldrake point which were cooling off by producing thick mist, but we didn't 
scan the waterfowl under those conditions. It was odd to ignore the lake, but 
fun looking for winter land birds.

--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Bald eagles

[John Eliot Parks]

Adult bald eagle at intersection of Stevenson and Dodge Rd.  on Friday evening, 
immature bald eagle on Game Farm Rd. edge of McGowan Woods on Saturday morning.

Dr. John E. Parks, Professor of Animal Science
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