[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 4/30

2015-04-30 Thread Mark Chao
I found a few migrants, possibly new arrivals, in Sapsucker Woods on Thursday morning (6:45-7:30 AM). * ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK above the puzzling stop signs at the bend in the road by the main building; * BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER along the Woodleton Boardwalk; * NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH

[cayugabirds-l] Large migration last night

2015-04-30 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
The fall out here included a rare spring Yellow Palm Warbler as well as Yellow and Yellow-rumped. The first Eastern White-crowned arrived yesterday along with an unusual tween the lakes flyover of 23 Cormorants. Tree Sparrow and Fox still with us. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field

[cayugabirds-l] FOY for me Blackburnian Warbler

2015-04-30 Thread Jeff Gerbracht
I heard and then saw a beauty of a Blackburnian (aren't they all ;) singing from our treetops this morning. -- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning

2015-04-30 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
I was a half hour behind Mark, I guess: from 7-745 I walked the northern end of Hoyt-Pileated, finding 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOs, 2 of whom were interacting vocally and by chasing each other through the treetops, while the other was some distance away singing. Numerous BROWN CREEPERs in full song;

RE:[cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning

2015-04-30 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
I walked the Wilson Trail from 7:45 to 8:30 and found some variation to what others saw earlier. Most of the activity was from the Fuller Wetlands to the Sherwood Platform. Mixed in with the LOTS of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets along this stretch were two PALM

[cayugabirds-l] Rose-breasted Grosbeak, etc

2015-04-30 Thread Dave Nutter
I had time for a brief walk in Cass Park and along the railroad grade behind it (is it officially the Black Diamond Trail yet?) and met another part of the ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK wave, first heard singing, then a male seen. Also a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH sang a couple times from a wetland, and

[cayugabirds-l] Ovenbird

2015-04-30 Thread Geo Kloppel
Finally an Ovenbird this morning. Far western Lindsay-Parsons Preserve, along the Newfield-Danby town line. Ruby-crowned Kinglets everywhere. 3 Blue-headed Vireos. I'm still hoping for some Warblers to pipe-up as the treetops warm in the bright sunshine... -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List

[cayugabirds-l] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at my feeder! eom

2015-04-30 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ovenbird

2015-04-30 Thread David McCartt
Had our first one this morning too. I take it as a good sign for more warblers to show up soon! David McCarttTubbs Hill Rd.Richford From: Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com To: cayugabirds-l cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 7:48 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ovenbird

[cayugabirds-l] Indigo Bunting @ Sapsucker Woods + other new arrivals

2015-04-30 Thread Scott Haber
A male Indigo Bunting was sitting silently on the power lines in the cleared area at the north end of the Hoyt-Pileated trail at Sapsucker Woods this morning. Another new arrival was a Black-throated Blue Warbler that was singing very intermittently along the Wooldeton boardwalk. Earlier this

[cayugabirds-l] baltimore oriole

2015-04-30 Thread Liisa S. Mobley
I just found my FOY Baltimore Oriole in a large tree by the Johnson Art Museum at Cornell. I heard its simple, yet rich sounding, song as I was sitting on Libe Slope. I went to investigate, and found a bright orange splash at the top of a larch (or whatever the NYS version of a larch is)

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve E Meadowlarks, W Snipe etc

2015-04-30 Thread Marie P. Read
A walk around the Goetchius Preserve this morning turned up the following: 3 Eastern Meadowlarks flying around as a group, several times, with lots of dt calls. Sometimes appeared to be chasing. Singing also heard. Wilson's Snipe heard winnowing briefly a couple of times. American Kestrel

[cayugabirds-l] Baltimore Oriole in yard!

2015-04-30 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Here they all come! Whoopee! -- Stephanie Greenwood U.S. Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 280 1050 England 73 Kynaston Road London N16 0EB 07946 341208 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Baltimore oriole

2015-04-30 Thread Brad Walker
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[cayugabirds-l] Migrant Envy

2015-04-30 Thread Laura Stenzler
Every spring I suffer from what i call migrant envy. Today it is really strong - there are loads of reports, especially from Sapsucker Woods, of migrants showing up while here on Hunt Hill Rd, east of Ithaca, town of Dryden, the dominant species are still Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, Juncos,

[cayugabirds-l] Black-throat Blue Warbler

2015-04-30 Thread Ann Mitchell
Power line cut Sapsucker Woods, Dryden side.Ann 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)

[cayugabirds-l] RB Grosbeaks, Siskins, David Kiehm demo

2015-04-30 Thread bilbaker
I guess this is the day for returning R-b Grosbeaks as they showed up at our house in Caroline Center this morning as well as everywhere else it seems. We are often a few days behind other locales when it comes to returning migrants so it seems like they showed up en mass last night/this morning.

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at my feeder! eom

2015-04-30 Thread Rosalie V Borzik
Mine too! They must have arrived en masse last night. -Original Message- From: bounce-119114073-24907...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119114073-24907...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Stephanie Greenwood Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:13 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject:

[cayugabirds-l] Golden Eagle, other high migrants

2015-04-30 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
During a mid-day skywatch today (actually while on a conference call on my back deck), lots of birds were continuously passing over high — mostly BROAD-WINGED HAWK-shaped specks. Highlight was an adult GOLDEN EAGLE dwarfing some nearby Broad-wings. Also an imm. BALD EAGLE, 4 OSPREY, 3 NORTHERN

[cayugabirds-l] New birds

2015-04-30 Thread Carol Keeler
I just had two beautiful male Purple Finches show up at my feeders. It's the first time I've had two. I'm now waiting for the Orioles and RB Grosbeaks! Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar - Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds

2015-04-30 Thread Marc Devokaitis
Hello Lab, Please join us on *Monday, May 4* at *7:30pm *for the next Monday Night Seminar. As always, these seminars are free and open to the public. The doors open at 7:00. This coming Monday, we will once again be streaming the seminar live. Be sure to bookmark

[cayugabirds-l] Chimney swifts in Union Springs!!

2015-04-30 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
4/30/15: Here in Union Springs at 2 p.m. the first 4 chittering cigars flew overhead circled down to the tall chimney on the girl's dorm. Becky was here suddenly at least a doz. were overhead. :-) I hope I am wrong that they make the chimney their summer home but somehow I felt they

[cayugabirds-l] American Bittern on the South Hill Rec. Way

2015-04-30 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
I found an unusual forest bird this evening on the South Hill Recreation Way trail. An American Bittern was standing in a small grassy clearing in a pine tree grove west of the trail about a half mile north of the Burns Rd. entrance. I tried earlier to call one at the reservoir without success

[cayugabirds-l] birds before breakfast

2015-04-30 Thread Marty Schlabach
No, we didn't go out for the dawn chorus, but rather looked out our kitchen window. These are the birds we saw around our feeders, listed in the order we saw them. Hairy Woodpecker Red bellied Woodpecker Am Goldfinch Blue Jay Mourning Dove House Finch House Sparrow Starling Brown Thrasher

[cayugabirds-l] Major migratory push across northeast PA on radar now

2015-04-30 Thread david nicosia
Radar shows  high returns over northeast pa heading north. Tommorow could be an awesome day with many new arrivals! Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] gulls fishing

2015-04-30 Thread Dave Nutter
Late this afternoon in the mouth of Fall Creek between Jetty Woods and Stewart Park (Ithaca), there were dozens of immature Herring and Ring-billed Gulls (the adults having migrated off to breed) circling around low and occasionally dropping briefly to the water. Every time, the gull would fly

[cayugabirds-l] Bone Plain Rd Birds

2015-04-30 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Not only do I get car repair out in the sticks of North Lansing, I get my tires at Pete's Tires on Bone Plain Rd., near Sheldon Rd. in rural West Dryden. The company is owned by a friend/neighbor of mine and her brother, and is located on their father's former farm, which is now fallow and hosts

Re: [cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning

2015-04-30 Thread Susan Danskin
Add 2 PINE WARBLERS to the mix along Wilson North and my experience there from 8 til 8:45 was similar to Anne Marie’s. Around 5pm there was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak poking around low in the trees and shrubs of Wilson North. 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS chittering overhead as I pulled some weeds in

Re: [cayugabirds-l] American Bittern at swan pen

2015-04-30 Thread Jay McGowan
The AMERICAN BITTERN is still present on the peninsula at the swan pen, Stewart Park. It's very obscured and hard to find, however. An EASTERN KINGBIRD is also present. Jay On Apr 30, 2015 9:06 AM, Stuart Krasnoff s...@cornell.edu wrote: Out in open on log at end on peninsula. 0900 h From the

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Thursday

2015-04-30 Thread bob mcguire
John Confer and I spent the morning helping out with the Refuge’s marsh bird survey. Our route covered the south end of the Main Pool and on west into Black Lake. We drove north on the dike directly across from the Visitor’s Center, parked opposite the Center and saw immediately that we were in