[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: May 16, 2015
I apologize for the brevity, but I wanted to at least share this morning's list. Excellent morning with highlight being singing Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, and Black-billed Cuckoo; and a non-vocal Mourning Warbler. I'll add details to my eBird list later. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H cth4th May 16, 2015 Hawthorn Orchard Traveling 3 miles 128 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes Comments: Fantastic morning!!! Additional notes to be added later. 2 Canada Goose 2 Mourning Dove 1 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 5 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 House Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 Swainson's Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 7 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 16 Tennessee Warbler 2 Northern Parula 6 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 10 Magnolia Warbler 2 Cape May Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 7 Bay-breasted Warbler 5 Blackpoll Warbler 4 American Redstart 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 Mourning Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 2 Canada Warbler 3 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Scarlet Tanager 7 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch 2 American Goldfinch -- 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] More Acadians
My dog and I took a walk in Michigan Hollow this morning. Lots of birds are in there. I had a couple of Winter Wrens, and I found two more Acadian Flycatchers singing: one about a third of a mile upstream from the previously mentioned spot, and another about a third of a mile above that; each in hemlock-shaded narrows. A handful of Least Flycatchers were also distributed along the creek, and I had two Alder Flycatchers, but no Willow or Yellow-bellied yet, nor Wood Pewee. The understructure of the nice new footbridge at Diane's Crossing seems to have been claimed by Phoebes. The hawthorns alongside the marsh held just one lingering Tennessee Warbler. The thunder pumper was silent. I've heard them there into early June, so who knows? Canada Warblers were present all along our walk, so I had the opportunity to reflect that a mnemonic phrase is not just a device for retrieving a bird song from memory, it also turns up the gain on the associated detector. -Geo Kloppel -- 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] East Hill Plaza Raven
For the third time this week I have encountered a Raven in the area of the East Hill Plaza, along Ellis Hollow Rd in Ithaca. This time it was carrying food. I am going to explore Hungerford Hill Rd.for a nest. Laura 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] YBCuckoo @ Commonland
Surprise bird this morning in the forest edge around my cluster at Commonland was a silent yellow-billed cuckoo, first I've seen here. Less surprising highlights include blackburnians, bay-breasted, and chestnut-sided. Inspired by Meena's post, I bought a spectrogram app and with the Blue Mike I'd bought tried looking at some real-time spectrograms: -- 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/ -- The arcs at the top are robin alarm calls. Below that are two sequences of scarlet tanager song, then three sets of woodpecker drumming. This can get addicting :-) The robin alarms were persistent, and soon followed by a blue jay mobbing. I was foolishly tinkering with this new toy at the time, and by the time I was ready to track down the threat it had moved on. Suan _ http://suan-yong.com
[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin hollow is full of warblers now
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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, CLO, May 16, 2015
Hi all, Sapsucker Woods was hopping with birds this morning. I led 4 enthusiastic birders on the 'local' Spring Field Ornithology walk between 7 am and 10:30 (while the rest of the course went to Arnot). We originally were going to walk the Wilson trail really quickly and then head to Shindagin Hollow, but things were so good that we lingered at Sapsucker. Then we thought we'd have time to go instead to the FLLT's Goetchuis Preserve, but we lingered still as more and more birds popped up! Finally, with 2 of the group having to move on at 10:30, the remaining two students and I made a quick trip to Monkey Run North where we picked up Redbreasted Nuthatch, White crowned Sparrow and Field Sparrow Below is the ebird list I submitted for Sapsucker. At Hunt Hill Rd. this morning, on our property, we added Black and White Warbler, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Philadelphia Vireo. Also seen and heard were Cape May Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Redstart, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ovenbird, Scarlet Tanager, Great Crested Flycatcher and Baltimore Oriole. There is actually an Oriole nest being built in a white pine right off of our deck. Great views of the female weaving. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu From: ebird-checkl...@cornell.edu ebird-checkl...@cornell.edu Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 12:21 PM To: Laura Stenzler Subject: eBird Report - Sapsucker Woods, CLO, May 16, 2015 Sapsucker Woods, CLO, Tompkins, US-NY May 16, 2015 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: SFO local trip. VERY birdy this morning! 56 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Green Heron X Killdeer X Mourning Dove X Ruby-throated Hummingbird X Belted Kingfisher X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Pileated Woodpecker X Eastern Wood-Pewee X Least Flycatcher X Eastern Phoebe X Great Crested Flycatcher X Eastern Kingbird X Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue-headed Vireo X Warbling Vireo X Red-eyed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X House Wren X Veery X Wood Thrush X American Robin X Gray Catbird X European Starling X Ovenbird X Northern Waterthrush X Tennessee Warbler X Nashville Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X American Redstart X Magnolia Warbler X Bay-breasted Warbler X Blackburnian Warbler X Yellow Warbler X Chestnut-sided Warbler X Blackpoll Warbler X Black-throated Blue Warbler X Black-throated Green Warbler X Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X Scarlet Tanager X Northern Cardinal X Rose-breasted Grosbeak X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Baltimore Oriole X American Goldfinch X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23470944 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] VanRiper Conservation Area (FLLT), Sat 5/16
Several Cayugabirders and I joined Lyn Jacobs and a throng of Eaton Birding Society members on Saturday morning at the VanRiper Conservation Area, a 68-acre Finger Lakes Land Trust preserve established in 2011 on the lake in Romulus. We found an impressive variety of birds, including a mix of warblers to rival the variety at much larger sanctuaries like Lindsay-Parsons or Sapsucker Woods – HOODED, MOURNING, BAY-BREASTED, PRAIRIE, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-SIDED, TENNESSEE, BLUE-WINGED, NORTHERN PARULA, AMERICAN REDSTART, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. From among these, despite much effort, most of us managed to see only Common Yellowthroat and Bay-breasted Warbler (at least 2 males and 1 female in hardwoods high above North Cayuga Lake Road). Not surprisingly, the Tennessee Warblers were especially vexing – very loud and right nearby in several spots, but stubbornly, defiantly invisible. I was extremely surprised not even to hear any Yellow Warblers or Ovenbirds. Still, who could complain about “merely” hearing 11 of 13 warbler species along these beautiful trails and back roads? And where else around here could you find all those warblers (with Hooded and Prairie breeding, I think) and six RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS too, all at one public site? Probably nowhere -- only at VanRiper and the adjacent 13-acre Whitlock Nature Preserve (also owned by the Land Trust). After the group walk, Kathy Strickland and I went to MNWR. We were hoping to see Red-Headed Woodpecker along Mays Point Road and maybe a bittern along the Wildlife Drive. We missed both, but we did enjoy the shorebirds and ducks in the Main Pool. We also heard a VIRGINIA RAIL calling near Benning Marsh. Mark Chao Running Spring Bird Quest (SBQ) totals: 99 bird species, 43+ donors SBQ reports and photos: http://www.fllt.org/spring-bird-quest-blog-by-mark-chao/ -- 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] More Acadians
-Original Message- From: bounce-119275534-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119275534-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel ... Canada Warblers were present all along our walk, so I had the opportunity to reflect that a mnemonic phrase is not just a device for retrieving a bird song from memory, it also turns up the gain on the associated detector. -Geo Kloppel So, one has to ask, what is your mnemonic for Canada Warbler? I confess it's one of the warbler songs I'm least confident identifying. Kevin -- 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] Wildlife Drive shorebirds
Notable birds on the wildlife drive at Montezuma just now included ORCHARD ORIOLE, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON TERN, CANVASBACK, and two flyover flocks of BRANT. Jay McGowan -- 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] Why to not feed jelly to orioles
Fruit is probably better than concentrated sugars, but domesticated grapes and oranges aren’t really “natural” foods, either. They have been selected to have more sugar, more flesh, and fewer other compounds than natural fruits. I wouldn’t give much credence to this article. It gives no authenticated facts, only opinions. And anyone who thinks birds have a “satiety gland” doesn’t sound very knowledgeable. Sugar is hard to come by in the natural world; that’s why we crave it so much. Orioles are adapted to eat lots of sugar when it’s available. I wouldn’t worry about some birds eating small quantities of overly concentrated sugar. It’s probably just a drop in the bucket of all the food they eat in a day. My opinion. Kevin From: bounce-119275273-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119275273-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Edelstein Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 7:14 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Why to not feed jelly to orioles Here's an informative article that endorses sticking with natural sugars (grapes and oranges). http://nmconservationnetwork.org/2014/04/20/please-no-jelly-for-orioles/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5941 / Virus Database: 4342/9791 - Release Date: 05/16/15 -- 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] Any good places to bird in Florida Panhandle?
I'll be visiting my mother there in a few weeks and would like to do some birding there. I especially am interested in stopping in Apalachicola. Thank you! Sandy -- 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] Why to not feed jelly to orioles
Here's an informative article that endorses sticking with natural sugars (grapes and oranges). http://nmconservationnetwork.org/2014/04/20/please-no-jelly-for-orioles/ -- 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] Prairie Warbler with odd song at Arnot; Black-billed Cuckoo at Greensprings
A couple of highlights from today's SFO trip to Greensprings Cemetery Arnot Forest: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Greensprings Cemetery south of Newfield, calling from the stand of trees alongside the hill which is topped by Carl's Bench. Part of my group stayed late to try to see it, and a couple of sharp-eyed students, Ben Tony, succeeded. I am envious. We heard it numerous times at intervals of several minutes as it moved within this copse. PRAIRIE WARBLER repeatedly singing an odd song which sounded to me like a partial Song Sparrow song, including a couple of clear introductory notes and a couple of buzzes which were on the same pitch as each other. We listened to our devices to see if any such song was on our various apps. We discovered three things: First, all our examples consisted of a series of buzzes, with each buzz in the series at a higher pitch than the previous, as is typical for Prairie Warbler but unlike our bird's song. Second, the Prairie Warbler at hand heard and recognized these standard songs and moved around us as a result, although it had not been our intent to bother him. Third, the Prairie Warbler at hand did not change his tune but kept singing his unusual song. Maybe someone with recording equipment would like to add this example to the Macaulay Library (which I have not checked to verify how unusual this song is). The bird was at the top of Arnot Forest lands at the intersection of Irish Hill Road and the track (blocked by a couple of logs) which goes out into the field which used to have Grasshopper Sparrows. There are signs of an old homestead there. The bird looked like a normal male Prairie Warbler except it seemed to lack the rufous back stripes. I doubt this is enough to indicate a hybrid, and I don't know what hybridization would cause such a song, but other birders may have ideas. --Dave Nutter -- 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] Mourning Warbler still
Forget to mention that a Mourning Warbler continued today singing in the same hard-to-penetrate thicket in my yard. -Geo Kloppel, West 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] Canada mnemonic
Canada Warbler - To me it sounds like 'Black-throated blue not green But you have to say it fast. I think it happened when we were looking at a Black-throated blue and at the same time Canada was calling. Today I recorded a couple of them in Shindagin Hollow. I will listen to them and see how it rhymes with your mnemonic. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf From: bounce-119276255-3493...@list.cornell.edu bounce-119276255-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 6:42 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] More Acadians Hi Kevin, you wrote: So, one has to ask, what is your mnemonic for Canada Warbler? The mnemonic that I use won't initially strike many readers as a plausible rendering, especially not if they have been introduced to field guide representations like chip-chupety-swee-ditchety. Some years ago I walked over to see the West Danby Worm-eating Warblers with a friend from Syracuse. On the way, he told me about an elder of the Syracuse birding community who'd had a unique mnemonic phrase for Canada Warbler. He chuckled as he recited it, and I laughed too. Little did I know! The phrase embedded itself in my auditory processing center like a mind virus, and now that's what I hear when Canada Warblers sing! (I hope my friend won't feel guilty - I'm grateful!) So, fair warning: if anyone prefers to avoid the possibility of being infected, this is the place to stop reading. But if you're not satisfied with the mnemonic you know, you're invited to take this one out to your favorite Canada Warbler breeding haunts and try it out: Must go see Cardinal Richelieu Bear in mind that the song is delivered about twice as fast as you can speak the phrase. Yet it has a staccato quality that invites this syllabic rendering. The mnemonic's final word Richelieu corresponds with the ditchety in the classic field guide version. But to get the see Cardinal you have to choose the right songster. To hear this, listen to the four Canada Warbler cuts in the Audubon Guide app. They're all from New York State. In cut #1 the song ends with something like the classic rendering swee-ditchety; I just hear see Richelieu in this one; there's no possibility of inserting Cardinal. However, in cut #2 the swee comes earlier, like swee-dicky-ditchety, which my brain turns as see Card'nal Richelieu. #3 and #4 seem to repeat the same two song variants, perhaps even by the same individuals, with call notes interspersed. It's possible that some brains will just be immune to this funny little meme, but if you do catch it, I think you'll find that it's beneficial, even powerful. I live on the edge of a forest ravine with breeding Canada Warblers. There are lots of Hooded Warblers on the way down there, and they often sing that odd inverted song that is sometimes mistaken for Canada Warbler, but it doesn't fool Cardinal Richelieu! -Geo -- 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] More Acadians
Hi Kevin, you wrote: So, one has to ask, what is your mnemonic for Canada Warbler? The mnemonic that I use won't initially strike many readers as a plausible rendering, especially not if they have been introduced to field guide representations like chip-chupety-swee-ditchety. Some years ago I walked over to see the West Danby Worm-eating Warblers with a friend from Syracuse. On the way, he told me about an elder of the Syracuse birding community who'd had a unique mnemonic phrase for Canada Warbler. He chuckled as he recited it, and I laughed too. Little did I know! The phrase embedded itself in my auditory processing center like a mind virus, and now that's what I hear when Canada Warblers sing! (I hope my friend won't feel guilty - I'm grateful!) So, fair warning: if anyone prefers to avoid the possibility of being infected, this is the place to stop reading. But if you're not satisfied with the mnemonic you know, you're invited to take this one out to your favorite Canada Warbler breeding haunts and try it out: Must go see Cardinal Richelieu Bear in mind that the song is delivered about twice as fast as you can speak the phrase. Yet it has a staccato quality that invites this syllabic rendering. The mnemonic's final word Richelieu corresponds with the ditchety in the classic field guide version. But to get the see Cardinal you have to choose the right songster. To hear this, listen to the four Canada Warbler cuts in the Audubon Guide app. They're all from New York State. In cut #1 the song ends with something like the classic rendering swee-ditchety; I just hear see Richelieu in this one; there's no possibility of inserting Cardinal. However, in cut #2 the swee comes earlier, like swee-dicky-ditchety, which my brain turns as see Card'nal Richelieu. #3 and #4 seem to repeat the same two song variants, perhaps even by the same individuals, with call notes interspersed. It's possible that some brains will just be immune to this funny little meme, but if you do catch it, I think you'll find that it's beneficial, even powerful. I live on the edge of a forest ravine with breeding Canada Warblers. There are lots of Hooded Warblers on the way down there, and they often sing that odd inverted song that is sometimes mistaken for Canada Warbler, but it doesn't fool Cardinal Richelieu! -Geo -- 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] Wildlife Drive shorebirds
All, A few more details and highlights from a day at Montezuma. We were unable to find the reported Sedge Wren at Carncross. Shorebirds continue there in modest numbers (compared to the Main Pool), with about 50 Dunlin, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plovers and Least Sandpipers, and two Black-bellied Plovers. Numbers on the Main Pool continue to be impressive, with Least Sandpipers numbering in the many hundreds, Dunlin over a hundred, Semipalmated Plover at nearly a hundred, Black-bellied Plovers at 6, and Short-billed Dowitchers at 14. We saw only a single White-rumped Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper. The male Canvasback continues but other duck numbers are greatly reduced, and no sign of the Eurasian Wigeon from last week. Two Common Terns hunted over the pool, and an adult male Orchard Oriole was singing from just before Larue's at the entrance to the Seneca Trail, as well as probably a second bird, unseen, farther down the drive. We birded Esker Brook and Towpath for landbirds. Tennessee Warblers were EVERYWHERE today, on nearly every checklist we submitted, with dozens at both of the above mentioned spots. Nothing too remarkable at either, but nice to see some warblers at Montezuma. On the way up and on the way back we scoped the breakwall at Frontenac Marina in Union Springs, where over 50 Common Terns were sitting on the breakwall, joined by a single Forster's Tern and, on the way up, an immature Bonaparte's Gull, and on the way back an immature Lesser Black-backed Gull. We didn't attempt a Big Day today and missed lots of southern breeders, but managed a healthy 145 or so for the day. Jay On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Notable birds on the wildlife drive at Montezuma just now included ORCHARD ORIOLE, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON TERN, CANVASBACK, and two flyover flocks of BRANT. Jay McGowan -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@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] Mt Pleasant pm Horned Lark display flight
On my afternoon walk up Mt Pleasant Rd (east end) around 4pm today I heard a singing Horned Lark and located it fluttering and hovering high in the sky. I'm no expert at judging heights, but it had to have been 100 feet up or more. After several minutes alternately fluttering and gliding up there in the wind, it folded its wings and plummeted to earth, landing just a short distance from me in a plowed field at the top of the hill (close to the yellow steep hill sign). Amazingly, it did a repeat performance when I was on my way back. Wonderful to watch... 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 -- 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/ --
