[cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant nest

2015-06-03 Thread Dave Nutter
To give credit, Sunday a week ago in the evening (24 May), I was at Stewart 
Park and saw what seemed to me like a lot of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS for this 
time of year in the treetops of Jetty Woods. I did not recall them spending the 
breeding season here, so I was counting them for an eBird report (I was 
disappointed that 87 wasn't enough to get the coveted prompt), when Dan Otis 
came over. He walks Jetty Woods and the white lighthouse jetty regularly, as in 
every day throughout the winter. He suggested there might be even more not 
visible from that vantage and asked if the cormorants breed here. I promptly 
and confidently replied, No. Then he mentioned a nest he'd seen in the trees 
over the trail. I couldn't say anything about that, but I did note that most of 
the cormorants in view were immatures with various shades of gray neck  
breast, and those which did have adult type all-dark plumage mostly did not 
show the breeding-plumage double crests, for which I prefer to call the species 
OLD-MAN HAIRY-EYEBROW CORMORANT. I found one bird with slight crests to show 
Dan. I left feeling I had imparted some knowledge, but it turns out I was 
ignorant or at least out of date. I think it was on the morning of Tuesday 26 
May I was back at Stewart Park hoping to hear the Yellow-throated Warbler which 
France Kehas-Dewaghe heard the day before (no luck). I met Ken Rosenberg who 
informed me that not only was there a nest at Jetty Woods, but it was visible 
from near the Cascadilla Boathouse  path by the swan pond (see Kevin McGowan's 
photo after his series of the Arctic Tern), and Ken had seen a cormorant (or 
2?) gathering sticks. Perhaps he saw a cormorant on the nest as well. I don't 
recall all the details, which he can provide. I was busy readjusting my concept 
of local cormorants locally and feeling like a bit of a dope.

--Dave Nutter


On Jun 03, 2015, at 09:56 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:

 In the trees over the creek at Jetty Woods, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS are 
 roosting and loafing as usual, and, as Kevin pointed out to us yesterday, one 
 has constructed and is sitting in a NEST! This is up in one of the tall red 
 maples where the birds always sit.

 Cheers,
 Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-03 Thread Ellen Haith
F Red-Breasted Merganser right now with two presumed offspring, warned off
another F of the same . She caught a very substantial fish but did not seem
to share it with the offspring.

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[cayugabirds-l] A Bad Cat Bill

2015-06-03 Thread Gerry Rising


A bill (assembly 2778; senate 1081) has passed the NY assembly and is 
before the senate.. It is very important for birders to understand what 
the bill means to wildlife. I urge readers to contact their state 
senator to oppose this bill. Here's why:


The bill supports and provides funding for so-called TNR 
(trap-neuter-return) for feral cats. The problem with this procedure 
lies in that R. Once the cats are returned to where they were trapped, 
colonies are established for them at which they are fed and sheltered, 
but they are still allowed to run wild. These protected cats are killing 
thousands of songbirds and even more small mammals at a time when 
songbird populations are already threatened. National estimates of birds 
killed each year by feral cats are in the millions.


TNR proponents claim that over time their colonies will reduce the 
number of feral cats, but the evidence is strong against them. Two other 
approaches offer a better route to elimination of these animals in the 
wild: trap-and-euthanize or trap-and-maintain, the latter in secure 
facilities.


What is so illogical about TNR is its contrast with our usual approach 
to wildlife. We are encouraged not to feed wild animals. (In many urban 
and suburban areas even bird feeding is discouraged because it attracts 
vermin.) Yet TNR and feral cat communities are being established to feed 
and shelter an alien species. The house cat, a wonderful pet when kept 
inside where it belongs, is not native to the western hemisphere.


I am unable to send attachments to this email because of size limits. If 
you wish to see them, please contact me. They are: a copy of the senate 
bill, a draft copy of my position paper on this issue, and Ted Williams' 
article about feral cats that appeared in Audubon Magazine.



UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL IS ALREADY BEFORE THE FULL SENATE AND IMMEDIATE 
ACTION IS NEEDED TO HAVE ANY CHANCE TO HEAD IT OFF.


PLEASE MOVE QUICKLY TO HEAD OFF THIS DANGEROUS LEGISLATION BY 
COMMUNICATING YOUR OPPOSITION TO YOUR STATE SENATOR. If you do not know 
who is your senator, you can find out at www.nysenate.gov/senators using 
the search tool.


Gerry Rising

Amherst, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Wednesday lake birds

2015-06-03 Thread Jay McGowan
A morning vigil at Myers Point did not turn up any terns or shorebirds, but
every day brings something different. Today it was an alternate-plumaged
HORNED GREBE on the lake just north of the point. Last night, a white adult
SNOW GOOSE was sitting on the sandbar in the creek. Both last night and
this morning, a female Common Merganser was herding her 17 ducklings around
in the creek.

At Stewart Park a little later, a late male BUFFLEHEAD was swimming over
near the west shore, and a female WOOD DUCK with seven ducklings was along
the creek across from the boathouse. In the trees over the creek at Jetty
Woods, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS are roosting and loafing as usual, and, as
Kevin pointed out to us yesterday, one has constructed and is sitting in a
NEST! This is up in one of the tall red maples where the birds always sit.

Cheers,
Jay

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Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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[cayugabirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Chenango County

2015-06-03 Thread Matthew A. Young
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

Today (yesterday Tuesday)  just about 6 o'clock I received a call from Gail 
Benedict that
she was looking at a Scissor-Tailed flycatcher. She was in a small
cemetery in Pharsaalia.
Go to Lower Cincinnatus, take the Brackle Rd.(Rte. 23) towards Norwich
continue a few miles past The Brackle Bar  Grill, the Pharsalia
Cemetery will be on the left.
The bird was very approachable mostly sitting on a wire fence on the
far side of the cemetery. Also there is a pair of Bluebirds using a box
in the back corner near where the Scissor-Tailed was hanging out. The
bird was still there when we left about 7:30 PM.


Here's the Facebook link to the photos:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CNYNaturalHistory/633497283418351/?notif_t=group_activity


Great Find Gail!


thanks,

Matt Young

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Annual Dish-to-Pass Mon., June 8

2015-06-03 Thread cl...@juno.com
Mon, June 8, 6:30pm ndash; 8:30pm  Pavilion A, Myers Point 
 Annual Cayuga Bird Club Dish-to-Pass Dinner and bird walk. The annual 
dish-to-pass dinner will be held at Myers Park in Lansing.  BRING:a 
generous dish to sharemdash;main dish, appetizer, or dessert.   
your own place settingsomething to drinkbinoculars  (there will be 
a short bird walk after dinner)  Come meet and socialize with your fellow bird 
club members! 

Old School Yearbook Pics
View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School  Year. Look Now!
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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

2015-06-03 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
I finally confirmed that the East Hill osprey stops at Beebe lake to fish. 
Today I saw him (or her?) catching a nice sized fish and fly away with the 
booty towards its mate/nest.

Also saw a fresh specimen of a Giant Swallowtail around Beebe lake. And then 
saw a Lancet Clubtail among the odonates.

Cheers
Meena

Dr. Meena Haribal
409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI)
Ithaca NY 14853 USA
Email: m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu


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Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf



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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [CNY Natural History] Scissor tail still remains as of 130pm today

2015-06-03 Thread David McCartt


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Tom Fernandes June 3 at 10:44am   Scissor tail still remains as of 
130pm today I will post a couple of pictures this evening. Don't think they 
will match Gails Oh by the way there is a small circular driveway which at one 
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Scissor tail still remains as of 130pm today
I will post a couple of pictures this evening. Don't think they will match 
Gails
Oh by the way there is a small circular driveway which at one point takes you 
along the eastern fence line.Great views right from my vehicle



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