[cayugabirds-l] Double-crested Cormorant nest
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 I left feeling I had imparted some knowledge, but it turns out I was ignorant or at least out of date.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 -- 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] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus
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. -- 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] A Bad Cat Bill
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 insr...@buffalo.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] Wednesday lake birds
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 -- 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] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Chenango County
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 -- 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] Cayuga Bird Club Annual Dish-to-Pass Mon., June 8
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! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/556fae143ae82e10796est04duc -- 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] Osprey
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 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- 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] Fwd: [CNY Natural History] Scissor tail still remains as of 130pm today
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