[cayugabirds-l] Some birds on today's hike and Sawwhet owl info

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

I did a 9.5 mile Monkey Run north and south loop hike with some friends.

The highlights were -  I heard at least three or four Pine Siskins in the white 
pines on the North Monkey Run hike  about a mile from Rt 13 Bridge end.  I also 
saw and heard several Brown Creepers, a Golden-crowned Kinglet and a beautiful 
display of a male and female Downy woodpeckers.  Their calls were very unusual. 
I wish I had my recorder with me.  Other than that there were some usual birds, 
plus a pair of Red-tailed hawks were displaying with their swinging flights 
over the Cornell fields near Freese road .


I was talking to Cindy, one of the co hikers. She told me that she has been 
hearing some digital alarm clock early in the mornings between 4.30 and 5.30 am 
for last few days and that has been waking her up. She whistled the call to me. 
So I played her the sound of Sawwhet owl and she said that was it!. She said 
she has lots of spruces and pines around her house on Hanshaw road. I will give 
the exact location for those who want to try to listen quietly without playing 
the playback as I do not want the whole neighborhood to be woken up by lots of 
people playing calls. E-mail me if you are interested.


Cheers

Meena


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

[Sandy Wold]

I spent four hours hiking the Texas Hollow Finger Lakes Trail with a
friend.  I know this is outside of the Cayuga Basin, but I hope it's OK to
post anyway.  Here are the highlights:

Driving 227 to Perry City
I know this is probably way too early for swallows, but I could have sworn
I saw a Barn Swallow swoop down into a marshy ditch and then up again out
to through the corn field.  I saw pointy forked tail and flash of rusty
brown chest and white belly.  On the way back, in almost the same area, I
saw one lone male Horned Lark in the corn field.

On the way to TX Hollow, I saw a large raptor circle around and dive-bomb
down.  The behavior reminded me of the territorial behavior of a Golden
Eagle, but it was too far away and backlit for me to verify.

Throughout the hike, I heard high-pitched "sip-sip" sounds high in the
scotch pine and hemlock tree tops, wherever evergreen clusters were found.
I am pretty sure it was a Golden-crowned Kinglet, so that is a first for
me!  I saw a large black eye and black stripe on the crown, but no color
showing.  Lastly, I think I heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch, which would be
another first if it was indeed one.  It sounded similar to the
White-breasted Nuthatch but different and almost matched the Lab of O
recording.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western tanager present at 10:30am, Cornell Campus

[Nari Mistry]

The Western Tanager was flitting around eating fruits from all the trees 
around the small Glen near Day Hall and the Campus store. We were there 
from ~10am to 10:30am. During that time many more birders came around 
and the friendly bird seemed to want to visit every group in turn right 
up close, to  within a few feet. A flock of Cedar Waxwings came in for 
the fruit too , but the Tanager seemed happy to share with them.


After we took a walk around Campus & Johnson Museum we walked back 
through the glen at about 12:30pm and did not see the bird or any 
birders. We did not look too carefully everywhere, so we hope it's still 
around.


Nari & Gin Mistry


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[cayugabirds-l] presumed osprey sighting

[Candace Cornell]

I am not clear about this third hand report, but my source said an osprey
was sighted last week near Rice Road in Trumansburg. The source
either misidentified another hawk species or its a premature arrival for
the osprey. They usually don't start appearing in our area until the last
ten days of March and later. Anything is possible, especially these days..

Candace

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon at Frontenac Park still

[Andrew Dreelin]

Hi all,

A bit more info since our initial report was brief. Eric Gulson and I were
leading the ornithology field trip, and we had several other birders with
us, Menachem Goldstein, Logan Kahle, Sarah Toner, and Max Kirsch.

There were a couple of birders at Frontenac already (whose names I don't
know), who noted the abundance of ducks and told us that there were some
wigeon mixed in with the Redheads in the middle of the flock directly
between the island and the harbor. They left, and we began scanning. It
didn't take long before Max called out a EURASIAN WIGEON in the densest
part of the Redhead raft, along with ~20 American Wigeon. The Eurasian
Wigeon was initially difficult to get on since it blended in so well with
the Redheads and simply because the birds were very concentrated. But after
a couple of minutes, all of us got on it and acquired good looks. We noted
the small, circular head shape as opposed to the irregular Aythya head
shape of the Redheads, as well as the white wing patch, lack of a black
breast, overall smaller size, and lower profile in the water that further
separated it from the Redheads. The creamy-tan frontal shield, rust-red
colored head, and gray flanks separated it from the other wigeon. No
photos, but seen well by all.

Viewed from this hotspot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L99623

Good birding,

Andrew Dreelin

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Gary Kohlenberg  wrote:

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> Reported earlier by Andrew Dreelin and Max Kirsch.   In with Redheads and
> Am Wigeon just north of island.
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[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon at Frontenac Park still

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Reported earlier by Andrew Dreelin and Max Kirsch.   In with Redheads and Am 
Wigeon just north of island. 



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[cayugabirds-l] Tanager

[Jgaffne2]

The tanager is still here. In the trees around the creek in front of the book 
store entrance where it was yesterday. 
Jim Gaffney 

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-tail nesting?

[Marie P. Read]

Driving home an hour or so ago, I was nearing the junction of Baker Hill and Mt 
Pleasant roads when I saw a Red-tailed Hawk circling over some tall conifers 
carrying a stick in its talons. Suddenly it swooped down and disappeared 
presumably into one of the trees, but I couldn't relocate it. 
Cool!

Marie


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Freeville NY  13068 USA

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Blackbird flocks

[Marie P. Read]

At least one Red-winged Blackbird male singing in the mini-wetland around the 
parking lot at the Lab of Ornithology an hour ago.

Marie

Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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From: bounce-120213361-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-120213361-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Laura Stenzler 
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Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 10:20 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Blackbird flocks

This morning there are blackbird flocks going north over Hunt Hill Rd, Dryden. 
Usually not seen until mid March. So far about 60 birds in 2 flocks. Mostly red 
winged blackbirds.

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Blackbird flocks

[Laura Stenzler]

This morning there are blackbird flocks going north over Hunt Hill Rd, Dryden. 
Usually not seen until mid March. So far about 60 birds in 2 flocks. Mostly red 
winged blackbirds. 

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds and cowbirds

[M & K Mannella]

Yesterday we had 4 red-winged blackbirds under the feeders and today we have 3 
brown-headed cowbirds. 

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