[cayugabirds-l] male yellow warbler

[Deb Grantham]

On brush along inlet at Ithaca Feed around 2:30 pm.

Deb



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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Wild turkey

[Deb Grantham]

Wild turkeys this spring up near Sheffield Road and Rt. 79. But now I’ve been 
seeing a single turkey in one particular field a couple times a day for the 
last several days.

From: bounce-124615914-83565...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 11:19 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Wild turkey

Inside the fence at the airport by Snyder Road, just past Cornell equine bldgs.
So far it is staying somewhat near the fence and away from the runway.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Wild turkey

[Donna Lee Scott]

Inside the fence at the airport by Snyder Road, just past Cornell equine bldgs.
So far it is staying somewhat near the fence and away from the runway.

Donna Scott
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Re: Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Blue grosbeak

[Johnson, Alyssa]

I wanted to update everyone that the BLUE GROSBREAK has shown up at someone’s 
feeder in Waterloo “a stone’s throw” from the landfill, her words. This was 
posted in the Upstate NY Bird Watchers group on FB around 8am today.


Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, New York 13146
montezuma.audubon.org

From: Cordia Popp 
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 9:22:15 PM
To: Johnson, Alyssa 
Subject: Re: Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Blue grosbeak

Great thanks! I’ll forward it to Daniel. Glad he spotted something significant!


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On Thursday, May 7, 2020, 9:14 PM, Johnson, Alyssa  
wrote:

Hi! Scroll to the beginning, I sent out an email to a local bird club that 
encompasses the entire Cayuga lake basin, which includes the landfill. Just to 
give your some context.

Thanks again! It made my week.

Alyssa

Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, New York 13146
montezuma.audubon.org

From: Dave Nutter 
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 9:27 AM
To: Johnson, Alyssa
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue grosbeak

Thanks for the information, Alyssa! And please give my thanks to Daniel Popp, 
his wife, and the Seneca Landfill managers for sharing their finding with you, 
and letting you in to take photos. I love seeing Blue Grosbeaks, and I have 
seen them several times farther south where they usually live, so I don’t feel 
a personal need to go see this individual bird, especially when I have the 
vivid record of the photos and accounts you and they provided.

Cardinals are known to attack their “rival” reflections in mirrors or windows. 
Blue Grosbeaks are in the same family. I’m less familiar with Blue Grosbeak 
behavior, but this individual certainly shares the trait.

Here’s a link to the First Records list:

http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records

Blue Grosbeak is species #219 this year on the Chronological version.

On the Taxonomic version, Blue Grosbeak is near the bottom on line #472 in the 
last family, Cardinalidae, along with more common birds, such as Northern 
Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and Scarlet Tanager, plus 
uncommon species such as Dickcissel.

The “notes” column on the left of the Taxonomic list gives the years in which 
very rare birds have been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin.  In the case of Blue 
Grosbeak, I’m only aware of records in 2012, 2013, and now 2020. There are also 
names of counties in the “notes” column for species which have been found in 
those nearby counties but have not yet been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin.

- - Dave Nutter

On May 7, 2020, at 3:09 AM, Johnson, Alyssa 
mailto:alyssa.john...@audubon.org>> wrote:

Daniel Popp! Thank you. I’ll share that info with him, that he’s on record! I 
don’t think he realized how cool it was at first, and was impressed by my 
reaction to the bird. It was a pretty cool experience, for me too.

Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, New York 13146
montezuma.audubon.org

From: Dave Nutter mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:54:14 PM
To: Johnson, Alyssa 
mailto:alyssa.john...@audubon.org>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue grosbeak

Hi Alyssa,
How exciting! Such a beautiful and, for this region, rare, life bird, plus a 
bit of an adventure to go there, and striking (!) behavior. Great photos, too!

I keep a list on the Cayuga Bird Club website of first annual records of 
species found in the Cayuga Lake Basin, which includes Seneca Meadows. Of 
course this is the first report of a Blue Grosbeak in 2020. I like to credit 
the name(s) of the person(s) who found the bird. Did you get Dan’s last name? 
Thanks!

- - Dave Nutter

On May 6, 2020, at 5:01 PM, Johnson, Alyssa 
mailto:alyssa.john...@audubon.org>> wrote:

A lifer for me!

I work at the Montezuma Audubon Center, and earlier today someone sent us a 
picture saying she thinks her husband saw a blue grosbeak at work, which is at 
the Seneca Meadows Landfill in Waterloo. I confirmed the picture ID, and made 
some calls and was able to meet up with the district manager of the landfill, 
as well as the original spotter, Dan. Dan graciously took me to the spot where 
this male blue grosbeak has been observed since Monday attacking his reflection 
in windows and mirrors of the heavy equipment. It was certainly a blue 
grosbeak! I will be posting pictures to the MAC fb page later, and have of 
course reported to eBird.

The location of the bird is literally in the dead center of the landfill. It is 
not easily accessible, and I don’t know if I could find that spot again without 
an escort. I did warn the