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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

2020-11-20 Thread Peter Saracino

Thanks for sharing gentlemen.
I absolutely love these stories!!
In this Season of Thankfulness I'm truly thankful for the joy these
creatures bring to our lives.
Stay safe and well all.
Pete Sar

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 7:08 PM Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:

> My best memory of feeder birds caching was a number of years ago on a warm
> fall/winter day and I had my sliding door open so I could take pictures of
> the birds coming to the feeders on my deck. I had my camera on a tripod
> just inside the open door. I was doing something on the computer on the
> kitchen table and a Red-breasted Nuthatch flew into the house with a
> sunflower seed in its bill. It landed on the tripod, looked around, and
> tucked the seed into a crevice where a leg came off the base, then flew
> away back outside. Six feet away from me.
>
>
>
> No matter how good their spatial memory, I knew it wasn’t going to
> retrieve that one.
>
>
>
> I love Red-breasted Nuthatches!
>
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-125158003-3493...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-125158003-3493...@list.cornell.edu> *On Behalf Of *Robyn Bailey
> *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2020 4:33 PM
> *To:* Chris R. Pelkie ; Peter Saracino <
> petersarac...@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> *Subject:* RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches
>
>
>
> Working from home, and my home being a log cabin, I see birds throughout
> the day coming and caching seeds in between the logs and
> windowsills…anywhere they can fit it. Mostly chickadee, titmouse, and
> red-bellied woodpecker are the ones I see doing it.
>
>
>
> It’s fun to think of them using my house as a larder, and using their
> spatial memory (or some luck) to find them later. I wonder how many pounds
> of seeds are collectively stashed in the crevices of my house right now?
>
>
> 
>
> Robyn Bailey
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-125157588-15067...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-125157588-15067...@list.cornell.edu> *On Behalf Of *Chris R. Pelkie
> *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2020 2:29 PM
> *To:* Peter Saracino 
> *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches
>
>
>
> You’ll want to pry them out. Some years ago, a squirrel stashed sunflower
> seeds into my exhaust pipe.
>
> OMG, there’s nothing on earth that stinks as bad as burning sunflower
> seeds!
>
> (:-)
>
> __
>
> Chris Pelkie
> Data Manager; IT Support
> Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
> Ithaca, NY 14850
>
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/
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>
>
> On Nov 20, 2020, at 12:37 , Peter Saracino 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> So I hung strings of  Christmas lights on the porch the other day but
> didn't put the bulbs in yet. They're easier to string without the bulbs. I
> finally got around to screwing the bulbs in this morning only to find
> single, unopened black oil sunflower seeds in a few of the places into
> which one would screw the actual bulb. I began to wonder how they ever
> could have gotten into so tight a space until I realized they must be
> places where the birds I'm feeding are catching food for a later date!
>
> I think that's kind of neat!
>
> The birds are helping me decorate! Well, sort of.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

2020-11-20 Thread Kevin J. McGowan

My best memory of feeder birds caching was a number of years ago on a warm 
fall/winter day and I had my sliding door open so I could take pictures of the 
birds coming to the feeders on my deck. I had my camera on a tripod just inside 
the open door. I was doing something on the computer on the kitchen table and a 
Red-breasted Nuthatch flew into the house with a sunflower seed in its bill. It 
landed on the tripod, looked around, and tucked the seed into a crevice where a 
leg came off the base, then flew away back outside. Six feet away from me.

No matter how good their spatial memory, I knew it wasn’t going to retrieve 
that one.

I love Red-breasted Nuthatches!

Kevin


From: bounce-125158003-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Robyn Bailey
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 4:33 PM
To: Chris R. Pelkie ; Peter Saracino 

Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

Working from home, and my home being a log cabin, I see birds throughout the 
day coming and caching seeds in between the logs and windowsills…anywhere they 
can fit it. Mostly chickadee, titmouse, and red-bellied woodpecker are the ones 
I see doing it.

It’s fun to think of them using my house as a larder, and using their spatial 
memory (or some luck) to find them later. I wonder how many pounds of seeds are 
collectively stashed in the crevices of my house right now?


Robyn Bailey

From: 
bounce-125157588-15067...@list.cornell.edu
 
mailto:bounce-125157588-15067...@list.cornell.edu>>
 On Behalf Of Chris R. Pelkie
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 2:29 PM
To: Peter Saracino mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>>
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

You’ll want to pry them out. Some years ago, a squirrel stashed sunflower seeds 
into my exhaust pipe.
OMG, there’s nothing on earth that stinks as bad as burning sunflower seeds!
(:-)
__

Chris Pelkie
Data Manager; IT Support
Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/

On Nov 20, 2020, at 12:37 , Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:

So I hung strings of  Christmas lights on the porch the other day but didn't 
put the bulbs in yet. They're easier to string without the bulbs. I finally got 
around to screwing the bulbs in this morning only to find single, unopened 
black oil sunflower seeds in a few of the places into which one would screw the 
actual bulb. I began to wonder how they ever could have gotten into so tight a 
space until I realized they must be places where the birds I'm feeding are 
catching food for a later date!
I think that's kind of neat!
The birds are helping me decorate! Well, sort of.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma/swans

2020-11-20 Thread Judith Jones

Very satisfying trip to Montezuma today. Tundra swans the star of the 
trip. About 75 in the bays off Rt 89N that were no longer there on the 
return trip at 3. Several thousand ducks in the main pool.  As we 
watched about 200 Tundra swans came floating in over a period of maybe 5 
minutes. Spectacular, magical. Saw 3 S Cranes in the main pool and about 
120 later at the end of VanDyneSpoor Rd.



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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

2020-11-20 Thread Robyn Bailey

Working from home, and my home being a log cabin, I see birds throughout the 
day coming and caching seeds in between the logs and windowsills…anywhere they 
can fit it. Mostly chickadee, titmouse, and red-bellied woodpecker are the ones 
I see doing it.

It’s fun to think of them using my house as a larder, and using their spatial 
memory (or some luck) to find them later. I wonder how many pounds of seeds are 
collectively stashed in the crevices of my house right now?


Robyn Bailey

From: bounce-125157588-15067...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Chris R. Pelkie
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 2:29 PM
To: Peter Saracino 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

You’ll want to pry them out. Some years ago, a squirrel stashed sunflower seeds 
into my exhaust pipe.
OMG, there’s nothing on earth that stinks as bad as burning sunflower seeds!
(:-)
__

Chris Pelkie
Data Manager; IT Support
Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/


On Nov 20, 2020, at 12:37 , Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:

So I hung strings of  Christmas lights on the porch the other day but didn't 
put the bulbs in yet. They're easier to string without the bulbs. I finally got 
around to screwing the bulbs in this morning only to find single, unopened 
black oil sunflower seeds in a few of the places into which one would screw the 
actual bulb. I began to wonder how they ever could have gotten into so tight a 
space until I realized they must be places where the birds I'm feeding are 
catching food for a later date!
I think that's kind of neat!
The birds are helping me decorate! Well, sort of.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

2020-11-20 Thread Chris R. Pelkie

You’ll want to pry them out. Some years ago, a squirrel stashed sunflower seeds 
into my exhaust pipe.
OMG, there’s nothing on earth that stinks as bad as burning sunflower seeds!
(:-)
__

Chris Pelkie
Data Manager; IT Support
Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/

On Nov 20, 2020, at 12:37 , Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:

So I hung strings of  Christmas lights on the porch the other day but didn't 
put the bulbs in yet. They're easier to string without the bulbs. I finally got 
around to screwing the bulbs in this morning only to find single, unopened 
black oil sunflower seeds in a few of the places into which one would screw the 
actual bulb. I began to wonder how they ever could have gotten into so tight a 
space until I realized they must be places where the birds I'm feeding are 
catching food for a later date!
I think that's kind of neat!
The birds are helping me decorate! Well, sort of.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
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[cayugabirds-l] darn turkeys

2020-11-20 Thread Karen

First of all, I love my turkey coming in to my feeder, BUT
They are large and hungry.
In early fall, a flock of 21 started to come in eating the whole kernel and 
cracked corn I put on the ground. At first they were wary. If I walked out to 
the car they took flight banging into branches and going a long distance. So I 
tried to condition them to my presence. I walked slowly, clucked before coming 
into their line of sight, and didn't wave arms. Now they usually walk away if I 
come into their view. So I pour out about 8 quarts of corn sort of in a line 
and now 29 turkey eat it. It is really neat to see all the heads going like a 
sewing machine all in a line. So far so good.
Turkeys eat a lot. They eat everything I put out on the first trip. So 
sparrows, jays, doves don't get anything. OK. I put out another 8 quarts. The 
turkey walk a short distance and are back eating before I get back in the 
house. 29 big turkeys can eat many gallons of food. I now have to put feed out 
three times a day in order for the little ones to get any food. 
Anyone want a few turkeys?
John Confer
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[cayugabirds-l] Birds' secret caches

2020-11-20 Thread Peter Saracino

So I hung strings of  Christmas lights on the porch the other day but
didn't put the bulbs in yet. They're easier to string without the bulbs. I
finally got around to screwing the bulbs in this morning only to find
single, unopened black oil sunflower seeds in a few of the places into
which one would screw the actual bulb. I began to wonder how they ever
could have gotten into so tight a space until I realized they must be
places where the birds I'm feeding are catching food for a later date!
I think that's kind of neat!
The birds are helping me decorate! Well, sort of.
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[cayugabirds-l] Loon migration alert - Sat morning

2020-11-20 Thread Bill Evans

Thanks to all who posted loon migration reports last week. While I realize my 
credibility has taken a hit as a big flight prognosticator, all signs look good 
for a HEFTY loon flight tomorrow morning (Saturday 21Nov). 

If you’d like to report numbers using the old protocol developed by Bob Meade, 
tally totals for 15-minute periods with period 1 the 15 minutes before sunrise, 
period 2 the first 15 minutes after sunrise, and so forth.  The peak loon 
flight typically comes off Cayuga & Seneca Lakes in periods 1-3 and the Lake 
Ontario peak passes over the Ithaca/Watkins Glen area and a broad swath of the 
Southern Tier during periods 5-9. Based on past reports, it seems loon 
migration largely finishes crossing the region by the end of period 10.  

Sunrise tomorrow in Ithaca is 7:06, so the Meade periods Saturday are:

Period 1 – 6:52-7:06
Period 2 – 7:07-7:21
Period 3 – 7:22-7:36
Period 4 – 7:37-7:51
Period 5 – 7:52-8:06
Period 6 – 8:07-8:21
Period 7 – 8:22-8:36
Period 8 – 8:37-8:51
Period 9 – 8:52-9:06
Period 10 – 9:07-9:21

Urbi et Orbi!

Bill Evans
Town of Danby
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