[cayugabirds-l] No Snowy at Myers

[tvaw...@wells.edu]

A search around Myers Park and the adjacent marina at 12:30 PM today didn't
turn up the  Snowy Owl reported and photographed yesterday.
Tom V

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Seeking info for Basin First Records list

[Jay McGowan]

Hi Dave,
The Fayette Gyrfalcon was indeed seen on January 1st by Drew Weber, Cullen
Hanks, and Ash Ferlito, as well as by other observers later in the morning.
I tried for it without success several times on Jan. 2nd, and it has not
been reported to my knowledge since the 1st. Nevertheless, it is still
definitely a different individual from the Ithaca bird by virtue of
plumage. As far as I know, the immature at the Reynolds Game Farm has also
not been seen again since Sunday Jan. 3rd, despite many checking the area.
I did find a female HOARY REDPOLL in the redpoll flock around the NW corner
of the pheasant pens at the game farm today around noon, as well as a
COMMON GRACKLE in the starling flock, both species we missed for the Ithaca
CBC. The two BLACK VULTURES were still present with Turkey Vultures near
the compost piles as well.

Jay

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:35 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know whether the Gyrfalcon, which is often seen on N Hoster Rd
> in Fayette, was seen on January 1, 2, or 3 this year? I know it was seen as
> late as December 28.
>
> Here’s why I ask: There’s a long tradition of keeping an annual list of
> first records for the Cayuga Lake Basin. For a number of years I’ve been
> doing that. Past years’ lists are on the Cayuga Bird Club website, and the
> start of this year’s list should also be up soon, with Paul Anderson’s
> help.
>
> As you may know, on January 3 a Gyrfalcon was seen near Ithaca. The
> question for me is whether this was the first day the species was found
> this year, or whether the bird from the Canoga area was also seen that same
> day or earlier. If you have info as to when, where, and by whom it was
> seen, please let me know off list. Thanks!
>
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Results from the 2021 Christmas Bird Count Ithaca Circle

[Paul Anderson]

Sorry, it looks like I sent out the link to the 2020 sheet by mistake. The
2021 link is this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKBp_qY7ZAw6ZPxMNjmfb9bjPjUDNFaH/view.

Thanks to those who pointed this out.

-Paul

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:16 PM Paul Anderson  wrote:

> All:
>
> The Christmas Bird Count and the count week is now over. We had the
> meeting last night to unveil the numbers, which many of you probably
> attended. I suspect there will be a few minor changes before we're
> completely done and ready to upload to Audubon, but I don't think any of
> the major conclusions will be upended.
>
> I have uploaded the spreadsheet with the results here:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=18fVU66lwWkJgcXKVIZwiXWMak_TOC9nK. Note
> that this has not just the numbers for this year, but all numbers for all
> counts back to the first one in 1963. Feel free to download and browse. In
> the sheet named '2021', see column V for this year's totals, and columns E
> through K for historical data. Also, you can find the map and other
> information here:
> http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/christmas-bird-count.
>
> Here's a summary of the interesting information:
>
>- *181 people* participated, breaking the previous record of 165 from
>2017
>- Participants walked *315 miles* in *305 hours*, and spent another *94
>hours* birding from the car, and *24 hours* owling
>- We had *89 species* on the day, and *10 count week species*, one of
>which is new for the count
>- *15 species* had record highs, and two tied the previous record
>high. We've never broken so many records before!
>- No record lows or big misses, although a few species were much lower
>than we have been used to in recent years
>
>
> We had a great year for woodpeckers and other feeder birds, as well as a
> few others. The record high counts were for these species:
>
>- White-winged Scoter
>- Turkey Vulture
>- Red-bellied Woodpecker
>- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
>- Downy Woodpecker
>- Hairy Woodpecker
>- Pileated Woodpecker
>- Common Raven
>- Tufted Titmouse
>- Red-breasted Nuthatch
>- White-breasted Nuthatch
>- Brown Creeper
>- Carolina Wren
>- Eastern Bluebird
>- Hermit Thrush
>
> Ties for record highs:
>
>- Winter Wren
>- Northern Saw-whet Owl
>
> Count week species
>
>- Tundra Swan
>- Gadwall
>- Ring-necked Duck
>- Red-breasted Merganser
>- Ring-necked Pheasant
>- Black Vulture
>- Gyrfalcon - this was new for the count
>- Peregrine Falcon - we only just today confirmed this sighting on
>12/31.
>- Northern Shrike
>- Snow Bunting
>
>
> The total number of birds counted was 30,293, about 16% down from the
> 10-year average.
>
> At the meeting there was lots of speculation about causes for these
> numbers. It seems fair to conclude that the record effort yielded record
> numbers of birds, a theory that is supported by the fact that we had a
> similar amount of effort in 2011 when we also set many records for many of
> the same birds. The low total is likely mostly due to our part of the lake
> being more empty of birds than we have been used to. Those waterfowl were
> just elsewhere on the day.
>
> Finally, although we all agreed that we were sad not to have the in-person
> dinner at the Lab, all the area leaders were greatly appreciative of the
> extra time to collate numbers. Consequently, we are discussing breaking
> with tradition and doing the dinner on the day after the count instead.
>
> Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out. This was fun!
>
> -Paul
>

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[cayugabirds-l] Seeking info for Basin First Records list

[Dave Nutter]

Hi All,

Does anyone know whether the Gyrfalcon, which is often seen on N Hoster Rd in 
Fayette, was seen on January 1, 2, or 3 this year? I know it was seen as late 
as December 28. 

Here’s why I ask: There’s a long tradition of keeping an annual list of first 
records for the Cayuga Lake Basin. For a number of years I’ve been doing that. 
Past years’ lists are on the Cayuga Bird Club website, and the start of this 
year’s list should also be up soon, with Paul Anderson’s help. 

As you may know, on January 3 a Gyrfalcon was seen near Ithaca. The question 
for me is whether this was the first day the species was found this year, or 
whether the bird from the Canoga area was also seen that same day or earlier. 
If you have info as to when, where, and by whom it was seen, please let me know 
off list. Thanks!

- - Dave Nutter 
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