[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbirds / Yellow-rumped Warblers / Swainson's Thrushes
At the Owasco inlet yesterday morning there were 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and 40 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Also of interest was a clear sustained audio on a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and visuals on one YELLOWTHROAT, 14 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2HOODED MERGANSERS, and 45 ROBINS among others. In Frozen Ocean we had 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 BROWN CREEPERS, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 15 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, and 50 ROBINS among others. At Long Point around noon we had 2 COMMON LOONS and a DUNLIN as well as a SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. Happy fall! Caroline Manring Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2009, at 1:16 AM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote: Kevin ( all), Some neat birds were found Saturday that didn't get posted on Cayugabirds-L or texted to the rare bird alert but did get shared by cell phone among several people in the field. There was a Sanderling which Bob McGuire Gary Kohlenberg ( Stuart Krasnoff?) found at Myers Point early this morning, and was later seen by at least Ann Mitchell and myself. And there was an Orange-crowned Warbler which Nate Senner found at Freese Road which was later seen by Gary Kohlenberg and Ann Mitchell. Neither was a first of year observation nor a bird which is unexpected, but both are tough basin birds which few people have seen this year. Should such observations be put on the RBA? Should observers ensure that such observations get posted on Cayugabirds-L? I admit that when Ann called me a second time saying she didn't know how to do an RBA, I chose to look for the Orange-crowned Warbler during my limited opportunity rather than spend the time typing out an RBA, but I told her so and thought she was going to have someone else do it. As for the Sanderling, I was driving for the first 45 minutes after I heard about it, and I never was at my computer again till well after I saw it, so I didn't realize it didn't get posted till mid afternoon. At noon when I saw it I was about to text that it was still there, but called Ann first because I knew Sanderling had been on her list of missing species, and then I got distracted by looking for the Orange- crowned Warbler until I had other obligations. Sorry about that. --Dave Nutter On Saturday, October 17, 2009, at 06:55PM, Kevin McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote: Did I miss something? What Orange-crowned Warbler? k At 06:27 PM 10/17/2009, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: This afternoon I was able to re-find the Orange-crowned Warbler that Nathan Senner discovered while birding with Ann Mitchell. A quick call to Ann gave her a second chance to see it as she wasn't quite tall enough to see over the goldenrod. It made me think that sparrow-ing in the fall would be more productive wearing short stilts. That may have given me just the edge I needed to see the Henslow's sparrow I missed at Hog Hole. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/ maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Renwick Cerulean warbler
Definite Cerulean warbler, Renwick preserve. Got a great simultaneous look and listen at him singing foraging and having a spat with a female Redstart. CM Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cerulean Warbler at Sapsucker
Yesterday I heard a Cerulean Warbler sing five or so times in succession in the northwest area of Sapsucker-- is this the Wilson trail? -- he fell silent after that but gave a good show! Sorry for the delay in reporting-- I hope others come across him too. Also today was my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the season, also at Sapsucker, on the northern edge of the pond where there's a walkway out onto the edge of the water. Caroline Manring Ithaca Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Bank Swallow Colony
Hiking along Cayuga Trails in the streambed we came across a Bank Swallow colony nesting in the sandy cliffs-- probably about twenty nest holes. The birds were active and feeding over the water; one pair got chased by a Chipping Sparrow, of all things, who then trilled about showing them what was what. Caroline Manring Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote: Just spent my lunchtime listening to the Baltimore Orioles who seem to be nesting in one of the two oak trees right behind the Ezra Cornell statue. The male sings a very consistent, syncopated song, and then it sounds like the female, in one of the trees, pipes short phrases of the same tune, right in rhythm with his. Very cool. The echoes between the buildings make it hard to tell exactly where they are, but I did see the male flying between the two oaks several times. It sounded like there are another singing down by Uris Library, as well. Nancy Dickinson Johnson Art Museum -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] CLOMontezuma/ bachelor ducks
I took a group of students on a field trip yesterday and we were delighted to spot HOODED MERGANSERS on the pond and a BROWN CREEPER and a FOX SPARROW on the Wilson trail, among other excellent regulars, including troupes of CEDAR WAXWINGS being quite busy, with juveniles mixed in. It was also a good day to be a HAIRY WOODPECKER, apparently. At montezuma we had lots of RING-NECKED DUCKS, which always seem rather exciting to me with their fancy contrasty bills. A group there before us had sighted two adult BALD EAGLES in the trees far across the marsh area and pointed them out to us. How do you know what they are that far away? Some students wanted to know. hooray for the Inside Birding episodes, which I was able to point to and say color pattern! Size and shape! Habitat! Behavior! And they nodded, now knowingly. We also had some nice views of a juvenile NORTHERN HARRIER harrying some GREEN-WINGED TEAL and AMERICAN COOTS. Lots of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, conspicuously mostly male, just as the teals had been. Am I making this up or are there serious bachelor fests of certain ducks in the winter? Only two BUFFLEHEADS in the whole wildlife drive lot, both females and very actively diving. The students got nice long looks at the tricky GADWALL, for which I was especially grateful. (My ducks are a little shaky, said one student confidentially. So are mine, said I. Which reminds me to sign up for some of Kevin McGowan's upcoming waterfowl webinars.) One RUDDY DUCK made an appearance, and oh, our kingdom for a scope-- who knows what else was just beyond binoc range. Caroline Manring Ithaca Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Short-eared Owl ballet
Went to see the SE Owl show at Long Point Winery this evening. There were at least six birds active. One had a run-in with a female Northern Harrier in the air--perhaps a vole ownership dispute. This was my second time seeing this particular show in my life and I recommend it highly. The birds are quite striking both in markings and flight style. They're almost moth-like, as if more buoyant or less earthly--slightly less subject to the rigors of gravity--than other birds (even the harrier, who's no slouch at lofting). Also their faces, because of the bold eye markings, are discernible even with the naked eye, so it's possible to track where they're looking as they fly. That action can be hard to see in other birds, so watching the SE Owls hunt is like getting to see a bird's real-time perception and decision-making. It's riveting. I haven't got my Sibley handy, only photos-- is the coloration in Short-eared Owls as rosy/buffy on the underwings and belly as it seems, or is that just the usual lighting conditions for snapping shots of these owls? One pic did show a more high contrast bird (almost black and white). By the way, re: Sibley not knowing everything: both a horrifying and comforting thought. Caroline Manring West Hill Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Flicker
At the suet feeder yesterday-- The back view of her made my mind buck for a fun split-second: what the hey-hoo is wrong with that red-belly? I suppose we are always discovering new species in our hearts, because it's so delightful to be full of nothing but possibility for a timeless millisecond. CM West Hill Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Winter didn't kill us!
The bluebirds have started their chortling (sounds like Swedish to me), the starlings have picked up a Junco's trill, and two flickers are flicker-flirting near the suet (involves a lot of diving and rushing. It impresses my conure, Jim, who says oh, hi! and chicken! while he watches them through the window. We need to work on his ID skills). In short, I've finally come to the yearly bird-driven conclusion that we're going to make it. Caroline West hill Sent from my iPhone -- 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] FISP n TRSW
A very busy Field Sparrow out back here on West Hill. Also our first Tree Swallow! Jubilation! Caroline Manring Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Towhee!!
... wHEEP-ing in the hedge and scuffing under the feeder. He surprised me this morning-- my, I thought, for a sleep-numbed split second, that junco got real gussied up today... Caroline Sent from my iPhone -- 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] So you think you know your yard?
There's the Big Year, the Big Day... I know people who do Big Sits... And now, introducing the Big Yard. After finding out over the past few days, just by paying much closer attention, that my own yard can yield almost fifty species in a single day (and counting!!), I'm inaugurating a new game in the vein of staycations, small carbon footprints, making do, and discovering what's right under your nose: The Big Yard, May 7-31, 2014. Anyone can participate (so go ahead and forward this to anyone not on this list who might want to play). The rules are: 1) all birds counted must be visible and/or audible from your property 2) day tallies must be made within one day (12:00am to 11:59pm), with a new tally starting on the next or any subsequent day. At the end of the month, you submit to me, via email, your biggest day's species total, with street address, approximate property size, and any notes you want to include. 3) you can borrow a friend's yard if you don't have one of your own, but no one can combine two yards for any one day. 4) no calling Sapsucker Woods your yard! The idea is to stay more or less where you are. 5) you may recruit helpers (kids, partners, friends welcome), and your efforts may be combined for the same Yard. Be wary, though, of the enthusiast who lets her imagination create Little Blue Herons at her feeder. Winners may occur in the following categories, plus any others that seem necessary: Most Species in a Single Day, Most Species of the Game (5/7-5/31 species total) Best Behavioral Observation, Best Reporting Style, Most Yard Lists Submitted to eBird, and A Bird Poker Award (full house of woodpeckers? Royal flush of sparrows?)-- in other words, most birds from one family group. Prizes are TBA, but in the spirit of the game, they'll likely be no-marginal-cost and/or imaginary, and will include having your newly-won title announced formally to the venerable Cayugabirds list-serve, with highlights from your daring feats of observation. I'll be the judge, will not be allowed to win anything, and will consult experts as needed. I encourage you to submit all of your tallies to eBird!! Who says only the hotspots are hot spots?? Let's populate eBird with new heavily-birded locations! Reply off-list if you want to say you're participating or if you have questions. I look forward to hearing what you find. You can do this game even if you can only bird your yard once or twice between now and the end of the month. Think you have only House Sparrows and an occasional American Goldfinch? I dare you to look/listen again. And again... Caroline Manring West Hill, Ithaca Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Red-bellied Woodpecker at the Downy Cafe
Anyone seen this before? Yesterday a female Red-bellied Woodpecker was eating from the nest hole of two Downy Woodpeckers while they dove on her and yelled for all they were worth. Sheesh, the brutality of Spring isn't for weak human eyes. On the bright side, my West Hill yard/property has yielded over fifty species so far today! Highlights were parulas, Bobolinks, and Swainson's Thrush. Caroline Sent from my iPhone -- 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] ?s about owls and Montezuma
Hi all, Does anybody know: 1) have any Short-eared Owls showed up at Long Point? 2) is Montezuma wildlife drive still open? 3) is there a reliable place around the lake somewhere to find a Screech Owl? I'm leading a field trip for HWS students and could use any and all info. Thanks! Caroline Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Bobolink on West Hill
May the 4th be with you, cause the BOBOLINKS have arrived up here. (I always thought they sounded like R2D2 or some sort of alien transmitter radio) Sent from my iPhone -- 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] West Hill migrants
Today we've had a very active SCARLET TANAGER (lots of chip-burr notes between serenades), a busy CAPE MAY WARBLER doing a few different variations on his song, and some BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS among the clouds of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. The BALTIMORE ORIOLES are eating both oranges and suet. No hummers here yet but I've got the feeder up and it's looking hopeful. Caroline Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Freeville/Dryden Senegal Parrot
Birders, Someone has lost a Senegal Parrot who answers to the name "Benny" in the Freeville/Dryden area. Ringwood Road between Ellis Hollow Creek Rd and Midline Rd. This is an approximately Robin-sized bird but chunkier, mostly green with yellow and gray; the yellow would likely be what would catch your eye as it's on her belly. So if you see a hookbill out there, please help get Benny home: email djfletc...@gmail.com or call 607-229-3600 She's a friendly bird, 18 yrs old at least, entirely people oriented, but suffering from the instinct to fly higher when scared. She may answer with a whistle, a repeat, or a phone ringing noise and/or come if called to with "Benny-Benny". Thanks for keeping an eye out, vanguard. C Sent from my iPhone -- 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] West Hill new visitor
A COMMON NIGHTHAWK has been above the fields up here calling the last two nights, and just flew overhead calling, daytime-style. This is a new one in this area, at least in the last 5 years, during moments when I've been paying attention. So, a thousand points for West Hill! Wegmans doesn't own all the cool flyovers! Caroline Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Forget-me-nots as food?
Just observed a male PURPLE FINCH plucking forget-me-not seeds straight off the plant on the ground. Never seen that before! Caroline Manring West Hill Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
