onal world at ground level, and all the things going on in the sky and atop the buildings, including 50 ROCK PIGEONS which continued throughout to fly over the neighborhood.--Dave NutterOn Jan 05, 2012, at 03:32 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: CayugaRBA PEREGRINE FALCON atop Holiday Inn, Ithaca
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I was there from 1:15 to 2:15pm on Tuesday 3 Jan with no luck. A guy who worked there and was familiar with the bird said it had not been seen on the 2nd or 3rd. I tried to look on the roof of the mall from the Thruway overpass, and I scanned the Thruway rest stop (1 tantalizing gull atop the
You are not the only one who said it'd been there a week. Fred Bertram's Facebook page said that, too, but didn't give a name to check the date with.--Dave NutterOn Jan 01, 2012, at 07:55 AM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote:I am the one who said it has been seen for a week.The ONLY time I
Glad to hear it's still there!Has anyone input this Snowy Owl into eBird? It hasn't shown up on the map yet.--Dave NutterOn Dec 31, 2011, at 09:42 AM, Val Stevens valstev...@yahoo.com wrote:The snowy owl is still at the outlet mall. At 9:42 it was perched on the tower by J Crew.
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LE-CRESTED CORMORANT - 1COMMON LOON - 2RUDDY DUCK - 2 (These guys may not last - they were swimming toward hunters' decoys.)NORTHERN PINTAIL - 1 maleGADWALL - ! male, 1 female...plus many more common waterfowl, including hordes of geese gulls, but no odd ones among them that I could pick out so
I agree with Chris T-H in welcoming reports from beyond the Cayuga Lake Basin, especially big, rare, easy-to-ID-from-a-respectful-distance birds like Snowy Owls, but also anything wild-bird-related which is unusual or interesting to you the writer/observer.I just want to set the record straight
This morning (Tuesday 27 Dec) Laurie and I took a second lovely walk in Hammond Hill State Forest. Having gone there Christmas day to not see Bob's White-winged Crossbills, today we went to not see his Northern Goshawk. Again I was not surprised, because both species are wide-ranging and
Last night I learned that a few days ago (maybe mid-week?) Stefhan Ohlström saw what sounds to me like an Eastern Phoebe at his house on West Hill near EcoVillage. It was near his pond, I think. He hasn't seen it since.--Dave NutterOn Dec 24, 2011, at 08:04 AM, Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu
It's neat that Snowy Owls are irrupting enough that USA Today took notice and included some background biology. For more info on this ongoing story, there's a neat article from the eBird folks at the Lab of O.--Dave
n a tree at the edge of the woods north of Knox-Marsellus and another adult BALD EAGLE perched next to a nest in woods northeast of the intersection of NYS-89 NYS-31. I also saw a distant eagle flying over Mays Point Pool.--Dave Nutter
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Keep an eye out for a gorgeous male WOOD DUCK at the south end of the lake. I saw it off Stewart Park on Wednesday 14 December. Sorry I forgot to post it, as that was a busy taxi day. On 10 December I also saw a flock of about 20 NORTHERN PINTAIL off Stewart among the CANADA GEESE. They took
I know of at least 4 and probably 5 parties who looked around the mucklands for the Snowy Owl this morning, but I've not heard of any success. Maybe the bird migrated overnight, but it's very possible that it simply chose a less visible place to spend the day. For all we know it may have been
Yesterday afternoon about 2:45pm from the NYS-89 bridge over the Flood Control Channel I saw to the north, around Stewart Park, a kettle of 14 TURKEY VULTURES, also contending with considerable wind. After a minute or so the kettle was strewn sideways, and they seemed to be working their way back
, but a male CANVASBACK has joined the small group of REDHEADS. --Dave Nutter
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:58 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Just to add to the discussion of Merlin prey, below is one birder's notes on what Merlinseither ate or scared offduring the course of the nesting season this year in a neighborhood in a small city in western NY. No doubt the prey items are based
it did eBird.12 TURKEY VULTURES soaring over Cayuga Heights. This impressed eBird more than it did me.I may have also heard a COMMON REDPOLL calling from a tree along the lakeshore, but it and its buddy flew off before I could get a look.--Dave Nutter
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During a brief taxi break this afternoon (30 Nov) at Stewart Park I scoped at least twelve COMMON LOONS and one RED-THROATED LOON. Other species were much the same as recent days, including four DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS.--Dave Nutter
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Doing some even more crude calculations I figure Bob had 4.54 Double-crested Cormorants. Bob I crossed paths at Myers at noon, and thanks to his brief note of what he'd found, I made the effort and also saw the RED-THROATED LOON far out in the lake, along with, coincidentally, 110 COMMON LOONS.
scope views. When it dove we spent awhile trying to refind it. It had swum considerably north of the point, and on successive dives worked its way west, staying under for about a minute each time. --Dave Nutter
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Earlier in the day during taxi breaks at Stewart Park I noticed that there were still 10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS on a log far to the northwest. Also present closer were 13 REDHEADS, at least 14 RUDDY DUCKS, and 1 GADWALL. --Dave NutterOn Nov 07, 2011, at 07:59 PM, Lee Ann van Leer
Also there were about a hundred AMERICAN COOTS close to NYS 89, I think just south of Lower Lake Rd.--Dave NutterOn Nov 06, 2011, at 06:46 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Ann Mitchell I went to Montezuma NWR today. The biggest highlight for me (year bird) was the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
this afternoon. I figure this could be the same bird which Jay saw at Myers many days ago, and perhaps which Bob refound there.--Dave NutterOn Nov 01, 2011, at 05:16 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: RED-THROATED LOON juv far e of Ith Yacht Clubjm also far fr RR midway betw E Shore Portland Pt
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to my fare, and I was pleasently surprised when he correctly identified the hawk, then he reminisced about the Merlins which nested on Seneca Street a few years back and continued by telling me about a Great Horned Owl which had killed a crow. I like this town. --Dave Nutter
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BenningEuropean Starling - hundreds near Main Pool TowerSwamp Sparrow - 1 near Main Pool TowerSong Sparrow - 2 near Main Pool TowerRed-winged Blackbird - several over/in vegetation of Main Pool--Dave Nutter
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I'm heading up to Montezuma NWR Sunday morning with Ann Mitchell to look for the Red Phalarope reported Saturday from Shorebird Flats along the Wildlife Drive. If anyone else finds it or hears a positive report, please call me: 607-229-2158, and I'll put it on the text-message Rare Bird Alert.
people who saw this bird!--Dave NutterOn Oct 09, 2011, at 08:03 AM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: CayugaRBA RED PHALAROPE refound by Mark Miller, open water of shorebird flats, wildlife dr, Montezuma NWR 8am.
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I also had a very good morning at Sapsucker Woods, seeing many of the same birds as Mark although we did not meet. I only have a few additions. I arrived at the parking lot along the Dryden Rd side midway along Sapsucker Woods at 8am and walked north along the trails of the Ithaca side toward the
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PS - also 11 GREAT EGRETS at Mays (plus a few uncounted at K-M Puddlers), 3 SANDHILL CRANES together in Knox-Marsellus, and an adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW along EAST RD. It was a good day even without godwits. Now I'll shut up for a few hours.--Dave NutterOn Oct 04, 2011, at 09:05 PM, Dave Nutter
I went to Sapsucker Woods this afternoon hoping to see one of the Gray-cheeked Thrushes that have been reported lately. Although I did not have success there, eventually I did find a congener and a good variety of other migrant songbirds. I started on the Dryden side at the little parking lot.
Late this afternoon (29 Sept) I went just to the Knox Marsellus, Puddler, and May's Point Pools of Montezuma NWR. From the Knox Marsellus overlook on East Road I counted 220 SNOW GEESE, including 1 each juvenile and adult dark "Blue" Geese. There were lots of CANADA GEESE, and GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
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Gary Kohlenberg started searching the gardens at dawn, before Ann Mitchell's Cayuga Bird Club field trip arrived after meeting at the Lab of O at 7:30, so he was separate. I arrived about 7:50 and joined the club group. We (or at least I with them) saw lots of SONG SAVANNAH, 1 or 2 FIELD, 1
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By early afternoon the Wilson Trail was quiet for me (or else I was burned out after walking the woods trails staring vainly for thrushes). The only migrant I found was there a/the PHILADELPHIA VIREO near the Fuller Wetlands. Jay Livia were just headed down the trail as I was leaving. Maybe they
Late Saturday afternoon after Dave Wheeler spoke to us and left, Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman (?), and I saw a PLAGADIS IBIS SP, fly across Knox-Marsellus and land in the open. We were scoping from the overlook with excellent conditions - sun behind us, no heat shimmer. We could clearly see the
GRAY CATBIRD, and a
flyover MOURNING DOVE. Across the street from the parking area were
some AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES.
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I tried for the Sanderling(s) at Myers today (4 Sept) without success Laurie is away with the car, so I biked there, and I got a late start, arriving about 11am. There were 6 beginnner sailboarders in the swimming cove, but the spit had plenty of Ring-billed Gulls (I later counted 64). However the
forward to others' observations, analysis, corroborations, /or
contradictions.
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On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:46 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote:
CayugaRBA PLEGADIS SP IBIS (GLOSSY?) Visitor Center, Montezuma NWR 3:45PM 30
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Semipalmated Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers.
Larue's has some water water around the edges, but we saw few shorebirds there
or at the (former) Shorebird Flats along the Wildlife Drive.
Visitor Center had both Yellowlegs, and a few Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers.
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On Aug 30
to this area, I'm interested in confirmation that the egrets are feeding there.Yesterday evening at 8:15pm the 2 Great Egrets were near each other in a tree along Cayuga Inlet at the edge of Jetty Woods.--Dave Nutter On Aug 24, 2011, at 08:51 AM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:This morning (Wed
efforts. If anyone with access to
the research ponds behind the Equine Drug Testing lab or by Neimi Road, or east
of the airport could look around and let me know if there are a couple of
egrets around, I'd be very grateful.
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close together, almost directly towards me over the lake. When they were nearly
overhead they circled once, then continued over NYS
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On Aug 21, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:
From 8:20-8:30pm this evening (21 Aug) I was by the mouth
...Route 13 and disappeared to the east over the trees and out of the lake
valley.
(Sorry again about the hair-trigger send feature on this device I'm using.)
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On Aug 22, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:
This evening (Monday 22 August) the egrets
it was on the more
northerly of its 2 favorite roosting perch atop a small tree quite separate
from the other egret. How does it decide between the 2 perches it regularly
uses? How did the other decide on its single perch?
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to the visitor center but did not find them. Moral: Birds are flighty.
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On Aug 21, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:
David Wheeler informs me that there are two WILSON'S PHALAROPES at the
Visitor Center pool at Montezuma NWR
intrigued that they return faithfully to Jetty Woods to
roost, sometimes to a particular branch. Perhaps they are attracted by the
Double-crested Cormorants who fly conspicuously around the area and have
established a successful and comfortable roosting site.
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On Aug 19
they came from.
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Back at dawn today, Saturday 20 August, I found the 2 Great Egrets perched
near each other in the same tree as I left them. At 6:20am the first took
flight, and judging by perch choice
had gotten back to the Inlet it was back
again at the perch it first came to this evening and that it used last night.
I wonder if they also have distinct feeding habits or other personality traits
to distinguish them if I were to see them elsewhere during the day.
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KINGFISHER BARN SWALLOW, lots of MALLARDS RING-BILLED GULLS, a couple of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and a few CANADA GEESE.--Dave NutterOn Aug 18, 2011, at 06:55 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:This evening (Thursday 18 August) the two Great Egrets were clearly identifiable with binoculars
This evening (Thursday 18 August) the two Great Egrets were clearly identifiable with binoculars at 8:30pm in the same two trees as before.--Dave NutterOn Aug 13, 2011, at 07:48 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:This evening (13 August) I took a walk along Cayuga Inlet by Cass Park
Krasnoff.
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not see any fireflies in our yard this evening. On August 1 we only saw 1 firefly, but a few weeks ago it was spectacular. --Dave NutterIthaca, NYOn Aug 02, 2011, at 06:55 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:The Great Egret is roosting in the same place this evening, 2 August.
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The Great Egret is roosting in the same place this evening, 2 August.
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On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:56 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:
On this evening's (1 Aug) canoe-paddle on Cayuga Inlet Laurie and I saw a
Great Egret atop a small tree on the edge of Jetty
a couple at Puddler's. As an added treat for those fanatics who read to the end of boring posts such as this and are interested in birds which are out-of-season but not out-of-range, we saw a single male Lesser Scaup at Stewart Park in Ithaca at 6:30am.--Dave Nutter
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uire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote:The "Short-billed Sandpiper" would have been a life bird for me, and perhaps the others. Unfortunately, is was only a Short-billed DowitcherBobOn Jul 24, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:Today (Sunday 24 July) I went around Cayuga Lake with Bob McGuire, Susan
The pelican has wandered, so keep your eyes peeled. I got this message yesterday (18 July) from Suzanne Henderson.--Dave NutterBegin forwarded message:
Dave,I wanted to bring you up to date on
the Pelican. It appears to have left Dorchester Park.My friend did not walk this
morning due to
Suzanne's friend reports that the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was at Dorchester Park again this morning, Sunday 17 July, flying some, as well as resting on the water among the CANADA GEESE.--Dave NutterOn Jul 16, 2011, at 07:54 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.dave@mecom wrote:Suzanne Henderson sent me a photo
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, GREAT EGRETS TRUMPETER SWANS and a COMMON MOORHEN) but did not check other areas.Jay mentioned having seen an adult and a fledgling PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Armitage Rd, and I see that Susan also added CLAY-COLORED SPARROW to her list, presumably the bird from King Rd, Seneca Falls.--Dave Nutter
Ann Mitchell I went to the north end of the basin starting early this morning. The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was singing on King Rd north of Seneca Falls. We were brief and had no interactions with humans. The shorebirding was excellent (temp still cool; clouds) from Towpath Rd (off North May's Point
It may be disheartening to think we are barely past the solstice, yet people are already talking about fall migration, but it's true. Shorebirds are already starting south, or at least dispersing after breeding. Other birds are as well, but the shorebirds are more obvious. I think it was generous
, I'm not listing them.--Dave Nutter
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ently from the vicinity (inside?) of a chicken coop across the street (also near the north end of the bridge). I suspect it's a domestic free-range bird. I did not see the bird nor talk to the property owners. It's fun to hear even if it doesn't count as wild.--Dave Nutter
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This morning as I biked along Taughannock Boulevard I heard and eventually saw a male CERULEAN WARBLER singing from Locust trees festooned with Virginia Creeper on the west side of the road opposite the mailboxes for numbers 1137 1139. --Dave Nutter
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EAGLE nest with 2 large nestlings at the top of a pine tree. This is very cool that we have Bald Eagles nesting in Tompkins County! I had seen adults going in that direction from Stewart Park last year, so this may not be the first year for this nest.--Dave Nutter
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I wonder if this was identified simply on the basis of being an Empidonax with a yellow belly, or whether it showed a bold, even, complete eye-ring, a yellow-gray throat with low contrast to the face, a round head, and a short tail, and if it gave vocalizations of Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Note
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a lifer. This was a great
day for me especially with the Prothonotary. I
to wait for another wave of shorebirds to arrive, or at least another wave of calm to look for them. It seems a bit unfair that this cooler, less humid weather should also be so challenging for birding. We had a good time, but the wind was exhausting.--Dave Nutter
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My understanding is that Salt Point, the part of the delta north of Salmon Creek, although owned by the DEC has for the last couple years been managed by the Town of Lansing, who put in the gravel loop road. I agree that their decision to wreck so much good bird habitat by clearing the eastern
The bridge in question on Armitage Road is the large, metal, one-lane bridge over the Erie Canal. To the west of it at the end of the guardrails there is a small gravel pull-off. The Prothonotary Warblers are immediately west of here, generally one male in the swamp on the north side and one male
, rich morning of birding with Bob McGuire and others at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve in West Danby. Bob, Dave Nutter, and I started right at dawn (5:15 AM) by the swampy pond next to the West Danby fire station. We found a couple of WOOD DUCKS, several singing SWAMP SPARROWS, BLUE-WINGED
I sent this late Saturday evening, but it seems not to have gone through.--Dave NutterOn May 28, 2011, at 07:42 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:Highlights of a walk at dusk to the shore of Cayuga Lake at Treman State Marine Park included: a female HOODED MERGANSER with at least 10 downy
Although Bob McGuire and Susan Soboroff saw the WHIMBRELS fly in at noon, it turns out this was not the first time today they did so. Doug Daniels saw the birds earlier and reported them to Genessebirds-L (see below), which is why I subscribe to that digest. Thanks to Bob McGuire for calling me at
n the date, that this is a breeding territory. --Dave NutterOn May 21, 2011, at 08:00 PM, wroberts wrobe...@wells.edu wrote:I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan
Danskin, and others as they
were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar
Ridge Rd.
with the stream flowing north there to Owasco Lake out of a wetland in a saddle on the Cayuga Lake Basin's border. --Dave Nutter
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In the mid-morning rain I headed to the Wilson Trail and found Laura Stenzler her husband, Ton. By the time the rain let up we were also joined independently by Stuart Krasnoff and Ann Mitchell. The birding was great, especially after we no longer had to keep drying our optics, and especially
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This evening Jessie Barry sent out a CayugaRBA of a female Prothonotary Warbler at May's Point Pool, Montezuma NWR. --Dave Nutter
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