[cayugabirds-l] Glossy or White-faced Ibis on Armitage Rd today

rvations as Plegadis, sp., and I’m looking for an observation of a bird which is distinctly either Glossy or White-faced before I put it on the year’s list. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.c

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Glossy or White-faced Ibis on Armitage Rd today

s to see, but none of us noticed it, although we were looking. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 5, 2017, at 6:55 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com> wrote: > > This afternoon a Plegadis, sp., ibis was reported on the north side of > Armitage Road in the partially flooded field west

[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Pacific Loon report; south end Cayuga L birds

Scaup, Surf and White-winged Scoters, Common Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, and American Coots. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey data

are present. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 7, 2017, at 12:40 PM, Candace Cornell <cec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gabriel, > > Pardon my delayed response, as I was traveling I have nesting data on 124 > osprey nests as part of my Cayuga Lake Basin Osprey Project and can ea

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Identification and Status of White-faced and Glossy ibises in southeastern LA

Alicia Plotkin kindly forwarded this information about separating Glossy & White-faced Ibis. The first step is figuring out what age the bird is, so I’m looking for evidence about the Armitage Rd bird. - - Dave Nutter > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Alicia <t..

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are all my feeder birds

Possibly there is less risk of predation when birds are dispersed in cover to feed v. concentrated at a predictable site at feeders designed to be open enough on at least one side for people to observe from inside a house. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 25, 2017, at 11:58 AM, AB Clark <an

[cayugabirds-l] Black Tern, Montezuma NWR

Reuben Stoltzfus tells me that Lisa Shirk with a field trip from Penn Yan today (Friday 27 April) to Montezuma NWR saw a BLACK TERN from the Wildlife Drive. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey on nest, briefly

hunkered down on it, presumably incubating. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 26, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Barbara Chase <bgarde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I walked around Renwick woods earlier in the afternoon yesterday (April 25) > and watched that nest for about 15 min yesterday around 1:30pm.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] siskin young

I think Siskins are fairly nomadic, and they breed wherever they like. Congratulations on maintaining Siskin habitat. - - Dave Nutter > On May 21, 2018, at 4:45 PM, Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > We still have several pine siskins coming to our feeders

[cayugabirds-l] Tschache: Red-necked Phalarope, Ruddy Turnstone, etc

WILLOW FLYCATCHER, YELLOW WARBLER, etc. SWAMP SPARROWS and MARSH WRENS sang from the marsh, etc. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Bobolinks, Purple Martins, Clay-colored Sparrow, Orchard Orioles.

ging and a female with nesting material, but I did not see where she took it. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVE

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole nest, Cass Park, Ithaca

ould disturb them, but I urge people to be aware and considerate of them while viewing. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat

[cayugabirds-l] Predation

of regrowing them or it was a young bird just growing them for the first time. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey

supporting the lights for Union Fields, but not the nest. It took awhile for it to gain the elevation. - - Dave Nutter > On May 1, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have to say, I LOVE seeing ospreys every morning on my drive to work. I se

[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk migration, Seneca County, Saturday

Yesterday (28 April) Reuben Stoltzfus was traveling north on NYS-414 between Ovid and Romulus when he saw several kettles of small Buteos who circled tightly and flapped rapidly. They totaled about 200 birds. This was before the rainstorm. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey on nest, briefly

low and a bit hard to see) on the nest at the east end of Stewart Park and also on the nest in Union Fields. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 28, 2018, at 7:12 PM, marsha kardon <mfkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There were two ospreys sitting peacefully together on the nest by the b

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Bustle

to watch. I stayed there for over an hour. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 28, 2018, at 9:13 PM, Sandy Wold <sandra.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This morning 8:30-10am I saw so many birds in my loop through Renwick Woods > to the Swan Pond and then through the Golf Course. > >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 65 Sandhill Cranes

“Cranery” sounds like a nest colony (they don’t do that) or communal roost. Also auto-spell-correct changes cranery to cranberry. How about “cranefield” for where a large group feeds? - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie <chris.pel...@cornell.edu> wrote:

[cayugabirds-l] Found!

though there is a swamp near her place. Maybe this is the same bird roughly five miles away. Or maybe her bird went south on the Jan 1 or 2, and this bird is now going south from somewhere else. Anyway, it was a surprise to me. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] Another count week species

January 4 was the last day of count week, and another species was found. - - Dave Nutter > > Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (1) > - Reported Jan 04, 2018 10:12 by Mike Wasilco > - Sapsucker Woods--Lab Building Area, Tompkins, New York > - Map: > http://maps.google

[cayugabirds-l] 5 Ross’s Geese at Stewart Park

I was just at Stewart Park briefly 1:20pm and saw 5 adult white Ross’s Geese together and close among the Canadas just off the tennis courts. Going back with better camera set up now. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous Gull, Red-throated Loon

tip. The bird is far larger than the nearby Herring Gulls, but it may be inconspicuous tucked down in a dip in the similar colored concrete of the breakwater. Duck diversity was a bit down. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] 2018 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records

ings slip by. Thanks. - - Dave Nutter - - Dave Nutter -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird Signs of Earlier Spring?

. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Slaty-backed Gull, Van Cleef Lake, Seneca Falls

Tim Lenz just re-found and confirmed the Slaty-backed Gull which Dave Kennedy found on the ice on Van Cleef Lake in Seneca Falls. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 16, 2018, at 8:47 PM, Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > ~5:30PM Herring Gull sized, dark mantle, pink legs, stre

[cayugabirds-l] Weather brings new migrant arrivals

e Kelling’s eBird report reflect how lousy his view was, then this is a great example of piecing together subtle clues to build an ID. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Northeas

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon at Stewart Park, Ithaca

Correction/update: Jeremy Collison texted “west end” at about 10:50am. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 22, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > This morning Jay McGowan found a beautiful breeding plumage male EURASIAN > WIGEON at Stewart Park, which he re

[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Wigeon at Stewart Park, Ithaca

your clothes when you arrive. It has just been reported again on the text RBA but without details of location. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose reports, real and mistaken

or wild or domestic hybrid goose will also join Canadas on land. So it’s always worth checking the local waterfowl, and it’s worth taking photos, even photos that don’t look nice, of anything unusual. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu > Date: Febru

[cayugabirds-l] Bird club trip addendum

ould be able to displace or replace one member of a mated pair of adults. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHI

[cayugabirds-l] Quick & dirty summary of Ithaca bird count 1 Jan 2018

in McGowan just outside count circle at Myers/Salt Point, Lansing) Lapland Longspur Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Common Redpoll Pine Siskin That’s my notes from the tally last night plus a bit of eBird research. I’ll try to get the 2018 Basin list up soon. Have fun birding in 201

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Quick & dirty summary of Ithaca bird count 1 Jan 2018

I see I omitted 111 American Coots, which brings my total to 101 species. And already Nancy Cusumano has let me know that the Common Loon was seen by her, Scott Sutcliffe (& others?) at the Ithaca Yacht Club in Ulysses. Thanks for help. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 2, 2018, at 9:09 A

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hogs Hole raft?

r know when a Tufted Duck or Eared Grebe or any sort of Scoter might show up. Or even a King Eider. Meanwhile the Redheads & Mallards make a Christmas-y spectacle. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 20, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Has

[cayugabirds-l] Newfield Red-winged Blackbirds

was 8°F, and I was not expecting my first 2018 sighting of this species to be there. I bet the fence at that house hid some popular feeders. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Shorebird Walk Saturday 18 August

logist Linda Ziemba and Visitor Services Manager Andrea Van Beusichem for arranging these trips to happen. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.N

[cayugabirds-l] Today’s ‘Shorebird Walk’ and Montezuma NWR

for them to eat than on past walks. In all I tallied 51 species of birds. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] American Bittern report in Cayuga Lake Basin?

. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Recent arrivals in Cayuga Lake Basin

to you, please let me know. The complete list is on the Cayuga Bird Club website Resources page. - - Dave Nutter Dunlin April 08David Wheeler, Deborah DohneCarncross Rd, Savannah Little Gull April 08Jay McGowan NYS-89 nr Schuyler Cr, Varick Purple Martin April 08

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Tagged Great Egret

snow here, and the expansive pool has plenty of water available for foraging. It’s cool to learn where “our” Great Egrets breed. We only see a few at a time and briefly in early April, but in late summer we accumulate scores of them. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 14, 2018, at 10:08 PM, me

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Phoebe

. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 18, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > I had my first PHOEBE today on Eastern Heights walkway near water tower. It > was desperately trying to find a bug to catch in the cold weather! > -- > -- Cayug

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Does anyone know if there are red tail hawks nesting this year in the gorge at the Stewart Ave bridge over Fall Creek

I glanced out the taxi window as I drove across the bridge yesterday, and the nest appeared empty - no eggs, no adult - but it was a very brief look. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 19, 2018, at 11:41 AM, Barbara B. Eden <b...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Thanks, > Barbara > >

[cayugabirds-l] Port Byron Ruff continues

from the latter. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

a nest. As for all the single-bird-in-flight sightings, I don’t know whether they mean there were 4 Ospreys, or whether all my observations simply demonstrate that I cannot keep track of one large easy-to-ID bird. Regardless, I am confident that Ithaca again has Ospreys. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayuga

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree Swallows

Reuben Stoltzfus told me that yesterday morning (Tuesday) he saw 6 Tree Swallows at Treman Marina in Ithaca, first one and then five more coming from Cayuga Lake. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Dogfight

interested in migrating. Maybe it was more intimidated than most. It looked like it was a young bird, streaky below. I hope it gets a meal somewhere along its way. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Phoebes, Bonaparte’s Gulls, Grebes (Horned, Eared, & Pied-billed), Cormorants

the east of the White Lighthouse Jetty. I also saw my first-of-year Field Sparrow beside Pier Rd with some Juncos & Song Sparrows (many of which have arrived lately) alongside the weedy, leaf-strewn fenceline of the DPW storage area next to the piles of wood chips. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayuga

[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loons, Dryden Lake

I just got a call from Reuben Stoltzfus who was at Dryden Lake and saw a tight flock of ten Red-throated Loons! - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Herons

Today’s sign of spring for me was a close trio of GREAT BLUE HERONS flying north this morning above Floral Avenue. They have seemed very scarce to me this winter, and these were my first in Ithaca. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-necked Grebes, Dyden Lake

you are in the area. The distance and waves there don’t hide waterbirds so much as on Cayuga Lake. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 3, 2018, at 12:21 PM, Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Two nonbreeding plumage RED-NECKED GREBES are currently sleeping in the > middle of Dryd

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Peenting

Nancy Dickinson, when she lived a bit further down the hill in Mecklenburg, regularly got the first of year Woodcock in February. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 26, 2018, at 7:45 AM, k...@empacc.net wrote: > > Wow! The 31 year norm here, just about 2 miles and a bit higher than you, i

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey on nest, briefly

, it descended toward the bird on the nest talons first. The occupant vacated pronto, flying upstream, while the evictor continued westward without even touching down. Maybe there are established Ospreys who don’t want certain other nearby platforms to be occupied. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, Main Pool, Montezuma NWR

Jay McGowan just (11:23am) reported a male TUFTED DUCK in partly eclipse plumage on the main pool at Montezuma about halfway between Larue’s & Eaton in a huge Aythya flock. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] EVENING GROSBEAKS - Ringwood Rd

seed. Then the hatch closes, and does not reopen until the Grosbeak leaves. So the Evening Grosbeaks are finding seeds in the grass below. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 1, 2018, at 10:30 AM, Marie P. Read wrote: > > Two Evening Grosbeaks (male and female) were on my feeders briefly, and are >

[cayugabirds-l] Cass Common Mergansers

. Maybe that’s a reflection on how little time & effort I’ve made, but they’ve seemed scarce at the south end of the lake lately - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] odd radar at mid-morning - migrating raptors?

of weather, radar, & migration care to consider these hypotheses? - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVE

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2019 Ithaca Christmas Bird Count results

Sorry, I think that’s 84 for the count plus at least 3 for the week. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 2, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Despite a high turnout of birders to count Ithaca-area birds, the number of > species found and the number of individual birds count

[cayugabirds-l] More count week species

In an eBird report from his office at the Lab of O yesterday (2 Jan 2019), Francisco Padilla Obregon listed 1 each of Snow Goose, Tundra Swan, Canada Goose, and hybrid Canada/domestic Goose. Snow Goose & Tundra Swan are Count Week birds. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Count Week Black Vulture & Iceland Gull; questionable Red-headed Woodpecker

descriptions would help sort it out. Meanwhile, I am awaiting a more convincing report before adding this species to the 2019 Basin Bird List or recommending it be included as a Count Week bird. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Count Week Black Vulture

. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu > Date: January 4, 2019 at 4:40:51 PM EST > To: Undisclosed recipients: ; > Subject: [eBird Alert] Tompkins County Rare Bird Alert > > *** Species Summary: > > -

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

h Rd. It looks like a white island, often with a mist cloud of white birds over it. Those geese typically commute to feed in farm fields in the northern part of the Cayuga Lake basin. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 4, 2019, at 1:09 PM, Tom wrote: > > There were about 100 Snow Geese in

[cayugabirds-l] Pink gull, etc.

Sparrow in our back yard, but not near any feeders. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http

[cayugabirds-l] Some new 2019 Basin Birds

Red-winged Blackbirds were next to the marsh by Test Rd at the top of the Cayuga Lake Basin - in January! - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Raptors, swans, ducks

to Sheldrake. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More count week species

I have been informed that this odd eBird list was an unlabeled false report created by a programmer at the Lab for a test. We have no Snow Goose or Tundra Swan for the count yet of which I am aware. Keep looking for real birds! - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 3, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Dave Nutter wr

[cayugabirds-l] 2019 Ithaca Christmas Bird Count results

been disturbed more thoroughly and moved out. And there may be other factors we just don’t know yet. Fitz says Audubon plans to analyze CBC data taking count-day weather into account to see if trends show up. - - Dave Nutter CBC results CACGOO 0101Ken Rosenberg Newman Golf/Jetty

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More count week species

it in time to check it out today. Sorry to have missed the deadline for the newsletter. It’s tough to report on an ongoing story! - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 3, 2019, at 8:53 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote: > > Dave I received a report from a casual birder who saw a ‘grebe’ in F

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk migration

saw and that Adam saw yesterday. Reuben also saw a few additional species of raptors, but I didn’t take notes on that. He did not see any migration today. - - Dave Nutter > On Sep 13, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Reuben Stoltzfus was cutting hay on his farm in Ovid tod

[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawk migration

an additional 300. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Montezuma NWR.

vers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Least Sandpipers. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.

[cayugabirds-l] Seneca County Redpolls

Reuben Stoltzfus reports that the flock of about 200 Common Redpolls has returned to the north side of the Ovid-Lodi Town Line Rd about a half mile east of NYS-414, and they are easy to see as they perch on the snow and on the weeds. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

[cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl

Drive opens 1 April. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned grebes

of Pied-billed Grebes resting on the lake near AH Treman SMP, and a 3rd near the white lighthouse at the mouth of Cayuga Inlet. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 25, 2019, at 10:36 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > 4 horned grebes offshore here with 4 Red breasted mergansers & > 7 Canada

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Phoebes etc

feeders, and a flock of 7 Icterids, five of which I got a scope view to ID as Rusty Blackbirds. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 30, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > I heard "my" Phoebe today, as well as one by Sarah B's house. > Also saw 22 elegant Red

[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Turkey Vulture

ago, but this bird reminded me very strongly of that bird. If anyone has photos of that bird, or recalls the last time it was sighted, or also saw this bird lately, I would be interested. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] odd Bufflehead

else knows better why this June-to-September plumage would be evident in late February, I am very curious. By the way, his feet and legs were also dull in color rather than the bright pink that breeding-plumage males show. - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 24, 2019, at 5:14 PM, bob mcguire

Re: [cayugabirds-l] osprey

This is a couple weeks early, but there have been some south winds. What details did you see? Several immature Bald Eagles have been around the south end of Cayuga Lake, and some have a head pattern similar to an Osprey and quite a bit of white on the belly. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 10, 2

Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: Salt Point meadow

Any word on why Salmon Creek is being dredged? Are there plans for boating in the creek? Are there houses at risk of flooding? I wonder how this will affect marsh and gravel bar habitat. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 7, 2019, at 8:35 PM, Marie P. Read wrote: > > Hi again, > >

[cayugabirds-l] More Osprey/rare bird/eBird stuff

that this is not enough to distinguish from an immature Bald Eagle when the photos are not actually included. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Happy Spring!

onto a dusting of snow that morning, but scurried back into its burrow after seeing a shadow - mine. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Pink gull

. My photos seemed more washed out than my actual view, but also my view through the slightly tinted glass window of the taxi also seemed more pink than when I opened the window. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

low point, I am thrilled every time I see one. It is wonderful to live in a place and time where we can personally experience the results of that recovery and know that efforts in our area were a part of the story. (Peregrine Falcons & Ospreys, too) - - Dave Nutter > On Feb 4, 2019, at 7

[cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpiper

. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins @ GIAC

it was visiting. - - Dave Nutter > On May 16, 2019, at 7:44 PM, Suan Yong wrote: > > I’m right now listening to and watching two Merlins calling to each other > from deciduous trees in the block north of GIAC (Albany and Court) around the > swimming pool and field. Saw them cop

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Wildlife Drive - Red Necked Phalarope and other shorebirds

anks. Cool bird! I’m glad so many people got to see it. - - Dave Nutter > On May 31, 2019, at 10:20 PM, David Nicosia wrote: > > A large number of shorebirds continue in main pool which has been drained. > The diversity could be down some as I didn't find any red knots, ruddy > tur

[cayugabirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling Duck has returned

photos and showed it to Meena Haribal and her niece, and Gary Kohlenberg stopped by as well. It was still there when I left at about 6pm. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Basin 2019 First Records

to hear it. Someday I will write more about how cool those lists are, and the neat info I have incorporated into the tables. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn & migrant warblers

hide at all. The other street trees on that block were different species, larger, healthier, with thicker foliage, and I did not search them. I plan to ask the City Forester what variety this shabby Hawthorn tree is, so I can get one! EBird list below. - - Dave Nutter > NY:TOM:Ithaca: 2nd

[cayugabirds-l] Radar: migration + rain = fallout?

I see, as I get ready for work well before dawn, that the radar shows both migration, and in parts of the region, light rain which can cause migrants to quit migrating when they hit it. Maybe there will be some migrant fall out. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

[cayugabirds-l] Loons, Grebes, Gulls

Black-backed Gulls along with a Double-crested Cormorant and a crowd of hopeful Herring Gulls. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] More migrants

his driver swing through the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma where he found an Orchard Oriole near the Seneca Trail. It’s going to take awhile to get all the new basin birds into the table, but I’ll work on it. Thanks for all the reports! - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] 2019 Cayuga Lake Basin first records updated

potential errors. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] FOY Black-and-white Warbler

trunk of a tree at the south end of the channel on the west side. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler, South Spring Pool, Montezuma NWR

they report.) This is a species we don’t see every year in the Cayuga Lake Basin, although Dave Kennedy also found one 2 days ago next to Seneca Lake north of Willard Town Park. An invasion! I hope this one sticks around and is easier to refind. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > F

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler, South Spring Pool, Montezuma NWR

Gladys (& all), Reading your report is almost like seeing the bird oneself. Lovely. Thank you. I’ll add your names after work. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 23, 2019, at 10:27 PM, Gladys Birdsall wrote: > > Dave, > > Diane, Susan Evans-Pond and I were headed back to I

[cayugabirds-l] Shorebird walk tomorrow (Sat 17) morning, Montezuma NWR

ican and a juvenile Laughing Gull. Let’s hope they stay. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Report: 17 August Knox-Marsellus shorebird walk

that people willing to share expertise and scope views will be especially helpful to the official leaders. There are still a few more species of shorebirds whose arrival we await. - - Dave Nutter Species observed on K-M walk 17 Aug 2019 - composite list Ducks were all in eclipse, female, or immature

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR shorebird walk Saturday 17 August

and myself. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebirds - check K-M this afternoon/evening

Saturday at the Montezuma NWR Visitor Center or shortly after at the overlook on East Rd and we can walk down to K-M for better views. More species have been reported to our north and they should be arriving here, too. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Shorebird Walk Saturday morning 31 August

e we tend to be on the dikes for several hours. Meet at the Montezuma NWR Visitor Center by 7am or go directly to the overlook on East Road at 7:15am. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Western Kingbird in Candor, Tioga Co, NY

Hill Rd northeast of “downtown” Candor. I don’t know any more details of where the bird was or what it was doing. I hope to hear tomorrow if it is refound. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

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