[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Osprey

[Donna Lee Scott]

See msg below re apparent Osprey hit by car.
She meant Lansing schools.
I think she meant bird is on north side of road, same side as school bldg.
across from AllSaints church.
Can anybody go check on this bird?

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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Begin forwarded message:

From: Andrea 
Date: April 15, 2024 at 8:04:25 AM EDT
To: Donna Lee Scott 
Subject: Osprey

Hi Donna,
  I see your name often on the bird threads, and I’m driving to work but I 
think I just passed an osprey that got hit by a car , Right before landing 
school- across from the church where the two osprey platforms are. If driving 
to the school it’s on the left hand side of the road.  I couldn’t stop but I 
didn’t know if you knew anyone to check on it!
Thanks!  Sorry so random!
 Andrea


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY GBH!

[Donna Lee Scott]

I saw 4 great blue herons in marsh by end of Van Dyne Spoor Rd. (Sandhill Crane 
Unit, MNWR) Near Savannah NY on Tuesday Apr 9.

Donna Scott
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On Apr 13, 2024, at 8:09 PM, Deb Grantham  wrote:


I saw a GBH at the pond on Sheffield Road near Bundy Road for the first time 
this year on Thursday.

Deb


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WOOHOO!  Flying over the top of Snyder Hill.  

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrow

[Donna Lee Scott]

I now have 5 Chipping Sparrows & at least 2 went into an open roofed tray 
feeder filled with Agway Ithaca Mix seeds.

Lots of DE Juncos, too.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Apr 13, 2024, at 3:03 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

 FOY yard Chipping Sparrow for me this morning as well, in Ithaca at the base 
of W Hill at the S end of Cass Park. Very handsome bird, it didn’t use feeders 
that I saw, but appeared to be singing (inaudible inside our tight house) then 
flew toward our neighbors’ yard with conifers and lawn such as I think Chipping 
Sparrows like (I think of them as Cemetery Birds).

- - Dave Nutter

On Apr 13, 2024, at 1:28 PM, Sigrid Connors 
mailto:sigatel...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Just saw our first FOY Chipping Sparrow in NE Groton!

Sigrid

Sigrid Larsen Connors


On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM Ann Mitchell 
mailto:annmitchel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I had my first Chipping Sparrrow yesterday.
Ann
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On Apr 13, 2024, at 10:29 AM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 I just saw my 2 FOY Chipping Sparrows under feeder here at Kendal.

Been seeing Cedar Waxwings around here on walks.

A friend/resident who was here at Kendal for the eclipse celebration outside (I 
was up at Sodus Bay for it) , said she used Merlin while sitting there, and it 
reported a Woodcock nearby.
Could be the one we had on Mt Kendal last year. If Merlin was correct.
I forgot to ask her if it was during the dark time of the eclipse, which might 
make sense.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 13, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Laura J. Heisey 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:


I just saw my first in Newfield!

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrow

FOY Chipping Sparrow downtown!
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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock on Merlin/eclipse

[Donna Lee Scott]

I asked my friend/ kendal resident about her Merlin woodcock report on Eclipse 
day & she wrote:

Hi Donna
I think the woodcock registered on my Merlin as it was darkening. I was getting 
bored with the clouds cover of the eclipse so turned on Merlin. I first got a 
cardinal then song sparrow, robin, then woodcock. Later a couple others 
appeared.
Best,
Lois

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrow

[Donna Lee Scott]

I just saw my 2 FOY Chipping Sparrows under feeder here at Kendal.

Been seeing Cedar Waxwings around here on walks.

A friend/resident who was here at Kendal for the eclipse celebration outside (I 
was up at Sodus Bay for it) , said she used Merlin while sitting there, and it 
reported a Woodcock nearby.
Could be the one we had on Mt Kendal last year. If Merlin was correct.
I forgot to ask her if it was during the dark time of the eclipse, which might 
make sense.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 13, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Laura J. Heisey  wrote:


I just saw my first in Newfield!

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrow

FOY Chipping Sparrow downtown!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] education barred owl

[Donna Lee Scott]

Not falconry.
they take various captive birds of prey around to groups of people educate them 
about owls and hawks.
I think often the birds of prey have been injured and can’t live in the wild.

Donna Scott
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On Apr 11, 2024, at 10:38 PM, sarah fern  wrote:


Cornell teaches falconry?

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 8:00 PM Suzanne A. Horning 
mailto:sa...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Hello!
The Cornell Raptor Program had a barred owl get loose this evening.  She was 
last seen near the intersection of the East Hill Recreation Trail and Game Farm 
Road. She does have gear on including jesses, a swivel and a leash (which may 
have come off).  She is fully flighted.

Students and volunteers from the program are still out looking for her.  If you 
spot her, please call Dr. Heather Huson, Director of the program at 
907.388.4485 or you can also reach her via-email at 
h...@cornell.edu.

Suzanne A. Horning (she/her/hers)
Associate Director, The Cornell Commitment
Program Manager, The Cornell Tradition
300 Kennedy Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-8595
www.commitment.cornell.edu


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] What are the waterfowl?

[Donna Lee Scott]

Mostly Redheads, with some Ring necks, greater and lesser Scaup, Canvasback ?  
and apparently one Tufted Duck, a rarity from Europe.

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
d...@cornell.edu
607-379-1694

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What ( or who) are all the birds at the south end of Cayuga Lake?

I always used to ask Donna Scott….




Bert (Lansing Station Road)
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue jay question

[Donna Lee Scott]

Some people have observed this trinket -leaving near food source with Crows & 
wondered if it was a gesture of gratitude for the feeder food.
Maybe just us anthropomorphizing?

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Jan 19, 2024, at 6:58 AM, Peter Saracino  wrote:


Hey folks.
I hear some people tell of blue Jay's leaving pebbles and bits of twigs on 
feeder trays. Anyone else ever hear of such things? If so, what might be the 
reason?
Thanks!
Pete Saracino/NY State Master Naturalist Volunteer
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[cayugabirds-l] snow geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

About 1.5 hours ago I saw a few thousand Snow Geese flying in a southerly 
direction over Ithaca, and the lake, probably.
They were seen from the NW side of the Kendal (Cayuga Hts) loop sidewalk , and 
were west of the west side Kendal property line.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead sharpie for donation

[Donna Lee Scott]



Lab of O building is closed for renovation, so unless you know the right 
person to phone, you can’t drop off a dead bird right now.
I don’t have any other info.

Donna Scott
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On Jan 3, 2024, at 8:43 AM, Robin Cisne  wrote:


I've always frozen them, and then just dropped them off at the front desk.






On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:
My friend has  a window strike victim in the form of a Sharpe-shinned hawk (I 
think, vs Coopers). He'd like to see it get used for educational or research 
purposes. Any thoughts of a good contact person at the lab or somewhere else? 
He can transport it. Just needs a destination.
Many thanks.
Sar
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] European Goldfinch

[Donna Lee Scott]

Fred,
I will put it in with the official feeder counts.

I take calls for CBC feeder counts today, 4-6 pm
607-379-1694
Congratulations!

Donna Scott

Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Jan 1, 2024, at 10:43 AM, Fred Rimmel  wrote:

We have a European Goldfinch at our feeder in Dryden on Kimberly Drive.  It’s 
within the count circle.

Fred Rimmel
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[cayugabirds-l] Red headed Woodpecker reported

[Donna Lee Scott]

After I watched the Snow geese for a while at Dean’s Cove, then by the road in 
Varick, I drove north on Rt. 89 to the Knox Marcellus marsh to look at the 
sandhill cranes ( & swans & ducks).

 I think there were 3-400 cranes & many of them were calling &  flying out of 
the marsh , across East Road, & several seemed to land in a corn field just 
over the hill to the west.

Just as I was about to leave, a guy in an olive-ish-green Subaru  Forester 
pulled up to chat, and we talked about the snow geese which he thinks flew out 
of the main pool of Montezuma visitors center in the morning & over to the lake.
As he was about to leave, he said, “and don’t forget about the Redheaded 
woodpecker over at Cayuga Lake State Park!”

 I said that I didn’t know about that bird and he said it was across from one 
of the offices & a parking lot of the state park people, and on the lake side 
of the road.

I did not have time to go look for it & the sun was setting, so I thought 
chances were slim that I could find it, anyway.

Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

1000s still distantly visible north of Deans Cove park on NY Rt 89.

I just chatted here w Suan Yong, who now is paddling towards geese in his Sea 
Eagle blow-up kayak!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds

[Donna Lee Scott]

 
suggestion.


- - Dave Nutter

On Nov 26, 2023, at 9:37 AM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Horrors. No bird deserves a name like that!

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 26, 2023, at 8:58 AM, billebersbach 
mailto:billebersb...@gmail.com>> wrote:


I think they should change the name of the Wilson Snipe to the Trump Snipe.



Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone


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From: Dave Nutter mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>>
Date: 11/26/23 8:34 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: CayugaBirds-L b 
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds

What would be better names for birds? The American Ornithologist Society says 
the public will be involved. It’s going to be interesting. What are your 
suggestions?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/bird-names-racism-audobon-satire/?wpisrc=nl_ideas

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds

[Donna Lee Scott]

Horrors. No bird deserves a name like that!

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 26, 2023, at 8:58 AM, billebersbach  wrote:


I think they should change the name of the Wilson Snipe to the Trump Snipe.



Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone


 Original message 
From: Dave Nutter 
Date: 11/26/23 8:34 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: CayugaBirds-L b 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds

What would be better names for birds? The American Ornithologist Society says 
the public will be involved. It’s going to be interesting. What are your 
suggestions?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/bird-names-racism-audobon-satire/?wpisrc=nl_ideas

- - Dave Nutter
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Limpkin eating snails?

[Donna Lee Scott]

Willie D’Anna reported in the March 2023 Kingbird that the Niagara River 
Limpkin found near Lewiston, NY Nov. 2022 was eating grove snails, aka 
brown-lipped snails cepaea nemoralis it was finding in a weed-covered slope.

That Limpkin was subsequently captured, taken to a rehab facility for care and 
further feeding, and then taken south to be released in a wetland in South 
Carolina. See the March 2023 Kingbird report for details.

I wonder if anyone will try to help this Limpkin go south before winter?

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
d...@cornell.edu

From: bounce-127842405-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Candace E. Cornell
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 1:44 PM
To: Dave Nutter 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Limpkin still in Elmira

What a great adventure! Down south they thrive on large apple snails. I wonder 
if they were eating our puny snails?


On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 1:18 PM Dave Nutter 
mailto:nutter.d...@mac.com>> wrote:
FYI
- - Dave Nutter

Begin forwarded message:
From: mailto:browncreep...@gmail.com>>
Date: October 23, 2023 at 12:57:53 PM EDT
To: mailto:nutter.d...@mac.com>>
Subject: Limpkin still in Elmira
Hi, Dave,

Can you forward this to cayugabirds and nybirds.  I’m not sure I remember how.

Courtney Jett located the Limpkin west of the boat launch at Pirozzolo Park 
this morning at about 11 am.  The bird foraged in the Japanese Knotweed between 
the small path near the river and the main path, then moved north of the main 
trail. It was last seen at the edge of the knotweed and lawn between the 
pickleball courts and the community gardens, turning south onto the trail back 
to the main trail.

Thanks,
Bill Ostrander
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Elmira Limpkin, a true story of late October

[Donna Lee Scott]

Super novelette, Dave!!
Thanks.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Oct 23, 2023, at 12:00 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:


Clouds poured overhead, propelled by a relentless northwest wind. Ann and I 
wandered the abandoned land below the levee alongside the Chemung River. We 
thought we were prepared for this quest, yet our equipment was now heavy and 
awkward, and the chill air sapped our heat. One of my boots seemed to be 
leaking.

Somewhere very near here, Elmira Limpkin had been reported again. The first 
time, over a week ago, she was said to be walking a forest trail, and that’s 
certainly what the photos appeared to show. But the observer had been confused, 
seeing something so improbable and beyond her experience. The next day over a 
dozen searchers scoured the area. They came up with nothing. This morning 
Elmira Limpkin had been standing on a shingle beach. I saw this new photograph. 
Could it be true? We had to see for ourselves.

All around, trees creaked and moaned. Dead leaves carpeted the mud. Our vision 
was blocked repeatedly by thickets of invasive Japanese Knotweed. Ann and I did 
not even know Jeremy was here, but suddenly he was signaling us to the edge of 
the floodplain. Adam had passed us earlier on a footpath, and he emerged from 
the forest along with Michael, to join us. Jeremy gestured at a curtain of 
head-high weeds. Beyond, at the far side of a clearing, a huge, strange bird 
gazed at us from the shadows. It stood on tall, dark, thick, stork-like legs. 
Its long bill was dull brown with yellowish tones around the mouth. The beak 
curved, but lacked the slender tapering grace of the bill of an ibis. This was 
a heavier weapon that hung down over the bird’s long folded neck. Its face was 
dusty gray with feathers that turned to stubby spikes on the back of its head. 
The rest of its plumage would have been dark chocolate but for the white flecks 
on its neck which became arrows down its breast then daggers on its wing 
coverts. We stared. This tropical creature did not belong here in Upstate New 
York. Long ago I had seen such a mollusk-eating bird and heard its wild screams 
in the darkness of a baldcypress swamp in Florida.

As we tried to take pictures, the bird began walking... slowly... silently...  
toward us... becoming even harder to see. Now we knew it was only a few feet 
away, but it was hard to tell just how close. Our cameras quit working, showing 
only shadows and blurry forms. We dared not move. What was it doing? We 
wondered and whispered. Minutes seem to pass before we saw that the bird had 
turned aside. It kept a brown eye on us while strolling behind tree trunks and 
among rotten logs, heading toward the river. As it crossed the final opening I 
could see its lengthy webless toes with every step.

Then it stopped and stood alongside the final patch of Knotweed atop the 
riverbank. We had been following at distance but we stopped, too. We finally 
got some sharp - and we hoped indisputable - photographs.

Jeremy hurried away first, needing to get some sleep before working a hospital 
shift. Adam joined Ann & me as we climbed the levee toward the normal world, 
but Michael went back into the woods, wondering why his friend Phil never came 
out.

From the top of the levee Adam turned toward the dead end of a street where he 
left his car, while Ann & I hiked to the end of the levee. Noisy kids on a 
playground ignored us, but a guy at a fire station stared at our telescopes and 
binoculars and cameras. Maybe he knew what it’s like beyond the levee by the 
river.

- - Dave Nutter

On Oct 23, 2023, at 7:09 AM, Robin Cisne 
mailto:rfci...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Wasn't she the villain in an early 20th c. novel?




On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:18 PM Dave Nutter 
mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> wrote:
On 12 October Barb Borelli found and photographed a Limpkin along the Chemung 
River in Elmira and reported it to eBird. This morning (22 October) Martin Cain 
refound & photographed it, also along the edge of the river. This afternoon Ann 
Mitchell & I went to look for it, and we were close by, as were Adam Farid & 
Mike Gullo, when Jeremy Collison discovered the Limpkin a hundred yards from 
the river standing and resting in the dead-leaf-strewn floodplain forest 
immediately southeast of Pirozzolo Park in an area which seemed to be 
associated with a culvert below the corner of the levee. The bird was standing 
almost under the Japanese Knotweed which covered the embankment above. We were 
surprised when it walked toward us, coming within a few yards behind a narrow 
screen of knotweed, then it turned and strolled toward the river, sometimes out 
in the open, and rested again at the top of the riverbank for several minutes, 
remaining there when we left at 4pm. During the 40 minutes we watched it, it 
was silent and neither flew nor fed but seemed relaxed & healthy. Later 
observers saw it catching worms in the leaf litter. If you seek this bird, 
don’t 

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey & fox

[Donna Lee Scott]

Yesterday morning ~9:15 my adjacent neighbor, thru window, took a phone video 
of a Red Fox in the road here, seemingly interacting with an Osprey perched in 
a tree overhead.
Fox finally ran north along road & Osprey took off to the south.

Donna Scott
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] fledgling crows

[Donna Lee Scott]

As per Anne’s message that fledgling Amer. Crows are out & about now, today I 
had my first ever “show” of a young A. Crow begging near a parent this morning.
It flapped its wings & made a series of begging calls and chased after a parent.

I scatter mixed bird feed, as well as dried-up used wet cat food & leftover 
cooked egg on the ground & the parents kept feeding the raucous fledge peanuts 
& other goodies!

Fun to watch the crowlet act like a titmouse fledgling!

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On Jul 1, 2023, at 9:43 PM, Kevin C Packard  wrote:


 Thank you Anne and Jared for sharing on this question.  I really like your 
suggestion Anne in that these could be juveniles begging. The calls were 
nasally but seemed a bit longer than the short 'uh' or 'uh-uh" fish crow calls 
I'm used to hearing around Cayuga Lake.

 As for the fish comment - well yes on the levity a little  Dead fish appear 
on the shoreline from time to time (big kills sporadically in the spring), but 
I don't know their feeding habits very well, so I assumed that they like being 
near waterbodies as it is place to scavenge dead fish or other creatures.

Cheers,

 Kevin



Kevin C Packard
166 Surge B
Department of Social Statistics, ILR School
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-8212




From: anneb.cl...@gmail.com 
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2023 8:35 PM
To: Kevin C Packard 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fish crow vs American crow ID by merlin

Hi Kevin

I think I see why Merlin was back n forth.

 I think your audio is of a demanding American crow fledgling whose nasal begs 
come close to the slightly down slurred and nasal ‘simple version’ fish crow. 
If you listen toward the end of the recording , you can hear a quickening of 
the notes and a slightly ‘gobbling’ sound. That is the fledgling continuing to 
beg as it is getting fed—beg calls with a parental bill in its mouth and 
swallowing at the same time.

Lots of American Crow fledglings out or just coming out now.

I assume that the comment on fish in the pond was a bit of levity?  Maybe it is 
worth mentioning that Fish Crows don’t ‘fish’ Or particularly seek fish as far 
as I know. But they do seem to like shoreline or river edge scavenging, rather 
than foraging on lawns like American crows. And also, less popular with humans, 
they seem to be good at finding bird nests in trees.

Anyway—that’s my Id of the crow voice on your audio.

Best, Anne


Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 1, 2023, at 7:39 PM, Kevin C Packard  wrote:


Hi everyone,

 I was birding at Jennings Pond in Danby the other day and found a group of 
crows in trees by the pond which the Merlin app was giving as both fish crow 
and American crow.  How reliable do you all feel about distinguishing these two 
species using Merlin? I made some recordings that includes the cawing from what 
Merlin was saying as fish and American crow, but I've thought that here in 
Tompkins County that you will see fish crows primarily by Cayuga Lake. Jennings 
Pond is at 1,250 ft elevation, but it is one of the larger ponds in the county 
and has plenty of fish.  The eBird list (giving only American crow) is at

https://ebird.org/checklist/S143150602

 Thoughts are welcome!


 Kevin



Kevin C Packard
166 Surge B
Department of Social Statistics, ILR School
Cornell University
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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey article

[Donna Lee Scott]

Candace Cornell has published her long-awaited article on the impressive 
increase in nesting Ospreys around Cayuga Lake -

- in Sept. 2022 issue (Vol. 72, #3) of “The Kingbird”, the journal of the NYS 
Ornithological Association (NYSOA).
This issue was just sent to members of NYSOA.

THANKS to all those who helped Candace amass all the data that went into this 
report, including Dave Collum, & to Karen Edelstein for the excellent maps.
Thanks also to NYSEG & Paul Paradine & Paul Batz & crews for providing so many 
sturdy & safe osprey nesting platforms around the lake.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Downy juvenile/ titmouse

[Donna Lee Scott]

The Downys are back again with Pa feeding Jr. , then Jr. staying on seed-nut 
cone & eating quite well on its own.

Meanwhile, I also see a begging Tufted Titmouse juvenile here by sunflower seed 
feeder doing its wing flapping & begging calls trying to get its parent to feed 
it !

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Jun 20, 2023, at 1:52 PM, Bhuvan Singla  wrote:


Hi Donna,

I really like your observations. I think the kid is just being smart. Father 
may recognize the generation gap, and learn from the kid. I believe this holds 
true here as well:



Very Truly,
Bhuvan



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In my ‘back yard’ I have several bird feeders, including a large hanging 
cone-shaped seed & nut cake the woodpeckers like.

A male Downy was perched on it eating seeds when a juvenile Downy landed on the 
pole above the cake & started baby-begging /wing flapping.
Father went up & fed the kid a couple times , then they both flew away.

Soon, the cranberry-capped kid came back & perched on the cake & proceeded to 
peck at it & eat it on his/her own!

Is it fooling father into giving it an easy meal or just learning to eat on its 
own?

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[cayugabirds-l] Downy juvenile

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In my ‘back yard’ I have several bird feeders, including a large hanging 
cone-shaped seed & nut cake the woodpeckers like.

A male Downy was perched on it eating seeds when a juvenile Downy landed on the 
pole above the cake & started baby-begging /wing flapping.
Father went up & fed the kid a couple times , then they both flew away.

Soon, the cranberry-capped kid came back & perched on the cake & proceeded to 
peck at it & eat it on his/her own!

Is it fooling father into giving it an easy meal or just learning to eat on its 
own?

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[cayugabirds-l] Mallards

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I am surprised to see a pair of Mallards eating bird food in my back yard at 
Kendal !

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Donna Lee Scott]

You have a lot of predators down there, Geo.
So they are a threat to baby TVs.
I did notice that there was very little odor in the boathouse while the birds 
were there, even tho baby Hissy did poop inside.
Maybe lack of odor will help hide the chick(s) from predators.
Here’s hoping.

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On Jun 6, 2023, at 8:16 AM, Geo Kloppel  wrote:

Thanks Donna, that gives me a lot to look forward to! I had undertaken a bit 
of slow, desultory salvage work at the abandoned shack in the woods, but after 
discovering the Turkey Vulture scraping in the debris on the floor there on 
April 29-30, I avoided the place for weeks. It does seem like a PERFECT place 
for a Turkey Vulture nest, except perhaps for the range of mammalian predators 
in the vicinity: red foxes, gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats and especially 
fishers. I wonder how much of a risk they pose…

-Geo


On Jun 6, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about May 
11, 2022:

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Donna Lee Scott]

My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about May 
11, 2022:

Egg probably hatched June 17, producing a white, downy chick with a black face 
and beak.
The nestling (sitting on just beach gravel, so not much of a "nest").
Chick sat with its beak resting straight down on the gravel much of the time.
It hissed if I came near it, which I did not do very much.
Parent was with it some of the time, but parent out hunting a lot.

I looked up TVs in "Birds of the World" and it (and Robyn Bailey) said that TV 
chicks are very slow to mature, taking 2-3 months to fledge.
Towards the end of August the chick was wandering around in the boathouse and 
was by then mostly black feathered.
I have photos.

By third week of August I saw Hissy was gone from inside and not at the place 
outside the boathouse where it usually went by then.
I saw Hissy fly on August 24, 2020. So a little over 2 months since it hatched.

Its face & beak by now was gray, as was its feet. Its feet may have been gray 
from hatching, but not sure because I could not see them.

It hung around the area by itself for several days.
I saw it perched on the boathouse second story deck railing.
 One time it perched over me in a big oak tree that overhung the RR track that 
is in my former backyard.

By this time I had moved to Kendal and was not at 535 Lansing Station Rd very 
much. 
House sale closing early September and I was not there anymore.

Realtor joked: "Turkey Vulture conveys with house!"
Lawyer joked that this was the first time she had to consider a turkey vulture 
during a house sale.

I have no contact with new owners, so do not know if the TV tried to nest there 
again.

Donna

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
d...@cornell.edu

-Original Message-
From: bounce-127459297-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Kevin J. McGowan
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 9:14 PM
To: Geo Kloppel ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

Cool.

Donna Scott, what is your experience with timing of eggs and chicks in the nest 
in your boathouse a couple of years ago?

Abandoned shack in the woods sounds PERFECT for a Turkey Vulture nest!

Kevin

-Original Message-
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 On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 8:09 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

In late April I found a Turkey Vulture scraping around in the domestic debris 
on the floor of one of our abandoned shacks deep in the woods. I coded it as NB 
(nest building). 

Over the next few weeks I observed several comings and goings that I 
interpreted hopefully as shift-changes. She’s still in there today. 

Sitting in a scrape in the trash for five weeks running seems so purposeful 
that I feel pretty confident there must be an egg or two, soon to hatch…

-Geo


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] starling fledglings! and solar power!

[Donna Lee Scott]

a Starling nested inside the tall storage cupboard in my carport here at Kendal 
because one door would not latch shut properly.

Lotsa noise from nestlings & the parents, lotsa flung poop as parents flew out!
Now the nestlings have fledged & I need to tie door shut to avoid a repeat 
nesting.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Jun 4, 2023, at 7:58 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:


Wow, it seems starlings fledged this last week! I’ve been hearing them begging 
everywhere. I’ve been doing a weekly hour-long bird census at the Cornell 
compost facility on Stevenson Rd since they opened in, I think, 1999. (I’ve 
only been ebirding it since 2011 or so.) And this week was the first time this 
year it was filled with begging baby starlings! That noise was constant during 
the hour I was there looking for tagged crows. More starling fledglings calling 
all around this weekend. Cleary their breeding was highly synchronized to have 
so many of them out all at once.

So, apropos of the current discussion about costs and benefits of trying to 
clean up our energy use… I alone have submitted 668 checklists from the compost 
hotspot, mostly one-hour-long mostly-stationary censuses of crows, during which 
time I recorded all of the birds that I could detect. This easily covers the 
time when the fields above the compost were horse pasture into the current 
situation with a solar farm. Some creative person could surely do an analysis 
of breeding birds detected in the horse pasture days versus the current solar 
farm. It hasn’t affected to crows so much, but definitely the wintering gulls 
do not like the change. Not sure about breeders. Not many birds breed in the 
middle of a horse pasture, although lots do around the sides.

In memory of our late departed birding friend, Bard Prentiss, Bird Hard!!

Kevin

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[cayugabirds-l] Bobolink @Kendal

[Donna Lee Scott]

For 3 days we have seen a male Bobolink on SE side of Mt. Kendal !
So far no female seen.
Male does typical flight, lands on top of thistle & quietly sings his lovely 
song.
Also today I spotted a FOY Green Heron flying around overhead.

Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Hum-bird & others

[Donna Lee Scott]

FOY male Hummingbird at my feeder here at Kendal !
Also at same time, a FOY White-crowned Sparrow feeding on ground under the 
not-so-squirrel-proof seed feeder!
Yesterday, FOY Great-crested Flycatcher.

Yesterday elsewhere here, at least 2 Catbirds & a singing B. Oriole (FOY).
House Wrens back a few days ago.

I learned from a Cayuga Hts. Neighbor with whom I walked here on loop that he 
has Merlins in his yard to west of Kendal. I think I must have seen one of them 
a few weeks ago.
John C knows about them.

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[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point Sat. work postponed

[Donna Lee Scott]

Due to expected rain and colder weather, we're postponing Salt Point Volunteer 
Day to May 20

Mark your calendars...Please join us

VOLUNTEER DAY @ SALT POINT

[POSTPONED TO]  SATURDAY, May 20,   9 a.m. - Noon


Donna L Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point

[Donna Lee Scott]

Dear Birders:
Saturday you have a chance to Give Back to our wonderful Salt Point Natural 
Area, which is so good for birding!

Come down, help for a couple hours, and bird watch at the same time!

Mark your calendars...Please join us

VOLUNTEER DAY @ SALT POINT
SATURDAY, April 29,   9 a.m. - Noon

Come meet other Salt Point friends and help with various important tasks: 
collecting trash, pruning, mulching, trail maintenance and more.
Bring the family or a friend, and your favorite gardening tools, gloves, hat 
and water.

Come for the morning, or come for an hour.

Thank you and see you there,

Board of Directors, Friends of Salt Point


Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr - kendal
Ithaca, NY 14850


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Donna Lee Scott]

The Brandywine birds are where Simsbury drive ends at Brandywine.
I often see one perched in a deciduous tree back of a Y shaped, trimmed  white 
pine just east of Brandywine rd.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Apr 25, 2023, at 12:34 PM, Scott Haber  wrote:


There has also been a calling pair off and on since the beginning of April in 
the vicinity of Craft Road and Brook Way in the Village of Lansing. On a few 
occasions in recent weeks they were frequenting a grove of Norway Spruces on 
Brook Way as well as a dense stand of White Pines near the dermatology practice 
on Craft, but they don't seem to be consistently faithful to either location. 
There has been a successful breeding pair of Cooper's Hawks (using old crow 
nests) near these locations in recent years, so I'm wondering if the Merlins 
were checking out some of the old Cooper's/crow nest sites.

-Scott

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:28 AM Karen 
mailto:confergoldw...@aol.com>> wrote:
Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin 
territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.

South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee, Tareyton 
Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of Yellow Barn Rd. 
near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings Pond, and a 
possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11 pair, but I 
haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating now and the pair 
is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of nestlings and shortly 
after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match last year's county high of 
12 pairs.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks, John


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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: re salmon creek/ Prothonotary Warbler at Salt Point/Myers Point, Lansing

[Donna Lee Scott]

See below.
From: Donna Lee Scott
Date: April 24, 2023 at 11:17:07 AM
To: Dave Nutter
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler at Salt Point/Myers Point, 
Lansing

 Salmon creek thru most of its course flows south. When it gets to ~ Myers Rd, 
it flows more westerly.
So standing on creek bank at Salt Pt., you would say you are on ‘north’ side, 
looking at ‘south’ side - into houses, then Myers Park.

I will be reporting this P Warbler tomorrow at the Friends of Salt Pt. 
Director’s meeting!
Thanks, Elliott!

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
(Formerly Lansing resident)
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On Apr 24, 2023, at 10:56 AM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

 At 10:15am Elliott Ress reported a Prothonotary Warbler seen and heard 
singing while foraging with Yellow-rumped Warblers along the “south” side of 
the creek (probably means east side, as the creek flows south), but seen by him 
from [42.5394, -76.5480] on the Salt Point side.

- - Dave Nutter
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] No Waterthrush, Yes Waterthrush

[Donna Lee Scott]

I spent a fair amount of time on Woodleton boardwalk yesterday (Saturday), 
midday and heard/saw no Northern Waterthrush.

I did see 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers (FOY for me) by the pond hear the Egg Cairn, 
as well as an E. Phoebe and 2 Robins.
The warblers didn’t even flit around, but stayed relatively still so I could 
study them!

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
d...@cornell.edu
607-379-1694

From: bounce-127367198-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Suan Yong
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2023 2:43 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] No Waterthrush, Yes Waterthrush

This morning around 9am I heard a Northern Waterthrush singing at the Lab of O 
in the small marsh island just east of the building, near the shed which a 
sapsucker had been using as its sounding board. It sang a few times then 
disappeared.

A couple people I spoke to said they heard them at their usual spot around 
Woodleton.

Suan
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

[Donna Lee Scott]

When I was in the Everglades in 2020, in one of the main parking areas 
(Anhinga?) off the main road to Flamingo, I witnessed several black vultures 
ripping black rubber parts off parked cars!

One had to get there early to get one of about 20 tarps the Nat’l. Park Service 
provided to cover ones car.

On another trip in northeastern Florida, I was at one of the state springs 
parks & watched a lone black vulture decimating the picnic food of people who 
had left packages of hot dog buns & a big , cut-in-half watermelon with no 
covering on a picnic table.
They were in for a surprise when they returned!
I thought, “ BV is getting even with humans for all their various 
transgressions against the bird world!”
(BTW, I was thrilled to encounter 11 Florida Scrub Jays in the thickets along 
US Hwy. 19 just outside the park when I left later in the day).

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Apr 22, 2023, at 10:28 AM, Andrew David Miller  
wrote:


This morning at around 8:30 there was a single Black Vulture at the Tompkins 
County recycling center (there may have been others as there was a tree of 
vultures out behind the center).  What I found interesting is where the black 
vulture was.  It was sitting on top of the Fork Over Tompkins trailer doing its 
best to tear out the top vent. I don’t know if there were any food scarps left 
in the trailer, but I am sure it was emanating an wonderful odor.  The vulture 
was using its beak to try to pry through the slats of the vent as well as 
hooking its bill under them and trying to rip it up.  In the few minutes I 
watched, it was not been successful in the least.

Closer to home in Freeville, Chipping Sparrows, Eastern Towhee, and House Wren 
are all back on territory. Ruby-crowned Kinglets have been around for a few 
days as well.  A pair of Juncos has been busy rejuvenating a previous years 
nest.

-Andrew Miller


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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows

[Donna Lee Scott]

2 FOY /yard Field Sparrows foraging on ground under my bird feeders.

White-throated Sparrow here, again, with flock of DE Juncos.

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[cayugabirds-l] W T Sparrow FOY

[Donna Lee Scott]

FOY White-throated Sparrow, brilliant white morph, at my feeder area yesterday 
& calling “oh Canada, Canada, Canada” outside my window at 6:30 this morning!

Flickers calling & Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers drumming in Kendal’s woodsy edges 
the last few days!

Mockingbird continues serenading the residents; he’s a very good mimic!
Merlin gets him right.

Saw “our?” Cooper’s Hawk fly over 2 days ago, but lately it has not been 
terrorizing feeder birds, at least by my place.

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[cayugabirds-l] Foy B Thrasher

[Donna Lee Scott]

FOY Brown Thrasher under blue spruce trees on NW side of Kendal.
Along w/ female Red winged Blackbird.

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[cayugabirds-l] Sappy branch

[Donna Lee Scott]

A live 1-inch-diameter branch was cut off, leaving a 3-foot length when my 
screen pergola was built onto the side of my cottage. It is 4 feet above a bird 
feeder frequented by chickadees, which is hanging on a lower branch.

I kept noticing a wet spot on the ground near base of tree, then finally saw 
the moisture dripping from this cut-off branch & hitting the ground.

Yesterday, while sitting inside the pergola, I saw a chickadee repeatedly 
sitting on the end of that branch, drinking sap as it flowed out !

Plus, I thought - the river birch is watering itself since the sap flow is 
quite constant.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow

[Donna Lee Scott]

FOY Fox Sparrow under one of my Spruce trees a few minutes ago!
Along with many Juncos, and a Chipping & Song Sparrow.

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[cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrows

[Donna Lee Scott]

FOY chipping sparrows (2) have joined the flock of DE Juncos & the RE Blackbird 
at my feeders this fine morning!

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Donna Lee Scott]

Kendal at Ithaca has lots of DE Juncos!
I had about six or seven all winter but now there’s ~ 25 at my feeding area and 
many more all around the complex.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey at Sapsucker Woods this evening

[Donna Lee Scott]

Hi jane
CU pond near airport/ intersection of Snyder & Cherry Roads - you can drive in 
north driveway of Equine center to fence , park in side , out of roadway, & 
walk south along fence till you are near osprey nest tower.

Other ponds by Niemi rd are easily seen right by road, but last I looked there 
is no osprey tower there.

Niemi rd can be good birding sometimes.
I used to live in the house on the north side of the part of Niemi rd west of 
Hanshaw rd.

Good birding,
Donna

Donna Scott
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On Apr 5, 2023, at 11:30 PM, Jane Leff  wrote:


Thanks! I just googled these ponds and hope to go birding there if it’s 
permitted. I never hear of it as a birding destination so I bet it’s very 
limited to the public.

On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 10:22 PM Candace E. Cornell 
mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The nearest nests I know of are at the CU research Ponds.
Candace

On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 8:55 PM Jane Leff 
mailto:janeleff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
4/4/23  6:30pm
I watched an osprey perched near top of a snag overlooking Sapsucker Woods 
pond. I wonder, is there an Osprey nest somewhere in SSW?

Janie Leff
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[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point

[Donna Lee Scott]

Osprey photographed by Robert Rieger atop an electric pole at Salt Point this 
morning.

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[cayugabirds-l] woodcock on Mt. Kendal

[Donna Lee Scott]

Last night (Monday) not long after sunset 3 of us inmates heard and saw the 
Woodcock doing its display flight and peenting!
I think we saw it both ascending and descending.

It seems to have quit right after 8 PM both nights I was listening/observing.
It was in the same spot on Mt. Kendal as it was Friday and Saturday.

Yesterday here, I saw a single Mockingbird again. I hope the mate shows up 
(pair here last fall)!
I have seen a Song Sparrow and heard a Carolina Wren, along with Cardinals and 
other usual bird residents.
Lots more bird singing in the morning - the start of the Dawn Chorus!

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
Kendal at Ithaca

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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock at Mr. Kendal

[Donna Lee Scott]

Tonight after dinner in the main building here at Kendal (7:05), I walked to 
the small hill to the south of "campus" that we call Mt. Kendal to see if I 
could find the Woodcock  that was reported by Nelly Farnum last night.

Finally, after it was almost dark (~7:40), I heard a relatively faint peenting 
from the southeast side of the hill near the bushes by the houses on Spruce 
Lane, Cayuga Hts. this is more towards Triphammer Road.
I walked that direction to get closer and was across an overgrown grassy area 
from where the bird was peenting.

Then peenting stopped   saw nothing due to bad eyes and darkness, but soon I 
heard the twittery sounds the Woodcock makes as it descends from high in the 
sky!
I heard this several times before it seemed to be done about 7:55.
I was very cold by then, so I left to go home to 377.

Nelly Farnum and I will go there tomorrow at 7:30 to see it we can find the 
bird again!

Nelly 3 years ago convinced the grounds crew here to stop mowing "Mt. Kendal" 
except for a few grassy trails; it has grown into a nice grassy place with 
goldenrod, asters, tall grass, teasels, etc.
And now it has a Woodcock! Just down the road from all the malls.
Build it and they will come!

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
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[cayugabirds-l] airport/Kendal

[Donna Lee Scott]

At about noon I was driving along Snyder Road north of the Ithaca International 
Airport  looking for possible N. Harriers.

I saw instead the usual Red-tailed Hawk, who, annoyed at me driving slowly by 
it perched on the N-S eastern fence,
took off and acted like a Harrier, flying very low over the ground to a more 
distant place to perch on another fence.

Besides the Red-tail, I saw some A. Crows and I think I heard an Eastern 
Meadowlark; it sang only part of its usual song.
I did not see it.

Meanwhile, here at the old folks home, Nelly Farnum is sure she heard a 
Woodcock peenting over on Mount Kendal !
We are going out tomorrow at dusk to try to hear/see it. I may go tonight after 
dinner.

I had a pretty Song Sparrow in my “back yard” for a while yesterday.
Finally, our Kendal Screech Owl has not been seen in its perfect tree hole for 
over a week ☹.

Donna L Scott

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Ithaca, NY 14850


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[cayugabirds-l] Starlings & friends

[Donna Lee Scott]

I’ve had numerous Starlings visiting my feeding area with the recent snow. 
Joining them have been some Cowbirds, male & female, at least one Grackle, & a 
few male Red-winged Blackbirds.

Also, House Finches, Chickadees, Nuthatches, Titmice, DE Juncos, Mourning 
Doves, & Pigeons have been here.

Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] Mockingbird/Merlin/geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

Busy N. Mockingbird seen here at Kendal. West side.
Another lister (lurker?) saw one here about a month ago on north side.

Also on west side, a Merlin. Flew SW.

1000s of Canada geese flying high overhead.

Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

Peter and Anne Hobbs just drove past quite a large flock of Snow Geese on NY 
Rte 34 just north of the Fleming-Scipio Road.

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[cayugabirds-l] Starlings

[Donna Lee Scott]

While some of you have had Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds, with hawks and 
Crows showing off in your yards, I had about 200 Starlings and my usual 25 
Pigeons & 4 Crows here , decimating my feeders in the snow today!
Good entertainment for the two indoor cats!

We did have a Rough-legged Hawk seen by a good birder here a couple days ago, 
but I did not see it. And the local Screech Owl has been seen in his hole off 
and on. He/she looks asleep, but I can tell it is looking at me from the bottom 
of its eye slits.

Donna L Scott

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] FOY Red-winged Blackbirds

[Donna Lee Scott]

I had two near my cottage here, FOY!

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr - KENDAL
Ithaca, NY 14850
From: bounce-127149924-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Red-winged Blackbirds

2 foraging under my feeders!

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Newfield, NY
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mealworms

[Donna Lee Scott]

Agway/True Value. I think I got them there a year ago.

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
d...@cornell.edu
607-379-1694

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Does anyone know where one can purchase live mealworms locally, within 25 miles 
from Ithaca?

 Madonna Stallmann
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Early migrants

[Donna Lee Scott]

A bright male Bluebird was spotted checking a nest box yesterday & I once again 
saw a gray Screech Owl sleeping in a “perfect “ hole in a tree, here at Kendal.
Owl must have other roosts, since I don’t see it there every day.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca
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On Feb 13, 2023, at 10:27 AM, Geo Kloppel  wrote:

A small flock of 10-12 Grackles went over my house at dawn, headed north. 
Yesterday I had an Eastern Bluebird feeding on the grassy bank below my house. 
This morning I‘m hearing their “turalee” calls as they pass overhead, and even 
full songs from several scouts checking out the nest boxes.

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[cayugabirds-l] S buntings , H Larks

[Donna Lee Scott]

Nice mixed flock of about 45 snow bunting & 30 horned lark with 1 C. Raven at   
42.4389,-76.2363 ,
600-680 Daisy Hollow rd
East of Cornell Harford dairy farm off NY RT 38, south of Dryden.

Skittish; flew around a lot & re- landed in corn stubble field lined with 
melting snow, dry brown plants, rough soil & manure.
So very camouflaged on ground!

Donna Scott
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [eatonbirdingsociety] "peter, peter, peter"

[Donna Lee Scott]

Tufted titmice stay here year round.
But they don’t sing “Peter, Peter, Peter“ in winter, usually.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca
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On Jan 22, 2023, at 7:27 PM, Jane Frances Bunker  wrote:


Is this odd? Am in Ellis Hollow and I don’t believe the titmice ever left. I’m 
not sure I realized they weren’t supposed to be here year round.

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We also had a titmouse visit one of our feeders.
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On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:09 AM, Peter Saracino
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Out filling the feeders just now and, for the first time in a long time, I 
caught the sound of the titmouse's "peter, peter, peter"!!!

"The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind"
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[cayugabirds-l] More Snow Geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

Several 100s East side NY Rt. 90,
NW of King Ferry.
Mixed with some Canadas.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

Sorry
This is North WEST of Genoa.
Mostly whites with some dark morphs. Feeding in corn & grain fields.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca
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On Jan 22, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

 1000s west side Indian Field rd near intersection with Scipio-Venice Townline 
Rd. (NE of Genoa).
Across rd from red & gray dairy barns.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

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1000s west side Indian Field rd near intersection with Scipio-Venice Townline 
Rd. (NE of Genoa).
Across rd from red & gray dairy barns.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow buntings

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About 3:30 pm today (Sunday) I saw 3 Snow Buntings on the gravel road that runs 
between the McConville Horse Barn & the Guterman lab greenhouses (parallel to 
rt 366) on the eastern end of Cornell campus.

I don’t know where the other 97 snow buntings went.

Donna Scott
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On Jan 14, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Ken Haas  wrote:

That’s good news! I was driving around the fields in the area of Mecklenberg 
and Reynoldsville today and only saw a Northern Harrier and an American 
Kestrel. But no field birds, not even sparrows along side of the roads or in 
the fields!

Ken Haas
Mecklenberg

On Jan 14, 2023, at 5:29 PM, Carol Cedarholm 
mailto:cceda...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Saw a flock of about 100 snow buntings at Newman Arboretum this afternoon.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flying with the birds (literally!)

[Donna Lee Scott]

Might be a pretty pricey travel fee to get him here!

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On Jan 11, 2023, at 8:48 AM, Poppy Singer  wrote:


Wow! Can we get him to speak at one of our monthly meetings?

On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 8:40 AM Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Enjoy.
Sar
https://youtu.be/5QAjfH05IUE
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[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

[Donna Lee Scott]

Reported in field below/west of Long Pt Winery, just off NY Rt 90, south of 
Aurora. Yesterday 1/1/23.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

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A large flock of Snow Geese just flew over Kendal at Ithaca (Cayuga Hts.)

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Grackle

[Donna Lee Scott]

I had a C. Grackle at my feeders here at Kendal yesterday.
I, too, had not seen one for quite a while.

Donna L. Scott
377 Savage Farm Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850


From: bounce-126954301-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Alyssa Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2022 11:43 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Grackle

Good morning!
I've had Cornell's Live FeederWatch Cam (Lab of 
O, Ithaca) running on YouTube this morning (I have a windowless office, so this 
is my attempt at "birding" at work haha)... A Common Grackle was just visiting 
the feeding station! The angle of the light right now is beautiful and the 
iridescent colors were really popping. Just thought I'd share, I haven't 
noticed any in a while.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red Breasted Nuthatch

[Donna Lee Scott]

We’ve had a couple Red-breasted Nuthatches at Kendal for at least a month.
They visit sunflower feeders at a couple cottages opposite a line of very tall 
Norway Spruce trees, where I think they take shelter.
Trees are at property line on Northwest side of Kendal complex.

Donna Scott
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On Nov 2, 2022, at 11:42 AM, Barbara B. Eden  wrote:


First one of the season at my peanut feeder in Cayuga Heights

Best,
Barbara Eden
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[cayugabirds-l] More S Cranes

[Donna Lee Scott]

Just found 60-70 more Sandhill Cranes in dry, mowed mucklands , south side of 
NY Rt. 31 just east of where Rt 89 joins 31.
They must have flown over here from nearby KM Marsh.

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[cayugabirds-l] Sandhill Cranes

[Donna Lee Scott]

About 37 were present at Knox-Marcellus Marsh , MNWR, when I arrived ~1:25 pm.
But some flew off to east & now there are 23 in 2 different groups.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

[Donna Lee Scott]

At Salt Pt we discard whole burdock plants & burrs cut up in big garbage bags.
Don’t want the things we cut out to seed elsewhere!

Donna Scott
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On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:01 AM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

 Burdock is one of the non-native invasives which I actively eliminate from my 
property for this reason. But it’s not just small birds and big burrs which can 
be a problem. I once rescued an exhausted Gray Catbird ensnared in a stand of 
what I think was Virginia Stickseed, a native plant.

On a happier note, this morning I have 2 Nashville Warblers hover-gleaning at 
Goldenrod flowers outside my kitchen window.

- - Dave Nutter

On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:00 AM, bob mcguire 
mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>> wrote:

So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch 
several years ago, stuck fast in the burrrs of a burdock along the East Ithaca 
RecWay (near Game Farm Road). Sadly, by the time I came by, it had perished.

Bob

On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin 
mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.com>> wrote:

So glad you happened along and rescued him. Small birds getting caught in 
noxious weeds as they’re foraging for the seeds is a know hazard. Lucky for him 
you came along.

Linda Orkin

On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:10 PM, Sara Jane Hymes 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 Yesterday as I was out walking, a couple pointed out to me, that there was a 
Gold Finch flapping about in a burdock plant!  I went up to the plant and saw 
that the bird’s wing was clearly stuck and attached to the burdock, so I 
gathered the bird in my hand and gently pulled its' stuck wing feathers away.  
I half expected it to fly away—but instead it sort of fluttered to the 
ground—and continued to rest.  There wasn’t an appropriate nearby tree to set 
it upon, so we just left the bird on the ground—but underneath some large 
leafed weed—well concealed.  I went to same spot on my walk today, and there 
was no sign of the bird.  I like to think that it escaped predators.  However, 
I had several burdock plants attached to my arm!  I’ve heard of hummingbirds 
getting stuck in spider webs—but this was my first experience of a bird being 
caught on a burdock plant.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

[Donna Lee Scott]

We cut out all burdock we find at Salt Point, Lansing.
I have found some here at Kendal to cut.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca
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On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:01 AM, bob mcguire  wrote:

So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch 
several years ago, stuck fast in the burrrs of a burdock along the East Ithaca 
RecWay (near Game Farm Road). Sadly, by the time I came by, it had perished.

Bob

On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin 
mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.com>> wrote:

So glad you happened along and rescued him. Small birds getting caught in 
noxious weeds as they’re foraging for the seeds is a know hazard. Lucky for him 
you came along.

Linda Orkin

On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:10 PM, Sara Jane Hymes 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 Yesterday as I was out walking, a couple pointed out to me, that there was a 
Gold Finch flapping about in a burdock plant!  I went up to the plant and saw 
that the bird’s wing was clearly stuck and attached to the burdock, so I 
gathered the bird in my hand and gently pulled its' stuck wing feathers away.  
I half expected it to fly away—but instead it sort of fluttered to the 
ground—and continued to rest.  There wasn’t an appropriate nearby tree to set 
it upon, so we just left the bird on the ground—but underneath some large 
leafed weed—well concealed.  I went to same spot on my walk today, and there 
was no sign of the bird.  I like to think that it escaped predators.  However, 
I had several burdock plants attached to my arm!  I’ve heard of hummingbirds 
getting stuck in spider webs—but this was my first experience of a bird being 
caught on a burdock plant.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cardinals still nesting.

[Donna Lee Scott]

Bluebirds are nesting again in a nest box across the loop road from my cottage 
here at Kendal. They nested there earlier this summer.

I saw the male take away a fecal sac 2-3 days ago & my neighbor, Nelly Farnham, 
& I see the parents bringing insects to the box. I saw the female with a big 
bug go to the box opening at twilight today.
Nelly saw at least 1 chick inside when she took a quick peek.

Donna Scott
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On Aug 28, 2022, at 11:06 PM, t...@ottcmail.com wrote:

 A pair of cardinals currently is feeding young in a large spirea bush just 
outside our kitchen window.  Nest construction began 8/5, completed 8/6, 
incubation underway by 8/10.  At least one nestling had hatched by last Tuesday 
(8/23) when at different times each parent was observed feeding it/them over 
the course of the day.   Nest is quite well built & sturdy and they seem to be 
diligent parents.  The nest is so close to the window (maybe 2' away, at eye 
level) that we try to stay away and not watch them too closely - plus nest 
unusually has high sides and we can't see what's inside yet anyway.

According to Birds of the World, nestlings generally fledge at 9 or 10 days, 
and can "fly strongly" a week after that but still depend on their parents for 
help with food.  They  "attain independence from parental feeding 25–56 days 
after fledging."  Since they don't migrate, perhaps they don't need to mature 
as early in the season - they don't need to bulk up for a long flight, just 
learn how to find food so they can get through the winter and whatever they 
might learn in summer won't do them that much good come November or January 
anyway.

The current Breeding Bird Atlas Breeding Guidelines Bar 
Graph
 lists N. Cardinals are "B" (Breeding) through mid-August and "E" (either 
migration or breeding, which in their case presumably means either dispersal or 
breeding) through the end of October.


On 8/28/2022 10:05 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
Twice this afternoon a female Northern Cardinal flew toward my birdfeeder 
carrying a substantial white object in her bill. Both times the cargo was a 
fecal sac, which she dropped where I could see it clearly when she perched a 
couple feet away from the feeder before she perched on the feeder and fed 
briefly on sunflower seeds. Probably there are folks reading this who know 
better than I, and I’m interested in your opinions, but it seems to me that 
August 28 is pretty late to have nestlings, which is what her activity 
indicated. Late or normal, it was cool to witness.

- - Dave Nutter
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird feeders & unwanted guests

[Donna Lee Scott]

Here at Kendal I have set up a bird bath and it is used by many birds and also 
sometimes the squirrels. And perhaps nocturnal visitors.
I empty and clean it every other day because it wants to keep turning into a 
slugey pond.

I temporarily have all my feeders hanging in trees due to not getting baffled 
posts installed yet.
So, I get big ants in the humming bird feeder, but the H birds seem to get 
sugar water OK.
Again, I clean and refill that feeder frequently.

Donna

Donna L. Scott
377 Savage Farm Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850


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 On Behalf Of Linda Orkin
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2022 10:52 AM
To: Catharine O'Neill 
Cc: Barbara B. Eden ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird feeders & unwanted guests

I just want to remind all that we are in very dry conditions and all sources of 
liquid will be more essential for each creature. Their motivation to learn must 
be very elevated. 

All guests are considered to be co habitants on the land we share and all are 
welcome here. But we do have an effective squirrel baffle over our hummingbird 
feeder and two bird baths and a little garden pond that is utilized by all. 

Linda Orkin 
Ithaca ny 


> On Jul 30, 2022, at 9:21 AM, Catharine O'Neill  wrote:
> 
> The little teardrop feeder from Agway works. I mix four tbl. hot water and 
> one tbl. sugar every three days. No squirrels or ants feed there, just 
> hummingbirds. I have chipmunks but not ted squirrels.
> Catharine 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 30, 2022, at 7:46 AM, Barbara B. Eden  wrote:
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>> 
>> Madonna,
>> At my house the red tail squirrels and the chipmunks are devouring the sweet 
>> liquid from the feeders.  They have even figured out how to tip the base so 
>> it pours into their mouths! Fortunately, I have many flowering plants on my 
>> patio in pots that the hummingbirds are enjoying the nectar from every day
>> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow billed cuckoo

[Donna Lee Scott]

I’ve had one or two cuckoos around my place too!
I’ve certainly got enough of the black spongy moth worms for them to eat.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On May 25, 2022, at 10:35 AM, Poppy Singer  wrote:

I haven’t yet seen it, but I’ve been hearing a yellow billed cuckoo around my 
house.
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[cayugabirds-l] Great crested flycatcher

[Donna Lee Scott]

Finally, I am getting to see my vocal great crested flycatcher in my yard!

He nicely landed on the very top of a spruce branch where I could see his 
pretty colors quite well and listen to his ‘reap’ song followed by a quiet 
little ‘burple’ sound.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bird carcasses for the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates

[Donna Lee Scott]

FYI.   5/20/22
lab of O receptionist just told me they will not accept any bird carcasses due 
to Avian Flu.
I just tried to give him an oriole that most likely was struck by a car in my 
road. But since i did not witness actual strike, he could not accept the dead 
bird.
I found it in middle of road. Looked freshly killed.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On May 18, 2022, at 11:10 AM, b_clise  wrote:


Late yesterday I discovered a deal female Baltimore Oriole in my yard. Since 
their arrival, I've seen several here, observed nest building in 3 locations, 
and have been going through grape jelly at a feverish pace. I considered 
retrieving the body for donation, but a male has been frequently landing on the 
carcass, looking at it, fluttering it's wings, then flying off, several times 
per hour. I opted to let nature take its course and let the poor little guy go 
through its grieving process ( if that's what's going on?). Also worth noting , 
I have no orioles at my feeder (highly irregular) and only 2 males chasing 
eachother through my yard, versus the presence of several in the trees. I'm not 
sure why these sudden changes but will keep watch. I can only guess some sort 
of predation. Barbara Clise,  in King Ferry



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From: Irby Lovette 
Date: 5/16/22 11:48 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] bird carcasses for the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates

Dear Cayugabirds community —

When you encounter birds in New York State that have died of natural causes and 
that are in good condition, please consider donating them to become specimens 
in the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, which is located in the same building as 
the Lab of Ornithology. At the CUMV we largely rely on these ’salvage’ 
specimens to keep our collection current, as there are all kinds of things one 
can do with a modern specimen that can’t so easily be done with older specimens.

We maintain all New York and federal permits for this purpose. We do not 
maintain state permits for most other states, so please do not donate birds 
from farther afield.

The major exception pertains to Bald and Golden Eagles: special federal laws 
cover eagles and we are not allowed to accept eagle materials.

When preparing to bring us a bird carcass:

1. Place it in a ziplock-type bag, one bird per bag.
2. Inside the bag include a slip of paper that notes the date the bird was 
found, the location, and your name. Specimens without date and location have 
little research value.
3. Put the bag in your freezer if you must, but then bring it to us as soon as 
possible (technically, you are allowed to possess these birds only if you are 
actively bringing them to a designated museum like the CUMV).
4. On arrival at the Lab during open visitor hours, just let the person at the 
front reception desk know that you want to drop off a specimen.

Please be sure to consider your own personal health and safety when handling 
dead birds. If you can use a ziplock like a ‘glove’ and never touch the bird, 
so much the better. If you need to touch it, wash your hands immediately and 
thoroughly. As you probably know, this is an avian flu outbreak year, so being 
especially cautious is wise (though there have been no human cases thus far). 
Personally I would not hesitate to bring in a bird that died of a known trauma 
like a window-strike, cat kill, or car-strike, but I would think twice about 
handling without PPE a dead bird found with no known cause of death.

Best to all,

Irby Lovette
Director, CUMV


Begin forwarded message:

From: Andrew David Miller 
mailto:andrew.mil...@cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Lawrence's warbler - mortality
Date: May 16, 2022 at 9:12:34 AM EDT
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: Andrew David Miller 
mailto:andrew.mil...@cornell.edu>>

Due to the rarity of this warbler, I thought that some might be interested in 
the following.  I found a window mortality Lawrence’s warbler outside of the 
Veterinary Research Tower on Cornell’s campus this morning.  Bird mortalities 
have decreased here since they put new glass in about 6 years ago, but every 
spring and fall there are still a few dead birds that I find. In case anyone 
wants the bird for study, I have saved it in my lab freezer.

-Andrew Miller

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[cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks

[Donna Lee Scott]

What town is this, please?

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[cayugabirds-l] T Vulture

[Donna Lee Scott]

This morning I was with my grounds worker & we were going into the boathouse on 
the beach to clear out leaves & piles of sticks brought by flood last fall.
As I open the door, there was a loud commotion & then I saw a smallish Turkey 
Vulture flying inside at the lake end of boathouse!
It landed on the gravel & got out under the boat exit doors, the bottom if 
which is 2 feet above the ground!

That was curious, but lately TVs have been perched on roof of & trees near 
boathouse.
However as Rick & I started cleaning the gravel floor, I found in a little 
scrape with a few leaves one lovely speckled egg!
Ms. TV wants to nest in there!

Ordinarily this would be fine with me, but june 6 I am moving to Kendal & a 
couple weeks after that my house (& the boathouse) goes up for sale.

Will a month +  be enough time for more eggs to be laid, incubated , hatched & 
chicks fledged?

I am SO busy now, I don’t have time to look up this info.

Another bother: she is pooping in there & it is quite stinky -not a prime 
condition for selling real estate!

What to do?

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[cayugabirds-l] YT VIREO

[Donna Lee Scott]

Among other birds, I just enjoyed seeing & hearing (along with Merlin) a 
Yellow-throated Vireo on Salmon Creek Rd, north of FLLT Preserve, where there 
is a green grassy field on east/right side of road.

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[cayugabirds-l] Redstart

[Donna Lee Scott]

My FOY Amer. Redstart on Lansing Station Rd. !

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[cayugabirds-l] Wood thrush

[Donna Lee Scott]

Just heard FOY in my woods across road!

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[cayugabirds-l] Oriole!

[Donna Lee Scott]

Just saw my FOY Baltimore Oriole at orange/jelly feeder in back yard.
Sarah Blodgett had one in her yard down the road a couple days ago, so I 
immediately put out the fruit.

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[cayugabirds-l] Vultures at home

[Donna Lee Scott]

6 Turkey Vultures were waddling around my back yard when something spooked 
them. Now they are perched in trees over yard.

This seems to be an occasional phenom. here on Lansing Station Rd, as neighbors 
report the same sightings now & then.

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Avian flu

[Donna Lee Scott]

My brother from Florida who is a beginning birder and who feeds birds asked me 
this same question, so I went to the USDA/APHIS website to see if there is any 
advice there.
(I have not seen any advice from the Lab of O).

USDA APHIS | 2022 Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild 
Birds

This site shows some Florida birds found dead from the bird flu. N=62. All over 
the state.
Black vulture, bald eagle, brown pelican, scaup (ducks).
[New York also has had birds dead from this virus]

Nothing I looked at said to stop bird feeding at feeders.
However, a couple places mentioned keeping feeders cleaned regularly to help 
stop  spread of any diseases.

Basically cleaning bird feeders is like doing human food dishes in a restaurant:

Wash all debris away with warm, soapy water.
Rinse well.
Immerse in or spray with a bleach solution mixed acc. to directions on bottle.
Water with bleach should be around 75 degrees, not super hot.
Air dry before re-filling with bird seed.



Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY 14882
d...@cornell.edu

From: bounce-126496286-15001...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Carol Cedarholm
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 6:30 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Avian flu

Does anyone have any information about whether we should be taking down feeders 
as a result of the recent outbreak of avian flu?

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[cayugabirds-l] Bonaparte’s Gull

[Donna Lee Scott]

One seen, circling in water at spit at Myers Park, Lansing.

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[cayugabirds-l] An o-K bird day!

[Donna Lee Scott]

Altho I have heard Loons calling on Cayuga Lake for a couple weeks, today I 
finally got by the shore & saw one!
Also, a nice flock of Cedar Waxwings were eating Multiflora Rose Hips right by 
Lansing Station Road.

On a drive around N. Lansing & Genoa/king Ferry area, it was an o-K day
 -I saw a Killdeer on Jerry Smith rd, then 2 Kestrels on Holden & Gulf Rds. , 
then a 3rd Kestrel on NY Rt 90 just west of Indian Field Rd. west of Genoa.
Lotsa male Kowbirds in my yard.
I know  - - Korny!

Also saw 2 Red-tailed Hawks during the drive.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] new yard bird - peacock in yard

[Donna Lee Scott]

Wow!
40 years ago, we lost a white peacock - it wandered away from our ‘farmette’ on 
W. Niemi Rd., W. Dryden.

It took all this time for Blanche to get to your house!  :-)

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Mar 26, 2022, at 5:45 PM, Robyn Bailey  wrote:


Much to my surprise, a new yard bird appeared today…a white peacock! I live in 
the woods near Myer’s Park / Lansing School and if anyone is missing a peacock 
in this area, please have them email me. I have never seen or heard a peacock 
in the neighborhood.

It seems to have hunkered down for the night, but I hope its owners can come 
get it.

Best,

Robyn Bailey

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[cayugabirds-l] C Loon

[Donna Lee Scott]

About 7:30 this morning I heard the call of a C Loon on Cayuga Lake.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

~500 on water, west side Cayuga lake, opposite Lansing Station Rd , Lansing.

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[cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds

[Donna Lee Scott]

It’s like Hitchcock‘s “the birds” movie over here this morning!
100s of Redwinged-BBs & C. Grackles, with a few Brown-headed Cowbirds, vying 
for bird seed.

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[cayugabirds-l] Whoops -693 Lans Stat Rd

[Donna Lee Scott]

House where Audubon’d YR Warbler seen earlier = 693 , not 699 Lansing Station 
Rd.
Sorry.

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[cayugabirds-l] Audubon’s Yellow Rumped Warbler

[Donna Lee Scott]

…has been in yard at Sarah Blodgette’s at 699 Lansing Station Rd off NY Rt 34-B 
in Lansing, by the lake.
She said You are welcome to come look for it. It had been in her back yard for 
awhile.

Just remember, you can’t count the chickens “as birds!”

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

Besides seeing a large raft of Snow Geese on the water on the West side of the 
lake, opposite LeVanna (ny rt. 90) this morning, I also saw a nice group of 
just white ones in several vees fly right over me in Poplar Ridge on Rt. 34-B, 
later in the morning! Gorgeous in the sun.

Donna L. Scott
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Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2022 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Geese

The flight of geese yesterday was amazing.  I walked the Yorkies east on Mt. 
Pleasant Road, around 11:30 on.  At the top of the hill east past my house you 
could see lines of geese both east and west, heading N.  With my binocs, I 
could make out lines of geese west of the Observatory and to the east-way out 
over the hills.  A couple flocks that flew directly overhead, had some Snow 
Geese mixed in.  I only saw a couple groups of just Snow Geese.  I was up there 
for maybe 35-40 minutes and they were still going over when I got home.

Gladys

On 3/5/2022 12:22 PM, Laura Stenzler wrote:
> Lots on Canada and some snow geese flying over Hunt Hill Rd  since 11am. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

1000s on west side Cayuga Lake opposite LeVanna (NY Rt. 90)

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[cayugabirds-l] Audubon’s Yellow-Rumped Warbler

[Donna Lee Scott]

Seen part way up driveway at 644 Lansing Station Rd., Lansing New York. 
Foraging in Cedar tree with Titmouse & BC Chickadee.

Bright yellow : throat, cap on head, sides & rump. Adult male breeding plumage.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] red-bellied woodpecker

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have had a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers all winter here by lake.

Donna Scott
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On Mar 1, 2022, at 2:33 PM, Deb Grantham  wrote:


One red-bellied woodpecker seen three times within an hour on Monday afternoon. 
Lit on silver maple. Sheffield Road, just north of Rt. 79.

Deb


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[cayugabirds-l] Eagle & geese

[Donna Lee Scott]

A mature Bald Eagle just launched itself from one of my lake-cliff trees & 
flushed about 55 C. Geese which were resting on the water below!

The geese flew out to middle of lake & eagle flew south.

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[cayugabirds-l] Horned larks/ gray ghost

[Donna Lee Scott]

Flocks of Horned Larks east of King Ferry Winery, Center rd.

Gray Ghost harrier downhill from Long Pt Winery, off NY Rt 90.
C Geese everywhere.

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[cayugabirds-l] Blackbirds!

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have a huge flock of red wing blackbirds with several grackles mixed in 
eating under and on all my feeders!
I estimate about 250 Red Wings &
at least 10 grackles.
They keep spooking and flying up to the trees and then back down, so hard to 
count.

I have thrown out quarts of cracked corn and sunflower seed on the ground for 
them.

Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] Robins

[Donna Lee Scott]

About 200 Robins eating cedar berries in my trees & flying around!
5 Mallards eating corn & bird seed in backyard.

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[cayugabirds-l] Horned Larks, et al

[Donna Lee Scott]

On and around Saxton Road off Indian Field Road north west of Genoa, I enjoyed 
seeing at least 65 Horned Larks & 7 Snow Buntings foraging on & in roads by big 
Sunnyside Dairy.
Probably after road salt & droppings from large farm trucks that went by.

Then saw roughly 300 European Starlings around big silage storage area.

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[cayugabirds-l] 2 ducks, 3 crows

[Donna Lee Scott]

It was fun to see 2 Mallards (pair) fly up from lake to join the 3 regular 
Crows foraging on cracked corn & sunflower seeds I had scattered on ground near 
backyard bird feeders this morning!

Many years ago, one winter, I had almost 100 ducks in backyard for several 
days, including an almost all-white Mallard.

Donna Scott
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Surprise!

[Donna Lee Scott]

Recently (fall?) I had 2 T Vultures sitting awkwardly on the top bars of my 
backyard feeders!
Many years I see wave after wave of them flying from north to south over my 
house by lake.

Donna Scott
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On Jan 23, 2022, at 10:29 AM, Deb Grantham  wrote:

I also have them flying over and circling, but rarely see any on the ground 
unless there's something dead. But early winter, I saw 3 high in a tree, early 
in the day. I watched them stretch their wings, sun a little, and then take 
off. One took longer to wake up, took off about 10 minutes after the other 2. 
First time I've seen that in the 11 years I've lived here.

I'm on Sheffield Road, Ithaca/Enfield town line.

Deb


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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Surprise!

I’ve had turkey vultures fly over the house many times.  But I’ve got a single 
one sitting in a tree 200 ft. behind my house.  That’s a first, especially at 
this time of year.   I wonder if there’s something dead way out back.  I’ve had 
a lot of crows out there too which I don’t normally have.  I’m near Auburn.

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