[cayugabirds-l] Community Corners Turkey Vultures
As I was driving through Community Corners today at 3:30 there was a good size kettle of T. V. 's floating south. I counted 42 , but there could have been more blocked by the trees. I guess this means winter is coming. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl
Although we had no Snowy Owl, we did see two KESTRELS, two N. HARRIERS ,one of them a dapper male, a small, (~20), flock of REDPOLLS and thousands of SNOW GEESE, CANADAS and more than a few hunters around Kings Corners Road. It was pretty birdie. I still haven't seen any R.L. Hawks this winter. Gary On Dec 27, 2011, at 3:17 PM, bob mcguire wrote: Ann Mitchell, Gary Kohlenberg, and I spent the morning driving roads in Seneca County, centered on Kings Corners Rd, in a fruitless search for a reported Snowy Owl. On a similar note, my reading of the Wiegand Eames map, which we use to delineate the Cayuga Lake Basin, says that the Waterloo Outlet Mall is IN the Basin. So any reports of Snowy Owl from that area would be much appreciated! Bob McGuire On Dec 27, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Carol Keeler wrote: A snowy owl swooped down to ground level near the food court at the Waterloo outlet while I was shopping. Looked mostly white. No one else even looked as I yelled Snowy owl. Could it be the same one seen around Montezuma? It flew over the building and I couldn't relocate it. How cool! Carol Keeler Auburn Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Use of GPS Coordinates
My most common use is to plunk the DD decimal degrees coordinates into Google Maps on my phone. It works 100% of the time. My GPS mapping program uses DD or DMS. The other GPS driving applications I use, GPS Drive and MapQuest, always seem to get confused so I have to enter locations in address form. Google Maps is standard on the iPhone and probably on other phones as well. My vote would be for DD decimal degrees. Gary On Dec 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, bob mcguire wrote: The Cayuga Bird Club is in the process of finalizing the text of the new Basin Birding Guide. At the last minute we have decided to include GPS coordinates with the directions/maps for each of the 76 sites. I would like help and feedback with the following question: which format for coordinates to incorporate? I expect that folks will use GPS coordinates either at home (on their computers - Google Earth of Maps), or on car GPS units, or on smart phones. The simplest format seems to be so-called decimal degrees Latitude: ##.° Longitude: -##.° An alternative format is degrees minutes seconds Latitude: N##°##' ## Longitude: W##°##' ## (I know there are still other formats as well.) I would prefer to go with what seems to be the most straight forward: decimal degrees. Is there a good argument for any other format? Can I provoke a good Sunday discussion here?!! Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] C. U. Campus
Behind (west) Day Hall on the Cornell campus is a handful of Pine Siskins feeding in the trees. They are the first I've seen here on campus. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] South Hill Rec. Way Woodcock
Hi all, It was interesting to see Ray's photo of a Woodcock head this morning at Bradfield. I wonder if the resident Red-tail picked him off ? After work I took a walk on the S.H.R.W. trail. It was busy with Robins, Chickadees, Juncos and Waxwings. I heard one BARRED OWL in the gloom of early darkness and surprisingly flushed two WOODCOCK from very close to the trail in a wet tangle. They were the first I've seen or heard since spring. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Point 28Oct11
After leaving Myers Pt. my last stop in town was East shore Park. My best birds were two Black Scoters that flew in to feed almost directly across from the pavilion. They were still there when I left around 11:30. Gary On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, This morning Myers Point had eight times the birders but about a tenth the birds as yesterday. Before I arrived Bob McGuire had the Red-throated Loon on the lake to the south of the spit, but we didn't relocated it after the fog rolled in. He also had a flock of Brant, but no more moved by while I was there, only several large flocks of cormorants. We did have two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS flying north, a flyby DUNLIN, also heading north, a BONAPARTE'S GULL heading up the lake, six HORNED GREBES north of the point, and lots of COMMON LOONS moving south fairly high. We also had several flocks of SCAUP flying south (notably, I saw no Aythya amongst the waterfowl yesterday), and a pair of RING-NECKED DUCKS circled the point. I checked Salt Point briefly afterwards, and although I did not find Ken's Baltimore Oriole (apparently seen again yesterday), I did see a bright and late TENNESSEE WARBLER along the main road there. A quick scan from Sapsucker Woods just now produced a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK heading south over the airport but little else in the sky. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Friday afternoon birds
After a hard day in the mine I stopped at Stewart Park to scan the lakeshore. There was good diversity and larger numbers of some species. Among the expected birds there were 2 SURF SCOTERS, up from one the other day, over 350 D.C. CORMORANTS, 200 A. COOT, 22 RUDDY DUCKS and 16 PIED-BILLED GREBES. I also saw my first MINK at Stewart carrying something, (small fish ?), through the shoreline duckweed. happy birding, Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Surf Scoter at Stewart Park is pretty close to shore
Binocular distance west of floating dock across from pavilion parking lot., for those without scopes. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow, Hog Hole
When Stuart,Ann and I left the Nelson's sparrow had moved into the main field , NW corner, bordered by the trail as it runs along the lake. Slow careful movement kept him from being terrorized by giants. We were able to get several great looks;, it was a lifer for Stuart. Ann only crashed to the ground once. Thanks Jay ! Gary On Oct 8, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Just found a Nelson's Sparrow at Hog Hole, in the goldenrod along the lake just west of the NW corner of the main path. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Freese Road - Dickcissel, Lincoln's, etc
After doing my mental cost-benefit analysis this morning, the Lab for thrushes or chase Nate's reported Dickcissel, Freeze road won out. I searched from about 7am, luckily Dave, Ann and the CBC field trip participants saw me staring intently at the ground and came over. Dave was able to get it in the scope as it flew up to the corn stalks and everyone was able to get good views; Stuart made a video grab. I don't have any experience with this bird, but it seemed to remind me of a Bobolink in overall size/shape impression, bulky but sleek. This is a terrific addition to the birds possible at Freeze Rd. I'm glad Nate found it and Tom Schulenberg was able to get the word out. I had another sparrow that sang twice around 8am. The song caught my ear as new to me. I was able to see it, but was unsure of the ID. It had a white throat grey face, with brownish eyeline, the supercilium wasn't yellow, but was broad, and there was some finer upper breast streaking and a diffuse yellowish patch on the breast, clear underparts, grey bill and the crown was brown or chestnut. It didn't seem to have the bulk of the later Dickcissel, but was Song Sparrow sized. It may have been a juvenile Dickcissel, as Sibley shows the 1st winter female with some streaking, but I'm not sure. Lincoln's Sparrows were also in abundance today and thrill me to no end. Gary On Sep 25, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Nicholas Sly wrote: I birded the Freese Road gardens this morning with a number of other birders looking for the Dickcissel and enjoying the sparrow show. I uploaded lousy pictures of the Dickcissel, Lincoln's Sparrows, and others here: http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa220/slybirdsly/Birding/Freese%20Road%202011/ The Dickcissel was moving around a bit in different portions of the garden. Gary K found it first (after an hour or more of all of us searching) in the southern section of gardens near the corn plot. I refound it twice later in the north section in a dense grassy area. It seemed to be foraging mostly on the ground out of sight, and was hard to find initially and then hard to relocate. My eBird checklist is below. Cheers, Nick Freese Road, Tompkins, US-NY Sep 25, 2011 8:12 AM - 10:22 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: with many CBC birders looking for the Dickcissel 29 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 16 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1 High flyover coming from Monkey Run Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]) 1 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 5 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 7 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 200 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 2 Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 4 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 41 Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 2 Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 1 Dickcissel (Spiza americana) 1 Seen well by many observers and photographed. Other observers saw it sing briefly. Foraging in the garden plots, mostly on the ground and hard to find and relocate. House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 11 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace
Hi Kevin, Interestingly the wining recreational team, I forget the name, had 120 species. The wining competitive team, with 118, species was Bob Span's team. Bob Span was also honored for 15 years of Muckrace participation. This is a wonderful commitment to local conservation. Gary On Sep 11, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote: Bob, Thanks for posting. Last year a full report never was posted to the list. Can you tell us who won? Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38025639-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will get posted to the List soon. Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club. Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced). Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted, Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] continuing shorebirds on Towpath Rd, Clay-colored Sparrow on King Rd
Very late Tuesday afternoon the Clay-colored Sparrow was still singing atop the blue spruces. I heard two different song types, a three buzz song then on his next return a two buzz introduction followed by multiples. The songs may not be exciting or musical, but it sure is nice to see a new bird in the area. I scanned shorebirds at Towpath and saw the same collection of shorebirds, but with a male Wilson's Phalarope. I couldn't see any darker stripe on the neck, but very bright white face, neck and under parts, plain gray back. He was running in tight, alternating, circles and picking in deeper water. He also walked with a rapid left/right picking motion at times. Gary From: bounce-37771914-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37771914-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:56 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] continuing shorebirds on Towpath Rd, Clay-colored Sparrow on King Rd Ann Mitchell I went to the north end of the basin starting early this morning. The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was singing on King Rd north of Seneca Falls. We were brief and had no interactions with humans. The shorebirding was excellent (temp still cool; clouds) from Towpath Rd (off North May's Point Rd in Tyre) looking north into Knox-Marsellus marsh and, for closer views, further east into Puddler's marsh. We didn't try from East Rd, where breeze, backlighting and possibly earlier heat shimmer off the hill would have been issues. Here's highlights: KILLDEER - many, mainly on drier mud such as central/southwest part of K-M SPOTTED SANDPIPER - many, mainly on shorelines, but also in dry mud areas with Killdeers SOLITARY SANDPIPER - several, mainly on shorelines, often with Lesser Yellowlegs GREATER YELLOWLEGS - several, mainly to east of other shorebirds and fairly close to Towpath Rd in Puddler's LESSER YELLOWLEGS - a very large number, wading, along shores, and patrolling wet mud LEAST SANDPIPER - many, on dry mud, wet mud, and very shallow water BAIRD'S SANDPIPER - 1, in Puddler's in very shallow water and on wet mud STILT SANDPIPER - 1 in shallow water in Puddler's with Lesser Yellowlegs SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2 in Puddler's, 1 in K-M, feeding in water near Lesser Yellowlegs WILSON'S PHALAROPE - 1 breeding plumage female with Lesser Yellowlegs in K-M along mud water rows, fairly distant. It was not swimming, nor spinning, nor walking drunkenly. Instead it was walking in a low horizontal posture, lower and smaller than the Lesser Yellowlegs, and showing high contrast of white below on foreneck, and black/maroon stripe on face and side of neck. Back was plain grayish. BLACK TERN - 40 or more in various plumages, many resting in shallow water BOBOLINK - 1, molting Waterfowl, mainly molting/eclipse, included: CANADA GEESE WOOD DUCK GADWALL AMERICAN WIGEON MALLARD BLUE-WINGED TEAL NORTHERN SHOVELER GREEN-WINGED TEAL The shorebird flats on the Wildlife Drive had a half dozen LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a couple of LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a KILLDEER. We arrived late in the heat, having skipped the visitor center, and did not spend much time or effort, so it's possible others were hidden in vegetation. Tschache is a desolate green field. May's Point Pool had several GREAT EGRETS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, TRUMPETER SWANS, WOOD DUCKS CANADA GEESE. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontaries -- Yes
Yesterday at 6:30 pm I was able to hear and then see both Prothonotary warblers. I recorded video of one to have the singing. They are LOUD at close range. This area is amazingly birdie. Gary On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Matthew Medler m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time, but a singing Northern Waterthrush was a bit of a surprise. Not a surprise, but always nice to hear, were two Cerulean Warblers. Oh, and a distant Black-billed Cuckoo sang for about 30 seconds. Matt Medler Ithaca From: bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.commailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com To: cayugabirdlist cayugabirds-L@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and stumps. No other shorebirds. 3 Red-winged Blackbirds. One of the plovers had a markedly darker cap, making it worth a closer look. However the throat and belly were black while the vent was white, and the bill was relatively short and stubby. So we left it as Black-bellied Plover. From there we drove out Armitage Road, parked just past the green bridge, and spent about a half hour walking up and down the road to the west. We heard several Yellow Warblers, 2 American Redstarts, also Common Yellowthroats, Swamp Sparrows and, surprisingly, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS. Two of them were on the north side, close to the road. The third was on the south side. Unfortunately for us, no Prothonotary Warblers. We left at sunset. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black-bellied Plover at MNWR
There are 5 Black-bellied Plover at the shorebird flats on the wildlife drive. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New yard bird
I know there are some killer yards out there, and some magic ones, that report wonderful birds and maybe if I stayed home more my yard total would increase, but I had my first Blackpoll Warbler this morning. I was excited enough to leave the coffee boiling too long. At Ford Rd. yesterday while searching for Acadian Flycatcher there was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher giving his loud Turree call. I have seen them here before, but not recently. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] BB Cuckoo, Nighthawk and others
In my quest for first-of-season birds I made a fourth trip to try and find a Worm-eating Warbler in W. Danby. I was finally successful, but was more excited to hear a Black-billed Cuckoo singing on Bald Hill Rd. It's just a great sound ! A B-b Cuckoo was singing in Jetty Woods last night during the volleyball tournament. One Common Nighthawk flew from the golf course, around 8:30 pm, NNE toward the Mall, maybe even stopping at Neimi Rd. to be one of the three Ken watched. I found Louisiana Waterthrush at Park Preserve and Mullholland Wildflower Preserve. They are much easier to see and hear at Mullholland. Park Preserve is steep and the river noise makes it harder I think. Blacklpoll warblers are still at almost ever stop I make and many places in the city. They are especially good drive-by birds. The high pitch seems to cut through ambient noise very well. I like having them around. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] PUrple Martin over Ithaca
This last Sunday Ann and I saw a Purple Martin at Myers spit also maybe the same two Dunlin. Gary On May 24, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Meena Haribal wrote: Day before yesterday, there were two Dunlins feeding at close range from people at Myers spit. I also saw a Purple Martin over water along with Barn and Tree swallows. Later in the evening, a female Merganser with brood of 16 spotted balls came in from the creek, all the chicks were riding on her. I think she thought it was easier to get them all together on the lake rather than making them come on their own. When she dove to look for fish all but two were under the water. The remaining two lazily swam around till she surfaced again. She was rather fast. That made the day for me. On Saturday or may be it was Friday, I got chance to video and photograph a Wood Thrush on Wilson Trail. At one point he was looking at me and swinging. When he did churrr sound, his mouth was so wide open, I almost thought he can gulp me up without any problems. He is dashed cute. Unfortunately my camera mic clipped the sound as he was very close and loud. He was 10 to 15 feet most of the time. I barely managed to keep him full in the frame. I will post the video and photographs when my computer is cured of viruses. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-32005423-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-32005423-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kenneth Victor Rosenberg [k...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:15 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] PUrple Martin over Ithaca I heard a familiar musical chortling around 5:30 this evening, and stepped outside to see a male PURPLE MARTIN flying north over my house in full song. Seems an odd date for a migrant? Still 2 singing BLACKPOLL WARBLERS in the yard today, along with a female AMERICAN REDSTART. Has anyone been checking Myer's Point for shorebirds? KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrows?
This morning at Park Preserve there was no shortage of Field Sparrows. I hadn't been there this year and the new trails really extend the fun. Gary On May 23, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote: Where are all the Field Sparrows? The severe mowing of the powerline cut beside my house could account for the lack of my regular yard one, but I haven’t heard a single song this spring. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren report, just out of basin
I wasn't able to see or hear a Sedge Wren this morning. The only wren was a House Wren for me. I did have my FOS BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. I may try again later today. Gary On May 23, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Chris and Jessie's Sedge Wren was still in the same area on Hile School Road this morning but very uncooperative. I only heard a few chips and one half song. Lots of Alder Flycatchers were in this area, as well as Blue-winged Warbler and Nashville Warbler. I heard some very odd loud vocalizations coming from the woodlot to the east along the road that at one point culminated in an extremely Red-headed Woodpecker-like call, but I am still unclear on what was making these calls. George Road was pretty quiet, with 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 2 Killdeer, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and a female Wood Duck with four tiny chicks (as well as the usual 60+ Bank Swallows.) I heard Blackpoll Warblers in at least four locations in Dryden, and both Alder and Willow flycatchers were vocalizing near Dryden Lake. So far Alder Flycatchers seem more abundant than they were last year. Also, I forgot to mention, after birding the Hawthorn Orchard with Hope Batcheller on Saturday morning (where we could add Blackburnian Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch to Chris's list), we tried for Grasshopper Sparrows on West King and Sandbank Roads on South Hill. We were unsuccessful with this, but the number of Bobolinks in those fields was truly impressive, probably over 40 birds along that stretch. Saturday morning in my yard I had a singing Wilson's Warbler (great bird for the neighborhoods) and two Northern Parulas. Today just a singing Blackpoll Warbler. Finally, walking into the Lab this morning I had three American Crows and a Fish Crow circling around over the parking lots, being mobbed by various blackbirds. Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com wrote: This evening on the CayugaRBA text message service Chris Wood Jessie Barry reported a SEDGE WREN at the stream crossing on Hile School Rd This very neat area is just east of NYS-38 northwest of Freeville in the Town of Dryden, and I believe it is a bit outside the Cayuga Lake Basin with the stream flowing north there to Owasco Lake out of a wetland in a saddle on the Cayuga Lake Basin's border. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers Aurora
Two Red-headed Woodpeckers at same location as yesterday. Gary On May 21, 2011, at 11:00 PM, wroberts wrobe...@wells.edu wrote: I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan Danskin, and others as they were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active flying back and forth in the nearby woods; it was first located on the west side of 90 in a yard immediately north of Paynes Creek. After Bob, Dave and Susan and friends left for Montezuma I continued searching for the bird as it was the first RhW I have observed in Aurora in over twenty years. With the help of a friend I located the RhW in the large Sycamore east of 90 and south of Poplar Ridge. After about 30 minutes I discovered that there were two RhWs moving in the tree tops and flying back and forth over Rt. 90. It seems that this is a breeding pair which adds to the excitement of having this magnificent species finally return to the Aurora area. I did manage to photograph the bird at some distance. Bill Roberts Aurora, N.Y. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/11
I walked the Wilson Trail after work. I didn't find many of the great birds reported today, but did see my first R.T. HUMMINGBIRD and ALDER FLYCATCHER calling just before the first house on the curve with the crazy stop sign. Gary On May 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Matthew Medler wrote: I spent a bit of time out on the Wilson Trail North this morning, and will add a singing TENNESSEE WARBLER to the day's warbler list at Sapsucker Woods. I'll also note that this species, like most of our North American Vermivoras, is now actually in the genus Oreothlypis. (Sorry, Chris.) Matt Medler Ithaca From: Mark Chao markc...@imt.orgmailto:markc...@imt.org To: CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edumailto:CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:58 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/11 As expected at this peak time, many birders were out in Sapsucker Woods today, each finding a slightly different mix of species. The cumulative warbler tally for the day is 18+ species, several of which I missed. YELLOW WARBLER MAGNOLIA WARBLER (1 by lone bench south of Sherwood Platform) BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (several throughout, including one female) CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (one on Wilson North, one south of Podell Boardwalk) CAPE MAY WARBLER (two at bend in Wilson Trail North after second footbridge, found by Chris Wood, Tom Schulenberg, Steve Kelling, and a fourth gentleman) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (3+ all around Wilson Trail) YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER PALM WARBLER (1 south of feeder garden, seen by Mary Winston) BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (as Kevin Ripka reported) BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (also found by Kevin) AMERICAN REDSTART NASHVILLE WARBLER (1 by lone bench) NORTHERN PARULA (4+ all around Wilson Trail) OVENBIRD (several throughout) NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (1+ migrant by green pool west of Wilson Trail near Sherwood, plus birds on territory along Woodleton Boardwalk) WILSON’S WARBLER (lone feeder and also lone bench along Wilson Trail) CANADA WARBLER (between Sherwood Platform and lone bench) COMMON YELLOWTHROAT YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and RUSTY BLACKBIRD both continue to sing at intersection of Wilson and West Trails. It is also an unusually good day to watch EASTERN KINGBIRDS (7+), which put on quite a show brawling with each other in the treetops. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca birds Saturday
Susan, Ann, Stuart and I birded around Ithaca yesterday. Starting at the Swan Pen the only new bird was COMMON YELLOWTHROAT along with Palm Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers that I think have been all reported earlier. We tried walking around to Jetty Woods but it was too flooded especially for Kindra Bell who had joined us by then. Driving around to Newman Golf Course I could see the water higher than ever seen before. Many Ring-billed Gulls cavorted on the ninth fairway including three BONAPARTE'S GULLS. The woods were flooded very deep, but we had new AMERICAN REDSTART, HOUSE WREN, WARBLING VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, YELLOW and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. We didn't see or hear Cerulean Warbler yet. Comstock Knoll was next for PINE WARBLER. We had nice views of several and heard them trilling. Stuart found our first NASHVILLE WARBLER that showed itself nicely. The most interesting stop of the day as far as migrants go was Dodge Road. The spruces were filled with warblers although they were devilishly hard to see. Here is the eBird list with warblers highlighted: Turkey Vulture 2 Broad-winged Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Mourning Dove 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Fish Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin X Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 2 Cape May Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 2 Palm Warbler (Western) 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 American Goldfinch 10 We ended at the Lab, but it seemed to be the mid-day lull. East trail was filled with YELOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and some MAGNOLIA WARBLERS. After a loop around we broke up for nap time. It was a terrific day ! Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bonapartes Gulls on 9th fairway. Newman Golf Course
Fun ! Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit, Montezuma
On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: Ann and Gary just found a MARBLED GODWIT at Montezuma that we are now looking at. It is along the wildlife drive at the new shorebird flats just before the turn for Benning (visible from the photo blind pulloff.) Lucky for us Jay and Andrew VanNorstrand were close by when we texted initially of a Hudsonian Godwit at the new shorebird flats in Montezuma. Ann first spotted what we determined was a Godwit, but not being a breeding/nonbreeding male or juvenile I thought it might be a breeding female. It didn't seem quite right, not as buffy colored as I would have thought, some barring on the tertials, dark eyeline and white supercilium giving the face a contrasty look, but Marbled seemed less likely. When Jay and Andrew pulled in they immediately confirmed we were looking at a Marbled Godwit. Only the second Marbled for me and a lifer for Jennifer Rothe, who we had flagged down as she drove past on the wildlife drive. Jen is from Wisconsin and was on her way to Saratoga. When we drove farther up to get photos the light was much better and I could immediately see the overall buffy color, heavy barring on scapulars and tertials extending onto the breast and sides, dark legs, bicolored base of bill yellow to black at tip, the crown was darker and finely streaked. The eyebrow is more white than ground color as Sibley's shows though. A beautiful bird and very close to the road about 3/4 of the way from photo blind to corner. I hope it stays the night for others to see. Maybe Jay will post some pictures. I digiscoped, but not having a hosting site yet I can't post a link to them. There really are many shorebirds, mostly Yellowlegs but Jay and Andrew saw Dunlin too, in Northern Montezuma's corn stubble. They were hard to see until a Peregrine Falcon over Carncross Rd. put them all in the air. Then we could see many hundreds. They will probably reconstitute there because everywhere else is flooded. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Fish Crows
Hi all, I saw and heard my first Fish Crows at Cornell today. Two of them were mobbing a Red-tail over Ives Hall. At the swan pen this afternoon, in the rain, were a couple, crisp looking, Yellow-rumped Warblers, three Palm Warblers and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. A Rusty Blackbird was calling by the pump house in Jetty Woods along with a loudly whistling Osprey overhead. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sunday around the lake
Hi all, After sleeping in today Bob and Ann picked me up for a trip up the lake to see what was new. It was a funny day with the weather. Although we had some new birds for the year, numbers were low, and we had to work to get them. At Mud Lock the female Bald Eagle was vocalizing almost constantly with their, I think, too wimpy raptor call. It was nice to hear Savanna and Swamp Sparrows again. Here are some highlights from a few of our stops including the surprise Black-crowned Night Herons sitting in a tree at the start of Towpath Rd and our first Common Moorhen at Matin's Tract. We missed the shorebirds on the auto-loop the first time around probably because a Peregrine Falcon was hunting. The second loop was the charm. Location: Lake Road Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze Number of species: 3 Northern Harrier 1 European Starling 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.orghttp://ebird.org/) Location: Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. No large numbers of any birds. Number of species: 16 Canada Goose X American Wigeon X Mallard 3 Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Common Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Herring Gull (American) 1 European Starling X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org Location: Montezuma NWR - Towpath Rd. Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. Eagles were all imm. Number of species: 23 Trumpeter Swan 1 Wood Duck 6 Green-winged Teal (American) 40 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 4 Northern Harrier 1 Bonaparte's Gull 16 Ring-billed Gull 120 Herring Gull (American) 1 Caspian Tern 2 American Crow X Tufted Titmouse 1 American Robin 4 Cedar Waxwing X Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Brown-headed Cowbird 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.orghttp://ebird.org/) Location: Marten's Tract Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. Small numbers of Ducks Number of species: 5 Canada Goose X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal (American) X Common Moorhen 1 gull sp. X Song Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.orghttp://ebird.org/) Location: N. Montezuma WMA--Railroad Rd. Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze Number of species: 14 Canada Goose X American Wigeon X Mallard X American Bittern 1 Turkey Vulture 14 Virginia Rail 2 Killdeer 1 Caspian Tern 1 Tree Swallow 200 Barn Swallow 1 American Robin X Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 3 Red-winged Blackbird X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.orghttp://ebird.org/) Location: Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop Observation date: 4/17/11 Notes: 40 deg. cloudy, gentle/mod.- breeze. A quick drive by the new shorebird spot. Number of species: 5 Killdeer 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 5 Dunlin 3 American Crow X Tree Swallow X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.orghttp://ebird.org/) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Lab of O , old new migrants.
There was a nice red Fox Sparrow in the feeder garden at the Lab yesterday afternoon as well as Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher on the Wilson Trail. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cliff Swallow, Stewart Park
I stopped at the Swan Pen late today to check out the action. I found the CLIFF SWALLOW and the other assortment Jay posted. The TREE SWALLOWS were up to ~160 individuals. I also enjoyed the nice close viewing with only light rain. The biggest surprise was my first singing PALM WARBLER. Beautiful. I'm glad he was still in musical form from this morning. Gary On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: No sign of a Palm Warbler, but there is a nice CLIFF SWALLOW foraging with Tree, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged on the small pond at the swan pen at Stewart Park (west end of the shore). Nice close looks, too. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] MAC Eurasian Wigeon
The Eurasian Wigeon is still at the back , north, pond of the MAC complex. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Newman Golf Course Turkey Vultures
While walking the golf course / Jetty Woods, this afternoon around 4:30, there was a mini flight of Turkey Vultures . I saw 51 TVs drifting north, mostly over West Hill. There were also 7 D.C. Cormorants heading the same way. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Redpolls
I had a little time to kill before an appointment this afternoon so I went around the Wilson Trail. I saw three REDPOLLS feeding in the shrubby trees by the inside corner just past the photo blind. I was happy to see them still here. American PIPITS were still at Stewart Park, late yesterday afternoon, although it was brutal viewing conditions with the wind. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] More Ross's Geese, Dryden
Would this be a Tompkins County record number of Ross's Geese ? Gary On Mar 13, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: Kevin and I just found at least two ROSS'S GEESE (certainly different birds than the ones at Game Farm) in a large flock of Snow Geese on the north side of Ferguson Road between Irish Settlement and Rt. 38. When I saw the flock this morning there were about 1500 birds, but there aren't quite that many now. George Road is a little more open now, and I saw 8 Northern Pintail, 8 Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, 3 Ring-necked Ducks, and a female REDHEAD there just now. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Top's Crows tonight
Hi all, I was in the parking lot by Tops ,downtown at dusk, and had my first look at some of the CROWS roosting in the area. I was unable to estimate the size of the flock flying from behind the plaza to Meadow St. it was larger than any I have seen since living in Auburn. The swirling flock covered the entire plaza area and then some. Maybe Kevin has some numbers for Ithaca ? Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ladoga Park, Red-necked Grebe
Bob McGuire just called, he and Drew have seen a Red-necked Grebe from Ladoga looking toward Portland point. Nice day, Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Farmers Market Robins
Hi all, I birded at the Ithaca Farmer's Market around 5 pm. The treetops held 160 A. ROBINS. That's the most I've seen in one place in a while. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday Cayuga Lake Birding
Tim's counts don't seem unreasonable at all. Here is a count for one of my stops yesterday, midday, on my way up the east side of the lake. The Tundra Swan numbers are high here and at Towpath Mach. Where I counted over 500. Location: Harris Park Observation date: 2/20/11 Number of species: 15 Canada Goose 310 Tundra Swan 304 Gadwall 6 American Wigeon 3 American Black Duck 6 Mallard 2 Canvasback 220 Redhead 3800 Ring-necked Duck 21 Greater Scaup 11 Lesser Scaup 3 Greater/Lesser Scaup 14 Common Goldeneye 21 American Coot 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 American Crow 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) From: bounce-8346169-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-8346169-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:15 PM To: CayugaBirds Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday Cayuga Lake Birding Hi, This afternoon I went up the west side of Cayuga Lake and circled around eastward to Union Springs before it got dark. Three LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a pair of AMERICAN WIGEON were about the only birds of note at Sheldrake. There's now open water at Mud Lock, which is hosting three TRUMPETER SWANS and many TUNDRA SWANS. A polynya north of Harris Park was filled to the brim with Aythya ducks, dabblers, gulls, and swans: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5463545394/lightbox/ I spent the last half hour before sunset scanning through the mother raft of waterfowl off Frontenac Park in Union Springs: Frontenac Park, Cayuga, US-NY Feb 20, 2011 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast, calm winds. Glass lake. 22 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 300 Tundra Swan 50 Gadwall 30 American Wigeon 15 American Black Duck 100 Mallard 150 Northern Pintail 4 Canvasback 2500 Redhead 18000 Two unbroken parallel lines of amorphous width spanning from the island to Farleys Pt. Ring-necked Duck 500 Greater Scaup X Lesser Scaup X Greater/Lesser Scaup 2000 Bufflehead 30 Common Goldeneye 175 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 250 Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull (American) X Great Black-backed Gull X Eastern Bluebird 7 Flew in from the south into the large willow in front of the building, then continued northward. European Starling 15 American Tree Sparrow 1 heard only Of course the numbers above are only estimates but I don't think any of them are too unreasonable. Good birding -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edumailto:t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] East Shore Surf Scoter
Hi all, I stopped late yesterday at East Shore Boathouse. Along with the few thousand REDHEADS was one distant SURF SCOTER and an A. WIGEON closer to shore. Maybe the Scoter was one of the ones seen at Myers earlier this week. I didn't see any white-winged Gulls among the hundreds of mostly Herring Gulls. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Triangle Diner Longspur
Hi all, The farm immediately south of the Triangle Diner has a fresh manure/bedding spread, in the fields, holding HORNED LARKS, SNOW BUNTINGS and at least one LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi all, Some days the birding is short but sweet. I left work this afternoon and made a quick loop around fantasizing about Black Vultures. No Vultures appeared, but the resident RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the lab flew in front of me and landed on the power lines letting be check him out for a while. Then when making a quick stop to gaze at food scrapes in the compost piles a very large white-winged gull, flying around, caught my eye. The adult GLAUCOUS GULL landed on the piles with the Herring Gulls and allowed some good viewing at binocular distance before they all got up to fly, maybe, back to the lake. I decided to quit when I was ahead and have dinner. Gary On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] TV is back
I bet this is the same one I saw at Judd Falls the other day by the fish lab. The first one I've seen this winter. Gary From: bounce-7714750-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7714750-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9:25 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] TV is back The TV, which I have been seeing from office window is back. It generally gets up around this time. I think it is probably roosting somewhere in the Cornell Plantations. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe by Stewart Park
I watched this guy for a while late this afternoon with Dave. It was fun to see him, but it made me feel even colder watching him huddle in the icy pond. Eventually he started pumping his body up and down and probing in what looked like ice to me, but must have been mud. I stayed well back so I didn't disturb him. I wonder if he'll stay tomorrow. While I was here from 4:30 to 5pm over 1000 Crows flew over from west hill. Thanks to Deborah for posting. Gary On Jan 17, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Deborah F. Lynn wrote: Around 2 pm today I was walking back through the golf course toward the footbridge to Stewart Park. I flushed a bird from the east side of the little pond (which is otherwise completely frozen but has one, small muddy area where the bird had been) that is close to the bridge. The Wilson's snipe landed on the other side of the pond and hunkered down without moving against the snow where I got a clear and long look at him. When I went back to the Stewart Park side of the pond, he went back to the small muddy area. He stayed hunkered down, nearly invisible, by a small pipe in that spot. It would be great if someone else got a chance to check this out. It seems really bizarre to see a snipe now, but I feel quite confident in my identification having gotten such a good look. Deborah Lynn -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Aurora bluffs Redhead
Driving through Aurora today there is a large raft of Redheads between the Aurora cemetery and the bluffs. I couldn't stop to count, but if anyone passes here tomorrow look left right off shore. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Aurora Grebes Yes and Rafferty Rd. SEO Yes
Hi all, I was in Aurora today so had a chance to look again for the Eared Grebe. My first visit at 1:30 pm didn't yield an Eared Grebe, but there were 9 HORNED GREBES in very close proximity. A nice flock, 85, of COMMON GOLDENEYE were close in. My second visit at 3:45 was sparked by one EARED GREBE feeding actively straight out from the dock. I was only able to find 1 HORNED GREBE this time. The water was even calmer than before so I had great looks at the E. Grebe. The Goldeneye flock had increased to 144 and the Canadas were up over 1000. To make a good afternoon even better I stopped at Rafferty Road to look for Owls. Steve and Suzi Fast were there and decided to continue to Dixon Road. At 5:05 two SHORT EARED OWLS showed up north of the barn and hunted there until I left at 5:15. There was also 3 N. HARRIERS including a male which I haven't seen in some time. Raptors don't get much better looking than these guys. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Center Rd. Short-eared Owls
I tried the airport 2 days this week and hadn't seen any SEOs, that's what drove me to hit the road for them. The ones I saw in Ovid appeared exactly at 5:15. Gary On Jan 5, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: Andrew Van Norstrand and I had one SHORT-EARED OWL at the Ithaca Airport this evening. We were watching from 4:50 onwards, but did not see the bird until quite late, around 5:10. This followed an exceedingly unsuccessful trip around the lake, where we failed to find the Aurora Eared Grebe, the Union Springs screech-owl, any different swans in Cayuga, any geese at all in the Mucklands, any interesting gulls in Seneca Falls, and any interesting geese or gulls or swans among the many uninteresting geese, gulls, and swans at Cayuga Lake State Park. Really nothing of note at all. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:13 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I was able to find 2 Short-eared Owls on Center Road in Ovid. To bad I couldn't find one for count week. There was also one Harrier hunting the fields briefly before she moved farther down toward the lake. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dave Nutter and redpolls, in that order
My hat's off to Dave also. Those of us that bird regularly with Dave know that he's always up for the challenge and excitement of birding, ready and willing to share what he learns with everyone. Gary On Jan 2, 2011, at 10:27 AM, B Mcaneny wrote: We are a truly favored birding community to have as our birding conscience and constant recorder the incomparable Dave Nutter. Dave would probably be the only one to deny that, but the rest of us are richer because of his daily reports of the birds in the Basin. So to his complete embarrassment, I would like to say Thankyou to you Dave on behalf of all the Basin birders. We are all better birders because of you. Of much less importance, the Redpolls finally showed up between the lakes. We had 18 of them at the feeders this a.m. about an hour ago. Had a Flicker also. Bill and Shirley McAneny, T'Burg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Owl Prowl, Avoiding duplication
I will be owling at Monkey Run South along the railroad bed early in the morning. Gary On Dec 31, 2010, at 5:07 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: Ann Mitchell had talked about owling with Bob McGuire at Monkey Run North, Sapsucker Woods and other places. Sounds like some coordination is in order. --Dave Nutter On Dec 30, 2010, at 08:23 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi John, thanks for sharing this very ambitious route -- hopefully it will inspire others to get out owling (and don't save it for the second evening as it is likely to rain). I often try for the Barred and Screech on Sapsucker Woods Rd., so I will avoid these and try for others. good luck! KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Dec 30, 2010, at 8:58 PM, con...@ithaca.edumailto:con...@ithaca.edu wrote: Hi Folks, It is so nice that there are several people going out owling. I've gone out owling for over 55 years on Christmas Counts, including about 30 years in the Cayuga Bird Club area. Until the last 10 years or so, there never were enough people to worry much about counting the same owl. Fortunately, now there are several owl counters. Let me describe my intended route and anyone can let me know if I'm going over a location covered by their plans. There are enough places left out that I can be flexible. I'm going to start up Hammond Hill Rd for the resident Barred Owl at 1:15, followed in sequence by: Harford-Slaterville Rd. near Flatiron Rd Rt. 79 toward Slaterville Springs in Slaterville Springs Old 600 Rd. Frank Proto's house on Rt 79 Lounsberry Rd. near Brooktondale two locations on Besemer Rd intersection of Turkey Hill and Mount Pleasant Freeze Rd at Fall Creek and near bee lab Sapsucker Woods Rd at south end for Barred Owl and at north end for SCOW behind airport Neimi Rd, both West and East of Hanshaw Sheldon Rd, about 200 m and at 800 m south of Neimi Rd Spring House Rd at Fall Creek I figure that I will have almost 6 hours of owling before it gets too light and can do each stop with travel at about 15-20 min intervals. New Year's night is supposed to be the first night above freezing in over ~3 weeks. Those Great HOrned Owls should be ready to go, and Screech Owls like to sinhg when it is warmer. Could be a great night for owling. I got a new boom box with about 112 decibel output and several files with great sounds for different species of owls and different calls for the same owl species (3 Barred Owl calls). One of those Barred Owls just won't be able to resist answering. Anyone want to join me at some time/place? John Confer Freeze Rd -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirdingcom/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cornell T.V s
Driving by Bluegrass Lane and the Cornell golf course yesterday afternoon there were seven Turkey Vultures coursing low over the golf course. The white light made the silvery flight feathers look brighter than I have ever seen before. Crows and gulls were streaming down Fall Creek. I think all these birds were returning from the compost piles. I've been seeing TVs on every visit to Stevenson Road. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
