I've had normal hummingbird traffic at my feeder this year (and, in fact, need
to refill it soon). There's one at it right now as I type!
What I've been having that is a bit out of the ordinary is that I've been
swarmed by Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Purple Finches all summer. I am now
getting
There hasn't been much local birding information on this list for a while. I
admit that I'm as guilty as anyone of not posting my sightings. I get most of
my "hot bird info" from my hourly email eBird "needs list" updates for the
county. It's an awesome tool, but it's not as friendly as CayugaBi
Do they call at 5 in the morning? That's what my local crows do. I love crows,
as most people know, but I'd rather they weren't so vocal so early.
Just a note on the crow breeding season this year. Good number of breeding
families after a big hit from West Nile virus in 2012&2013. Earliest ever
There has been a good flock of migrants near the footbridge on Wilson Trail
North for the past two days. Mostly one or two of each species, but include
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Magnolia Warbler
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
This seems to be a widespread phenomenon. There is just so much food in the
woods right now, with huge crops of seeds and fruits that the birds don’t need
our feeders. They’ll be back.
Kevin McGowan
From: bounce-121960930-3493...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-121960930-3493...@list.cornell.e
it down
as "Plegadis sp." or "Glossy/White-faced Ibis."
Kevin
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My impression was that it was an immature bird. The bill was immaculate and the
head and neck were heavily streaked/spotted. It had no indication of white
lines on face. So, no easy ID. Van Remsen says not to try it in his post.
But, my sense from my (not enough) experience with these two specie
ially
establishing species is important. IF they become established, we will have a
record of how and when it happened.
Thanks, Bob, for putting the word out.
Best,
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Ithaca,
I just tried and failed for Paul's geese. Perhaps the 5 Bald Eagles (3 adults,
2 immatures) hunting over the park had something to do with it. The dead goose
on the ice looked to be a Canada.
Kevin
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;re as big or larger than Canada Geese.
Greater White-fronts should be slender and slightly smaller than Canadas.
Kevin
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From: Paul Anderson [mailto:p...@grammatech.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 2:51 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan ; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugab
Yesterday I got a good look at the four Black Vultures that have been hanging
around. They were sitting together on one of the compost piles at the Cornell
facility on Stevenson Road. Two of the four had very black faces and feathers
higher up on the back of the head, indicating that they are yo
Maybe. They do breed in the state and have become more common over the last few
years.
Kevin
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on behalf of psaracin
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:24 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re
I was scouting out my Christmas bird count area yesterday, and did a little
birding today. I managed to see a good number of things that are often missed
on the Ithaca CBC, so at least they will be count week. Here is an incomplete
list.
Snow Goose - a single bird flying past Myers Point yester
I went to the game farm today to census crows and try to find some year birds
(like Black Vulture). I was looking in the active pheasant pen at the NW corner
of farm where the Black Vultures have been hanging out. I didn't see Black
Vultures, but I noticed a RED-THROATED LOON sitting in the snow
I was just sitting at my kitchen table looking outside at the feeders on my
deck wishing that I'd get a siskin, too. A bird popped up in the branches just
of the deck, and it was a male EASTERN TOWHEE. I was shocked (they rarely come
up to the deck even in the regular time of year).
I fumbled
Bald Eagles are apparently on a nest at the south end of Dryden Lake, with at
least 2 or 3 immatures staying in the area. That might be a damper on Osprey
nesting there.
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan
From: bounce-122435459-3493...@list.cornell.edu
on behalf of
I've still got a few Fox Sparrows, too. I can't ever remember waking up to them
singing in my yard for over a week before. It always seemed that a few would be
present a few days in the spring and fall, and that was it.
No doubt our lingering winter is to blame. They don't go far south for the
There is a small flock of American Tree Sparrows along Wilson Trail North at
the Lab of Ornithology this week, hanging out with juncos and the regular
mixed-species foraging flock.
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Senior Course Developer and Instructor
Bird Academy
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159
now a
female-plumaged Harlequin from a Bufflehead?
I couldn't find anything on the NYSDEC website.
Kevin
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2022 9:23 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan
Subject: [eBird Alert] Tompkins County Rare Bird Alert
*
scoters, 3 eiders, or 3 long-tailed ducks). Of the 3 eiders, no
more than 1 may be a hen. For all other duck species found in New York, the
daily limit is 6.
https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/2.html
Duane
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 10:05 PM Kevin J. McGowan
mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Why i
The identity of the bird on Cayuga Lake is unquestioned; it was a female
Red-crested Pochard. It’s a subtle, but diagnostic ID (congrats to Nick Sly for
picking it out and identifying it). However, there are no accepted records of
this species as being wild in North America. It does not appear o
I’d say Tufted Duck and Black Vulture were significant rarities!
Thanks for your work, Paul.
Kevin
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On Behalf Of Paul Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 9:56 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count preliminary r
The photos posted of this bird looks like a hybrid Snow X Ross's to me. The
bill is a little long, seems to be curved at the back edge, and it looks like
it might have a grin patch.
Kevin
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On Behalf Of Gary Kohlenberg
Timing of surge of spoonbills out of the south over the last month doesn’t fit
with the storm.
Here are ebird reports for June:
https://ebird.org/map/rosspo1?neg=true&env.minX=-100.76926532551144&env.minY=31.833515337185677&env.maxX=-64.20676532551144&env.maxY=45.82328941682119&zh=true&gp=true&ev
From: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu On Behalf Of
Michael Rizzo
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:02 AM
To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Bird Flu Outbreak Tompkins County
Hey All,
The DEC just sent out this announcement:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/bu
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 firs
Wow, going from Turkey Vultures nesting in your outbuilding to starlings. Kind
a come-down. But, you still seem to be popular! Keep doing what you are doing.
Best,
Kevin
From: Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 8:28 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re
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
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No, and no. :^(
The sexes in Red-headed Woodpeckers are not distinguishable by plumage. The
difference in staining could very well be the consequence of one bird being in
the nest cavity more than the other, but it is usually the male that does more
incubation and brooding than the female, as i
Here is a place to start -
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/why-do-woodpeckers-like-to-hammer-on-houses-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/#
Kevin
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On Behalf Of Peter Saracino
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 6:36 PM
To: eatonbirdingsoci...@groups.io;
y, look south
and see if you ever see those swans wander to the far shore and into the Ithaca
CBC circle!
Oh, going to quote a departed wonderful birding friend, Bard Prentiss - Bird
Hard!
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Senior Course Developer and Instructor
Bird Academy
Cornell Lab of Ornit
nly a brief appearance of crows (including a 10-year-old banded male).
Thayer's and two banded Great Black-backed Gulls were the only thing of
interest.
Best,
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Senior Course Developer and Instructor
Bird Academy
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker
The data are from individual reports, not complete observations through nest
cycles. I am sure it is not a misprint. Those data had lots of cases like this.
I would interpret the fledging data to indicate that eggs were laid earlier
than the earliest known so far.
Kevin McGowan
From: bounce-12
Does anyone know of any pigeon fanciers in the area? There is a tame-ish pigeon
on the roof of a house in my neighborhood that seems to need some assistance.
It’s mostly white with a dark mantle, looks to have fluffier throat feathers
than a barn or street pigeon.
It does not look hurt or sick.
Pete,
No, it is not legal to destroy cowbird eggs. They are protected by the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
I seriously doubt that a cowbird could be successfully raised by doves. They
don't feed their nestlings insects, just crop milk.
Best,
Kevin
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More fun than communal roosts is the fact that juveniles leave home about now
and congregate in non-breeding flocks for the next few years. I remember being
excited at seeing my first such flock somewhere in the mid-2000s, a group of 35
birds. The very few breeding pairs in our area that began b
There were 6 or more Turkey Vultures at the Cornell compost facility on
Saturday.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-7715564-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of J. Gary Kohlenberg
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:32 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[cayuga
of crows congregating
around town from about 6:30 PM or later. Reports from night owls who find them
much later would be appreciated too.
Please email off list to me or my collaborator, Anne Clark,
acl...@binghamton.edu<mailto:acl...@binghamton.edu>.
Many thanks for your help.
Kevin
K
treacherous.
Kevin
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I don't think I've ever seen one of those hawks with a mouse or rat. Lots of
pheasants, though.
Kevin
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:29 PM
To
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:40 PM
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Why don't RTHA eat all the pheasants at the game
Just for the record, there were NO gulls at the compost piles on Stevenson
today, at least between 10:30 and 1:30. Not sure where they were, or where
Ken's flyover came from. Wish I knew.
Only other birds of note that I can offer for the day are a HORNED GREBE and
calling EASTERN TOWHEE at St
The codes are easy to write but difficult to read. They are like mysteries,
once someone explains them you can follow how they got there, but you are
unlikely to figure them out on your own. Unless you use them every day, it's
always a puzzle.
I've said this a bunch here, and I'll s
I wonder if some just came in. I had a Purple Finch singing outside the Lab
when I came in this morning.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-13033424-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of David McCartt
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:48 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; cn
f the families we study. As always, we appreciate information about crow nest
locations, especially within our core study area of approximately Cornell
campus to the Lab.
Cheers,
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Instructor
Home Study Course in Bird Biology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods
Interesting observation. To crows Red-tailed Hawks are kind of like traffic:
if you pay attention you'll almost never get hurt, but if you don't, it will
kill you.
I think a Red-tail might take an incubating female crow, but again, she would
have to be not paying attention. Certainly Great H
What a difference a day (or night) makes! I woke up this morning to a yard
full of noisy birds that weren't there yesterday:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
And about 10 times more Dark-eyed Juncos. My yard was a seething carpet of
juncos, pep
Steve, what is the loop you walk?
Just to clarify, crow begging right now indicates a breeding female on a nest,
not fledged young. A couple of our nests should have hatched this weekend, but
they were early and most of the 60+ nests we're following are on a later
schedule, with fledging in lat
While I was waiting for 2 crows to point out their nest to me at the turf
management area along Bluegrass Lane (they didn't), I heard an unmistakable
"chik-burr" of a SCARLET TANAGER come from the woodlot south of the road,
between the buildings and the Cornell golf course. I heard a few more "
I just had a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER sing off my deck on Yellow Barn. It
didn't stay. Must be following the BLUE-HEADED VIREO that called twice a few
hours ago.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-21271423-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of wrevans
I checked only a few Dryden spots on the way home with nothing remarkable to
report (no warblers or shorebirds). Best bird I had was a white SNOW GOOSE
with about 150 or more Canada Geese in corn stubble on the west side of Irish
Settlement Rd, just south of rt 13. I did check the Canadas to s
Nice photos. It's hard to be very confident in comparing the two photos
because the birds are in just different enough postures to be confusing. But,
looking at the spots and the extent of the two white lines under the chin, this
does not look like the same bird to me.
Melissa, do you have a
o knows.
Kevin
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Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 11:37 AM
To: Kevin J. McGowan; mccart...@yahoo.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland- Common Loon --looks like same
loon as two weeks ago
I'll defer to your judgement, Ke
I had some crow work to do today over by East Hill Plaza, so it was purely
coincidental that I started the (late) morning trying to find Chris T-H's
WHITE-EYED VIREO in the Hawthorns. I eventually did, but it was just about the
only bird I had in there. The place was leafless and birdless unti
43394.
An interesting addition to my "doesn't count" Basin life list.
Kevin
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Nice crow observation, Mark. Bad pun.
Crows like pizza, I guess. I have a series of photos of one hiding a piece of
pizza at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/CrowBehavior#5603657845859633634.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-26131504-3493...@lis
I'm sure more information will be forthcoming soon.
Proud father, Kevin
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McGowan
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:11 AM
To: Subject:
We won! 163 in the county, with poor weather and no migrants. Talk to you soon.
-Jay
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The Blue-winged Warbler has been present near the second footbridge for more
than a week, although I haven't heard it sing there. I put a photo of it
bathing in the stream while a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak watches at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2011#5606746028382005762.
Tennessee Warbler was found breeding only in the Adirondacks in both Atlases,
and barely there. No nest has yet been found in New York.
Kevin
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Before we start "expert"-bashing, let's hear some facts. Who exactly said
what? There are a number of theories that have been put forth for the origin
of brood parasitism in cowbirds (more than one species, by the way). I doubt if
any "real" expert is convinced any one is the "correct" one or
A few minutes ago I had a GREAT EGRET foraging with a couple of Great Blue
Herons in the western shallows of the wetlands along George Rd, west of Dryden.
The egret was visible from Hart Road looking SW, but not from George Rd.
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Does anyone have photographs of the male scaup that has been hanging around off
Stewart Park this summer? I see that people have been reporting it to eBird as
a Greater. I haven't been birding there much and have only seen the bird once.
At that time I had only one brief view before it dived
Bob,
Thanks for posting. Last year a full report never was posted to the list. Can
you tell us who won?
Kevin
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Sent: Sunday, September 11, 20
like that, with no harm coming to the birds,
is worth its weight in gold.
Kevin
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Ithaca, NY
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[mailto:bounce-38081740-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Suan Yong
Sent: Saturday, Septemb
I went around the lake today and saw many of the same birds Dave Nutter just
posted. I have a few observations to add.
I had nothing at Myers Point, but had a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW on Long Point Rd,
and one RED-HEADED WOODPECKER just south of Aurora. At East Road/Towpath I had
75 Lesser Yellowl
As I was preparing to leave for work this morning I glanced out at my feeder
and was surprised to find a PINE SISKIN with a batch of American Goldfinches.
Yellow Barn Road is west of the village of Dryden in Tompkins Co.
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Migrating birds put on huge amounts of fat. The weights of Hermit Thrushes
skinned here at Cornell range from 23 g to 37 g, about the same as the other
thrush species. The 14 g difference is likely a difference in accumulated fat.
For Swainson's Thrush the range is 23 to 45 g, nearly a doubli
Yep, American Woodcock. Something ate its brains; how seasonal.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-38239487-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ray Zimmerman
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:38 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] remains of a ?
For what it's worth, the dark, shiny-all-over ducks are the domestic breed
known as "Cayuga Duck."
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-38253692-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Haber
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:31 AM
To: Michele Mannella; CAY
Vet school got a report of dead robins. Anyone seeing anything like that
outside this one spot? Could just be a single application of pesticide.
Kevin
On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:05 AM... wrote:
Hi anne, anyone seeing sick or dead robins around ithaca? We have one report
over in freeville of ab
Rock Pigeon is too large. I saw them bringing House Sparrows to one nest, and
urban Merlins are known to specialize, more or less, on them. Horned Lark
seems to be their specialty in the Great Plains.
Kevin
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Since it has been mentioned that Merlins taking mostly House Sparrows (no one
has ever mentioned starlings that I know of) is hogwash, I thought it might be
useful to look at the available data. I copy here Appendix 1 from the BNA
Merlin account, which lists the results of 6 published studies o
Eastern Towhee is indeed an unusual bird around here at this time of the year.
It has been recorded on the Ithaca Christmas Count 17 of the last 48 years.
Rarely do we ever record more than one, although last year we had two. High
count was six in 1982.
Kevin
From: bounce-39017463-3493...@
I had two ICELAND GULLS at the Cornell compost facility this morning. One was
a first-cycle youngster with an all-black bill (just a bit of pale at the base
of the lower mandible), pale and patterned tertials and tail feathers, and a
fair amount of dusky in the wingtips. The other was a 2-year
LESSER SCAUP on shore in the private marina
fraternizing with three female REDHEADS while a male BELTED KINGFISHER looked
on.
Kevin
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The NORTHERN SHRIKE that Jay and I saw on Sunday was still present along
Johnson Rd this morning. It was at the top of a bare tree east of the road,
just southeast of the gun club, south of Freeville.
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Great shots, guys! Wow, you sure saw it better than I did.
It's an interesting question about species ID. I don't have enough experience
with the species pair to be overly confident, but I'd have to come down on the
side of Western here, or perhaps a hybrid.
The face appears paler than a typi
A quick lunchtime trip to the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Rd turned
up a KILLDEER (seen and heard) between the piles and a 3rd cycle LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL. Several FISH CROWS around as well.
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h
free and open
to the public.
Several of my crow research collaborators and I will be there to talk crows,
show photos and videos, and pass out crow trading cards. We will have
chocolate, too.
Come on over and see the crow show.
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan
Ithaca, NY
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I long scan at East Shore and Stewart parks this morning turned up no grebes. I
did have two RED-THROATED LOONS swimming together and a couple more COMMON
LOONS far to the northwest.
Lots of COMMON GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSERS, a few BUFFLEHEAD, a single male
RUDDY DUCK, 2 GADWALL, 6 AMERICAN W
What's up with robins today? I had a flock of at least 400 fly over my house
this morning and another 100+ greeted me on Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-40213061-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carol K
This morning I checked on the George Road pond that is just west of Dryden and
found it partially open and with waterfowl. Most surprising was a trio of
NORTHERN SHOVELERS (2 males, 1 female). I also saw 5 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 14
NORTHERN PINTAILS, a pair of HOODED MERGANSERS, and 5 Killdeer. B
re of the ID, and am happy
to have confirmed it with some good views this evening.
Also yesterday a WINTER WREN was singing in the valley and my landlord had an
EASTERN PHOEBE on his window today.
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I stuck a few photos of my Pine Warbler at
http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Spring2012Birds.
On the downside, I had to close my screened door tonight because the mosquitoes
were too bad. Where is that wonderful 10 days of warm weather without bugs?
Not going to happen this year, I g
I don't check Dryden Lake the way I used to, but today seemed like a good day
for it. This evening I had 4 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 1
HORNED GREBE, 3 Greater Scaup, 26 Lesser Scaup, 2 Buffleheads, 5 Ring-necked
Ducks, 1 male RUDDY DUCK, a couple of Canada Geese, and a sin
I went down Portland Point Rd today to look at the new Osprey platform, and I
do not recommend going anywhere near. There is no convenient place to park on
the entire road, and the far end is closed. Good birds there, but not worth it.
Kevin
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A MERLIN just took a goldfinch at the feeders on the north side of the Lab of
Ornithology.
Kevin
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I threw a couple photos up on my Picasa site of the Merlin with goldfinch in
talons. http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Spring2012Birds
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Still looking for a few more volunteers for Hog's Hole clean up on Sunday...
Hello birders,
Each year for Christmas Bird count, a bunch of us walk along the edge of the
lake and into Hog's Hole.
This year, the amount of trash that was out there floored me. I've called the
good folks at Treman St
A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH is singing outside my window on Yellow Barn Rd.
Kevin
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I had a silent male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER today in the spruces along the
southern section of Yellow Barn RD at the sportsman's club.
Kevin
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While I was doing a brief nest watch of a crow nest located along the runway
approach east of the outer Lab parking lot, I heard a BOBOLINK singing as it
flew over. The weather makes it seem like the bird is early, but it really
isn't.
Kevin
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Last year I had an actively singing Mourning Warbler on Beam Hill in some
messily cut woods across from where we used to live (138 Beam Hill), in the
first forest patch on the left as you come up hill past the yard-to-yard
houses. I have not checked it yet this year but it might be good.
Ken k
On a short walk around the Wilson trail loop north of the Lab pond at lunch
time I found a silently foraging PHILADELPHIA VIREO in the willow at the pond
outflow. Everything else seemed to be the normal breeders. (But, where are
the redstarts?)
A Gray Catbird just outside the staff gate was s
I agree. The second bird is taking the opportunity to get some punches in
while the other bird is down.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-59404695-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P Read
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I am very aware that birds have attachments; crows are some of the most caring
family members in the bird world. I have photographic documentation of them
feeding a sick family member, and have witnessed them quietly attending the
death of a relative from West Nile virus. No one knows if they f
Very cool. I commented when I saw it on the 7th that there really was no
reason for the bird to leave because the habitat was great, and wouldn't it be
fun if it attracted a mate.
Yellow-throated Warblers are rare breeders in New York, found in only 5 atlas
blocks during the last New York Br
It's a flock. "Murder" is an insulting term, poetic or not.
Kevin
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The bird on the ground in the third photo is an adult female Baltimore Oriole.
Females can get very dark hoods and be hard to distinguish from males, although
they're never the brilliant reddish orange that males achieve.
Kevin
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