Re: [cayugabirds-l] Accipiter eating bats
Thanks, everyone, for all the links! Great stuff! On Aug 11, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Tim Gallagher t...@cornell.edu wrote: Here's a link to a Naturalist's Notebook column by John Schmitt about observing a Peregrine Falcon catching bats. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1107 Naturalist Notebook - Winter 2009 Living Bird Use our Bird Guide to identify birds, learn about the life history, listen to the sounds, and watch bird behavior on video--the most comprehensive guide to North American birds Read more... Tim Gallagher Editor-in-Chief LIVING BIRD Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 254-2443 t...@cornell.edu From: bounce-117710864-10557...@list.cornell.edu bounce-117710864-10557...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 6:42 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Accipiter eating bats That's right, on the web you can find videos of Red-tailed Hawks hunting at dusk as vast clouds of bats emerge from their roosting cave. Here's one such: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e22_1344450135 The presence of multiple remains under the pole in the TCAT parking lot suggests that this accipiter has discovered a bat roost in the area. Might be fun to find out where that is. -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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] Accipiter eating bats
Sitting on my porch at around 8:15 this evening, I noticed a silhouetted accipiter (female sharp-shinned or male cooper’s?) atop the utility pole in the TCAT parking lot in Varna. It was pulling apart what I thought was a small bird, but when it tossed it off and flew away I found the fresh remains of a bat (mostly wings) at the base of the pole, plus the remains of at least two more bats that were slightly less fresh. Do they “hawk” the bats in flight?? What a remarkable feat that would be! Anyone ever witnessed it? Cheers, Kevin Loope -- 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] Common Yellowthroat
I saw my first common yellowthroat of the year in the pine by the back door of Mudd Hall on Cornell Campus! Good Birding, Kevin -- 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] cape may warblers on dodge rd
Just heard 2-3 cape mays singing in the southern part of the spruces on dodge rd! Kevin Loope -- 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] Observations of bird/wasp interactions
Dear bird listers, I study the behavioral ecology of local yellowjackets, and have always wondered which bird species are responsible for the destruction of so many young colonies in late May and early June. I'm most curious about predators of aerial-nesting yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets (http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Baldfaced_Hornet), but would love to hear anecdotes and observations about birds interacting with ground-nesting yellowjackets, as well as paper wasps. I recall a year or two ago, someone posted a description of crows knocking down an adult bald-faced hornet nest. What an dramatic event to witness! If you have any stories, please send them my way. Thanks! Kevin Loope -- 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] Woodcock at Liddell Field Station
Tonight at 7:25pm a male Woodcock was peenting and dancing in the field north of the parking lot of the Liddell Field Station on Freese Rd. Spring! Kevin Loope -- 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] Ovenbird behind Corson/Mudd Hall
This afternoon, after walking out the back door of Corson/Mudd Hall on Cornell Campus, I saw an Ovenbird scurrying around below the white pine near the building. This was a first for me this year, so I thought I'd let others know. I've certainly never seen one there before! Cheers, Kevin Loope -- 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/ --
