RE:[cayugabirds-l] age of Freeville Snowy Owl

Why are people calling the Freeville bird an immature? Well I'm looking at my Sibley guide as I type (I have NOT seen the Freeville bird yet) and he DOES base age somewhat on body plumage. Sibley has First Year female as densely barred but always with a white face. The Adult male is described

RE: [cayugabirds-l] bird hydration

Regarding winter bird hydration: I've seen several species of bird eat snow (e.g. Northern Cardinal, Common Redpoll). I've also seen chickadees hovering to sip from melting icicles. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail

[cayugabirds-l] Spring! (Well…maybe...)

They're bck! Patches of open grass on Baker Hill Road were covered with scores of American Robins when I drove by a short time ago. House Finches have ben singing in my yard for several days now… There's hope….. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY

[cayugabirds-l] RE: Spring! (Well…maybe…) - sorry for typo

of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bounce-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-112664503-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Robins

Lots of robins about…I just haven't posted about it! Scores of them feeding on the still-fruit-laden the crabapples in the Cornell Plantations, lots of them singing. Scores also on bare grass patches in a backyard along Mt Pleasant Road (around Baker Hill area). Would people agree there's been

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Female cardinal attacking window

HI Jean, This is territorial behavior: the cardinal is reacting to her reflection in the window as if it is an intruder that won't back down or leave. You can avoid it by hanging or putting something on the OUTSIDE of the window to break up or hide the reflection. Pulling down a blind inside

[cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come...

Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near my feeders. Think Spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Inebriation in birds

Ah…one of my favorite topics! Here's what BNA online says about waxwings and fermented fruit: Cedar Waxwing is vulnerable to alcohol intoxication and death after eating fermented fruits. Two cases from s. California implicate fermented palm (Phoenix sp.) fruits in mass mortality of Cedar

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings - plumage

A flock of 30-ish Snow Buntings in the cornfield where Mt Pleasant Rd meets Mineah Rd around 1:45pm. Some of them are looking quite handsome, much more white in the breast/belly and the wings feathers looking much blacker, as they molt into their breeding plumage. Marie Marie Read Wildlife

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Geese NOW

Flock of many hundreds of Snow Geese feeding in corn field on Mt Pleasant Rd opposite radio tower rd, (far south side of field), happening NOW! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Slatervillle/Caroline TVs and ravens

At the Goetchius Preserve yesterday afternoon John Confer and I watched a pair of (presumably courting) Common Ravens as they flew overhead, swooping, diving, and rolling around together in midair. Thrilling and hope-inspiring! And at the Very Leaning Barn on Rt 79, the barn itself has been

[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Arboretum Ring-necked Ducks, Bufflehead

Hi all, Thursday morning, the pond in the Cornell Plantations Arboretum held three Ring-necked Ducks (2 males, 1 female) and a male Bufflehead. They have been there a couple of days, swimming around and diving for food, and fairly approachable if anyone wants a close look. Otherwise, many of

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Snipe winnowing

At the FLLT's Goetchius Preserve this morning (10:10-ish) I heard and then located and watched a Wilson's Snipe performing its winnowing aerial display. The flight continued for at least 15 minutes. Later I heard the distinctive repeated calls that the species gives while perched. Also

[cayugabirds-l] Fascinating Blue Jay behavior (courtship?)

Hi all, I just witnessed some really cool Blue Jay behavior. Two jays were on the ground under one of my feeders, when suddenly one began hopping around the other in a very odd pose, leaning inward as it circled around the other bird, almost hopping on one foot at times, standing up tall and

RE: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey

I think Osprey are prepared to go quite a distance from where they nest to where they fish. At Mono Lake (which has no fish) they fly sometimes 10 miles one way to freshwater lakes to find food, repeating this several times a day when they are feeding young. There are 10 or so pairs that nest

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve Solitary Sandpiper great Snipe display

I spent a little over an hour at the FLLT Goetchius Preserve this morning, and saw/heard a number of nice birds: Brown Thrasher pair, one singing up high while the other foraged on the ground underneath it Eastern Meadowlark pair (one singing) Ruby-crowned Kinglets Shorebirds: Killdeer Great

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve Solitary Sandpiper great Snipe display

-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE From: bounce-115044047-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-115044047-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 12:56 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject

[cayugabirds-l] RFI: looking for subjects for photo project

Hello everyone, Bird photography season is moving into high gear, and I'm hoping some of you can help me out. For a photo/video project this year I'm looking for the following: Nesting Northern Flickers Nesting WhIte-breasted Nuthatches Nesting Killdeers Nesting American Kestrels (...and/or

RE:[cayugabirds-l] looking for subjects for photo project - ITHACA area

://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE From: bounce-115098971-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-115098971-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2014 8:26

[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Arboretum Warbling Vireo

New (for me anyway) at the Cornell Arboretum this morning was Warbling Vireo. At least one pair seen foraging and flying around together. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com

[cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Orchard Orioles

Hi everyone, Well, the light didn't cooperate with my planned trip to Montezuma this morning, so instead I sidetracked to Salt Pt in Lansing. What a great place that spot is! The highlight was two male Orchard Orioles singing and engaging in territorial altercations in trees just a little way

[cayugabirds-l] Salt Pt Orchard Orioles

As promised (threatened?) here's a link to an Orchard Oriole photo from this morning at Salt Point, Lansing. http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Orchard-Oriole/GSQQk.xpjxpQ/IZR0mVm8.21g/CbRXTCg10bWo Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Park Preserves

Hi all, New (for me) at Goetchius Preserve this morning (8:00 – 9:30) were: Bobolink – 4 males, and I believe I also had a flyover female Eastern Kingbird – 3, doing lots of chattering and chasing each other around for many minutes in what was likely a territorial dispute. Scarlet Tanager

RE: [cayugabirds-l] playback tapes

Excellent discussion on the use of playbacks…I'd like to weigh in… Full disclosure: I regularly use playbacks in my photography work, and have done for many years. Certainly my use has temporarily taken various individual birds away from their primary focus of finding enough food for

RE: [cayugabirds-l] interesting WB nuthatch behavior

I've seen this happening when a nuthatch is approached too closely by another species of bird at a feeder, so a kind of interspecific aggressive display. They also do it as a distraction display, when their nest is threatened by another species of bird or a mammal such as a chipmunk. The

[cayugabirds-l] May's Pt Red-headed Woodpecker drama!

I spent 3+ hours photographing the Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point this morning. Their excavation continues, and all was going well until a European Starling tried to take over the hole, attacking one of the woodpeckers while its head was in the hole. Over the course of an hour or so,

RE: [cayugabirds-l] orange-eaters

WOW this is cool behavior! Like shrikes…only vegetarian! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Another nesting Carolina Wren question

I would say if you're going to move it, do it now without delay, ideally when they're not around! Marie (currently in CA) Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings:

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma

Photographers from what I have seen, do what they want I feel I have to defend my co-photogs by commenting that it's not just photographers that get out of their cars on the wildlife drive ;-))) Also a quick comment that Montezuma is out of the ordinary in requiring everyone to stay in their

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Friday am - large swallow roost

I was excited to find a large swallow roost (mostly Trees, but a few Barns and Banks) a short way along the wildlife drive at Montezuma NWR this morning. Thousands of swallows were perched among the cattails and the pink flowers of swamp rose-mallows, they were there when I arrived about 7am.

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ...pedestrians on the Wildlife Drive :(

large, motorized, polluting, loud, deadly vehicle is preferable to a human being on foot, or on a bicycle. Well, most of the vehicles cruising the wildlife drive are going extremely slowly because people are trying to see the wildlife, so they're not really loud and deadly (when they're going

RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion

they were not interfering with any of the management plans. How do you know that? M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin

RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion

Yes, wildlife refuges are not nature parks, they are set aside to provide a refuge…for the wildlife, a refuge from HUMANS and their encroachment! Marie (yes I'm a human, yes I encroach with the best of 'em!) Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant kestrels etc

The annual build up of American Kestrels has begun on Mt Pleasant: there were 7 on the wires on the dirt road to the radio tower and an 8th by the observatory. I presume this represents one or more families. Also a couple of bobolinks binking in flight over the fields. Marie Marie Read

[cayugabirds-l] RFI: nesting goldfinches?

Hi all, If anyone in the Ithaca area knows of an active and accessible American Goldfinch nest (ie low down in a shrub ) that they would share, I'm interested in photographing one. Also a Cedar Waxwing nest, although it may be getting a bit late for that species to be still as the nest.

[cayugabirds-l] MT Pleasant Bobolink flock

Around 4pm Saturday I managed a rough count of the Bobolink flock on Mt Pleasant Rd - 97! The birds were again in the switchgrass field just west of the dirt road (called Pine Woods Rd on some old maps) to the farm between the two hills at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd. The Bobolinks are

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Bobolink flock NOW

As of about 9:30 am Sunday, there were a number of Bobolinks near the road just at the junction of Mt Pleasant Rd and dirt road between the hills (PIne Woods Road). They are preening and resting in the switchgrass, a few on the wires overhead, and in the roadside shrubbery. Straggling groups

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Bobolink flock this am

Around 9:30 am Friday I found yet another large Bobolink flock in the switchgrass field opposite and east (downhill) of the observatory on Mt Pleasant Rd. I'm estimating about 60 birds. I say another because I have not noticed any in that field for at least a week, when there was a big flock

[cayugabirds-l] MT Pleasant Bobolink Common Ravens

Around 10 this morning (Sunday) I was walking past the field just east of the observatory, where the recently mowed grass was being turned by a tractor. Overhead 3 Common Ravens were wheeling, giving lots of calls, checking out the newly mowed areas for dead (or soon to be dead) things exposed

RE: [cayugabirds-l] barn swallows

After nesting, Tree Swallows tend to join large roosts in wetlands. During the daytime, they leave the roost and disperse (often large distances) to feeding areas, which is why we still may see them over our fields in the summer, post-breeding. Then in the evening they all head toward the

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Pipits, Ruffed Grouse

It's nice to be back on the mountain after a month's book tour in oh-so-dry California. This evening's walk on Mt Pleasant Road netted a drumming Ruffed Grouse in the woods east of the Cornell farm. And yesterday afternoon two small flocks of American Pipits, one opposite the observatory, the

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Fox sparrows @ LP Ringwood Rd!

It must be the day for Fox Sparrows…just before reading Suan's post I looked outside to see three Fox Sparrows doing their famous to and fro scoot underneath my new Blue Spruce (planted in the spring) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant American Pipit, Pileated Woodpecker

Hi everyone, I took TWO separate exercise walks on Mt Pleasant today (too antsy, I think…). This morning around 10;30 I got my best-ever look at an American Pipit in the east, when one was bob-bob-bobbing along the middle of the road and didn't seem to want to flush, giving me great looks at

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin - TONIGHT!!! and added bonus!

Hi everyone, Just a reminder that this is tonight. And I'm especially thrilled that both my co-writers, David Winkler and Justin Hite, will be in the audience. This may be the only chance to get a copy of the book signed by all three of us! Sure to become a collector's item ;-) Marie Read

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Bunting

Hi all, A lone Snow Bunting flew over me, calling, by the observatory about 10:30 am today…a harbinger of weather to come??? Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Horned Larks

Hi all, Friday afternoon around 3:30, I watched a large flock of Horned Larks foraging along the roadside and in a newly harvested cornfield at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd...a rough count turned up 70 but there were more. I tried at first to turn them into Snow Buntings but did not

[cayugabirds-l] Ringwood Rd Pine Siskin

Hi all, There was a Pine Siskin briefly on my feeder this morning. Mt Pleasant seems pretty devoid of birds the past couple of days...bring on the Snow Buntings... Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Horned Larks

On a beat-the-storm walk on Mt Pleasant Road this morning (Tuesday) around 10:00, I came a cross a flock of Horned Larks...I counted 46, there may have been a few more. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail

[cayugabirds-l] Ringwood Rd Pine Siskin

Still around...but just one. He/she's a feisty little and so-and-so, though, trying to keep all the other birds off the feeder! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Rough-legged Hawk, Snow Buntings

Hi all, On my walk up Mt Pleasant Road around 3:00 this afternoon, I saw the following: Rough-legged Hawk, the first of the season, flying near the observatory. At one point it landed on the snowy ground, scaring up a flock of 11 Snow Buntings. Later I watched as the hawk swooped along low to

[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count week: Horned Larks

Well, hopefully people will see this species on the actual count January 1st, but I wanted to go on record that I saw 5 Horned Larks on Mt Pleasant Road this evening (Tuesday Dec 30). But not much else up there...:-( Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Ringwood Rd Pine Siskins and....bluebirds!

P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 3:21 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ringwood Rd Pine Siskins At least 7 Pine Siskins have descended on my feeders this afternoon, and are busily keeping everyone else off! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood

[cayugabirds-l] Ringwood Rd Pine Siskins

At least 7 Pine Siskins have descended on my feeders this afternoon, and are busily keeping everyone else off! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds

[cayugabirds-l] Birds heard on Ringwood Road...

Over the past couple of days I've been in a blind photographing bird feeders (hey, it pays the bills!) and have been hearing signs of spring... (Downy) Woodpeckers drumming White-breasted Nuthatch singing Black-capped Chickadees singing their phee-bee-bee song And today A Common Raven And a

[cayugabirds-l] Spring sign...

Well, it's 15 degrees out and there's 2+ feet of snow in my yard, but my Northern Cardinals have love on their minds already: the male just fed his mate TWICE with seed from the feeder! Maybe it's just a late Valentine, but I'll take it as a sign of spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife

[cayugabirds-l] Long Point winery SE Owls, N Harriers

I arrived at Long Point Winery around 3:30 pm Saturday, and parked just west of the large old barn. Several North Harriers were foraging in the fields on either side of the road, and were duly photographed. Around 4:40 3 Short-eared Owls suddenly appeared flying over the fields a couple of

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings, Horned Larks

After stubbornly refusing to show up for the Christmas Bird Count, Snow Buntings are again on Mt Pleasant. A mixed flock of Horned Larks (about 12) and Snow Buntings (at least twice as many) were on the road at the easternmost end of Mt Pleasant Rd when I was just walking up there earlier this

[cayugabirds-l] RFI: Mallards displaying

Hi all, I need to shoot some video of Mallards performing courtship displays. Does anyone have a regular spot where they've been seeing this occurring recently? Ithaca area preferred. Many thanks for any leads. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Killdeer Courtship at Myers

I've seen Killdeer doing this and similar behaviors a number of times early in the breeding season. Sometimes in pairs, sometimes several birds together. My impression is that it has both territorial and courtship components. Pairs do something similar during a nest scrape display...the male

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings, Horned Larks

The roadsides along Mt Pleasant Rd have been plowed far back exposing some bare ground and these opened up areas have attracted a lot of Snow Buntings and Horned Larks (more of the latter than I've seen together all winter up here) to feed today. Given these close views, it is worth checking

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant pm birds

A walk up Mt Pleasant Road (east) this afternoon netted the following: Horned Larks singing! Eastern Bluebird heard singing from the woods along the road...seems like an odd place for that to happen Eastern Phoebe (first I've seen this year) American Robins It was nice to be WARM! Marie

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin CU Arboretum

A Merlin arrived at the Cornell Plantations Arboretum while I was there this morning around 10:00 Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Olin the Osprey is back

Is there actually a nest, or just a platform that he is simply using as a perch? Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant pm Wilson's Snipe

Hi all, A chilly walk up Mt Pleasant Rd around 3:30 pm turned up a Wilson's Snipe foraging in a muddy puddle just into one of the fields at the east end of the road. First I've seen this year. And several Savannah Sparrows, which have been back a week or so. Marie Marie Read Wildlife

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius meadowlark

The highlight of a brief trip to the Goetchius Preserve this morning was a singing Eastern Meadowlark. I know they've nested there in past years...let's hope so again. And re. the siskin thread, I still have several Pine Siskins at my feeders too, joining the molting America Goldfinches,

RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning.

From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest John Confer wrote: We

RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest

John Confer wrote: We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species reuse the nest of other species, but two

[cayugabirds-l] Newman Golf Course Great Horned Owls home alone etc

Hi all, I spent some time at the Great Horned Owl nest on the Newman Golf Course this morning. For the first time, there was NO adult around, so I guess the parents now trust their owlets will be OK home alone. The larger of the two nestlings stood and preened for a while, but no wing

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve E Meadowlarks, W Snipe etc

A walk around the Goetchius Preserve this morning turned up the following: 3 Eastern Meadowlarks flying around as a group, several times, with lots of dt calls. Sometimes appeared to be chasing. Singing also heard. Wilson's Snipe heard winnowing briefly a couple of times. American Kestrel

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve Spotted Sandpipers

New at the Goetchius Preserve in Caroline this morning were two Spotted Sandpipers, weet-weet-weeting and bob, bob, bobbing... Also seen: Eastern Meadowlarks Wilson's Snipe etc Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail

[cayugabirds-l] Ruby-throated Hummingbird!

...a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird at my feeder (Ringwood Road) and checking out the fuchsia just now! Yippee! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings:

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve new birds - Sunday

Laura Erickson and I took a walk around the Goetchius Preserve in Caroline this morning. Joining the increasing avian lineup in the wet areas were 2 Lesser Yellowlegs and a Solitary Sandpiper. And two Eastern Kingbirds in a hedgerow. Also seen: Spotted Sandpiper Killdeer Eastern Meadowlarks

[cayugabirds-l] May's Point Red-headed Woodpecker

Hi all, I went to Montezuma NWR this morning, primarily to check out the May's Point Red-headed Woodpecker spot. I watched a single individual for over an hour as it called and excavated a cavity at the forked top of a dead tree. Did not see a second bird. Hope this one can attract a mate. At

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Road Barred Owl

As I was driving down Sapsucker Woods Road around 10:45 this morning, a Barred Owl flew across the road and headed into the woods on the east side of SSWoods. WOW! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey (and at Myers/Salt point today)

An Osprey was sitting on the nest perch at Salt Point this morning, and later hovering over the creek looking for fish several times. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant pm Horned Lark display flight

On my afternoon walk up Mt Pleasant Rd (east end) around 4pm today I heard a singing Horned Lark and located it fluttering and hovering high in the sky. I'm no expert at judging heights, but it had to have been 100 feet up or more. After several minutes alternately fluttering and gliding up

[cayugabirds-l] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.

Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species:

RE: [cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's

I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I give a hearty THANK YOU to Kevin for his compassion. It's a heartbreaking story, but I am relieved that the poor creature is no longer suffering. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608

[cayugabirds-l] RFI: nesting kingfisher???

Hi Cayugabirders, Anyone out there have any leads on the whereabouts of nesting Belted Kingfishers locally? I've been seeing them carrying fish from the lake inland along Salmon Creek while I've been at Salt Pt recently, but no idea where a nest might be. Thanks for any information. Marie

[cayugabirds-l] Common Merganser merglings at Salt Point

My quest for Common Merganser merglings has finally paid off: from Myers Park this morning I observed a female with nine ducklings resting on a log at the mouth of Salmon Creek. They then swam off into the lake and round to the north reaching the Salt Point boat launch. But by the time I got

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Winter Wren and Mundy and Salmon Creek Road - sorry list

Sorry, didn't mean to send to whole list...but at least I didn't say anything outrageous! M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Winter Wren and Mundy and Salmon Creek Road

HI Meena, Re Yesterday evening I went to Salmon Creek in the hopes of recording some birds. this area is very noisy in the summer. (Lang Elliott and I have sometimes been at Salt Pt/Lansing Pk video/sound-recording during this spring/summer. Best is very early on a Sunday morning! Don't go

Update: robin nest reuse (was RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!)

-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: It's highly unusual for a songbird to reuse a cup nest, but outside my kitchen window I have a female robin refurbishing the nest from which she

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!

[rfci...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 3:23 PM To: Marie P. Read Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest! I thought robins usually did that, as long as the subsequent clutches are in the same year. A pair that nested under our covered patio one year

[cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!

It's highly unusual for a songbird to reuse a cup nest, but outside my kitchen window I have a female robin refurbishing the nest from which she (presume the same female) and her mate successfully raised three young a few weeks ago. Haven't yet got a good look at exactly what material she is

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant pm Northern Harrier

As I crested the easternmost hill on Mt Pleasant Rd on my afternoon walk (around 4pm today) a spectacular male Northern Harrier, tilting and swooping its way across the fields, had just sent up a crowd of Bobolinks jingle-jangling into the air. Wonder where he is nesting? Not Mt

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland Preserve and Roy H. Park Preserve, Mon 5/25

I want to shout out a hearty THANKS! to Mark Chao, not just for fun, informative and ever-entertaining field trips, but also for his dedicated support of the Finger Lakes Land Trust! Truly wonderful to have these special places to enjoy birds. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point this morning - plus nesting KILLDEER - caution!

://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-119318283-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-119318283-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015

[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point this morning

Hi all, Beginning around 7:30 this morning, I spent a couple of hours birding and photographing at Salt Point. Selected birds seen/heard as follows: 5 Common Merganser adults hanging out with the resting gulls in Salmon Creek 1 Common Loon (breeding plumage) offshore Belted Kingfisher Osprey

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Osprey pair

Just back from an amazing trip to the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, I was taking my first walk up Mt Pleasant Rd to see what was around. In the distance I thought I heard an Osprey calling...surely not? But indeed there was one circling above the shorter of the two communications towers, calling

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Caspian Terns night flight - and Myers this am.

Lots of Caspian Terns squawking as they flew around the spit area at Myers Park this am. I was in a blind at a distance down the creek, so couldn't see well, but at least once I thought I could discern a Caspian fledgling. Also, an interesting occurrence as I waited for Mrs. Kingfisher to show

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant SNOW BUNTING and Horned Larks

As of 20 minutes ago, at least one Snow Bunting persists on Mt. Pleasant...it and maybe a second were in a ditch in the shade and may have been taking a drink. Also 5 Horned Larks opposite the observatory, one of which was duly chased by a Merlin...damn, those little falcons are FAST! Marie

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant SNOW BUNTINGS

Yes, that's right! There were 4 Snow Buntings flittering and twittering around at the east end of Mt. Pleasant Rd about 30 mins ago, while I was out enjoying the balmy afternoon! I hear Redpolls are on their way too. Maybe the beginning of a birdy winter? Let's hope... Marie Marie Read

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant American Pipits etc

My walk on blustery Mt Pleasant this morning turned up: A flock of about 50 American Pipits 1 Horned Lark None of Those White Birds from a few days ago On the way back, a Common Raven was on the road near a large flock of American Crows checking out the newly harvested corn field. The raven

[cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl hunting at Salt Pt?

I headed over to MyersPark/ Salt Pt. intending to photograph Canada Geese taking off against the fall colors (as they did there yesterday). To my disappointment, I found instead someone setting out an array of mallard decoys and a hunting blind on the point just below the Osprey nest platform

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma is great today!!! - out of car thread...

As one those darned bird photographers, and at risk of being labelled a killjoy, I feel must make a comment here. Kevin wrote: My heart sinks at this, because I see those baby Virginia Rails and definitely that shy Least Bittern immediately fleeing at the sight of a lot of people suddenly

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Tomorrow on Fresh Air: Gerrit Vyn and Scott Widensaul to be interviwed by Terry Gross

Just bought this book...not only is the photography outstanding but the writing is some of the best and most evocative I have ever read. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Ruffed Grouse drumming

Hi all, Yesterday afternoon around 4:15, I was stopped in my tracks while toiling up the hill by the sound of a Ruffed Grouse drumming from the woods along the road, in the stretch between the two dirt roads at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Road. Also a largish flock of American Pipits is

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings

Around 3:30 pm today, 2 Snow Buntings and at least 3 Horned Larks on the easternmost hill, Mt Pleasant Rd. I would not have seen them had they not been flushed by a vehicle going by. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail

[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Bobolink flock

Hi all, I watched the flock of Bobolinks on the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma NWR this morning for 2 hours, waiting for them to fly up in a flock dense enough to look impressive. They mostly flew in dribs and drabs, but I did get a few chances. There's a photo here:

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