Around 3:10 pm today I watched a flock of ~50 Snow Buntings foraging just west
of the Mt Pleasant/ Mineah Roads junction.
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Hi everyone,
A flock of 20 or so Snow Buntings, with a few Horned Larks mixed in, were on
the snow-covered road just uphill from junction of Mineah and Mt Pleasand Rds
around 9 this morning.
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Wesley wrote:
Maybe also from the difficulty of distinguishing them from American Crows,
except by sound—but that is iffy in spring when female Am Crows are begging.
Marie
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Sounds like typical Townsend's Solitaire winter behavior - I was in eastern CA
a few weeks back photographing them. They set up winter feeding territories,
defending fruiting trees (Western Juniper where I was) from waxwings, robins
etc. As part of that territoriality they sing/call through the
Hi all,
I checked out Bob McG's redpoll spot (below) this morning between 9:30 and
10:30 but saw no redpolls. Also cruised many of the residential roads in the
area, some of which have birches in their backyards, but turned up nothing
there either. Hope others have better luck later today.
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I tend to agree with Steve and Susie, I feel very sorry for birds affected by
these extreme weather events, and view birders' excitement over such rarities
as the frigatebird that showed up in the Cayuga Basin a couple of years back
(and subsequently died) as rather mawkish. Give me a bird in it
Laura Stenzler and I walked the Jim Shug Trail along the west side of Dryden
Lake this morning, 8:15 to around 11:15. Gorgeous weather, brilliant foliage
and we saw plenty of birds too! Here are some highlights:
Numerous WHite-throated Sparrows in several spots.
Brief but convincing looks at on
Hi all,
A flock of Pine Siskins landed briefly at the top of a tall willow in my yard a
few moments ago, wheezy calls and all, but then they flew off. I'd estimate a
dozen or so.
Marie
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Dominance? (...the behavior occurs under some circumstances in other animals to
establish dominance)
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Hi all,
Suddenly, yesterday and today, there has been a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
at my feeder (there have been several females/immatures consistently). Yet it
has been nearly 2 weeks since I saw "my" male who was here all summer. Whether
the current one is actually "mine" (if so, where ha
Finally able to get away from the wife and kids for a well-earned break?? ;-))
Just a joke, after all the only thing the male contributes is sperm!
Marie
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Just heard the distinctive "chip-ee, chip-eee, chip-ee" from the season's first
American Goldfinch fledgling to visit the yard. Doubtless other have been
hearing them for a while, but things tend to be later (and cooler) up here on
the mountain! Soon the air will be full of those relentless begg
Carl makes some good points here
Certainly we could clean up as we go. But, unless I'm mistaken, the most
egregious line is that which is inaccessibly high and snagged on branches,
which is why it is cut and abandoned in the first place. To remove that would
probably require more effort and mo
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new
club projec
I wonder whether the Bird CLub should take up a new project: a sign, using a
photo such as Paul's (I couldn't actually bring myself to look at it), the sign
to include something like "Dispose of your used line wisely", to be placed near
fishing areas, would make people pay more attention to thi
A decidedly fall-like feel this morning, with the chilly temperature...and the
yard is full of autumnal sounds: young Blue Jays trying out their new squeaky
voices, lots of calling robins and waxwings around (including obvious young of
each), and finally a female Black-throated Green Warbler per
WHile waiting for the first wave of Women Swimmin' arrive on dry land this
morning at the Ithaca Yacht Club, I was pleasantly distracted by about a dozen
Purple Martins perched high on the rigging of a nearby moored yacht.
Marie
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ON my afternoon walk up Mt Pleasant Rd, around 3:30, I enjoyed the following
highlights:
A total of 10 American Kestrels! 7 on the wires along the radio tower rd (along
with 2 Mourning Doves pretending to be kestrels!), 1 by the observatory, 2 on
the wires closest to the abandoned section of Mi
Hi all,
Looks like American Kestrels are on the move...yesterday evening around 6:45 I
counted 7 kestrels spread out on the wires along the road to the radio tower,
and an additional 3 by the observatory (the latter group undoubtedly the local
breeders that I've been seeing all summer), for a t
Trying to beat the heat with an early exercise walk, I noted the following on
Mt Pleasant Road this morning:
Common Raven heard only
Horned Larks - 3 on the road, not a great look but 2 of them had only faint
head markings, the other one's were bolder. I surmise an adult with 2 young.
Not an ea
Hi Cayugabirders,
I'm looking for a spot where I might be able to photograph American Goldfinches
feeding on thistle seeds and gathering thistle down for nest material. The
thistles I was hoping for just got mowed down :-(( Has anyone noticed a
thistle patch locally that is unlikely to get mow
Around 4pm today, two Common Ravens were cruising over the newly mown hayfield
just east of the observatory, then circling. Maybe looking for newly trashed
Bobolink and Red-winged Blackbird nests. It's that time of year.. Numerous
starlings and swallow sp. were skimming the field too.
Mari
You could use bar-soap to draw a bunch of streaks on the outside of the
window, thereby breaking up the reflection, which should put him out of his
frustrated misery! It will also free him up to put his energy to better use.
Marie
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Hm...
While I do love the old poetic terms for animal gatherings, I tend to agree
with Kevin. After all, many birds kill and eat other animals , so why crows
should be singled out as the only murderers in the bird world I don't know.
No-one seems to get bent out of shape when our noble Per
Hi Cayugabirders,
Thanks very much to everyone who responded to my request back in April. I've
been hard at work this spring gathering material for a series of multi-media
ebooks to be produced with Lang Elliott. We are still looking for certain
species nesting locally. I'd really appreciate an
Hi all,
I spent several hours on the past 2 mornings video-recording the Red-tailed
Hawks nesting below the bridge below Fall Creek on Stewart Avenue. The
youngsters are getting really big now, and one at least was vigorously
exercising its wings this morning. Interestingly, one of the adults
Hi Marsha (and all),
Cool observation, but it doesn't sound like one bird helping another to
me...I'd interpret this as a territorial fight, where one bird chased the other
into the window (by mistake), and the pecking is aggression.
Marie
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that I am offering to give away. I purchased it last year but it has only been
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Answer: still guzzling at the sugar-water feeder.
It's nearly dark , all the other birds have long fallen silent, the peepers are
calling, and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is taking his last drink of the
evening before disappearing to roost. I've been watching this pattern of
"tanking up" for
The only time I had success with oranges for orioles was a number of years back
when it was a cool, wet spring and the orioles arrived before there were any
tree blossoms or much leaf-out. Unlike this spring!
Marie
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Hi all,
There is currently a Pine Siskin at my feeder.
And two Eastern Kingbirds were the highlight of my afternoon walk yesterday at
around 4:00 pm.
Marie
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Mine arrived about 6:30 pm and buzzed the hanger outside the window which was
still feederless. Of course I remedied that omission in short order!
I guess today was hummingbird day!
Marie
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While cruising the Severinghaus Trail at Sapsucker Woods around 9:30 today, I
heard my first of the year Baltimore Oriole singing, and later a Great Crested
Flycatcher calling.
Marie
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Yep, just saw my first one at the feeder as I write!
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Yeah, Mute Swans are feisty creatures...and of course they attack many other
BIRDS too. Just one more of those introduced creatures that arrived in this new
land, got uppity, and tried to take over;-)))
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While I was photographing Tree Swallows at Dryden Lake this morning, I noticed
two Osprey: one circling low then heading east and another shortly afterwards
landing high in the trees in the woods at the north end of the lake.
Marie
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Two Pine Siskins on the nyjer feeder with the goldfinches this morning...with
the falling snow...flashback to winter.
Marie
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Yes, darn it! It would be a big loss. And doubly annoying because we included
it as a good birding spot in the new Basin Birding Guide.
Marie
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Hi Cayugabirders,
I'm embarking on a major multi-media project with Lang Elliott this spring, and
would like to enlist the help of local birders to locate nests of a variety of
common species. Admittedly it's very early for most of these, so please keep us
in mind as the season progresses. We p
This species has probably already been reported elsewhere, but there was a
singing Swamp Sparrow in the beaver meadow next to my property an hour or so
ago.
Marie
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My 2 cents worth,
And using playbacks is now used by bird photographers everywhere to entice in
birds, especially the small hard-to-see ones such as warblers. I am somewhat
hypocritical here, because I do use this technique myself on occasion, but what
has happened in bird photography is that E
Chipping Sparrow arrived in my yard today too.
Marie
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I heartily second Meena's encouragement to plant native plants—especially those
that provide food in the form of fruit, seeds, or insects— and create native
habitats for birds!
Marie
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WHile video-ing bluebirds at Dryden Lake this morning, I saw two Tree Swallows
buzzing the various nestboxes. The bluebirds have an almost complete nest, and
are looking very "nesty". And on the home, along Ferguson Rd there was a
magnolia in full bloom. Oh dear, whatever is happening.
Marie
A few Tundra Swans lingering at the north end of the lake as of Saturday
morning, best visible from Cayuga Lake State Park or nearby.
Marie
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Heard a Spring Peeper calling in the wet woods across from the farm in the
'dip' on Mt Pleasant Rd about 4 pm!
Marie
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Many flocks of Canada Geese flying high over Mt Pleasant right now, heading
NORTH! Yes! Spring is coming.
Marie
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One male RWBB singing at Dryden Lake this evening too.
Marie
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Naomi's posting reminded me to put out this request for information. I'm
looking to photograph and video Pileated Woodpecker for an upcoming multi-media
project. If anyone knows of/finds a regularly-used Pileated feeding channel in
a treetrunk, or better yet a nest later in the spring, I'd reall
Steve,
Was the Plantations access road open or did you walk in? Folks should be aware
that the road is usually closed in winter, and even if snowless the road
sometimes opens late on the weekends. A relatively short but steep way to get
quickly to the crabapple collection (good place for frugiv
Large flock foraging around Observatory and on road about 3:30pm today.
Marie
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Around 3pm today, a flock of 60+ Snow Buntings was on Mt Pleasant Rd at the
junction with the radio tower road, seen on the road surface at first then
foraging in the field east of the radio tower road where the wind has exposed a
wide swath of soil and low plants.
Marie
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There are fishing places in FL where the wood storks line up to beg from the
fishermen! Sanibel Island fishing pier used to have snowy egrets lined up along
the boardwalk and people fed them leftover bait. Same with the brown pelicans.
Lots of birds that we never see in upstate NY are "junk" bir
A large flock (I estimated 100+) of Snow Buntings was flying over the field
across Mt Pleasant Rd opposite the radio tower road. They're baaack!
Suddenly winter is looking up.
"Gentlemen (and ladies)...start your motordrives!"
Marie
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Mt Pleasant's first Rough-legged Hawk of the winter put in an appearance just
in time to be included in yesterday's Christmas Bird Count, and today was
hovering in the wind around 9:15 am when I drove past.
Marie
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Hi all,
The Northern Shrike was making the rounds of the field north of the large barn
on Turkey Hill Road, 10:00 am Saturday, then again at 11:00 am when I returned
to photograph it. When I left at 1:45 it was still in the field, foraging
frequently but with far less success than on the balmy
I know it's been a mild winter, but.there's an Eastern Phoebe foraging in
my backyard as I write! (Wah??)
Marie
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Hi all,
Eric's shrike was there in the same field again today, between about 1:45 and
3:30 pm. Perching both on hay bales and in the more distance hedgerows. At one
point caught a mouse after watching from a haybale, shook it vigorously, and
eventually flew off with it presumably to cache. Fun
The Northern Shrike was making the rounds of the field north of the barn where
Jeff saw it and Jay relocated it, between 10:30 and about 12:30 when it flew
south into the middle of the field complex and I lost it. It foraged
successfully numerous times, capturing what looked to be large caterpil
A flocklet of 7 Horned Larks flew over the field opposite the observatory on Mt
Pleasant just as I crested the hill on my morning walk, around 11:30 am today.
Marie
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There were 3 Snow Buntings on the road at the easternmost end of Mt Pleasant Rd
around 3pm today.
Marie
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Hi all,
As some of you know, I'm acting as photo editor for the upcoming Cayuga Basin
Birding Site Guide soon to be published by the Cayuga Bird Club, and I am
hoping one of you photographers or digiscopers out there can help me.
I need a good quality image of a Red-necked Grebe in winter (non
HI all,
Over the past couple of days there have been 3-4 Eastern Bluebirds visiting my
winterberry patch briefly. Today they stuck around long enough for me to sneak
into the blind that I'd put nearby and get some shots. Also with them was a
flock of Cedar Waxwings.
Here's a link to one of the
Hi all,
Walking back from the back of my yard just now, I heard a distant Northern
Cardinal singing. Wondering where it was, I went a little further and to my
surprise the song immediately changed direction. Listening carefully, I
realized that it was not distant at all, but was coming from my
Thanks everyone, I now have a taker and several backups for the projector.
Marie
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Hi all,
Anyone out there still shooting film? I have several FilmShield lead-lined bags
to protect film from X-rays. One brand new and still in unopened box. Free for
the asking.
Also, does anyone have any interest in a Kodak Ektagraphic slide projector,
almost new, with good lens and several
Hi all,
Just as I was wondering when they might show up..there were 3 Snow Buntings
in a flock of 20 or so Horned Larks (I think...from their calls...didn't sound
like pipits) at the easternmost end of Mt Pleasant Rd around 4pm today.
Marie
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Took a walk along the East Hill Rec Way this morning: highlight was a flock of
American Tree Sparrows, several of which were singing fragmented songs.
Marie
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Hi all,
There was a Fox Sparrow perched in the trees near my bird feeders a short while
ago.
Marie
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Hi all,
I was just watching 3 House Finches feeding on the numerous ash seeds hanging
from the trees in my yard. Shortly after, 2 goldfinches joined in the feast but
seemed not to have such as easy job of eating the seeds.
There is such a glut of ash seeds this year I wonder what bird species o
Hi all,
Recovering from knee surgery a week ago Monday, I was able to totter at glacial
speed down to Ringwood Reserve and back just now. The highlight was a Common
Raven flyover, making the weirdest cronking I have ever heard. These birds
never fail to amaze me with their vocal variety.
Marie
HI all,
There was a flock of American Pipits in the field east of the radio tower and
adjacent to Mineah Rd. late this afternoon. Visible only when they flew, and
identified by call.
Marie
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Competition for fruit, I wonder? Pileateds eat a lot of fruit this time of year.
Marie
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I have had a young goldfinch with what looks to be conjunctivitis at my feeder
lately.
Marie
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Hi Cayugabirders,
I'll be giving a presentation at the upcoming Annual Fall Meeting of the New
York Bluebird Society this coming Saturday, 24th September 1:00 pm, at the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
http://www.nysbs.org/msgboard/viewtopic.php?t=267&sid=c6c105a55645198efec3f89107127019
In "Photo
Fear not! When the fabulous new Cayuga Lake Basin Birding Site Guide is
published (possibly within the year) by the Cayuga Bird Club, everyone will be
able to find all these sites easily! It will have maps, directions, and photos
of each site.
Marie (photo coordinator for this community project
The highlight of my walk earlier this morning on Mt Pleasant Rd were the
numerous Bobolinks perched and flying around in several loose flocks. They were
mostly near/in the unharvested grain field (wheat?), and once many were perched
on the edge of the road. I counted 63 at one point but there we
A male cardinal was just singing up a storm in my yard too, making washing the
dinner dishes a lot more pleasurable! Bet he and his mate are nesting again
too, but I wonder at what stage they are to stimulate this resurgence of song -
just starting a new clutch? Or are there recent fledglings th
Hi Marilyn,
Well, I don't see anything in this article that suggests any reason that
cowbirds STARTED laying their eggs in other birds nests. We are talking about
something that happened way back during the cowbird's evolutionary history
here, tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago. So in f
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A quick walk up on Mt Pleasant Rd this morning netted the following:
American Pipits several in the newly ploughed field opposite the radio tower.
There was also a flock of Horned Larks there the day it was ploughed, not new
arrivals, I surmise, but simply those unfortunate individuals whose nes
Here's an interesting article about the Rusty Blackbird that appears in
Northern Woodlands magazine (a very nice publication with all kinds of natural
history tidbits, although with a definite focus on forestry, for those who
aren't familiar with it)
http://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/a
While taking photos for the basin birding site guide in Mundy Wildflower Garden
around 2:00 today, I heard the buzzy song of a Blue-winged Warbler and later
the bright song and chatter calls of a Baltimore Oriole.
The wildflowers are looking lovely!
Marie
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A very chilly scouting trip to Hammond Hill this morning turned up singing
Winter Wren, Blue-headed Vireo, and Ovenbird, plus calling Common Raven and
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
Back home, a flock of 18+ PIne Siskins has taken over the nyjer feeder and many
are singing wheezily away!
Marie
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There was a flock of 13 or so American Pipits flying around the field at the
intersection of Mineah and Mt Pleasant Roads (on the south side of Mt Pleasant
Rd) around 4:30 pm today.
Marie
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New at the Newman Arboretum this morning was a Magnolia Warbler. Also two
singing Warbling Vireos in what seemed to be a territory dispute. (I did NOT
hear or see yesterdays heard-only possible Baltimore Oriole.)
Marie
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(Sent this earlier but apparently it did not go through: - did anyone get it?)
Stunned by the appearance of a strange, bright object in the sky, I headed to
Newman Arboretum for some photography. While video-ing Red-winged Blackbirds
displaying, females calling, American Robins singing, and Nort
Stunned by the appearance of a strange, bright object in the sky, I headed to
Newman Arboretum for some photography. While video-ing Red-winged Blackbirds
displaying, females calling, American Robins singing, and Northern Flicker
foraging on the ground, I twice heard a bright song that could onl
HI all,
Despite all this excitement about new spring arrivals, I have had one female
Common Redpoll consistently at the nyjer feeder. Today there are 3!
Marie
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Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:13 PM
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Cayugabirders
Well, I simply couldn't being myself to join the bird club's Dryden Lake trip
in this morning's horrendous weather, and I do hope that the intrepid souls
that did were amply rewarded. But I did go there at 4:00 this afternoon with
the sun finally shining. I walked the length of th
Folks who're seeing the Bonaparte's Gulls: are they in breeding plumage? still
changing? I'm the photo editor for the bird club's upcoming book about birding
sites in the basin, in which we include small photos of some typical birds for
each site. I have the option of choosing a Boney in breedin
Hi everyone,
One of my "goal" birds to photograph this spring is Golden-crowned Kinglet. I
know a couple of traditional spots locally, but if anyone has any local leads
on where to find one consistently I'd really appreciate hearing about it. Ditto
for Barred Owl.
In fact, I'd appreciate info
Killing time while my car was being repaired in Varna, I walked into the
Cornell PLantations Arboretum this morning around 8:30. I watched Canada Geese
and American Robins during territorial fights, and noted Dark-eyed Juncos,
Northern Cardinals, Song Sparrows and American Robins singing. But th
Speaking of Ring-necked Pheasants, does anyone know of evidence that they breed
successfully in the Basin? Perfect habitat would be in the Rafferty Rd area.
but I don't recall any observations of pheasant hens with chicks there.
Certainly we hear the males giving their crowing calls during the c
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