[cayugabirds-l] Pale chickadee

[Michele Emerick Brown]

Hello All,
I've been seeing what can best be described as a pale Black-capped Chickadee at 
my feeders this winter. The cap is pale brownish grey. It looks like a 
Black-capped Chickadee in every other way.  It is very shy, so I've had no luck 
getting a photo. Could this be a Boreal Chickadee? I'm on BUFFALO Hill in 
Caroline, but this seems a bit south for its range.

Thanks,
Michele

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[cayugabirds-l] Rose-breasted grosbeak/indigo bunting behavior

[Michele Emerick Brown]

I live in Caroline.  A friend was helping me with some gardening a few days ago 
and she observed what appeared to be an altercation between a rose-breasted 
grosbeak and an indigo bunting near some lilacs. Then, we found what looks to 
be a dead female indigo bunting on the ground.

Any ideas about what might have been going on? Would they be competing for 
territory? I'm guessing the death occurred from a window strike.

Thanks,
Michele




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[cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

[Michele Emerick Brown]

Has anyone else noticed a lack of tree swallows? I usually have them lined up 
on my power line and nesting in boxes in the yard, but this year I've seen just 
one or 2 at a time.


Any explanation?


Thanks,

Michele Brown

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[cayugabirds-l] Logging and nesting season--off topic

[Michele Emerick Brown]

I realize the following query is off topic for this list, but I'm hoping to tap 
into the collective wisdom.

I own some forested property in NH and have been working with a certified 
forester to develop a stewardship plan with long term goals of promoting 
wildlife, recreational trails etc. They will be doing some logging, possibly 
starting in June. I'm concerned about nesting birds. Is there a preferred date 
(similar to mowing a hay field) to begin logging operations that would have the 
least impact on nesting birds?

Thanks,

Michele


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[cayugabirds-l] Fields

[Michele Emerick Brown]

The mowing information/resource is very interesting. It seems to be directed to 
people with 15 acres or more. I have a 5 acre field that used to be in hay, but 
which is slowly going to scrub (right now it's mainly goldenrod) because we 
stopped having it cut. Could someone direct me to information to help me figure 
out what would be best for birds? Should I get it cut, leave it alone, plant it 
with something else? I think Red-winged blackbirds usually nest in it.

I live out in Caroline so there are a lot of other fields being rotated between 
corn and hay.

Thanks,
Michele

From: bounce-120268837-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-120268837-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Michael O. Engle
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 4:03 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] help determining the time to mow fields

I'm fine with the discussion taking place on the list. I think it would be 
good, in the end, if one person could work directly with the livestock guy I 
talked with to advise/train/support him over time. It's certainly a useful kind 
of knowledge for livestock producers who manage fields for hay. I wonder if the 
county extension folks are a useful resource to help out and provide support 
with this topic.

Michael

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Michael Engle,
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Selector, Olin/Uris Reference and Anglo-American News
106 Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: m...@cornell.edu; Telephone: (607) 255-1884

From: Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:39 PM
To: Michael O. Engle mailto:m...@cornell.edu>>; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: RE: help determining the time to mow fields

While I can understand why Michael wants to keep the conversation with the 
livestock person off the list, I think it would benefit many of us if we knew 
what are the recommendations are for when is the best time to mow hay or grass 
fields with regard to protecting nesting grassland birds and their offspring.

I would like this information to be posted on the list.
I often toy with the idea of trying to convince some local landowners here in 
Lansing to mow large grass expanses in later summer, but I don't know what the 
cut-off date is.

Donna L. Scott
Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY

From: 
bounce-120268126-15001...@list.cornell.edu
 [mailto:bounce-120268126-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Michael O. 
Engle
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 2:24 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] help determining the time to mow fields

Hi,

I had a chat with a local livestock raiser at Winter Market this weekend. He 
hays a number of fields and would like some guidance on the best time to do the 
haying to protect birds that nest in the fields he cuts. Please respond to me 
off list, and I will pass his contact information along.

Thanks,

Michael

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Reference and Instruction Librarian
Selector, Olin/Uris Reference and Anglo-American News
106 Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: m...@cornell.edu; Telephone: (607) 255-1884

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Rose Breasted Grosbeak

[Michele Emerick Brown]

I had one at my feeder on Speed Hill in Caroline this week-end. Am I in the 
Cayuga Lake Basin? I'm up the hill from Route 79 in Slaterville.

From: bounce-114962964-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-114962964-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:37 PM
To: Asher Hockett
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Melissa Groo's place is just outside the Cayuga Lake Basin in Shindagin Hollow. 
We're still waiting for a report that Rose-breasted Grosbeaks got over the 
Chesapeake - Great Lakes Divide into the CLB.

--Dave Nutter

On Apr 29, 2014, at 02:28 PM, Asher Hockett 
mailto:veery...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Melissa Groo reported one yesterday.

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Carol Keeler 
mailto:carolk...@adelphia.net>> wrote:

A friend in Jordan, NY just had a RB Grosbeak at her feeder.  Has anyone seen 
them in the Cayuga bird list area?  I don't remember seeing any mentioned.  Any 
Hummingbirds yet?   Too early for their feeders?  I usually put out my 
Hummingbird or even Oriole feeders out when I read about sightings in Ithaca.

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[cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher in Caroline

[Michele Emerick Brown]

A beautiful Brown Thrasher is giving us a morning concert outside our window at 
the top of Buffalo Hill in Caroline.

Michele Brown

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[cayugabirds-l] Hawks--McGraw Hall

[Michele Emerick Brown]

Today as I sat in the staff lounge in Olin Library, it looked as though 2 
Red-tailed Hawks were spending a lot of time separately and together at the 
tower on McGraw Hall. Could they be working on a nest? Has anyone else noticed 
this activity? I didn't have my binoculars with me.

Michele Brown

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-tail nest

[Michele Emerick Brown]

Does anyone know if the university has plans to remove the nest in the light on 
the athletic field? As my bus proceeded down Tower Rd. this morning I noticed 
one of those small cranes nearby and a worker looking up at the nest (could be 
a coincidence). Would it be legal to remove the nest?

Michele


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[cayugabirds-l] Squawking (OT)

[Michele Emerick Brown]

A couple of people have suggested this might be a squirrel. Grey squirrels make 
a sound that seems to be close, but then I checked the sound flying squirrel 
sounds and they seem really close (based on memory). I wonder if there are 2 
living in one of our bluebird houses. I thought they were mice at first, but on 
seeing photos, they might be flying squirrels. I only got a glimpse but they 
have very large eyes.

Michele


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[cayugabirds-l] Night-time squawking

[Michele Emerick Brown]

For the past few months we have occasionally heard what I think can best be 
described as insistent squawking by our back door during the evening. I think 
it sounds like a bird. It seems to be coming from a large lilac bush near our 
back door. Since it's always dark when it happens I haven't been able to see 
it. It "squawks" for a minute or so and then stops. It doesn't repeat.

Any ideas? Could it be an animal?

Michele


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[cayugabirds-l] LOC Hawk

[Michele Emerick Brown]

The Cooper's hawk trapped in the reading room of the Library of Congress has 
finally been rescued: 
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/01/breaking-news-hawk-rescued-from-main-reading-room/


Michele Brown

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Auburn and crow hunting

[Michele Emerick Brown]

I've seen photos of them showing off their "kills"-it's not to feed their 
families. I knew I misspoke when I said that Auburn instituted the policy. They 
are utilizing the policy.

But, you are correct when you say that Auburn has also tried to scare them 
away. This is a link to press coverage about the issue, called a "wildlife 
killing contest" until 2005: http://lodestone.org/people/hoss/ar/crowshoot/

I haven't heard much about it for a few years.

Michele

From: bounce-7532814-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-7532814-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:42 PM
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Auburn and crow hunting

The crow hunting season is a New York State DEC policy.
It doesn't make sense to me.  I don't think people eat them.
There are other DEC policies about killing animals that are
damaging farm crops outside of hunting seasons, I believe.
I think the policies of Auburn were to try to deter the birds,
not outright kill them.  However there were a few guys with
guns who set up just outside Auburn itself to try to shoot
crows.  Again, it doesn't make sense to me unless they
were trying to feed their families, which I doubt
And again, corrections welcome.
--Dave Nutter

On Dec 16, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Michele Emerick Brown  wrote:
Sadly-(and I hope to be corrected)-but I think Auburn's solution was to 
institute a crow hunting season.

http://www.tonews.com/post/3339713/clari/web/local/newyork/misc/ny_crow_hunt_expected_to_draw_crowd.html


From: bounce-7530811-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-7530811-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Asher Hockett
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:36 PM
To: Andrew Roe
Cc: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows?

Large roosts of crows are famous. A few years ago, Auburn, NY, near the upper 
reaches of Cayuga Lake, had to resort to drastic (but non-violent) measures to 
rid the city of tens of thousands of them. Maybe Ithaca has a reputation for 
being more crow friendly. Here we have our own "reverse pied piper" in crow 
expert Kevin McGowan, who will likely add his educated perspective to my 
unscientific babbling

They are using the slopes of south hill which lead down into 6 Mile Creek and 
the neighborhoods bordering the creek area for the roost these days (or nights, 
actually).
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Andrew Roe 
mailto:andrew.walker@gmail.com>> wrote:
This is only my second winter in Ithaca (I'm a grad student, here from the 
southeast) so I don't really know how normal this is- but there seem to be an 
ENORMOUS number of crows around downtown Ithaca and Cornell- swirling at dusk, 
covering roofs, nearly toppling trees, blotting out the sun, etc.

Can someone in the know let me know what's going on? Are these all birds 
passing through, or is there some sort of monumental attack on the Lab of O in 
the works?

Thanks,

Andrew



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[cayugabirds-l] Auburn and crow hunting

[Michele Emerick Brown]

Sadly-(and I hope to be corrected)-but I think Auburn's solution was to 
institute a crow hunting season.

http://www.tonews.com/post/3339713/clari/web/local/newyork/misc/ny_crow_hunt_expected_to_draw_crowd.html


From: bounce-7530811-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-7530811-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Asher Hockett
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:36 PM
To: Andrew Roe
Cc: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows?

Large roosts of crows are famous. A few years ago, Auburn, NY, near the upper 
reaches of Cayuga Lake, had to resort to drastic (but non-violent) measures to 
rid the city of tens of thousands of them. Maybe Ithaca has a reputation for 
being more crow friendly. Here we have our own "reverse pied piper" in crow 
expert Kevin McGowan, who will likely add his educated perspective to my 
unscientific babbling.

They are using the slopes of south hill which lead down into 6 Mile Creek and 
the neighborhoods bordering the creek area for the roost these days (or nights, 
actually).
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Andrew Roe 
mailto:andrew.walker@gmail.com>> wrote:
This is only my second winter in Ithaca (I'm a grad student, here from the 
southeast) so I don't really know how normal this is- but there seem to be an 
ENORMOUS number of crows around downtown Ithaca and Cornell- swirling at dusk, 
covering roofs, nearly toppling trees, blotting out the sun, etc.

Can someone in the know let me know what's going on? Are these all birds 
passing through, or is there some sort of monumental attack on the Lab of O in 
the works?

Thanks,

Andrew



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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Blue Birds & Blow Flies

[Michele Emerick Brown]

I'm confused by this thread. I've had blue bird boxes for several years and 
have not found dead baby birds. I usually clean them out in the early spring. 
Is this wrong?

-Original Message-
From: bounce-5236777-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-5236777-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Mapes
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 8:27 PM
To: Dave Nutter
Cc: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Blue Birds & Blow Flies

Good point, Dave. This procedure has been around for many years, and 
I've never seen it suggested that it's not legal, but you may be right.

Dave Nutter wrote:
> Perhaps disturbing an active nest is technically illegal even if 
> in this particular circumstance when done properly it is beneficial 
> to the birds.  The laws which a century ago ended the collection of 
> eggs, nests, feathers, etc., without permits are still in effect.  
> --Dave Nutter
>
> On Monday, February 08, 2010, at 01:41PM, "Alan Mapes"  
> wrote:
>   
>> Kurt - Tell me why changing the nest is not good. I've done this for 20+ 
>> years, and find it increasing the survival of young very nicely. The 
>> adults will show concern while I remove the 10-12 day-old young from the 
>> nest, sweep out the box, and replace the nest with dry grass. But the 
>> parents go right back to feeding the young like nothing happened. I have 
>> yet to see any down-side to this procedure.
>>
>> Alan Mapes
>> Delmar, NY
>>
>> Kurt Falvey wrote:
>> 
>>> Over the past few years (since I moved back from Texas) I have been 
>>> buying a few cedar blue bird houses and every year we have several 
>>> pairs of blue birds. Unfortunately all too often we find dead baby 
>>> blue bird...even our friends 20 miles away thought about taking their 
>>> houses down because they are tired of finding dead babies. In most 
>>> cases blow fly larva were found under the nest.
>>>
>>> I have read about adding bay leaves under the nest, changing the nest 
>>> out...which you are not supposed to do even though it works and I have 
>>> tried the wire mesh thing which kind of worked. The problem with the 
>>> wire mesh idea is you can't effectively install it high enough above 
>>> the bottom of a stand blue bird house.
>>>
>>> So this winter I have built all new blue bird houses adding about 5 
>>> inches to the height but installing the wire mesh where the bottom 
>>> would normally be. This way the nest is far enough above the floor so 
>>> if and when the blow flies fall to the bottom they won't have anyway 
>>> to get back to the nest. In addition I removed all the existing blue 
>>> bird houses and reduced the hole size so blue birds will no longer be 
>>> able to use them. We put those in the woods for chickadees, wrens, 
>>> nuthatch, etc.
>>>
>>> So once and for all I will find out if the wire mesh idea really 
>>> works. I will keep you posted.
>>>
>>> *Julie & Kurt*
>>>
>>> *Broken Road Farms*
>>>
>>> *www.BrokenRoadFarms.com*
>>>
>>>   
>> --
>>
>> Cayugabirds-L List Info:
>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES
>>
>> ARCHIVES:
>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
>> 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
>> 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
>>
>> Please submit your observations to eBird:
>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
>>
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>>
>>
>> 
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>
> Cayugabirds-L List Info:
> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES
>
> ARCHIVES:
> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
> 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
> 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
>
> Please submit your observations to eBird:
> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
>
> --
>
>
>   

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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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