Correction, I meant to type HORNED GREBE not Eared Grebe. My first thought
yesterday was Eared Grebe because there appeared to be a bump on the
forehead, but then I had to correct for location as Eared Grebes live on
the West coast. It had a white breast and neck and grey back (still in
winter pl
ts in full sun!
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A Yellow-billed Cuckoo called a few times near our yard in
Brooktondale this afternoon!
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I'll be visiting my mother there in a few weeks and would like to do some
birding there. I especially am interested in stopping in Apalachicola.
Thank you!
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d a COMMON NIGHTHAWK along Van Dyne Spoor Road at
dusk. Many more shorebirds than two days ago--nice variety along the
Wildlife Drive as well as at Knox-Marsellus.
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At 11:56 PM 5/24/2015, you wrote:
>In the middle of this warm afternoon Ann Mitchell & I visited
>Montezuma
Has anyone any similar experience with Mourning Doves? I am so enjoying
hanging out with two fledglings in my garden. They have been hanging out
there for a few days now, taking naps in the sun on the warm stones. They
seem curious about me and do not spook too easily. Last night, as the sun
wa
I am looking for suggestions of good birding locations in the Thousand
Islands and any budget places to stay for a future trip! Thank you in
advance!
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Thanks to all who responded to my query. I actually knew the area I wanted
to bird, but I did not know what - if any- public trails were available.
So if you are ever in the area, I highly recommend it. It is the GRAND
LAKE RESERVE in Jefferson County, Redwood, NY ( far away from the St.
Lawrence
I've been corrected: what I saw was a snipe (not a dowitcher) on a
telephone wire, and what a cool sight that was to behold (now posted on
Facebook bird club page)! Thanks, Chris (and others)!
By the way, I'm doing research on effective herbal bug repellants over the
counter and home-made recipes
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... for your eloquent synopsis of the Golden-cheeked Warbler conservation
status, educating and updating us, modeling a graceful (also fair and
balanced) assessment of a potentially controversial issue, modelling how to
acknowledge the contribution of all parties concerned, and (finally)
sharing yo
fireworks?
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in Ithaca, and the Cayuga
Waterfront Trail is such a great gift. Wouldn't having the boat house
restored be icing on the cake!
Sandy
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you come ALIVE, for what
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<h
I've been seeing Osprey flying low in Fall Creek on three different days
this week, each time calling. One over Gimme Coffee and twice over my
house within 100 feet above, and calling. Once there were two of them.
they circle around and then head back in the direction of Stewart
Park/Cass Park.
spring? I love seeing the ones at Montezuma.
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as a
great day!!! Thanks again, Dave!
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the listserve protocol: post a correction
or let it go?
Corrections always appreciated nevertheless!
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Sandy Wold wrote:
> I'll add to Dave's highlight...I showed up late as the fog was lifting,
> about 9:30am. I arrived as three SAND HILL CRANE
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k you!
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. Then it resumed business. Very cool!
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been gone all spring and summer. Being
blackbirds, perhaps they do that too?
Sandy Wold
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in the American Bird
Conservancy's Field Guide, "All the Birds of North America," 1997. I see
now that starlings are not blackbirds; rather, they are grouped in the
"blackbird-size straight bills" group in said book.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Scott Haber wro
visitor
center, same parking lot. This may be urgent as they want them for the
MuckRace, and I don't know what that is or when it is. Please write to me
by end of the day tomorrow, Saturday, if you can help. After that, I might
not be able to respond promptly. Thank you!
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help find a win-win solution. Did we dropped the ball by only
writing letters and not seeing this all the way through??? It sound like
at this point things could be allowed to grow back??? I am willing to help.
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I want to add that we also saw a huge kettle of Turkey Vultures in the
Stevenson Road direction. When we first looked, I saw about ten or so. As
I left the group, I counted at least 50, so hard to count, as there were so
many flying in a tight circle and relatively small diameter and a handful
fl
The following was seen 10AM-11AM yesterday around the Visitor Center: I
estimate two or three dozen Short-billed Dowitcher with two Long-billed
Dowitchers (which were a few inches taller) and one dunlin in the mix.
(apologies if I wrote greater and lesser on my phone! was very excited
and wanted
Thanks for sharing, Mickey. I was blown away by all you saw. Can you and
others give tips on how to see songbird migration? I was unfortunately
indoors most of today and yesterday.
I remember last year Meena invited people to go to Montezuma (a certain
date in November?) to watch tens of thousa
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As someone who frequents Fuertes Bird Sanctuary, I greatly appreciated
Dave's courage and posting and the resulting discussion this brought up.
Since tickets were not issued and the hunters were bitter, shouldn't we
follow up - especially because this has happened before (re: picture of
hunters wit
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Today I took two visiting scholars, one from Lebanon and one from China to
Montezuma, and we saw the following:
MUDLOCK
2 Bald Eagles (near the nest)
VISITOR CENTER
Green-winged Teal (many)
Canada Geese (someone on staff counted 14,600 the other day!)
WILDLIFE DRIVE
Green-winged Teal (many)
1 Bl
11-13 female and 2 male Bufflehead (constantly diving so hard to count!) on
the south east side of the park
many, many Canada Geese, Herring Gulls
5 Ring-Billed Gulls being fed bread by people at the inlet
4-5 Black-Backed Gulls
male and female Mallards
3 Turkey Vultures soaring
possible Bald Eag
>From Home Depot to Fish Ladder along Buttermilk Creek around 3:15pm: many
dozens of American Starlings, dozens of DE Juncos, 3 American Crows, many
Rock Pigeons, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 male Mallard, 2 or more
White-breasted Nuthatch, many Black-capped Chickadee heard, 1 Downy
Woodpecker hear
ce to us less experienced birders.
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Today, I found myself very fortunate to be looking up just as a glorious
flock of Snow Geese flying high, so high I could not hear them, and flying
southbound. Hundreds of geese glistened and sparkled like jewels in the
bright sun. I savored this sight for less than two minutes, until their
angle
I have a about six Blue Jays that frequent my yard in Fall Creek, one of
which has a hoarse call. I call it Horse, for lack of a better name. I
hadn't heard Horse for a few months but heard it yesterday and looked out
my kitchen window to see what was going on. It was scolding a squirrel
that wa
I hope everyone got to go out and bird today!!! What a gorgeous day!!!
Today, 12:15-2:15
Downy, Hairy, Red Bellied Woodpeckers at boatyard feeders at inlet
5-10 bluebirds, goldfinches, and possible Purple Finch (have a blurry
picture) in tree with tons of seeds, behind firefighter training area n
minutes or so of the footage was accepted by Youtube, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt9oSHN5_6w&google_comment_id=z13ihnjgkri4sphjd04cgtyhqr3sz1h4owo0k&google_view_type#gpluscomments
Happy New Year, and I hope to see many of you at the Christmas Bird Count
potluck!
Sandy
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I have heard from several people that they unsubscribe from this listserv
because it can have a heavy load of email. When I tell them about the
"digest" option, they usually do not know. I think you have to go into
your listserv settings to set it. Also, note that the digest usually is
sent out
I took a friend with me to look for the Snow Buntings and Horned Larks on
Scofield Rd.today about 2:30pm today. We first came upon a Rough-legged
Hawk that flew to rest in a tree near us and then off to the other side of
a field where it hovered for about ten minutes and then disappeared into or
o
Thanks for posting, Diana. I haven't been following the pelican; was this
in Syracuse? Can someone let us know how or why it died? who pulled it out
of the water? will professionals be involved in figuring this out?
Sandy
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Early afternoon yesterday, I had to do a triple-take when I heard and then
saw a bluebird out the window in a tree around the back side of Boynton
Middle School! It was hanging out with chickadees and juncos who all
seemed interested in a bramble patch and/or tall grasses in a gully there.
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Syracuse journalists did a great job and followed up with the DEC. Here
are the sad results. http://s.syracuse.com/YUwJ1Fb
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I just had an interesting experience. It was dusk, about 5:30pm, and I was
sprinting home on my bike from Stewart Park with a friend passing by the
Golf Course where I was dive-bombed by a falcon-shaped bird. It was quite
thrilling as I felt it come behind me and swoop over my off-white knit
hat!
Thanks for posting and sharing, Mark.
As much as I would like to think birds like me as much as I like them, and
hence they want to get as close to me as possible, now I see this was a
hectic survival moment I biked into. I was laughing by the surprise of it
all, but now I see the birds were frea
A glorious chorus this morning: Carolina Wrens are back in my back yard
after having been away for several months, calling incessantly since 8am.
I heard one calling at a certain pitch and then it shifted to a half or
whole-note higher while the other one listened. It made a second call too,
which
out what it
was. It had a very dark back with a small gold patch on each shoulder, and
it was Red-tailed Hawk-size.
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t endemic species.
I plan to blog, map, and illustrate my trips and interact with classrooms.
If anyone knows anyone who might want to help me or collaborate, please
feel free to pass this email on or let me know. I will be reaching out to
the Andalucia Bird Society. Thank you!
Sandy Wold
I spent four hours hiking the Texas Hollow Finger Lakes Trail with a
friend. I know this is outside of the Cayuga Basin, but I hope it's OK to
post anyway. Here are the highlights:
Driving 227 to Perry City
I know this is probably way too early for swallows, but I could have sworn
I saw a Barn S
3:19 PM, Sandy wrote:
> I know it's early for a parula. Have there been any reports? But I think
> I heard a parula (FOY) calling from up high In a pine tree on the west side
> of the high school close to the creek today about 10AM. There were two
> sounds. First one was a pul
A Northern Saw-whet Owl is currently giving his tooting "back-up"
call from across our pond in Brooktondale. The first one we've heard
in a few years!!!
Sandy Podulka
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Thanks to all who wrote trying to help me solve this mystery and to Dave
Nutter who went out this morning to help me identify one of the two calls.
We walked on both sides of the creek south of Ithaca High, and it was
loaded with birds! The monotonic warble call was indeed a Dark-eyed Junco!
http
Thanks for posting, Marc! I reserved a ticket, and the message said
sixteen more were needed today(?) to make the film happen! Unless I
misunderstood...I don't see why we could not make this happen. The preview
looks wonderful!
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Reserve your ticket by tomorrow, March 10, 7pm. We need at least 16 more
to do this or the film will be canceled! They take your credit card info
and won't charge unless the event is happening. I forwarded and invited
friends via Facebook.
P.S. I really want to go see the originals of his work
eservations?
>
> I signed up for two tickets but did not receive a confirmation...?
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> I was told that I would receive one.
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> Jae
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A N. Saw-whet Owl continues to call frequently every night from near
our house in Brooktondale.
Maybe it will stay and breed?
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ne preview story by Simon Wheeler,
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/2016/04/02/cayuga-bird-club-teachs-stewart-park/82558768/
and there might be one also in the newspaper (today?).
The next Stewart Park bird walk will be Sunday, 4/10, 9am (led by long-time
birder Dave Nutter, co-led by
I'm behind in reporting:
Last Thursday, I saw ten Fish Crows flying over Fall Creek toward
Cascadilla gorge. All were calling; that is how I know.
Sunday, I saw a small bat hunting for insects around 5pm at Ithaca Falls.
Yesterday, I think I had a Chipping Sparrow fly into my garden then up to
m
I walked through Renwick Woods today and saw a warbler up high in a tree
with yellow belly and black streaks, but forgot the facial markings when I
saw the stunning Yellow-rumped Warbler later at Fuertes. It might have
been a Magnolia Warbler, but I am not sure. Renwick was loaded with
robins, st
I meant to say I saw four Bufflehead today (not Hooded Mergansers)...one
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What a lot of careful work, Dave. Thanks so much for continuing to
carry out this duty so equitably and conscientiously!
Sandy Podulka
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This morning, a first spring male Orchard Oriole was singing
vigorously from various trees in the Ithaca Children's Garden and
nearby (the south end of Cass Park). It sounds a lot like a House
Finch to me, but not so sing-songy and doesn't end on an upswing!
Sandy Podulka
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as singing from high or low. It was a
deciduous woods on a slope with a lovely stream nearby. Other
Louisiana Waterthrushes were there, as reported by Anne Marie Johnson.
What do others think?
Sandy Podulka
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I saw the mother and two babies Wednesday, thanks to Jay and Livia being
there at the time. The huge steel plate on the trail is a good marker for
where to stop and look east to the farthest and tallest tree. I went back
yesterday around 7pm, and they were in the same tree. Sarah Blodgett
showed
I walked Renwick Woods, across the golf course, through Jetty woods and
looped around the golf course to the bird feeder at the marina.
The forest seemed especially vibrant, busy, joyfully noisy, and alive this
morning: starlings and grackles in and out of holes in trees, Common
Mergansers dashin
The skinny: the mowers were already aware of the Kildeer nest and had it
staked off, said the babies run, but they are mindful. The shared amazing
raptor and fox stories with me...read on! Am in a hurry, so pardon any
future mistakes.
The long story: Everyone at Newman was super nice and carin
Last year, I watched a 2+ foot long Snapping Turtle lay a clutch of about
five eggs on the edge of Sapsucker Woods, where the trails cross from one
side to the other and where it was sandy. I contacted a herpatologist from
SUNY Cortland (former professor) and asked if it was a Snapping Turtle if
I'm looking to plant one or two trees for birds to also shade a parking
area...any suggestions?
Crab apple seems good but wondering if anyone has other suggestions as I
already have two. Anything native? with leaves smaller than a maple? not
too messy with droppings?
Thanks in advance!
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Update: I have received two recommendations for native trees that will
attract birds...would love to have more to add to a list to possibly give
to the City of Ithaca forester and nurseries..., not sure if she has a list
or what her list is... has the CBC ever offered a "recommended" list?
It's o
Thanks for all of the great advice everyone! I just have time and room in
my small yard for two trees! I mainly wanted a short list of trees to give
to the City and unfortunately don't have time to read the great readings
out there.
Sandy Wold
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Sorry for late posting. I think today is the "open house" for the Cornell
Rare Manuscript Library's Audubon double-elephant prints, 10:30-4pm.
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Yesterday, late in the sweltering heat of late afternoon, when I was
watering a plant in my garden, a bird flew from behind me and landed about
a foot from my feet. Without hesitation, it promptly stepped in to drink
voraciously. I thought it was going to open its mouth to let water pour
in, it w
Sorry to hear that the merlin nests did not do well this year. Today, I
was happy to see a baby oriole pop its head then full body launched out
suddenly and perch on the top of the nest ..or possibly its sibling's head?
The nest is extremely well concealed. I only noticed because mom and dad
ha
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Today, Ann Mitchell and I assisted this morning's Lab of O's Bird Sleuth
Summer Educator Retreat bird walk in Stewart Park (7-8:30am). Participants
included a middle school teacher from Los Angeles who teaches an eighth
grade ornithology elective for 80 students in addition to a birding section
in
We just started putting out seed a few days ago for the season. Our
first day we were visited by Wild Turkeys.
Today we were honored with a male Evening Grosbeak! The first one
I've seen in a few years here.
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shore of Stewart Park. I saw Common Mergansers and heard a kingfisher
along the creek. I saw two cormorants out on a log, far out; and then what
I thought might have been two grebes, but they were dabbling far out. They
Brand new, did not use for a trip I went on. Paid $73, would love to get
$65price has increased, almost double, since I bought it last year!
Says, women's large, and it could pass for unisex. Sizing info on one of
the photos on this link:
SCOTTeVEST Women's RFID Travel Vest, Gray, Large
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I've been meaning to post this for a few months. I noticed a female downy
at my feeder about six weeks ago who did not move for about 25 minutes. I
was super busy that day going in and out of the kitchen, and after about
two or three minutes, noted she had never moved her position. Usually, she
d
Today, I heard a bluebird in a Sugar Maple outside my window in Fall Creek,
first time!. I usually see them around Boynton Middle School in years
past, and today I saw a pair today down near the inlet near the fire
practice area with two finches that had a rosy blush on the chest. They
left befor
Thanks for recent posts. Looks like American Bird Conservancy also offers
tips on how to make your own "Acopian Bird Saver"
https://www.birdsavers.com/ (click "Make Your Own")
or go here:
https://www.birdsavers.com/buildyourown.html
They look nice on the bigger windows and look easy to make.
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really good points! --Sandy Podulka
At 05:40 PM 3/21/2017, Dave Nutter wrote:
>If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas production, then cutting down trees
>is counterproductive when installing solar
>panels. Also cutting trees dow
I'm not a bird bander (yet), but I went to the recent 2017 meeting anyway
to learn more about it and see if I would want to do the training. I was
impressed by the passion and comradry of this group and left with a great
appreciation for all the people who put in tens of thousands of hours
laying
I have an extra copy of the October to December 2016 North American Bird
Bander peer-reviewed journal if anyone wants it. I can bring it to the
next Monday meeting or arrange for a downtown pick up. Let me know!
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This bird had what looked to me like breeding plumage (black tufts on top
of head). I could not see any orange and not sure if that was because of
the angle. Do birds lose their color after death? If so, how long is it
before the color starts to diminish?
Sandy
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Yesterday around 7pm, I saw three sandpipers on the rocky shore of Fall
Creek near the Cascadilla Boat house. I think they were juvenile Spotted
Sandpipers: bobbing tails, pink/orange bills with a dark tip on the bill,
thrush-like markings on the upper breast, soft peeping calls, flew off
toward
Two days ago, in the early evening, when the heavens opened up and heavy
rains fell steady, cold, and dreary, I was outside and ran to seek
shelter. As I entered my back porch, I turned around to watch the rain and
noticed several small birds fluttering in an amongst a tall and leaning
Norway Mapl
It was brought to my attention that maybe I did *not* see a Golden-WINGED
Warbler in my back yard; and then I realized I meant to write Golden-RUMPED
Warbler. Thank you, Dave Nutter, for keeping us (me) accurate!!! So easy
to make a slip of tongue, which carries through even when typing and had
re
f maps and 5 minutes reading the FAQ, you will have a pretty
good feel for the project--in 15 minutes.
--Sandy Podulka
Town of Dryden Web page with info on the Solar Project:
http://dryden.ny.us/departments/planning-department/permit-review-links/special-use-permits/
FAQ on Project and Change
Yesterday, while sitting with a friend in the warm sunshine, having dinner
on the patio, and admiring the many birds calling and coming to the feeder,
a chickadee landed on the thistle feeder. Maybe they always land with
aggression, but this time it seemed to be a "don't mess with me" grip.
Maybe
Feedback received from recent posting:
--do *not* put out string; entanglement issues reported
--stuff nesting material into mesh bag, grapevine ball, suet cage, tree
cavity,...
--if you read the allaboutbirds link (posted again below), note the
discussion at the very end. It reveals potential pr
ww.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/6
Sandy Podulka
p.s. Thanks for the head net link! It looks great and REI is a
terrific company to support.
At 10:52 AM 5/2/2017, you wrote:
>Hi all, I always thought this little black flying insect around my
>face as warblers show up was black fly.
https://www.wired.com/2011/05/hummingbird-tongue-drinking/
I did not know the hummingbird tongue splits/operates like this! Did
you
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