Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

[Scott Haber]

There has also been a calling pair off and on since the beginning of April
in the vicinity of Craft Road and Brook Way in the Village of Lansing. On a
few occasions in recent weeks they were frequenting a grove of Norway
Spruces on Brook Way as well as a dense stand of White Pines near the
dermatology practice on Craft, but they don't seem to be
consistently faithful to either location. There has been a successful
breeding pair of Cooper's Hawks (using old crow nests) near these locations
in recent years, so I'm wondering if the Merlins were checking out some of
the old Cooper's/crow nest sites.

-Scott

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:28 AM Karen  wrote:

> Thanks to reports of many on this list serve,  I have located 11 Merlin
> territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests.
>
> South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee,
> Tareyton Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of
> Yellow Barn Rd. near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings
> Pond, and a possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11
> pair, but I haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating
> now and the pair is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of
> nestlings and shortly after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match
> last year's county high of 12 pairs.
>
> Any information appreciated.
>
> Thanks, John
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[cayugabirds-l] OT: selling Kowa scope

[Scott Haber]

Hi All,

I'm parting with my gently used Kowa TSN-82 SV scope and 30x (fixed)
eyepiece. The scope and eyepiece are in excellent condition with no defects
or cosmetic damage.

If anyone is interested, please contact me directly (off-list) for price
and more details:

sa...@cornell.edu

Thanks,
Scott

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gallimule tough love (I hope)

[Scott Haber]

Gallinule and coot parents are well known to engage in aggressive behaviors
toward their chicks, which, in some rare cases, ends in infanticide.

For more info:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00302949
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347284803401

-Scott



On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:32 AM,  wrote:

> At the Van Dyne Spoor wetlands yesterday we observed what seemed vey
> unusual gallinule behavior. An adult was swimming along up a small channel
> in the surface weeds while three young were sort of lazing around nearby. A
> second gallinule was a distance off.
>
> Suddenly, the adult accelerated and altered course toward one of the
> youngsters. When they were close, the adult came up out of the water and
> crash dived on top of the kid! The adult quickly surfaced and, despite
> watching for some time, we never saw the young reappear. The other two kids
> and the other adult ignored the whole affair.
>
> I hope the youngster just retreated underwater to heavy cover.
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow back on the Cornell Arts Quad

[Scott Haber]

What is presumably the same Clay-colored Sparrow that has been present in
the last few years was singing from the apple trees in his usual spot
(between Goldwin Smith and Stimson Halls) on the Cornell Arts Quad this
morning around 9:15am.

I saw it briefly in flight as it headed toward East Avenue, but it didn't
return after that.

-Scott

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Guess which bird...

[Scott Haber]

The original article correctly identifies the bird in question as a
Red-winged Blackbird and includes several diagnostic photos from Scottish
birders. I'm not sure why there's been any "confusion".

-Scott

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Bill Mcaneny  wrote:

> To clarify (or to add to the confusion), there is a migratory thrush in
> Europe that goes by the name of REDWING.  It is not clear to me that the
> bird in the report from Scotland is a Redwinged BLACKBIRD.  The REDWING
> looks superficially like the female blackbird, being brown, sort of
> stripey, and showing a white eye-line.  It may be unusual or even rare in
> Scotland, causing some excitement.  BTW, the Redwing is in the same
> family (turdus) as the American Robin.  Glad to be of help.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored sparrow reports?

[Scott Haber]

I saw it last Thursday, and I believe several students heard it singing
while lined up for the commencement procession on Sunday morning.

-Scott

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Michele Mannella 
wrote:

> Has anyone seen/heard the clay-colored sparrow outside Goldwin Smith Hall
> on Cornell campus recently?
> Michele
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Golden-winged Warbler at 1504 Hanshaw

[Scott Haber]

Thanks, Jody! Bird is still here as of 220...looks like a female-type and I 
don't see any obvious signs of an integrade.

Scott

> On May 8, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Jody W Enck  wrote:
> 
> In my apple tree as of 2:05pm.  Park in my driveway and come around back.  
> Apple tree is the one to the right (outside) of the split rail fence – just 
> beyond the pear tree.
>  
> Jody
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[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler - Village of Lansing

[Scott Haber]

A male Mourning Warbler was singing along the Village of Lansing Greenway
this morning. He was mostly hidden deep within the honeysuckles along the
path, but popped out a few times in response to pishing.

Perhaps even more interesting was that it was the only warbler I turned up
during a short walk this morning.

-Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Big Snow Goose movement this afternoon

[Scott Haber]

Several huge skeins of Snow Geese were flying high and southbound over the
Village of Lansing around 3PM today.

My conservative estimate was about 4,000 individuals, but more may be
coming.

-Scott

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks

[Scott Haber]

I can remember when this was a list "focused on the discussion of birds and
birding in the Finger Lakes Region."

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:01 PM, RICHARD WOOD  wrote:

> I can remember a few years back I was doing a breeding bird survey in
> southwestern Minnesota with Steve Weston and we made a game out of counting
> how many ticks we each had pulled off of ourselves and each other.
>
> Richard
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> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:57:02 -0400
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks
> From: mpitzr...@gmail.com
> To: anneb.cl...@gmail.com
> CC: veery...@gmail.com; mela...@mwmu.com; p...@grammatech.com;
> cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
>
>
> What purpose does it serve for us to judge nature and its parts as being
> good, bad or indifferent ... of service to us or otherwise?
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:29 PM, AB Clark  wrote:
>
> Oxpeckers and such birds on other continents could give us some purposes.
> Although apparently the story is muddy:   see
> http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/2/154.full
>
> Anne
>
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Asher Hockett  wrote:
>
> Once I tried to persuade to my wife that all creatures have a purpose in
> the scheme of nature, and she responded with, "Ticks, even?" I must admit I
> was at a loss to reply.
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Melanie Uhlir  wrote:
>
> Eeeew. Ticks are one species I would love to see become extinct.
>
> On 10/22/2015 2:46 PM, Paul Anderson wrote:
>
> A couple of years ago when we had that mild winter, I got a tick on the
> Christmas Bird Count. Not the FOY species I was hoping for!
>
> -Paul
>
> On 10/22/2015 2:22 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote:
>
> Some of my animals and I have all had multiple ticks on us in the last 2
> weeks, after a summer of relative freedom from them.
> I am a tick magnet and had 3 on my levis yesterday, then one trying to
> embed in my thigh, later!  Ick!
> Donna
>
> Lansing Station Road
> Lansing, NY
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-119809930-15001...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
> bounce-119809930-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Melanie Uhlir
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:17 PM
> To: Carolyn McMaster ; 'Ann Mitchell' <
> annmitchel...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks
>
> Good grief! Thank you for the heads-up!!
>
> Melanie
>
> On 10/22/2015 1:39 PM, Carolyn McMaster wrote:
>
> Dr. Carolyn McMaster here,
> Just a note of caution for all you fellow birders.  This is the season
> when ticks are most active.  Even after it freezes, if it goes above
> freezing during the day, the ticks will be foraging for a blood meal.
> Only after continual hard frosts will they go dormant.  Lyme disease
> is becoming more and more common around here.
> Carolyn
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-119808363-47503...@list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-119808363-47503...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ann
> Mitchell
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:33 AM
> To: cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Deer ticks
>
> Just a heads up. I know I am attracted to ticks, or the other way
> around, but they are still with us. I discovered one on me after a
> walk at Roy Park Preserve last evening.
> Good birding,
> Ann
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL

[Scott Haber]

And Che-bek, Che-bek would be Least Flycatcher!



 On May 12, 2015, at 8:27 AM, RICHARD WOOD rwood...@msn.com wrote:
 
 ACFL would be Acadian Flycatcher. :)  Chebek chebek chebek!
 
 Richard
 
  Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 07:04:55 -0400
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL
  From: k...@empacc.net
  To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
  
  Please excuse the finger slip on the tetragraph in my last message. The 
  bird here is
  an Alder Flycatcher. Have yet to see a Willow although they usually arrive 
  together.
  Thanks for catching my big fingers/small keyboard faux pas Chris!
  John
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods migrants

[Scott Haber]

To add to Brad's tally:  there were two Northern Parulas, both singing, on
the Wilson Trail North just west of the Sherwood Platform at about 9:15AM.
A Blackburnian Warbler also sang a few times further east on the Wilson
Trail, just beyond the footbridge.
Scott

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hi all,

 Migrants of note this morning include a Swainson's thrush on the inner leg
 of the Wilson trail, Eastern wood pewee, multiple Tennessee warblers, and a
 Blackpoll warbler singing on the north side of the building.

 Brad
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[cayugabirds-l] Interesting Blue-winged Warbler at Sapsucker Woods

[Scott Haber]

I just tracked down a singing Blue-winged Warbler near the southern end of
the Podell Boardwalk at Sapsucker Woods, but it was sporting bright yellow
wing-bars. Nothing else on the bird suggested a hybrid, but it clearly
isn't quite a purebred either.

Other birds in that immediate vicinity included a silent (but stunning)
male Scarlet Tanager, several each of Palm Warbler and American Redstart,
and vocal Great Crested Flycatchers and Eastern Kingbirds. Baltimore
Orioles are also out in force all over SSW.

-Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Indigo Bunting @ Sapsucker Woods + other new arrivals

[Scott Haber]

A male Indigo Bunting was sitting silently on the power lines in the
cleared area at the north end of the Hoyt-Pileated trail at Sapsucker Woods
this morning. Another new arrival was a Black-throated Blue Warbler that
was singing very intermittently along the Wooldeton boardwalk.

Earlier this morning, a Black-and-white Warbler put in a brief appearance
along the Village of Lansing Greenway while I was walking the dog.

-Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Bittern flushed from Swan Pen

[Scott Haber]

A jogger just flushed the American Bittern from the Swan Pen at Stewart Park. 
The bittern flew east over the willows along the parking lot and then out of 
sight.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Road Barred Owl

[Scott Haber]

Right around the same time as Marie's  sighting, someone was in the
vicinity of the Wilson Trail South repeatedly hooting a Barred Owl
imitation for about two minutes. Perhaps, instead of the desired effect of
bringing the owl closer, the imitation scared the owl across the road (and
into Marie's line of sight).

What is presumably the same owl, or possibly one of the pair that has
nested in that area over the past few years, has been seen pretty regularly
along Sapsucker Woods Rd. for the last week or two. It's probably not
necessary to go out there hooting for the owl in the middle of the morning:
with a little patience (and some luck), it can usually be found in one of
its roost trees near the road, and where it might stay for other birders to
enjoy instead of flushing.

-Scott H

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote:

 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


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[cayugabirds-l] Pine Warblers back at Comstock Knoll

[Scott Haber]

Two Pine Warblers are chasing each other and singing on Comstock Knoll at 
around 945, Sunday morning.

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

[Scott Haber]

The necklace is not really a reliable method for sexing Ospreys in the
field. Males can and do show the necklace, and there's lots of overlap.
As Alan Poole states in the BNA account, sexes often difficult to
distinguish in the field.

Furthermore, it's quite a stretch to take a bunch of generalized, common
behaviors that almost all Ospreys would display, and assign them to a
particular individual because one feels it's their fashion.

It's nice that folks are so interested in the local nesting pairs, but
perhaps it's wise not to go overboard with assumptions about how much we
know about individuals unless we're reading band numbers off of them like
with the campus Red-tails.

-Scott

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Karel V. Sedlacek k...@cornell.edu wrote:

  David,



 Thank you for your thoughts.

 See my comments below.



 Karel



 *From:* Dave Nutter [mailto:nutter.d...@me.com]
 *Sent:* Thursday, April 09, 2015 10:31 AM
 *To:* Karel V. Sedlacek
 *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L
 *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Olin the Osprey is back



 This nest platform is installed atop one of several poles for lights for
 McGovern Fields, replacing (literally) a nest which Ospreys built atop the
 same pole, right? McGovern Fields occupy the NE corner of the fields
 between East Hill Plaza, Ellis Hollow Road, Game Farm Road and Cascadilla
 Creek with the east end of the East Ithaca Recreationway.

 KVS—The 2014 nest was atop the south center, double-side light pole at the
 McGovern Fields.  This caused the lights to be turned off for the duration
 of the nesting season.  Plans were made for a replacement location and
 through the efforts of a lot of folks a riser, built by the Musco Lighting
 Co was installed on the SW tower.

 In case other Ospreys start nesting near Game Farm Road, maybe refering to
 McGovern Fields would be better, at least until another of those light
 poles gets built upon!

 KVS—It is unlikely (that is the hope anyway) that another Osprey family
 will build on another of the poles at the fields—the outside poles are
 single-side, and the center double-sided poles now have bird-deterrents on
 them.  In addition, Olin and Olive spent considerable energy last season
 dissuading other Ospreys from the area.  Having said that, names are
 flexible and can be adjusted as needed.

 The Ithaca reservoir and Commonland are along Six-mile Creek south of
 NYS-79, which is in the next drainage behind Snyder Hill and perhaps
 difficult to see from McGovern Fields, so was that really where you meant
 the Osprey flew?

 KVS1—Yes. This was Olin’s pattern of behavior last year when going to
 Common Lands: circle over the tree line to make a threat assessment near
 the nest, fly west down Cascadilla, to East Hill and linger to assess the
 area, then turn south and head towards Six-Mile Creek.  Having chased him
 several times this is his typical pattern.  When Olive is in the nest he
 can make the roundtrip with a fish in 12 mins.  He sometimes does make the
 turn up Snyder Hill Rd.

 How do you ID the birds as individuals? Is it an assumption based on
 gender (general plumage and relative size) and presence or behavior at the
 site, or are there specific characteristics of individual birds that you
 use?

 KVS—Gender, based on plumage, Olin has no necklace, Olive has the lightest
 Necklace in the southern basin to-date.  Olin has a distinctive set of
 markings on the top and back of the head.  Absolutely behavior: Koi fish
 raided from Snyder Hill, NW tower, bite the fish, look both ways, drop part
 of fish, flying routes as described above.

 I recently saw an Osprey perched beside the platform at the NW corner of
 Newman Golf Course and wondered if that indicated it was being used.
 Moments later I saw an Osprey flying from that direction toward Union
 Fields, so now I wonder if it was one of the Union Fields pair just
 checking it out. I don't know how you keep track of individuals.

 Ospreys love to do things after a fashion—you do your best to learn them
 and id based on that.

 --Dave Nutter


 On Apr 09, 2015, at 07:24 AM, Karel V. Sedlacek k...@cornell.edu
 wrote:

  First definite sigthing of Olin the Game Farm Osprey Nest male was 7:50
 AM on the NW tower at GF.  He was happily eating a Koi fish.  8:20 AM he
 flew to the new nest riser and flapped, poked around and sat for a few
 minutes.  Then off down the tree line west and then south to the reservoir
 or Common Lands.  Later, 12:45-1:10 Olin ate another fish and worked on the
 nest. Landed briefly on one of the double sided poles then went to the
 Nest.  Mr Lefty, the RTHA was near by both times and appeared at ease.





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[cayugabirds-l] Golden Eagle downtown

[Scott Haber]

There's currently an immature Golden Eagle circling low over the parking lot 
where the DMV is located off Third St. downtown. It's being harassed by two 
Ospreys and a few crows.

-Scott




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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow

[Scott Haber]

An early Field Sparrow was at our feeder in the Village of Lansing just
now.

Although it's not typically a species I think of as a feeder visitor, we
had one here (on the same feeder even) in April of 2013.

-Scott H

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[cayugabirds-l] Ross's Goose flyby - Myers

[Scott Haber]

There has been constant northward movement of Snow Goose flocks over the middle 
of the lake at Myers this morning.

Like Ken, I was fortunate to pick out a lone Ross's Goose in one skein, and and 
it was a great, albeit brief look, as the birds were all flying fairly low over 
the water.

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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Saw-whet Owl - Village of Lansing

[Scott Haber]

While letting the dog out just now, I was surprised by a Northern Saw-whet
Owl calling from the northern section of the Village of Lansing Greenway
that ends at the Bomax Rd. fields. The vocalization lasted for about 15
seconds, paused for about 10, and then resumed for another 10 seconds or
so, before stopping completely when the local coyotes started howling.

I'm guessing the northward movement of Saw-whets is underway, so it might
be worth checking traditional spots in the coming weeks.

-Scott

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] question of the day

[Scott Haber]

Could we possibly direct the rest of these responses directly to Marc, and
not to the list?

Thanks,
Scott

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Bill Mcaneny bmcane...@fltg.net wrote:

  Sitting in the bed of a pickup truck on a swivel chair with a cooler
 nearby.  You can see all, hear all, and be elevated above those nasty
 roadside weeds and shrubs.

 Bill McAneny


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 *From:* bounce-118928563-7495...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
 bounce-118928563-7495...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Marc Devokaitis
 *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:29 AM
 *To:* Cayuga Birding List
 *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] question of the day



 OK folks-- hoping to crowd-source the answer to this question.  Of course
 i will include the requisite warning against birding WHILE driving...  But
 maybe someone has an answer they are passionate about. I'm thinking a
 hybrid hybrid would have great appeal.  Or a self-driving Google car!





 *Dear Cornell Lab,*



 *What is the best vehicle by which to bird in your opinion? What vehicle
 is considered to be best to enjoy birding? Convenience, space, space to put
 stuff and yet be handy, price, and of course view from all locations in
 vehicle!*





 Thanks for any thoughts!



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 Cornell Lab of Ornithology



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] EBird info IPhone question

[Scott Haber]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Brad Walker  wrote:

*Hi all,*

*To keep the list from turning into a long eBird thread, please direct your
site questions here. http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/emails/new
http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/emails/new*

*There is also a Facebook group for discussing eBird features. As for the
situation mentioned above, this may be due to people not submitting lists
or reviewing may just be delayed.*

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote:

 Please tell me how to look up REAL TIME sightings posted to EBird using an
 iPhone. Both Sibley's and Audubon apps do this BUT the info is at least one
 day old AND only shoes the most recent single sighting. Trying to use
 Safari - EBird - species on an iPhone is nearly impossible and usually
 crashes.  This method on a computer is GREAT. thanks in advance to all who
 respond.

 Glenn Wilson
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Goshawk Fingerlakes National Forest, Schuyler Co.

[Scott Haber]

As a follow-up to Anne's request, I'd also love to hear about any evidence
showing that Goshawks are on territory in January, and that flushing
from low cover is a typical behavior of a Goshawk on territory and
susceptible to disturbance.

-Scott

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Anne Clark anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hopefully this is not taking this outside the interest of many on the list
 but:

 I am curious to know the evidence on reduced nesting success in goshawks,
 in part because it is really important to know what such evidence would
 look like.  John, can you direct those of us who might want to follow up to
 publications, people, organizations?

 Thanks,

 Anne

 On Jan 16, 2015, at 2:07 PM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote:

  Heartly concur John. Count me as a bander who has both noted this and
 had research
  muddled by such exact descriptions.
  john
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  On Thu, January 15, 2015 16:03, John Confer wrote:
  HI Folks,
 
  The barn door is open or the cat is out of the bag, BUT I HAVE A
  CONCERN ABOUT DESCRIBING LOCATIONS OF N GOSHAWK WHEN THEY ACT SOMEWHAT
  AS IF THEY HAD A TERRITORY. Northern Goshawk are known among banders who
  climb to hawk nests to frequently abandon a nest, especially early in
  the nesting cycle, although not so much after the young have
  hatched.Individual birds can become accustomed to human disturbance at a
  low level and provide an exception. Other birds that rarely see humans
  may well abandon a nest if disturbed. At this time of year, they
  probably haven't started laying and, even if the bird is considering
  nesting nearby, at this time of the year the bird might just move away.
  However, if they did start to nest and someone visited the well
  described site a couple months from now, the bird might abandon eggs.
 
  I know there is an excitement in seeing a good bird, and it is very
  nice to share providing a very good motivation to share a siting with
  others, e.g., the Schofield Short-eared Owls, which do not seem to be at
  all disturbed by humans watching them in a car. Other species of birds
  may have reduced nesting success if people visit them, and goshawk are
  known to be so affected. Discretion in individual circumstances is
 advised.
 
  Cheers,
 
  John
 
  On 1/15/2015 11:14 AM, Donna Scott wrote:
  Where is Foster Pond, please?
 
  Sent from my iPhone
  Donna Scott
 
  On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Joshua Snodgrass cedarsh...@gmail.com
  mailto:cedarsh...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  I went birding at Foster Pond this afternoon, because high twenties
  feels like spring compared to the last few days. Past the frozen pond
  and down Backbone trail I ventured into the brushy field to get a
  better look at some waxwings when I flushed a Northern Goshawk from
  low cover. Life Bird! She (I'm guessing based on the size) perched in
  a small tree and posed for a long time. Excellent views. Adult with a
  bright eyestripe. I took pictures until my hands and toes went numb.
  She never flew away. As I was returning to the trail two Common
  Ravens flew over calling. Awesome Day!
  Photos:
 
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/123875591@N03/16096262487/in/photostream/
 
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/123875591@N03/15662257883/in/photostream/
 
  Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I have a dumb phone.
  Good birding!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Northern Goshawk Fingerlakes National Forest, Schuyler Co.

[Scott Haber]

John C.,

I'm still trying to figure out how we know Goshawks to be adverse to
human disturbance. Anecdotal evidence is nice, as is your research on
Golden-winged Warblers, but actual cited research on Northern Goshawks
reports the following:

*Disturbances associated with research are usually of short duration,
apparently having little impact on nesting birds. Viewing nests for short
periods after young have hatched does not cause desertion. Trapping adults
during nesting for banding or attaching transmitters apparently does not
cause abandonment. The percentage of nesting pairs with radios that
successfully raised young (83%, n = 8, 1988–1989) was similar to those
without radios (82%, n = 10, 1987–1990; Austin 1993
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/298/articles/species/298/biblio/bib018).
Timbering
activities near nests can cause failure, especially during incubation
(Anonymous 1989
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/298/articles/species/298/biblio/bib013,
Boal
and Mannan 1994
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/298/articles/species/298/biblio/bib034).
Logging activities, such as loading and skidding, within 50–100 m of nest
can cause abandonment, even with 20-d-old nestlings present (JRS). However,
see Zirrer (1947
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/298/articles/species/298/biblio/bib242)
for descriptions of repeated renesting attempts despite extreme
disturbance.*

My takeaway from that is that unless someone starts logging/timbering at
Foster Pond, I think Josh's goshawk will be fine, even if a few folks
decide to go take a look for it. This is not a situation comparable to
something like a roosting owl's location being posted, since there's no
evidence at all that the goshawk will even remain at this exact location
any longer than the single day on which Josh observed it. According to more
research cited in the BNA account, the earliest-ever recorded date of this
species being paired up and on territory is late February, and mid-March to
early April is much more common.

Exercising caution for the sake of leaving rare or poorly-known birds
undisturbed is one thing, but I think it's also worth not immediately
rushing to chastise and scold new contributors for their sightings, without
any legitimate evidence that their reports will have any negative impact on
said birds.

-Scott

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:54 PM, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu wrote:

 I'm just suggesting that an overdoes of caution for the sake of a
 species that is known to be adverse to human disturbance is worth
 considering. The evidence for goshawk nest abandonment that I know about
 is limited but real.  I doubt that at this time of year that there would
 be any impact on reproductive success, but a visit in ~April-May might
 have an impact.

 40 years ago Dorothy McIlroy described to me one goshawk nest that was
 abandoned while the birds were on eggs and 30 years ago John Snelling, a
 former grad student of Tom Cade, with a strong interest in raptors, also
 described such an instance. John Gregoire, below, added another
 instance(s). This doesn't approach the sample size for a publication.
 There is data for golden-wings that the number fledged per nest is lower
 for renests, but that comes from pooling nearly a dozen major studies of
 GWWA reproductive success, including a half-dozen PhDs, and is
 detectable only with a sample size of on the order of 500 nests. This
 won't happen for goshawk. So what we have is anecdotal.

 Since my information on goshawk is old and very personal and not
 generally known among the public,  I wanted to make the gentle
 suggestion that for birds swuch as ravens and goshawk or similar birds
 with individual pairs that can be adversely affected by human presence
 that the location of (potential) territories and/or nests is probably
 not a good thing to share. It is interesting that within a species there
 may be pairs that are acclimated to human presence and pairs that don';t
 often contact humans and may over-react' to human intrusion. This the
 consequence of visiting a nest or entering a territory is unpredictable.

 Cheers,

 John

 On 1/16/2015 2:17 PM, Anne Clark wrote:
  Hopefully this is not taking this outside the interest of many on the
 list but:
 
  I am curious to know the evidence on reduced nesting success in
 goshawks, in part because it is really important to know what such evidence
 would look like.  John, can you direct those of us who might want to follow
 up to publications, people, organizations?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Anne
 
  On Jan 16, 2015, at 2:07 PM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote:
 
  Heartly concur John. Count me as a bander who has both noted this and
 had research
  muddled by such exact descriptions.
  john
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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl continues at Seneca Falls airport

[Scott Haber]

Brad Walker and I just viewed the Snowy Owl at the Finger Lakes Regional 
Airport in Seneca Falls.

As of 915am, the bird was east of the parking lot, just across the runway.

Scott




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] RHWO coaxing nestlings to leave

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At least two of the juvenile Red-headed Woodpeckers were flying freely
around the dead snags yesterday afternoon. They were still mainly relying
on the adults to bring food to them, but they've clearly fledged.

-Scott


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 Was at the RHWO nest at May's Point on Wednesday and observed how the
 adult woodpeckers coax the young to exit the cavity.  It seemed obvious
 that they would be out of the nest in a day or so.  Most interesting was
 how the adults would fly in and show some morsel to the chick, then move
 away to draw the chick outside. I've put together a short set of photos
 that show what was repeated multiple times that morning.  See it at:

 http://birds-n-blooms.blogspot.com/

 I believe you will find it worthwhile.

 It has been a wonderful opportunity to observe this pair from excavating
 the nest in May to now leading the young out for the nest stage in July.  I
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[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler - Grisamore Farms in Locke

[Scott Haber]

If you're going berry picking at Grisamore Farms this weekend, keep your ears 
open: Brad Walker and I heard a Mourning Warbler singing multiple times from 
the wet woods bordering the strawberry patch this morning.

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-shouldered Hawk flyover - Lansing

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A seemingly out-of-place adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK just flew over our patio
off Warren Rd. in Lansing, heading north in the direction of the Bomax Rd.
fields.

I'm not too up to date on this species's breeding status in the basin, but
I can't recall any nearby nesting sites.

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[cayugabirds-l] Two(!) Eastern Whip-poor-wills - Northwood Apts

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There are currently (as of 845pm) TWO Eastern Whip-poor-wills counter-singing 
along Northwoods Drive. This is the road that runs adjacent to the Northwood 
Apts off Warren Rd. on the Ithaca/Lansing border.

I got a low-quality audio recording of one via iPhone video camera.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Two(!) Eastern Whip-poor-wills - Northwood Apts

[Scott Haber]

One of the Whip-poor-wills sang one more time for Jay and Perri McGowan,
Livia Santana, and Brad Walker at about 9PM, and then went silently shortly
thereafter.

The poor-quality iPhone recording from our back deck can be heard here(turn
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-Scott


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Scott Haber scotthab...@gmail.com wrote:

 There are currently (as of 845pm) TWO Eastern Whip-poor-wills
 counter-singing along Northwoods Drive. This is the road that runs adjacent
 to the Northwood Apts off Warren Rd. on the Ithaca/Lansing border.

 I got a low-quality audio recording of one via iPhone video camera.

 Scott





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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcocks displaying in NE Ithaca

[Scott Haber]

Woodcocks have been displaying reliably for the last week or so, starting
around 7:45 every evening, along the road that parallels the Northwood
Apts. off Warren Rd.

There were at least 4-5 individual displaying concurrently this evening.
The major display areas seem to be the open field between the Northwood
Apts. and the Kensington Townhouses to the west, and the wet woods at the
end of the road where the Village of Lansing Greenway begins.

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[cayugabirds-l] Gray Catbird - Lansing

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A very chilled-looking Gray Catbird was hanging out this afternoon along
the eastern end of the Town of Lansing Greenway off of Coventry Walk (which
itself runs west from Warren Rd. past the Northwood Apartments.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Gray Catbird - Lansing

[Scott Haber]

A minor typo: it's the Village of Lansing Greenway, not Town.

-Scott




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 A very chilled-looking Gray Catbird was hanging out this afternoon along
 the eastern end of the Town of Lansing Greenway off of Coventry Walk (which
 itself runs west from Warren Rd. past the Northwood Apartments.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Target SNOW and JFK collisions

[Scott Haber]

I think Kevin was suggesting that the owl sliding was a result of the
bird attempting to perch on a steep, snow-covered incline, and not because
it was terrified by a small group of birders standing at a respectful
distance, but I guess he could be wrong.

-Scott


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:00 AM, John and Sue Gregoire k...@empacc.netwrote:

 All,

 1.Aren't we as a group harassing that TARGET Snowy? Seems every report has
 it
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[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures in TV kettle

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Two Black Vultures soaring with a low kettle of about 15 Turkey Vultures over 
the Northwood Apts off Warren Road - as of 130pm.

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[cayugabirds-l] Seeking bird images for Merlin project

[Scott Haber]

Cayugabirders:

The team working on the Merlin project at the Lab is still in need of some
images of a few common bird species for our collaboration with the
Visipedia project on computer vision technology as it applies to bird photo
ID. If you're unfamiliar with Merlin, or need more details on the use of
the images, you can read more here:
http://dev.nabirds.org/Web/Tools/ImageUpload/pages/about.php

We're getting very close to completing a data-set, and the following birds
are categories in which we're still lacking:

*European Starling (**Juveniles/Fledglings only)**
*
*Indigo Bunting (**Females only)*
*Rock Pigeon*
*Baltimore Oriole (**Females/juveniles only)*
*Brown-headed Cowbird (**Females/juveniles only)*
*
*
These images do not have to be magazine quality or shot with professional
gear. The main criteria we're looking for are images that have a single
bird that's fairly large in the frame, and without significant obstruction
of the bird's body by vegetation or other objects.

If you have images of any of the birds listed above and are willing to
donate them for use in the Merlin project, it would be fantastic if you
could email me ASAP. If you have already uploaded images via our ImageShare
site, we're not looking for duplicates: only photos that have not yet been
contributed to Merlin.

Many thanks,
Scott


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[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole at Lab - Thursday morning

[Scott Haber]

A young male Orchard Oriole (presumably the same one Ken found yesterday)
was singing loudly along the boardwalk between the first and second staff
parking lots at the Lab this morning.

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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Vireo - Sapsucker Woods

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There was a Yellow-throated Vireo singing from the woodchip path across the
road from the visitor's parking lot at the Lab, just a few minutes ago.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Palmer Woods RBA just in.

[Scott Haber]

Are we sure it's not called Fuertes Woods? Perhaps someone should look into
it.


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:

 This is a nice patch of woods that extends into Cayuga Heights, with
 trails going out onto Triphammer (and now a Frisbee golf course).

 I've banded crows in there for 25 years, and I've only just now heard it
 referred to as Palmer Woods.  It is off of Jessup Road, bordered by Jessup
 Field, so all I've ever heard before was Jessup Woods.

 Kevin



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 Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Palmer Woods RBA just in.

 Dear all,

 Palmer Woods refers to the wooded area immediately north and west of A-Lot
 on Cornell's North Campus. In particular, the tennis courts in question are
 just north of Jessup Road near where it intersects with Triphammer.

 As for why this area is called Palmer Woods, I cannot say. The area is
 well known to student birders, so it is likely that one of us came up with
 the name many years ago.

 Good birding,

 Reid Rumelt
 Cornell University

 On May 14, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu
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  Dare I ask -- Where is Palmer Woods!?
 
  KEN
 
  Ken Rosenberg
  Conservation Science Program
  Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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  On 5/14/13 8:18 AM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu wrote:
 
  BBarkley:
  Yellow-throated Warbler singing at Palmer Woods!  By the tennis
  courts...havent heard it for about 5 minutes
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins, Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Wed. morning

[Scott Haber]

I was holding out hope that the lingering Common Redpolls at our feeders
would last into May, and although they haven't yet put in an appearance
today, a small flock of six Pine Siskins was a nice consolation prize,
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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Parula - Lansing

[Scott Haber]

A newly-arrived Northern Parula was singing away in the aspens and elms off
our patio this morning. It was very odd to hear that song while also
watching two lingering Common Redpolls at our feeders: I can't imagine
those species cross paths very often.

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[cayugabirds-l] Odd juxtaposition of feeder birds

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Six lingering Common Redpolls at our feeders in Lansing were joined by a
Field Sparrow this morning. It's the first time we've seen the latter
species at the feeders.

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[cayugabirds-l] Lesser Scaup -Business/Tech Park

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There is a lone female-type Lesser Scaup hanging out with Canada Geese on the 
pond at the Business/Tech Park adjacent to the Ithaca Airport.

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[cayugabirds-l] Bufflehead - Northeast Ithaca

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There is a lone female Bufflehead hanging out on the tiny pond at the
dogleg on Graham Road/Dart drive on the Ithaca-Lansing border. The pond is
between Route 13 and Graham/Dart, just behind the Cayuga Mall (with the new
Agway, Rite-aid, TJ Maxx etc.)

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[cayugabirds-l] Bohemian Waxwings - Northwood Apts., Lansing

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Susan Newman and I just came across a flock of about 30 Bohemian Waxwings in 
the trees along the road just west of the Northwood Apts. off Warren Road. The 
trees are on the north side of the road on the border of the overgrown field 
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[cayugabirds-l] Lingering Redpollls

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A small group of Common Redpolls continues to frequent our feeders off
Warren Rd. near the Ithaca Airport, with as many as 11 there this morning.

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[cayugabirds-l] Bohemian Waxwing viewing

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Just a reminder that it's probably not a great idea to stand in the middle
of Sapsucker Woods Rd. with your back to the traffic coming off of Route 13
and around a blind curve (especially as a sizable group), while trying to
get a look at the waxwings. I believe there's plenty of room on the
shoulder or just off it on the grass to view them.

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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Wed. evening: neither snow nor rain...

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Despite the steady wet snowfall and the late hour, our local woodcock here
behind the Northwood Apts. off Warren Road has been persistently peenting
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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Monday evening

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Our first American Woodcock of the spring is isplaying behind our apartment
off Warren Rd. near the airport as of a few minutes ago. The peents were
difficult to hear in the windy conditions, and I first heard only the
twittering flight display while stepping outside for a few minutes to sweep
the patio.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] short-eared owls @ Morgan Road

[Scott Haber]

As part of the group that relocated to Carncross Rd. this evening where we
had excellent looks at three Short-eared Owls, I should note that the
distant possibilities that Colleen referred to were indeed distant
Short-eared Owls. They were quite far out and we tried to help many in the
large group get visuals on them, but they were constantly in view towards
the direction of Carncross, which is why we ended up heading that way.

Best,
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:44 PM, cl...@juno.com cl...@juno.com wrote:

 Finally made it up to Morgan Road today on the way home from Oswego. About
 18 folks were gathered to view the possible evening's flight. After several
 distant possibilities and half the group leaving for Carncross Road, we
 headed to our car where the 90-degree angle of the buildings funneled in
 the distinctive bark of hunting owls. The remnant of 6 birders quickly
 relocated and were treated to an up close fly-by and several minutes of
 watching two owls flit back and forth over the field.
 Many thanks to my husband for his last look and listen, which alerted us
 to the owls.
 Colleen Richards
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe - near intersection of 13 Warren Rd.

[Scott Haber]

Susan Newman and I, on our way back to the Lab from home just a few minutes
ago, were treated to the unexpected sight of a Wilson's Snipe flushing from
the east side of Warren Rd., just south of the entrance to the Northwood
Apts., and fluttering low across the road before landing on the edge of the
large woodlot on the west side of the road. The bird narrowly avoided
colliding with a few cars, and although traffic was too busy for us to stop
or make a u-turn, I presume the bird is probably still on the edge of the
woodlot there.

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[cayugabirds-l] Bluegrass Lane Sunday - Killdeer and Snow Buntings

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A very out-of-season Killdeer was flying around and calling above the parking 
lot at the Equine Research Park on Bluegrass Lane this afternoon.

Also: our dog flushed a flock of five Snow Buntings along the path just east of 
the parking area where they then sat calmly on the fence bordering one of the 
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[cayugabirds-l] Large flock of Common Redpolls - Ithaca/Lansing border

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Common Redpolls descended on our feeders off Warren Road near the airport
this morning, en masse, with up to 35 any at given time.

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[cayugabirds-l] White-winged Crossbills on campus

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At least one male and one female-type White-winged Crossbill were still
feeding in the hemlocks between the A.D. White House and the Big Red Barn
on the Cornell campus as of 1:30PM.

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[cayugabirds-l] Rufous Hummingbird - Phoenix, NY (Oswego County)

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The Lab just received photos of a male Rufous Hummingbird visiting a feeder
in the yard of Anne Dillon Gray in Phoenix (Oswego County). The bird first
appeared on Sunday and Anne has confirmed that he is still present as of
this morning. Anne graciously gave us the go-ahead to post the news and can
be reached via email at: dupre...@gmail.com if you'd like to contact her
about arranging to visit her yard to see the bird, but she will be heading
out of town on Friday so it would be best to get in touch soon.

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[cayugabirds-l] Possible Whimbrel on Hanshaw Rd. across from SPCA

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I just received word from the front desk at the Lab that someone just
called in a report of a Whimbrel in the field across the road from the
Ithaca SPCA. That would be Hanshaw Road, for those unfamiliar with the
location of the SPCA.

Those are all the details I was given. Good luck if you go.

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[cayugabirds-l] Alder Flycatcher @ Sapsucker Woods

[Scott Haber]

There is an Alder Flycatcher vocalizing from the near the far staff parking
at the Lab of Ornithology this morning. I did visually confirm it as well,
to make sure I wasn't hearing Kevin McGowan's catbird which had been doing
an Alder imitation. The bird was calling from just beyond the gate in that
lot, down the path toward the powerline cut.

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[cayugabirds-l] Blue-winged Warbler @ Lab parking lot

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As of a few minutes ago, a Blue-winged Warbler was singing loudly from the
power line cut at the Lab of Ornithology, right where Sapsucker Woods Rd.
intersects with the far (northernmost) staff parking lot.

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[cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse in Lansing, Sunday AM

[Scott Haber]

A Ruffed Grouse was drumming at the eastern end of the 700 Warren Road
trail this morning, just west of Coventry Walk. A singing Yellow-throated
Vireo was around for a bit as well.

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[cayugabirds-l] Lots of birds around Friday AM

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I just birded briefly along the Lansing Greenway (the eBird hospot called
700 Warren Road Trail) and came across a nice flock of warblers that
appeared to be concentrated in aspens with newly-emerged catkins. Much of
the flock was comprised of Nashville Warblers and Black-capped Chickadees,
but there were also several Chestnut-sided and Black-and-White Warblers,
and single Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, American Redstart,
Northern Parula, and Ovenbird.  A full eBird list is below:

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700 Warren Rd. Trail, Tompkins, US-NY
May 4, 2012 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
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42 species

Canada Goose  8
Wild Turkey  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Mourning Dove  X
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  X
Hairy Woodpecker  X
Least Flycatcher  1
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Tufted Titmouse  X
White-breasted Nuthatch  X
Carolina Wren  X
House Wren  X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
European Starling  X
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  6
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Chipping Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3 Two males counter-singing and chasing a female
Baltimore Oriole  4
American Goldfinch  X

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[cayugabirds-l] Philadelphia vireo - sapsucker woods

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Brad Walker and I just found a bright Philadelphia Vireo on the Wilson Trail at 
Sapsucker Woods, just near the footbridge over the small stream.

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[cayugabirds-l] Lansing and Sapsucker Woods, Thursday AM

[Scott Haber]

A small flock of warblers, including a Blackburnian, a Nashville, and
several Yellow-rumped outside my apartment in Lansing this morning seemed
to portend a busy morning for migrants, in addition to the local
Blue-Winged Warbler on territory, and numerous newly-arrived Wood Thrushes
also actively singing, but a loop around the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker
Woods from 7:45 to 8:30 didn't produce much migrant activity at all. Many
newly arrived Sapsucker Woods breeders were singing away on territory
though, and that was very nice to see. My eBird checklist for Sapsucker
Woods is below.

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Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, US-NY
May 3, 2012 7:40 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
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40 species

Canada Goose  10
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1 caught squirrel just off trail
American Kestrel  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  3
American Robin  25
Gray Catbird  5
Brown Thrasher  1popped up briefly at bridge over small stream on
Wilson Trail North
Ovenbird  3
Northern Waterthrush  2 singing from Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Nashville Warbler  1
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Song Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  2  both south of Podell Boardwalk
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  12
Baltimore Oriole  5
American Goldfinch  12

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[cayugabirds-l] Raven over Ithaca airport Monday afternoon

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A Common Raven was just calling and circling lazily over the northern end of 
the Ithaca airport just a few minutes ago (1pm).

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[cayugabirds-l] Ovid owls (Snowy and Short-eared) - Tuesday PM

[Scott Haber]

Susan Newman and I enjoyed the Snowy Owl in Ovid this afternoon from 4:30
to 5:15PM, alongside Gary Kohlenberg and another couple whose names I
unfortunately never got. By the time we had arrived, the Snowy had moved to
the field southeast of the intersection of Rock River and Wyckof Roads (as
opposed to the field southwest of the intersection where Jay and others had
it for most of the morning), and was quite easily visible, just about 150
yards out from the shoulder on the east side of Rock River.

Shortly after we set up shop, a single Short-eared Owl joined the Snowy as
it coursed over the same field and at one point, apparently got too close
for the Snowy's liking, with the Snowy taking off and flying a few dozen
yards northeast towards Wyckof Rd. This was where we left the Snowy, after
obtaining some excellent views from the car now on Wyckoff, just east of
the intersection. At that point, the bird was only 75 or 100 yards from the
road.

It's a pretty stunning individual with just a few faint grayish markings on
the wings and the back of the head.

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[cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owls courting tonight

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Two Great Horned Owls were calling back and forth tonight as of about
10:30PM, from the woodlot at the NW corner of the Warren Road/Route 13
intersection. They were quite audible from within the Northwood Apartment
complex, right along the main road that runs through the complex.

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[cayugabirds-l] Out of Basin: Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

[Scott Haber]

This isn't a Basin bird, but still a remarkable find for New York: David
Rankin discovered and photographed a Gray-crowned Rosy Finch feeding on the
trail and then perching overhead, while hiking near the summit of Black
Dome Mountain, near the town of Windham in Greene County today.

A pair of photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danikabelle/6556898537/in/photostream/

Coordinates of the bird's location:

42 degrees 16.191'N
74 degrees 07.361'W

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Beebe lake this morning

[Scott Haber]

There has been a flock of mostly black domestic/barnyard ducks that were
dumped at Beebe sometime over the summer. They could frequently be seen
making forays between the Dean's Graden behind Warren Hall and the southern
shore of Beebe, and would occasionally come up to people seemingly looking
for handouts so I didn't expect them to survive for very long, but I came
across them again just a few weeks ago when I nearly ran them over as they
slowly crossed Forest Home Drive, again along the southern shore of Beebe.

They don't seem to have much in the way of survival instinct, but if it was
actually a duck and not Hope's American Coot as Jay suggested, I'd imagine
it was one of this gang.

-Scott


On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Michele Mannella mk...@cornell.eduwrote:

   Hi everyone,

  For the last couple of mornings, from the footbridge over Beebe Lake,
 I've seen an all black duck dabbling in the pool of the first waterfall.
 When it turns its head, the head/neck is sort of green like a mallard, and
 his bill is light-colored. Is this one of those hybrids? Has anyone else
 seen it? Also, a BLACK-BACKED GULL is back on the water.

  I hope you are doing well!
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[cayugabirds-l] Campus glass collision inquiry

[Scott Haber]

Apologies in advance if this is ever-so-slightly off topic, but I don't
recall seeing any mention on the list of the new Human Ecology building on
campus, south of Beebe Lake. There are a couple of huge walls of glass, one
of which faces the south shore of Beebe, and another, the slope beneath Mann
Library, with many large trees in both locations that as most of you know,
can harbor a good assortment of migrants. I've done a few cursory checks for
dead birds on the patios beneath these glass walls in the evening, but
haven't turned anything up yet, although there seem to be plenty of marks on
the windows indicating bird strikes. It's possible that building staff (or
predators) have been removing bird carcasses before the end of the day.

Has anyone noticed any dead birds around the building, or know of any plans
to mitigate potential window-strikes with decals, etc.?

Thanks!
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[cayugabirds-l] Lots of migrants in Lansing 9/8

[Scott Haber]

On a brief walk with my dog this morning along the greenway that connects
the Northwood Apartments with Graham Rd., I encountered a large migrant
flock that was mainly comprised of Red-eyed Vireos and Magnolia Warblers. I
counted no fewer than EIGHT Magnolias and FIVE Red-eyes, along with a pair
each of American Redstart and Black and White Warbler, and singles of
Blackburnian Warbler, Ovenbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Least
Flycatcher, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Scarlet Tanager.

Might be a good day to check local migrant spots.

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[cayugabirds-l] Olive-sided Flycatcher at the Lab 9/1

[Scott Haber]

As just pointed out to me by France Dewaghe, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER is
currently perched on the Great Blue Heron nest snag at Sapsucker Woods as of
10:15AM. It's been squabbling occasionally with a few juvenile Cedar
Waxwings that have also set up shop on the snag.

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[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary nest sites

[Scott Haber]

With all the discussion of the Prothonotary Warblers at Armitage Road
lately, I thought I'd share an interesting Prothonotary nest site that was
submitted to the Lab as part of the Celebrate Urban Birds Funky Nests
Challenge:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/challenge/funky-nests-2011/Funky2011/1-25/9.%20Laura%20Herzog_PRWA_TX_FN11.jpg/view

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[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole - Sapsucker Woods

[Scott Haber]

Susan Newman and I just spent a few minutes watching the young male Orchard
Oriole with Mark Chao at Sapsucker Woods.  The bird was singing constantly,
spending most of his time in the trees in the gravel parking area at Kip's
Barn (on the east side of the building).  Several times, he flew north
across Sapsucker Woods Road to the flowering Black Locusts on the hill just
across the road from the barn.  It was interesting to note that the bird was
singing in flight as well, something I've never noticed in previous
encounters with this species.  Mark also noticed that the bird is starting
to show streaks of the chestnut-brown on his breast that will be more
extensive as a full adult.

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[cayugabirds-l] Excellent warbler watching in Sapsucker Woods - Friday AM

[Scott Haber]

As Laura Stenzler noted earlier, there's a plethora of warblers in Sapsucker
Woods this morning, many offering excellent views.  On a brief walk along
the Wilson Trail North that was very difficult not to extend beyond the 25
minutes I allotted myself, I ran into Mark Chao and Miyoko Chu with Mark
noting that this was perhaps the best warbler day in SSW all spring.  I
knew things were looking good when the first birds that popped up as I
entered the woods just beyond the Fuller Wetlands, were a male Cape May
Warbler, a male Magnolia Warbler, and a Tennessee Warbler all in the same
binocular view at the top of a small spruce.  The Cape May was singing
loudly, before the Tennessee eclipsed him in volume and chased him off, with
the Magnolia simply observing the whole scebe.

Highlights in no particular order:

*Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (silent, moving through tree-tops near the start
of the trail)
Least Flycatcher - 2
Wood Thrush - 3
Veery - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 1 (just E of second footbridge)
Cape May Warbler - 2 (1 male singing loudly just past Fuller Wetlands, one
further down the trail in the large Norway Spruce just south of the second
footbridge)
Magnolia Warbler - 4 (3 males, 1 female throughout)
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 singing from powerline cut north of Fuller Wetlands
Tennessee Warbler - 4 (lots of song from this species echoing throughout the
woods)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 4 (stunning looks at 2 males and 1 female foraging at
and below eye-level in the aforementioned Norway Spruce, absolutely feasting
on small larvae...1 additional male singing at the fork of the inland and
pond-side branches of the trail)
Blackburnian Warbler - 3 (1 male singing and seen well with Mark and Miyoko
just over the second footbridge where the trail splits, 2 other males
singing at various points)
Canada Warbler - 1 female seen at second footbridge
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female seen at second footbridge
Wilson's Warbler - 2 (both singing...1 at start of trail, 1 near feeder
along the shore of the pond)
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 5 throughout
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (powerline cut near Fuller Wetlands)
American Redstart - 3 throughout
Black-and-White Warbler - 1 male seen near small woodland pool on North side
of the trail
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (both females) near second footbridge
Blackpoll Warbler - 5 throughout
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Ovenbird - 3
Mourning Warbler - 1 singing loudly, but never seen, in dense thickets
between feeders on north side of Lab and the Wilson trail
Indigo Bunting - 1 male singing near parking lot
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 5
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[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler - Lansing

[Scott Haber]

On a lunchtime dog-walk along the green way connecting the Northwood
Apartments complex with Graham Road in Lansing, I came across a loudly
singing MOURNING WARBLER in the thick brambles along the north side of the
path.  Also singing in the area were Canada Warbler, Northern Waterthrush,
and a Chestnut-sided Warbler that seems to be setting up a territory (he's
been singing from the same patch of trees since Sunday.)

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[cayugabirds-l] Nice warbler flock on Wilson Trail right now

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Along the west side of the pond at Sapsucker Woods right now, the flock has:

Bay-breasted Warbler: at least 2, possibly 3
Blackburnian Warbler: 1
BT Blue Warbler: 1
BT Green Warbler: 1
Black and White: 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler: many
RE Vireo: 2
YT Vireo: 1

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[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods - Tuesday @ lunch + Myers from yesterday

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A brief lunchtime stroll on the Wilson Trail North produced many of the
birds that Mark reported this morning including:

-Yellow-throated Vireo (heard only, but singing from the same location that
Mark mentioned this morning - near the intersection of the Wilson and West
trails)
-Chestnut-sided Warbler (1 female)
-Canada Warbler (silent at 2nd footbridge)
-Palm Warbler
-Northern Parula
-Black-throated Blue Warbler
-Wilson's Warbler (Sherwood Platform)

Along with many of the expected SSW breeders:
-Great-crested Flycatcher
-Warbling Vireo
-Wood Thrush
-Ovenbird
-Common Yellowthroat
-American Redstart
-Baltimore Oriole
-Rose-breasted Grosbeak (a pair that followed me for nearly the entire
length of my walk, with the male offering soft snippets of his song as he
fed alongside the female)

Additionally, a brief stop at Myers yesterday evening with Susan Newman
produced out target birds (Orchard Oriole).  After some effort, we located
an immature male paired up with a female in the spruce just over the
railroad tracks, but before the entrance to the park proper.  The pair was
occasionally chased around by a few boisterous male Baltimore Orioles.  Also
present near the entrance to Myers were Northern Parula (2) and Nashville
Warbler (1).

Best,
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods - Tuesday late lunch

[Scott Haber]

I relocated Laura and Roi's Blackburnian at the south end of the Podell
Boardwalk at 2:40PM, although it was far less cooperative for me than it was
for them.  In typical fashion for the species, it was at
vertebrae-shattering height in a large oak blossoming with catkins, although
it was singing readily which made it fairly easy to pick out.

--Scott

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Hi all,

 Roi Dor and I walked the Wilson trail from 1:15 to 2 and saw a different
 set of birds than Scott.  We did see the Palm Warbler near the feeder on the
 north edge of the pond.  The most active site was just to the south of the
 Podell Boardwalk where we heard and saw a Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling
 Vireo, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler (low, great amazing
 views of this Bird), Yellow Warbler and a number of Orioles – very low in
 the trees. It was quite a lot for 15 minutes!

 Laura



 Laura Stenzler

 Lab Manager
 Evolutionary Biology Program
 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
 Ithaca, New York 14850
 Office: (607) 254 2141
 Lab:(607) 254 2142
 Fax:(607) 254 2486
 l...@cornell.edu



 *From:* bounce-27425424-8866...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
 bounce-27425424-8866...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Scott Haber
 *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:47 PM
 *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L
 *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods - Tuesday @ lunch + Myers from
 yesterday



 A brief lunchtime stroll on the Wilson Trail North produced many of the
 birds that Mark reported this morning including:

 -Yellow-throated Vireo (heard only, but singing from the same location that
 Mark mentioned this morning - near the intersection of the Wilson and West
 trails)
 -Chestnut-sided Warbler (1 female)
 -Canada Warbler (silent at 2nd footbridge)
 -Palm Warbler
 -Northern Parula
 -Black-throated Blue Warbler
 -Wilson's Warbler (Sherwood Platform)

 Along with many of the expected SSW breeders:
 -Great-crested Flycatcher
 -Warbling Vireo
 -Wood Thrush
 -Ovenbird
 -Common Yellowthroat
 -American Redstart
 -Baltimore Oriole
 -Rose-breasted Grosbeak (a pair that followed me for nearly the entire
 length of my walk, with the male offering soft snippets of his song as he
 fed alongside the female)

 Additionally, a brief stop at Myers yesterday evening with Susan Newman
 produced out target birds (Orchard Oriole).  After some effort, we located
 an immature male paired up with a female in the spruce just over the
 railroad tracks, but before the entrance to the park proper.  The pair was
 occasionally chased around by a few boisterous male Baltimore Orioles.  Also
 present near the entrance to Myers were Northern Parula (2) and Nashville
 Warbler (1).

 Best,
 Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Mammal ID correction

[Scott Haber]

After some careful analysis of video that Susan took of the small mammal on
the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods this afternoon, Kevin McGowan has
concluded that it was a Hairy-tailed Mole and not a Short-tailed Shrew.
Still cool to see in plain sight!

-Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Lansing warblers 4/27

[Scott Haber]

A 30-minute walk around the Northwood Apartments complex in Lansing with the
dog this morning produced some nice new spring arrivals, including singles
of: Northern Parula, Nashville Warbler, Blue-Winged Warbler and Northern
Waterthrush, and a handful each of Yellow-rumped Warbler and Ruby-crowned
Kinglet.  House Wren was also heard singing from the area.

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[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins in Ithaca today

[Scott Haber]

A quick stop home at lunch today brought about a nice surprise: a flock of
11 Pine Siskins cleaning out my feeders.  This is right near the Northwood
Apartments up by the airport.

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Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Ring-necked Ducks @ Sapsucker Woods 4/1

[Scott Haber]

A pair of Ring-necked Ducks have been cruising around the pond at the Lab
for most of today.

-Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock - Ithaca, Tuesday night

[Scott Haber]

Last night at about 11PM, there was a lone Woodcock peenting from the wet,
open woods just south of the Northwood Apartments, across Warren Road from
the airport.

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Scott

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