I meant Cayuga Lake State Park (in Seneca Falls), not Seneca Lake
State Park (where a handful of snow geese have been residing year
round).
Suan
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:21 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote:
>
> Yesterday afternoon the snow geese hung out on the shore of some
> houses betwe
This coming Sunday, March 28, I will be leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip.
We will meet at Stewart Park, east end, at 8:00 am.
Please register in advance with me (suan.y...@gmail.com). There is a
limit of six cars.
We will drive up the east shore of the lake, stopping at various
points along
Yesterday afternoon the snow geese hung out on the shore of some
houses between Seneca Lake State Park and Wolffy's. Many visitors got
to see them, though parking on lawns became a problem which prompted
the police to come by to remind people to stay off private property.
I was there a couple hour
Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside my
window here in Commonland on East Hill / Six-Mile Creek. They hung out
in the trees for about a minute before flying off. 50 is a
conservative lower-bound count of what I could see. When they
departed, there were small waves flying
With the sunny weather I decided to take the afternoon off and drive
around north of Lansing looking for field birds. With the high snow
depth they were pretty easy to encounter, foraging by roadsides and
flushing on approach. Those wanting to look for them, just drive
slowly along any of the less-
The Cayuga Bird Club will be having its monthly Zoom Social Hour this
Monday (February 1) at 7:30pm. This is an informal get-together to see
each other and share our sightings or chat about anything we want. All
are welcome. Register ahead of time at
https://tinyurl.com/cbc202102social
Thanks.
Su
Hi all,
Last month I was contacted by Jim Tanaka, a professor in the Cognition
and Brain Sciences program in the Psychology Department at the
University of Victoria. His research focuses on visual expertise and
perceptual experts, and he is currently working on a project to
compare the identificat
Has this been reported in any of the local presses? That might be a
good place to start increasing awareness.
More generally, I'm not finding any web presence at all describing
this issue with any authority.
Are the homeowners along the lakeshore and nearby aware of this? They
would seem most like
As Cayuga Bird Club president, I'll bring this up for discussion at
our next executive committee meeting. It sounds like engaging with the
Lotts might be a good first step. Meanwhile, if anyone wants to play
an active role in pursuing this further, perhaps with the backing of
the bird club, let me
Yesterday morning I drove up to Hoster Road through the most beautiful
hoary landscape, arrived to see the gyrfalcon fly from the
northernmost rock pile to the lone tree east of Hoster Road, as close
to the bird as I'd yet gotten. It eventually took off and flew around
back to the eastern edge of t
Starting next week, on the first Monday of each month, Cayuga Bird
Club will be hosting a Zoom Social Hour. This will be a Zoom meeting
where everyone can speak, see each other's faces and just chat
informally. Please join us for our first social hour on December 7 at
7:30 pm.
Register: https://ti
Here's a video I took of the Sandhill Cranes from the Montezuma
Visitor Center last Sunday morning (some of you will have seen this on
Facebook):
https://youtu.be/U8kAPslmkWE
Suan
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Here's a video I took on Saturday of the red crossbill flock at the
corner of Shackham and Morgan Hill Roads.
https://youtu.be/HJ3KyhCsoxQ
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Hi all,
-- Begin Forwarded message -
This is a head’s up that the Dryden Conservation Board is considering
removing the dam at Dryden Lake. It’s leaking and needs to be
repaired/replaced. Somebody said they should just take it out and
“free the rivers,” and it’s being considered.
At Taughannock this morning 11 loon watchers showed up without prior
arrangement. I arrived just before sunrise (6:53am):
6:53-7:08 : 10 southbound 1 northbound 10 on water
7:08-7:23 : 56 southbound 5 northbound
7:23-7:38 : 9 southbound 1 northbound 11 on water
7:38-7:53 : 7 southbound 1 northboun
On my evening jog I came upon a Cooper's Hawk in the middle of Terrace
View Drive. I initially felt bad when I flushed it carrying a prey to
a nearby tree, but soon a car came by which would no doubt have
flushed it anyways. Must have been just freshly caught. Prey looked
dark and biggish, likely a
A Great Horned Owl was singing this evening at Six-Mile Creek,
repeating the classic sequence of hoots starting around 7pm from the
hills south of the second dam reservoir. Let the courting begin, I
suppose.
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On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 5:04 PM Jgaffne2 wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me with this one?
Raptor with a facial disk like an owl but clearly not an owl: that
would be the Northern Harrier.
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Pat Martin wrote:
> Did you see it well enough to ID it to species?
No, I'm not too unfamiliar with their fall plumage, or with
distinguishing them in general, honestly.
Checking Sibley's now, the thing that made me think peep was the
stripe down its wings during flight, which looks like Red-Necke
So this spring I started dabbling in the annoyingly time-consuming art of
bird videos instead of just photos. I've uploaded a selection to this
YouTube playlist. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL82kt6INyDLjPuX_6Xyw4IvAk3PbiWBv-
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Somehow I hadn't visited Park Preserve this spring, so I went this morning
around 8am, not as early as I'd hoped. I was halfway surprised that the
parking lot was empty, but figured everyone probably stayed up late for
fireworks or whatever.
Magnolia Warblers seemed to be singing from all directio
Lynn Bergmeyer wrote:
> I'm all for leaving the nest alone is best. I do have a question though.
> I thought house finches were non native?
>
House finches are native to the west, and were introduced to the east where
they have established themselves.
Since they're still a native of North America
Videos from Shindagin Hollow yesterday:
Canada Warbler: https://youtu.be/GPuy91ZZhts
Mourning Warbler: https://youtu.be/gxwW9fmE_kk
The mourning warbler was singing an interesting song ending with a loud
"chap chap chap", reminiscent (to me) of Northern Waterthrush.
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Would any local facility be willing to do a necropsy if someone were
willing to retrieve the bodies?
Suan
On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:29 AM Gary Kohlenberg wrote:
> Thanks John and Sue,
>
> What would the likelihood of botulism be in your opinion? The issues MNWR
> had were some years ago and I do
Hi all,
For the Cayuga Bird Club's next newsletter, I thought it might be
interesting to collect people's perspectives on birding during the lockdown
(and during the strange weather we've had in May). A short paragraph or
even a single sentence per person could be interesting. Anything is
welcome,
A few people were curious to know which bird made the repeated "mip" call
from Hawthorn Orchard I recorded and posted last week:
http://suan-yong.com/sound/2020-05-15-hawthorn-mips-3.wav
Although some have suggested merlin and sharp-shinned, which both
definitely do a form of that repetition (a
Decided to drive down to Greensprings and Arnot Forest this morning
(pretending SFO was still happening, I guess). The upper part had the usual
suspects (Bobolink, Blackburnian, Ovenbirds too shy to pose for video,
Towhees, Black-Throated Greens and Blues, Black and White). At the bottom,
things fe
Walked to the hawthorns and back this morning. Quickly heard and saw a male
scarlet tanager en route on Honness Lane, and later had two in the same
tree along the recway. On a couple occasions they flew to the trunk of the
tree and perched briefly woodpecker style -- too briefly for photos, alas.
M
Had my first warbler flock of the season this morning down in Six-Mile
Creek, where I don't often go for warblers (because looking up from the
bottom of a gorge makes warbler necking that much worse, and because I'd
never encountered too many warbler migrants before). The songs included
buzzers (No
So last week I found a Hairy Woodpecker nest hole here in Commonland.
It wasn't hard two find, as a pair was constantly and noisily squabbling
around it.
I got some video which I put together and posted on Facebook, link below.
Although some of the behavior is quite clear, others are ambiguous, tho
FOY veery in the woods here by Six-Mile Creek, hopping around silently
checking out the large tree that fell over the winter, allowing for a great
unbinoculared view of its spotless front and reddish upperparts. Also FOY
for me Yellow Warbler down near the second dam.
Suan
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Yesterday while jogging before the storm, I flushed a small bird in the
woods which looked to have the orange crown of an ovenbird, but couldn't be
sure without binoculars. It was near another small bird on the ground
pumping its tail, which I assumed was a Louisiana waterthrush. This morning
I hea
Despite the drenching rain today, I did my daily jog.
Around the trails of six-mile creek I passed two groups with dogs.
The first dog came a-leapin' at my thigh, against my wish.
The owners said their sorries as they feigned to tend its leash.
The second dog, also unleashed, was sniffing as it ro
Just heard a blue-headed vireo singing quite loudly outside my window. New
yard bird for me, and I guess also office bird (lots of new office birds
for me this past month :-).
A couple days ago I had a pretty close encounter with a blue-headed vireo
while jogging the six-mile-creek/south-hill-recw
Highlight of my evening jog today (through a bit of every seasons, it
seems) was an adult bald eagle flying across the second dam reservoir of
six-mile creek, my first sighting of this species there.
Meanwhile, "my" Louisiana Waterthrushes upstream from the second dam have
been reliably singing in
Greetings,
Since I took over editorship of the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter last fall,
the job has largely been on auto-pilot, with plenty of club project and
trip reports to fill the pages. For the coming issue(s), however, I
anticipate having plenty of space to fill, and am welcoming contribution
Yesterday morning at the Arboretum, one of the Red-Winged Blackbirds was
following each songspread with some begging chips and flutters:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10222776117489508/
Confused young'un?
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This morning, while photographing blackbird songs (sic) at the arboretum
(with Marie), a curious whistling song persisted from behind, which I
eventually tracked down as coming from a Fox Sparrow. Couldn't get close
enough to get a video, alas.
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Took the afternoon off hoping to find the snow geese at Mucklands, but en
route I found a/the massive snow goose island between Dean's Cove and
Aurora, so I parked at Dean's Cove hoping to see and video a full eruption
which never came to pass, just a couple of "minor tremors". Starting around
4pm
Anne Clark wrote:
> We had actual females back in a marsh near Binghamton/Endicott as early as
> February. Usually females did not show up until late march. I don’t mean
> nest, just be seen in flocks and maybe visit the marsh.
>
Will all second-year males have "turned" by February, or could th
This morning around 9:45, two merlins were calling and interacting in the
GIAC field.
When I arrived, bird A was calling from the nest tree. Then bird B called
from a tree north of the parking lot, and flew to the nest tree where it
displaced bird A who flew to an adjacent leafless tree. Not long a
This morning there was a Hermit Thrush at Sherwood Platform, hanging out
with two Song Sparrows and some Juncos and Chickadees. It grabbed a few
berries from the short tree over the corner of the platform (basically
right above me) before flying off. I assume it's a hermit thrush from
seasonal expe
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:02 PM Dave Nutter wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Those of you who are Cayuga Bird Club members may have seen an article in
> January’s newsletter that was based on my quick report (below) about the
> Ithaca Christmas Bird Count compilation on the evening of January first. I
> gave
Correction: period five should be:
7:35-7:50: 8 southbound, 3 northbound
Suan
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 8:06 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote:
> For my first Loon Watch at Taughannock this morning, I had no idea what
> turnout to expect. 0 seemed an understandable likelihood. Instead, about 20
&g
For my first Loon Watch at Taughannock this morning, I had no idea what
turnout to expect. 0 seemed an understandable likelihood. Instead, about 20
people showed up, including some "civilians" who saw this announced in the
Ithaca Times calendar.
Air temp was around freezing, winds were moderate fr
During this morning's beginner bird walk around Sapsucker Woods, we flushed
a Ruffed Grouse from near "the" giant poison ivy vine. I think this is my
first grouse at SSW.
Later from Sherwood Platform we heard a couple yelps of a bald eagle coming
from the west, though we did not see anything in tr
For this morning's Stewart Park bird walk, I wasn't expecting to see much
given the strong south winds overnight and line of rain early, and sure
enough, the waterfowl and warbler variety was lacking and nonexistent,
respectively (just mallards and canada geese and a distant common
merganser). But
Forwarding some Lab announcements I figured would be of interest to local
birders...
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Some videos taken of the fledgling Merlins from Thursday morning:
Did this young Merlin eat its own feathers?
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10220301374582482/
Two young Merlins:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10220301505025743/
Merlin fledglings preening and calling:
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:20 AM John Confer wrote:
> Hi Suan,
>
>Thanks for posting that.
>
>Mammals are rarely captured by Merlin, but not never. Adults often
> remove the tail and head before they bring it to nestlings. That has been a
> frustration when I tried to identify prey, which
Stopped by GIAC this evening, one merlin (couldn't tell if parent or young)
was perched visibly until my attention caused it to hop behind some
branches. They can definitely tell who's paying attention and who isn't,
like the few dozen parents watching the ongoing basketball game.
Anyhow, last Fri
Hi All,
There will be a CBC field trip this Saturday to Connecticut Hill, co-led by
Dave Gislason and myself. Meet at either the Wegman's parking lot at 7:30am
(towards the southwest corner by the water) or at 8am at the corners of
Connecticut Hill, Boylan, and Lloyd Starks Roads. We plan to finis
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 4:21 PM Nancy Cusumano
wrote:
> On birding and bird conservation. Takes a few minutes but worth it.
>
>
> https://boisestate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B4hsye6hIsgSkl?fbclid=IwAR0ZijtTTttv2Xx0yT7UhnQEGc3SXbFcvDEsUPNb_ETUBchz8p7QUiIQfJQ
>
For anyone who saw the survey
Just heard a Common Nighthawk buzzing over the woods south of my house in
Commonland, over Six-Mile Creek, offering only a brief unbinoculared look
at a small dot moving across the cloudy sky.
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>From about 2-3:30pm I was windsurfing from East Shore going west to the
piling cluster located about 1/2 mile north of the lighthouse jetties. In
that vicinity were several swallows, mostly barn, foraging on the water. I
soon noticed that some seemed overweight and dark underneath, and soon
found
Re allopreening: strangely I have only ever observed this among some
critically endangered Bali Myna at the Hong Kong Aviary:
http://suan-yong.com/hong-kong.php?s=Aviary&k=21442
What I found more fascinating than the allopreening was that the bird on
the left had the muscular dexterity to lift
In case anyone is wondering, photo review of my possible philadelphia vireo
turned out to be a northern parula.
Suan
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 9:48 AM Suan Yong wrote:
> Brief stop at Hawthorn this morning found the trees hopping with Wilson,
> blue wing, chestnut, Nashville; poss vireo sweep wit
Our group went to Dodge Road, where the woodcocks started later than when I
scouted, but with enough light to be easily seen. After a few skydances,
those with muck boots and binoculars took a few steps into the muddy field
where I was able to get my spotlight on the bird on the ground.
The owling
Continuing with woodcock week: while scouting for this weekend's field
trip, I got the following thermal infrared footage of woodcock courtship
and, I believe, mating, followed by a celebratory skydance. Same video on
both facebook and youtube (quality may differ between the platforms, not
sure):
Thanks to Mark's precise description, I found the woodcock on Sunday and
got some videos:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10219404525921826
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Sunday afternoon I sat at Stewart Park looking out at the relative low bird
count. Of interest were two American Wigeons foraging "somewhat" close (I
was hoping they'd get closer for better photos, though they never did), and
11 Northern Pintails flying back and forth trying to decide whether to la
On my jog to work from Commonland this morning I passed under two different
Cooper's Hawks perched high on trees about 100 yards apart. I took the
opportunity trying to tease out any nuances of the surrounding calls of
Downy Woodpeckers and Carolina Wrens, filing them under "probable alarm
calls".
While driving westward down Hurd Road towards Ellis Hollow Road, I was
surprised to see a Barred Owl up on a tree next to the road, easily
identifiable with the naked eye while driving. After I pulled over and
exited the car, it flew deeper into the woods, though it perched for some
time in a spot
A non-expert-birder friend thought he saw a Lewis's Woodpecker in the
little grove of woods near the inlet, across 13A from Glenside, at 2:30pm
this afternoon, fussing around the bottom of the trees. Details are scant,
and probably a longshot, but I figure I'd post it in case anyone feels like
foll
A stroll through Renwick Wildwoods today found a yellow-bellied sapsucker,
gray catbird, and belted kingfisher among more seasonal birds: brown
creeper, northern flicker, golden-crowned kinglet, red-bellied and downy
woodpeckers.
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The Cayuga Bird Club is hosting an owling field trip tomorrow (Saturday)
from 6-10pm to look and listen for area owls. Co-led by Bob McGuire with
his audio playback expertise, and me with my thermal infrared camera, we
will meet at the lab parking lot and carpool to various spots heading
ultimately
Good variety of birds for this morning's SSW bird walk in the weather that
soon turned to sleet. The clumps of ash seeds were hosting flocks of Rusty
Blackbirds and Purple Finches (up to ten within a single binocular view)
along the Wilson Trail north, just south of Owen's Platform. On the pond
amo
Here's a video I took yesterday (Wednesday) during lunch at Sherwood
Platform, Sapsucker Woods, of the Common Nighthawk:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10217783338833162/?l=8661839843050610780
It shifted positions several times, and each time it did so it would sway
back and forth, ei
Finally got around to posting photos of the Lawrence's Warbler (Blue x
Golden -Winged Warbler) from Logan Hill two weeks ago (13 May 2018),
embedded in this eBird checklist:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45628519
Also from that visit was this eye-level video of a singing Ovenbird:
https:/
Hi all,
Two days ago I was rollerblading in shorts and T-shirt. Today I'm jogging
through an inch of fresh snow. What will the birds make of all this? Let's
find out together on a Cayuga Bird Club field trip around the lake:
Saturday, February 24, 2018
8:00am - 4:00pm (end time is approximate
A good number of people enjoyed at Stewart Park not just the 5 Ross's
Geese, but also two Snow Geese, six Greater White-Fronted Geese (not
a-layin'), two Iceland Gulls, at least two Lesser-Black-Backed Gulls, some
fly-by Northern Pintails, and a distant Red-Throated Loon. Pretty neat
afternoon. A s
Tomorrow evening, Bob and I will be leading a field trip to look and listen
for owls.
Saturday, November 4, 6:00pm, meet at the Cornell Lab parking lot to
carpool.
Dress warmly (as there will be much standing still in the cold), and bring
a headlamp or flashlight.
Forecast is calling for a slight c
If it's during the day in the summertime I think it's probably insects.
This site seems to have a good intro:
http://www.woodcreeper.com/radar-migration-faq/
For a bunch of links and archives:
http://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/
Suan
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Eben McLane
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:54 PM, David Wheeler
wrote:
> I think it's also possible to go one-on-one with someone through GroupMe.
> Thus one could direct a question back to the reporter alone rather than a
> broadcast message. Not sure how many people know this is possible.
>
You can do that w
And it doesn't help that Kipp Island isn't even an island (anymore). :-)
Suan
PS. I posted on Facebook a couple of digiscoped videos of the ruff form
Sunday. Should be viewable without a Facebook account:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/pcb.1382246361813175/10213924592766922/
https://w
Jogging through the Mulholland Preserve at Six Mile Creek this morning, I
had two encounters with low-flying Louisiana Waterthrushes chipping loudly.
Without binoculars, I got to see one close in a tree, looking fully fledged
but lacking a tail (which didn't stop it from bobbing), behaving as if it
Lindsay-Parsons seems to harbor a lot of strange singers.
During the Spring Bird Quest on Saturday, May 27, I recorded the following
"ascending song", which starts around the 5-second mark in this clip:
http://suan-yong.com/sound/lindsay-parsons-2017-05-27.wav
What do you think it is? This was
On Saturday, after the Spring Bird Quest at Lindsay-Parsons, I drove around
and up Michigan Hollow Road in Danby State Forest, and found three
nest-builders (Chestnut-Sided, Empidonax sp, and Yellow Warbler). I've
posted some videos of the latter two on Facebook:
Empid sp:
https://www.facebook.c
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Peter wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone can tell me how the warblers have been over at
> Hawthorn Orchard. I've read in the Basin Birding Book that it's a good spot
> for them. Has anyone birded it yet this year?
>
> And how would that location compare with S
FWIW, on Saturday morning I stopped by the Dodge Road spruces and found a
Great Horned Owl with my thermal camera (also being barked at by a bunch of
crows). It flew off before I could get a photo, but it did later hoot for
me once.
Suan
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:37 AM, Sandy Podulka wrote:
> D
Just had a merlin sitting on a tree a few houses east of the CFCU on Meadow
and Esty, presently shooed by two crows to a spruce tree one block east. My
attention from the sidewalk may have contributed to the shooing :-D.
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I was in Cape May on Monday, and saw a similarly large flock of tree
swallows, first gathering, then murmurating like starlings. I did not try
to estimate numbers.
Here's a lousy iPhone video clip, barely hinting at the scale:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10210920362223036/
Suan
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Peter wrote:
> Folks - a question about the Booby. Is it more easily seen from Lower Lake
> Rd. near Seneca Falls (west side of lake) or from the village of Cayuga
> (east side of lake).
>
> Or perhaps it depends on the bird's mood? (smile)
>
Depends on the sun.
T
This morning as I biked the East Ithaca Recway, just south of Mitchell
Street I heard a waterthrush singing from the trees at the NW corner of the
Hawthorn Orchard. Its first three notes had the plaintive slur of a
Louisiana Waterthrush. This was followed by the choppy ending of a Northern
Waterthr
FYI, I posted some photos from last Saturday's CBC field trip to
Connecticut Hill here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1027965810574567
Thanks, again, to all who came on the trip.
Suan
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On Saturday morning I went to Montezuma where at the start of the wildlife
drive (across from Larue's Lagoon) a Virginia Rail was calling. With the
help of my thermal infrared camera I was eventually able to get some looks
and photos. I also captured some interesting video sequences, at the link
be
New this morning at Hawthorn Orchard was a Tennessee warbler (possibly
two), singing rather less incessantly than "normal", along with several
Nashvilles, Blackburnian, Black-and-white, Blue-Winged, Magnolia, Yellow,
and a quietly singing Canada Warbler first heard by Chris T-H in the
ravine. All t
In the apple blossoms of Washington Park, a Northern Parula was singing
both songs and foraging low and close enough to be admired with the naked
eye (one of those "wish I had my camera with me" moments). Amid the
wind-blown movement could be spotted at least three other warbler-like
birds just in
This morning our SFO group went to Jetty Woods to admire the Great Horned
Owl and two fledglings reported earlier by Dave Nutter. From the pump
station, go past the big puddle about 20 yards, look to the right for a
large fallen log right next to the trail. That log log points approximately
in the
Last night around 11pm, I decided to point my thermal infrared camera to
the sky and see if anything would show up. To my surprise, I was able to
observe a fairly steady stream of bird movement, some low and bright,
others faint and barely discernible amid the noise from the sensor. It was
quite ca
On that same Saturday, our SFO group started at Myers Point. While at the
spit an osprey approached and started hover-fishing Salmon Creek, pretty
low and close to us. At one point it started diving, but aborted, denying
us what would've been a spectacular sight at naked-eye distance. I have
only e
FOY for me ruby-crowned kinglet, singing from the spruce tree outside my
house in Commonland, along with a singing pine siskin.
Suan
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Susan and I semi-co-led SFO groups this morning to Dryden Lake, where we
were surprised to see an American PIpit along the Jim Schaug trail south of
the park, in the little pond on the south side of the trail. I could not
figure out its ID initially until Susan suggested pipit. Photo here:
https
So yesterday at Sapsucker Woods (near Owens Platform) I photographed a male
Downy Woodpecker with a metal leg band, with enough resolution to read two
sides of the band:
http://suan-yong.com/banded/banded.html#dowo
The front say "OPEN", the rear -- I initially guessed maybe ABRL (American
Bird
And just when I didn't think I could get a better woodcock video, I got
this last night:
https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10209270510937785
I also put up the original MP4's as recorded by the ThermAppPlus camera
here:
http://suan-yong.com/woodcock-video/info.html
for anyone who may
On Sunday I led a CBC full day around-the-lake field trip, joined by 8
others (2 staying only for the morning portion). The birding on the way up
the lake was pretty sparse numbers-wise though reasonable species-wise, but
mostly at scope distances. Thankfully, our scope-to-participant ratio was
qui
This evening I stopped by the Edward Lake Cliffs Preserve in Lansing a
little past sunset, and soon heard the twitter of a woodcock skydance in
progress. There were at least two, probably three, birds performing. I
tried capturing video with my infrared camera, with moderate success (lousy
audio, u
Hi all,
Just a reminder that I'll be leading a CBC field trip up the lake this
Sunday.
Meet at the lab at 8am, which is earlier than you think due to spring ahead!
Although scheduled to end at 4pm, I'm aiming to be back earlier than that,
unless the snow goose spectacle is still around (are they s
It's Reese Road and Seybolt. To the west about 300 yards away look for some
gas pipe installation (or whatever it is). Each time I've seen the bird
it's been on that installation.
Suan
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:09 PM, marsha kardon wrote:
> I can't find a Freese Rd in Seneca Falls on Google map
Yesterday morning at Sapsucker Woods, the starlings were doing kingbird and
wood duck and meadowlark (among others, no doubt).
Meanwhile, there was legitimate singing from chickadee, titmouse, cardinal:
sounded and felt like spring!
Suan
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:37 AM, cedar Mathers-Winn
wrote:
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