Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lost Car Key at the Hawthorn Woods
Ann: I found your car key. Sincerely, Chris T-H Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2015, at 21:58, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: Hawthorn Woods should be a great weekend for birding. If you happen to come across a Honda car key, please let me know. I lost it somewhere in the middle where the horse jumping equipment is. I walked up one side and down the other. I had much better luck seeing birds, than searching for the key. Thanks. Ann Mitchell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE
Big thanks to Chris and Jessie (note, the ie...cold fingers slipped up on my iPhone in my message below)! Also, thanks to Bob McGuire, Chris Wood, and Dave Nutter for use of optics! Excellent find and it's about time this showed up here again...it's on the Basin List, but I don't know when that was. Good luck and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -Original Message- From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes [mailto:c...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:14 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: WESTERN GREBE The Western Grebe, first sighted by Chris Wood and Jesse Barry, is still visible on Cayuga Lake from the Myers Point lighthouse in the Town of Lansing. Moving North. Way out there. Sincerely, Chris T-H Sent from my iPhone= -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Saw-whet Owl on Maple Ave
Yesterday evening around 6:45pm, my parents, Larry and Sara Jane Hymes, and I went for a nighttime jaunt in Upper Buttermilk Falls State Park to attempt to locate a lost phone (which we successfully found on the West trail around Treman Lake). On the way back from our nighttime hike, around 8:00pm, two loud EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS responded to my whistles; they were up high in the tall pines located about 100 yards down the closed-off section of road from the main parking lot at Upper Buttermilk Falls State Park. During the walk, though, despite repeated attempts to get responses from any Saw-whet Owl that may have been at UBFSP, we heard no responses in that area last night. But, it seems like last night was good for hearing and getting responses from small owls. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:00 PM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.comwrote: I just returned from a long walk on the eastern portion of the east Ithaca Recreation Way. As I reached my half-way point at Judd Falls Road I heard the four-note call of a Northern Saw-whet Owl repeated several times. I returned to my cay and drove back to Maple Ave, parking in the pull-off where the Rec Way joins Maple Ave (near the water tower). This was about 30 minutes later. I got out and played a series of toots on my penny whistle and the owl answered - once from about 50 feet away (from atop one of the horse enclosures), and then flew over, tooting four notes again. It was headed into the cemetery and did not respond any more. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/**CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat** ionLeave.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/**cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/**maillist.htmlhttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/**birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/**mailinglists/CAYU.htmlhttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/**ebird/ http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
ADMIN: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl???
Good morning, Regardless of whether a Snowy Owl is in or out of the drainage system for the Cayuga Lake Basin, or elsewhere in the immediately surrounding Finger Lakes Region, there are many subscribers on Cayugabirds-L, as well as readers online who are not active subscribers of this eList, who would appreciate sightings being reported on Cayugabirds-L. Please **do** post sightings of interest, even if birds are Out of Basin (OOB) to those who participate in the yearly David Cup birding competition (limited to the drainage system for the Cayuga Lake Basin). Cayugabirds-L is not limited to sightings in the Cayuga Lake Basin; instead, it simply has a *focus* on Cayuga Lake as well as the surrounding areas. Thanks and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, NY On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:58 AM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.comwrote: Once again (Wednesday AM), several of us would appreciate any timely reports of Snowy Owl in the CL Basin. The year is about to end and we are (shamelessly) trying to fill out our Basin lists! Any of you shoppers out there, is the young bird still present at the Outlet Mall? Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/**CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat** ionLeave.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/**cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/**maillist.htmlhttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/**birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/**mailinglists/CAYU.htmlhttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/**ebird/ http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Leucistic Turkey Vulture - NE Ithaca
Yesterday, late morning, Diane and I observed a really cool looking leucistic Turkey Vulture. This bird was soaring and flapping in the Northeast Ithaca area, over the Tops market and Cayuga Mall along North Triphammer Road. The distal two-thirds of the bird's left wing was solid white. It was quite eye-catching, the way each wing-flap made the gestalt of the bird appear to twinkle. Maybe this bird will stick around with some of the other Turkey Vultures for a few more weeks. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Point - Black Scoters, Brant
I spotted what was presumably one of the Brant flocks that Jay observed passing Myers, heading South over Ithaca around 8:45am. There were about 175 birds in that flock. I was headed North down Route 96B, past Ithaca College, and observed this flock off to the West (my left) just West of the West side of South Hill. The cloud ceiling was low, but not too low, at that point. Certainly, I would think, they can fly in the fog if the cloud ceiling hits the valley floor - especially with favorable tail winds - they just need to watch out for radio towers and wind turbines on their way. Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -Original Message- From: bounce-38202550-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38202550-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:00 PM To: Cayugabirds-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Myers Point - Black Scoters, Brant On Oct 27, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: The highlight was an incredible 2865 BRANT Wow! I wonder if they just kept going? The cloud ceiling in West Danby has hovered just a couple hundred feet obove the valley floor all morning, but there doesn't seem to be any fallout... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Cayugabirds-L Archives
Good afternoon, Executive Summary: Please try not to cross-post the same message to multiple eLists - in other words, do not add multiple email Lists in the To: or Cc: fields of a new message. Instead, please generate a separate email message for each email List you wish to post to. This will help prevent messages with duplicate Message ID's from getting deleted by smart email-handling programs and, thus, help prevent duplicate messages from getting dropped from the message archive locations. Details: First, I am referencing the three archive locations, here: Primary (Long-term): http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Secondary (Long-term): http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Tertiary (Short-term): http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html It had come to my attention that some messages are variably not successfully being archived into the three archives available for Cayugabirds-L. For the past several weeks, I have been working with these various Archive Managers and Owners and the Cornell ListManager to identify what is causing messages to seemingly drop from the archive - never even appearing. A variety of contributing factors were identified, some of which we, as Managers/Owners don't have any control over. One of the factors that can prevent messages from being properly archived has to do with an email's unique Message ID. Each time a user creates and sends an email message, that email message will be assigned a unique Message ID number, regardless of how many email addresses the message is addressed to in either the To: or Cc: field. This means that if a user sends a message to List A and decides to Cc: the same message to List B, the message arriving at List A and List B will have the same unique Message ID, even though the recipient Lists are different. Where this becomes a problem is in the smart way that many new email servers are handling messages that appear to be identical through the comparison between Message ID's. If there is a subscriber who is only subscribed to List A, they will not see this as a problem. If there is a subscriber to both Lists A and B, they may likely see a problem; their email server will allow the first message arriving into their server to be processed as normal, but recognize the second message (arriving split seconds later) as a duplicate and trash that second duplicate message, before it even goes out for delivery to their email address. The result is that a subscriber to Lists A and B may only get that cross-posted message from List A and not from List B, or vice versa, depending upon arrival time. Now, apply this to the Archives. The Archives are treated in the same way that any subscriber is treated. The Archives are created from a subscribed email address. If said Archive subscriber is subscribed to Lists A and B, that Archive will only see a single duplicated or cross-posted message - the one which is received first by the Archive's mail server. As a result, any cross-posted message might show up in email Archive for List A and not in email Archive for List B, C, D, E, etc., even though the message was originally addressed to multiple other email Lists. A relatively simple work-around for this, although perhaps a bit clunky, is to generate a unique message for each List. It probably takes an extra 20 seconds per List address (cut-and-pasting the entire message into a new email for each List). I realize this may not be feasible or convenient for many to do in this way. The benefit in doing this, is to produce a unique Message ID for each message sent to each email List, allowing each respective multi-List-subscribed email address to receive each cross-posted message; thus, allowing each message to appear in each respective email Archive for the greater good of future references to the Archives. In summary, please try not to cross-post the same message to multiple eLists - in other words, do not add multiple email Lists in the To: or Cc: fields of a new message. Instead, please generate a separate email message for each email List you wish to post to. This will help prevent messages with duplicate Message ID's from getting deleted by smart email-handling programs and, thus, help prevent duplicate messages from getting dropped from the message archive locations. Thanks very much to those who took the time to read this long-winded explanation! If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me off List. Thanks again and good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu Cayugabirds-L http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html - Archives Cayugabirds-L http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME - Welcome and Basics Cayugabirds-L http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES - Rules and Information
[cayugabirds-l] Dickcissel - Etna, NY - 7 October 2011
I have uploaded an audio clip of the Dickcissel from this morning (at 2:47 AM), as well as a spectrogram frame-grab, showing the characteristics of this flight call. These can be accessed by going to these links: Audio: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/111007.024749_DICKCISSEL_Etna_NY.wav Image: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/111007.024749_DICKCISSEL_Etna_NY.jpg Note, the audio file is five seconds in duration, with the flight call occurring at approximately 2 ½ seconds into the clip. This particular call consisted of five distinct note peaks and with a single fainter introductory and closing note, for a total of seven identifiable peaks. I simply didnt expect to detect anything on the recording from last night, given how quiet it was, let alone get something as good as a (another!) Dickcissel flight note. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Etna, NY: Dickcissel (4 October 2011)
For the past few nights, I've been recording from my rooftop in Etna, NY, and either listening real-time or doing a quick browse-through the following morning, using Raven Pro. If I hear (or see, as is the case when browsing after the fact) a good clear or interesting flight call, I'll grab it and save it as a selection for future reference. Last night, I recorded from about 8:30pm until just after the start of Civil Twilight this morning (around 6:40am). While I was recording, I listened live from about 9:00pm to midnight, at which point I allowed the computer to continue recording, while I went to bed. This morning, upon reviewing the recording files (browsing), I was pleasantly surprised to find a DICKCISSEL flight note at 12:34am (only about 30 minutes after I went to bed, so I missed it, live!). It wasn't totally loud or directly overhead, but probably off to the side of my recording station somewhere, but still just loud enough to clearly ID the flight call note. This particular call note has 7 distinct segments to the call, with no inter-peak connections at the troughs (i.e., not modulated). This gives the call a distinctive frappy or flatulent and reedy quality and sounds like a fast: F-r-r-r-r-r-t. I've placed a 4-second clip of the call at this link: http://www.northeastbirding.com/111004.003417_DICKCISSEL_Modified_Shorter.wa v, as well as a frame grab of just the call at this link: http://www.northeastbirding.com/111004.003417_Dickcissel_Etna_NY.jpg. Again, it's not too faint, but it's also not right on top of the microphone. I filtered the clip slightly to help eliminate some LF noise. The Dickcissel only called once. Throughout the night, there were pretty much constant Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush calls, as well as ample warbler flight notes. No definitive Bicknell's Thrush notes, although some that came pretty high and close to resembling Bicknell's (I was hoping for Bicknell's with the continued weather patterns and general direction of migration (NE to SW). During the night of 2 October to 3 October, Green Herons were on the move, with several individuals being heard flying by throughout the night. If anyone is interested in nocturnal migration and identification of Night Flight Calls, there is a Night Flight Call eList that was created a couple years ago to support this growing area of interest. Information about that eList is available at http://www.NortheastBirding.com. Good night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: FWD: Rare Birds: News from the New York State Avian Records Committee
The following message is from NYSbirds-L and was originally posted by Angus Wilson, chair of the New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC). If you have seen any NYSARC-reportable species, please submit those using the report form via the NYSARC button at the NYSARC website, below: http://nybirds.org/NYSARC/ The list of reportable species is also available from the NYSARC website. Thanks! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Cayugabirds-L - Archives http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Cayugabirds-L - Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Cayugabirds-L - Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Cayugabirds-L - Subscribe, Configuration and Leave From: bounce-37894836-3686...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37894836-3686...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Angus Wilson Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 10:25 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [nysbirds-l] Rare Birds: News from the New York State Avian Records Committee *** Feel free to repost this to other NY lists and bulletin boards or reprint in your club newsletter *** Hi Everyone, Some good news and some less good news, plus an urgent plea for your help. First the good news, as readers of the June issue of the Kingbird [2011 Vol. 61 issue 2] will have seen, the New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) has added three new species to the New York State Check List based on a series of superbly documented sightings from 2010. The new species are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, COMMON GROUND DOVE and HERMIT WARBLER. These and a handful of additional reports were reviewed ahead of the rest of the 2010 packet using the new 'Accelerated Review' procedure for potential new species. Congratulations to the finders of these fabulous birds, all of which lingered long enough to be seen by many birders from around the state and beyond. In total we received close to 180 reports from 2010, covering some 95 separate sightings. In addition, the Committee is reviewing 14 reports of sightings from as back as 1960. Well done everybody! Now the bad news. For reasons unknown, there has been a significant and worrying drop in the number of submissions covering the first half of 2011 - only 43 submissions covering 32 sightings. This is NOT because of a dearth in sightings of sufficient rarity; judging from postings to eBird, local RBAs and the listserves this has been a banner year and begs the question: why so few reports? Two recent sightings - the Staten Island Hooded Crow and the Coney Island Gray-hooded Gull - have attracted very significant attention from birders and non-birders alike. People have literally flown in from every corner of the US and Canada to see these two birds. As of today we have 8 submissions on the Gray-hooded Gull, including a report from the finders (Sara Burch and Jacob McCartney) - thank you all very much - but only A SINGLE report on the Hooded Crow.and that was prepared by me. How many hundreds of people came, saw and photographed the Hooded Crow? For the review and archiving process to work and for decisions to be made in a timely manner, we need documentation (descriptions, photographs and other material that pertain to the origins of these birds). For various reasons we have to limit ourselves to documentation that is submitted to us and so a little bit of effort is required from birders. Many blog postings and listserve messages correctly stated that the 'state bird record committee' (meaning NYSARC) is charged with making the decision of whether or not to add these species to the New York State Checklist, which is maintained by NYSOA. Some commentators have added the caveat that this will take a year or more, a tidbit that I've seen reiterated in more than one newspaper article (gr). While it is true that these decisions can be slow, afterall some detective work is often needed, this type of comment fails to acknowledge the above mentioned 'accelerated review' procedure. The Hooded Crow is especially complicated because of legitimate concerns about the possibility of an escape, the likelihood of ship-assisted passage and so on. But here's the rub, if the Committee is to review and vote on these important sightings, it needs reports to work from. I can assure readers that the members of the Committee are chomping at the bit to get stuck into the review of these important birds and again we need you help. The photographs I submitted of the Hooded Crow were not terribly good and I'm sure there are plenty of superior photos available. With respect to the gull and the crow, the Committee would like to look carefully at the condition of the plumage and would appreciate good flight shots that showing fine details of the wings and the tail feathers. These can
[cayugabirds-l] Upland Sandpiper: Etna, NY
Just a quick note: Saturday night, around 11:00pm, while doing some brief star-gazing from the back yard, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the four-noted night flight call of an Upland Sandpiper, as it passed overhead on its southward migration. The distinct call heard was the bubbly Bweep-bweep-bweep-bweep! call, infrequently heard during night migration through this part of Upstate, NY. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/27/2011 - Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Oil
This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard from about 7:00am to 8:45am. It was really quiet, but I was please to find two YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS actively foraging and sporadically calling and chasing each other around. I have placed a handful of recordings up on SoundCloud, including the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher(s) calling. Unfortunately, I did not capture an amazing outburst between these two birds when they were chasing each other around; some of the sounds included a series of Acadian Flycatcher-like we-it! calls. You can listen to these and the other recordings here: http://soundcloud.com/cth4th One item of concern from this morning's visit, is that there was a very noticeable amount of oil slick in standing water around the perimeter of the North intramural sports ball field and in slowly moving water well into the middle of the Hawthorn Orchard from about ENE to SW. I had not noticed this before and I'm not entirely sure where this is coming from, but I'm looking into it. Some have suggested this is a result of pesticide/herbicide application; there had been an application vehicle working the South intramural sports ball field back around the 24th. Here's a list of the notables for the day: 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (NW of Hawthorn Orchard) 2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS (active in mid-NW area of Hawthorn Orchard; sporadically calling and chasing each other) I did not hear the Wood Thrush singing this morning. 3-4 Yellow Warblers 1 Magnolia Warbler (female) 2 American Redstarts 3-4 Common Yellowthroats 2 Indigo Buntings 1 Bobolink (flyover) Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/23/2011 - NO Warblers
Today, from 5:30am to 6:30am, I did not encounter any transient migrants in the Hawthorn Orchard. It could have been that I was just there too early, but I certainly suspect that all have picked up and migrated North with the Southerly winds we've been having. The only potential transient migrant was a singing EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE in the North ravine area. Other than that, only locally breeding birds were heard or seen in and around the Hawthorn Orchard. I did succeed in locating one of this year's brood of EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS. One of the adults and single immature bird were perched in the maple grove, downhill from the Northeast corner. I could hear the immature Eastern Screech-Owl occasionally producing their short alarm moan call. While moving West along the North ravine area trail, I heard a couple of crows going berserk over something. Through the trees, I could see an American Crow mobbing what I initially thought was probably just a Turkey Vulture; however, upon closer inspection, this bird turned out to be a juvenile (or even subadult I) plumaged BALD EAGLE. This bird was very low and may have been perched in the tall oak along the East edge of the Hawthorn Orchard, since the height, direction, and timing (of onset of mobbing) was about right. This year's arrival of Blackpoll Warblers really held true to the statement: When the Blackpoll Warblers arrive, migration is over! Well, I know it's not totally over for neotropical migrants, but the bulk has certainly moved on. We'll only be getting individuals or tiny groups of birds here and there over the next few days. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/20/2011 - 21 Warblers - Very Active, Very Muddy
I birded the Hawthorn Orchard today from about 6:30am to 9:30am, again, painful to pull myself away for work. Today, many birders were there enjoying what the Hawthorn Orchard had to offer for the day. Am I keeping a life birder list? Anyway, there was a rare sighting today among those that I ran into: Paul Hurtado, visiting from Ohio! Other birders included: Meena Haribal, George Chiu, Nancy Chen, Matt Medler (another rare sighting, for me), Jay McGowan, Kevin McGowan, Larry and Sara Jane Hymes, Paul Anderson, Tom Reimers, Mark Chao and Miyoko Chu, and a distant sighting of Kevin Ripka. I may have missed some birders, because they were moving all over the place in there. ;-) Onto the birds! The birding started out a little quiet, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything in the far Southern parts of the area (South of the South stream, West of the South ball field). I then entered the main portion of the Hawthorn Orchard, via the Southwest corner, working my way East (where I ran into Meena) and then North to the Northeast corner. Today, most of the birds in the Hawthorn Orchard were actually spread out along the East side and into the middle-Northern portions. The birds continued to concentrate themselves in the middle-Northern portion as the morning progressed. In general, it seemed that BLACKPOLL WARBLERS have now become dominant. TENNESSEE WARBLER are still quite present there, but slightly less-so than in recent days. HIGHLIGHT: Yesterday, George Chiu had a chance encounter with a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL! George isn't on the List, so I'll roughly speak for him. There had been some mobbing activity in the middle-Northern portion of the Hawthorn Orchard. A bird flew over him and landed up on a bent-over hawthorn. He snapped a bunch of pictures and will get those to me. Very nice find, George! Here is a basic run-down of what was there today: 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER (flyover - peeet-weeet-weeet) 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (one full song, SW corner, early) 2 Hairy Woodpeckers 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (working along edge of South horse jumping field, near stream) 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Yellow-throated Vireo (Larry and Sara Jane Hymes - Northeast, on way in) 2 Warbling Vireos 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (middle-Northern portion) 6-8 Red-eyed Vireos 4-5 Blue Jays 3 American Crows 5-6 Barn Swallows 4-6 Black-capped Chickadees 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wrens 1 Wood Thrush 10-12+ American Robins 10-12 Gray Catbirds (reduced numbers from yesterday) 3-4 European Starlings 10-12 Cedar Waxwings 1 Blue-winged Warbler (along hedgerow of stream at Southeast corner of the horse jumping field, South of the Hawthorn Orchard) 20-25+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS 1 Nashville Warbler 2 NORTHERN PARULAS (1 male NW corner, 1 female SE corner) 12-14 Yellow Warblers 12-14+ Chestnut-sided Warblers 12-14 Magnolia Warblers 2 Black-throated Blue Warblers (1 male singing NW corner, 1 female SE corner) 2 Black-throated Green Warblers 4-5 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS 5-6 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS 25-30+ BLACKPOLL WARBLERS 1 Black-and-white Warbler (one song, middle-Southern portion) 6-8+ American Redstarts (more 1st year males, now) 1 Ovenbird (NE section) 1 Northern Waterthrush (middle) 1 MOURNING WARBLER (infrequently singing, middle-NW section) 15+ Common Yellowthroats 1 HOODED WARBLER (Jay McGowan - heard) 1 WILSON'S WARBLER (song - middle, working East) 1-2 CANADA WARBLERS (middle-Northern portion) 3-4 Scarlet Tanagers (singers, passing through) 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 6-8 Song Sparrows 8-10 Northern Cardinals 2-3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 3-4 Indigo Buntings 1 BOBOLINK (low, singing display flight between North and South ball fields, flew South) 15+ Red-winged Blackbirds 1 Eastern Meadowlark (distant, heard, South of South ball field) 5+ Common Grackles 2-3 Brown-headed Cowbirds 6-8 Baltimore Orioles 4-6 American Goldfinches 2-3 House Sparrows Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - Northern Saw-whet Owl Images - 19 May 2011
With George's permission, I have placed two of his images of the Northern Saw-whet Owl onto my 2011 Hawthorn Orchard Picasa Album. It turns out that this was quite the serendipitous sighting - George was in the right spot at the right time. The bird flew in and landed. He captured these stills. This was a life bird for George and a new addition to the species list for the Hawthorn Orchard. Thank you, George! George's two pictures are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2011HawthornOrchardBirds#560888979311682 5298 https://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2011HawthornOrchardBirds#560888979443215 3298 Kind of wonder if this bird is breeding nearby. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: bounce-30688422-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-30688422-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:11 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/20/2011 - 21 Warblers - Very Active, Very Muddy I birded the Hawthorn Orchard today from about 6:30am to 9:30am, again, painful to pull myself away for work. Today, many birders were there enjoying what the Hawthorn Orchard had to offer for the day. Am I keeping a life birder list? Anyway, there was a rare sighting today among those that I ran into: Paul Hurtado, visiting from Ohio! Other birders included: Meena Haribal, George Chiu, Nancy Chen, Matt Medler (another rare sighting, for me), Jay McGowan, Kevin McGowan, Larry and Sara Jane Hymes, Paul Anderson, Tom Reimers, Mark Chao and Miyoko Chu, and a distant sighting of Kevin Ripka. I may have missed some birders, because they were moving all over the place in there. ;-) Onto the birds! The birding started out a little quiet, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything in the far Southern parts of the area (South of the South stream, West of the South ball field). I then entered the main portion of the Hawthorn Orchard, via the Southwest corner, working my way East (where I ran into Meena) and then North to the Northeast corner. Today, most of the birds in the Hawthorn Orchard were actually spread out along the East side and into the middle-Northern portions. The birds continued to concentrate themselves in the middle-Northern portion as the morning progressed. In general, it seemed that BLACKPOLL WARBLERS have now become dominant. TENNESSEE WARBLER are still quite present there, but slightly less-so than in recent days. HIGHLIGHT: Yesterday, George Chiu had a chance encounter with a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL! George isn't on the List, so I'll roughly speak for him. There had been some mobbing activity in the middle-Northern portion of the Hawthorn Orchard. A bird flew over him and landed up on a bent-over hawthorn. He snapped a bunch of pictures and will get those to me. Very nice find, George! Here is a basic run-down of what was there today: 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER (flyover - peeet-weeet-weeet) 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (one full song, SW corner, early) 2 Hairy Woodpeckers 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (working along edge of South horse jumping field, near stream) 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Yellow-throated Vireo (Larry and Sara Jane Hymes - Northeast, on way in) 2 Warbling Vireos 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (middle-Northern portion) 6-8 Red-eyed Vireos 4-5 Blue Jays 3 American Crows 5-6 Barn Swallows 4-6 Black-capped Chickadees 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wrens 1 Wood Thrush 10-12+ American Robins 10-12 Gray Catbirds (reduced numbers from yesterday) 3-4 European Starlings 10-12 Cedar Waxwings 1 Blue-winged Warbler (along hedgerow of stream at Southeast corner of the horse jumping field, South of the Hawthorn Orchard) 20-25+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS 1 Nashville Warbler 2 NORTHERN PARULAS (1 male NW corner, 1 female SE corner) 12-14 Yellow Warblers 12-14+ Chestnut-sided Warblers 12-14 Magnolia Warblers 2 Black-throated Blue Warblers (1 male singing NW corner, 1 female SE corner) 2 Black-throated Green Warblers 4-5 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS 5-6 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS 25-30+ BLACKPOLL WARBLERS 1 Black-and-white Warbler (one song, middle-Southern portion) 6-8+ American Redstarts (more 1st year males, now) 1 Ovenbird (NE section) 1 Northern Waterthrush (middle) 1 MOURNING WARBLER (infrequently singing, middle-NW section) 15+ Common Yellowthroats 1 HOODED WARBLER (Jay McGowan - heard) 1 WILSON'S WARBLER (song - middle, working East) 1-2 CANADA WARBLERS (middle-Northern portion) 3-4 Scarlet Tanagers (singers, passing through) 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 6-8 Song Sparrows 8-10 Northern Cardinals 2-3
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 19 May 2011 - 22 WARBLERS
This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard from about 6:15am to 9:00am. I was joined by Pete Marchetto for a good portion of the morning. While there, I was pleased to see several other area birders in the hawthorns enjoying what the place has to offer. Throughout the morning, I saw or met up with: Mark Scheel (from California), George Chiu (from Binghamton), Jay McGowan, Bill Baker, Larry and Sara Jane Hymes, Dave Streater, Sarah Fern Striffler, Anne Klingensmith, Lanie Wilmarth, and Mike Powers. Please note that the Hawthorn Orchard is most acoustically active earlier in the day (early- to mid-morning). The birds are still present mid- to late-day, but, as Mike Powers noted, they are not very vocal; they produce many contact flight notes, just not much song. If you get there early enough, the cacophony of song is deafening in the Northeast corner, making it almost impossible to think! The Northwest corner is also active, just not as much as the Northeast corner. OK. Highlights: Continued high numbers of TENNESSEE WARBLERS (30-35), abundant BLACKPOLL WARBLERS (15-20), MOURNING WARBLERS (2), CANADA WARBLERS (2-3), YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (one calling), CAPE MAY WARBLER (single singer), and BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS (6-8). Here is a list with some numbers of birds present throughout the Hawthorn Orchard today, focused on the migrants: 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (calling, NE corner) 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3+ Least Flycatchers 6-8+ Red-eyed Vireos 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH (just West of NE corner) 1 Wood Thrush (territory, SW corner) 30-35+ GRAY CATBIRDS (huge numbers of what are clearly migrant Gray Catbirds today) 1 Blue-winged Warbler (stutter song heard coming from Southern portion of Hawthorn Orchard) 30-35 TENNESSEE WARBLERS 1 NORTHERN PARULA (NW corner) 10-12 Yellow Warblers 8-10 Chestnut-sided Warblers 8-10 Magnolia Warblers 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER (NE corner) 3 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS (2 males and 1 female, NE corner) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (NE corner) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (NW corner) 6-8 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS (throughout) 1 PINE WARBLER (singing from North ravine pines and oaks, highly mobile) 6-8+ BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS (throughout, but mostly NE corner) 15-20 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS (throughout, but mostly NE corner) 4-6 American Redstarts 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (middle to NE area) 2 MOURNING WARBLERS (working the Northeast area and the hedgerow just North of the Softball field) 10-12 Common Yellowthroats 2-3 CANADA WARBLERS 1-2 Scarlet Tanagers (passing through) 6-8+ Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 4-6 Indigo Buntings 10-15 Baltimore Orioles (varying plumages) Additions include: 1 Wilson's Warbler (per Larry Hymes) 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Mike Powers, previous post) 1 Nashville Warbler (Mike Powers, previous post) Info about the Hawthorn Orchard is here: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/hawthorn.htm Good birding!! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/17/2011 - 17 Warbler species and a Cacophony of Song
This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard from about 7:15am to 9:30am. While there, I met Heidi Bardy, Beth Bannister, and Mark Scheel. Later, on my way out, I ran into Andy Johnson and Jay McGowan. Really great birding there today. There's a sizeable flock of birds that are slowly moving around the Hawthorn Orchard; plus, there are rogue individuals foraging on the periphery of the hawthorns. When in the midst of the migratory flock of birds, you can barely think, it's so loud. The cacophony of sound makes for interesting challenges hearing and identifying everything. It was painful pulling myself away to head into work. Highlights today: THE flock, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (finally, as I was leaving), 1 MOURNING WARBLER (heard once), 4 CANADA WARBLERS, 6-8 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, and 30+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS. The biggest surprise was a single female TENNESSEE WARBLER carrying a large wad of grassy NESTING MATERIAL near the fire hydrant (NW corner)! I cannot believe that they will actually nest here, being as far South as they are from typical nesting locations, but you never know. I don't have access to the latest Breeding Bird Atlas right now, but am interested to see how those data compare to historic data on (rare) probable breeders in NYS. I'll keep my eyes open again in the coming days and try to get a photo of that individual while it is exhibiting nesting behavior. * Here's the run-down of notables from today: 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Eastern Kingbird 3 Warbling Vireos 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO 8-10+ RED-EYED VIREOS 1 Wood Thrush 30+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS 6-8 Yellow Warblers 8-10 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS 10-12 Magnolia Warblers ZERO Cape May Warblers (absent from the Hawthorn Orchard so far this year) 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers 4-6 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS 4-6 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS 1 PINE WARBLER (Ravine edge) 6-8+ BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS 4-5 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS 2 Black-and-white Warblers 8-10 American Redstarts 1 Ovenbird 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (middle of Hawthorn Orchard) 1 MOURNING WARBLER (heard song only once, Northeast corner towards ravine) 8-10 Common Yellowthroats 4 CANADA WARBLERS (2 males Northeast corner, 1 male and 1 female far Southwest corner) 2 Scarlet Tanagers 1 Chipping Sparrow 3-4 Song Sparrows 1 White-throated Sparrow (near fire hydrant - Northwest corner) 4-6 ROSE-BREASTED GROSEBEAKS 4-6 INDIGO BUNTINGS 1 Bobolink (flyover) 10-12 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (males, females, varying plumages, everywhere) Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/14/11 - TENNESSEE WARBLERS
This morning, I hit the Hawthorn Orchard in East Ithaca around 6:30am and I birded there quite thoroughly until about 11:30am. I was joined for a period of time by Larry and Sara Jane Hymes and Stuart Krasnoff. Had the pleasure of meeting some fellow birders while there today. I met Dana and Mamie Weed, Jan Hesbon, Dave Streater, and Jenny Feng, plus saw a few whose names I didn't get. Hope you all had a good day birding there! The highlight today was the phenomenal number of TENNESSEE WARBLERS present in and around the Hawthorn Orchard. A rough estimate would place the total number of birds (males and females) at around 30-35 individuals! Another highlight was the discovery of a GREEN HERON pair building a nest along the West side of the Hawthorn Orchard. The Hawthorn Orchard blossoms are beginning to open at the tree crowns. Treetops that have been exposed to ample sunlight and warmth are clearly showing signs of excellent insect growth. Toward the end of the morning, a very large flock of Tennessee Warblers and other species were actively engorging themselves on little tiny insect larvae, each being expertly removed by these warblers from each hawthorn leaf cluster. This is a great sign for the days to come. Here's my rough list of birds for the day: 2 GREEN HERONS (nest building, West side) 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (single phrase heard) 1 Warbling Vireo (South knoll area, West of South ball field) 5-6+ Red-eyed Vireos (clearly migrants foraging in the Hawthorn Orchard) 1-2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES (one foraging in the tops of the hawthorn trees on the North side, another whisper-singing from middle of Hawthorn Orchard, later) 1 WOOD THRUSH (apparently holding territory near SW corner of Hawthorn Orchard) 30-35+ **TENNESSEE WARBLERS** (this is an all-time high for this location, they were audibly singing and calling and visible everywhere you looked) 2-3 Nashville Warblers 5-6 Yellow Warblers 3-4 Chestnut-sided Warblers 12-15 Magnolia Warblers 2-3 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS (two at one location, one earlier in the morning) 3-5 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS (two males at one location - singing, one female at another, two males again later) 2-3 Blackpoll Warblers (singing softly, actively foraging) 3-4 American Redstarts 5-6 Common Yellowthroats (seemed less noticeable today) 1-2 WILSON'S WARBLERS (think this could have been the same bird circling around the perimeter) 1 CANADA WARBLER (female - in the woods near the hydrant at the NW corner; relocated two additional times, once there and once at the SSW side; very mobile) 1 FIELD SPARROW (heard singing near South knoll) 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW (heard singing South of South ball field) 1-2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 6-7 INDIGO BUNTINGS (multiple singing males, 1 female, plus flyovers) 2-3 Eastern Meadowlarks (heard singing from field South of South ball field) 5-6 Baltimore Orioles 10-12 American Goldfinches Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Pictures - Hawthorn Orchard Birds
I took a lot of pictures while at the Hawthorn Orchard, today; some surprisingly decent, most crummy. Anyway, you can have a look at them at https://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2011HawthornOrchardBirds# starting with this one from today: https://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2011HawthornOrchardBirds#560664139956051 6002 I must say that trying to get good pictures of Tennessee Warblers was surprisingly hard, given how prevalent that species was today. For the most part, I'm only doing this from a documentation standpoint, and certainly not publication quality. These are all with a 200mm lens, then cropped and lightened a bit in Picasa. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/13/11 (11 Warbler species - Lots of Tennessees - 2 Philly Vireos)
This morning, I met up with Pete Marchetto, and together we slowly made one round through the Hawthorn Orchard. Briefly ran into Kevin Ripka (good to meet you!).With the winds and lack of sunlight early in the AM, the behavior of birds was very different than the previous days. The diversity was low, but the numbers had changed - with drops in some species' numbers and significant rises in other species' numbers. Here's the basic run-down of highlights for us from about 5:45am to 8:00am: 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireos 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS (different plumage variations, one NE corner, one NW corner) ZERO Red-eyed Vireos 8-10 TENNESSEE WARBLERS (both vocal and non-vocal individuals throughout, but mostly concentrated in the NW corner) 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER (these birds seemed to disappear overnight, unless they appeared later in the morning, after we had departed) 10-12 Yellow Warblers 6-8+ CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS (clearly multiple individuals in the NW corner today) 6-8 Magnolia Warblers (concentrated in NW corner, but at least 2-3 in other locations) 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (female, NE corner) 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (male moved right through the NE corner and into the maples and gone to NE) ZERO Bay-breasted Warblers 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER (NW corner) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (female mid-North side) 2-3 American Redstarts ZERO Ovenbirds 1 possible heard Mourning Warbler (along West-East hedgerow from NE corner) 10-12 Common Yellowthroats 1 Scarlet Tanager (mid-North) 3-4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 1-2 Indigo Buntings (flyovers) 3-4 Baltimore Orioles Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/12/2011 - 16 1/2 Warblers, Philly Vireo, Pewee, Swainson's Thrush
Since I was up early this morning, I decided to head over to the Hawthorn Orchard earlier than expected. I was there birding from 5:30am until 8:15am. Highlights include: EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BREWSTER'S WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and CANADA WARBLER. Here is the more complete list: 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (singing constantly from the South knoll area, West of the South ball field) 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 EASTERN KINGBIRDS (in migration moving ENE, similar in height to the migrating Blue Jays) 2 Warbling Vireos 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (heard and then observed singing from the maples at the NE corner of the Hawthorn Orchard) 2-3 Red-eyed Vireos 15+ Blue Jays (a few locals, several in migration) 6-8 House Wrens 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH (whisper-singing in ravine area to North of Hawthorn Orchard) 1 Wood Thrush (on territory in Western portion of the South knoll area) 15+ Gray Catbirds 12 Cedar Waxwings 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (at NE corner of the South knoll by the streamlet) 1 BREWSTER'S WARBLER (Golden-winged/Blue-winged Hybrid along North edge of Hawthorn Orchard, near the large Oak tree) 3 TENNESSEE WARBLERS (2 early that took flight from a tall willow tree to the ENE, later 1 singing in West portion of the Hawthorn Orchard) 12-15 Nashville Warblers 1 Northern Parula (by Meena in cottonwoods of South knoll area) 10-12 Yellow Warblers 3-4 Chestnut-sided Warblers (also near cottonwoods early, then in NE corner of Hawthorn Orchard) 3+ Magnolia Warblers 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers (in South knoll area early, then flew off to ENE) 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (in NE area of Hawthorn Orchard) 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER (in NW area of Hawthorn Orchard) 3-4 American Redstarts 2-3 OVENBIRDS (1 in South knoll area, 2 in Northern section of Hawthorn Orchard) 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (calling and singing from streamlet by South knoll) 12-15 Common Yellowthroats 1 WILSON'S WARBLER (working West along South hedgerow of maples at NE corner of Hawthorn Orchard) 1 CANADA WARBLER (also working West along South hedgerow of maples, into NE corner of Hawthorn Orchard) 3-4 Scarlet Tanagers (all briefly stopping through as they continued terrestrial migration to ENE) 8-10+ Song Sparrows 4-5 White-throated Sparrows 3 White-crowned Sparrows (in hedgerow at NW corner of South ball field) 8-10 Northern Cardinals 2-3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 4-5+ INDIGO BUNTINGS (2 males in NE section of Hawthorn Orchard, the rest as calling flyovers) 2-3 Bobolinks 4-5 Eastern Meadowlarks 4-5 Baltimore Orioles 1 Purple Finch 4-6 American Goldfinches Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, Vermivoras, plus others
Overnight, there was clearly a heavy movement of Vermivoras, as evidenced by the abundance of that genera at the Hawthorn Orchard this morning. Vermivoras were still in movement well into the morning (warblers still flying well above tree-top height, producing seet flight notes). After a not-too-thorough check of the Hawthorns (due to the distraction of the really nice GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in the Northeast corner, singing high frequency, thin, buzzy song zay-dzee-dzee-dzee), there were easily 15+ NASHVILLE WARBLERS everywhere and a single TENNESSEE WARBLER (also at the Northeast corner). I was there from about 7:45am to 9:30am. List of notables is as follows: 4-5 GREEN HERONS (calling and flying around the area) 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER 2-3 Warbling Vireos 2-3 Red-eyed Vireos Dozens of flyover Blue Jays (migrating) 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 WOOD THRUSH 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (NE corner, slowly working West, singing constantly - both of my parents got life looks at this bird) 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER (NE corner, great views) 15+ NASHVILLE WARBLERS (everywhere) 1 NORTHERN PARULA (NE corner) 4-5 Yellow Warblers 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 2-3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 1 Black-and-white Warbler 3-4 American Redstarts 1-2 Ovenbirds (NW corner and North ravine edge) 6-7 Common Yellowthroats 1 Scarlet Tanager 3-4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 2-3 INDIGO BUNTINGS (flyovers) 1 BOBOLINK (South of South ball field) 2-3 Eastern Meadowlarks (calling/display flights) 3-4 Baltimore Orioles Good luck and good birding! Hawthorn Orchard info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/hawthorn.htm Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] South End 4May2011
Also of note, there were several Bonaparte's Gulls at Cass Park this morning. Binocular-less, I counted at least 9 Bonaparte's among Ring-billed Gulls, all walking around one of the soccer fields adjacent to the Cayuga Inlet. Later, they dispersed from that location and ended up near where the Willet was seen yesterday, at the mouth of the Treman Marina. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: bounce-25341422-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-25341422-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of daven1...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:40 AM To: Jay William McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] South End 4May2011 Just had 4 common terns fly by close at Myers. Same birds? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _ From: Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu Sender: bounce-25305443-6471...@list.cornell.edu Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:23:50 -0400 To: Cayugabirds-LCayugabirds-L@cornell.edu ReplyTo: Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] South End 4May2011 The sound end of the lake was cold this morning but with a few interesting birds. Three male NORTHERN SHOVELERS were swimming in one of the lagoon across Fall Creek from the boat house. Three COMMON TERNS were flying up the west side of the lake, viewed from East Shore Park. Quite a few PALM WARBLERS are still around the swan pen, singing and giving chip notes. A few diving ducks are still around, including Lesser Scaup, Redhead, and Bufflehead, and six small dark ducks (presumably Green-winged Teal) came bombing in over Stewart Park from offshore. Five or more COMMON LOONS were out on the lake, including one in full basic plumage. I saw Barn, Tree, Bank, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows, but I would not be surprised if all six species were present. Finally, I scanned the Treman shore and the jetties but saw no sign of last night's Willet. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Test - Delete
Testing delivery time. -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sky Migrants
From about 11:45am to 12:45pm, I did some sky watching today in the area of the Cornell Business and Technology Park. Not nearly as many migrating raptors as yesterday.I think they are all Northwest of here. (Braddock Bay Hawk Watch - Rochester - has counted some 4,000+ Broad-winged Hawks, as of an 11:00am posting to Geneseebirds-L); however, those that I did see began medium to high in altitude and then very rapidly became cloud-scraping high! All raptors were migrating in a general SSW to NNE direction. Totals during this time are: 4 Osprey 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks (1 a mere speck in the binoculars, scraping the bottom of a cloud) 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawks 1 American Kestrel 6 COMMON LOONS (at least one was extremely high, disappearing into the base of a cloud; all of these are migrating SSE to NNW; these birds are essentially migrating from the Chesapeake Bay region to well into Canada by today's end). Again, polarized sunglasses are must! Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Good rapror flight! Mostly ENE
Well...that's frustrating. My message didn't come through until more than an hour later. Just got back to find that my message wasn't there...then, poof, it appeared. Anyway, here are more details: after a little over an hour of watching the skies over the Cornell Business and Technology Park by the Tompkins Regional Airport, Pete Marchetto and I spotted the following migrants: 23+ Broad-winged Hawks 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Unidentified Buteo 3 Cooper's Hawks 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks 12 OSPREY 10 Turkey Vultures 2 Northern Harriers 2 BALD EAGLES (1 adult being dive-bombed by an Osprey at 12:52pm, promptly followed by 1 immature at 12:53pm). I'm sure there were more up there, but I don't think there's much more than a couple of hours before the rain showers might hit us. Everything was moving very high in an ENE passage. Also present before and around this time were a single singing male BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 2+ Yellow Warblers, 2+ Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 1 low flyover Chimney Swift, and several Yellow-rumped Warblers; plus, two female Buffleheads on the main pond at the Business and Tech Park. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -Original Message- From: bounce-22036426-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-22036426-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of 6073515...@vtext.com Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:45 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Good rapror flight! Mostly ENE Good rapror flight! Mostly ENE movement over NE Ithaca. 1 Cooper's,12 Broad-winged Hawks and 4 Ospreys, and counting. -- Chris T-H -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Woodcock sighting for Cayuga-L
The following is a message from a non-subscriber: -- Forwarded message -- From: Eric Woods woodse...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:16 AM Subject: Woodcock sighting for Cayuga-L To: c...@cornell.edu Chris - I'm not presently a subscriber to Cayuga-L, but I see you are listed as the official list owner, so I'm sending to you in case it is of interest to members: Mar 5, 6:15pm: AMERICAN WOODCOCK, flying (audible wing sound, unmistakable) Comfort Road, Danby, just north of the Stork / HE factory Each year we have 3 - 5 individuals that can be heard from March - June. But this was early. And we have a robin this morning. They're all gonna have a tough couple of days! - Eric -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Server Downtime
Please be advised that the Lyris Server, hosting Cayugabirds-L, will be down for maintenance this Sunday (16 January 2011) from 07:45am to 12:00pm (noon). Messages sent to the List during that downtime duration will be processed and distributed when the Server is restored. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Bob Guthrie
The message below was sent to GeneseeBirds-L. Bob Guthrie was a cheerful and fun-loving person to know and go birding with. Bob will be missed dearly by many. Sincerely, Chris T-H From: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:00 AM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Bob Guthrie For those who knew Bob Guthrie, I am sorry to report that he died recently at his home in Keuka Park, NY. Bob was a wonderful man and an excellent field naturalist. Bob was an active member of the Eaton Birding Society. He was an organizer of the annual Geneva/Seneca Lake North CBC. He surveyed a great many blocks during the 2000-2005 NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. He assisted in weekly trail clearing along Ontario Pathways, a rail-to-trail in Ontario County. When you were in the field with Bob, you learned about all that was around you - birds, plants, insects, and their interactions. He was a graduate of Cornell and birded with some of the great ones including, Arthur Allen and Roger Tory Peterson. He will be missed for his kindness, his sharing and his sense of humor. Doug Daniels -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Pelagic Trip Announcement - NYSOA/NYSYBC
The following is a reposting of the Pelagic Trip announcement on behalf of the New York State Ornithological Association and the New York State Young Birders Club. The New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) and the New York State Young Birders Club (NYSYBC) have arranged a pelagic birding weekend for February 12-13, 2011. Space on the boat is limited. Prior to January 15, 2011, this trip is open to NYSOA individual members and youth members of the NYSYBC youth members and their accompanying adults ONLY. (Non- members can join NYSOA/ NYSYBC on line at: http://www.nybirds.org/FedMembership.htm http://www.nybirds.org/FedMembership.htm). Target species include Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre, Black Guillemot, Razorbills, Northern Gannets, Iceland, Glaucous, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, Atlantic Puffin and possibly Little or Black-headed Gulls. As an added bonus pelagic-birder extraordinaire, Angus Wilson, head of the New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC), will offer a pelagic bird identification workshop on Saturday afternoon. The workshop will be held at the Community room of the Baldwin, NY Public Library, 2385 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY for 3:00 Pm. It will start promptly at 3:30 and end by 4:45. Angus will also be a guide on the trip Sunday. On Sunday our trip with See Life Paulagics will depart from the dock in Freeport at 8:00 a.m. and return at approximately 4:00 p.m. Register for the trip online at http://www.paulagics.com/ http://www.paulagics.com. With the discount code (NYSOA0213) the price for NYSOA individual members / NYSYBC members and their accompanying adults is $115. If space is still available nonmembers may register after January 15th for the un-discounted fee of $130. We have a block of 10 rooms on hold until January 30, at the Gateway Inn 1780 Sunrise Highway in Merrick, each at a 10% discount: 5 with 1 queen bed @ $102.50 and 5 with 2 doubles @ $107 for the night of 2/12/11 The hotel has other options available all at the 10% discount. Use the code: BIRD when reserving your room. Detailed lodging information is available at http://www.gatewayinnlongisland.com/ http://www.gatewayinnlongisland.com/ but participants are responsible for making their own reservations. If bad weather forces us to cancel the pelagic trip, you will receive a full refund for the pelagic trip, and NYSOA Board Member and accomplished Long Island birder Bob Adamo and his colleagues will lead a land birding and sea watching trip in its place. -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallows
Message from Dave Tetlow, sent to Geneseebirds-L. -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu [mailto:geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Tetlow Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:40 PM To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallows There are (16) CASW,s lingering at the Payne Beach water treatment plant on Payne Beach Rd. I spoke with the plant manager about access and he said to tell people to not come past the gate into the plant. He is however allowing me access to look for future specimens to be turned in to Cornell if any are found. The birds are easily seen from outside the plant fence. To get to the location, take the Payne Beach Rd. exit of the parkway and go ½ mile south to the access road(east side of road). Take the access road to the plant gate, turn left into a gravel parking area just outside the gate. Walk the fenceline along the west side of the gate right across from the parking area. This takes you up a small incline and then you immediately plane off. Just past the jog in the fence you will come to the first holding tanks, these are the tanks that the birds are using for feeding primarily. They are roosting on the south side of the building, where they go up under some brown horizontal slats. You can see the whitewash on the slats. The birds are usually into the roost by around 4:30-4:45. Good luck if you go, Dave -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] King Eider - Myers Point / Ladoga Park
Good evening, Today, I made a trip around Cayuga Lake with Evaristo Hernandez, Diane, and Aleta. We decided to go up the West side to try for the King Eider, which we had last heard was seen at Sheldrake Point. Dipped on that...but ran into Dave Nutter, Ann Mitchell, Bob Guthrie, and who I believe was Leona Lauster, all at Sheldrake Point for the same purpose. That's when we found out that it was sighted again on the opposite side of Cayuga Lake from us...at Myers Point in Lansing. Our original group decided to continue on up around the Lake, figuring we'd try to hit Myers Point before dark. On the way out, we also saw Bob McGuire who was scanning the loons for that other hopeful consolation prize the Pacific Loon (which was not there at that time). Anyway, highlights from the day were several (7-10) Rough-legged Hawks along the auto loop at Montezuma NWR, 2 Snow Buntings at the Savannah Mucklands, 26 SANDHILL CRANES (one group of 20 and a group of 6) and many Tundra Swans at the Knox-Marcellus Marsh, 1 Eastern Screech-Owl at the Factory Street pond in Union Springs, thoughts of Short-eared Owls as we passed Rafferty Road..., and finally, the KING EIDER at Myers Point. We first stopped at the North point (DEC land) at Myers Point, to scan any ducks that could be hiding on that side. No Eider. But did see a total of four LONG-TAILED DUCKS from there. Then we headed straight for Ladoga Park (where the female King Eider hung out for several weeks one winter, a few years back). After a little bit of scanning around, the KING EIDER became evident just to the West, in the distance, over the tops of several dock pilings. We rejoiced and took some distant crummy shots for a while, then headed to the Private Marina, to see if that might offer a better vantage point. As I had suspected, the Eider was not visible from that little South lookout. It was out of sight and around the bend to the Southeast of the Private Marina. There weren't nearly as many diving ducks as were present when the female King Eider was here...which could be why she was around for so long and this bird keeps scooting around to different spots on the lake. It was really nice to get out birding with my family for a day and it was nice to get to know Evaristo better! Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10
Message from Bob Spahn, posted to Geneseebirds-L: -- Forwarded message -- From: ROBERT SPAHN rsp...@prodigy.net Date: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:40 PM Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10 To: geneseebirds geneseebird...@geneseo.edu This afternoon after the front passed at Hamlin Beach SP, Dave Tetlow decided to go west and see what might happen. It cleared up again after a bit and he found a Cave Swallow in the creek gorge at Oak Orchard Creek near Point Breeze. On the way back he had a number of passing Cave Swallows at several points. Then late afternoon he started to see flocks gathering and milling around near some of the bridges and finally going to roost under them. Numbers were in the 25 plus or minus range at each place - total 150. Finding that driving near spooked them, he then only observed from back a ways and could see birds huddled together on the south facing ledges of the I-beams. Birds appeared to be headed to roost under all of the Lake Ontario Parkway bridges from West Kendall Rd to at least Buttonwood Creek at the east side of Braddock Bay. Dave is trying to line up people to be at each bridge before first light tomorrow to wait for first light and count the swallows under or exiting each site. Join people at a bridge. It will be important to approach from the south side where the sun will warm things first and where there is shelter from the N to NW winds. Arrive be 6:30 AM, park back a bit,then watch and listenas first light approaches (about 6:43 AM). Last time talking with Dave, the Salmon Creek Bridge (west side of Braddock Bay) was not yet covered as he was sure of 19 birds going under there late enough to be sure they were roosting. One could park at the lot on Manitou Beach Rd where you park for the owl woods and walk to that bridge before first light to see those. Several years ago I did that and heard them awake and start calling and moving about before flying out. Good Luck to all who try!! Bob Spahn ___ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings - Airport/Business and Tech Park - Ithaca
A parking lot surprise late this morning. Two SNOW BUNTINGS were hunkering down out of the wind in a gravel section of old driveway/walkway/parking lot, just North of Langmuir Lab (95 Brown Road) in the Cornell Business and Technology Park, across from the Airport area. This is about where the old building that held the CU Vertebrates Collection used to reside. Managed some identifiable pictures with my phone, for fun. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Etna Pine Siskins
Again this morning, at our feeders in Etna, there is a large mixed flock of Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches, and House Finches. I counted at least 20 Pine Siskins. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Etna Pine Siskins
Along with everyone else who is seeing Pine Siskins..there were several Pine Siskins at the feeders in Etna when I left the house this morning. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] FW: [OneidaBirds] Cave Swallows
Keep your eyes open!! Stewart Park.White Lighthouse Jetty.Myers Point.Long Point.Union Springs.Montezuma.Cayuga Lake SP.Taughannock Falls SP.etc. Carefully check each and every swallow seen flitting over open water or open fields. This has now become an annual and expected bird in the fall in NYS. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wpurc...@twcny.rr.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:47 PM To: OneidaBirds Subject: [OneidaBirds] Cave Swallows At least 15 Cave Swallows flew past Derby Hill between 12.15 12.20 PM. Bill Purcell Hastings NY Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry __._,_.___ Reply to mailto:wpurc...@twcny.rr.com?subject=cave%20swallows sender | Reply to mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com?subject=cave%20swallows group | Reply http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxb2ptZ3Y0BF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAM3MTI4BHNlYwN mdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODExMTYwMw--?act=replymessageNum=7128 via web post | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmaG1rMjc0BF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHB jBHN0aW1lAzEyODgxMTE2MDM- Start a New Topic Messages http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/message/4520;_ylc=X3oDMTM1bmhxczA yBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAM3MTI 4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODExMTYwMwR0cGNJZAM0NTIw in this topic (2) Recent Activity: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdjdlcXFyBF9TAzk3MzU5 NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0 aW1lAzEyODgxMTE2MDM- Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlanNmamNnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2N Tk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODExMTYwM w-- Yahoo! Groups Switch to: mailto:oneidabirds-traditio...@yahoogroups.com?subject=change%20delivery%20 Format:%20Traditional Text-Only, mailto:oneidabirds-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=email%20delivery:%20Diges t Daily Digest . mailto:oneidabirds-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=unsubscribe Unsubscribe . http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Terms of Use . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=16599754/grpspId=1705065787/msgI d=7128/stime=1288111603/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3 __,_._,___ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] FW: [OneidaBirds] More Cave Swallows.
More. -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Carrolan Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:20 PM To: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OneidaBirds] More Cave Swallows. Four more Caves just flew by Derby Hill (North). Also interesting, on strong SSE winds today, a Roughleg a Golden Eagle. Tom Carrolan Liverpool NY www.hawksaloft,com __._,_.___ Reply to mailto:t...@hawksaloft.com?subject=more%20cave%20swallows. sender | Reply mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com?subject=more%20cave%20swallows. to group | Reply http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxY3A5bGlzBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAM3MTI5BHNlYwN mdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODExMzU4Mg--?act=replymessageNum=7129 via web post | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdHFma2lqBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHB jBHN0aW1lAzEyODgxMTM1ODI- Start a New Topic Messages http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/message/7129;_ylc=X3oDMTM1YmtlMDM yBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAM3MTI 5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODExMzU4MgR0cGNJZAM3MTI5 in this topic (1) Recent Activity: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbnFzcGpjBF9TAzk3MzU5 NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0 aW1lAzEyODgxMTM1ODI- Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJla3V2azkwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2N Tk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI4ODExMzU4M g-- Yahoo! Groups Switch to: mailto:oneidabirds-traditio...@yahoogroups.com?subject=change%20delivery%20 Format:%20Traditional Text-Only, mailto:oneidabirds-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=email%20delivery:%20Diges t Daily Digest . mailto:oneidabirds-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=unsubscribe Unsubscribe . http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Terms of Use . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=16599754/grpspId=1705065787/msgI d=7129/stime=1288113582/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3 __,_._,___ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] RUFF at Montezuma NWR @ 1:00pm
I just got a call from Gerard Phillips, who stopped at Montezuma on his way back home to Canada. He was the one who relocated the Ruff during the Montezuma Muckrace on Saturday evening.well, he's done it again! The RUFF is present again in the same general area as seen from the East Road overlook into the Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Just getting the word out! Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H PS - I hope to post something about our Montezuma Muckrace day and results from our team, The Gallinagos (consisting of Kevin McGowan, Jeff Gerbracht, Gerard, and me), in the next few days. -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Scissor-tailed Fly: N. Spring Pool, Montezuma NWR
A possible adult was seen very briefly for about 12 seconds by Gerard Phillips, of which I got onto the bird for about 3-4 seconds. It was flying across N. Spring Pool and across the NYS Thruway, West of SR 89 bridge. Distance to bird about 200-300 yards in bright and glary conditions. It disappeared into trees on the opposite side of the thruway. It was not seen again. Just wanted to get the word out. Sighting at about 2pm or so. -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: List Rules and Info
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ADMIN: RE: [cayugabirds-l] I need you help
Please disregard the message below. Obviously this is a spam/virus/spyware, that has affected the subscriber's machine. The only way postings can reach the list is directly from a subscribed email address. The user's email address has been placed under moderation to prevent future distribution of similar spam messages. If anyone has any questions or comments, please direct them to me and not to the list. Thank you very much! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES From: bounce-6027009-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-6027009-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Clougherty Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:31 PM To: lindacloughe...@yahoo.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] I need you help Hope you get this on time,sorry I didn't inform you about my trip in Wales Uk for a program, I'm presently in Cardiff and am having some difficulties here because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept.I want you to assist me with a loan of $2500 to sort-out my hotel bills and to get myself back home. I have spoken to the embassy here but they are not responding to the matter effectively,I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me with,I'll Refund the money back to you as soon as i return, let me know if you can be of any help. I don't have a phone where i can be reached. Please let me know immediately. Thanks Linda Clougherty -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard 2010 bird pics
I haven't taken too many digi-binoc bird pictures at the Hawthorn Orchard yet this year, but I have put up a tiny handful here: http://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/2010HawthornOrchardBirds# These include my best shot of the cooperative Blackburnian Warbler that Anne Klingensmith and I saw on the 16th, a foraging Cape May Warbler on the 8th, and video/audio an incessantly singing Tennessee Warbler on the 15th. I also saw this cooperative Raven atop the radio tower hill at Mount Pleasant on the 16th. This flyby shot was just a lucky digi-binoc shot, taken moments after the video clip of the Raven: http://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/CommonRaven# Fun stuff. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 5/8/2010 - 18 Warbler Species and both cuckoos
This morning, I made my first visit to the Hawthorn Orchard this spring. I was there from about 6:30am to 9:30am. Except for fresh footprints from one or two other persons, there were no people birding this Hawthorn Orchard this morning. It was a little drizzly early and it was certainly muddy throughout the Hawthorn Orchard. Around 9:30am, the wind really began to pick up and gust, by which time I had pretty much covered all parts in search of birds. For those new to Cayugabirds, more information about the Hawthorn Orchard and directions to get there may be found at this link: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/hawthorn.htm More links are at the bottom of this message. The following are the species and approximate numbers of birds I heard and/or saw in and around the Hawthorn Orchard: 2 Solitary Sandpipers (low flyovers) 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (heard calling cu-cu...cu-cu.cu-cu.cu-cu.cu-cu-cu. etc., WNW corner of H.O.) 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS (came in and seen very well, together, in response to my attempt at an Eastern Screech-Owl imitation; one appeared a bit more beefy looking with brighter rufous primaries than the other, slightly smaller, individual; also, one of them produced a good gurgle call - often heard during nocturnal migration; North central portion of the H.O.). 1 Chimney Swift (flyover) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (distant drummer) 3 Downy Woodpeckers (two trying to deter a European Starling from entering their nest cavity) 2 Northern Flickers 4-5 Least Flycatchers 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireos 12+ Blue Jays (some in north-bound migration overhead) 4-5 American Crows 1 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallows 5-6 Black-capped Chickadees 3-4 Tufted Titmice 4-5 House Wrens 5-6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 1 VEERY (center of H.O.) 1 WOOD THRUSH (saw and heard pip-pip-pip calls; no singing; North slope of H.O.) 25+ Gray Catbirds 6-7 European Starlings 2 Cedar Waxwings 3-4 Blue-winged Warblers 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS 7-8 Nashville Warblers 6-7 Northern Parulas 15+ Yellow Warblers 3-4 Chestnut-sided Warblers (alternate songs) 7-8 Magnolia Warblers 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER (silent adult male, actively foraging in a pair of spruce trees located down a path that is off to the West of the East Ithaca Recreation Way; the path entrance is about 100 yards to the North of the wooden rail fences that line either side of the EIRW where it crosses well above a small creek) 6-7 Black-throated Blue Warblers (2 females, 4-5 males) 30+ Yellow-rumped Warblers (primarily in the same location as the Cape May Warbler; some also present at far northwest portion of H.O. general area, by cottonwood trees near entrance to EIRW) 2 Black-throated Green Warblers (singing; at far northwest portion of H.O. general area, closest to cottonwood trees near entrance to EIRW) 1 Blackburnian Warbler (singing; same location as Black-throated Green Warblers) BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (1 softly singing at very NE corner of H.O., near softball field edge) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (1singing in ravine just East of pond and driveway below the Black Oak Lane townhouses) 3-4 American Redstarts (1 female, 2-3 males) 2 Ovenbirds (1 at SE corner of H.O., 1 at NW corner of H.O.) 1 MOURNING WARBLER (at 7:10am, this bird sang once from the NE section of the H.O., just uphill from the slope with all the brambles/multiflora rose; later, I relocated this bird singing periodically just downhill and in the brambles more, and managed to pish it in for a brief naked-eye view only about 3-4 feet from my feet. 6-7 Common Yellowthroats 1-2 Scarlet Tanagers (1 singing from NW section of H.O. early; later, one was singing from SW section, then flew off to the East; probably different birds) 1-2 Eastern Towhees 1-2 Chipping Sparrows 1 Savannah Sparrow (just SW of outdoor tennis courts at Reis Tennis Center) 10-11 Song Sparrows 4-5 White-throated Sparrows 6-7 Northern Cardinals 1-2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 1-2 INDIGO BUNTINGS (1 high flyover bzhee!, 1 nice male in the tops of the hawthorns at the NE section of the H.O.) 3 BOBOLINKS (2 high, north-bound flyovers, singing; 1 south-bound low flyover calling sprink! at time of increased wind, seemingly looking for a field to take refuge in) 10-12 Red-winged Blackbirds 1-2 Eastern Meadowlarks (heard singing from direction of Oxley Equestrian Center or fields to SW of there) 10-12 Common Grackles 1-2 Brown-headed Cowbirds 4 Baltimore Orioles (2 adult males and one 1st-yr-type foraging in tops of hawthorns at the NE section of H.O.; one singer from grove well south of H.O.) 1 House Finch 8-9 American Goldfinches 4-5 House Sparrows This link shows the progression of the Hawthorn Orchard habitat from aerial photographs taken as early as 1936 and as late as 2006: http://picasaweb.google.com/cth4th/HawthornOrchardHistoricalAerials# This link is of some random digiscoped shots of birds seen at the Hawthorn Orchard
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher
They must have moved in, en masse, last night. There is also a singer in the scrubby area to the North of Langmuir Lab at 95 Brown Road, near the Tompkins Regional Airport. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -Original Message- From: bounce-5581278-3488...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5581278-3488...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:48 AM To: B Mcaneny Cc: Anne Marie Johnson; Cayugabirds-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher Brown Thrasher singing outside the window here this morning. Bob McGuire, Snyder Hill Rd On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:13 AM, B Mcaneny wrote: Thanks to Anne Marie's post, I was reminded that yesterday while I was on the phone (yes, I still use a land line), a Brown Thrasher flew up to the low hedge in our front yard, poked around a bit, and flew across the road. Haven't seen one here since last year. Bill McAneny, TBurg - Original Message - From: Anne Marie Johnson a...@cornell.edu To: Cayugabirds-L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:52 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Brown Thrasher A Brown Thrasher was singing from the land between Creamery Road and Central Chapel Road this morning. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
ADMIN: Re: [cayugabirds-l] subscribing with gmail address
If anyone else has any logistic-related questions concerning the mechanics of subscribing, unsubscribing, or change of email address, please either consult the Welcome page (linked off http://www.NortheastBirding.com and available in my signature below) or contact the Listowner directly. Thanks! Sincerely, Chris T-H Listowner, Cayugabirds-L Ithaca, NY On 1/6/2010 1:31 PM, tvawter wrote: Colleagues, I've recently had all my Wells College email forwarded to my gmail address, which is very convenient. But, when I try to respond to a post from the cayugabirds listserve, the list doesn't recognize me. Can I subscribe to the list from my gmail account? Does anyone know how to do this? Tom A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D Professor of Biology Environmental Studies, Herbert E. Ives Professor of Science Wells College Aurora, NY 13026 315.364.3269 (voice) 315.364.3464 (fax) tvaw...@wells.edu (e-mail) Visiting Fellow Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 === Cayugabirds-L Listowner Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4/CayugabirdsRULES.htm === -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] [Fwd: Orange-crowned Warbler in Sapsucker Woods]
FYI... Original Message Subject:Orange-crowned Warbler in Sapsucker Woods Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:25:24 -0400 From: Tom Schulenberg ts...@cornell.edu Reply-To: Tom Schulenberg ts...@cornell.edu To: clo-bird...@cornell.edu I saw one this morning on my walk in to work, in the shrubs at the west end of the small pond by the Frog Barn. There was a Blue-headed Vireo at the same site. tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.com -- = Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 Voice: 607-254-2418, FAX: 607-254-2460 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp mailto:c...@cornell.edu = -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow - Ithaca
Right on time! Sincerely, Chris T-H Tom Johnson wrote: Cayugabirders, This morning I saw a single Nelson's Sparrow in the field at Hog Hole (Treman Marine Park) in the southwest corner of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca. The bird was along the north edge of the field up against the lake. Other birds in the area included Palm, Blackpoll Warblers, Solitary Sandpiper, and the continuing Lesser Black-backed Gull. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mailto:t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- = Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 Voice: 607-254-2418, FAX: 607-254-2460 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp mailto:c...@cornell.edu = -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
