Re:[cayugabirds-l] Return of Ospreys

2024-03-15 Thread Dave Nutter
chell & I also found another Osprey nest with 2 birds in it at Mud Lock, but a bit of a surprise. Photo also with my phone through my binoculars & the car window: https://ebird.org/checklist/S164970845 - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 15, 2024, at 10:26 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > For a fe

[cayugabirds-l] Return of Ospreys

2024-03-15 Thread Dave Nutter
than a nearby immature Bald Eagle. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] “Our” Catbird returned!

2024-03-12 Thread Dave Nutter
to migrate, so maybe this is one of those birds who gambled on an inconsequential winter and won. Even so, this could be “your” Catbird. Did it sing? Either way, I agree you are fortunate, and I’m sure your excellent yard habitat is part of the reason it’s there. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-07 Thread Dave Nutter
have a pair in the City of Ithaca, it wouldn’t surprise me if they nest here, and it wouldn’t surprise me if their courtship is carried out on top of that smokestack. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 6, 2024, at 9:53 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > The barn is between Freeville & McLean, more s

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-06 Thread Dave Nutter
early for > northern limit of breeding range, but appeared to be inspecting a potential > or prior nest location." > - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 5, 2024, at 10:53 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote: > > Seems to me unlikely that many black vultures are nesting north of us. We

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-04 Thread Dave Nutter
ng with, how many birds are local, and how many of the birds seen recently have been migrating through. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 4, 2024, at 5:07 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote: > > Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!! > > Sent from my iPhone > >>

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins in Brooktondale

2024-01-31 Thread Dave Nutter
n hour in > white pine cones of large white pine tree at least (prob more) 3 ft DBH. > “Easily 40 siskins” in it foraging ongoing, voraciously. (42.4500,-76.4720)— > 25 fly off 12:58p to land atop deciduous tree." - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 31, 2024, at 10:42 AM, Marty Schlabac

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redhead raft

2024-01-27 Thread Dave Nutter
fortunate to see a Northern >Shoveler from Allan Treman. And the diversity of water birds at the south end >of Cayuga Lake is likely to increase through March! - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 27, 2024, at 2:48 PM, Eveline V. Ferretti wrote: > > Hello! Am at cass park for a Satur

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird, Seneca Falls

2024-01-27 Thread Dave Nutter
ill have to try again &/or be lucky to see a Yellow-headed Blackbird locally, and I will appreciate any further reports of this bird. Good birding! - - Dave Nutter (607)229-2158 > On Jan 27, 2024, at 1:18 PM, David Suggs > wrote: > > Saturday, Jan 27. Rt 414 & Worden Rd.

[cayugabirds-l] Eagle in Cayuga Lake

2024-01-15 Thread Dave Nutter
have chosen that more difficult direction because it knew the adult pair lived on the east shore. And when the team of adult Bald Eagles showed up, the young bird knew it stood no chance of keeping that meal. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_

[cayugabirds-l] Wood Duck at Mud Lock

2024-01-13 Thread Dave Nutter
However, when the ducks saw me fussing with my window-mounted telescope to take a digi-scope photo, they swam out into the river, and the Wood Duck went all the way to the other side, where it was actually more visible. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle carrying nesting material in Lansing

2024-01-13 Thread Dave Nutter
, it would have arrived at the existing nest in the gorge along Maplewood Rd in the Town of Ulysses. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler (intergrade?), Ithaca

2024-01-11 Thread Dave Nutter
he shape of the throat patch. Audubon’s is a simple triangle, but the lower corners of Myrtle’s throat patch extend in a curve to the rear below the the cheek or “auriculars”. I hope this helps you find this bird, and want to do so. Plus it’s cute. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 11, 2024, at 3:48 PM,

[cayugabirds-l] Young eagles over Cayuga Lake

2024-01-11 Thread Dave Nutter
though both birds are nowhere near adult plumage? I hope to see them again and find out. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm

[cayugabirds-l] 2024 Cayuga Basin First Records available

2024-01-07 Thread Dave Nutter
re it out, while enjoying the sighting either way. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/Cayugabir

[cayugabirds-l] A few more Count Week birds

2024-01-05 Thread Dave Nutter
I don’t monitor. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_

[cayugabirds-l] Canvasback on SW Cayuga Lake 4 January

2024-01-04 Thread Dave Nutter
fuzzy blobs. If there had been a male Canvasback in the closer part of that flock, maybe it would have stood out. Sorting Scaups or other Aythya species was out of the question for me in that eastern raft today. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text &q

[cayugabirds-l] Canvasback on count day

2024-01-03 Thread Dave Nutter
of year, eBird does not request any details or description. It’s up to folks in charge of the count to decide whether to include Dan’s report. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: Northeas

[cayugabirds-l] More December 2023 Count Week birds

2023-12-31 Thread Dave Nutter
due to difficulty hearing them). Have a great day tomorrow! - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_

[cayugabirds-l] Count Week Black Vultures

2023-12-30 Thread Dave Nutter
se 2 are part of the possible family of 4 seen several times this autumn, and there’s a chance they will be seen on the Count on New Year’s Day. If you are within sight of that old Morse Chain factory smokestack, glance at it every now and then. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any U

[cayugabirds-l] Count Week Tundra Swans

2023-12-30 Thread Dave Nutter
, and being flyovers, I suspect they will not stick around until January 1, even though they were not very high. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/Ca

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Count Week!!!

2023-12-29 Thread Dave Nutter
I expect BALD EAGLE to be on the count, but just in case, I saw an adult over Cayuga Lake near the west shore, plus a MERLIN in a tree along the east side of the marina. Have a great time birding, and share your news! - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 29, 2023, at 6:34 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenb

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red headed Woodpecker reported

2023-12-17 Thread Dave Nutter
ere have been persistent reports lately of an adult in the area (with references to the playground), including caching acorns, so it seems to be planning to stay the winter. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 16, 2023, at 7:20 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > After I watched the Snow geese for

[cayugabirds-l] White bird reports & rumors

2023-12-15 Thread Dave Nutter
surprises us is where they go. Keep your eyes open in that area. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures perched in Ithaca

2023-12-11 Thread Dave Nutter
They flew north over downtown around 11:15am. But it’s worth checking that smokestack for them regularly. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 11, 2023, at 10:22 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > The frequently seen group of 4 Black Vultures have been perched atop the > large, old, concrete

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures perched in Ithaca

2023-12-11 Thread Dave Nutter
The frequently seen group of 4 Black Vultures have been perched atop the large, old, concrete Morse Chain smokestack low on South Hill in Ithaca this morning. I believe they are a family who bred in the area this year. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any

[cayugabirds-l] Re: Seeking 1998 Bull’s Birds of New York

2023-11-28 Thread Dave Nutter
Thank-you everyone for your prompt replies with ideas and sources. This was so effective that Reuben was able to obtain a copy this very afternoon from Joe Brin. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 28, 2023, at 1:13 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Hi All, > I’m writing on behalf of Reuben Stol

[cayugabirds-l] Seeking 1998 Bull’s Birds of New York

2023-11-28 Thread Dave Nutter
. Thanks! In case this helps, the 1985 edition which I have is copyright by the American Museum of Natural History and it was published by Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text &q

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds

2023-11-26 Thread Dave Nutter
to flip through the field guides. Our process might have been a lot faster if the bird was named “Yellow-faced Sparrow,” so that’s my suggestion. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 26, 2023, at 9:37 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > Horrors. No bird deserves a name like that! > > Donna

[cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds

2023-11-26 Thread Dave Nutter
What would be better names for birds? The American Ornithologist Society says the public will be involved. It’s going to be interesting. What are your suggestions? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/bird-names-racism-audobon-satire/?wpisrc=nl_ideas - - Dave Nutter

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Snowy Egret - RFI

2023-11-14 Thread Dave Nutter
. It’s hard to say where it will be tomorrow, but I hope that, if it sticks around in publicly accessible places, folks continue to share its whereabouts so others can see this beautiful bird. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_&quo

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [The Washington Post] Dozens of bird names honoring enslavers and racists will be changed

2023-11-03 Thread Dave Nutter
to all new birders as well as to any birders traveling to unfamiliar areas. I struggle with many western North American species named for people. Also, Kenn Kaufmann’s story is classic. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > Subject: [The Washington Post] Dozens of bird names honor

[cayugabirds-l] Limpkin seen 10/31 & 11/1

2023-11-03 Thread Dave Nutter
. Perhaps it’s a coincidence that there was a cold snap. Maybe people have quit looking. If you have searched for it since, please report whether or not you have found it. Thanks. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".")

[cayugabirds-l] Limpkin continues, Monday morning

2023-10-30 Thread Dave Nutter
elds. This morning, Monday 30 October, it has been reported a bit SE of Pirozzolo Park and SW of Durland Ave, in woods closer to the river than to the levee. That was shortly after 8am. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Trumpeter Swan at Myers Point, 10:15 am

2023-10-30 Thread Dave Nutter
Reuben Stoltzfus just called. He’s at Myers Point looking at a swan near the sandbar. Although Tundra Swan was reported there earlier today, it looks more like a Trumpeter to Reuben due to to bill shape, head shape, and back shape. He invites others to take a look. - - Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Limpkin continues

2023-10-28 Thread Dave Nutter
onvenient public park. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 28, 2023, at 9:52 AM, emartin...@earthlink.net wrote: > > Chris Wood had the bird at sunRISE this morning even though his report says > sunset. Just confirmed it with him. > Pat Martin > > Sent from my iPhone > >> O

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Limpkin continues

2023-10-28 Thread Dave Nutter
cous scream which that rises then falls in pitch. It has been used as a jungle sound effect for Tarzan movies and was the voice of Harry Potter’s Hippogriff. If you hear that, resist the urge to flee, but move slowly toward it. Good luck! - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 28, 2023, at 8:30 AM

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waxwings

2023-10-27 Thread Dave Nutter
Also add to the list of birds eating Pokeweed berries in my yard: Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, European Starling, American Robin, and Eastern Bluebird. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 17, 2023, at 9:26 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Agreed, Pokewee

[cayugabirds-l] Limpkin continues

2023-10-27 Thread Dave Nutter
to deliberately flush it. So far it seems to be doing well, from what I’ve read. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Limpkin still in Elmira

2023-10-23 Thread Dave Nutter
FYI - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: > Date: October 23, 2023 at 12:57:53 PM EDT > To: > Subject: Limpkin still in Elmira > > Hi, Dave, > > Can you forward this to cayugabirds and nybirds. I’m not sure I remember how. > > Courtney

[cayugabirds-l] Elmira Limpkin, a true story of late October

2023-10-23 Thread Dave Nutter
ee. Noisy kids on a >playground ignored us, but a guy at a fire station stared at our telescopes >and binoculars and cameras. Maybe he knew what it’s like beyond the levee by >the river. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 23, 2023, at 7:09 AM, Robin Cisne wrote: > > Wasn't she the v

[cayugabirds-l] Elmira Limpkin

2023-10-22 Thread Dave Nutter
t Buffalo, and I believe it was released in South Carolina. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waxwings

2023-10-17 Thread Dave Nutter
Agreed, Pokeweed berries are great bird food, as well as being beautiful colorful plants. I have also had Swainson’s Thrush, Gray Catbird, Scarlet Tanager, Red-eyed Vireo, and Northern Cardinal eating them. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 16, 2023, at 11:49 AM, Regi Teasley wrote: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren Redux

2023-09-22 Thread Dave Nutter
managed for this NYSDEC Threatened Species, and similarly DEC lands may be more easily monitored by the public. Agreed, learn their song, and if you have access to their habitat, listen for it, even in summer. - - Dave Nutter > On Sep 21, 2023, at 1:45 PM, Randolph Little wrote: > >

[cayugabirds-l] Jaegers

2023-09-20 Thread Dave Nutter
jaegers as they started their trip from overland from the Great Lakes toward the ocean. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@birds.cornell.edu > Date: September 19, 2023 at 6:09:14 PM EDT > To: nutter.d...@mac.com > Subject: [eBird Alert] Oswego County Rar

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR shorebird walks: next year

2023-08-21 Thread Dave Nutter
. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: "Van Beusichem, Andrea" > Date: August 21, 2023 at 9:50:02 AM EDT > To: Dave Nutter > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] May I lead walks at Knox-Marsellus & Puddler 8/26 & > 9/2? > > Hi Dave, > > Thank you f

[cayugabirds-l] rare Sedge Wrens breeding at MAC

2023-08-20 Thread Dave Nutter
for more evidence to confirm breeding. Today Jay McGowan saw it! - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@birds.cornell.edu > Date: August 20, 2023 at 10:36:34 AM EDT > To: nutter.d...@mac.com > Subject: [eBird Alert] Wayne County Rare Bird Alert > > *

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR 8/19 shorebird walk @ Tschache Pool dike

2023-08-18 Thread Dave Nutter
in past years, refuge staff say that the water level is being drawn down. So shorebird habitat should be created there, and maybe there can be guided walks there the next 2 Saturdays, August 26 & September 2, if anyone volunteers to lead them. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Wayne County Rare Bird Alert

2023-08-11 Thread Dave Nutter
nest material, a nest being built or used, carrying food, carrying fecal sacs, or baby birds! It would be so cool for breeding of rare Sedge Wrens to be confirmed here. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-al...@birds.cornell.edu > Date: August 10, 2023 at 10:55

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Guided Shorebird Walks

2023-08-07 Thread Dave Nutter
Updated info for Montezuma NWR Shorebird Walks & sign-up link below - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: "Van Beusichem, Andrea" > Date: August 7, 2023 at 1:32:14 PM EDT > To: Dave Nutter > Subject: Guided Shorebird Walks > > Hi Dave, > >

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR guided shorebird walks

2023-08-03 Thread Dave Nutter
12th & 19th! - - Dave Nutter > On Aug 2, 2023, at 4:55 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > For a number of years the management at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge > has allowed a limited number of the public into normally restricted areas on > a few days in summer to observe migra

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR guided shorebird walks

2023-08-02 Thread Dave Nutter
of participants should not be as limited as they were during COVID. I hope to have more information for you soon. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers

2023-07-06 Thread Dave Nutter
Thanks for the info, Kevin. It was a bit frustrating to label all the photos “adult, sex unknown” when there were clearly (at least) 2 different birds, and it seemed a good bet that there was (at least) 1 of each sex. But so be it. - - Dave Nutter > On Jul 6, 2023, at 7:42 PM, Kevi

[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers

2023-07-06 Thread Dave Nutter
? A link to my eBird checklist, with photos, is below. - - Dave Nutter > - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S143727178 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey nesting at Game Farm soccer fields?

2023-06-30 Thread Dave Nutter
also continue to bring sticks to add to the nest even when there are eggs or young in the nest, which to me seems a bit awkward and risky, but that’s the perspective of someone who is no good at fishing or flying, so who am I to judge? - - Dave Nutter > On Jun 30, 2023, at 8:50 AM, Sandra L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Conservation vs Ecology

2023-06-07 Thread Dave Nutter
d that distracted me while I was writing this. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.ma

[cayugabirds-l] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher continues in Candor, Tioga County

2023-05-05 Thread Dave Nutter
Adam Troyer reports that the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher continues at his family’s dairy farm at the end of TOMAK (also spelled TOMACK) Road in the town of Candor in Tioga County. It’s a spectacular bird. Wear muck boots, it’s usually near the pastured cows. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrines?

2023-05-04 Thread Dave Nutter
arly for fledging? What has been happening? When was the last sighting of young on the ledge & what stage? Are the adults still in the area? - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRU

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
Even so, we needed scopes, and my photos were horrendous. The Pelican was still on the lake when we left about 4:30pm. Perhaps it will remain tomorrow if the north wind and rain start up soon enough in the morning to deter its urge to soar in the early morning calm. - - Dave Nutter >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow crowned night heron

2023-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
promptly. If there is a way to watch a nest through a scope from a long distance, that would be way to do it. Also, if anyone wants to compare the markings & plumage in all the recent Freeville photos to see if it’s actually 2 birds, that would be cool. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 26, 2023, at 9:11

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pelican

2023-05-03 Thread Dave Nutter
of Cayuga Lake State Park on Lower Lake Rd, one “block” north, but I bet a bird that size is visible from the boat ramp or the shore of the park. Try whichever side of the lake is most convenient for you. - - Dave Nutter > On May 3, 2023, at 8:50 AM, Laura Stenzler wrote: > > > Hi

[cayugabirds-l] Blue Jay migration

2023-04-28 Thread Dave Nutter
I have watched Blue Jays fly south over the east end of Stewart Park, presumably having been gathered and guided by Cayuga Lake’s diagonal “east” shore, and over downtown Ithaca as well. To me, it’s a thrill to see the migration phenomenon played out. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow crowned night heron

2023-04-26 Thread Dave Nutter
an adult was seen in Mill Dam Park very near to this location, and in June 2021 an adult was seen along Fall Creek adjacent to Groton Avenue Park. It’s possible the species is regular there and just hasn’t been noticed much. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 26, 2023, at 7:31 PM, Fred Rimmel wr

[cayugabirds-l] distinctive Yellow Warbler at Swan Pond (& apology)

2023-04-25 Thread Dave Nutter
longer term. - - Dave Nutter PS Apologies for misinformation about Salmon Creek I introduced into the notice of the Salt Point Prothonotary Warbler report yesterday. The Lat/Long I included from the texts was correct, and I hope some folks still were helped by hearing about the rarity

[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler at Salt Point/Myers Point, Lansing

2023-04-24 Thread Dave Nutter
At 10:15am Elliott Ress reported a Prothonotary Warbler seen and heard singing while foraging with Yellow-rumped Warblers along the “south” side of the creek (probably means east side, as the creek flows south), but seen by him from [42.5394, -76.5480] on the Salt Point side. - - Dave Nutter

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrine hatch (Friday 21 April)

2023-04-22 Thread Dave Nutter
d up enough that we could see a small white fluffy nestling. We couldn’t tell how many, if any, more nestlings there were, nor could we see any eggs during that glimpse. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma shorebirds & Glossy Ibis, Friday 21 April

2023-04-22 Thread Dave Nutter
t others as well, including Northern Pintail. One could spend a long time birding here. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationL

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Little Gull, Friday 21 April

2023-04-22 Thread Dave Nutter
than 3/4 of an hour - - Dave Nutter -- 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@cor

[cayugabirds-l] possible Chickadee migration near Allan Treman marina

2023-04-16 Thread Dave Nutter
ve trees and forests as they travel so they can quickly dive into the protection among the branches and twigs. I wonder if others have heard of or noticed these phenomena, and if this explanation sounds right. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabird

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Foy B Thrasher

2023-04-15 Thread Dave Nutter
1 Brown Thrasher singing from a bare deciduous tree in the middle of Newman Golf Course and 1 singing at entrance to Jetty Woods/Lighthouse Point/Cornell Biological Field Station this morning. FOY for me as well, and always a treat. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 15, 2023, at 1:08 PM, Barbara Ba

[cayugabirds-l] Shorebirds, etc, esp. along Wildlife Drive, Montezuma NWR

2023-04-03 Thread Dave Nutter
by walking counter-clockwise around it and scoping inward while walking north along the east dike. Enjoy Shorebird Season! - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Northeas

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose

2023-04-02 Thread Dave Nutter
seen so close, and I am grateful that this bird, which I think has had a tough time, chose my neighborhood. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBir

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bonaparte's Gulls, Stewart Park

2023-04-02 Thread Dave Nutter
welcome to follow the “Snow Goose” thread. It has stayed on that narrow topic, so if that’s not your style, you can skip it. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 31, 2023, at 7:45 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > I'm not quite sure why we got 10 emails about a Snow Goose but no mention of > the over 1

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose

2023-03-30 Thread Dave Nutter
it’s normal for a grazing goose to rest occasionally during the day by sitting down to digest awhile. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 30, 2023, at 9:25 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > As of 9:07am the Snow Goose is still/again grazing on the lawn between the > Cayuga Waterfront Trail and C

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose

2023-03-30 Thread Dave Nutter
bankment unnecessarily. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 29, 2023, at 7:34 PM, Elaina M. McCartney > wrote: > > I can walk over in the morning and see if it's still there. > > Elaina > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 18:20, marsha kardon wrote: >> >>  >> I'm wonde

[cayugabirds-l] All male Ospreys now?

2023-03-29 Thread Dave Nutter
that it was interested in that site. - - Dave Nutter > >> On Mar 29, 2023, at 4:40 PM, Gloria Sage wrote: >> >> I think that male Ospreys come north first and prepare a nest. The females >> come later. >> >> Gloria Sage -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.North

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Goose

2023-03-29 Thread Dave Nutter
is tolerant. Many Snow Geese who don’t finish migration are not sick but have been wounded by hunters. Sometimes they gather into small flocks who swim around Cayuga Lake. I’d rather let it be. But if it is sick, then handling it would not be a smart idea for the people. - - Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Osprey

2023-03-28 Thread Dave Nutter
time Duane saw an Osprey flying across the road and water on the Garden’s east side, and later failed to notice an Osprey off of Stewart Park when Suan was there. Birds are mobile and sneaky. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 28, 2023, at 4:31 PM, Colleen Richards wrote: > > There was d

[cayugabirds-l] FOY Osprey

2023-03-28 Thread Dave Nutter
think March 26 was my previous early record, but I have been expecting a sighting any day for the past several. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] A few Spring birds

2023-03-23 Thread Dave Nutter
ake Basin list, but many were firsts for me, prompting those special Spring smiles. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.h

[cayugabirds-l] Ross’s Goose, Stewart Park this evening

2023-01-24 Thread Dave Nutter
any around. - - Dave Nutter -- 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

[cayugabirds-l] First 2023 Cayuga Lake Basin Lapland Longspur

2023-01-24 Thread Dave Nutter
the list are from eBird, which is available to the public. Some are from CayugaBirds-L, to which many local birders subscribe. But Reuben reported this directly to me, so I’m sharing it here. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] [eatonbirdingsociety] "peter, peter, peter"

2023-01-22 Thread Dave Nutter
I’ve heard some Titmouse song already. Last year on New Year’s Day several were singing. Spring is a state of mind. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 22, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > Tufted titmice stay here year round. > But they don’t sing “Peter, Peter, Peter“ in win

[cayugabirds-l] Re: What’s been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin so far in 2023

2023-01-08 Thread Dave Nutter
to the Chronological version, so I make fewer errors (and when I do, they are at least internally consistent!). - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 7, 2023, at 9:31 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > Hi All, > > The 2023 Cayuga Lake Basin First Records tables are up and (I hope) running > on th

[cayugabirds-l] What’s been found in the Cayuga Lake Basin so far in 2023

2023-01-07 Thread Dave Nutter
the observer(s) and the location. Otherwise I try to include all observers and locations (according to eBird anyway) on the first day the species was reported. Let me know if it looks like I got something wrong or left something out. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pochard?

2022-12-30 Thread Dave Nutter
Records List. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 30, 2022, at 7:45 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote: > > Just to stir the pot on this one, I’ll point out that (1) Red-crested Pochard > is a migratory species in Europe and a regular vagrant to Great Britain, (2) > This past couple of mont

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Pochard?

2022-12-30 Thread Dave Nutter
from Chicago north through eastern WI, and in Detroit & Ann Arbor. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 29, 2022, at 3:51 PM, Laura Stenzler wrote: > > Hi David, > Was that red crested pochard ever confirmed? > > Laura > > Laura Stenzler > l...@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Count Week is on! Please note all unusual birds within circle

2022-12-29 Thread Dave Nutter
n various places in the area. Find your additions to the list. I believe a map of the count circle is on the Cayuga Bird Club web site. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Nort

[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Bonaparte’s Gulls yesterday, Northern Harrier today

2022-12-25 Thread Dave Nutter
welcome. - - Dave Nutter PS Tip for writers: place your phone next to your keyboard on a windowsill so you can be alerted to birds passing overhead by the reflections on the phone. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

2022-12-06 Thread Dave Nutter
e, where the water is deeper, and where ice usually ends in winter. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 6, 2022, at 4:18 PM, madonna stallmann > wrote: > > Newby here. Where exactly is East Shore Park? > > Madonna Stallmann > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 3:59 PM Jay McGowan wro

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Harlequin duck

2022-12-04 Thread Dave Nutter
ke Basin, but this morning Kevin McGowan mentioned that Bard Prentiss reported it in Union Springs sometime. Over 20 birders saw it this morning. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 4, 2022, at 9:13 AM, Laura Stenzler wrote: > > Dave Nutter has reported a female harlequin duck by the docks north of E

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Common Loons on Seneca

2022-11-25 Thread Dave Nutter
between when the fog lifted and when the rainshowers set in. Anyway, there are still Loons on Cayuga Lake, enough for them to have spread more or less to the south end. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 25, 2022, at 8:35 AM, John Gregoire > wrote: > > I hope so, Bob. It's such

[cayugabirds-l] Enfield Snipe

2022-11-22 Thread Dave Nutter
ason for Wilson’s Snipe, and eBird has no November reports in Enfield. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Dave Nutter
I dig up the entire plant, including the substantial taproot, when I see the big heart-shaped leaves, well before the burrs form. Then I leave it upside-down to dry out & die, or in a pile of other plants I’m pulling out, again with roots in the air. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 4, 2022,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Dave Nutter
. On a happier note, this morning I have 2 Nashville Warblers hover-gleaning at Goldenrod flowers outside my kitchen window. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:00 AM, bob mcguire wrote: > > So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch > several year

[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures migrating

2022-09-30 Thread Dave Nutter
Currently kettling & streaming SW over downtown Ithaca. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Cardinals still nesting.

2022-08-28 Thread Dave Nutter
and fed briefly on sunflower seeds. Probably there are folks reading this who know better than I, and I’m interested in your opinions, but it seems to me that August 28 is pretty late to have nestlings, which is what her activity indicated. Late or normal, it was cool to witness. - - Dave Nutter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds transporting ticks

2022-08-18 Thread Dave Nutter
Source of information? - - Dave Nutter > On Aug 18, 2022, at 7:47 AM, Peter Saracino wrote: > > Interesting fact: > Ground feeding species (cardinals, catbirds, song sparrows, robins) spend > lots of time foraging for food at optimal height for ticks, and are excellent >

[cayugabirds-l] Owego Upland Sandpiper

2022-07-18 Thread Dave Nutter
by now, but meanwhile Reuben says that birders are welcome to check it out or call 607-223-4427, the farm of Marty Schlabaugh (not the birder from Interlaken with a differently spelled last name). - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

2022-05-26 Thread Dave Nutter
hat goes into my notes within the list. The Alder Flycatcher I heard yesterday under the powerlines at Sapsucker Woods is in that category for my year list. Little blighter kept singing but was invisible. - - Dave Nutter > On May 25, 2022, at 6:47 PM, James Gaffney wrote: > > I agr

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