[cayugabirds-l] Common Redpolls, Corning, NY
To Those Interested, Today was the first day I've seen Common Redpolls (CORE) at my feeders in East Corning! We had at least 5! I really can't remember the last time I had COREs at my feeders. Definitely pre-eBird! It has probably been since 1979 or 80! We've been having a lot of Pine Siskins (PISI) for at least a month now, usually 20-30 at a time. They are fun to watch. Having the COREs here today was a great Christmas present! Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook Corning, NY From: bounce-72545207-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-72545207-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Mcaneny Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 12:37 To: 'CayugaBirds-L@Cornell.e' Subject: [cayugabirds-l] redpolls Our redpoll count just doubled from yesterday: we now have TWO. Ta Da! About 17 siskins on niger feeders. When they left, the resident goldfinches returned, about 18 of them. Hard to count 'em when they outnumber the perches on the feeders. The snow here (1 to2 inches) has made this a very birdy morning. We must have been very good this year, to be so rewarded. Bill and Shirley McAneny, tburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> The Mail Archive <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> Surfbirds <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations
To Those Who Maybe Interested, Just as an FYI, a great new resource for those who want to learn the four letter alpha codes or at least have a reference for those times when folks forget the cayugabirds-l and other list's guidelines, the" Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds" is awesome. It is the first guide that I have seen that includes the alpha codes. Even the USGS web pages that list the codes are not as a good reference as this guide due to the splits and omissions. For example, Gaviformes are typically not included as they don't typically migrate. Regardless, this is a great reference, but not so much a field guide, as reported by others on this list previously. With texting and space constrained social networks, i.e. Twitter, etc., four letter alpha codes are seeing increased usage by birders across the US. Just my two cents. I have no financial ties to anything relating to this post. I just thought some folks might like to know or be reminded of this. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:56 To: Jay McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations THANKS, JAY. I'm sure many folks on the listserv, especially, new birders, aren't happy with the shorthand/texting. Fritzie *** Jay wrote: While very useful as shorthand for both bird banders and general birders, we to avoid these abbreviations on the listserv, since not everyone knows them and they can get confusing when people try to use them without knowing the exceptions to the rules. Cheers. - -- 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] Snow Geese and others
Snow Geese are migrating through the Corning area tonight. I heard flock after flock between 21:00 and Midnight. I was even at Wegmans in Corning, NY at 22:30 when two small flocks of about 70 birds each flew low over the parking lot. They were circling and the lights from the parking lot lit them up from underneath. It looked like a snow globe, with white wings flapping and swirling all over as the descended into the Chemung River. The numbers of these birds has to be phenomenal. Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: bounce-9181612-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9181612-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Ostrander Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 23:54 To: 'Meena Haribal'; cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese and others Our Chemung Valley Audubon group was at Knox-Marcellus when all the Snow Geese took off from the mucklands. When we arrived at the Potato building, there was only one Snow Goose to be seen, the one that four young hunters carried back to their rendezvous point at the Potato Building. It looked like they were probably done for the day. I asked them what the bag limit was, and they said 25 per person per day, so they were short of their combined limit by 99 birds. It's going to take a long time to reduce the population by hunting if every time one gets shot, the other quarter million fly away. We saw Jay, Tim, and Hope at Sheldrake. I did forget to tell Jay one other unusual bird we saw was a Red-shouldered Hawk perched in one of the bushy trees far across the marsh due west of the visitors' center at the Refuge. -- Bill Ostrander _ From: bounce-9181465-3518...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9181465-3518...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:28 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese and others Hi all, I went to north side of the lake, specially in search of Snow Geese. I was not disappointed. Along the Drake Road, I found some tom Turkeys under usual feeders. Center Road was quiet except for couple of Horned Larks. But as I was passing the road, I encountered my first flock of Snow Geese passing over me heading somewhere along 34 B. By the time I got the camera out, the birds were gone. But I considered that as a good omen for things to come ahead next. After a short detour on 90, I took my favorite Dixon road from Rafferty. Nothing special but many robins along the road, a flock of about 100 grackles with a few Red-winged mixed in and a Kestrel. At the end of the road I headed down to the lake, which comes out at Aurora Fire Station. Along the lake north, I stopped at Factory Pond. As Bill noted it was devoid of any ducks, but sleeping Screechie. At the same spot there was a very entertaining Starling doing all kinds of mimicry including Meadow Lark. So I spent some time with him trying my camera. Next, I stopped at Cayuga Village road just off of 90. Here I encountered huge flocks of Snow Geese flying overhead, which I found were heading to other side of the lake as the lake was mostly frozen around this area. There were many ducks but I did not spend time watching them as I was on an assignment, so shot some B rolls. I went to the water's edge at Cayuga park where I encountered Jay et al. Along Lake Road, I got a nice Common Goldeneye. Then headed to visitor Center for a short stop. Then I headed to Mucklands via East Road. From East Road, I could see huge flocks of Snow Geese in the muck. So I headed directly there. From both sides of the road there were thousands of Snow Geese and were just abut 300 mt from the road. I parked at the Potato building and hid behind the building and watched and took shots (not with guns but with a camera). I spent an hour or so when my battery died. When the whole group on the east side of the road rose, it made such a swishing noise, it was soothing and hypnotic and amazing. Some took off and other landed far side of the Muckland. As my battery had died, I wanted to recharge it, so decided to drive to Carncrass road. While my batter was charging on my car battery, I watched and took videos of Tundra Swans and their behaviors. I just watched the shots on my TV and so many amazing behaviors they seem to have. While I was there several thousands of Snow Geese went north of Carncrass road, to feed I think. But watching them overhead, made me feel dizzy as they made several kinds of patterns, V, U, M, N and Xs. I watched one X it had amazing movements, one group went west and other group east, but maintained that X for quite some time. I shot some part of it and watched it home, it was mind boggling as to how could they do that. As always when I watch these movements, I keep thinking who were the members of each groups, where they random or were they belonging to a specific clan? If they are clans, how do they keep in touch with each other? What is the cue to de
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ruffed Grouse collision
Years ago, I flushed a grouse in old field that had patches of dogwood, multiflora rose, open grassy areas along with goldenrod. The tallest brush in the old field was probably no more than seven feet high. The grouse flushed and flew about twenty yards flying low to the ground. It crashed right into the only patch of dogwood in its way then fell into the snow. It stood there looking at me and I at it. After about ten seconds of no movement from either of us it flew into the bush again! It repeated this process several times. Eventually it got around the bush and flew off into the nearby woodlands. It didn't appear to be hurt by the collisions but this was likely due the small size and flexibility of what it was running into. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY -- 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/ --
