Re: [cayugabirds-l] Butler's Pine warbler within Cayuga Basin?
I take a broader view of the Cayuga basin and harken back to the days of Pangaea when I think that it is safe to say that the entire region shared a common drainage. Given the above interpretation, I am free to mention my experience this weekend at Bombay hook NWR on Delaware bay. Frigid conditions made for little open water. One small ice-free area had a pair of buffleheads feeding which we stopped to watch. More buffleheads soon arrived followed by several pairs of hooded mergansers. I wonder if the males of each species were aware of what the other was wearing to the party, since the bright white hood motif seemed to be the only fashion statement being made by all the males on this occasion. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a link to the locality topo, if anyone wants to see it. The location of interest is along rte 89 in the NW corner of the map, just east of the 524' drumlin summit shown there. http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/dfwmr/bba/pdf/3577a.pdf -Geo -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Icterid invasion, owl observation
Last night while all arctic hell was breaking loose, a brave mourning dove was cooing outside my window. This irrepressible bird, like the rest of us, must be yearning for Spring or was he mourning our eternal winter? On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: At least 14 COMMON GRACKLES and 2 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (one adult male, one immature male) has just invaded my neighbors' yard, taking over their feeders and drinking from a seep at the bottom of the hill. Earlier I heard and saw a NORTHERN FLICKER which looked a bit sad. Maybe it didn't visit the feeders. On Tuesday afternoon at 5pm I saw a flock of ~40 probable COMMON GRACKLES northbound over NYS-366 by the Vet School, but I wasn't able to pull over and get the binoculars on them in time to be 100% sure. Later that evening I went to Snyder Rd behind the airport and at about 7:20pm saw at least one, possibly 2, SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting. The longest view was of an initially distant bird which coursed north and south working its way east over the weedy grounds northeast of the runway, eventually pouncing in the field just outside the airport fence, not far from my vantage, but I could barely see its head above the grass. I listened unsuccessfully for American Woodcock until almost 8pm. --Dave Nutter -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls
Pelea just captured by rehabers. Apparently injured near its eye. On Sunday, January 26, 2014, Dave K fishwatch...@hotmail.com wrote: Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow very close to road. Alive but appears injured or sick. -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls
I have my phone set to spanish and when i typed snowy it changed it to pelea of all things and i didnt catch it. So the owl is rescued in any case. On Sunday, January 26, 2014, Dave K fishwatch...@hotmail.com wrote: Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow very close to road. Alive but appears injured or sick. -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [BIRDBAND] Tracked Red-necked Phalarope from Scotland
I probably photographed these bird's ancestors on Fetlar some years ago. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.eduwrote: A nice story about Red-necked Phalarope. Who knows from where our birds originate from! -Original Message- From: Bird Bander's Forum [mailto:birdb...@listserv.ksu.edu] On Behalf Of Lyndon Kearsley Not seen any news on this amazing migration item on the list and since this bird used the eastern seaboard flyway presume of interest in the US. The bird breeds in N Scotland and was tracked using a rump mounted geolocator over the whole migrztion. Found to have wintered on the coast of Equador / Peru presumably at sea. Photo of webbed feet below. Pasted text below: Neat video and map here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25661650 see also: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Tiny_tag_unlocks_secret_to_record-breaking_migration_of_Red-necked_Phalaropes.aspx?s_id=753701389 and: http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?cate=__15087 Distribution: [image: Inline images 1] A tracking device, which weighs less than a paperclip, has helped scientists uncover one of the world's great bird migrations. It revealed that a Scottish Red-necked Phalarope migrated thousands of miles west across the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a journey never recorded for any other European breeding bird. In 2012, the RSPB, working in collaboration with the Swiss Ornithological Institute and Dave Okill of the Shetland Ringing Group, fitted individual geolocators to ten phalaropes nesting on Fetlar (Shetland), in the hope of learning where they spend the winter. After successfully recapturing one of the tagged birds when it returned to Fetlar last spring, experts discovered it had made an epic 16,000-mile round trip during its annual migration?-?flying from Shetland across the Atlantic, south down the eastern seaboard of the US, across the Caribbean, and Mexico, ending up off the coast of Peru. After wintering in the Pacific, it returned to Fetlar, following a similar route. Before this, many experts had assumed that Scottish breeding phalaropes joined the Scandinavian population at their wintering grounds, thought to be in the Arabian Sea. Yet the destination of this bird was the Pacific Ocean. Red-necked Phalarope is one of the UK's rarest breeding birds. It is now only found in Shetland and the Western Isles, and numbers fluctuate between just 15 and 50 nesting males. Scotland marks the southern limit of its breeding range, with the species far more abundant further north where it occupies wetlands around the northern hemisphere. [image: Inline images 2] -- Lyndon -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Target SNOW and JFK collisions
After hearing this report and watching a snowy owl at the Syracuse airport remain perched for hours while jets passed within meters makes me think that these birds can be extremely tolerant of human presence to put it mildly. It reminds me of a situation in Lincolnshire, England where grey seals haul up to have their young on an RAF bombing range! Meanwhile planes are screaming by continuously. On non-bombing days visitors are allowed on the beach near the seals. One would think that this would be the end of the seals, but their population is expanding! On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.eduwrote: This bird, like virtually all Snowy Owls I've seen, was completely oblivious to our (or the many other people and cars) presence. At one point it flew down in a silent glide directly at Anne and me, almost grazing our shoulders as it dove into the ditch behind us (possibly after a Song Sparrow that was calling there); and then turned and flew right back to the same post. These owls are stressed, no doubt, by their forced dispersal in search of food, and many will unfortunately probably not make it, but an owl that takes up temporary residence in a Target parking lot during peak shopping hours is not going to feel harassed by a few birders peering up in awe at it. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Dec 11, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Scott Haber scotthab...@gmail.com wrote: I think Kevin was suggesting that the owl sliding was a result of the bird attempting to perch on a steep, snow-covered incline, and not because it was terrified by a small group of birders standing at a respectful distance, but I guess he could be wrong. -Scott On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:00 AM, John and Sue Gregoire k...@empacc.netwrote: All, 1.Aren't we as a group harassing that TARGET Snowy? Seems every report has it quickly flying off, relocating, sliding, or some such. Just my two cents. -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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] Syracuse airport owls
I had a nice afternoon watching, and dare I say photographing, snowy owls at the Syracuse airport. I called the airport police prior to my arrival and gave them my vehicle details. They told me not to block gates and observe all signs. They seemed pretty familiar with the owl situation and quite friendly. A friendly security guard pointed out an owl perched right beside a runway where he said it had been for nearly three hours. All the while it was around 50 meters from many commercial jets which were coming and going pretty much continuously. Another owl perched atop a spotlight near the road and I watched it dive onto the field below, presumably hunting. It returned empty-handed and continued to preen and survey the area for the two hours that I watched. -- 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] Montezuma Ibis flew west
As a photographer that has followed this list for sometime, I am grateful that the inappropriate actions of my fraternity are regularly highlighted by certain members of the birdwatching community. Although I wasn't the photographer mentioned in the post, I always welcome these opportunities to be reminded of the shaky moral ground upon which I and all photographers stand. The present entry leaves me realizing the ever-present need to reset my moral compass in order to meet the exacting standards of those who are the true shining beacons of propriety as far as conduct in the outdoors goes. I would however point out that the present commentator seems to exhibit a certain degree of equipment envy, which may have influenced his judgement. Submitted with all due respects and abundant humility. On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu wrote: As I was studying the two Ibis at Benning Marsh around 6:15pm a photographer arrived, wiggled his bulk up through the sunroof of the van, slapped down a sandbag , hauled up his giant lens and managed to spook the Ibis away to the west. I didn't see them again , but maybe they will be back in the morning after an evening cruise. I hope. Gary -- 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] Flying the coop
I witnessed a hairy woodpecker leave the nest for the first time last Thursday. It was at the nest that Meena discovered on the Cornell campus. In any case, it just popped out rather unceremoniously at 11:22 and fell out of sight never to be seen again. The parents continued to feed other young at least through the following day -- 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] Lone snow goose
I saw a lone snow goose flying north in the Wilseyville area yesterday afternoon. As they are not exactly solitary birds, I wonder what was going on. John -- 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] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
I know this isn't Cayuga basin however: Yesterday, while in a Louisiana swamp, I watched a couple of blackbirds harassing a black vulture. One of the harassers actually alighted on the vulture's back and vulture surfed for about 200 meters. Couldn't tell the species for sure from a distance but lots of red-winged blackbirds and starlings around. Thought someone might be interested. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: I just watched a mob of crow, may be some forty + individuals. Initially, I thought they were chasing someone, but I could not see any targets. I checked if there was an owl, raven or a red-tail among them. But it did not seem like there were any. They just seemed like bunch of rowdy bullies going door to door to get someone. There seemed to be no leader either. They all flew randomly. Finally, they went behind the new Vet School diagnostic center and probably continued on to the plantations. Wonder what they were up to. Meena -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
