Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: March 08, 2020

[kathy McLaren]

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> On Mar 8, 2020, at 12:01 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest 
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> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, March 08, 2020.
> 
> 1. Sandhill cranes and Snow geese
> 2. Song sparrow
> 3. Re: Sandhill cranes and Snow geese
> 4. My FOY Woodcock
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> Subject: Sandhill cranes and Snow geese
> From: "Johnson, Alyssa" 
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 20:11:15 +
> X-Message-Number: 1
> 
> Not my sighting, but a report that came to the Audubon FB page of 3 Sandhill 
> cranes seen from the end of Morgan Rd by the DEC buildings in Savannah. First 
> of the year, to my knowledge!
> 
> Snow geese are being reported from the Route 31 muck flats, and a large raft 
> on Cayuga Lake viewed from Dean's Cove State Boat Launch on the west side, 
> off 89.
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> Alyssa Johnson
> Environmental Educator
> 315.365.3588
> 
> Montezuma Audubon Center
> 2295 State Route 89
> P.O. Box 187
> Savannah, New York 13146
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> Subject: Song sparrow
> From: Carol Keeler 
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 15:15:10 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
> 
> Just had an arrival of Song Sparrows.  I can also hear them singing. 
> Yesterday I had my FOS Turkey Vulture.  I’ve seen more today.
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> Subject: Re: Sandhill cranes and Snow geese
> From: Dave Nutter 
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 16:04:20 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 3
> 
> The first 2020 record of Sandhill Crane for the Cayuga Lake Basin of which 
> I’m aware was on 4 March at Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Rd in Tyre 
> reported by David Kennedy.  (Please anyone who has information on any earlier 
> record, let me know, so I can correct the record on the Cayuga Bird Club 
> webpage)  The next day, 5 March, cranes were also reported at Armitage Rd, at 
> Van Dyne Spoor Rd, and at Carncross Rd in Savannah. This information is on 
> eBird.
> 
> Sandhill Cranes are wonderful whenever and wherever we find them, so it’s 
> great that people are seeing or hearing them today. It wasn’t always this 
> way. The first year the species was reported in the Cayuga Lake Basin of 
> which I am aware was 1990, and the next was 1994, but they have been regular 
> since 2000 and have built up a breeding  population throughout the Montezuma 
> Wetlands Complex, with many of the marshes hosting a pair. Their number may 
> be augmented by migrants in autumn when we have seen gatherings of 70 or 
> more. 
> 
> The Dean’s Cove report by Suan Hsi-Yong was of overhead migrants, so that’s 
> not a regular location for them.
> 
> - - Dave Nutter
> 
> 
> 
> - - Dave Nutter
>> On Mar 7, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Johnson, Alyssa  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Not my sighting, but a report that came to the Audubon FB page of 3 Sandhill 
>> cranes seen from the end of Morgan Rd by the DEC buildings in Savannah. 
>> First of the year, to my knowledge!
>> 
>> Snow geese are being reported from the Route 31 muck flats, and a large raft 
>> on Cayuga Lake viewed from Dean’s Cove State Boat Launch on the west side, 
>> off 89.
>> 
>> --
>> Alyssa Johnson
>> Environmental Educator
>> 315.365.3588
>> 
>> Montezuma Audubon Center
>> 2295 State Route 89
>> P.O. Box 187
>> Savannah, New York 13146
>> montezuma.audubon.org
>> Montezuma Audubon Center on Facebook
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> Subject: My FOY Woodcock
> From: Ken Haas 
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 20:13:25 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 4
> 
> HI folks,
> 
> At 6:15 tonight I went about 100 yards down Rt. 79 from my house above 
> Mecklenberg to a wide open field and heard this year’s first Woodcock. Only 
> one. For the last 5 years I've lived here, they have been very reliable to be 
> heard around the first week in March. I got a good, but fleeting look at it 
> as he flew within 15 yards of me and only about 15 feet off the ground. There 
> was still enough light in the sky for me to make out his markings and color 
> through my binocular. A Woodcock flyby! 
> 
> I will be leading a somewhat shortened field trip along the West side of the 
> lake tomorrow Sunday March 8th, which was postponed from Saturday. We’ll meet 
> at the Ithaca Children’s Garden parking lot in Ithaca at 9:00 AM. Please note 
> the special start time of 9AM. We’ll car pool from there and be back about 
> 12:30. Hope to see you there!
> 
> Ken Haas
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[cayugabirds-l] Downy sapsucker

[Kathy And Dan]

I have at least one, maybe more, Downy Woodpeckers which have taken to drinking 
syrup from the hummingbird feeder from dawn to dusk.  I'm wondering if this 
steady diet of sugar water is good for them?  They also eat peanuts and 
sunflower seeds from my feeders but they really are going at the syrup like 
little addicts.  Any thoughts?  Now and then a hummer gets a drink but not 
often.
Kathy ClementsDanby


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[cayugabirds-l] Western Tanager at Day Hall Cornell

[Kathy & Dan C .]

About 3:00 p.m. today the tanager was sitting on the wall directly over the 
underground entrance to the campus store.  It flew into the small tree in the 
courtyard below for a few minutes until a group of people walked too close by.  
It flew down towards the trees in Wee Stinky Glen where I lost track of it.  A 
lifer for me!
Kathy Clements


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[cayugabirds-l] Great Tit in NYS?

[Kathy & Dan C .]

In the 1/22/16 "New York Outdoor News" Backyard and Beyond section on page 36, 
is a brief mention of Great Tits here in NYS.  The blurb reads, 
"Out of Place: An unusual bird, the great tit, familiar in England and Europe, 
has been visiting Reggie Gauger's feeders for three years, and has even nested 
nearby. He reports that there are other sightings of great tits (related to 
chickadees) in his region."
There isn't any mention of where the region might be. There is a photo but it 
looks like a stock photo.  Has anyone heard about this?
Thanks,Kathy Clements
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[cayugabirds-l] Black-billed Cuckoo...

[Kathy]

...has been calling within earshot of my house for several weeks. Just now as I 
was bringing laundry in off the line he was in the big old soft maple in the 
back yard. Haven't caught sight of him yet, though. 

Kathy Strickland
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[cayugabirds-l] identification question

[Weinberg, Kathy C.]

Hello, we spotted this guy sitting in a tree.  We think he’s a red-tailed hawk 
but not positive, would appreciate help.  He’s about 15-18” tall.  We haven’t 
seen the upper part of his tail.  We haven’t spotted any nearby nest.  Please 
forgive the awkward use of photobucket but I have no idea where else to upload 
photos to share.  Thanks!

-Kathy


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[cayugabirds-l] 4 Hawks

[Weinberg, Kathy C.]

There are four Hawks circling and hunting near our house (Glenwood Rd, near the 
Yacht Club) and out over the west shore.


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[cayugabirds-l] 2 Red-necked Grebes

[Kathy]

...on Mill Pond, Union Springs. Right up by the highway for a time. 

Kathy Strickland 

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[cayugabirds-l] Bald eagles?

[Weinberg, Kathy C.]

We keep seeing birds we think are bald eagles.  My husband has seen one of them 
frequently the last few days; we saw the two together today.  They fly across a 
large gap in the trees, so we don't have very long to identify them, but we are 
seeing white or very light heads and tails, with very dark brown or black 
bodies.  My husband saw distinctive yellow beak.  They are QUITE LARGE.  Are 
they bald eagles?

Thanks,

Kathy



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[cayugabirds-l] Blue-winged Warbler...

[Kathy]

...singing in my hedgerow as I was picking Blackcaps this evening. 

Kathy Strickland 
Union Springs

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[cayugabirds-l] Many songs

[Kathy]

Today, as I was cleaning out my car, I was listening to Carolina and House 
Wrens, a robin, cardinal, red-wing, and Killdeer all singing from the same 
tree. Well, a Mockingbird, actually, but spot-on renditions of these birds, and 
numerous others as well. The Carolina and Killdeer were especially authentic. 
And all making a mundane task a delight. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl...

[Kathy]

...still at  mucklands on Rt 31, near Rt 89 intersection. Initially sitting on 
ground but flew up; now perched atop equipment on south side of highway. 

Kathy Strickland

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[cayugabirds-l] Scarlet Tanager...

[Kathy]

...singing from my front yard spruces. A first for me. 

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Inebriation in birds

[Weinberg, Kathy C.]

Besides, the FAA will not allow the birds to fly with elevated blood alcohol 
levels.



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[mailto:bounce-112957669-62235...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Inebriation in birds

I am just speculating, but my thoughts are:

* The drying process would preserve the fruit because the yeasts might be 
unable to function without water (I surmise), just as the bacteria cannot 
function with low water and high sugar concentrations (my understanding of why 
drying preserves fruit).
* Any alcohol in the fruit would be as apt to evaporate as the water, or maybe 
more so, ethanol boiling at a lower temperature than water.
* The birds would need water to reconstitute and digest the concentrated fruit. 
When I eat very dry food, my stomach hurts unless I also drink water, I think 
because the dried food draws too much water from my stomach. Water is needed 
for digestion generally to break up many larger molecules, although oxidation 
later on also creates water which I assume can be used for this. Birds don't 
carry around extra water. I often see waxwings drinking, and I think that's why.
* I'm skeptical that birds who rely on old fruit have issues with inebriation. 
Birds are so finely tuned for flying that the drunks wouldn't survive, either 
hitting something or getting eaten. The selection pressure would be enormous. I 
think either there isn't much alcohol out there, or they know how to avoid it.
* Cedar Waxwings are a bit quirky and different from other birds, which might 
be misinterpreted as tipsy.
* A big difference between the dried fruit we eat, such as raisins, and the 
fruit birds eat is that we dry ours quickly and then keep it dry, stored out of 
the weather, whereas fruit on trees is exposed to precipitation, and wild 
fluctuations in temperature and humidity. It's a really good question what 
actually goes on inside a fruit hanging on a tree for several months. I bet 
it's very different depending on the size of the fruit (full-sized apples v 
crabapples v buckthorn  nannyberry). The skin of the fruit must play a huge 
role, too, in shedding and repelling water, and keeping out microorganisms.

--Dave Nutter

On Mar 06, 2014, at 11:40 AM, W. Larry Hymes 
w...@cornell.edumailto:w...@cornell.edu wrote:
I recently wrote about cedar waxwings consuming snow, while at the time
they were eating the dried fruit of Korean Ash. I raised the question
whether they were perhaps doing this to dilute the alcohol in the
fruit. Kevin expressed the opinion that there would be no juice,
fermented or otherwise, in the fruit. He then asked, if I had ever
gotten drunk eating raisins. The answer to that is no, particularly
since raisins are _not_ made from overripe fruit. As to his statement
about no juice being in dried fruit, there is some water content in
raisins (up to 15%), although, of course, that is controlled in the
drying process. If there were no moisture at all in raisins, it would
be like eating hardtack! I would hazard to guess that there is some
residual water, albeit very little, in naturally dried fruit.

As I understand, alcohol is produced as fruit becomes over ripe. As
moisture leaves the fruit, the alcohol will become more concentrated,
with the highest concentration occurring during the winter months. The
alcohol may help to preserve the fruit. I recall reading a post to
Cayuga Birds long ago about someone observing unusual behavior in robins
that had become tipsy from eating overripe fruit. Since cedar waxwings
feed exclusively(?) on fruit, I could imagine that they could be more
susceptible to becoming inebriated, if they were to consume fruit that
has alcohol concentrated in it. This can be dangerous for the birds,
since it makes them more susceptible to predation, and if they were to
consume enough of it, they could die. All this made me wonder whether
waxwings could have developed an adaptation for consuming water when
eating overripe fruit in order to dilute their drink. Kevin may well
be right that the birds

[cayugabirds-l] Tree swallows

[Kathy Strickland]

Heading out if Union Springs yesterday I screeched to a halt (no cars behind 
me!) when I saw the signature clothespins on a line sight--up to 48 Tree 
Swallows at a time on the utility line just east of the Union Springs Academy 
greenhouse on Spring Street. And at least that many more--probably many more-- 
swooping over the newly mowed alfalfa fields. 

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[cayugabirds-l] A Phoebe...

[Kathy Strickland]

...was phoebe-ing outside my window about 7:30 this am. Hadn't heard any for 
several weeks. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Hairy WP on syrup feeder Merlin in Fayetteville, NY

[Dan Kathy C]

This morning I watched a female Hairy Woodpecker hop from the deck railing
to the hummingbird feeder and take several long drinks of syrup.  In years
past I have had a family of House Finches regularly drink from the feeder,
too.  

 

This is out of basin.  Last week while I was babysitting my grandchildren in
Fayetteville, NY, I saw a pair of Merlin.  I think they have a nest in one
of the large spruce trees near our children's home which is in a
neighborhood near the center of Fayetteville.  If anyone is interested in
directions, contact me off list.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow back

[Kathy Strickland]

Stepped outside to head to Syr this morning and the sweet song of my Field 
Sparrow greeted me, FOS. 

Observed on yesterday's drive along 520 just west of MNWR--Ospreys present on 
5 of the 7 nest structures. Later I watched an Osprey dip into the entrance 
pool at the Refuge (startling several Mallards in the process) and grab a 
talonful of algae which it took to the nest (badly damaged over the winter) 
along the river. Along River Rd there were several DC Cormorants in the river, 
and at Mud Lock a Bald Eagle flew in with food and proceeded to feed the 
youngsters. 

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[cayugabirds-l] N. Shrike in Danby again

[Dan Kathy C]

The N. Shrike I reported being in my yard last week showed up a short
distance from my house on Comfort Road this afternoon.  It was actively
hunting in the fields on the west side of Comfort Road about ¼ mile south of
W. Miller Road.  Old bluebird houses made an excellent vantage point for it.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Shrike in Danby

[Dan Kathy C]

Late this afternoon I saw a N. Shrike sitting in a small tree next to the
bird feeders.  What a surprise.  A few larger birds didn't seem to be
bothered by its presence but there weren't any little birds to be seen.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle Pair in Danby

[Dan Kathy C]

Early this afternoon I saw a pair of mature Bald Eagles sitting in the tree
tops close to the Comfort Road entrance to Upper Buttermilk Park.  

 

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[cayugabirds-l] 2 more Osprey nests

[Kathy Strickland]

Learned of 2 more Union Springs Osprey nests just south of town--one at the 
Dildine/Hardy Rds T and the other just a few utility poles north of the T. 
Both were occupied this year. It's just a road I don't usually go down.

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[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs Ospreys

[Kathy Strickland]

Yesterday morning I found a just-fledged Osprey roadkill on Spring St about a 
quarter mile west of where I'd been wa
This morning about 930 there were 5 Ospreys circling high above the nest site 
on Center/No.1 Rd, and a not-particularly-welcome Red-tailed Hawk. The 
youngsters were characteristically shrieking as they soared. Made a brief visit 
to Seneca Meadows WP with 5 teens and saw 9 nests and 25 Ospreys. Lots of 
Bobolinks in varying plumages, and a young meadowlark just beginning to show 
signs of its black chevron. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Finishing Osprey post

[Kathy Strickland]

Accidentally sent previous post prematurely. Was mentioning the fledgling 
roadkill. I'd been watching it near midday on Tues near the road in a field at 
the crest of the Spring St hill, probably on its maiden flight. So it was 
disappointing to find it (possibly same bird) sprawled dead on the roadside the 
next morning. Its condition leads me believe it was hit sometime Tues 
afternoon. So it was extra nice to see 5 drifting together today. Could it be 
possible that the pair raised 4 youngsters?

Kathy Strickland
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[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs Ospreys

[Kathy Strickland]

I'm guessing at least one of our Ospreys has fledged. I didn't have time to 
drive over to the nest site on Center Rd, but about 11:00 today I was heading 
home on Spring St when I saw 3 Ospreys over the field on the noth side of the 
road as I  was reaching the crest. One landed on the ground and proceeded to 
shriek periodically as the others flew off, presumably to the lake to fish. 
There were also 2 Red-tailed Hawk slowly circling over the same field but much 
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[cayugabirds-l] House wren

[Dan Kathy C]

As I was reviewing the first arrivals list which Dave Nutter provided a link
to, I realized no one has reported a house wren yet.  I had one arrive the
morning of April 16.  He has been singing around his territory since then.  

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture roost threat

[Kathy Strickland]

Many of the Turkey Vultures here in the northern part of the Basin actually 
roost in Auburn, in and near Fort Hill Cemetery. Last week when I arrived at 
the parking lot of Auburn United Methodist Church on Fitch, I stood to watch 
the birds circling in and landing in the Norway Spruces that line the western 
edge of the lot. Suddenly a shot rang out and about 50 vultures were startled 
out of the trees. While I doubt they were in physical danger, evidently someone 
in the neighborhood is either thinking the birds pose a problem in the area, or 
is just thinking it's fun to harass them. Either way, it's wrong. I had to get 
inside for choir rehearsal or I would have at least walked down the street a 
ways to see if I could locate the source of the shot. Any ideas on how to deal 
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[cayugabirds-l] NE end of Lake

[Kathy Strickland]

Just back from along the NE section of Cayuga Lake. Nothing much different that 
what others have been seeing, but did witness 2 cool mass flights. From Mud 
Lock (Bald Eagle on nest) I heard the cries of the Tundra Swans that had been 
out on the far side of the lake, and moments later several hundred flew 
directly over in skeins of varying lengths. A couple hours later I was viewing 
the southern end of the Redhead (and others) raft from a friend's yard. As I 
was opening the car door to leave I heard a wall of waterfowl yelps, looked 
north, and most of the 20,000 (an estimate I read on this listserve) were in 
the air and sweeping in dark masses a huge flock of blackbirds. For several 
minutes I watched, fascinated. They were mostly settled down again when I 
finally left. Didn't see a single raptor the entire 3 hrs. Kathy Strickland, 
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[cayugabirds-l] Birding Sunday

[Kathy Strickland]

Just wondering if anyone is birding around the lake, or up here at the north 
end tomorrow (Sunday). I have a rare Sunday off and would like to hook up with 
a group or individual to bird for whatever part of the day would work out. You 
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[cayugabirds-l] Need info

[Kathy Strickland]

I have the opportunity to visit Cuba this November and wonder if anyone can 
give me some birding and other nature pointers. You may contact me by phone, 
text, or off-list.
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Indigo Bunting--better late than never

[Kathy Strickland]

An Indigo Bunting finally showed up in my yard yesterday. Was wondering if I'd 
been abandoned this year. Heard in the morning and mid-day, but later went out 
to listen with a couple piano students and it placed itself in great view so 
both the kids and their parents got good looks. Don't know if there's a female 
around.
 
The yard Blue Jays fledged (nest not seen but know it's somewhere near), and a 
couple nestfulls of Chipping Sparrows. The Carolina Wren has started up again 
after about 6 weeks of silence or absence.
 
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[cayugabirds-l] CBC Picnic tonight?

[Kathy Strickland]

Just wanting verification--picnic at Myers tonight?
 
Finally caught sight of both Aurora Red-headed WPs yesterday. And the Bluebirds 
in my yard, which I haven't seen for several weeks, were zipping around as I 
drove in the driveway and were at the nest box again, though the pole it's on 
has been pulled (to make room for building a garage--box was empty at the time) 
and is just leaning against a tree at the moment. Nearby Common Yellowthroats, 
Yellow Warblers, a Pewee, and Field and Song Sparrows singing--a sweet 
tiny-bird choir. No yard Indigos this year, though there are several pairs up 
around the corner on Powers Rd.
 
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[cayugabirds-l] YB Eastern Wood Pewee

[Kathy Strickland]

Another FOS yardbird today--Eastern Wood Pewee. Was around past couple of years 
as well. Watched it drop out of the pear tree and catch insects just above the 
grass, then resume it's perch in the tree and sing both songs (that I'm 
familiar with, anyway) before flying off. Usually hear it singing from what's 
left of the swampy woods across the road.
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Brown Creeper

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I seldom see Brown Creepers here, so it was a real treat to watch one working 
its way around on the old winter pear tree north of the house about 4 this 
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[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs

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An Osprey flying over Union Springs Academy campus about 3:00, heading toward 
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A pair of N. Shovelers, a single Pied-billed Grebe, and a dozen or so 
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[cayugabirds-l] Mud Lock Eagles

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Swung by the Lock yesterday noon and found both adult Bald Eagles at the nest, 
one in it, another in a nearby tree. The latter swung down and caught a fish, 
flew to the nest where it proceeded to eat it, while the one that had been in 
the nest flew into a tree, presumable to watch for lunch.
 
Proceeding from there south down the lake there were a lot of Tundra Swans in 
groups ranging from 15 to over 300. My rough estimate is around 1500. 
 
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I got an email from ad...@whatbird.com that appears to be related to iBird. Is 
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[cayugabirds-l] Some lake birds

[Kathy Strickland]

On my return from a tracking hike at Lindsey-Parsons I stopped by Aurora and 
enjoyed seeing the impressive raft of Redheads very close to shore--a main one 
and several smaller groups. Also in the area were Golden-eyes, a Canvas-back or 
two, Black Ducks, an Am. Wigeon. In the Rafferty Rd area there was a 
light-phase RL Hawk balanced on the wind, counted 73 turkeys in corner of a 
field on the west side of 90, and innumerable snow snakes crossing the roads. 
At the Mill Pond in Union Springs were a number of Redheads and Mallards, a 
Coot, a couple of Am. Wigeons, Golden-eyes, a Bufflehead, a few Gadwall. No 
Screechie in sight on Factory St.
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Great-horned Owl...

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...flew thru the headlights and above my car as I was heading east on Spring 
Street out of Union Springs about 9:00 tonight.
 
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[cayugabirds-l] hummers and downies

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At a friend's place this afternoon--hummingbirds sharing their feeder with a 
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Rather neat to watch. 
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Tschache, Mays, K-M, Rte 89, RR Road

[Kathy Strickland]

A little birding and general nature with 3 teens this evening. They loved 
watching the Caspians and Ospreys hovering and fishing over Tschache. The 
Tundra Swan was hidden in the Loosestrife pretty far west but was visible now 
and then. 

 

At the Mays platform the continuous peeping of baby Pied-billed Grebes. Adult 
and 5 young Common Moorhens in their usual area. A Great Egret working on 
catching supper. Must have been too late for the Black Terns.

 

The Sandhill Cranes were not yet at K-M Marsh when we stopped by around 7:15 
but there were two Swans (Trumpeters?) on a mudbar fairly close by. To the 
south the Trumpeter family was just visible along the Towpath dike. Caspians, a 
half dozen Bald Eagles (1 adult), various shorebirds (not able to distinguish 
with bins and fading light) and scores of Great Blues. Sundogs framing the sun, 
and another atmospheric light phenomenen on the same plane at 90 degrees to the 
sun in the NE--no color. Have to check that out. 

 

Around the corner on 89 we found 4 adult Sandhills and a group of Canadas in 
the field and got good looks.

 

Up to RR Road (Indigo Buntings on wire) and hiked in on the dike until almost 
too dark to see. An immature Red-tail Hawk greeted us on arrival. 3 
Black-crowned Night Herons flew up on the west side of the dike. The Trumpeter 
Swan family came out of the cattails to spend the night on their favorite 
mound--3 young. Marsh Wrens singing their wonderful grating songs. A Green 
Heron. Single Pied-billed Grebe. Herons going to roost in a dead Cottonwood. 
Couldn't walk without startling up Leopard Frogs. Bullfrog chorus tuning up as 
we left a little after 9 in the light of a waxing gibbous moon and Venus. 

 

So nice to be with teens who are so absorbed in discovering and enjoying nature.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Sunday outing

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Fritzie Blizzard and I spent the day yesterday exploring the area for what we 
could find. First special sighting of the day was the Sandhill Crane family (2 
adults, 2 nearly fullsized colts) on Rte 90 at E Venice Road intersection. They 
were in the regrowing alfalfa field foraging when we arrived about 8 a.m. but 
within minutes they were ambling off to the woods on the west side of the field 
and shortly disappeared, one by one.
 
We joined Linda Spielman's tracking group at N. Spencer Marsh at 10:00 and had 
a good hike. In addition to furry animal sign and predated turtle nests we 
found an adult bald eagle in a tree on the southern island (and were told by 
the man at the farmstand where we parked that it's nest was visible when the 
leaves were off the trees). Also owl pellets full of rodent bones.
 
We ambled up the west side of the lake, mostly on back roads, not seeing much 
in the way of birds but enjoying the lovely day, the singing of Indigo Buntings 
as we stopped to admire the straw bales of a harvested wheat field, an overhead 
RT Hawk, etc. We headed up the the new Seneca Meadows Wetlands, having read 
Leona's post, and a Sora Rail scooted across our path at one point--a life bird 
for Fritzie, I think. A couple small birds chased off a Pileated WP. 
 
Then a swing by Tschache: immature Bald Eagle on a mound, Osprey hunting, GB 
Herons in abundance, lone Pied-billed Grebe, no Tundra Swan in view, though 
I've seen it there nearly every visit since mid-June.
 
Then on to Towpath in search of the Trumpeter Swan family (a wash) but 3 Great 
Egrets, several Black Terns, about 20 Caspians, Common Moorhens, innumerable 
Great Blues, a small flock of peeps (no ID), ducks hard to ID in the low 
evening sun, and we were feeling rather casual anyway. Fun to watch a f. 
Cardinal and later a Catbird and then a Goldfinch bathing in puddles. Fritzie 
caught sight of a Sora on the east side of the second impoundment.
 
A nice way to end a beautiful weekend.---Kathy Strickland, 
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[cayugabirds-l] Barn Swallows fledged

[Kathy Strickland]

All 5 baby Barn Swallows were sitting on the edge of their nest when I got home 
around 1 yesterday afternoon and the first swooped out of the nest as I 
watched. Two more left over the course of the afternoon, at different times. 
(I'd check between piano lessons.) Two were left at dusk, and when I checked 
this morning there was just one left and it left sometime this afternoon. It's 
been fun having them so easy to watch over my dining room window.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR and MWC

[Kathy Strickland]

This morning I birded with Jeanette and Cutler Baldwin (from Owego) for a 
couple hours, starting at the Refuge and looping up to the Savannah area before 
heading back to Union Springs. A few highlights:

 

Wildlife Drive (8 a.m.): 8-10 immature Bald Eagles on the ground, in the trees 
across the river, and in the air 

 

Tschache: Trumpeter Swan feeding near tower. 4 fishing Ospreys (with 
considerable success), Swamp Sparrow calling, not seen. (and at other locations 
as well)

 

Mays Point: 5 Black Terns (sometimes harassing the Great Blue Herons), Marsh 
Wren (there and everywhere!), Wood Ducks distant in glare

 

Knox-Marsellus: Newly-hatched young at the nest with both adult Trumpeter 
Swans, to the south toward Towpath. Too distant for a count. (La Rue and Jackie 
doing the census and kindly shared scope.) 

 

Carncross: spectacular views of the Sandhill Crane family in the sunshine, just 
beyond the nearest grass ridge. Their rusty orange really stands out against 
the now-solid green of the vegetation, and the young are tall enough to be 
easily seen even when their heads are down feeding.

 

Martens Tract: Pied-billed Grebe w/4 small young, several Common Moorhens, 
Willow Flycatcher and Common Yellowthroat singing and seen.

 

VanDyne Spoor (wooded stretch): Veery, Wood Thrush, Redstart, Cerulean Warbler, 
to name a few heard but not seen.

 

Mud Lock, River Rd: Osprey sitting in dead tree near Bald Eagle nest; adult B 
Eagle in tree to the south at end of point.

 

Didn't attempt the really bumpy roads with Baldwin's car. Save the jeepin' for 
mine!

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Sunday afternoon Montezuma area

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Mary, a friend from Syracuse, and I met up at the Visitor Center and spent the 
afternoon birding. Some highlights:

 

Wildlife Drive:

A male Killdeer displaying to a female

4 Barn Swallows sprawled in the dust in various odd postures, debugging, we 
guessed.

 

Tschache:

The single Trumpeter Swan

2 Great Egrets to the far fr left

 

Towpath:

Female Trumpeter on nest (male nearby close to berm), then off into the water 
in company with 

3 male Wood Ducks

Marsh Wrens singing

 

Knox-Marsellus overlook:

Dunlin, Peeps--Semi-palms and Least Sandpipers. Hard to sort out the small ones.

 

VanDyne Spoor:

2 Black Terns cruising the puddle at the end. Nice and close.

Osprey doing really fancy flightwork to impress a female sitting on a nearly 
pole.

Cerulean Warbler near east end of the woods

 

Carncross:

Sandhill Crane family (includes the 2 colts). Really painted.

 

Martens Tract:

Common Moorhen, 2 PB Grebes, Willow Flycatcher

 

Mays Point:

Coot

 

Along the way--Bluebirds, Tree and Barn Swallows, a Scarlet Tanager (sing), 
Eagles, Ospreys, Kestrels, RT Hawks, TVs, Common Yellowthroats, Redstarts, 
Yellow Warblers (and others)

Wish we knew Rail calls--heard some interesting ones but couldn't ID.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds nesting

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It's official: the first time ever that I have Bluebirds nesting in my yard! 
Out on the closeline pole where John Blizzard put a couple of Doug Carlter's 
bluebird boxes. House Wrens usually stake a claim on the one on the tree just 
outside the dining rm window, sometimes another pair on the clothesline pole 
box, but there was a male Bluebird claiming it this time, and the female nearby 
in the redbuds. A Tree Swallow may be in the second one on the pole, but with 
my mowing today I think they've all had enough tension so will check it out 
more closely another day.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock

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Just got home from choir rehearsal and heard the WOODCOCK skydancing over the 
fallow field out back. I always think of Aldo Leupold and his Sand County 
Almanac when I hear Woodcock in the spring. 

 

CHIPPING SPARROWS are back. They seemed to have been animated by the mild 
thunderstorm that moved through around 5:00.

 

 --Kathy Strickland, Union Springs

 

PS: Anyone birding up this way mid-day Saturday? I have a funeral to play for 
here at 10 but should be free around 11 and I could join you wherever you 
happen to be at the time--up towards this end of the lake or the 
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[cayugabirds-l] My birds

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Fritzie came over about 5 PM and we took a walk in several areas on my 
property--field, woods/creek, yard. Here's what we found:

 

EASTERN MEADOWLARK

KILLDEER

NORTHERN CARDINAL

RED-TAILED HAWK (pair, has nested in my woods for years)

NORTHERN FLICKER

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (drumming, later feeding)

RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (chased off the feeding Sapsucker)

EASTERN PHOEBE

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE

HORNED LARK (small flock flying, then landed in field and disappeared in the 
short grass)

AMERICAN CROW

SONG SPARROW

FIELD SPARROW

SAVANNAH SPARROW

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH

AMERICAN ROBIN

CANADA GOOSE (small flock flyover)

BLUE JAY

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD

EUROPEAN STARLING

No TURKEYS seen, but fresh footprints in sand by creek

Didn't check the GREAT-HORNED OWL nest location (on neighbor's property)

 

This morning, a pair of HARRIERS looking for breakfast over the fields on 
Skillet Rd.

 

Question: I've been told that HORNED LARKS nest early, sometimes along 
roadsides. Anyone ever find their nests?

 

Bloodroot, Blue Cohash, and Hepatica in bloom. Emerging Trillium, Trout Lily, 
Wild Ginger. Mourning Cloak Butterfly flutterby.

 

--Kathy Strickland, Union Springs

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-wings

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Red-winged Blackbird in mass in the trees across the road and in my backyard 
about 4:30 today. Truly a spring sound and sight! Was going to hang out laundry 
tomorrow tomorrow but I guess I'll have to rethink that. 

 

Also my first Killdeer today (heard on Lockwood Rd, car window down--a real 
sign of spring!), Common Grackle flyover in Aurora yesterday, and 4 TVs over 
Auburn yesterday as well.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Blue-headed Mallards

[Kathy Strickland]

Today I was in Union Springs about 2:00 on my way to give a couple of piano 
lessons and I swung by the Mill Pond on Rte 90. A group of Mallards had 
collected in the NE corner of the pond, and the light was just right to turn 
the heads on all of them a lovely deep blue, some of them a purple blue, with 
no hint of green on any of them--a beautiful combination with their yellow 
bills. Like a photograph that had the one color altered. On my return trip a 
male in the company of a female in the middle of the pond was bobbing his head 
in a courtship display. 

 

I did not have time to scope out (with bins) the hundreds of waterfowl on the 
edge of the ice down on the lake, but it looked like it could be interesting.

 

Lots of Robins around the past few days. Have heard them making various calls 
and squawks but not singing yet. Have not heard any Cardinals singing yet 
either. Am enjoying a flock of Horned Larks that moved into my neighborhood in 
the past ten days after being so scarce all winter. Also seeing a few Snow 
Buntings on Skillet Road when I go to Auburn from the south. Neighborhood 
Kestrels and Red-tailed Hawks and Mockingbirds are good company as well, and 
the Great-horned Owls can be heard most nights.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Eagles at Mud Lock

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Lynn Bergmeyer and I birded down the east side of Cayuga Lake today. Steve Fast 
reported much of what we saw. (We missed some of his finds.) We did see two 
BALD EAGLES in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock. Many TUNDRA SWANS along the 
ice shelf of the channel between there and Black Bridge. In Union Springs, a 
single SNOW GOOSE on Mill Pond (Rte 90) among the CANADA GEESE and other 
waterfowl, and a HOODED MERGANSER as well as the pale duck (see Fritzie 
Blizzard's post) on Factory Pond (Factory Street). It was interesting that the 
rafts of REDHEADS on the lake were relatively small yet characteristically 
dense.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Eagles at Mud Lock

[Kathy Strickland]

Lynn Bergmeyer and I birded down the east side of Cayuga Lake today. Steve Fast 
reported much of what we saw. (We missed some of his finds.) We did see two 
BALD EAGLES in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock. Many TUNDRA SWANS along the 
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waterfowl, and a HOODED MERGANSER as well as the pale duck (see Fritzie 
Blizzard's post) on Factory Pond (Factory Street). It was interesting that the 
rafts of REDHEADS on the lake were relatively small yet characteristically 
dense.

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs pond

[Kathy Strickland]

Another check at the factory pond in Union Springs about 4:30 this evening 
yielded the large continguency of Canada Geese that has been there for several 
days as well as a few Mallards and Redheads, and this time I picked out several 
American Wigeons as well. They may have been there all along but I'd not taken 
the time to look that closely. Another carload of birders was checking things 
out when I pulled up, but I don't know who. Maybe they found something I 
missed. No Screech Owl. -Kathy Strickland   
  
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Basin boundaries

[Kathy Dan C.]

Is there a map showing the boundaries for birding in the Cayuga Basin?  I read 
that it is different from the true watershed.  Specifically, is Jennings Pond 
in Danby within the basin for birding?

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[cayugabirds-l] YC Kinglet etc.

[Kathy Strickland]

A perky little Yellow-crowned Kinglet foraging in the Norway Spruce when I 
arrived back home about noon. Also my mystery bird singing--a Carolina Wren. 
It's fall song had me fooled again. I never expect that sound from any kind of 
wren and it catches me by surprise. (Paul Anderson--that was the one I was 
trying to figure out last weekend on that dizzly field trip.)

 

Anyone birding up this end of the lake (Montezuma area) tomorrow? Either 
morning and/or afternoon is fine. I'd like to tag along.  

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[cayugabirds-l] MNWR this a.m.

[Kathy Strickland]

Made a quick stop about 8:15 by about the impoundment at the MNWR Visitor 
Center this morning. Didn't spot the White-Fronted Goose among the Canadas but 
enjoyed watching a group of Shovelers having breakfast and a couple of Black 
Ducks preening. No Snows. A single Wood Duck in full dress caught the last of 
the morning sunlight as it cruised along the SW edge before the storm front 
shut down the sun. Nice.

 

OOB: Made the trip to Tonawanda WMA yesterday evening and was rewarded with a 
full 15 minutes of great views of the immature White Ibis. It's been coming in 
to roost with a good-sized flock of Great Egrets in a GBHE rookery every 
evening shortly before sunset since sometime last week. Let me know if you'd 
like directions. A humorous moment: an egret floating in across the dike on its 
final approach to the roost trees and accompanied by the distant rumble of a 
jet. A very appropriate sound effect.

 

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