[cayugabirds-l] possible Bicknell's Thrush, Deer Creek Marsh, Oswego County
I ran into this thrush at the Deer Creek Marsh WMA on Sunday morning, May 23 that I am fairly certain is a Bicknell's Thrush. I pasted a link to my eBird checklist below which has some photos, my thoughts and a small section of a recording that I tried to make of the bird's song. Unfortunately, I was unable to clearly record the song and it is almost completely drowned out by the surrounding birds. I would appreciate any thoughts and opinions from anyone with more experience with this species. Thanks! https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S69508904 Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scilingo@gte.net315-679-6299 -- 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] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Syracuse Pelican
Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scili...@gte.net315-679-6299--Original Message--From: "Mickey Scilingo mickey.scili...@gte.net [oneidabirds]" Date: Jan 16, 2016 3:27:38 PMSubject: [OneidaBirds] Syracuse PelicanTo: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com, nysbird...@cornell.edu, northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com, mickey.scili...@gte.net The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still present this morning at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse at 11:00 AM. Easy access to the creekwalk from the parking lot on Van Rensselaer St. The Pelican spent its time swimming back and forth between the Inner Harbor area and the Bear St Bridge. Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scili...@gte.net315-679-6299__._,_.___ Posted by: Mickey Scilingo <mickey.scili...@gte.net> Visit Your Group New Members 1 • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use __,_._,___ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tips for observing songbird migration wanted
Hi Sandy,My apologies for taking so long to respond. Unfortunately, I do not have nearly enough free time as I would like - especially during the work week. I would guess that the 2 most important parts of trying to observe songbird migration would be timing and location. You need to be out when the birds are moving and you need to be at a place where the birds are moving through. Sounds simple enough, right? For me, a third part pertains to my life and work schedule. That whole "not having enough free time" that I mentioned earlier leaves me very few opportunities to visit my favorite birding spots. Instead, I quell my birding jones by spending at least a few minutes every day birding in my yard. My property is located along the eastern part of the north shore of Oneida Lake in Oswego County, Oneida Lake is 22 miles long, and acts as a 22 mile barrier to birds that are headed south in the Fall. Birds are reluctant to fly across the lake because there are no safe places to escape predators while they are out over the water, Instead, they turn right or left and fly around the lake, and in my instance, right over my yard. My life schedule keeps me awake at sunrise for just about every day of the year, and provides me the opportunities to get out into my yard and bird during the prime early morning hours, when birds are most active. Whenever the conditions are right for a good migration day, then birding in my yard can become quite spectacular. In general, any location that contains or creates any type of geographical barrier would be a good place to watch migrant songbirds. That's what makes places like Derby Hill and Cape May the special places they are. Understanding how birds adjust to and are affected by weather patterns can also assist you in seeing migratory songbirds. Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scili...@gte.net315-679-6299 On 10/20/15, Sandy Wold wrote: Thanks for sharing, Mickey. I was blown away by all you saw. Can you and others give tips on how to see songbird migration? I was unfortunately indoors most of today and yesterday. I remember last year Meena invited people to go to Montezuma (a certain date in November?) to watch tens of thousands of the Red-winged Blackbirds come in at sunset. It was amazing! Are there other good places to watch songbird migration? Is it hit or miss? do you watch some kind of radar channel and know it's coming Do you live on a hilltop? could you say generally where you live and saw this? Is October 19th a day you have seen so many songbirds before so you knew to be on the look out??? I don't think any of this was mentioned in SFO, was it? Thank you! Tips from all welcome!!! I'd also like tip on how to watch/hear nocturnal migrants...and where. --Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Hancock Airport
I saw 2 SNOWY OWLS at the Syracuse Airport this morning around 9:30. The first was a lightly barred individual perched on a light post alongside the East-West runway straight out from the public observation area. The second was a more heavily barred bird sitting on a long snow bank on the north side of the fence near the overflow parking area. I also saw a PEREGRINE FALCON flying over the parking garage. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 From: Paul Schmitt Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 3:42 PM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Hancock Airport I have a friend who is returning to France in a few months and would love to see a Snowy before leaving. Have there been any more sightings at Hancock Field since December 26? Appreciate any update. Thanks, Paul Schmitt pschmi...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] American White Pelican continues at Knox-Marsellus, East Rd, Tyre
Dave, I was at Knox Marsellus marsh briefly on Saturday morning and I watched the pelican feed while it was swimming across the shallow pool. It would lower its head almost completely underwater while slowly swimming forward. After a few seconds, it would raise its head up and swallow whatever was unfortunate enough to be in its path. It did this multiple times and at one point swallowed on 9 consecutive attempts. I wondered what it was eating, but I could never really see what it was picking up. Sent from my iPhone Mickey Scilingo 315-679-6299 On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > This evening the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN again spent most of its time standing > and preening, but toward sunset I saw it swim a couple times, then stand in a > new place in the water and preen some more - especially under the wings, > which emphasizes the bizarre shape of this bird. During one of the swims it > also tried feeding by stretching its neck forward low to the water, rotating > its head 90°, and laterally biting the water ahead of it. I did not see it > obviously catch anything, nor did it seem very enthusiastic in this brief > activity. I imagine that a solo bird is at a disadvantage if it typically > feeds with a group of pelicans all herding fish into the shallows before > dipping them up. Such a massive bird must need a lot of food, and I haven't > heard other reports of it feeding. > > Does anyone know who found the American White Pelican on 20 July? Mark Miller > said it was reported to him around 2pm when he was volunteering at the > Montezuma NWR headquarters, but he didn't know the name of reporter or > finder, and no one has reported it to eBird on this date. Earliest observer > gets their name on the Cayuga Lake Basin 2013 First Records list, along with > all the associated fame & glory. > --Dave Nutter > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeak
There is currently a heavily molting but definitively male EVENING GROSBEAK scrapping with the Blue Jays for a position on my feeders. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- 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] Marcellus-Knox Marsh migrants
I spent a few hours along East Rd yesterday between 8 and 11 AM with results similar to Drew's and Gary's. No Buff-breasted Sandpiper or Red-necked Phalarope for me either, but I did see 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, a few WILSON'S SNIPE and an EURASIAN WIGEON, plus 1 seemingly early DUNLIN. There were also 20 or more Dowitchers, which I took for Short-billed. I experienced Drew's BOBOLINK movement as well, but I was on Rt 89 along the Seneca/Wayne County border watching some juvenile Horned Larks around 7:45. I didn't observe any other noticeable landbird migration yesterday, but I did have a WHIP-POOR-WILL make a few quick calls around 8:15 from somewhere in the woods behind me. This was while I was at the first cut out in the treeline along Towpath Rd. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 - Original Message - From: Gary Kohlenberg To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Marcellus-Knox Marsh migrants I spent time on East Road today, but later than Drew's report. Around noon I had 2 Black-bellied Plovers and 2 Wilson's Phalaropes but no Buff-breasted or A. Golden-Plovers. The second trip back in the late afternoon had me scanning with Dominic Sherony. We eventually found 6 A. Golden-Plover and 3 Black-bellied Plover. I missed seeing Red-necked Phalarope and Buff-breasted again, but did see a Eurasian Wigeon. The viewing is so distant and unpredictable that I wouldn't be surprised if the Buff-breasted is still there somewhere. Gary On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Drew Weber wrote: I spent a couple hours birding along Towpath Rd from 6-9:30am. Early on there was fog moving in and out, but I found a Red-necked Phalarope and 1 (and possibly a second) Wilson's Phalarope among the more numerous shorebird species. I was unable to refind the previously reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper or American Golden-Plovers from East Rd. There were a number of passerine migrants as well. Warblers included- American Redstart - 3 Cerulean Warbler - 3 (including one adult male) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 There was a good northward movement of Bobolinks, particularly in the first couple hours I was there. Full checklist link below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11396248 -- Drew Weber -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ruff at Montezuma
David Wheeler reports that the RUFF reported yesterday from Montezuma NWR is still present today around noon. It is a molting adult male and is being seen at Puddler's Marsh from Towpath Rd. If I am correct, Puddler's Marsh is the name for the impoundment beyond the dike which is located roughly 0.8 miles down Towpath Rd. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- 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] RFI: Muckrace Sedge Wren & Long-eared Owl
Dave, Marty Mau and I heard the LONG-EARED OWL on Friday night, Sep 9 around 9 PM along the wooded section of Van Dyne Spoor Rd, just west of the Sandhill Crane Unit Marsh area. In fact, we had a quartet of owls along this stretch, with BARRED, EASTERN SCREECH, and NORTHERN SAW-WHET all calling at the same time. The latter 3 were calling from the south side of the road, with the Screech calling to our west, the Saw-whet calling almost directly in front of us, and the Barred calling to the east. The LONG-EARED OWL called 3 times from the north side of the road, and from an area closer to the marsh. I suspect this will be a popular area to visit during next year's Muckrace. Mickey Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 - Original Message - From: Dave Nutter To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:59 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] RFI: Muckrace Sedge Wren & Long-eared Owl I'm trying to update the first 2011 records for the Cayuga Lake Basin Sedge Wren and Long-eared Owl were first reported on the Montezuma Muckrace. If anyone can tell me who observed either species, the location, and which date (Friday evening 9 September, or Saturday 10 September), I would be most grateful. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Van Dyne Spoor Rd, Sunday evening
I took a quick trip to Van Dyne Spoor Rd near sunset last evening in search of Short-eared Owls, with no luck. But I did see a few raptors: 1 Red-tailed Hawk patrolling the forest edge 1 Northern Harrier hunting out over the fields between Rt 31 and VDS Rd a single Rough-legged Hawk making a beeline northward just before 6 PM, no doubt headed to its night roost 2 adult Bald Eagles sitting on the nest along the western forest edge visible from both the potato building and VDS Rd (at least for now) and 1 honorary raptor - I missed the action, but I turned around just in time to watch a Northern Shrike flying away with what I assume was one of theTree Sparrows that were feeding in the shrubs. Mickey Mickey Scilingo North Syracuse Onondaga County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- 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/ --