[cayugabirds-l] Pippits at Myers
Had a few minutes to spare during my holiday visit, so stopped at Myers Point. A flock of 8 pippits flew in, each calling as it arrived. I watched them work the shoreline for a while, well camouflaged among the pebbles. These were long-sought lifers for me! Nancy Dickinson Visiting from Maine Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Quoth the raven
Never more- As I finished loading the car yesterday and took a last look at my beloved farm, the Mecklenburg raven circled low over the yard and croaked goodbye. I don't believe in signs but it seemed significant since the first bird I saw in our new yard in Maine, on top of a rocky hill, was a raven. I will greatly miss the variety of birds I found in our farm's yard and especially my friends in Ithaca who helped me learn to appreciate them all. But if any of you come up to Hog Island or that area please look me up- or find me volunteering there as I did at the Lab of O 20 years ago. My email will remain the same and I will always be reading this delightful list serve. Thanks, and good birding ! Nancy Dickinson Sent from my iPhone -- 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] fireflies
I actually noticed fireflies on the night of June 21! I had just finished telling our houseguests that it was too bad they weren't here in July when the fireflies make beautiful circular flights over our fields. It was the night before the super moon and as we walked out to look at it, the fireflies were already putting on such a display that we were enchanted. On Jul 2, 2013, at 9:50 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal wrote: Today afternoon while I was seeing some awesome insects like Green Darners and Black Saddlebags and a Ixodontia wasp carrying long grass blades (7 to 8 inches long) to some location under my office window, I watched an adult Bald Eagle circle around in front of my office window for a few minutes before heading off towards Lab of O I presume! Finally, they are here. The Fireflies! About 30 + flying in the front and back yard. Till yesterday I had not seen them, so I was wondering if changes in the plant compositions changed the habitat for them. But no, I think they just were late in emerging this year. I went out to switch on moth lights, and was glad to observe fourth of July fireworks in the yard! I know Karen Edelstein posted seeing them a couple of weeks ago. Has anyone else seen them earlier this year? Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] Heron dinner
Imagine my surprise to find a shiny green mini lobster (crayfish) dead but intact on my garden path. I assume a green heron dropped it en route from Taughannock Creek to the nest in our spruce trees. Imagine their disappointment! Sent from my iPhone -- 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] bird habitats real estate
This morning the Wood Thrush in our yard started singing before dawn, starting the chorus that we listen to through the window as we wake, and continuing past 8:00. We've never had a Wood Thrush stay beyond migration before, but this one has been singing in the same place since May 21. I take this as evidence that the little wooded area along the hedgerow has become sufficiently thick to suit him. As I walked the dog after sunrise, the thrush was singing from a large snag between the woods and our neighbor's hayfield, where it was briefly joined by a singing Meadowlark; the latter scolded and chased the thrush back into the woods, and then returned to the hayfield. ( A moment later the tree held 3 Cedar Waxwings and two Grackles.) As I looped around toward our little (but tall) spruce grove, I heard the shrieking Green Heron who's been hanging out (nesting?) there, and saw him hopping from one treetop to the next. In our open field the House Wrens and Field Sparrows were singing, while the Baltimore Oriole and Scarlet Tanager vocalized from the cherry tree... and so on. What a fine morning. I have counted 91 species in the yard so far this year, and 126 over the past 23 years, largely due to the nice mix of habitats. The 19-acre property, with antique farmhouse and two sturdy red barns, is now for sale, and I would dearly love for it to be bought by someone who will appreciate the birdlife. If anyone here is interested, please contact me off-list or see carolbushberg.comhttp://carolbushberg.com. (Sorry for the self-promotion.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] Tennessee Warbler
Tracked it down in my hawthorns, chugging out its mechanical song loudly and endlessly. Not much to look at but a new one to learn. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Scarlet Tanager
Singing nonstop, lit up by rising sun, atop a hickory in our yard at 6 am. Joy! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Blue-wings
Two newly-arrived Blue-winged Warblers are singing on our hillside today. And a Baltimore Oriole is singing the funniest ditty while snacking on various trees around the yard-- since 5:30 am it has been whistling yoo-hoo just like my iPhone does. Over and over and over and over, it makes me laugh. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] White-crowns
Eight White-crowned Sparrows singing while dining under my feeders this morning! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Sent from my iPhone -- 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] witchety witchety
I finally heard a Common Yellowthroat in our yard today. It seems late. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] La waterthrush
Singing and displaying at mill in Treman Park. Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Nashville
A singing Nashville Warbler joined the dawn chorus in our yard today. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Sent from my iPhone -- 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] RC Kinglet
A Ruby-corwned Kinglet was singing excitedly in our fir tree this morning! Happy happy. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] Woodcocks????
I saw and heard 3 woodcocks last evening. But the first chorus of peepers was even more exciting! On Apr 5, 2013, at 9:11 AM, bob mcguire wrote: Has anyone been hearing/seeing woodcocks in the past few days? Back at the beginning of March we had several here on Whitted Rd (Snyder Hill). And in years past we have had up to seven in our and neighboring fields. I went out last night around 8 pm to survey and could not find a one. It was relatively mild and I did hear an occasional peeper. It doesn't seem reasonable that they would have taken a step back south. Are this year's numbers down? Does anyone have any idea? Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] tree swallow
At noon today the first Tree Swallow of the season was perched, sunning and twittering on a branch near our nest boxes. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] Brown headed cowbird
Not sure if one should brag about them, but I recorded a cowbird on my Feederwatch list on March 16. Also Song Sparrow and Fox Sparrow at my feeders that day. But numbers of cowbirds are much higher today :( Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg From: bounce-77960342-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-77960342-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Linda Orkin [wingmagi...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 9:25 AM To: Donna Lee Scott Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Brown headed cowbird Oh sorry. I forgot to report Brown-headed Cowbird at my feeder yesterday. Quite strikingly handsome in the sunlight. Linda Orkin Muriel Street Ithaca, NY Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote: Eating seeds on my deck rail in Lansing. FOS. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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 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] Snow geese
I just watched a large swarm of Snow Geese over my yard, amused by their rude barking calls, and noted that while they had distinctly black wing tips they were more gray than white-- I think they may be muddy! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Sent from my iPhone -- 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] woodcock encounter
I had a theory that woodcocks didn't dance when it was too cold or snowy, so last evening when I took the dog out around 7:40 I was surprised to hear them as we stepped from the lawn to the edge of a brushy field. There was one woodcock just landing (and warbling) to my right, and one peenting very nearby on my left, so close that I was frustrated not to see it against the snow. Suddenly the one to my right made a sound I'd never heard, a gruff alarm like hehehehehehehehehe and with that it flew right past me towards the other bird. Then they both rose together in a twittering flight, silhouetted against the sky. The dog began to bark, and the birds vanished. But it seemed that they were competing over the territory? And maybe in fact the moonlit snow gives them a good dancefloor, as long as it isn't too deep. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] migrants
New to our yard for the year today are a couple of robins, and also two Turkey Vultures. And slightly out of basin, I heard a Killdeer through our open sunroof as we drove back from Two Goats in Hector. A springy day indeed! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] Woodcock
I knew the weather was right, and sure enough I just listened to 3 rounds of a woodcock's Sky dance over our soggy field. Happy Spring! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Creeper
A Brown Creeper has been running up and down my two suet/feeder trees this weekend. What a treat! I haven't seen it actually eat the suet, but did see it collect some suet crumbs from the roots of a tree. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] juncos, no redpolls
The strange weekend weather blew away all my redpolls (which had varied between 2 and 30) but increased my juncos to a record 28. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] rufous hummingbird- yes
I topped off the gorgeous morning with a visit to Marty's porch, where I sat from 11:20 to 11:50. To my surprise, the Rufous Hummingbird indeed came in at 15-minute intervals and gave me ample opportunity to study it. A very handsome life bird, and a beautiful spot-- no wonder he likes it there! Seemed to be perching in the apple tree between visits. Thanks so much, Marty and Mary Jean! (I celebrated with some rufous pumpkin ice cream at the Creamery for lunch..of course.) Nancy Dickinson -- 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] FW: eBird Report - Wise Acres, Sep 27, 2012
I had a wonderful walk around our hillside this morning with my dog, and found many birds (with many more hiding and whispering in the leaves). I was especially excited by a clear view of a Swainson's Thrush, because just a week ago I studied my first one, on Monhegan Island with Jeff Wells and the Audubon camp! It was also interesting to have both young Purple Finch and RB Grosbeak near each other for comparison. My eBird list follows. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:47 AM To: Nancy W Dickinson Subject: eBird Report - Wise Acres, Sep 27, 2012 Wise Acres, Schuyler, US-NY Sep 27, 2012 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Area 16.0 ac Comments: sunny. 50 degrees 33 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 25 Northern Harrier 1 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 20 Gray Catbird 18 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 12 Cedar Waxwing 6 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 warbler sp. 2 Eastern Towhee 2 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 8 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] no hummingbirds
I see Laura has a hummingbird on her list, but mine seem to be, very suddenly, gone. All summer there was one at the feeder, or perched on a twig next to it waiting. Sometimes there were arguments when two tried to visit at once. But yesterday and today, the feeder and twig are empty. (And I always wondered how many of them there actually were.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] Podell Boardwalk
Sorry Mark-- Our Albert Podell is Cornell '58. I have met him, and that photo doesn't look anything like him. Don't we have a AAD folks on here? From: bounce-64005137-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-64005137-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Mark Chao [markc...@imt.org] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:28 PM To: Holly C. Adams; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Podell Boardwalk The Podell Boardwalk is named for Albert Podell. I know nothing specific about his association with the Lab, but it seems likely that he is the same guy featured in this article. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/garden/29breakers.html?_r=2pagewanted=18dpc A Google search reveals more interesting info about the estimable Mr. Podell. Evidently he is not only a Lab supporter and a defiantly principled chooser of lifestyle and bed linens -- he is also a generous supporter of other charitable causes, a patron of the arts, a world traveler, filmmaker, and author. I gotta give the guy credit – and not just because his namesake boardwalk is such a good place to find birds. Alas, I didn’t check there this morning, but I did find a few migrants elsewhere in Sapsucker Woods – a female CANADA WARBLER by the Charley Harper memorial bench, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the pond edge here, and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER in the woods close to the Fuller Wetlands. Mark Chao From: bounce-64004159-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-64004159-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of holly adams Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 12:55 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] off-topic but related question Greetings, Birders! Many of you post of sightings at the Podell Boardwalk here at the Lab. An elderly visitor of the same last name is keen to know for whom is it named? I have combed our website and the internet for the information and not finding anything, and I thought perhaps some of you have been part of the Lab or birding here since before said Boardwalk was created may know. Many Thanks, holly -- 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 Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] thrushes etc.
A walk up our hill at dusk this evening yielded a bird I hadn't heard here in many years-- a Veery, repeating its name, vee-ur, a dozen times. What a treat! Last weekend we were camping at Lake Durant in the Adirondacks, and a Hermit Thrush ran around our campsite much of the time, giving me ample time to observe its hunched posture and long pink legs, as well as the odd tail maneuver. In the trees all around our site were many warblers, clearly seen in standard plumage-- Blackburnian, BW, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird (on the ground, actually) and an assortment of Yellow-rumps, some young and begging. The most surprising bird was a Woodcock foraging (trundling around) in the leaves near the lake. These birds seemed to be locals? Also many others... quite a surprising variety. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] fledglings
An exciting time of year! In the past two days I have observed the begging fledglings of Phoebes, Grackles, Cardinals, Chickadees, and the defensive parenting of Common Yellowthroats, Song Sparrows, Hairy Woodpeckers, Field Sparrows, Towhees, and House Wrens. Still singing are Brown Thrashers, Catbirds, Indigo Buntings, Robins, House Finches. The season isn't over. Keep watching! Keep cool. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] last night
Took the dog for a walk at dusk last night and was surprised to hear a Woodcock performing its dance, which I hadn't heard since mid-March! Might they be nesting a second time? Also, later, the yard was a-twinkle with FIREFLIES! Thought I was seeing things at first...seems way too early. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] Hooded Warbler, CNC
This morning our small group found the Hooded Warbler on territory at CNC. It perched in plain sight, singing, for a good five minutes, and gave us quite a show. Also exciting were a number of Veerys strolling along the path in front of us, giving long views but no songs, as well as male and female Scarlet Tanagers together, up close. (We stayed in the woods and did not go up to the fields, so may have missed a few species up there.) To find the Hooded Warbler, enter the woods on the right below the lodge, cross the bridge, and take the middle path to where it ends at another bridge (west side of the log cabin clearing). The bird was defending the area on the left, where there are maple saplings. My eBird report follows. Happy Mother's Day! Nancy Dickinson From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:55 AM To: Nancy W Dickinson Subject: eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center, May 13, 2012 Cayuga Nature Center, Tompkins, US-NY May 13, 2012 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: warm, sunny 40 species Turkey Vulture 2 Killdeer 1 Chimney Swift 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 2 House Wren 1 Veery 5 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 8 Cedar Waxwing 6 Ovenbird 1 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 4 Hooded Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Scarlet Tanager 3 Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] new warblers etc.
In my hawthorns this morning, in the mist, were my first-of-year Blue-winged, Chestnut-sided, and Yellow Warblers. Also yard FOY White-crowned Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Wood Duck and Blue-headed Vireo (kindly singing in a bare tree where I could actually study him closely.) Heard Brown Thrasher and Catbird sing a confusing duet. Can't wait to see what a little sunshine brings-- the bugs are already swarming. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] and turkey hunters
Also heard a lot of turkey hunters celebrating May Day loudly. I prefer to celebrate with flowers. From: bounce-53933389-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-53933389-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Nancy W Dickinson [n...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:38 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] new warblers etc. In my hawthorns this morning, in the mist, were my first-of-year Blue-winged, Chestnut-sided, and Yellow Warblers. Also yard FOY White-crowned Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Wood Duck and Blue-headed Vireo (kindly singing in a bare tree where I could actually study him closely.) Heard Brown Thrasher and Catbird sing a confusing duet. Can't wait to see what a little sunshine brings-- the bugs are already swarming. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Wood Thrush
At noon on our hill I found a gorgeous male Baltimore Oriole singing in an apple tree, and while thrilling to that I was stunned to hear right behind me (in the spruce grove) the prolonged scolding of a Wood Thrush. (Confirmed this with BirdTunes when I came in-- they call it pit volleys!) And near the house a Warbling Vireo is combing the maple trees while humming to himself. WOW. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center, Apr 8, 2012
Sunday morning birding has begun at Cayuga Nature Center, and we had a good time this morning, with good looks at a number of birds including Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren, Bluebird, and Towhee. Heard Sapsucker and Field Sparrow repeatedly. This is an easy walk through varied habitat, in a small group with an experienced guide with scope. Great fun! New birds arriving soon. Sunday mornings through mid-May, 7:30 to 9:30. Nancy Dickinson From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 10:59 AM To: Nancy W Dickinson Subject: eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center, Apr 8, 2012 Cayuga Nature Center, Tompkins, US-NY Apr 8, 2012 7:30 AM - 9:45 AM Protocol: Area 12.0 ac 34 species Mallard 2 Wild Turkey 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 10 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Eastern Bluebird 6 American Robin 20 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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] forsythia for birds
I will try to remember who I'm talking to next time I post anything! ;) I am all for natural native plants, and have 19 acres of them, and a shelf full of books about them. But I do love my garden and the birds really love my forsythia (and the deer do not). Happy Spring! Nancy On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: How about Native Plants for Native Birds put out by the Cayuga Bird Club? For two years I have been planting Spicebush as a native alternative to forsythia. Little yellow flowers. Not that showy but great for habitat. Especially when they get their lovely ovoid red shiny fruits. Linda. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Terry P. Mingle tmin...@twcny.rr.commailto:tmin...@twcny.rr.com wrote: Two great book titles for bird gardeners: http://www.amazon.com/Audubon-Society-Guide-Attracting-Birds/dp/0801488648/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2 and http://www.amazon.com/The-Bird-Garden-Stephen-Kress/dp/0789401398/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3 --Terry On Apr 1, 2012 , at 9:12 PM, Marie P Read wrote: I heartily second Meena's encouragement to plant native plants—especially those that provide food in the form of fruit, seeds, or insects— and create native habitats for birds! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 From: bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Haribal [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:05 PM To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds Hi all, I am a little bit concerned about promoting Forsythia for birds. They are just good for landing and hiding for birds near bird feeders. But they really are not such healthy food for birds. http://www.ehow.com/list_6019009_pests-forsythia-bush.html Forsythia is promoted as the plant with no pests at all. If you want birds and habitats for them why not plant some native plants. There is Native plants for native birds published by our on bird club for guidance. You should look up some local plants that are good for birds and their food - insects that feed on them. For example all kinds of dogwoods - Red Dozier, and Gray Dogwood are excellent plants, they produce fruits which are eaten by birds during fall migration, that is when the fruits are ready. But they host at least some known thirty species of moths and these moths as adults and as larvae are excellent food for birds and their young. Some of these moths include beautiful Polyphemus moth, Dogwood Thyatirid, Prominents, many geometrids, which are found in spring and summer. Of course some of these moths/larvae may not be directly useful to all birds but are of indirect use. Their caterpillars are beautiful with variety of shapes and structures and some of the adults are just awesome if you are looking for beauty. I feel pained that native habitats are being destroyed and artificial habitats are being created. So why not create real habitat, I know it is very hard to create and maintain, but at least one can give a try. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://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/ -- -- 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
Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds
Of course, it's very important WHERE non-natives are planted. My fields are absolutely overrun by bush honeysuckle that was once considered a good plant for birds, but is totally invasive, as are multiflora rose and Russian olive. They don't know how to behave when given room to spread. Even staghorn sumac, which the birds rely on, spreads annoyingly. In my garden I try to keep things under control. Nancy On Apr 2, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: Hello Nancy, Not to put words in Meena and Marie's mouths, but I think their comments were more directed to people who may be considering planting new shrubs and in that context, a gentle reminder that there may be better choices for birds. Some people on the list may not alradhy know about the resources they referenced. You know, and so do we all, that your forsythia are doing a valuable service for your birds. We need to stop and think before we plant something but also before we remove something. The very old and healthy apple tree my neighbors just cut down is obviously not native but the craggy bark provided much good foraging for woodpeckers, the blooms provided food for pollinators and nectar feeders but most importantly, it was a safe staging area for birds coming to my feeder. They also tore out a whole row of hedge which had grown up like crazy over many years,mostly privet and there was barberry in it, but it was also a protective nursery for a black cherry, a crabapple and a red oak, all of who grew to a deer safe size within this tangle. I managed to save the cherry and the crabapple but got home just as they were tearing out the oak. The birds loved this whole hedge right along the edge of my yard. It was torn out and nothing was put there to replace it. i planted a gray dogwood, a black birch and those spicebush I mentioned, but how long will it be before they provide any habitat at all for safety? So enjoy your forsythia and your birds and your wonderful other 19 acres. I am envious. Best Linda Orkin Muriel Street, Ithaca, NY On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edumailto:n...@cornell.edu wrote: I will try to remember who I'm talking to next time I post anything! ;) I am all for natural native plants, and have 19 acres of them, and a shelf full of books about them. But I do love my garden and the birds really love my forsythia (and the deer do not). Happy Spring! Nancy On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: How about Native Plants for Native Birds put out by the Cayuga Bird Club? For two years I have been planting Spicebush as a native alternative to forsythia. Little yellow flowers. Not that showy but great for habitat. Especially when they get their lovely ovoid red shiny fruits. Linda. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 1, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Terry P. Mingle tmin...@twcny.rr.commailto:tmin...@twcny.rr.com wrote: Two great book titles for bird gardeners: http://www.amazon.com/Audubon-Society-Guide-Attracting-Birds/dp/0801488648/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2 and http://www.amazon.com/The-Bird-Garden-Stephen-Kress/dp/0789401398/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3 --Terry On Apr 1, 2012 , at 9:12 PM, Marie P Read wrote: I heartily second Meena's encouragement to plant native plants—especially those that provide food in the form of fruit, seeds, or insects— and create native habitats for birds! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608tel:607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.comhttp://www.marieread.com/ Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 From: bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Haribal [m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:05 PM To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds Hi all, I am a little bit concerned about promoting Forsythia for birds. They are just good for landing and hiding for birds near bird feeders. But they really are not such healthy food for birds. http://www.ehow.com/list_6019009_pests-forsythia-bush.html Forsythia is promoted as the plant with no pests at all. If you want birds and habitats for them why not plant some native plants. There is Native plants for native birds published by our on bird club for guidance. You should look up some local plants that are good for birds and their food - insects that feed on them. For example all kinds of dogwoods - Red Dozier, and Gray Dogwood are excellent plants, they produce fruits which are eaten by birds during fall migration, that is when the fruits are ready. But they host at least some known thirty
[cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds
Since this has been such a spectacular season for forsythia, I thought I'd mention that my bird feeding area is flanked on both sides by large forsythia bushes. In every season, the feeder birds find shelter there between feedings, and when danger threatens. Right now the bushes are beautiful AND full of birds, and my FOY Chipping Sparrow just popped out of one for a few minutes of pecking at the seed on the ground. One of my bushes is ancient and huge, and requires twice-a-year pruning (not to confine its shape, just its size), but the other is only a few years old, an off-shoot of the older one, and is a usual staging area for sparrows and juncos etc. on their way to the feeder. A cheap, simple landscaping plant! I recommend it. (Also, in cold winters, birds seem to eat the buds, and in those years, my forsythia blooms in October!) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] Field Sparrow
A Field Sparrow joined the morning chorus here today. It sang, Happy Spring (not Summer?)! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] more woodcocks
At last it is really woodcock season in Mecklenburg. At least 4 individuals were peenting and skydancing when I went out at 6 am, audible from every side of our house. I heard them last evening in the rainy dusk, and they may have continued all night under the bright moon. Anyone who lives in an open area should go out at twilight and listen. (There were peepers calling from the creek, too.) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] WOODCOCK dancing
Hooray!!! I've just been out in this tumultuous weather listening to repeated skydance music from a woodcock in the field north of our house. The wind is so strong (and cold) I could hear it do the twittering ascent to circle overhead, and then the chirping descent, for 7 cycles, but couldn't hear it peent on the ground, nor did it do it for long before rising again. I'm frozen-- how can the bird do it? Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] bluebird singing
In spite of the gloomy weather, a male bluebird is singing brightly in our yard, trying out his song from every treetop. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] snowbirds
This afternoon my yard holds by far the biggest flock of juncos I've seen this year-- at least 20-- and I wonder if winter weather might finally be on the way. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] no owls for me
I spent 45 minutes this morning looking for the snowy owl in Ovid. No luck. Darn. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] robins
In spite of the extreme cold, our dozen continuing robins greeted this morning's sun with their usual outburst of clucking and singing. And the hoarfrost was dazzling. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] shrike vocalization
I didn't mention the sounds the shrike was making yesterday, because it was such an odd noise, that I looked around for a flock of starlings, and then decided it must be the trees squeaking in the wind. But last night I listened to the N Shrike on Birdtunes, and that was really how un-birdlike it sounded, very odd. Begin forwarded message: From: Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edumailto:n...@cornell.edu Date: November 14, 2011 8:47:33 AM EST To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] shrike Reply-To: Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edumailto:n...@cornell.edu Very cool to see a Northern Shrike surveying our yard from atop a smallish tree, early this morning. Had a good long look at it. A yard first! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://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 Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- Nancy W. Dickinson Director's Administrative Assistant Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 254-4597 -- 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] shrike
Very cool to see a Northern Shrike surveying our yard from atop a smallish tree, early this morning. Had a good long look at it. A yard first! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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] tree sparrows
Of all the birds seen today while walking the dog around our place, the most surprising were 3 Tree Sparrows. Is it really that late in the season? A Towhee is still calling in our woods, and still some White-crowns are hanging out. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] fruity sapsuckers
Of all the birds enjoying our fruit-laden cherry tree right now, the most surprising is a pair of YB Sapsuckers. I have seen them flying away with one cherry held in the beak; how they actually eat it I'm not sure. This morning the female hopped around me, scolding while holding a fat ripe cherry in her mouth. Maybe she meant to feed it to some young? Nancy W. Dickinson Director's Administrative Assistant Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 254-4597 -- 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] flycatcher problem
I have had in my field for many, many summers a bird that I'm pretty sure is a Willow Flycatcher. I haven't seen breeding activity, but doubt that it would come back like clockwork every year if things weren't going well. It perches here and there and makes a call like a boingy spring, or what I think of as a mechanical sneeze, morning through evening. But this year, there is in the same field another singing flycatcher, which looks pretty similar, but sounds slightly different, with an upward-sounding exclamation. I have listened to recordings repeatedly but can't tell if it might be an Alder, Acadian (not likely, right?) or weird Willow. Such an odd sound to pin down in your mind! I'm going to have to go out there and play the recording and see who gets mad. If anyone feels like an expert on the differences, please advise. But, really, I'm not sure that it matters, right ?! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] FW: eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center , 5/8/11
Had a great morning at Cayuga Nature Center, with the following list. In my yard in Mecklenburg, had newcomers of Indigo Bunting, Pine Siskin, Chestnut-sided and Cape May Warblers. Happy Mother's Day to all! From: do-not-re...@ebird.org [do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:05 AM To: Nancy W Dickinson Subject: eBird Report - Cayuga Nature Center , 5/8/11 Location: Cayuga Nature Center Observation date: 5/8/11 Number of species: 42 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue Jay 12 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 6 European Starling 4 Cedar Waxwing 10 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Hooded Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow X Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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] Towhee etc.
Came home to the song of a Towhee drinking his tea (with ice cubes, I hope). Nearby was a rollicking Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and at the feeder were both early Chipping Sparrow and late Tree Sparrow. Happiness! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] redpolls continue
Three Redpolls, who arrived Sunday, continue at our feeders this morning. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] white-crowned
The White-crowned Sparrow continues to visit my feeder, with two White-throats. Seems healthy. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Meck Redpolls
As I stood in the driveway at the conclusion of my own New Year's bird count, a flock of 20 Redpolls bounced into the yard and went to the feeders, where I could watch them for a few minutes. Great way to start the year! Earlier, I witnessed singing Tree Sparrows, White-throats and our lingering White-Crowned Sparrow, in the hedgerow, in concert. Nice. Happy 2011! Will report to the Schuyler County count... Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] white-crowned
Today's unusual weather brought a White-Crowned Sparrow to our feeders, along with a late Song Sparrow. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mecklenburg birding
Our place was more interesting today than expected, given the dull weather. I spent an hour circling our hillside and saw, among the usual suspects: thousands of blackbirds overhead, looking and sounding like redwings and grackles with who-knows-what mixed in, heading south. Distant Canada Geese flocks seemed to be swirling north, to recently-harvested cornfields. I counted at least 90 Cedar Waxwings in one tree, alternately perching and diving into nearby brush to feed. Saw a large, up-close Cooper's Hawk chase, and miss, a red squirrel in our woods. Heard a few Tree Sparrows singing, and a few whistles from a Fox Sparrow. Heard a lot of bluebirds-- not sure if was a local flock repeatedly or a stream of migrants. And was surprised to look out the kitchen window and catch a Northern Mockingbird landing briefly in a yew-- I see about one a year here, and am glad to have seen this one! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg If we amplify everything, we hear nothing. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Fox Tree Sparrows
This morning amid the huge number of singing White-throated Sparrows, accented with songs of several White-crowns and the chwinking of a couple of lingering towhees, I heard repeatedly the brilliant song of a Fox Sparrow. Also, didn't hear but saw a handful of newly-arrived Tree Sparrows. Catbirds are suddenly absent, and Song Sparrows are dwindling. Juncos returned earlier in the week (they always leave us for the breeding season.) What a great weekend! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] OT? field mowing
We are greatly enjoying our newly opened-up fields which will hopefully attract woodcocks and other field birds in the coming years. I found a guy with a mower that can remove giant multifora rosebushes, bush honeysuckle, and most small trees, creating a beautiful open grassland where there was recently impenetrable brush. (It hadn't been cleared in 12 years.) He went neatly around my bluebird boxes and a few larger trees, creating a perfect landscape for viewing birds.He was in the Pennysaver-- email me off-list if you want his name and number. Nancy Dickinson -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] thrushes etc.
Such a beautiful weekend, and so much confusion. Keep seeing little flocks of warblers, and seriously cannot identify them, even when studying my various field guides. They are warblers, but... Sigh! Our many fruiting trees and vines are attracting all kinds of birds. This morning these included 4 very bold RC Kinglets, and two thrushes which I THINK are Swainson's, but, again, not 100% sure. Eye-rings, creamy chest with spots, pip call-- but didn't really see their backs in good light. Also, in these odd yellow-fruited crabapples we have a lot of, found yesterday 3 birds that I at first thought were RB Grosbeaks, but today decided, seeing them again, that they were Purple Finches. Such a difference, and yet not so obvious from any distance. If birds don't make a sound, I'm in trouble. Whatever these trees are, the birds are gobbling the fruits. Lot of sparrows, with white crowns and white throats. And migrating jays. Saw and heard a pair of kingfishers this morning, circling overhead for about five minutes, arguing with each other with prolonged rattling calls-- which way to migrate? What a fabulous season, but I'm worried about the accuracy of my eBird reports! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Olive-sided Flycatcher?
This evening, walking our puppy at about 7:30 in hazy dusk, I saw a bird that I believe was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. Dark, not small, short-necked, medium unmoving tail, large white wing-patch the only distinguishing mark, sitting very still (100 feet away? with binocs) on a roadside snag for a minute until it sallied a few feet, a few times, then went away. I came in and looked in the old Peterson where I write such things, and saw that my first and only yard sighting of this (but not my only sighting ever) was on 8/27/97. So I'm thinking it might not be too early, considering how this year has been? I am pretty sure. Sure it was cool. So many interesting things coming around. Keep your eyes and ears open! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] treetop fight
Last evening the peaceful singing of grosbeak, oriole, and tanager was interrupted by the piercing shrieks of a green heron and angry caws of a crow, both of whom claim a nesting spot in our little (1/2 acre?) spruce grove. They went on and on, back and forth, and there was a lot of flapping and rustling in the treetops. Not sure if they fought each other or a third party. A red-breasted nuthatch piped in below, and the red squirrel raised a ruckus. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Meck warblerfest
This morning there were so many warblers singing in our yard, I couldn't decide which ones to chase first. Did have good looks at Cape May, Prairie, Blackpoll, and Chestnut-sided. Many more heard but not confirmed by sight. So many Yellows and C Yellowthroats fighting over territories it's crazy, and a Blue-winged seems to have decided to stay too. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] saw-whet owl
Unbelievably, I was awakened at midnight by the calling of a Saw-whet Owl right outside the open bedroom window. It went on about 20 times, in slowly measured toots of equal length and spacing, then took a break and tooted some more. The sound was so close that I sensed the breathiness, very much like a toy wooden train whistle my kids had, with multiple notes in a chord, puffed with air. I had never heard this in person before, but have reviewed a couple of recordings this morning and am sure. But isn't this an odd time to hear one? This morning I went out and studied the dense blue spruce trees near the window, but couldn't see if anyone was hiding there. What a spine-tingling thrill, even if it sounds crazy! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Nature Center , 5/2/10
Attached is my eBird list from this morning's good walk at CNC. Most notable were the (heard only) Hooded Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush, both on territories they have held for several years. We did have a look at singing Wood Thrush, B Oriole and Towhee, among others. Guided walks will continue the next two Sundays (May 9 and 16) at 7:30. Location: Cayuga Nature Center Observation date: 5/2/10 Number of species: 46 Canada Goose 1 Mallard 1 Ruffed Grouse 1 Wild Turkey 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 4 Nancy Dickinson -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] house wren
Our first House Wren arrived to sing brightly this morning. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] vulture problem
This evening at 7:35 I went out for a nice sunset walk, and heard spine-chilling, awful, distressed cries from my nesting crows-- and assumed there was a hawk or owl roosting in the same spruce grove who was upsetting them. But then, against the sunset sky, I watched as one after another, up to 9 or 10, Turkey Vultures flew out of the area. I have often had them hover nearby, but never seen them invade or roost here, never at dusk. The crows have been here for a long time, and I was upset on their behalf. Question: Do TVs eat eggs, or invade nests? I always thought they preferred dead things. I could look this up, but wonder if anyone has witnessed this locally... Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] field sparrows
Two Field Sparrows are visiting my feeder area this evening-- the first I've seen this season. Nice to see them up close, in bright plumage (reddish caps, white eye-rings, gray face, pink bill (giving them the most wide-eyed cute look of our sparrows, I think). They join the YB Sapsucker (drumming now in the front yard,) Chipping Sparrow, and Purple Finch who all arrived this weekend. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] phoebe
Our phoebe greeted me on my return from SFO this afternoon with a bright chip and a busy swooping about to pick up cluster flies. I'm sure that of all the birds nesting and being raised in our bank barn, some return to the very same place each spring. But never more than a few, and then they spread out around the neighborhood. I find it comforting, especially the way they pick the same nesting spot, and the same perch on an old wire strung between the outbuildings. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] sparrows, Mecklenburg
I was pleased (and puzzled, since it's warmer) to finally get a nice flock of 12 Tree Sparrows at the feeders today, along with the two remaining White-throats (remember when they used to be springtime migrants?) The Tree Sparrows were singing so happily that I could hear them through the window. Yes, we all have spring fever, way too early. Also saw a Pileated WP, Carolina Wren, and RB Nuthatch making unusual appearances in the yard. Great weekend! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/ --
