Re: [cayugabirds-l] Geese on Cayuga

[Susan Gateley]

first woodcock of the season for me- single bird foraging in our little
woodlot in North Wolcott!

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 4:01 PM Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

> As neighbor Sarah Blodgett just texted, “there’s a massive goose thing
> going on”   here!
>
> 1000s -mostly Canadas i think -hard to see in sun- on water over on west
> side of lake with more flying in & landing!
>
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] ducks

[Susan Gateley]

many ducks nice variety on open water at nw corner of Little Sodus Bay
afternoon of Feb 25 goldeneye, white winged scoter redheads pintail, a few
long tail lots of common mergansers, some courting behavior  - very
colorful selection

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] How to help birds

[Susan Gateley]

Bravo Dave Nutter. You are spot on!!!

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:36 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> The Lab of O recently released a report saying the world’s wild bird
> population has dropped an alarming 29% in the last five decades. I also
> received a list from the Lab of O about how we as individuals can help
> reduce the harm to birds. Suggestions include preventing window strikes,
> stopping cat predation, stopping pesticide use, planting native species
> instead of lawns, reducing plastic use and recycling plastic, and not
> consuming sun-grown coffee. I would add bananas and sugar to that list of
> tropical plantations which destroy habitat, and suggest generally eating
> locally. The list also talks about advocating policies in each of those
> areas.
>
> Anyway, the suggestions are good, and I support them. Yet I think there’s
> an elephant in the room. An issue which was not mentioned is destroying
> coastal habitats, mountain habitats, and arctic habitats including sea ice.
> It is causing desertification. It is producing larger wildfires, including
> where plants and animals are not fire-adapted. It is destroying coral reefs
> which are nurseries for fish. It has already moved the ranges of fish and
> other aquatic bird food by hundreds of miles or affected their populations.
> It creates increasingly powerful storms which can devastate islands, as we
> have seen in Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
>
> The problem is climate change, and it is predicted to move the growing
> conditions for plants much faster than the plants can move and regrow, thus
> destroying habitats for birds at range-wide scales. And that’s before
> considering all the habitat destruction caused by humans trying to adapt,
> move, fight over resources, and create new farm land to replace the areas
> which are no longer usable.
>
> So, I think fighting climate change should be on that list for helping
> birds (as well as helping many other creatures, including humans). And that
> means, among many other things, reducing our carbon footprints to limit the
> future damage.
>
> What is the carbon footprint of birding, and what would reducing it mean?
> Not flying?
>
> Using an electric car charged with renewable energy or at least a high mpg
> car?  (And even keeping renewable energy use at a moderate level, because
> photovoltaic & wind “farms” also displace habitat and harm birds.)
> Limiting miles driven?
> Car-pooling to go birding?
>
> Using discretion when deciding what trips to take? How many gallons of
> gasoline should be burned by people to see a little lost bird? Putting a
> limit on the area in which to chase rarities. Staying in a county or a
> basin rather than trying to personally cover a state, country, continent,
> or planet? Forego chasing rarities which have been seen before?
>
> More positively, how about concentrating birding on a small area and
> getting to know its birds well: places you can walk or bike to, places that
> are already along your daily commute.
>
> And for myself, I have greatly enjoyed the photographs of birds and
> descriptions of the birds’ activities which other people have contributed
> to their eBird reports. Rather than envy, I can share their joy without
> feeling I need to jump in a car to see (or miss) that bird myself.
>
> Anyway, these are some issues I have been struggling with, and I wonder if
> other birders are also thinking about these things. Thanks.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oswego River/harbor/marina birds on 2/4/19

[Susan Gateley]

If it's on the way to Oswego you can also check out the channel at Fair
Haven via the West Bay road park at end. Often lots of long tails, diver
ducks etc there. Wave action usually keeps channel and north end of bay
semi open to open

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 12:49 PM John and Fritzie Blizzard <
job121...@verizon.net> wrote:

> To all ... Sorry I didn't better indicate the locations.
>
> Head towards the Lake on *W.* *1st St.*  off Rte. 104 & eventually dead
> end at the Marine Museum. For those who haven't been there, you can park &
> walk around behind the museum to view the river & harbor as well as the
> marina.  I suggest you Google Oswego Marine Museum, enlarge the area & that
> will show you the river, harbor & marina waters to the west. I think when
> most of us say "Oswego River" we mean that particular spot. Off W. 1st St.
> are one block long side streets to get you closer to the river.
>
> *Lake St.* that goes west off W. 1st St.  (where you enter the driveway
> to the museum by the large fuel storage tanks)  goes up the hill to an
> overlook with good parking/viewing of the lake & marinas. Follow Lake St.
> on down the other side to *Breitbeck Park* to walk to the lake shore.
>
> I *don't* bird above the lock & up-river south towards Fulton but a
> walkway exists all along behind the businesses. On rare occasions I may go
> to the Fort Ontario overlook on the east side of the river accessed  by E.
> 7th St. off E. Bridge St./Rte. 104.
>
> The grebe & large nos. of long-tails were  on the river downstream from
> the little riverside park & the lock below the Rte. 104/W. Bridge St.
> bridge & to the harbor. The L-Ts move up & down the river, into the marina,
> all along the breakwalls. They tend to fly out onto Lake Ontario in mid-day
> but that may not always be. Other birds ... mallards, mergansers, etc.
> usually are on the east side of the river on the rocks & waters under the
> bridge below the lock.
>
> Kathy & I went to what is known as Wright's Landing to where we saw the
> many w-w scoters & the King Eider. Be aware that the birds are often
> changing locations throughout the day  so you may have to  scan various
> areas & even return to places you've already looked. A birder there had
> missed the black scoter, I think she said, that flew in to where she had
> left just moments before.
>
> The conclusion ... birds don't stay in one spot to be seen where others
> saw them so, good luck! If you like fish, Skip's Fish Fry is at the corner
> of W. 2nd & Schuyler Sts..
>
> Fritzie
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: August 21, 2018

[Susan Gateley]

Dear birders,

I have a question.  Do young ospreys hang out at nest after they fledge and
hope for food?  Thanks

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:16 AM, Marie P. Read  wrote:

> Hi all,
> I just voted FOR cat licensing, mostly for the first reason that Gerald
> mentioned below.
>
> Marie
>
> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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> Phone  607-539-6608
> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
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> Website: http://www.marieread.com
> Follow me on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-
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> From: bounce-122789659-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122789659-5851667@
> list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Rising, Gerald [insr...@buffalo.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 7:57 AM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: August 21, 2018
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> Currently a vote is being taken by an Albany station whether or not to
> license cats. As I write, the NO vote is winning. I urge anyone concerned
> about this issue, for or against, to vote. I favor licensing for several
> reasons that are becoming increasingly clear. This is not the time to spell
> them out, but I will at least these: the serious effect on wildlife
> populations of depredation by this introduced species, the spread of
> tooplasmosis, and the increasing incidence of cab-borne rabies.
>  The vote is being taken at: www.news10.com/news/local-
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> Amherst
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Phalarope, Montezuma Visitor Center

[Susan Gateley]

not sure if this will go out to list  could you forward? Thanks

not bird related directly (though might relate to food for birds)
have bird watchers noted large numbers of painted lady butterflies moving
around randomly Sat Sept 23? I saw hundreds in an overgrown area with
milkweed today  in eastern Wayne Co. Curious as to how widespread this was-
Thanks for any observations

thank

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Jay McGowan  wrote:

> The highlight so far at Montezuma this morning was a WILSON'S PHALAROPE at
> the visitor center pool, which is very good shorebird habitat at the
> moment. I heard a second hand report of a possible Buff-breasted there as
> well, but we did not see one.
>
> Jay
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ominous

[Susan Gateley]

It might have been late for the little hummers but I've seen a couple of
the 'regulars' around here on south shore of lake ontario for two weeks or
so

also as for other bird notes  had a weird sad discovery on boat- the
starboard ventilator cowling and dorade box contained three dead tree
swallows when we commissioned the boat two weeks ago. The birds looked
quite deteriorated like not recently dead. I've never seen such a thing
before- I'm guessing they were ??migrating?? and saw the hole of the
cowling as a good place to spend the night and then got trapped and
couldn't get out??   Very weird.



On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Kelly Lee Smith  wrote:

> I saw my first hummingbird yesterday at an Amish greenhouse in SummerHill;
> the Amish ladies said the birds have been in the greenhouses for a couple
> of weeks.
>
> Kelly
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> *Sent:* Saturday, May 27, 2017 3:44 PM
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>
> Along the west shore of Cayuga Lake we occasionally have up to three
> Hummingbirds at a time at either feeder. So far this spring (?) - we have
> seen ONE female sitting on the edge of a feeder looking away from the
> cottage - none other. Might this be a result of the late and frequent cold
> snaps and the subsequent lack of either floral food or human assistance?
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> Info and/or assurance gratefully accepted.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/17

[Susan Gateley]

I'm an unskilled bird watcher but I listened to the Internet and discovered
a black billed cuckoo calling next to my garden this AM

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Mark Chao  wrote:

> Birding has been very slow for me in Sapsucker Woods so far on Wednesday.
> Despite my usual rather wide coverage, I've found about one-tenth of the
> volume and diversity of yesterday's passage migrants --today, only one
> Rusty Blackbird, a couple of Yellow-billed Warblers, a female
> Black-throated Blue, a silent male Magnolia, and a subadult male American
> Redstart, plus some "dzzt" notes moving overhead. I hope others find what
> I've been missing...
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[cayugabirds-l] snow buntings wolcott

[Susan Gateley]

fair size flock of snow buntings swirling around the fields between Fair
Haven and North Wolcott this AM near the lakeshore- first I've seen this
year-
Susan P Gateley

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[cayugabirds-l] cormorant photos

[Susan Gateley]

Ahoy birders all,

I am doing an educational video on Lake Ontario and its problems and what
is/needs to be done about them.

I'd like to get some photos of cormorants (double crested), especially
islands that they have impacted.  I have some video of cormorants, but was
unable to schedule a visit to any of the rookery islands.

Does anybody have some still photos I could use? Little Galloo or Snake or
other places that have been impacted by excess guano?

If you have a photo you can e mail it to me su...@silverwaters.com and tell
me how to credit it.
And can anyone point me to a reference as to if they are native or
"invasive" on Lake Ontario? I have seen both statements on the Internet.

Susan Peterson Gateley

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture with white wings

[Susan Gateley]

Ahoy birders,

my newsfeed for lake ontario reports botulism deaths among waterfowl Wayne
to Jefferson Counties starting about mid October to present. I would be
curious to hear of any observations you collectively have of Cayuga Co
shoreline.
I have NOT seen any dead birds this fall on my 1500 foot stretch of Wayne
Co shoreline but I may have missed em-

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> Good to know. Thanks, Ann. I've been wondering if anyone had seen it as I
> haven't seen any posts this yr..
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loons

[Susan Gateley]

Ahoy bird watchers,

An environmentally  minded ecologically sensitive professional videographer
would very much like to get footage of young eagles- on Lake Ontario or
elsewhere in Rochester Buffalo area.

Getting the youngsters as they learn and perfect soaring and flying would
be totally cool.  Can you help out? If you see youngsters out and about in
a habitutal 'flying school' could you forward to me and Ill send it on to
him?

Thank you very much. The video would be useful for awareness and education
and would be widely seen I am certain! ( he gets submissions gets on
national TV regularly)

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 I am looking for some semi-cooperative Loons to photograph. Not the ones
 in the middle of Cayuga Lake, but some smaller body of water so they would
 be more camera accessible. Ideally I would like to find a Pair with chicks.
 You can PM me at c...@cornell.edeu
 thanks
 Carl Steckler

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Brown pelican off Poplar Beach

[Susan Gateley]

Hey there were 2 brown pellies up on Sodus Bay a few years ago- why not?

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 2:25 PM, mduttwei...@twcny.rr.com wrote:

 No, I wasn't at the Brewgarden. There was a brown pelican off Poplar Beach
 cruising and doing the classic drop to the water.  I have a passable photo
 and three witnesses. At one point it was being harassed by gulls after
 which it took off toward the south.  Mike Duttweiler

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dispatching house sparrows ... 5/18/15

[Susan Gateley]

not really a bird watching note but here goes.

we are roofing a shed and had to take a nest down.

It was a phoebee nest with four almost white eggs and a COWBIRD egg,

Did we do the poor birdie a favor? Will she find another site and re-build
I wonder? Without a cowbird?

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Melanie Uhlir mela...@mwmu.com wrote:

  I took down all my nestboxes except for the one that House Wrens have
 favored for years and already had a pair defending it from the damn House
 Sparrow (and the one covering a woodpecker hole in our front wall, the
 entry of which is plugged.) As I watched the tiny wrens ferociously
 defending their home (the entry hole of which appeared to be too big to
 allow the HOSP to enter), I hoped that perhaps the wrens would win by
 killing the HOSP so I wouldn't have to. I still hear the wren song but
 haven't heard the horrible, monotonous cheeping of a HOSP since I witnessed
 the battle. So I'm hoping that Team House Wren gave that HOSP some of his
 own medicine.

 If I ever, gods forbid, need to dispatch House Sparrows, I would be happy
 to pay someone to do it for me as I am a big, squeamish baby who can't kill
 things. Otherwise I might just have to give all my nestboxes away to
 someone tougher.

 On 5/18/2015 3:09 PM, job121...@verizon.net wrote:

  For those who are fed up with damage done by house/English sparrows.

  *www.sialis.org/hospdispatch.htm
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey

[Susan Gateley]

Yesterday with strong south winds in late AM many many turkey vultures were
zooming at tree top level along the Lake Ontario shore line, heading east
at high speed! First big flight of soaring birds I've seen up here (
Wolcott- Fair Haven area)

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 I was already headed to Myers this morning when I got word of a
 Blue-winged Teal being there. I didn't find it, but I did have a fine
 consolation prize: An OSPREY flew over me when I was near the lighthouse,
 last seen powering north over the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. As far as I
 know this is the first report in the Cayuga Lake Basin this year.

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