Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ruby-throat
Still have them at my place in West Danby. The first one to the feeder this morning was an adult male at 6:59 AM, 48 degrees F. Yesterday morning I found a sub-adult male inside my car, dead. Apparently it had flown in the previous evening while the tailgate was open, and got trapped inside when that was closed for the night. Geo Kloppel -- 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] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
In my experience (having been raised among anglers), snags in trees are "should have known better" events, i.e. the result of careless or inept casting. Experienced anglers can avoid this problem. More difficult to avoid are the underwater snags, and I suspect the latter exact a greater cost on wildlife, though the submerged tackle and the victims may remain out of sight. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Young hawks
I haven't heard from my young Cooper's Hawks during the last few days - maybe they're out trying to fend for themselves now - but begging Sharp-shin youngsters are still about. Occasionally I hear the cry of a Broad-winged Hawk, and look up to see one or two soaring above the woods. Today there were three, making me wonder if the nestlings I saw in June actually fledged before anyone else got out to see them. Juvenile Red-tails are also begging in the area, though I suspect their nest was down in the valley, maybe near the West Danby Fire Station as in years past. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] American White Pelican and American Avocet Montezuma Aug 2 2012 - unconfirmed ebird reports
OOB, today's BIRDEAST update from Delaware reports 5 American White Pelicans at Prime Hook and 300+ American Avocets at Bombay Hook! Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sharpies and Coops fledged
The Sharp-shinned Hawks and Coopers Hawks that nest yearly on my hillside have successfully brought this year's young to the point of flying all about the area, begging to be fed. But the Broad-wings suffered a string of misfortunes, including bad relations with their accipiter neighbors, and I suspect their young have not survived. Sad, but I hope they won't give up on this long-held territory. Hooded Warblers still singing here each morning. Maybe they raise two broods. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Broad-winged Hawk chicks
My backyard Broad-winged Hawks have at least two chicks in the nest, who are now whitewashing the completed road repair project! Geo Kloppel -- 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] Common Ravens
A pair of Ravens nests yearly on my hillside overlooking West Danby. Other Ravens nest directly across the valley, and still others farther east in the Danby State Forest, as well as off to the west in the Newfield State Forest. We're solidly in the forested "emerald necklace" here, and I would think there must be at least one pair for each ten-square-mile block of appropriate habitat. Geo Kloppel On Jun 28, 2012, at 8:41 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: > I just heard a Raven gronking as it flew by. I've noticed that occasionally > someone > will post a sighting and it has me wondering. Just how common ARE they? > > -- 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] Worm-eating Warblers
I found 3 - 4 singing Worm-eating Warblers this morning in the usual location. They were silent until about 8:00 AM, then began countersinging, but gave Iit up after 45 minutes as the clouds darkened and the showers increased. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
One reason these odd collective nouns haven't been assigned to Peregrines or Great Horned Owls is just that those birds don't noticeably flock. Come to think of it, the connotations of "flock" are mostly unflattering too. Etymologically, a flock is a crowd of followers, whose collective behavior doesn't display individual initiative. Think of sheep, or rustic parishioners. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] N Spencer Eagles
At 7:15 this morning a young Bald Eagle was jumping up and down in the nest at N Spencer Marsh, trying her wings. Looks ready to fly! I wouldn't be surprised if the pressure created by the presence of those Eagles was responsible for the relocation of Great Blue Heron nesting to the L-P preserve, and maybe related to the surprise appearance of a Common Gallinule at Coleman Lake too. (Eagles have a taste for Coots, so moorhens seem likely to be acceptable as well) Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Danby Acadian Flycatcher
Having gotten tired of repeated disappointments at the Station Road location, I decided to check some of the other spots in the greater West Danby area that have hosted Acadians in the past. First stop: lower Michigan Hollow. Pat and I parked just north of the place where the south leg of the Abbott's Loop trail crosses the road. As soon as we opened the car doors we had the songs of an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER in one ear and a LEAST FLYCATCHER in the other. The Acadian was singing all around the mouth of the shady hemlock ravine that comes into the hollow from the west at this point. The trail passes right through there and proceeds up the south rim of the ravine. Always an interesting spot for forest birds, including Blackburnians, Canada Warblers, Hermit Thrushes, Blue-headed Vireos, etc. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Speaking of agonic interactions...
...a couple of Raven youngsters have become sufficiently flight-worthy that this morning they came down off the high hilltop in pursuit of their parents. These raucous beggars are very unwelcome among the crows, but can't fly strongly enough yet to escape mobbing, so they've really been gotting the treatment! Geo Kloppel > -- 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] Barred Owl
A Black-billed Cuckoo is singing out in the fog at my place this morning, and I got an uncommonly nice look at one of the neighborhood Barred Owls, whom I surprised in the little creek that flows beside Maple Ave. But there's still no Acadian Flycatcher at the usual location south of Station Road. Geo Kloppel -- 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] ...or maybe discretion is the better part?
No sight of the previously mentioned Broad-winged Hawks for several days. Their old nest still looks abandoned. Road work below is done, but the stick nest under construction nearby has acquired a leafy roof (squirrels!) So, if the Broad-wings are still in the vicinity, their nest remains undiscovered. Multiple Blackpolls here this morning. Heard both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo yesterday, but their favorite foods (forest and tent tree caterpillars) seem to be scarce. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] W Danby Migrants
Around my house this morning: Tennessee Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll. Many other warblers, but those three are the clearest migrants. No Acadian Flycatcher yet... Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Persistence pays
I had been feeling sorry for the Broad-winged Hawks who nest each year in the woods just below my house. They flew all the back here from Veracruz, only to find their nest tree damaged by the heavy April snow. They started building a new nest several days ago, but almost immediately the highway department arrived to begin a lengthy repair project on the shady seasonal road just below. The heavy equipment racket starts at 7:00 each day and goes until 4:00. Yet the hawks have continued building, and if they can sustain the commitment for another day or two, their persistence looks likely to pay off, as the road work will be finished and Maple Avenue will return to being a quiet woodland lane. Geo Kloppel -- 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] Mourning Warbler territories?
I checked my favorite Mourning Warbler spot along Bald Hill Road (Danby) this morning. Didn't find any! It was just silly with territorial Hooded Warblers though. Raghu, write me for details if you're interested. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes
My doctor looked at my rash, prescribed the antibiotic, and said there was no point in doing a Lyme test, as it would come back negative, being un-useful for the just-bitten. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bay-breasted Warbler
Just found a Bay-breasted Warbler feeding in the balsams in my driveway. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip to Lindsay Parsons
Hi Susan, you wrote: > An added bonus… not a single tick in sight! Yes! In spite of all expectations, I've seen very few ticks yet this spring around West Danby, even on my dog! However, several of the ones I _have_ seen were already attached to me. One of these bites produced a vague circular rash about 3" in diameter. I took the full course of Doxycycline, just in case (a neighbor of mine actually came down with Lyme Disease last year). Better safe than sorry. I'm still expecting a big outbreak of ticks, any time now... -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] A few migrants
This morning a Nashville Warbler was still in my yard, and I heard my first Blackpoll. Yesterday I had another Yellow-throated Vireo. Also watched a female Scarlet Tanager gathering nest material. My yard-nesting Broad-winged Hawks are vocal today. Not sure if they'll reuse last year's nest, as the heavy April snow broke away a large covering branch just above it... Geo Kloppel > -- 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] Cape Mays in my yard
I don't usually find Cape May Warblers at home, but this morning there are several feeding and singing in the tops of the spruces. Geo Kloppel -- 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] Renwick vs. Fuertes
Here's a candidate for the (proximal) source of the confusion: http://www.cayugawaterfronttrail.com/file_uploads/Waterfront_History_Report_2001.pdf This fascinating "Waterfront History Report" entirely misses the creation of the Fuertes Memorial Waterfowl Sanctuary (known to us today as the "swan pen"), but applies the Fuertes name instead to the Renwick Wildwood Sanctuary, asserting that the Cayuga Bird Club changed the name at the time of Fuertes' death. Now where could the authority for that assertion be found, if not in the club's archives? Geo Kloppel -- 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] Renwick vs. Fuertes
Hi Matt, you wrote: > the City of Ithaca unambiguously uses the name Fuertes Bird Sanctuary for the > wooded area south of Stewart Park, as does the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. It > would be particularly interesting to learn why the City has applied this term > to this specific area... It's also interesting to ask _when_ the City began labeling it such, as this could help us track down the source of the deviation from the standard name used in the birding community. The only City of Ithaca documents I have yet seen with this error (if it is an error!) are less than ten years old. Do you know of any older ones? -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick vs. Fuertes
So Matt's puzzler devolves to the question whether the Renwick Wildwood Sanctuary was actually renamed after the untimely death of L. A. Fuertes, or whether that claim only represents a garbled memory of the creation of the Fuertes Memorial Waterfowl Sanctuary (which we've forgetfully dubbed the 'swan pen') beside the Stewart Park boathouse. Might seem like a trivial question, but it would have to be resolved if the arch was going to be restored. Does the Cayuga Bird Club have archives from the late 1920s that could provide an answer? -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick dedication 1917
At the dedication ceremony (June 10, 1917) the Cayuga Bird Club was represented by Louis A. Fuertes, who presented the new arch to the Mayor of Ithaca, Frederick E. Bates Meena wrote: > Cayuga Bird Club was formed by luminaries like Andrew White, Anna Comstock, > James Needham and other Cornell related people. > > -- 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] Fuertes Birds Sanctuary article
According to a hiker's account that I've come across, the inscription on the arch reads: Renwick Wildwood Sanctuary Cayuga Bird Club -- 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] Fuertes Birds Sanctuary article
Rick wrote: > I have a photo. I would love to work with Bird Club to restore the Arch. That ought to cement the proper name of the sanctuary into the minds of present-day club members! -- 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] Fuertes Birds Sanctuary article
Don't remember the name for certain, but I do recall that there's a date on it. > > On May 8, 2012, at 2:26 PM, "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" > wrote: > >> What is the label on the cement archway at the old SE entrance to Renwick? >> I’m wondering when that was created -- 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] Fuertes Birds Sanctuary article
Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 On May 8, 2012, at 2:26 PM, "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" wrote: > What is the label on the cement archway at the old SE entrance to Renwick? > I’m wondering when that was created -- 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] Fuertes Birds Sanctuary article
Chris wrote: > After reading this article, it would appear that the “Swan Pen” is actually > the Fuertes Memorial Bird Sanctuary Well that would certainly give us good excuse for having retained "Renwick Sanctuary" as the proper name for the woods! -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick vs. Fuertes
I learned to call it Renwick in the '60s! Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 On May 8, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Ann Mitchell wrote: > Hi Matt, > Glad you brought that up. I always thought of it as Fuertes. Now, I just say > the woods at Stewart Park because I never remember being told to refer to it > as Renwick. I think I learned the correct name at SFO. > Ann > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:25 AM, wrote: > Force of habit. There's a certain threshold of persistence required to > accomplish an honorary name change, and the Cayuga Bird Club seems never to > have risen to it. Even the club website refers to the place as "Renwick > Sanctuary", so club members can't be faulted for following along. > > Fuertes Sanctuary is a fine name, though, and perhaps the club should give > another effort. > > Geo Kloppel > Bowmaker & Restorer > 227 Tupper Rd > Spencer NY 14883 > 607 564 7026 > > On May 8, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Matthew Medler wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> The discovery of the Yellow-throated Warbler in the woods south of Stewart >> Park highlighted a question that I've wondered about for some time: why do >> most Ithaca birders refer to this area as "Renwick Woods" or "Renwick Bird >> Sanctuary" rather than "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary?" Based on the City of >> Ithaca's web site, it appears that the official name for this area is in >> fact "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary": >> >> http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm >> >> Even putting this aside, it's always puzzled me that Ithaca birders would >> favor the name of an early Ithaca settler over Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Not >> only is Fuertes one of America's greatest bird artists, but he is also one >> of our most illustrious Ithaca birding ancestors, having been very active in >> the Cayuga Bird Club and the local birding community for many years. I would >> think that we would want to celebrate Fuertes's name and use it to refer to >> the bird sanctuary that was named in his memory after his untimely death. >> >> I am truly interested in learning why it is that so many use the name >> Renwick to refer to the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary. But, in the absence of any >> compelling reason for favoring Renwick over Fuertes, I'd also encourage >> birders to use the sanctuary's official name and honor Fuertes's legacy in >> the process. >> >> Matt Medler >> Ithaca >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick vs. Fuertes
Force of habit. There's a certain threshold of persistence required to accomplish an honorary name change, and the Cayuga Bird Club seems never to have risen to it. Even the club website refers to the place as "Renwick Sanctuary", so club members can't be faulted for following along. Fuertes Sanctuary is a fine name, though, and perhaps the club should give another effort. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 On May 8, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Matthew Medler wrote: > Hi All, > > The discovery of the Yellow-throated Warbler in the woods south of Stewart > Park highlighted a question that I've wondered about for some time: why do > most Ithaca birders refer to this area as "Renwick Woods" or "Renwick Bird > Sanctuary" rather than "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary?" Based on the City of > Ithaca's web site, it appears that the official name for this area is in fact > "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary": > > http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm > > Even putting this aside, it's always puzzled me that Ithaca birders would > favor the name of an early Ithaca settler over Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Not > only is Fuertes one of America's greatest bird artists, but he is also one of > our most illustrious Ithaca birding ancestors, having been very active in the > Cayuga Bird Club and the local birding community for many years. I would > think that we would want to celebrate Fuertes's name and use it to refer to > the bird sanctuary that was named in his memory after his untimely death. > > I am truly interested in learning why it is that so many use the name Renwick > to refer to the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary. But, in the absence of any compelling > reason for favoring Renwick over Fuertes, I'd also encourage birders to use > the sanctuary's official name and honor Fuertes's legacy in the process. > > Matt Medler > Ithaca > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Catbird does toad imitations
Last spring I had a Catbird doing a pretty good Chuck-wills-widow song, which he must have picked up in the south. This year's entry is a local sound: he's doing toad imitations! Not the loud mating song, but a soft vocalization that the migrating toads make as they advance through the grass. Geo Kloppel -- 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] Whip-poor-will!
Sitting outside just now, listening to the night sounds, I thought the toads down at the pond were being awfully noisy, so I moved around to the north end of the house, andI immediately heard a Whip-poor-will. The last time I had one in my yard was way back in 1997! Geo Kloppel Tupper Road West Danby -- 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] Parula, Canada Warbler, etc.
New around my place: N. Parula, Canada Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Least Flycatcher. Still no hummer - did mine take a drink in the Gulf of Mexico? It looks like today is going to be the Big Day for the neighborhood's American Toads. Movement toward the pond was very noticeable yesterday, and the singing has intensified. Easy pickings for Crows! Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Hawthorn Orchard, May 3:
Not to detract in any way from the spectacularly magnetic Hawthorn Orchard, but I too found 15 warbler species today, without moving more than 1000 feet from my house, and probably could have made it 20 without leaving the greater West Danby area. There are lots of birds around! -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler
New in my yard this morning: Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Blue-winged Warblers Warbling Vireos Wood Thrush Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Worm-eating Warblers
Seeing that we might get a well-timed break of morning sunshine, at 8:15 I drove across the valley to visit Worm-eating Warbler habitat below West Danby's north pinnacle. On the walk through the forest I flushed a couple of Wood Ducks from a tiny vernal pool where frogs and salamanders breed. Hermit Thrushes, Black-throated Green Warblers, Blackburnian Warblers, Blue-headed Vireos, a Scarlet Tanager and other birds were present but not very vocal. When I got to the slopes at 8:45 the Worm-eaters were silent. I sat down and waited. I could easily hear quite distant birds singing down in the L-P Preserve, including a Yellow-throated Vireo. At 9:10 the sun finally climbed above the north pinnacle and began to illuminate the treetops, at which point 4 or 5 Worm-eating Warblers began counter-singing. One perched at eye level directly in front of me. They kept it up strongly for 20 minutes, like a delayed dawn chorus, then the cloud cover returned and they all went quiet. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Yellow-throated Vireo
A little more walkabout rewarded me with a Yellow-throated Vireo, multiple Chestnut-sided Warblers, and more. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] A few warblers
A misty walk around my West Danby home produced an Ovenbird, Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black and White Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush, Blue-headed Vireo, Hermit Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Broad-winged Hawk, Barred Owls, Pine Siskin, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Ravens, etc. Geo Kloppel 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 -- 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] Eight inches of snow!
This morning a full eight inches of heavy wet snow covers everything at my place in the West Danby hills. The Phoebe on a twig out the window looks black. Yesterday's fog-bound flock of twenty-some Yellow-rumps and one Nashville Warbler must still be around here someplace. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Warbling Vireo
Hi Carol, you wrote: > Anyone have any solutions to keep grackles away from the feeders? Actually > it's all blackbirds-RedWings, Grackles, and cowbirds? > Carol Keeler Short of advocating for reforestation in your area, your best bet is probably to reserve one feeder just for them (and birds that are willing to rub shoulders with them), and then offer additional feeders that exclude them for all the rest. You know, finch feeders, feeders with adjustable spring loaded perches, etc. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Nashville Warbler
Singing in the trees at my place this morning, a Nashville Warbler, 6 days ahead of the mean first arrival date for the Cayuga basin. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Brown Thrasher
New at my place this morning: Brown Thrasher, Blue-headed Vireo, multiple Towhees. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Tape playing versus habitat loss
DEC itself sometimes destroys beaver dams that are blocking trout streams (like Virgil Creek?) to improve the fishery. Could this be what has happened at George Road? Geo Kloppel > -- 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] Has birding ethics changed?
Hi Nari, As John said, it used to be strictly limited to scientific research, but I think over the last 50 years we've shifted from black-and-white to grayscale on this question. The advent of "Citizen Science" has played a role, by creating research projects that depend on the participation of birders, hence offering them an inside view of the scientific justifications for various kinds and degrees of disturbance. For example, pishing, imitation and playback are all accepted field techniques in various projects that aim to survey breeding birds. I expect that birding ethics (and citizen science) will continue to evolve, and eventually we may see them in something like true color! Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Has birding ethics changed?
>From the ABA code: "Limit the use of recordings and other methods of attracting birds, and never use such methods in heavily birded areas, or for attracting any species that is Threatened, Endangered, or of Special Concern, or is rare in your local area" So, the code implicitly recognizes these attraction techniques as birding tools, and just calls for us to use situationally appropriate judgement and restraint. The two "never" clauses declare cases that are beyond the bounds of appropriateness, but otherwise the community of American birders is enjoined to educate, judge and police itself through ongoing debate about the topic. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Chipping Sparrow
I also had Chipping Sparrow a week ago. > So the real question is, why did people first decide to report to several > listservs on one day, but quietly report to eBird for a couple weeks? Listservs are "live" in ways that ebird is not. You can get echoes and feedback loops. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes
I would think you should look at IBAs on a case-by-case basis, giving consideration to the cited reasons for each listing. Some IBAs are certainly in the inventory because they represent significant migration routes (for example, all of Cayuga Lake is a designated IBA). But other IBAs were listed for different reasons, and not primarily for their potential to concentrate migrating birds. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Lisa Welch wrote: > Thanks Bill, > > Wouldn't this be true of other recognized migratory routes, wildlife > refugees, or IBA, etc, for example, Montezuma? > > From: Bill Evans > To: Lisa Welch ; cayugabirds > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes > > Lisa, > > Unlike for commercial wind energy, there are no specific NY guidelines for > minimizing avian impacts of communcations towers (i.e., nothing from NYDEC). > > The Federal guidelines put forth by the USFWS are pertinent for NY and can be > found at the following link: > http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/communicationtowers.html > > Generally, towers should be kept as far away from the shores of Lake Ontario > as possible, due to occasional large migratory bird concentrations there. > Towers located within ~3 miles of the shoreline should be free-standing (no > guy wires) and as short as possible. Towers should not be built near sources > of bright permanent light (sports stadiums, convenient stores, etc.), which > may lead to dense bird aggregations of disoriented birds on cloudy nights. > Towers should use flashing (not steady-burning) aviation obstruction lighting > if possible. > > Bill Evans > www.towerkill.com > > - Original Message - > From: Lisa Welch > To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:39 AM > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes > > Hello, > > I am a planner with Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency and I'm > researching migratory bird (or otherwise) regulatory requirements and/or > recommended practices for proposed and existing towers. > > Can anyone recommend a definitive guide for NYS? > > Thanks. > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Why do birds sing to themselves?
> Are they practicing their songs? Musicians usually make a distinction between practice and rehearsal. Practicing is about learning the nuts and bolts; rehearsing comes later, and is about preparing for impending performance. To the extent that young birds need to learn their songs and how to sing them, I guess you could call their soto voce work "practicing". But birds that already have the nuts and bolts down cold may still spend some days or weeks warming up for the biggest performance of their lives, and that would probably be better described as rehearsal. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Siskins
My Siskins are gone, and the Redpoll too. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 On Mar 17, 2012, at 1:52 PM, wrote: > I meant to post yesterday, but forgot...I haven't seen any Siskin postings > recently. We still have a few at our feeders. Yesterday we had 3 when I > first looked outside at 8 or so, and there were 3 around again this > morning as well. Both times with the flock of Goldfinches that frequent > the yard. > > Bill > Baker > > - > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stony Point Bohemian Waxwings
I had to double-check the location myself, but I suppose a huge canyon like the one that cuts through the Hudson Highlands has some power to concentrate Bohemians as well as Redcoats and Hessians. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow
A Fox Sparrow sang here for a few minutes after the last rain shower passed. Sky watchers may grumble about the weather, as solar wind activity (and the chance of a northern lights display) will be high tonight in the vicinity of earth, and even higher tomorrow night, but cloud cover will probably prevent any observation from our area. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] winter finches, a teaser
Well, no Pine Grosbeaks here, but I do have Pine Siskins again today, and one Common Redpoll. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Redpoll
Siskins seem to have departed, but I still have one Common Redpoll coming to my feeder in the company of Goldfinches. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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 Siskins
There are now several Pine Siskins at my feeder, as well as a few Purple Finches, and a continuing Common Redpoll. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 -- 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] Midnight crow cries
Bright moon then. Maybe the crows spotted prowling raccoons? Geo > Yesterday night, almost around 00.00 hours (because 12.00 bus just passed my > house), the crow family that nests in my back yard spruce/pine started > calling. -- 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] Snow Geese at Dusk over muckland
Hi Meena, > I am not sure what made them circle so long. Coyotes below? -- 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/ --
