[cayugabirds-l] Howland Island report

[Sandra Lynn Babcock]

With the helpful guidance of many of you who responded to my query, I was able 
to bird Howland Island on Thursday, after a stop to see the prothonotary 
warbler at Armitage Road (a lifer! Yay!).  I did not see the same numbers of 
warblers that had been reported a few days earlier (no Cape Mays, for example), 
but saw many exciting birds, including 3 ceruleans (and heard at least seven 
others that I couldn’t spot), 1 blackburnian, 1 magnolia, dozens of redstarts 
and yellow warblers, warbling (2), yellow-throated (1) and red-eyed (1) vireos, 
Baltimore orioles (3), rose-breasted grosbeaks (2), tree swallows (4), eastern 
bluebird (1), indigo bunting (1), and great crested flycatcher (2).

A few instructions for those who haven’t been to the area and are interested in 
seeing ceruleans, in particular.  I parked by the Howland Island Road bridge, 
then walked over and took the first path/road on the right.  This path leads 
first to Lost Pond, where I heard the first two ceruleans.  I kept going, 
always staying to the right (per the instructions in “Birding the Cayuga Lake 
Basin”).  I spotted the first cerulean with the help of Katherine Graham and 
Kathleen Sheffield (?), high up in the treetops.  Most of the ceruleans seemed 
to be quite high up, and it was often difficult to spot them.  They move around 
a lot, often from tree to tree, even more so than other warblers, it seemed.  
Keep looking up and listening for their song. I finally got my best view up by 
wood duck lake, when one of the ceruleans flew to a tree right over the path.

The guidebook indicates that you will eventually see a sign for “Wood Duck 
Way,” at which you should turn left.  I missed the sign, and am not sure if 
it’s still there.  I used google maps to check my location, and ended up doing 
a slightly longer loop by heading up toward Cook Lake, then made a left on the 
grassy track heading south toward the Howland Island bridge. This is a more 
open path, where I saw the bluebird and nesting tree sparrows (these are also 
in full view by the Howland Island bridge).  By that time it was close to 
mid-day, and i didn’t hear any ceruleans on this stretch.

Thank you to everyone who provided helpful advice!

Best,
Sandra

Sandra Babcock
slb...@cornell.edu

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Johnson, Alyssa]

Hi everyone! I’ve heard some rumors going around, and we got a question at the 
MAC, that Carncross Rd leading to Howland’s Island has been washed out at some 
point. I haven’t been in the area recently so I checked with the DEC on Morgan 
Rd. The road is not washed out. There was water over the road a few weeks ago 
but there isn’t now. If anyone ever has questions about access to or use of 
lands in the NYSDEC Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (including 
Howland’s Island, Guys Marsh, the Montezuma Audubon Center land, among others) 
you are welcome to contact the DEC directly at (315) 365-2134, this is the 
Morgan Rd office and they can provide the most accurate and up to date 
information.

Have a great weekend.


Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, New York 13146
montezuma.audubon.org

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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question


I’ve only been there once, but I recall Killdeer nesting on the open dirt 
tracks. Watch where you step!



Best,

Robyn



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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question



I, too, am interested in this location.  If anyone is responding—please post to 
the group.



On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:01 PM Sandra Lynn Babcock 
mailto:slb...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been before 
and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes that are 
better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?



Thanks for any insights you can offer.



Best,

Sandra Babcock

Ithaca



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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Robyn Bailey]

I’ve only been there once, but I recall Killdeer nesting on the open dirt 
tracks. Watch where you step!

Best,
Robyn

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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

I, too, am interested in this location.  If anyone is responding—please post to 
the group.

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:01 PM Sandra Lynn Babcock 
mailto:slb...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been before 
and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes that are 
better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?

Thanks for any insights you can offer.

Best,

Sandra Babcock
Ithaca

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Asher Hockett]

If you park and cross the bridge at the south end (Howland Island Road),
follow the trail and take the right fork to Lost Pond. That area was
dripping with warblers on my first visit there many years ago with
Spring Field Ornithology. I think I got 4 or 5 life birds that day.



On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 4:01 PM Sandra Lynn Babcock 
wrote:

> I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been
> before and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes
> that are better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?
>
>
>
> Thanks for any insights you can offer.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Sandra Babcock
>
> Ithaca
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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Magnus Fiskesjo]

Howland Island once had farms, and there is an old network of dirt roads, now 
crisscrossing between recently created dams. 

So, mostly one can just walk along those dirt roads, starting from either of 
the 2 access points, which is as far that one's car can go, and see the woods, 
the fields, and the dams. 

I would go online, find a detailed map, print, and bring while walking. F ex:
https://friendsofmontezuma.org/visit-the-mwc/northern-montezuma/
https://friendsofmontezuma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Northern-Montezuma-North-Public-Access-2016.jpg

Another good map here, halfway down the page: 
https://cnyhiking.com/HowlandIsland.htm

For a truly exhilarating experience, bring your mountain bike, as I did once. 
Then you can bike around everywhere. 

Or, your kayak, as I have heard people also do -- the "island" is surrounded by 
a river/canal, that becomes impassable in late summer. 

In late summer it also becomes mosquito hell. August is best avoided, if you 
don't have a head net, full gloves, and thick clothes -- I doubt there are 
sprays that can deal with the onslaught. Other than mosquito storms, there are 
also nasty flies that bite you quite painfully (in August, that is). 

So now is the time. 

ps. Alyssa Johnson at the Montezuma Audobon [alyssa.john...@audubon.org] 
recently did a brilliant session on Howland Island's history, online, with a 
Powerpoint. Very rewarding. But she later said the recording of the session on 
Zoom failed (as Zoom often does, apparently, routed through China and all), and 
she was going to re-record her presentation and upload it. But I can't find it 
on their webpage. 

--yrs.
Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu

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http://pacs.einaudi.cornell.edu/people/steering-committee
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been before 
and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes that are 
better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?

Thanks for any insights you can offer.

Best,

Sandra Babcock
Ithaca

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Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Donna Lee Scott]

I sent this info to Sandra Babcock earlier

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: Donna Lee Scott mailto:d...@cornell.edu>>
Date: May 20, 2020 at 6:24:19 PM EDT
To: Sandra Lynn Babcock mailto:slb...@cornell.edu>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

Hi
Do you happen to have a copy of Birding the Cayuga lake basin - our Cayuga Bird 
club guide?
If so, info about Howland Island is on pages 130-131.

You have to walk at HI. No driving.
enter either from Rt 38 north of Port Byron - 1.8 miles, turn left on Howland 
Island Road, go 2 miles to the end of the road. park & walk across the iron 
Bridge and then start walking in the island.
OR
from Savannah go north on Route 89 and turn right immediately on Savanna Spring 
Lake Road. Go 2.2 miles to Carncoss Road.
Turn right and go half mile to the end of the road where the bridge is. Cross 
bridge, drive a short way to parking lot at end of public road.

However - I have heard that the bridge & the road immediately after it to the 
parking area there has been flooded. I don’t know if it still is or not. So rt 
38 way is probably best to do.

Let me know if you have the basin guide. If not, i can type the suggested 
walking directions (3 mile loop from iron bridge).

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On May 20, 2020, at 6:01 PM, Sandra Lynn Babcock 
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I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been before 
and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes that are 
better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?

Thanks for any insights you can offer.

Best,

Sandra Babcock
Ithaca

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Lanie Wilmarth]

I, too, am interested in this location.  If anyone is responding—please
post to the group.

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:01 PM Sandra Lynn Babcock 
wrote:

> I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been
> before and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes
> that are better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?
>
>
>
> Thanks for any insights you can offer.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Sandra Babcock
>
> Ithaca
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[cayugabirds-l] Howland Island question

[Sandra Lynn Babcock]

I’m contemplating a trip to Howland Island tomorrow, but have never been before 
and am wondering if anyone has any tips.  Are there specific routes that are 
better for birders?  Do you recommend a driving loop or walking?

Thanks for any insights you can offer.

Best,

Sandra Babcock
Ithaca


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[cayugabirds-l] Howland Island drone pix

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Click on "events"  & then to the right see the list including "Drone 
Pics of Northern Montezuma". Aerial views are also included but the 
drone pix are closer. I never dreamed so much water & land are there.

Fritzie.


On 10/29/2017 2:06 PM, bob mcguire wrote:
> The main reason for writing this up is to alert folks to a new 
> resource. Jim Eckler and Frank Morlock (DEC Morgan Road) have recently 
> acquired a drone with camera, and they have been posting aerial photos 
> of the various DEC properties in the Northern Montezuma Wetlands 
> Complex. Think Howland Island, Martens Tract, Railroad Road, etc. They 
> intend to post updated photos throughout the season. It’s fascinating 
> to see, from the air, exactly what is out there beyond the cattails 
> and phragmities. Go to _https://friendsofmontezuma.org_ and find the 
> “what’s new” section at the top-center of the page. Bob McGuire -


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[cayugabirds-l] Howland Island

[bob mcguire]

I spent a delightful morning yesterday walking around Howland Island. Waterfowl 
season was just beginning: there was a lot of gunshot and very few ducks in 
evidence  (in contract to the thousands in the MNWR main pool). Best birds were 
a softly calling Hermit Thrush and a lone female Rusty Blackbird in a flock of 
robins.

The main reason for writing this up is to alert folks to a new resource. Jim 
Eckler and Frank Morlock (DEC Morgan Road) have recently acquired a drone with 
camera, and they have been posting aerial photos of the various DEC properties 
in the Northern Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Think Howland Island, Martens 
Tract, Railroad Road, etc. They intend to post updated photos throughout the 
season. It’s fascinating to see, from the air, exactly what is out there beyond 
the cattails and phragmities. Go to https://friendsofmontezuma.org and find the 
“what’s new” section at the top-center of the page.

Bob McGuire
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[cayugabirds-l] Howland Island Prothonotary Warblers

[Jay McGowan]

All,
Yesterday Livia and I finally got a chance to kayak around Howland Island
for the first time this summer. We got started a little later than planned
after being distracted looking at the continuing Black-necked Stilt, so
didn't make it onto the water at Carncross Road until a little after 8AM.
The water levels were much lower than last year, so while the whole route
was passable, some areas were a pain to get through due to thick vegetation
and shallow water.

The target and highlight was of course PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. We found two
singing males last June, and a refuge survey a few weeks ago found three
singing males. Yesterday, Livia and I found *SIX* singing birds around the
nine mile loop. We had birds in both of the same areas where we had them
last summer, as well as an additional bird at the top of the island and two
around Haiti Island in the southeast corner. This could have conceivably
been the same bird heard from opposite sides of this island, but I am more
inclined to think it was a different individual. At the northwest point we
had two singing birds, one of which was carrying a caterpillar for some
time, indicating an active nest or fledglings nearby.

A map of the birds we heard yesterday can be viewed here:
https://flic.kr/p/JixJCm
The red points are yesterday's locations, the blue last year's.

And some mediocre recordings and a couple of photographs can be seen here:
http://bit.ly/28JE1al

Anyway, fun to hear so many and great to know that the Armitage birds are
not the only ones in the area!

Jay

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Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu

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