[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark

[Linda Orkin]

Singing sweetly in the fields on Stevenson road

Linda Orkin
Ithaca, New York

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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark @ airport

[Donna Lee Scott]

FOY for me, E. Meadowlark singing on Ithaca airport fence along Snyder rd near 
Equine research south-most bldg.
sang 2 different songs!

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark in Danby

[Eric Banford]

Yesterday I heard my first meadowlark of the year but I couldn't locate it. 
Today it is singing in the field across the street and I was able to watch it 
for a while, a welcome splash of yellow in an otherwise brown field. I wonder 
what birds will return next...
Bird!Eric

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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark seen!

[Htva Waxwing]

It seems early but I just saw an Eastern (I’m assuming) Meadowlark on Falls 
road in Trumansburg one hundred yards from the edge of Smith Woods heading 
East. 

Ken Haas 

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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark and Killdeer

[Tom Hoebbel]

Holly and I saw our first of year Eastern Meadowlark and Killdeer in our
back field in Brooktondale yesterday.

...Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
  ~Warren Buffett


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark migration question

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Thanks Geo! For the first time I saw the whole account from Bent. It is 
impressive and in such details too.  I had no clue I could get this book on the 
internet.
Thanks for sharing this!
Meena

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[mailto:bounce-119750245-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark migration question

Bent says that Meadowlarks form roving bands in August, after the breeding 
season is done, and that by mid-October most of these have left Ontario and 
Quebec for points south. So it seems likely that migrants from north of the 
border are now moving through our area.

http://birdsbybent.netfirms.com/ch91-100/meadowla.html


(Scroll WAY down to the last few paragraphs)

-Geo

On Oct 6, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Eric Banford 
<brew_b...@yahoo.com<mailto:brew_b...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
We have meadowlarks breeding in the fields around our house every year, and I 
haven't heard or seen them since August, but suddenly there were some singing 
and foraging again this weekend. Have they been around but silent? Do they 
migrate after their young fledge and these are migrants from further north? Why 
the disappearance and sudden reappearance? Any insight greatly appreciated.

I certainly enjoyed hearing them again!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark migration question

[Geo Kloppel]

Bent says that Meadowlarks form roving bands in August, after the breeding 
season is done, and that by mid-October most of these have left Ontario and 
Quebec for points south. So it seems likely that migrants from north of the 
border are now moving through our area.

http://birdsbybent.netfirms.com/ch91-100/meadowla.html

(Scroll WAY down to the last few paragraphs)

-Geo 

On Oct 6, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Eric Banford  wrote:

> We have meadowlarks breeding in the fields around our house every year, and I 
> haven't heard or seen them since August, but suddenly there were some singing 
> and foraging again this weekend. Have they been around but silent? Do they 
> migrate after their young fledge and these are migrants from further north? 
> Why the disappearance and sudden reappearance? Any insight greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
> I certainly enjoyed hearing them again!
> Eric
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[cayugabirds-l] meadowlark

[Susan Fast]

 Just flushed a MEADOWLARK, presumably EASTERN, from grassy ditch along Central 
Chapel Rd. in Brooktondale.
S. Fast
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark and bald eagle

[Kim Haines-Eitzen]

I have been enjoying the song of the Eastern Meadowlark here in Brooktondale 
over the last week, having not heard it for weeks and weeks.And just now 
the Red-winged Blackbirds, too!   Sounds and feels like May or June even though 
it looks like October.
Kim

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark and bald eagle

At 4:00 this afternoon Driving north on Hall Road in Interlaken I was surprised 
to see an Eastern Meadowlark perched on the telephone wire just after seeing a 
KESTREL on a wire close by.

Yesterday we saw a bald eagle flying low over Interlaken on Rt 89 just a few 
miles north of Sheldrake.


I love autumn!
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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark and bald eagle

[M K Mannella]

At 4:00 this afternoon Driving north on Hall Road in Interlaken I was surprised 
to see an Eastern Meadowlark perched on the telephone wire just after seeing a 
KESTREL on a wire close by.

Yesterday we saw a bald eagle flying low over Interlaken on Rt 89 just a few 
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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark

[M K Mannella]

What a lovely sound! One MEADOWLARK singing in the field on Center road, south 
and east of CR 129.  And one beautiful PHEASANT along RT 96.  Happy spring!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

At least three MEADOWLARKS back singing at the Ithaca airport this morning. 
Lots of early morning migrant flocks of blackbirds and robins and several 
flyover PURPLE FINCHES. At least 70 SONG SPARROWS singing and in flocks along 
the roads sides. Also 6 WOODCOCK calling in the predawn.

Ken

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What a lovely sound! One MEADOWLARK singing in the field on Center road, south 
and east of CR 129.  And one beautiful PHEASANT along RT 96.  Happy spring!

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[cayugabirds-l] meadowlark

[Susan Fast]

Just located an E. MEADOWLARK singing from a treetop in a nearby field.  That 
is, I can see it singing, but it's too away for me to hear.

Steve Fast
Brooktondale

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark question

[Geo Kloppel]

(As I was saying) ... so there's no magic date by which you can be sure the 
nesting is done, and still have time to make good hay. At some point you have 
to say OK, time to mow!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark question

[Geo Kloppel]

First brood is probably fledged, but Eastern Meadowlarks may raise two broods, 
and in New York State Meadowlark eggs have been seen as late as August 1st 
(BBA). So there's no magic date by which

-Geo 

On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.com wrote:

 A meadowlark was singing on territory in  neighbor's hayfield at least by 
 April 28th this year.  I heard him regularly, early in the day, for over a 
 month and then my schedule changed so I do't really know if he still is 
 singing there mornings or not.
 
 To my surprise, our neighbor just asked me if 'those birds of yours have 
 finished with their nests' because he has been waiting to mow (!), but he 
 says he can't wait much longer or his machinery will jam.  A little research 
 suggests that from first egg to fledging is under 30 days - so would it be 
 safe to say that the meadowlarks should be finished nesting and it's OK to 
 mow there now?
 
 BTW, I'm pretty sure there aren't any bobolinks are in that field - the only 
 male we had this year seems to have left after the field across the road was 
 mowed late last month.   :-(The sad thing is that even just ten years ago 
 we had scores of bobolinks and maybe a dozen male meadowlarks, as well as 
 grasshopper  more common grassland sparrows, and usually harriers, nesting 
 on this one half mile stretch of road, but agricultural uses of the land have 
 changed and now there is only this tiny remnant holding on ...
 
 So would really like to make sure this last meadowlark male  his harem have 
 had the chance to finish nesting, but not prolong it to the point where my 
 neighbor doesn't want to do this in future years.  Is it safe to tell him to 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark question

[Anne Clark]

I would agree on the first broods being out and fly-worthy by now, most likely. 
 And second or later broods are probably generally less successful, at least in 
such birds as Red-winged Blackbirds that actually do NOT raise two broods 
around here, although they may try-try-again as many as 4 times.  Are Eastern 
Meadowlarks known to fledge and rear two broods?  I wonder.  In any case, now 
is much less likely to have an impact on successful, likely-to-survive young 
birds. 

Out my way, near Freeville, massive cutting of fields happened in 2nd week of 
June and I am pretty sure that redwings lost many broods, directly to mowing or 
indirectly to the hawks, crows and others (even Killdeer?) who immediately 
recruited to the fields.  It was not an early year for redwing nesting, from 
what I could tell, and the parents were going in and out of specific sites 
still when the mowing happened.  I had not seen any fledglings.  

So not only is there not single magic date, that date changes from year to 
year... 

Anne

 
On Jun 27, 2013, at 6:45 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote:

 First brood is probably fledged, but Eastern Meadowlarks may raise two 
 broods, and in New York State Meadowlark eggs have been seen as late as 
 August 1st (BBA). So there's no magic date by which
 
 -Geo 
 
 On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.com wrote:
 
 A meadowlark was singing on territory in  neighbor's hayfield at least by 
 April 28th this year.  I heard him regularly, early in the day, for over a 
 month and then my schedule changed so I do't really know if he still is 
 singing there mornings or not.
 
 To my surprise, our neighbor just asked me if 'those birds of yours have 
 finished with their nests' because he has been waiting to mow (!), but he 
 says he can't wait much longer or his machinery will jam.  A little research 
 suggests that from first egg to fledging is under 30 days - so would it be 
 safe to say that the meadowlarks should be finished nesting and it's OK to 
 mow there now?
 
 BTW, I'm pretty sure there aren't any bobolinks are in that field - the only 
 male we had this year seems to have left after the field across the road was 
 mowed late last month.   :-(The sad thing is that even just ten years 
 ago we had scores of bobolinks and maybe a dozen male meadowlarks, as well 
 as grasshopper  more common grassland sparrows, and usually harriers, 
 nesting on this one half mile stretch of road, but agricultural uses of the 
 land have changed and now there is only this tiny remnant holding on ...
 
 So would really like to make sure this last meadowlark male  his harem have 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] meadowlark question

[Geo Kloppel]

The NY breeding season table in the BBA handbook says 1-2 broods for Eastern 
Meadowlark, but gives no indication of how common second broods might be.

I suppose you could watch the field closely for evidence of a second nesting, 
but if your goal is to win the cooperation of farmers, then it might be much 
wiser to settle for having delayed just long enough to see the first brood 
fledged, and still get a good first cutting.

-Geo
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[cayugabirds-l] meadowlark question

[Alicia Plotkin]

A meadowlark was singing on territory in  neighbor's hayfield at least 
by April 28th this year.  I heard him regularly, early in the day, for 
over a month and then my schedule changed so I do't really know if he 
still is singing there mornings or not.


To my surprise, our neighbor just asked me if 'those birds of yours have 
finished with their nests' because he has been waiting to mow (!), but 
he says he can't wait much longer or his machinery will jam.  A little 
research suggests that from first egg to fledging is under 30 days - so 
would it be safe to say that the meadowlarks should be finished nesting 
and it's OK to mow there now?


BTW, I'm pretty sure there aren't any bobolinks are in that field - the 
only male we had this year seems to have left after the field across the 
road was mowed late last month.   :-(The sad thing is that even just 
ten years ago we had scores of bobolinks and maybe a dozen male 
meadowlarks, as well as grasshopper  more common grassland sparrows, 
and usually harriers, nesting on this one half mile stretch of road, but 
agricultural uses of the land have changed and now there is only this 
tiny remnant holding on ...


So would really like to make sure this last meadowlark male  his harem 
have had the chance to finish nesting, but not prolong it to the point 
where my neighbor doesn't want to do this in future years.  Is it safe 
to tell him to go ahead and mow?


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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark

[M K Mannella]

Had one EASTERN MEADOWLARK perching and singing on Center Road in Ovid just 
east of CR129. What a lovely lovely sound. 
Michele
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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark, sapsucker

[Kenneth Victor Rosenberg]

A couple more late lingering birds today - an EASTERN MEADOWLARK on King Rd and 
a calling Sapsucker at home this morning in NE Ithaca. Also a light phase 
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on King Rd. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark

[M K Mannella]

Very new yard bird: an eastern MEADOWLARK  has been singing for a few days and 
just a few minutes ago I got a visual ID. This in addition to the nesting 
ORCHARD ORIOLE this year makes it very exciting to bird  front my front yard . 
I think the OROR have hatched but I can not tell for sure. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark/Fox Sparrows

[bob mcguire]

I just returned from walking one of the dogs out to the mailbox and  
back (Snyder Hill Road). In the span of half an hour, I heard/saw  
several Eastern Bluebirds calling from the powerlines, a flyover flock  
of 20 Red-winged Blackbirds, Juncos chattering, White-throated  
Sparrows practicing their song (and almost getting it), two FOX  
SPARROWS foraging among the rose hips, and what seems like a very late  
EASTERN MEADOW LARK giving its zeet - chatter call. All of that plus  
the usual compliment of Chickadees, Blue Jays, Titmice, Robins,  
Mourning Doves, Crows, House Finches, and White-breasted Nuthatches.


Bob McGuire



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