[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday

2018-02-08 Thread Ann Mitchell
Hi,
I am leading a trip around the lake on Sunday the 11th from 8:00 to 4:00, 
meeting at the east side of Stewart Park to carpool. Come a little early.

The plan is to see waterfowl, Snowy Owls (hopefully), field birds, raptors, 
etc.  Bring snacks, lunch, something to drink. We will make a stop or two for a 
break and to get food.  Please dress warmly, wear boots.  Bring a scope if you 
have one.  Hopefully, the weather won’t derail the trip! See you Sunday!! Call 
or email me with questions - 607-230-8440 or annmitchel...@gmail.com.
Ann

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[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip Sunday January 21

2018-01-19 Thread Diane Morton
Ken Kemphues and I will lead a half-day Cayuga Bird Club field trip this
Sunday, January 21. We will meet at Stewart Park (east end) at 8:00 am and
plan to return at 12:30 pm.

We'll look at waterfowl along the southern end of Cayuga Lake and also
drive to look for winter field birds such as Horned Larks and Snow Buntings
in the Lansing and King Ferry areas. Bring a scope if you have one. Although
it will be warmer on Sunday than it has been, wear warm layers as it can be
quite cold next to the lake.

All are invited to join us on this trip regardless of experience level or
membership status. If you are a beginner and need to borrow binoculars,
please contact Diane at dianegmor...@gmail.com ahead of time (two pairs
available).

Diane Morton

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[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday November 16, Sunday

2014-11-13 Thread Linda Orkin
Steve Fast will lead a Cayuga Bird Club field trip on Sunday, November 16th
to Fairhaven State Park and the Lake Ontario shoreline. Please meet Steve
at the Laboratory of Ornithology at 7:30 AM for this all day trip

 "We will look for Purple Sandpipers, scoters, and ducks."

Bring lunch, drinks,  binoculars, and scope (if you have one). Dress
appropriately for the weather.  For information contact Steve (
sustf...@yahoo.com)."

All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience level or
membership status.

Hope you can make it.

Linda Orkin


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[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday, 8:30am

2014-04-10 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
Hi all,

I'll be leading a field trip this Sunday at the late-bird hour of 8:30am,
meeting at the Lab parking lot. Destination is still in flux (and subject
to influence of attendees), but will likely be in the direction of Park
Preserve and Dryden Lake. Trip will end around 1pm. All are welcome (member
or non-member, beginner or expert). FMI email or call 607-351-9334.

Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday

2013-09-29 Thread bob mcguire

One more in a string of beautiful early fall days - it was a wonderful morning 
out be out looking for birds. Thirteen folks joined me today, including several 
students whose sharp eyes and ears greatly enhanced our experience. 

We began with a brief stroll around the parking lots at the Lab while waiting 
for the sun to warm us a bit and for the bird activity to pick up. There were a 
couple of Rusty Blackbirds, at least four Tennessee Warblers, several 
Blue-headed Vireos and a Mourning Warbler in the vicinity of the Fuller 
Wetlands. 

Shucking one layer of clothing, we headed over to the south Park Preserve to 
walk the loop. Kinglets, both Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned, seemed to be 
everywhere. In addition, we ran into two feeding flocks that gave us good looks 
at Black-throated Green, Pine and Magnolia Warblers as well as more Blue-headed 
Vireos. By far the highlight of the trip was a crisp adult LINCOLN'S SPARROW 
(originally heard calling - what I thought was a Common Yellowthroat). It moved 
around a bit, but most of us did finally get a good look as it perched in the 
open on the tip of a pine bough.

We ended the morning at the community gardens, Freese Road, with fairly good 
comparisons of Song and Savannah Sparrows. A single Field Sparrow was seen by 
several, as was a female Indigo Bunting. The best bird(s) for Freese Road was a 
pair of late-migrating Bobolinks seen way at the south end of the weedy field.


Bob McGuire
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip Sunday AM

2013-09-16 Thread bob mcguire
Once we left the dike at K-M around noon, Ann Mitchell and I continued to drive 
around the Savannah area for another couple of hours. The highlight, by far, 
was a large feeding flock that we encountered on Gary Road. There were so many 
birds, and moving so fast, that it was difficult to keep track of them all. We 
noted at least:
2 Downy Woodpeckers
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Eastern Phoebe
3 Red-eyed Vireos
2 Yellow-throated Vireos
5 Blue Jays
6 Black-capped Chickadees
4 White-breasted Nuthatches
1 Carolina Wren
2 American Robins
1 Veery
3 Gray Catbirds
1 American Redstart
1 Mourning Warbler
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Cape May Warbler
2 Song Sparrows
2 Northern Cardinals
and one Eastern Screech-Owl that responded to our play-back.

Bob McGuire
On Sep 15, 2013, at 10:32 PM, Paul Anderson wrote:

> 
> I led the CBC field trip this morning to Montezuma.
> 
> We started at 7:30am at the CLO and headed straight up north with our only 
> stop being a brief one at Myers where we had the usual suspects plus a single 
> Semipalmated Plover on the spit.
> 
> We stopped at the MNWR visitors center where we were to rendezvous with 
> others. From there we saw many Yellowlegs and at least two, maybe three 
> Pectoral Sandpipers.
> 
> We then drove Wildlife Drive, which we found more teeming with birds than we 
> had expected. At least two prowling Harriers were scaring birds out of the 
> reeds. Most striking were the hundreds of Blue-winged Teal, lots of Marsh 
> Wrens calling, and 6-8 very vocal Sora.
> 
> Next stop was Towpath Road, where we picked up some other people. At this 
> point our group was up to about 40! We had special permission from the 
> managers of the reserve to go out on the dikes, so we trekked out a few 
> hundred yards on the middle dike. It was great that we were able to do so as 
> it allowed us to get much better views than we would otherwise have managed. 
> Although at first some of the cormorants flew as we got close, the other 
> birds seemed oblivious to our presence, and at various points several 
> shorebirds flew right over our heads and then settled in quite close.  Best 
> of all, the great variety of birds and the relatively close distance allowed 
> us to compare different species directly, both in flight and on the ground. 
> The mild weather meant that viewing was great with little shimmer.
> 
> As we arrived a Forster's Tern that had been with the gulls flew up and out 
> of sight. The first special shorebird was a Whimbrel foraging alone in the 
> grass. The two White Pelicans were together and treated us to an aerial 
> display as they flew up, circled and came back down again. We saw a distant 
> Red-necked Phalarope that kept moving and eventually was nowhere to be found. 
> We had three American Golden Plovers, and three Black-bellied Plovers. Among 
> the peeps were several White-rumped Sandpipers. A Merlin buzzed over and then 
> settled on the shore in the distance. Several Black-crowned Night Herons were 
> visible in the little cattail island in Puddlers. A juvenile Sanderling 
> showed up mixing with some peeps, affording very nice views.
> 
> There were of course many other species I haven't mentioned. Jay McGowan was 
> taking notes and photos and was kind enough to put everything in eBird. I 
> encourage readers to take a look at the photos in the eBird listing.
> 
> Myers: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15183618
> Knox-Marsellus: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15183646
> 
> Thanks to everyone who showed up to enjoy this wonderful spot, and especially 
> to Andrea at MNWR who helped get us permission to view from the dikes.
> 
> -Paul
> 
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> Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip Sunday AM

2013-09-15 Thread Paul Anderson


I led the CBC field trip this morning to Montezuma.

We started at 7:30am at the CLO and headed straight up north with our 
only stop being a brief one at Myers where we had the usual suspects 
plus a single Semipalmated Plover on the spit.


We stopped at the MNWR visitors center where we were to rendezvous with 
others. From there we saw many Yellowlegs and at least two, maybe three 
Pectoral Sandpipers.


We then drove Wildlife Drive, which we found more teeming with birds 
than we had expected. At least two prowling Harriers were scaring birds 
out of the reeds. Most striking were the hundreds of Blue-winged Teal, 
lots of Marsh Wrens calling, and 6-8 very vocal Sora.


Next stop was Towpath Road, where we picked up some other people. At 
this point our group was up to about 40! We had special permission from 
the managers of the reserve to go out on the dikes, so we trekked out a 
few hundred yards on the middle dike. It was great that we were able to 
do so as it allowed us to get much better views than we would otherwise 
have managed. Although at first some of the cormorants flew as we got 
close, the other birds seemed oblivious to our presence, and at various 
points several shorebirds flew right over our heads and then settled in 
quite close.  Best of all, the great variety of birds and the relatively 
close distance allowed us to compare different species directly, both in 
flight and on the ground. The mild weather meant that viewing was great 
with little shimmer.


As we arrived a Forster's Tern that had been with the gulls flew up and 
out of sight. The first special shorebird was a Whimbrel foraging alone 
in the grass. The two White Pelicans were together and treated us to an 
aerial display as they flew up, circled and came back down again. We saw 
a distant Red-necked Phalarope that kept moving and eventually was 
nowhere to be found. We had three American Golden Plovers, and three 
Black-bellied Plovers. Among the peeps were several White-rumped 
Sandpipers. A Merlin buzzed over and then settled on the shore in the 
distance. Several Black-crowned Night Herons were visible in the little 
cattail island in Puddlers. A juvenile Sanderling showed up mixing with 
some peeps, affording very nice views.


There were of course many other species I haven't mentioned. Jay McGowan 
was taking notes and photos and was kind enough to put everything in 
eBird. I encourage readers to take a look at the photos in the eBird 
listing.


Myers: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15183618
Knox-Marsellus: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15183646

Thanks to everyone who showed up to enjoy this wonderful spot, and 
especially to Andrea at MNWR who helped get us permission to view from 
the dikes.


-Paul

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip, Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip, Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard

PAUL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONDITION OF TOWPATH ROAD IS?
ARE THE POTHOLES STILL LARGE ENOUGH TO SWALLOW A CAR?
IS A 4WD VEHICLE RECOMMENDED? DEET FOR SURE.   BOOTS, TOO?

FRITZIE,
UNION SPRINGS


I have permission to take the field trip onto the dikes at
Knox-Marsellus and Puddlers.

We will carpool from the CLO parking lot at 7:30 and drive to the
Montezuma visitor's center to pick up others at 9:00 am.

From there we  will take in Wildlife Drive then go to Towpath Road to walk 
out on the
dikes. 



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[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday

2012-09-24 Thread bob mcguire

Four folks joined me for a morning-long trip on Sunday.

We began at Myers Town Park but soon left because of the traffic on  
the spit! Salt Point proved to be a gold mine, with great looks at a  
juvenile Cooper's Hawk chasing a Flicker and other birds,  
unsuccessfully, before flying across the creek. We ran into a feeding  
flock comprised of Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireo, Wilson's Warbler,  
Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Also around were  
resident Eastern Pheobe, Carolina Wren and, of course, Robins,  
Catbirds, and Song Sparrows.


Our next stop was the Edwards Cliff Preserve at the end of Teeter  
Road. Right out of the cars we encountered both Northern Mockingbird  
and Eastern Towhee and, farther in, more Carolina Wrens,Towhees,  
Catbirds, an Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, and a Blackpoll Warbler.


We ended the morning at the Freese Road Gardens with 3 Common  
Yellowthroats, 2 Indigo Buntings (SW, in the corn), 8 Savannah  
Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, and some 20 Song Sparrows. Our main target  
was Lincoln's Sparrow and, though we may have seen one, we were not  
able to confirm it.


Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] CBC Field Trip Sunday

2010-10-25 Thread bob mcguire
I hope to do a complete report on yesterday's field trip for the  
listserve soon. Here are some of the highlights:


Surf Scoter and Ruddy Ducks at Myers
Several hundred Common loons at Long Point SP, Red-throated Loon
Black-bellied Plover, yellowlegs, White-rumped and Semi-palmated  
Sandpiper at the MNWR Visitor's Center
Peregrine Falcon and a flock of American Pipits at the new shorebird  
habitat

Wilson's Snipe and Least Sandpiper at Benning's Marsh.

Bob McGuire




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