Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontaries -- Yes
There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time, but a singing Northern Waterthrush was a bit of a surprise. Not a surprise, but always nice to hear, were two Cerulean Warblers. Oh, and a distant Black-billed Cuckoo sang for about 30 seconds. Matt Medler Ithaca From: bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com To: cayugabirdlist cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and stumps. No other shorebirds. 3 Red-winged Blackbirds. One of the plovers had a markedly darker cap, making it worth a closer look. However the throat and belly were black while the vent was white, and the bill was relatively short and stubby. So we left it as Black-bellied Plover. From there we drove out Armitage Road, parked just past the green bridge, and spent about a half hour walking up and down the road to the west. We heard several Yellow Warblers, 2 American Redstarts, also Common Yellowthroats, Swamp Sparrows and, surprisingly, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS. Two of them were on the north side, close to the road. The third was on the south side. Unfortunately for us, no Prothonotary Warblers. We left at sunset. Bob McGuire -- 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] Prothontaries -- Yes
Yesterday at 6:30 pm I was able to hear and then see both Prothonotary warblers. I recorded video of one to have the singing. They are LOUD at close range. This area is amazingly birdie. Gary On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Matthew Medler m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time, but a singing Northern Waterthrush was a bit of a surprise. Not a surprise, but always nice to hear, were two Cerulean Warblers. Oh, and a distant Black-billed Cuckoo sang for about 30 seconds. Matt Medler Ithaca From: bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.commailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com To: cayugabirdlist cayugabirds-L@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and stumps. No other shorebirds. 3 Red-winged Blackbirds. One of the plovers had a markedly darker cap, making it worth a closer look. However the throat and belly were black while the vent was white, and the bill was relatively short and stubby. So we left it as Black-bellied Plover. From there we drove out Armitage Road, parked just past the green bridge, and spent about a half hour walking up and down the road to the west. We heard several Yellow Warblers, 2 American Redstarts, also Common Yellowthroats, Swamp Sparrows and, surprisingly, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS. Two of them were on the north side, close to the road. The third was on the south side. Unfortunately for us, no Prothonotary Warblers. We left at sunset. Bob McGuire -- 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: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] Prothontaries -- Yes
This is a strange series of events. Having been a little confused by the bridges on Armitage Rd myself on Sunday, I wonder if there is the possibility of these being two separate spots? 3 calling Acadian FCs would seem to be hard to miss by all the other Prothonotary seekers, and vice versa Just a thought. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:46 AM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote: Yesterday at 6:30 pm I was able to hear and then see both Prothonotary warblers. I recorded video of one to have the singing. They are LOUD at close range. This area is amazingly birdie. Gary On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Matthew Medler m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time, but a singing Northern Waterthrush was a bit of a surprise. Not a surprise, but always nice to hear, were two Cerulean Warblers. Oh, and a distant Black-billed Cuckoo sang for about 30 seconds. Matt Medler Ithaca From: bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.commailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com To: cayugabirdlist cayugabirds-L@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and stumps. No other shorebirds. 3 Red-winged Blackbirds. One of the plovers had a markedly darker cap, making it worth a closer look. However the throat and belly were black while the vent was white, and the bill was relatively short and stubby. So we left it as Black-bellied Plover. From there we drove out Armitage Road, parked just past the green bridge, and spent about a half hour walking up and down the road to the west. We heard several Yellow Warblers, 2 American Redstarts, also Common Yellowthroats, Swamp Sparrows and, surprisingly, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS. Two of them were on the north side, close to the road. The third was on the south side. Unfortunately for us, no Prothonotary Warblers. We left at sunset. Bob McGuire -- 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: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] Prothontaries -- Yes
When I plugged-in the provided coordinates the other day, Google Earth landed me out in the open, hundreds of yards to the east. But Matt Medler's description of the one-lane green bridge made it clear that these birds are in just about the same spot where Prothonotary Warblers were found in the late 1990s - i.e. the west end of the high steel bridge over the modern barge canal. -Geo On Jun 1, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote: This is a strange series of events. Having been a little confused by the bridges on Armitage Rd myself on Sunday, I wonder if there is the possibility of these being two separate spots? 3 calling Acadian FCs would seem to be hard to miss by all the other Prothonotary seekers, and vice versa Just a thought. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:46 AM, J. Gary Kohlenberg wrote: Yesterday at 6:30 pm I was able to hear and then see both Prothonotary warblers. I recorded video of one to have the singing. They are LOUD at close range. This area is amazingly birdie. Gary On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Matthew Medler m...@cornell.edu wrote: There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time, but a singing Northern Waterthrush was a bit of a surprise. Not a surprise, but always nice to hear, were two Cerulean Warblers. Oh, and a distant Black-billed Cuckoo sang for about 30 seconds. Matt Medler Ithaca From: bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com To: cayugabirdlist cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and stumps. No other shorebirds. 3 Red- winged Blackbirds. One of the plovers had a markedly darker cap, making it worth a closer look. However the throat and belly were black while the vent was white, and the bill was relatively short and stubby. So we left it as Black-bellied Plover. From there we drove out Armitage Road, parked just past the green bridge, and spent about a half hour walking up and down the road to the west. We heard several Yellow Warblers, 2 American Redstarts, also Common Yellowthroats, Swamp Sparrows and, surprisingly, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS. Two of them were on the north side, close to the road. The third was on the south side. Unfortunately for us, no Prothonotary Warblers. We left at sunset. Bob McGuire -- 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: 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! -- Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- 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/ --
