[cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning
Fall Chorus on a short visit to the lookout south of the Sherwood Platform around 8:30 this morning. Estimated 20 White-throated Sparrows "cheeping" and uttering weak, rambling song fragments. Another dozen or so juncos"chipping", and around 30 Cedar Waxwings wheezing. All were dining on the abundant fruits in the wetland vegetation. Goldfinches and Red-winged Blackbirds gathering as well and one surprise (late) Red-eyed Vireo. Marc Devokaitis -- 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] SSW this morning
I was a half hour behind Mark, I guess: from 7-745 I walked the northern end of Hoyt-Pileated, finding 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOs, 2 of whom were interacting vocally and by chasing each other through the treetops, while the other was some distance away singing. Numerous BROWN CREEPERs in full song; the 2 I located were as expected on high perches, so I suspect this is territory/nest defense song? Then amidst the creeper song, I heard what sounded like BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER but wondered if a creeper had swapped a couple notes. Moving closer to Woodleton though, I got confirmation from 2 BT Greens singing (one in front of me, and 1 behind) though I couldn’t see them. I think the big wave is coming but not here yet. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Information/Data Manager; IT Support Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] SSW this morning
I walked the Wilson Trail from 7:45 to 8:30 and found some variation to what others saw earlier. Most of the activity was from the Fuller Wetlands to the Sherwood Platform. Mixed in with the LOTS of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets along this stretch were two PALM WARBLERS. I also found a BROWN THRASHER. I heard two Northern Waterthrushes from the direction of the power line cut, and a Spotted Sandpiper was working along a log straight out from the Sherwood Platform. Anne Marie Johnson From: bounce-119114054-9846...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119114054-9846...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris R. Pelkie Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:06 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning I was a half hour behind Mark, I guess: from 7-745 I walked the northern end of Hoyt-Pileated, finding 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOs, 2 of whom were interacting vocally and by chasing each other through the treetops, while the other was some distance away singing. Numerous BROWN CREEPERs in full song; the 2 I located were as expected on high perches, so I suspect this is territory/nest defense song? Then amidst the creeper song, I heard what sounded like BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER but wondered if a creeper had swapped a couple notes. Moving closer to Woodleton though, I got confirmation from 2 BT Greens singing (one in front of me, and 1 behind) though I couldn't see them. I think the big wave is coming but not here yet. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Information/Data Manager; IT Support Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] SSW this morning
Add 2 PINE WARBLERS to the mix along Wilson North and my experience there from 8 til 8:45 was similar to Anne Marie’s. Around 5pm there was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak poking around low in the trees and shrubs of Wilson North. 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS chittering overhead as I pulled some weeds in the garden around 7pm. Susan Danskin On Apr 30, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Anne Marie Johnson a...@cornell.edu wrote: I walked the Wilson Trail from 7:45 to 8:30 and found some variation to what others saw earlier. Most of the activity was from the Fuller Wetlands to the Sherwood Platform. Mixed in with the LOTS of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets along this stretch were two PALM WARBLERS. I also found a BROWN THRASHER. I heard two Northern Waterthrushes from the direction of the power line cut, and a Spotted Sandpiper was working along a log straight out from the Sherwood Platform. Anne Marie Johnson From: bounce-119114054-9846...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119114054-9846...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris R. Pelkie Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:06 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning I was a half hour behind Mark, I guess: from 7-745 I walked the northern end of Hoyt-Pileated, finding 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOs, 2 of whom were interacting vocally and by chasing each other through the treetops, while the other was some distance away singing. Numerous BROWN CREEPERs in full song; the 2 I located were as expected on high perches, so I suspect this is territory/nest defense song? Then amidst the creeper song, I heard what sounded like BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER but wondered if a creeper had swapped a couple notes. Moving closer to Woodleton though, I got confirmation from 2 BT Greens singing (one in front of me, and 1 behind) though I couldn’t see them. I think the big wave is coming but not here yet. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Information/Data Manager; IT Support Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SSW this morning
I walked around WIlson starting at north and circling the pond. Lots of singing HOUSE WRENs, a couple GREY CATBIRDs in song, many other regulars. I saw 3 adult GREAT BLUE HERONs: 1 on nest, and 2 widely separated on the 'back' (south) pond all at the same time. There was also a flyover later on my walk but I don't know if it was one of the previous 3. No warblers that I could pick out but Mark probably could. However, near the pavilion on south Wilson, I heard exactly one phrase from a WARBLING VIREO. Then it shut up and put on the invisibility cloak. I know what group of trees it came from but gave up looking and listening after 5 min. Love the Mink story, Dave. I believe I found a mink den, visible from Podell Boardwalk. A bit hard to describe, but enter the boardwalk from the lab, go about 30' then look northwest (toward the pond). I was hunting for the Green Heron (last week) that I had just seen fly across and land on the south side of the berm, when instead I spotted the mink moving around near a 'beaver dam' like pile of sticks with entrance hole up on the land, and after a few more minutes lying there sunning itself. The tricky bit is that you must be lined up with a lot of intervening trees and stumps to see this. Certainly without the mink moving, I never would have noticed it. As I was about to enter the lab with nothing new but the elusive vireo, I looked one last time from the bridge toward the pond and there 30' away on a floating log was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Very good looks, it even turned for me, but as I started to walk away satisfied with a new year bird, a CANADA GOOSE came over and gave it a goos(ing) so it flew a short distance toward the feeding area. __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/ --
