Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca

[Thomas Ryan]

I got there around 9am and left a little before 10am today. I eventually heard 
the sedge wren a few times, but it was very tough to hear it clearly from the 
dirt road. Walking along the northern edge of the field I got a better listen. 
Combined I think I only heard it sing about 4-5 times; it was getting pretty 
warm in the sun. Having Jay’s recording to reference really helped- so thank 
you for that!

Best,

Tom Ryan
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
ta...@cornell.edu 


> On Jul 25, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Jody Enck  wrote:
> 
> Yes, thanks to Jay for locating and reporting the sedge wren in the grass 
> field to the west of the dirt part of Bluegrass Lane.  For those folks who go 
> looking for it, you can expect lots and lots of sparrows calling and singing 
> in the field.  This morning, I observed Song, Savannah, and Swamp.  I mention 
> this because there are many just-fledged Song Sparrows who are 
> practicing/learning their song.  Many of these birds are singing an 
> abbreviated version of what they eventually will learn.  To people who don't 
> have a lot of experience with Sedge Wrens, it would be easy to get confused 
> or fooled.  Thought you might want to know.
> 
> Take care, and have fun birding.
> Jody
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jody W. Enck, PhD
> Conservation Social Scientist, and
> Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network
> 607-379-5940
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 8:35 AM Randolph Scott Little  > wrote:
> Great job Jay!  We are beholden to the farm practice applied to the fields 
> around the Equine Research facility, wherein crop rotation includes years of 
> "hay field" growth such as seen now west of Bluegrass Lane.  In 2000  the 
> field west of Freese Road was fallow and similarly hosted Sedge Wrens, first 
> reported by Tom Schulenberg as I recall.  There were two singing wrens there 
> on that occasion, with recordings deposited in the Macaulay Library.
> Randolph Scott Little
> 111 Berkeley Circle
> Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
> Phone: (908)221-9173
> r...@att.net  or rs...@cornell.edu 
> 
> 
> 
> > Subject: Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca
> > From: Jay McGowan mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>>
> > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:46:35 -0400
> > X-Message-Number: 1
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I found a singing SEDGE WREN at the Bluegrass Lane Natural Area in
> > Northeast Ithaca last night just before dusk. This morning it was singing
> > in the same field again, though often distant and hard to hear from the
> > road. It's in the weedy field on the west side of Bluegrass Lane just a 
> > bit
> > south from the entrance/parking area on Hanshaw Road. It seems to spend
> > most of its time in the middle of this field, where it's challenging to
> > hear from the dirt road, but sometimes comes closer. A better
> > strategy might be to walk along the north side of the field (behind all 
> > the
> > houses on Hanshaw) and then walk south along the west side of this field,
> > at which point it would be to your east somewhere in the middle section.
> > The area it seemed to favor was at around this point: (42.4650190,
> > -76.4593958), although it would move farther north and south from there as
> > well. Its metallic song is distinctive but not conspicuous, though it does
> > carry a good distance, luckily. It stayed distant last night but this
> > morning I was able to get a look at the bird and a better recording:
> > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S71773101 
> > 
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jay
> >
> > -- 
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> > Macaulay Library
> > Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> > jw...@cornell.edu 
> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca

[Jody Enck]

Yes, thanks to Jay for locating and reporting the sedge wren in the grass
field to the west of the dirt part of Bluegrass Lane.  For those folks who
go looking for it, you can expect lots and lots of sparrows calling and
singing in the field.  This morning, I observed Song, Savannah, and Swamp.
I mention this because there are many just-fledged Song Sparrows who are
practicing/learning their song.  Many of these birds are singing an
abbreviated version of what they eventually will learn.  To people who
don't have a lot of experience with Sedge Wrens, it would be easy to get
confused or fooled.  Thought you might want to know.

Take care, and have fun birding.
Jody




Jody W. Enck, PhD
Conservation Social Scientist, and
Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network
607-379-5940


On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 8:35 AM Randolph Scott Little  wrote:

> Great job Jay!  We are beholden to the farm practice applied to the fields
> around the Equine Research facility, wherein crop rotation includes years
> of
> "hay field" growth such as seen now west of Bluegrass Lane.  In 2000  the
> field west of Freese Road was fallow and similarly hosted Sedge Wrens,
> first
> reported by Tom Schulenberg as I recall.  There were two singing wrens
> there
> on that occasion, with recordings deposited in the Macaulay Library.
> Randolph Scott Little
> 111 Berkeley Circle
> Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
> Phone: (908)221-9173
> r...@att.net or rs...@cornell.edu
>
>
> > Subject: Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca
> > From: Jay McGowan 
> > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:46:35 -0400
> > X-Message-Number: 1
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I found a singing SEDGE WREN at the Bluegrass Lane Natural Area in
> > Northeast Ithaca last night just before dusk. This morning it was singing
> > in the same field again, though often distant and hard to hear from the
> > road. It's in the weedy field on the west side of Bluegrass Lane just a
> > bit
> > south from the entrance/parking area on Hanshaw Road. It seems to spend
> > most of its time in the middle of this field, where it's challenging to
> > hear from the dirt road, but sometimes comes closer. A better
> > strategy might be to walk along the north side of the field (behind all
> > the
> > houses on Hanshaw) and then walk south along the west side of this field,
> > at which point it would be to your east somewhere in the middle section.
> > The area it seemed to favor was at around this point: (42.4650190,
> > -76.4593958), although it would move farther north and south from there
> as
> > well. Its metallic song is distinctive but not conspicuous, though it
> does
> > carry a good distance, luckily. It stayed distant last night but this
> > morning I was able to get a look at the bird and a better recording:
> > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S71773101
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jay
> >
> > --
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> > Macaulay Library
> > Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> > jw...@cornell.edu
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca

[Donna Lee Scott]

Thanks to Jay’s suggestion to walk on the north side of the weedy/ tall grass 
field to its western edge by the mowed field, I was able to see one Sedge Wren 
a few times, perched on tall stems, while another sang & called not 3 feet from 
me, hidden in the grass. Early evening yesterday.
More south than others reported earlier.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 25, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Randolph Scott Little 
mailto:r...@att.net>> wrote:

Great job Jay!  We are beholden to the farm practice applied to the fields 
around the Equine Research facility, wherein crop rotation includes years of 
"hay field" growth such as seen now west of Bluegrass Lane.  In 2000  the field 
west of Freese Road was fallow and similarly hosted Sedge Wrens, first reported 
by Tom Schulenberg as I recall.  There were two singing wrens there on that 
occasion, with recordings deposited in the Macaulay Library.
Randolph Scott Little
111 Berkeley Circle
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Phone: (908)221-9173
r...@att.net or rs...@cornell.edu


Subject: Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca
From: Jay McGowan mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:46:35 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1

Hi all,
I found a singing SEDGE WREN at the Bluegrass Lane Natural Area in
Northeast Ithaca last night just before dusk. This morning it was singing
in the same field again, though often distant and hard to hear from the
road. It's in the weedy field on the west side of Bluegrass Lane just a bit
south from the entrance/parking area on Hanshaw Road. It seems to spend
most of its time in the middle of this field, where it's challenging to
hear from the dirt road, but sometimes comes closer. A better
strategy might be to walk along the north side of the field (behind all the
houses on Hanshaw) and then walk south along the west side of this field,
at which point it would be to your east somewhere in the middle section.
The area it seemed to favor was at around this point: (42.4650190,
-76.4593958), although it would move farther north and south from there as
well. Its metallic song is distinctive but not conspicuous, though it does
carry a good distance, luckily. It stayed distant last night but this
morning I was able to get a look at the bird and a better recording:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S71773101

Cheers,
Jay

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Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca

[Randolph Scott Little]

Great job Jay!  We are beholden to the farm practice applied to the fields 
around the Equine Research facility, wherein crop rotation includes years of 
"hay field" growth such as seen now west of Bluegrass Lane.  In 2000  the 
field west of Freese Road was fallow and similarly hosted Sedge Wrens, first 
reported by Tom Schulenberg as I recall.  There were two singing wrens there 
on that occasion, with recordings deposited in the Macaulay Library.

Randolph Scott Little
111 Berkeley Circle
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Phone: (908)221-9173
r...@att.net or rs...@cornell.edu



Subject: Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca
From: Jay McGowan 
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:46:35 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1

Hi all,
I found a singing SEDGE WREN at the Bluegrass Lane Natural Area in
Northeast Ithaca last night just before dusk. This morning it was singing
in the same field again, though often distant and hard to hear from the
road. It's in the weedy field on the west side of Bluegrass Lane just a 
bit

south from the entrance/parking area on Hanshaw Road. It seems to spend
most of its time in the middle of this field, where it's challenging to
hear from the dirt road, but sometimes comes closer. A better
strategy might be to walk along the north side of the field (behind all 
the

houses on Hanshaw) and then walk south along the west side of this field,
at which point it would be to your east somewhere in the middle section.
The area it seemed to favor was at around this point: (42.4650190,
-76.4593958), although it would move farther north and south from there as
well. Its metallic song is distinctive but not conspicuous, though it does
carry a good distance, luckily. It stayed distant last night but this
morning I was able to get a look at the bird and a better recording:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S71773101

Cheers,
Jay

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



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[cayugabirds-l] Sedge Wren, Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
I found a singing SEDGE WREN at the Bluegrass Lane Natural Area in
Northeast Ithaca last night just before dusk. This morning it was singing
in the same field again, though often distant and hard to hear from the
road. It's in the weedy field on the west side of Bluegrass Lane just a bit
south from the entrance/parking area on Hanshaw Road. It seems to spend
most of its time in the middle of this field, where it's challenging to
hear from the dirt road, but sometimes comes closer. A better
strategy might be to walk along the north side of the field (behind all the
houses on Hanshaw) and then walk south along the west side of this field,
at which point it would be to your east somewhere in the middle section.
The area it seemed to favor was at around this point: (42.4650190,
-76.4593958), although it would move farther north and south from there as
well. Its metallic song is distinctive but not conspicuous, though it does
carry a good distance, luckily. It stayed distant last night but this
morning I was able to get a look at the bird and a better recording:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S71773101

Cheers,
Jay

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Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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