[cayugabirds-l] Update: City of Ithaca considering amendment to make buildings safer for birds

[Miyoko Chu]

Hello all,

I am posting an update about the proposed Ithaca Bird Protection Bill, with 
permission from the Cayugabrds-L list owner, given its relevance to our local 
migratory and resident birds.

Thanks to all who wrote to Ithaca Common Council representatives ahead of the 
July 3 public meeting about the proposal to require new construction in the 
City of Ithaca to meet the LEED green building standard for deterring bird 
collisions. The Council has since agreed to move the proposal forward for a 
vote, and is seeking information and public opinion to inform its decision.



If you would like to help make buildings in Ithaca safer for birds, here’s what 
you can do:



  *   If you haven’t already, you could send a letter to the Mayor and Council 
at coun...@cityofithaca.org. Opinions are 
valuable to show community support from within the City of Ithaca and beyond.
 *   What do I write? 

 *   What is being 
proposed?
  *   Take the Ithaca Times Question of the 
Week poll: “Should the 
City of Ithaca pass a resolution to mandate Bird Safe Infrastructure in new 
construction?”
  *   Join the public community conversation this Saturday at 3:00--details 
below.
  *   Share this information with friends and neighbors.


Thank you!

Miyoko


Community Conversation:

Bird Friendly Building Standard for City of Ithaca

Saturday, July 27, 2024, 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Kendal at Ithaca, Conference Room A

2230 N Triphammer Road, Ithaca

Park and enter at main entrance or follow signs to

south parking lot and enter at south entrance.



Zoom registration link:

https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscu6oqj0iE9FnTqDmfCBvIPsiUY5tbr1w


The Bird Protection Bill would amend Ithaca City code to require that new 
buildings meet the LEED green building standard for deterring bird collisions.



Up to a billion birds die from window collisions in the U.S. each year, one of 
the top sources of human-caused mortality for birds. Come learn more and 
discuss the solution to make buildings bird friendly, including considerations 
of cost, design, and aesthetics, as well as sustainability and benefits to 
city, residents, and visitors. There will be a presentation by the Cornell Lab 
of Ornithology and American Bird Conservancy, and Q&A.



Hosted by Ithaca Common Council Alderman Patrick Kuehl.



From: Miyoko Chu 
Date: Monday, July 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Cc: Aislyn Emily Rain Berg , Adam Sawyer Vinson 

Subject: City of Ithaca considering ordinance to make buildings safer for birds



Hello all, I am passing along this note from Cornell student Aislyn Berg. 
Please read on. Thank you!



Miyoko Chu

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Everyone, we need your help!


My colleague Adam Vinson and I have spent the past few weeks working to get a 
construction code to Ithaca Common Council that would make it so that new glass 
buildings in Ithaca would require a bird-friendly protectant on them. This 
would go a long way to decrease bird collisions in Ithaca. Each year more than 
1 billion birds are estimated to die from window strikes in the U.S. and 
Canada. It’s the third largest source of human-caused mortality (after habitat 
loss and degradation, and outdoor cats).


We are seeking 10-15 people who live in the City of Ithaca to comment in favor 
at the Ithaca Common Council meeting at City Hall this Wednesday, July 10, at 
6:00 (please plan to arrive at 5:00 to register). We are hoping for 
representation from every ward (see link below to a map of the wards). If you 
can join, please let me know so I can stay in touch about any changes or 
updates.


Common Council will be voting to incorporate the new bird friendly building 
code next week—so we need your help! If constituents in every ward speak up in 
support, it could help this new legislation pass. If you can come to the 
Council meeting on July 10 to comment, or take just a few minutes to write a 
letter or email your ward’s council member in support of this legislation, it 
would mean the world to the birds in Ithaca, not to mention me and Adam :) It’s 
so important to this code’s success that folks show their support because, 
unfortunately, due to its non-economic and conservational nature, this won’t be 
high on the list of priorities for the Council without vocal constituency 
support. If you don’t live in the City of Ithaca or can’t contact a Council 
member, please send this message to someone you know who can!


If you have any questions about this 
legislation
 or how to help further, don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly at 
aeb...@cornell.edu. Thank you all so much!


—Aislyn Be

[cayugabirds-l] Update Re:I iRed tail needs vet transport Syracuse area

[Lee Ann van Leer]

I got the Red-tailed Hawk to the wildlife clinic hospital. It was still alive. 

Hopefully they can help it or whatever is humanely necessary. 

Had ruffled head feathers so may have been an impact injury but not sure. 



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[cayugabirds-l] Update on the Children's Forest of Coto Brus visited by the Cayuga Bird Club

[Jody Enck]

Hi All,

In February 2020, right before the covid pandemic shut everything down,
several of us from the Cayuga Bird Club traveled to southern Costa Rica and
visited Finca Cantaros, where the Children's Forest was started in 2019.
See our newsletter article about the visit here:
https://mailchi.mp/d51d96bd457f/cayuga-bird-club-newsletter-2020-03

Then, take a look at this brief video update from Lily Briggs, who is the
owner/operator of Finca Cantaros (and past postdoc at the Lab or
Ornithology): https://vimeo.com/801723758   Look at how much change has
occurred in a few short years.

Of course things grow faster in a tropical climate, but Lily's message of
collaboration to achieve a vision is something that the Cayuga Bird Club
also embodies.

Enjoy!
Jody


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

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update: Re: Injured Hummingbird

[Linda Orkin]

I am so happy that you reached out for advice and were able to save them. 

Linda Orkin 

> On Jul 28, 2022, at 5:41 PM, Carol Cedarholm  wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm so glad it survived long enough to go to the hospital and they took it 
> in.  Fingers crossed that it makes it!
> Carol
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:45 PM Kathleen P Kramer  wrote:
>> Many thanks to all who replied to our request for information on how to help 
>> the injured Ruby Throated Hummingbird we found at our house last evening!
>> 
>> We followed the suggestions to carefully put the little guy in a safe 
>> container for the overnight and then, if he was still alive this morning, to 
>> take him to The Janet Swanson Wildlife Hospital. The staff therel were kind 
>> and helpful and have told us that the hummingbird will be well-cared-for and 
>> released if the rehabbers are able to make him well and strong enough. 
>> 
>> Being a bit sentimental, as are many of us when dealing with injured birds, 
>> we asked that if the bird is well enough to be released, if we could 
>> possibly release him here, near our home, where he had a territory. The 
>> staff at the Swanson Hospital said we could do that and that they would let 
>> us know, via postcard.
>> 
>> Thanks again to all who so kindly and thoughtfully responded to our request 
>> for help.
>> 
>> Kathleen
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 28, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Jill Holtzman Leichter  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://www.vet.cornell.edu/hospitals/janet-l-swanson-wildlife-hospital
>>>  
>>> If it is still around this morning, you can put it in a box and bring it to 
>>> the wildlife hospital. Link above.
>>>  
>>> Jill Leichter
>>>  
>>> Editor
>>> Center for Engagement in Science and Nature
>>> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>>>  
>>> Email: j...@cornell.edu
>>> (463) 213-3251
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: bounce-126699390-87248...@list.cornell.edu 
>>>  on behalf of Kathleen P Kramer 
>>> 
>>> Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 9:16 PM
>>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
>>> Cc: Kramer Jack 
>>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Injured Hummingbird
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> This evening, my husband and I found a Ruby Throated Hummingbird on our 
>>> walkway. We think it flew into a window at the front of our house. It is 
>>> still alive and has moved 180 degrees from where we found it. We’ve put a 
>>> hummingbird feeder near it on the walkway and it seems to be licking at the 
>>> sugar water around the feeder openings. If it were daytime, we’d call the 
>>> Lab of O and see if there are any suggestions as to what, if anything, to 
>>> do at this point. 
>>> 
>>> We’re concerned, of course, about a possible predator, and thought of 
>>> putting a colander over the bird, but then the feeder couldn’t be near the 
>>> bird. Any thoughts? Is this a lost cause? We felt we had to try.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>> Kathleen Kramer
>>> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update: Re: Injured Hummingbird

[Carol Cedarholm]

I'm so glad it survived long enough to go to the hospital and they took it
in.  Fingers crossed that it makes it!
Carol

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:45 PM Kathleen P Kramer  wrote:

> Many thanks to all who replied to our request for information on how to
> help the injured Ruby Throated Hummingbird we found at our house last
> evening!
>
> We followed the suggestions to carefully put the little guy in a safe
> container for the overnight and then, if he was still alive this morning,
> to take him to The Janet Swanson Wildlife Hospital. The staff therel were
> kind and helpful and have told us that the hummingbird will be
> well-cared-for and released if the rehabbers are able to make him well and
> strong enough.
>
> Being a bit sentimental, as are many of us when dealing with injured
> birds, we asked that if the bird is well enough to be released, if we could
> possibly release him here, near our home, where he had a territory. The
> staff at the Swanson Hospital said we could do that and that they would let
> us know, via postcard.
>
> Thanks again to all who so kindly and thoughtfully responded to our
> request for help.
>
> Kathleen
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Jill Holtzman Leichter 
> wrote:
>
> https://www.vet.cornell.edu/hospitals/janet-l-swanson-wildlife-hospital
>
> If it is still around this morning, you can put it in a box and bring it
> to the wildlife hospital. Link above.
>
> Jill Leichter
>
> Editor
> Center for Engagement in Science and Nature
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>
> Email: j...@cornell.edu
> (463) 213-3251
>
>
>
> *From: *bounce-126699390-87248...@list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-126699390-87248...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Kathleen P
> Kramer 
> *Date: *Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 9:16 PM
> *To: *CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> *Cc: *Kramer Jack 
> *Subject: *[cayugabirds-l] Injured Hummingbird
> Hello,
>
> This evening, my husband and I found a Ruby Throated Hummingbird on our
> walkway. We think it flew into a window at the front of our house. It is
> still alive and has moved 180 degrees from where we found it. We’ve put a
> hummingbird feeder near it on the walkway and it seems to be licking at the
> sugar water around the feeder openings. If it were daytime, we’d call the
> Lab of O and see if there are any suggestions as to what, if anything, to
> do at this point.
>
> We’re concerned, of course, about a possible predator, and thought of
> putting a colander over the bird, but then the feeder couldn’t be near the
> bird. Any thoughts? Is this a lost cause? We felt we had to try.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Kathleen Kramer
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Update: Re: Injured Hummingbird

[Kathleen P Kramer]

Many thanks to all who replied to our request for information on how to help 
the injured Ruby Throated Hummingbird we found at our house last evening!

We followed the suggestions to carefully put the little guy in a safe container 
for the overnight and then, if he was still alive this morning, to take him to 
The Janet Swanson Wildlife Hospital. The staff therel were kind and helpful and 
have told us that the hummingbird will be well-cared-for and released if the 
rehabbers are able to make him well and strong enough.

Being a bit sentimental, as are many of us when dealing with injured birds, we 
asked that if the bird is well enough to be released, if we could possibly 
release him here, near our home, where he had a territory. The staff at the 
Swanson Hospital said we could do that and that they would let us know, via 
postcard.

Thanks again to all who so kindly and thoughtfully responded to our request for 
help.

Kathleen


On Jul 28, 2022, at 9:23 AM, Jill Holtzman Leichter 
mailto:j...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

https://www.vet.cornell.edu/hospitals/janet-l-swanson-wildlife-hospital

If it is still around this morning, you can put it in a box and bring it to the 
wildlife hospital. Link above.

Jill Leichter

Editor
Center for Engagement in Science and Nature
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Email: j...@cornell.edu
(463) 213-3251


From: 
bounce-126699390-87248...@list.cornell.edu
 
mailto:bounce-126699390-87248...@list.cornell.edu>>
 on behalf of Kathleen P Kramer mailto:k...@cornell.edu>>
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 9:16 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Cc: Kramer Jack mailto:ja...@twcny.rr.com>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Injured Hummingbird
Hello,

This evening, my husband and I found a Ruby Throated Hummingbird on our 
walkway. We think it flew into a window at the front of our house. It is still 
alive and has moved 180 degrees from where we found it. We’ve put a hummingbird 
feeder near it on the walkway and it seems to be licking at the sugar water 
around the feeder openings. If it were daytime, we’d call the Lab of O and see 
if there are any suggestions as to what, if anything, to do at this point.

We’re concerned, of course, about a possible predator, and thought of putting a 
colander over the bird, but then the feeder couldn’t be near the bird. Any 
thoughts? Is this a lost cause? We felt we had to try.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Kathleen Kramer


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[cayugabirds-l] Update: Eurasian Wigeon in Queen Catharine Marsh (Watkins Glen)

[Mike Powers]

Earlier this week Jay McGowan posted information about a male Eurasian
Wigeon that was reported from the Queen Catharine Marsh between Watkins
Glen and Montour Falls (thanks, Jay!). I made a trip along Rock Cabin Road
(which runs along the west side of the marsh) Thursday evening and found
the bird hanging out with a small group of American Wigeon and a couple of
Gadwall. My (terrible) digiscoped photos are included this checklist:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54089475

Good birding,
Mike

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update - another vote for shelter

[Carol Keeler]

The birds didn’t seem to be using the tree for shelter since they were on the 
tops of the branches and not in the tree.  Many do roost in my Norway spruces.  
It will be interesting to see if they do the same thing tomorrow.

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
> I was going to suggest something similar to Linda: any type of conifer can 
> provide shelter for birds, particularly in the cold, windy weather we've had 
> over the past couple of days. I have watched birds actually going to roost 
> (at dusk) in certain spruces on my property in the past.
> 
> Marie
> 
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> Freeville NY  13068 USA
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> From: bounce-123293506-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
> [bounce-123293506-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Linda Orkin 
> [wingmagi...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:38 PM
> To: Carol Keeler
> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update
> 
> I don’t know how others responded but perhaps the tree provides some specific 
> site related shelter from the cold that may not be true or necessary at other 
> times or in the past. I sound think you would see them foraging if they were.
> 
> Keep watching and see what you see.
> 
> Linda Orkin
> Ithaca NY
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
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> and the light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into 
> the world to enjoy" Plutarch
> 
> If you permit
> this evil, what is the good
> of the good of your life?
> 
> -Stanley Kunitz...
> 
> On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Carol Keeler 
> mailto:carolk...@adelphia.net>> wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all the people who responded to my query.  Your ideas sure gave 
> some food for thought.  I looked out this afternoon at the Cedar and it was 
> covered in birds!  It looked like a birdy Christmas tree.  I counted 25 House 
> Finches on the side that I could see.  There were many more birds in the 
> trees all around the Cedar.  I’ve seen all my yard birds on it except for the 
> woodpeckers.  I’ve yet to see a bird try to eat anything from the seed cones 
> though which hang at the bottom of the ferny sprays.  Maybe they don’t know 
> how to get to them.  It’s very interesting behavior for birds that never go 
> to that tree.  Thanks again.
> 
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Update - another vote for shelter

[Marie P. Read]

I was going to suggest something similar to Linda: any type of conifer can 
provide shelter for birds, particularly in the cold, windy weather we've had 
over the past couple of days. I have watched birds actually going to roost (at 
dusk) in certain spruces on my property in the past.

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Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:38 PM
To: Carol Keeler
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update

I don’t know how others responded but perhaps the tree provides some specific 
site related shelter from the cold that may not be true or necessary at other 
times or in the past. I sound think you would see them foraging if they were.

Keep watching and see what you see.

Linda Orkin
Ithaca NY

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On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Carol Keeler 
mailto:carolk...@adelphia.net>> wrote:

Thanks to all the people who responded to my query.  Your ideas sure gave some 
food for thought.  I looked out this afternoon at the Cedar and it was covered 
in birds!  It looked like a birdy Christmas tree.  I counted 25 House Finches 
on the side that I could see.  There were many more birds in the trees all 
around the Cedar.  I’ve seen all my yard birds on it except for the 
woodpeckers.  I’ve yet to see a bird try to eat anything from the seed cones 
though which hang at the bottom of the ferny sprays.  Maybe they don’t know how 
to get to them.  It’s very interesting behavior for birds that never go to that 
tree.  Thanks again.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update

[Linda Orkin]

I don’t know how others responded but perhaps the tree provides some specific 
site related shelter from the cold that may not be true or necessary at other 
times or in the past. I sound think you would see them foraging if they were. 

Keep watching and see what you see. 

Linda Orkin 
Ithaca NY

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> and the light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into 
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> On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Carol Keeler  wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all the people who responded to my query.  Your ideas sure gave 
> some food for thought.  I looked out this afternoon at the Cedar and it was 
> covered in birds!  It looked like a birdy Christmas tree.  I counted 25 House 
> Finches on the side that I could see.  There were many more birds in the 
> trees all around the Cedar.  I’ve seen all my yard birds on it except for the 
> woodpeckers.  I’ve yet to see a bird try to eat anything from the seed cones 
> though which hang at the bottom of the ferny sprays.  Maybe they don’t know 
> how to get to them.  It’s very interesting behavior for birds that never go 
> to that tree.  Thanks again.
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[cayugabirds-l] Update

[Carol Keeler]

Thanks to all the people who responded to my query.  Your ideas sure gave some 
food for thought.  I looked out this afternoon at the Cedar and it was covered 
in birds!  It looked like a birdy Christmas tree.  I counted 25 House Finches 
on the side that I could see.  There were many more birds in the trees all 
around the Cedar.  I’ve seen all my yard birds on it except for the 
woodpeckers.  I’ve yet to see a bird try to eat anything from the seed cones 
though which hang at the bottom of the ferny sprays.  Maybe they don’t know how 
to get to them.  It’s very interesting behavior for birds that never go to that 
tree.  Thanks again.

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[cayugabirds-l] Update on Next Week's Potential Migration "Surge"

[David Nicosia]

All,

Looking at the three most reliable medium range models, the GFS, European
and Canadian models, we continue to see a large high pressure system
setting up over the southeast U.S Monday night. This high extends from the
surface up through up through 10,000 feet and with its clockwise flow,
Monday night will see a southeasterly flow across the Gulf of Mexico
focusing on Texas and the west Gulf States in the lowest 5000-7000 feet.
Then the flow curves more southerly and then southwesterly by the time it
reaches the northeast U.S. So Tuesday May 1st may see a lot of arrivals
along with temperatures in the 70s and even low 80s in some areas. The bulk
of the migration Monday night will be west of NY state but there is a good
potential for southerly overshoots especially in western and central NY.  I
expect a lot of our earlier warbler species, Baltimore orioles,
rose-breasted grosbeaks, and maybe a few early scarlet tanagers and indigo
buntings to arrive among many others.

Then for Tuesday night, the winds in the lowest 5000-7000 feet will come
right across the Gulf of Mexico up the west side of the Appalachians into
NY state. It looks like more migrants for western/central NY with this flow
pattern. May 2nd should be an awesome day with temperature pushing 80 in
many areas and a lot of new arrivals. I don't see fallout conditions just
new arrivals.

Then Wednesday night, things get more complicated, the european model
brings a cold front through which will intercept this southerly flow making
the 3rd potentially interesting. However, the GFS and Canadian are slower
with this front. The Canadian brings it through Thursday night to Friday
the 4th, the GFS holds it off until the weekend of the 5th and 6th. So that
is where the uncertainty lies, when does this cold front come through and
end this early neotropical migrant surge into NY state. The European closes
the window earliest, late on the 2nd, the GFS keeps the fun going all next
week.

Bottom line, we are looking at May 1st and most of May 2nd as good days for
new arrivals with a cold front coming through the late on the 2nd to the
5th to drop down migrants.

More updates to follow as things become clearer...

Go to birdcast for awesome information up to this weekend. I am looking out
beyond the time period of birdcast of which weather predictions get much
more complicated, making the more detailed information that birdcast
provides impossible...

http://birdcast.info


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update on Weather and front

[david nicosia]

 Well, the front set up farther north than expected and so did the heavier 
precipitation today. So we had a shallow front across central NY today. The 
surface front was in far northern PA and the front at 5000 feet (roughly) was 
actually across Lake Ontario. So north of this in Canada was the main 
precipitation shield and hence no fallout conditions down here. Central NY saw 
chilly conditions with northerly winds between the surface and a few thousand 
feet with southwest to west winds above this. Overnight many birds were 
migrating north so presumably birds that migrate higher than a few thousand 
feet up kept going into southern Canada on the southwest winds and stopped 
where the rain was. In reality the bird migration likely was sorted out based 
on how high each species or even individuals migrate. To get a fallout we need 
a solid batch of precipitation which typically has cloud tops around 10 to 20 
feet which is a wall for the migrants. Since this precipitation set up farther 
north than predicted is why it wasn't that impressive. However, winds between 
5000 and 15000 feet were strong from the west-southwest and maybe this could be 
why the western meadowlark showed up?  It is also interesting that in western 
NY the front was a bit deeper and could explain why Jody saw more migrants. 
Anyway, always learning. 
Tonight we will see south winds aloft, north winds close to the ground. 
Precipitation again will be across northern NY. More arrivals will be the norm. 
I think once the cold front comes through Monday with heavier rain we will see 
more migrants. 
Thanks and good birding to all! Dave 
On Friday, April 13, 2018, 7:33:30 AM EDT, David Nicosia 
 wrote:  
 
 Last night there was massive migration in the eastern U.S that stopped in 
northern NY state where there was a rather diffuse front. Not sure if there 
will be any significant concentration of migrants. This morning as of this 
writing the front at the surface is across the northern counties of PA and then 
drops southeast south of the Catskills. At  about 5000 feet up the front is 
farther north roughly from Buffalo to south of Albany but again it is not a 
very sharp front yet. At about 1 feet up the winds are from the west and 
its hard to find any front. So what this means is that birds that migrate 
between 5000 and 1 feet and up probably will keep going unless they 
encounter precipitation. At this point there isn't much precipitation near NY 
or in the northeast U.S. Once the storm intensifies in the midwest and pulls 
east, the front at all levels up to 10-15 thousand feet will sharpen up and 
precipitation will spread east. 
Right now it looks like the surface front will lift back north to the southern 
tier of NY state today but the precipitation will stream across northern NY so 
I wouldn't expect too much just arrivals and some pockets of migrants. 
For tonight, the precipitation and associated front aloft shifts south and 
looks to be setting up from about Buffalo to Albany and it will be raining 
north of this. The surface front will actually drop south into northern PA but 
it will be shallow as the precipitation will be farther north. So I would 
expect best conditions across upstate NY north of the southern tier, which 
includes the Finger Lakes area, and Buffalo to Albany. 
Its hard enough to predict the weather so trying to predict what the birds will 
do is even harder. Hopefully some of this will pan out. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Update on Weather and front

[David Nicosia]

Last night there was massive migration in the eastern U.S that stopped in
northern NY state where there was a rather diffuse front. Not sure if there
will be any significant concentration of migrants. This morning as of this
writing the front at the surface is across the northern counties of PA and
then drops southeast south of the Catskills. At  about 5000 feet up the
front is farther north roughly from Buffalo to south of Albany but again it
is not a very sharp front yet. At about 1 feet up the winds are from
the west and its hard to find any front. So what this means is that birds
that migrate between 5000 and 1 feet and up probably will keep going
unless they encounter precipitation. At this point there isn't much
precipitation near NY or in the northeast U.S. Once the storm intensifies
in the midwest and pulls east, the front at all levels up to 10-15 thousand
feet will sharpen up and precipitation will spread east.

Right now it looks like the surface front will lift back north to the
southern tier of NY state today but the precipitation will stream across
northern NY so I wouldn't expect too much just arrivals and some pockets of
migrants.

For tonight, the precipitation and associated front aloft shifts south and
looks to be setting up from about Buffalo to Albany and it will be raining
north of this. The surface front will actually drop south into northern PA
but it will be shallow as the precipitation will be farther north. So I
would expect best conditions across upstate NY north of the southern tier,
which includes the Finger Lakes area, and Buffalo to Albany.

Its hard enough to predict the weather so trying to predict what the birds
will do is even harder. Hopefully some of this will pan out.

Good Luck!
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[cayugabirds-l] update on hummingbirds

[Dave Nutter]

The nest I've been monitoring at a distance through a scope still seems to be 
doing okay. I don't check it every day because I don't want to call attention 
to it. It is very well hidden yet located near so much human activity that 
natural predation may be reduced, but I am concerned that inadvertent or 
intentional poking around the area by people could disturb or destroy it. 

When I checked it on Thursday 29 June the female was initially not present but 
arrived very soon and settled onto the nest. Incubation? But she didn't sit 
still and didn't stay long. She flew off for less than a minute, then sat on 
the nest for a couple minutes. That was the pattern - she would immediately 
sit, but her tail vibrated slightly, and sometimes her back arched, and she 
shifted as if a bit uncomfortable, and she looked around, and soon flew off 
again - until about the tenth time she returned, when she stood on the rim and 
poked her bill vertically into the nest, and I saw the tip of a tiny bill rise 
to meet her and get fed. Then she sat down and resumed the pattern of dividing 
her time between brooding and foraging, with the trips going and returning in 
varied directions. I think she may have been watching for airborne prey while 
she brooded. I saw 2 more feedings that day, once with her bill descending into 
2 different parts of the cup, and once only on the opposite side from where I 
first saw the bill. This indicated to me a typical brood of 2. Once when the 
adult was not present I also saw a bit of activity on that more hidden side of 
the nest which culminated in a turd being shot up onto an overhanging leaf, 
where it stuck for awhile, looking like a tiny dark brown stationary insect 
larva, about the length and diameter of the adult's bill. That large leaf 
functioned as a parasol, and probably protected the nest from rain, as well as 
hiding it from overhead view. Another interesting observation that day was, 
once while the female was brooding a second adult female flew through my scope 
view and briefly hovered close by to look at her, eliciting no apparent 
reaction. 

I checked again today (2 July), and the nest was much more difficult for me to 
re-find. The parasol/umbrella leaf has been bent down and caught on a twig to 
one side of the nest, so that it no longer protects the nest from the weather. 
Instead the leaf completely blocks the better of 2 directions I could view the 
nest. I figured out it was the correct leaf because it had several tiny 
defecations on it, and occasionally I could see the shadow of the female's bill 
on the leaf as she sat in the sun. Although the nest is now even less liable to 
be seen by people, it is more exposed to sun and rain and predators' view from 
above. Also I'm guessing that the wind which bent that leaf around must have 
been pretty violent, much greater than the typical but substantial movement of 
the thin branches in the breeze. There is another tiny window to view the nest 
through several layers of foliage from another direction, so today I watched 
from there, although it's harder because every zephyr either moves the nest out 
of view or brings some other leaf in front. Nonetheless I saw that the female 
spends less time on the nest. In fact, she was absent for so long when I 
finally re-found the nest that I wondered if it had failed, and there was 
additional reason to suspect violent disturbance as well. But finally she 
arrived and fed 2 minuscule nestlings. I saw both tiny bills arise, and once 
one of the birds stretched up so much to be fed that I saw its scrawny pink 
neck, round naked head, and dark bulbous (sealed-?) closed eye, as well as its 
still-broadly-angled, yellow-edged bill. Sometimes Mama's long bill is mostly 
visible during the operation, but sometimes it goes all the way into the baby, 
so that the tips of the little one's bill seems to touch her chin and forehead. 
I have some bad photos. When I think of how small an adult hummingbird is, it's 
hard to imagine how tiny a chick is. Anyway, that's the news.  

--Dave Nutter

> On Jun 17, 2017, at 8:17 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
> 
> As for hummingbirds, sample size 2, we still have a female attending our 
> feeder, and the nest-start which I discovered on the 6th appeared complete by 
> the 12th, with incubation starting by the 13th, still underway today (17th), 
> and with luck to continue for some time. 
> --Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Update on 6 Merlin nests

[John Confer]

There are four Merlin nests in Ithaca.

The N. Titus St nest, which I thought might have been abandoned, has had 
lots of recent activity. Perhaps this change in parental activity 
reflects a change in the nest status; maybe the eggs hatched. Please do 
not go off the sidewalk along N. Tutus and do not stay there long, thanks.

The probable nest for the Christopher Circle/Lane appears to have been 
destroyed and I haven't heard any activity there for on the last two 
mornings.

The Cascadilla Creek nesting pair seems to ignore all the nearby car and 
pedestrian traffic, and is quite nicely seen from the bridge over 
Cascadilla Creek looking west along the north side of the creek in a 
tall White Pine. Many local land owners know about the noisy pair and 
one seems to accept a rain of feathers their yard.

The East Hill Cemetery nest is active, but on private grounds. Too many 
visitors to the immediate vicinity of the nest might lead the 
owners/managers to forbid monitoring the nest, as I am trying to do.

This morning I discovered a nest in Dryden in the front yard of the 
elementary school. I followed the flight line of a Merlin seen on two 
mornings in April and soon heard the beautiful ka ka ka ka ka. Since the 
pair accepted this nest while hundreds of recess kids were screaming 
around the area, I think they are fairly immune to human disturbance.

There is a nest on the Wells College campus. It is being monitored as 
part of a senior thesis, and it would be nice not to disturb this one 
too much.

So far, there have been 9 identifiable prey, 7 of which were House Sparrows.

I still would appreciate additional nest monitors. Someone did call 
about doing this, but the phone message got lost. Do contact me via 
email, thanks.

Imagine: the 1980-'85 Breeding Bird Survey for New York with 300,000 
person hours of field work did not find a single Merlin nest. The more 
recent survey found ~60, and now we have 6 known territories close to 
us. All of these are urban, partially because we birders spend more time 
in an urban situation. But no nests in wild situations doesn't represent 
the time we birders spend in the wilds. They certainly are an urban bird.

John





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[cayugabirds-l] Update on Night Flight

[david nicosia]

The radar bird echoes are not as expansive as last night from NWS Binghamton's 
radar. It is noteworthy
that radar sites tothe south where cloud ceilings are non-existent or much much 
higher have expansive
bird echoes. Cloud ceilings are running between 500 and 1000 feet in much of 
central NY at this time. 

Fog was covering the highest hills. There was drizzle and light rain but mostly 
in northern NY. 

This begs the question if the birds are flying too low and mostly under the 
radar beam...or not migrating
en-mass like last night due to the light rains and drizzle. 




 From: david nicosia 
To: david nicosia ; Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
; CAYUGABIRDS-L ; NFC- L 
; Bluewing  
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 7:33 PM
Subject: [bluewing-group] Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOG - Night Flight
 

Bird echoes rapidly expanding on radar after sunset!   




 From: david nicosia 
To: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
; NFC- L  
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOG - Night Flight
 

As it stands now, I think there is a good chance for low ceilings lasting
well into the night. Probably less than 1000 feet all night...there will be fog 
too...
especially over the hills. Winds are expected to be NW around 5-15 knots up 
through about 
5-6 thousand feet through the night. Not sure how many birds will be taking off
in the foggy/drizzly air mass in NY...but north into Ontario (which is north of 
the low cloud
shield) there is a chilly mass in place and northerly winds which will increase 
through
the night with a colder air mass pouring south. I would imagine
this will get birds going south from Ontario into NY.  It will be interesting
to see if birds fly above the lower cloud shield or go below it ...or both. 
There also
will be a cloud layer between 2000 and 4000 feet above ground
 level. 

This could be a great night...or a bust. Depends on what the birds do. 
Forecasting weather is hard enough, forecasting what birds will do
is beyond my expertise. Maybe someone else can help here with the birds??  

If the flight is low enough it may fall below the radar beam and not show up as 
well.
If we see radar echo "blossoming" after sunset then we know there is a flight 
at 2000-5000
feet above ground level which still could mean many birds below the clouds and 
in the fog.
Since there is also drizzle and light rain showers, the radar is picking up 
precipitation echoes. I have
access to dual polar radar data which will be able to determine between the 
precipitation and
the bird echoes. This will be interesting to see also. 

In any event, I hope, in some ways, the flight is not too low because the risk 
of tower 
and wind turbine kills will go way up.  If people go out listening
 tonight,
please share on this listserver. If you live near a tower and it is foggy you 
may
want to check for kills. Let's hope this does not happen. Good luck everyone! 

Dave Nicosia  




 From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L  
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 3:49 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] FOG - Night Flight
 

Good afternoon, birders! 

Tonight the forecast for the Ithaca, NY area (at least) is looking very 
interesting.

The local forecast is calling for a light NW wind (3-5 mph). Currently, we've 
got foggy conditions (very low cloud ceiling). If the weather pattern holds 
true, we may see a slowly increasing cloud ceiling height over the course of 
the night (thanks Dave Nicosia for this info!).

If this condition persists into the night, we may see an excellent night flight 
of low-flying night migrants (thrushes, warblers, sparrows, etc.). This means 
that migrants will be easily heard, but it also means that they may temporarily 
circle around or even temporarily settle down near well lighted areas (lighted 
athletic fields, mall parking lots, etc.).

On the potentially detrimental side of things, this means that birds may be 
more prone to striking human-made objects that are in unexpectedly in the way 
of these night-flying birds (for example: radio towers, wind turbines, tall 
lighted buildings, etc.). The negative side-effects from this type of weather 
event may include higher than normal numbers of tower-killed and wind 
turbine-killed birds and an increased incidence of nighttime window-strikes at 
tall lighted buildings.

Local areas to go to listen for migrants and check for birds (healthy or 
otherwise) include: lighted athletic fields (Schoellkopf Field Stadium or other 
practice fields around Cornell University and Ithaca College), lighted parking 
lots (especially those at higher elevations, such as Shops at Ithaca Mall, 
Ithaca College Campus, Cornell Campus, Cayuga Medical Center, etc.), near tall 
lighted buildings, and possibly include checking radio towers or wind turbine 
sites for deceased or injured birds.

Hopefully, tonight won't contribute to man

[cayugabirds-l] Update? Western grebe

[Laura Stenzler]

Close to lunch time - any update on the Grebe for those of us who can get out 
at noon?
L

Laura Stenzler
Lab Manager
Evolutionary Biology Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, New York 14850
Office: (607) 254 2141
Lab:(607) 254 2142
Fax:(607) 254 2486
l...@cornell.edu

From: bounce-39192661-8866...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-39192661-8866...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:07 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western grebe


The grebe is currently between east shore park and the white light house, 
associating with the golden eye flock.
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