[cayugabirds-l] Black vulture
This morning at around 8:30 there was a single Black Vulture at the Tompkins County recycling center (there may have been others as there was a tree of vultures out behind the center). What I found interesting is where the black vulture was. It was sitting on top of the Fork Over Tompkins trailer doing its best to tear out the top vent. I don't know if there were any food scarps left in the trailer, but I am sure it was emanating an wonderful odor. The vulture was using its beak to try to pry through the slats of the vent as well as hooking its bill under them and trying to rip it up. In the few minutes I watched, it was not been successful in the least. Closer to home in Freeville, Chipping Sparrows, Eastern Towhee, and House Wren are all back on territory. Ruby-crowned Kinglets have been around for a few days as well. A pair of Juncos has been busy rejuvenating a previous years nest. -Andrew Miller -- 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] Black Vulture foursome at Compost Facility
At 1320h, my grad student Connor reported that all four cold Black Vultures were sitting in edge trees/hedges just SW of the leachate ponds at the Stevenson Road Cornell Composting Facility. I am afraid all he had to offer was peanuts. Anne B Clark 147 Hile School Rd Freeville, NY 13068 607-222-0905 anneb.cl...@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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture
Leaving work just now on South Hill a Black Vulture flew overhead, quite low and heading NW. Annette -- from my phone -- 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] Black Vulture
One soaring with a TUVU over downtown Trumansburg around 5:00pm today. 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] Black vulture at upper Taughannok
I got a close look and think I just sighted one. My first, and I see in my guidebook that they are not common around here but are becoming more common. It is heading south around 11:30am. Another person was with me, and he said he sees them in Varna all the time. This one had a gorgeous rusty brown underside. It looked petite for a culture. Hope someone can confirm this. Book shows all black top and bottom with white feather tips. Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Black Vulture at compost piles, etc.
Hi all, This afternoon, a BLACK VULTURE showed up over the compost piles at Game Farm Road. It circled for a while, then drifted to the northeast. Thanks to Jay's post, Brian Magnier and myself were also able to find the Short-eared owls at Scofield Road near Buck Road. We counted five at once, but there could have been more. Also had a couple of late Savannah sparrows there along the roadside. Best, Graham Montgomery -- 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] Black Vulture on South Hill
While dropping Tractor off at school this morning on south hill, I noticed a BLVU, the the company of 2 TUVU, heading south -- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 -- 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] Black Vulture on Stevenson, Clay-colored Sparrow still on campus
At 2:30 today I was just finishing up an hour crow watch at the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road when I noticed that an incoming vulture was a BLACK VULTURE: short tail, flat and broad wings, and white patches in the primaries. It then landed in the big lone snag, with 8 Turkey Vultures. It was easily visible from Stevenson Road. Nothing else of note in the compost. The ponds have been drained enough that little shorebird habitat remains. 2 Killdeer were the shorebird total today. Earlier around noon I went to Cornell campus to see if I could find the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW that everyone else saw in the spring. I found it in the trees on the south side of Goldwyn-Smith, between there and Stimson Hall. It sang softly a few times and I was able to get a good look. Neither it nor the Chipping Sparrow in the same area seemed to be feeding young. But, the Chipping Sparrow family just to the north was feeding a fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird. I saw 13 bird species on the Arts Quad, including a fly-over pair of calling MERLINS. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 Do you know about our other distance-learning opportunities? Visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses and learn about our comprehensive Home Study Course in Bird Biology, our online course Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birdshttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/courtship/, our Be A Better Birder tutorialshttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/tutorial/, and our series of webinarshttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/webinars/. Purchase the webinars herehttp://store.birds.cornell.edu/category_s/55.htm. -- 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] Black Vulture, Cornell compost
Anne Clark reports a BLACK VULTURE on the piles and then in a tree at the compost on Stevenson Road. She doesn't see it at the moment so it may be airborne but is likely still in the area. Keep an eye out! She also said she would be more than happy to trade vulture info for crow sightings. If you see any tagged crows, whether at the compost or elsewhere, let her or Kevin know. Jay -- 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] Black Vulture, Stewart Ave
Ben Barkley reports: Black Vulture soaring with a kettle of turkey vultures seen from Stewart Ave. bridge to north. Just east of Stewart Park. -- 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] black vulture
I was out in our front yard shortly after 7 PM looking for nighthawks when I noticed a large, dark bird far to the SE. It was coming slowly toward me and against the air flow (clouds moving from the NW). It got fairly close, then suddenly turned about and headed back the way it had come. I noted periods of soaring alternating with several flaps of its wings. In soaring, the wings were held at only a slight dihedral and came straight out from the body, not hunched like in turkey vultures. At a distance, I initially thought great blue heron, but decided the wingbeats were more rapid than I would expect to see with the heron. Unfortunately this is not a new yard bird, as Susie saw one last year here in the Spring. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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] Black Vulture, Cornell Compost
A BLACK VULTURE is currently sitting with many, many Turkey Vultures behind the piles at the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road. A few juvenile Turkeys around as well, so beware, but the Black stands out as smaller and differently shapes, with longer legs, all dark head, and white on visible primaries. Jay -- 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] Black Vulture, Cornell Compost
Now there are TWO Black Vultures here, sitting together on a board fence in the island of bushes between the two silver canopies on the slope above the piles. Conditions are a bit mucky in the piles, so looking from Stevenson might be the way to go, they should be visible from there at the moment. On Aug 28, 2013 7:40 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: A BLACK VULTURE is currently sitting with many, many Turkey Vultures behind the piles at the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road. A few juvenile Turkeys around as well, so beware, but the Black stands out as smaller and differently shapes, with longer legs, all dark head, and white on visible primaries. Jay -- 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] Black Vulture report
This just came through on eBird. Keep an eye out and get the word out if you see it! Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1) - Reported Apr 11, 2013 11:45 by Alex Petzke - Elmira exit - Rt. 13, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8t=pz=13q=42.3969037,-76.5466404ll=42.3969037,-76.5466404 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13710660 - Comments: Size and shape correct for a vulture. Lighter tone under wings only at tips. Conditions were overcast. No other details - viewed quickly while driving. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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] BLACK VULTURE? Fwd: [eBird Alert] Rare Bird Alert for Tompkins hourly
FYI - Black Vulture reported on eBird just now, South of Ithaca. Sincerely, Chris T-H Begin forwarded message: From: ebird-al...@cornell.edumailto:ebird-al...@cornell.edu Date: April 11, 2013 3:44:58 PM EDT To: Undisclosed recipients:; Subject: [eBird Alert] Rare Bird Alert for Tompkins hourly *** Species Summary: - Black Vulture (1 report) - Thank you for subscribing to the hourly Rare Bird Alert for Tompkins. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Tompkins. View this alert on the web at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35084 NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1) - Reported Apr 11, 2013 11:45 by Alex Petzke - Elmira exit - Rt. 13, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8t=pz=13q=42.3969037,-76.5466404ll=42.3969037,-76.5466404 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13710660 - Comments: Size and shape correct for a vulture. Lighter tone under wings only at tips. Conditions were overcast. No other details - viewed quickly while driving. *** You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's Rare Bird Alert for Tompkins Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: http://ebird.org/ebird/alerts -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] black vulture
I was in the front yard doing yardwork, looked up, and noted a small kettle of vultures over the house. Called the wife out. I was counting them (stupid thing to do) when she said there's a BLACK VULTURE. Sure enough. Slightly smaller than the 10 TURKEY VULTURES, stubby, wide-spread tail, lightish toward the wing ends. We watched them circle until almost out of sight in altitude, then they all headed north. NEW YARD BIRD!! Woo-hoo!. Time: 1600 hrs. S. S. Fast Brooktondale -- 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] Black Vulture?
Hello all, Can anyone give me the dates when the Black Vulture was in the Ithaca area? thanks, Matt mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture
I was sitting in the parking lot just east of the Ithaca Mall when, at 9:23 this morning the first of nine vultures flew low overhead, from south to north. The third bird was a Black Vulture with distinct silvery tips to the wings and ah somewhat shorter tail. I assume that this was the same bird that Susan Danskin noted a few days ago. In the next fifteen minutes a total of nine TV's flew over. As I write this Dave Nutter has called to say that he has the Black Vulture perched in a tree along with 3 - 4 TV's about 50 yds north of mailbox 77 on Oak Crest Rd, just north of the mall. I note also that I was looking out a north window at Kendall two days ago when several vultures flew over. That was at 8:25 AM. So it looks like a group of vultures are roosting somewhere in Cayuga Heights and leave to the north between 8:15 and 9:15 AM Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture
The BLACK VULTURE stayed in a large willow on the grounds of #86 Oakcrest (but best viewed from mailbox #77) for about an hour after I found it and immediately sent out the alert. During that hour I did one taxi run, returned to find Gary Kohlenberg and Jay Kevin McGowan soon joined by a guy whose name I should know (Dave McCartt?) all aiming scopes and cameras at the bird. I left to do another taxi run, then wondered why Ann Mitchell, who works close by, hadn't shown up. I fetched her, but the perch was empty, and we found Mark Chao staring after only TURKEY VULTURES, several of which remained in the area. They were soon joined by Tim Lenz, Jeff Gerbracht, and another guy I didn't recognize. I had to leave to pick up another passenger, and when I drove past with my fare, all birders appeared to be leaving having given up. I think odds are very high it is still around and may be found again tomorrow. --Dave NutterOn Jan 28, 2011, at 08:47 AM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote:I was sitting in the parking lot just east of the Ithaca Mall when, at 9:23 this morning the first of nine vultures flew low overhead, from south to north. The third bird was a Black Vulture with distinct silvery tips to the wings and ah somewhat shorter tail. I assume that this was the same bird that Susan Danskin noted a few days ago. In the next fifteen minutes a total of nine TV's flew over. As I write this Dave Nutter has called to say that he has the Black Vulture perched in a tree along with 3 - 4 TV's about 50 yds north of mailbox 77 on Oak Crest Rd, just north of the mall. I note also that I was looking out a north window at Kendall two days ago when several vultures flew over. That was at 8:25 AM. So it looks like a group of vultures are roosting somewhere in Cayuga Heights and leave to the north between 8:15 and 9:15 AM Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture
My suggestion for tomorrow would be to hang out in the Mall parking lot - or the lot just to the east (behind what used to be the roller rink) from 8:15 on. Eyes on the sky to the south. This morning the BLAVUL came over low. Then follow it to whatever perch or hunting grounds it chooses to the north. Bob On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: The BLACK VULTURE stayed in a large willow on the grounds of #86 Oakcrest (but best viewed from mailbox #77) for about an hour after I found it and immediately sent out the alert. During that hour I did one taxi run, returned to find Gary Kohlenberg and Jay Kevin McGowan soon joined by a guy whose name I should know (Dave McCartt?) all aiming scopes and cameras at the bird. I left to do another taxi run, then wondered why Ann Mitchell, who works close by, hadn't shown up. I fetched her, but the perch was empty, and we found Mark Chao staring after only TURKEY VULTURES, several of which remained in the area. They were soon joined by Tim Lenz, Jeff Gerbracht, and another guy I didn't recognize. I had to leave to pick up another passenger, and when I drove past with my fare, all birders appeared to be leaving having given up. I think odds are very high it is still around and may be found again tomorrow. --Dave Nutter On Jan 28, 2011, at 08:47 AM, bob mcguire bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com wrote: I was sitting in the parking lot just east of the Ithaca Mall when, at 9:23 this morning the first of nine vultures flew low overhead, from south to north. The third bird was a Black Vulture with distinct silvery tips to the wings and ah somewhat shorter tail. I assume that this was the same bird that Susan Danskin noted a few days ago. In the next fifteen minutes a total of nine TV's flew over. As I write this Dave Nutter has called to say that he has the Black Vulture perched in a tree along with 3 - 4 TV's about 50 yds north of mailbox 77 on Oak Crest Rd, just north of the mall. I note also that I was looking out a north window at Kendall two days ago when several vultures flew over. That was at 8:25 AM. So it looks like a group of vultures are roosting somewhere in Cayuga Heights and leave to the north between 8:15 and 9:15 AM Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] BLACK VULTURE
Susan, I had a black vulture last week in Johnson City. There were also a few reported in spring/summer in the Ithaca area. This species apparently continues to spread northward. Neat. Dave From: Susan Danskin dans...@twcny.rr.com To: CAYUGABIRDS CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 7:16:17 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] BLACK VULTURE Sorry Sorry Sorry. I thought sent this info to the rare bird alert, but I must not know what am I doing. I had to rush to send off the text before my students came into the classroom and caught me with an illegal device. Who knows what I did wrong, but tonight when I finally had a chance to check my phone, I realized that the incoming text that I thought was the one I had sent actually was one telling me that BLACK is reserved. Someday I'll figure out what I did wrong. Anyway, on to the story of the bird... A couple of days ago I was driving up Rt 13 somewhere near Triphammer and noticed some birds soaring off to my left. At least one and possibly two had the jizz of a Black Vulture (shorter tail, shorter wings, less dihedral than Turkey Vulture). Given that the lighting was bad, I was late for work, and going at least 60 mph, I soon put it out of my mind as just a trick of my eyes. But then again today I was driving up Rt 13 between Triphammer and Warren and again noticed three birds circling off to my left. Again at least one of the birds definitely had the jizz of a Black Vulture. This time the lighting was better, I wasn't so late for work, and I had the sense to take my lead foot off of the accelerator AND the bird was kind enough to bank just at the right time to show me its white wing tips. I am usually the first to doubt myself when I see something rare, but I am confident of this ID. I grew up in the Hudson Valley and have made many trips south so I have some decent experience with this bird. Keep your eye aimed at the sky the next time you are flying up Rt 13 around 8:45 am. Susan Danskin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture - Dryden
Cayugabirders, Around 10 am today I saw one Black Vulture heading north slowly over the towers on Mount Pleasant (Town of Dryden) while I was checking Tree Swallow boxes. No idea if we have one bird hanging around or if multiple individuals are involved, but I suspect the latter. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture - Dryden
Susie saw 2 BLACK VULTURES over K-Mart in Ithaca several days ago. Steve Fast -Original Message- From: bounce-5851644-9286...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5851644-9286...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:04 PM To: cayugabirds Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture - Dryden Cayugabirders, Around 10 am today I saw one Black Vulture heading north slowly over the towers on Mount Pleasant (Town of Dryden) while I was checking Tree Swallow boxes. No idea if we have one bird hanging around or if multiple individuals are involved, but I suspect the latter. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture - Hawthorn Orchards - Sunday 5/16 10:00 AM
Nancy Chen and I enjoyed a nice but brief morning in the East Hill Orchards today. The highlight (for me - Nancy just got back from a month in Florida and was less excited) was prolonged looks at a soaring BLACK VULTURE immediately overhead for several minutes, then drifting off to the west. Other good birds around included 2 Tennessee Warblers, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 3 Wilson's Warblers, and an Eastern Wood-Pewee. Full e-bird report below. Good Birding! Chris Dalton christopher.m.dal...@gmail.com Ithaca, NY Location: Hawthorn Orchard Observation date: 5/15/10 Notes: Black Vulture seen soaring overhead then drifting to the west. Number of species: 47 Black Vulture 1 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 5 Chimney Swift 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Least Flycatcher 8 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 10 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 10 Gray Catbird 7 European Starling 2 Cedar Waxwing 4 Tennessee Warbler 2 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Magnolia Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 8 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 2 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture, Peregrine Falcons and more
Bob Guthrie and I spent several hours today at Broadway Road, Wayne County watching the hawks. With the wind it was cold so I'm sorry to say we stayed in the car most of the time. We might have missed a few hawks this way but we still enjoyed the show. The Black Vulture came by at 1:15 pm. It was a close low bird and I first noticed the lighter tips to its wings. Then it was easy to see the very short blunt tail. Bob Guthrie got a photo of it which confirms the ID. It will be interesting to see if Derby Hill reports one today or tomorrow. The Peregrine came through early at 10:45 am and flew low over the road right in front of us. We were able to clearly see the face pattern. The second Peregrine Falcon we had later in the day 4:20 pm on our Eaton Bird Club trip to Van Dyne Spoor Road; it was sitting in the field. Then we watched it fly over many Northern Pintails and harass a Bald Eagle. I also saw 8 Northern Harriers, 2 Bald Eagles and a Red-tailed Hawk at this location. Then it started to rain so we didn't stay to see if any owls came out. Broadway Road Hawks: Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 202 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 Cooper's Hawk 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 17 Rough-legged Hawk 3 American Kestrel 11 Peregrine Falcon 1 Leona Lauster Lyons, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
