RE: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern
Congratulations on the birds, and the access to that place. Not sure how to get there safely? I went once to Michigan hollow (or was it Spencer lake), but the locals hounded me out of there, menacing me with their hunting crossbows wielded from their ATV. So, due to safety concerns, I never go in that direction any more. There isn't any everyman's right to walk in the woods in this country, only the (very colonialist) idea that private property gives owners the right to exclude and even shoot 'trespassers', so birdwatching can be deadly dangerous ... Handle with care. Magnus Fiskesjö n...@cornell.edu From: bounce-124601451-84019...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-124601451-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Geo Kloppel [geoklop...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:06 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern Michigan Hollow Marsh (Danby). Least Bittern gave just one good chuckle, well heard. Virginia Rails grunting, Pied-billed Grebe singing, Northern Harrier female keeping watch from her favorite spot. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern at SSW
Thanks for this exciting news, Ken! eBird contains a report from Barb Matthews from Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning, with definitive photos of an adult female Least Bittern: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46295105. This is the fifth or sixth individual Least Bittern that I've known about in Sapsucker Woods over the years, and definitely the only one I've heard about this year (or indeed this past decade). I went looking for the bittern today, but didn't find it. My consolation prize was a nice long view of a mother WOOD DUCK and seven ducklings. The babies still appeared quite small and fuzzy, but did have surprisingly long and well-developed tail feathers. Mark Chao PS. Barb, are you on this list? Congratulations on a tremendous find! -Original Message- From: bounce-122617078-3493...@list.cornell.edu < bounce-122617078-3493...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Ken Haas Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 2:39 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern at SSW Hi All, During my beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods yesterday morning, I met a woman on the trail who showed me her point and shoot camera and asked me what bird she took a photo of just minutes earlier. It looked to me like a Least Bittern and asked her where she saw it. My group agreed to look for this unusual bird. She took us back to the first pond after coming over the boardwalk from the parking lot, just before one reaches the Owens Platform. She said it was in the reeds and cattails to the right side of the pond. All of us looked for several minutes but didn’t see anything. I decided to slowly sneak up the grassy path to the right of the pond hoping to find it. It flew out of the cattails and deeper into the back of the pond and out of sight. But we all got a look at it. After comparing it to everything else I thought it could be (imm. Green Heron, for example) and looking again at her picture, I can only come to the conclusion of a Least Bittern. Has anyone else been seeing one over there? Ken Haas -- -- 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] Least Bittern at SSW
Hi All, Not a least bitten, but I saw a green heron in just about that location (flew into the trees at the back of the first pond) a couple of weeks ago. Tom Frank Ken Haas wrote: > Hi All, > > During my beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods yesterday morning, I met a > woman on the trail who showed me her point and shoot camera and asked me what > bird she took a photo of just minutes earlier. It looked to me like a Least > Bittern and asked her where she saw it. My group agreed to look for this > unusual bird. She took us back to the first pond after coming over the > boardwalk from the parking lot, just before one reaches the Owens Platform. > She said it was in the reeds and cattails to the right side of the pond. All > of us looked for several minutes but didn’t see anything. I decided to slowly > sneak up the grassy path to the right of the pond hoping to find it. It flew > out of the cattails and deeper into the back of the pond and out of sight. > But we all got a look at it. After comparing it to everything else I thought > it could be (imm. Green Heron, for example) and looking again at her picture, > I can only come to the conclusion of a Least Bittern. > > Has anyone else been seeing one over there? > > Ken Haas > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern and Red-Headed Woodpecker.
A couple weeks ago, I went around the main dike auto tour route and saw two Least Bittern flying by less than 10 yards apart: near the first segment of the drive that goes north-South just where the dense cattails open up so that you can see several hundred yards of more or less open water. I can't remember ever seeing a Least Bittern on the main auto tour route before. A week before that I helped with the Black Tern survey by pushing my canoe through the cattails for about a quarter of a mile(!) at May's Point and scared up one Least Bittern. That is way above average for me. Maybe it is a great year for Least Bittern. Cheers, John On 7/5/2014 10:49 PM, W. Larry Hymes wrote: > Sara Jane and I went to Montezuma today in hopes of seeing LEAST > BITTERN. We were most fortunate to have one land out in the open at > "Jay's Place" across from Larue's Lagoon. It very kindly posed for us > for a whopping 20 seconds or so!! About that same time we had a > fly-by AMERICAN BITTERN. Later we went to the DEC headquarters on > Morgan Road and had another Least Bittern do a nice long fly-by for > us, before it literally took a dive into the vegetation. Based on the > recent posts on this species, and our good fortune today, it would > appear that the numbers of Least Bittern are significantly higher than > in most years. Is this true?? > > We also stopped to see the RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS over at Mays. We saw > the adults feeding a young bird. They seemed to take their time > coming to the nest hole with food, as though they were trying to coax > the young bird into fledging. At the same time I had the feeling that > perhaps the young bird wasn't terribly anxious to go out and look for > a "job", preferring instead to stay home where it could have food > brought to it in bed! > > Larry > > -- 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/ --<>
