[nysbirds-l] Why did you yell at him? Bird must have left becuase of yell

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hello all,

Bob Adamo wrote this and I have highlighted his reactions!



Subject: 1 Snowy, + 1 terrible photographer = 1 stressed bird + 1 call to the 
cops !
 From: robert adamo radamo4...@gmail.commailto:radamo4...@gmail.com
 Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 22:42:29 -0500
 X-Message-Number: 13

   I stopped, got out of my car, and yelled to
 him to stop, that what he was doing was against the law. He heard me and
 dismissed me. I then took his license plate #, and called the police. I
 called out to him again, he listened to all I said, and proceeded to move
 closer to the bird, after telling me there are no signs saying I can't .
 While I was still on the phone, the snowy took off, heading west. The
 police said they were responding, and armed with the plate # and
 description of the idiot's SUV, they might catch up to him !







I felt I must say something here. If the photographer was approaching very 
cautiously and did not make the owl scared of him then he has not done anything 
wrong except he has approached closer. Sometimes animals can tolerate non-scary 
humans and permit them to go close enough. So it is better to observe 
photographers behavior and the animal's reaction before being officious and 
call police. All you know the bird must have got disturbed by your (Bob 
Adamo's) yelling at him and all the following activities as probably the owl 
perceived it as two encounters approaching him/her.



I have observed birders, including those who call themselves as experts  do all 
sort of things, for example, chasing a tired migratory bird till they have had 
satisfied look. Oh! They seem to have right because they are birders and not 
photographers. So birders have right to do whatever they feel is right even 
though the birds may be stressed for example by continuously playing playbacks 
(Oh boy! how many of those I have seen). I have had amazing experiences when I 
have approached the birds or animals very cautiously and slowly in a 
non-threatening way. They even have kind of responded to me in a positive way.  
So by being closer if you are not threatening the subjects of your interest 
then there is nothing wrong as long as you know when and where to stop.



The knee-jerk reaction of being closer equals threatening birds is a wrong 
notion. So be careful of your own reactions.  And also have patience to observe 
the behavior of the photographers before you decide to take any actions! So 
best thing is if someone is photographing a bird is to leave the location ASAP 
for the photographer to get a good photo as he has approached the bird before 
you have!





Meena

PS: I am not a bird photographer, though occasionally I shoot birds but mostly 
insect photographer where the insects have let me approach them as close as a 
centimeter and still they have not flown away and shown amazing behaviors!



Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
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RE:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: May 28, 2014

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Subject: Ptarmigan notes
From: David Klauber davehawk...@msn.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 07:41:20 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1

It did seem very small, so possibly it starved or died of a disease. Wendy 
said it had been frequenting the beach , which I thought odd for a ptarmigan, 
especially with good 
brush nearby. 

David, 
It was frequenting the beaches because along the beach grew Willow. Others and 
I observed it eating willow buds and leaves. 

I commented to my colleagues that this does prove it is a Willow Ptarmigan In 
its native habitat it might be feeding mostly on willows, probably won't feed 
on any brush, that too no native ones must be no no for the bird!

Cheers
Meena 


  
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[nysbirds-l] Myesr;s point Ithaca NY and OT request:Pantanal, Brazil Birdinng

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

I spent a couple of hours at Myers Point yesterday afternoon. It was delightful 
to watch many fledglings, young and adults interactions. There was family of 
Eastern Kingbirds which were being fed by the adults and young were so eager to 
be fed, always ready to open their mounts at the approach of the parent. It was 
neat to see the bright pink gape of young. Then there were families of Barn 
Swallows, Cedar Waxwings and Ospreys. All at different stages of development. 
It was almost more than an hour and half since the male Osprey brought any fish 
to the female and young. At the end of that hour they became so restless and 
each and everyone is was looking hopefully for the father to come. And female 
kept persistently calling. When we were watching through the scope one of the 
young directly was watching us. It would shake its head to get in a snaky 
fashion and peer at us intently.


An OT request- Has anyone been to Pantanal, Brazil area on their own, not with 
a bird guide or tour but in adventurous mode? If so and  you don't mind sharing 
some information please directly contact me at m...@cornell.edu because I want 
to know what locations would you recommend and thanks in advance.



Cheers

Meena



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42.429007,-76.47111
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[nysbirds-l] Western Meadowlark in Wayne county

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Four of us heard the Wersten Meadowlark sing for about five or six time in 
about 10 min around 2.50 pm today from Olmestead Road to the east near the 
corner of Armitage road. We did not see the bird.


Meena


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[nysbirds-l] The delicate politics of chasing owls.

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Interesting article.


Some of you may not have seen it!


The delicate politics of chasing owls.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/opinion/sunday/owl-watching.html

[https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/14/sunday-review/14COMET-slide-JG9V/14COMET-slide-JG9V-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg]

The Delicate Politics of Chasing Owls - The New York 
Times
www.nytimes.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Owls tend to be secretive. While there are a few American 
species that enjoy the daylight hours, most are nocturnal and spend their days 
...





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42.429007,-76.47111

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From: bounce-122209710-9347...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of & [NYSBIRDS] digest 

Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 12:06 AM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: nysbirds-l digest: January 20, 2018

NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, January 20, 2018.

1. eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists
2. Eastern Long Island Update
3. NYC Audubon Lecture, Wed, Jan 24

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Subject: eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists
From: Ben Cacace 
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:31:28 -0500
X-Message-Number: 1

When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
— http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 8 days

Green represents a New York State first.

*Chautauqua County: *
Inca Dove (8-Dec-2017)

*Seneca County: *
Barnacle Goose (26-Nov-1987)

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Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A


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Subject: Eastern Long Island Update
From: Gail Benson 
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:26:30 -0500
X-Message-Number: 2

The Pink-footed Goose continues at Deep Hollow Ranch (Montauk).  Off
Montauk Point we saw 38 Razorbills as part of our morning watch.  Two
Tundra Swans flew off Hook Pond (East Hampton) early.

GB, TWB, AG, BM

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Subject: NYC Audubon Lecture, Wed, Jan 24
From: Lynne Hertzog 
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:05:54 +
X-Message-Number: 3

THE NATURE SPECTACLES OF NEW JERSEY


*By Joanna BurgerWednesday, January 24, 7pm*

*Reidy Hall at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, located on Lexington
Avenue between 79th and 80th streets in Manhattan*

*Rutgers professor and scientist Joanna Burger is a behavioral ecologist
whose primary interests are in the* *adaptive significance of social
behavior in vertebrates, ecological risk, and biomonitoring. She is also
the author of several books for lay naturalists on birds, butterflies,
parrots, and pine snakes. For our lecture, Dr. Burger will acquaint us with
the rich natural experiences that can be had in the state next door, New
Jersey.*

Free, open to the public.
Join us!
*This series has been made possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne
Bloch.*



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Re: [nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

The previous link I sent did not seem to have worked. Here is the correct link. 
Thanks to Diane Morton for this.  I hope it works this time. And thanks for 
some of the sightings some of you sent.

https://naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/roosting-blackbirds-of-montezuma-national-wildlife-refuge/

Roosting Blackbirds of Montezuma National Wildlife 
Refuge<https://naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/roosting-blackbirds-of-montezuma-national-wildlife-refuge/>
naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com
The morning of March 10 2018, I woke up at 0415 hr in the morning to get ready 
to go and witness the blackbirds waking up in the morning from there roosting 
spot in Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. On th…


Cheers

Meena



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From: Joan Collins <joan.coll...@frontier.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:18:32 AM
To: Meena Madhav Haribal
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds


Hi Meena,



Neither link below worked for me.  I hope you can re-post the links!



Take care,



Joan



Joan Collins

Editor, New York Birders

Long Lake, NY

(315) 244-7127 cell

(518) 624-5528 home

http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/

http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian



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[mailto:bounce-122378084-13418...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Madhav 
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds



Hi all,

I thought I would love to share these observations I had recently in Montezuma 
Wildlife Refuge. You should be able to watch this from the visitor center watch 
tower or from Route 89 parking area near South spring pool. I would love to 
hear from you if you have been seeing lots of blackbirds in your area 
especially if you are in Wayne, Ontario, Seneca and Cayuga county.



Here is my blog with links to photos and videos



https://wordpress.com/post/naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/44



If you are not interested in reading a long write up you can view pictures here.



https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOORxshkJ2d3gEPGwesT6X_cQ31z2P6Plt3Ni92



Hope to hear from you about blackbirds in your area!



Cheers

Meena



Meena Haribal

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42.429007,-76.47111



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[nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

I thought I would love to share these observations I had recently in Montezuma 
Wildlife Refuge. You should be able to watch this from the visitor center watch 
tower or from Route 89 parking area near South spring pool. I would love to 
hear from you if you have been seeing lots of blackbirds in your area 
especially if you are in Wayne, Ontario, Seneca and Cayuga county.


Here is my blog with links to photos and videos


https://wordpress.com/post/naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/44


If you are not interested in reading a long write up you can view pictures here.


https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOORxshkJ2d3gEPGwesT6X_cQ31z2P6Plt3Ni92


Hope to hear from you about blackbirds in your area!


Cheers

Meena


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Ithaca NY 14850
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Major Diurnal Migration in the South Central U.S again

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

There have been some grass hopper and other orthoptera movements in the midwest 
and may be some other insects  are also on the move. But probably they wont 
start early morning as we think it is still cool for them. But you never know 
how they behave.


It is interesting.


Meena


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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 10:14 AM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Major Diurnal Migration in the South Central U.S again


All,

I wonder what is moving and how common this is. I will have to look at some 
archive data but I bet this is a normal occurrence.  I wonder what types of 
birds:  swallows, swifts, nighthawks, icterids, waterfowl, cranes???

see https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_lite_loop.php

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Re:[nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Major Diurnal Migration in the South Central U.S again

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

There have been some grass hopper and other orthoptera movements in the midwest 
and may be some other insects  are also on the move. But probably they wont 
start early morning as we think it is still cool for them. But you never know 
how they behave.


It is interesting.


Meena


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Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111

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From: bounce-123824890-77325...@list.cornell.edu 
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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 10:14 AM
To: NYSBIRDS-L ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Major Diurnal Migration in the South Central U.S again


All,

I wonder what is moving and how common this is. I will have to look at some 
archive data but I bet this is a normal occurrence.  I wonder what types of 
birds:  swallows, swifts, nighthawks, icterids, waterfowl, cranes???

see https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_lite_loop.php

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[nysbirds-l] Myesr;s point Ithaca NY and OT request:Pantanal, Brazil Birdinng

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

I spent a couple of hours at Myers Point yesterday afternoon. It was delightful 
to watch many fledglings, young and adults interactions. There was family of 
Eastern Kingbirds which were being fed by the adults and young were so eager to 
be fed, always ready to open their mounts at the approach of the parent. It was 
neat to see the bright pink gape of young. Then there were families of Barn 
Swallows, Cedar Waxwings and Ospreys. All at different stages of development. 
It was almost more than an hour and half since the male Osprey brought any fish 
to the female and young. At the end of that hour they became so restless and 
each and everyone is was looking hopefully for the father to come. And female 
kept persistently calling. When we were watching through the scope one of the 
young directly was watching us. It would shake its head to get in a snaky 
fashion and peer at us intently.


An OT request- Has anyone been to Pantanal, Brazil area on their own, not with 
a bird guide or tour but in adventurous mode? If so and  you don't mind sharing 
some information please directly contact me at m...@cornell.edu because I want 
to know what locations would you recommend and thanks in advance.



Cheers

Meena



Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://www.haribal.org/
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[nysbirds-l] The delicate politics of chasing owls.

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Interesting article.


Some of you may not have seen it!


The delicate politics of chasing owls.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/opinion/sunday/owl-watching.html

[https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/14/sunday-review/14COMET-slide-JG9V/14COMET-slide-JG9V-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg]

The Delicate Politics of Chasing Owls - The New York 
Times
www.nytimes.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Owls tend to be secretive. While there are a few American 
species that enjoy the daylight hours, most are nocturnal and spend their days 
...





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Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111

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NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, January 20, 2018.

1. eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists
2. Eastern Long Island Update
3. NYC Audubon Lecture, Wed, Jan 24

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Subject: eBird.org: Recent Additions to County Checklists
From: Ben Cacace 
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:31:28 -0500
X-Message-Number: 1

When working on the NYS eBird Hotspots wiki I'll compare the previous bar
chart list of species with the current one picking up any additions or
deletions. By going to each county's 'Overview' page you can determine the
date the species was added by county. Some are from newly submitted
checklists from many months / years ago.

It isn't possible to spot these additions from old checklists. On the
'Overview' page you can sort on 'First Seen' but if the species wasn't
added recently it won't appear at the top of the list.

For each county on the NYS eBird Hotspots site click the 'Overview' link on
the 'Explore a Location' line:
— http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Since last update: 8 days

Green represents a New York State first.

*Chautauqua County: *
Inca Dove (8-Dec-2017)

*Seneca County: *
Barnacle Goose (26-Nov-1987)

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Manhattan, NYC
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Subject: Eastern Long Island Update
From: Gail Benson 
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:26:30 -0500
X-Message-Number: 2

The Pink-footed Goose continues at Deep Hollow Ranch (Montauk).  Off
Montauk Point we saw 38 Razorbills as part of our morning watch.  Two
Tundra Swans flew off Hook Pond (East Hampton) early.

GB, TWB, AG, BM

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Subject: NYC Audubon Lecture, Wed, Jan 24
From: Lynne Hertzog 
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:05:54 +
X-Message-Number: 3

THE NATURE SPECTACLES OF NEW JERSEY


*By Joanna BurgerWednesday, January 24, 7pm*

*Reidy Hall at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, located on Lexington
Avenue between 79th and 80th streets in Manhattan*

*Rutgers professor and scientist Joanna Burger is a behavioral ecologist
whose primary interests are in the* *adaptive significance of social
behavior in vertebrates, ecological risk, and biomonitoring. She is also
the author of several books for lay naturalists on birds, butterflies,
parrots, and pine snakes. For our lecture, Dr. Burger will acquaint us with
the rich natural experiences that can be had in the state next door, New
Jersey.*

Free, open to the public.
Join us!
*This series has been made possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne
Bloch.*



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[nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

I thought I would love to share these observations I had recently in Montezuma 
Wildlife Refuge. You should be able to watch this from the visitor center watch 
tower or from Route 89 parking area near South spring pool. I would love to 
hear from you if you have been seeing lots of blackbirds in your area 
especially if you are in Wayne, Ontario, Seneca and Cayuga county.


Here is my blog with links to photos and videos


https://wordpress.com/post/naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/44


If you are not interested in reading a long write up you can view pictures here.


https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOORxshkJ2d3gEPGwesT6X_cQ31z2P6Plt3Ni92


Hope to hear from you about blackbirds in your area!


Cheers

Meena


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Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,

The previous link I sent did not seem to have worked. Here is the correct link. 
Thanks to Diane Morton for this.  I hope it works this time. And thanks for 
some of the sightings some of you sent.

https://naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/roosting-blackbirds-of-montezuma-national-wildlife-refuge/

Roosting Blackbirds of Montezuma National Wildlife 
Refuge<https://naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/roosting-blackbirds-of-montezuma-national-wildlife-refuge/>
naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com
The morning of March 10 2018, I woke up at 0415 hr in the morning to get ready 
to go and witness the blackbirds waking up in the morning from there roosting 
spot in Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. On th…


Cheers

Meena



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Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111

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From: Joan Collins 
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:18:32 AM
To: Meena Madhav Haribal
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds


Hi Meena,



Neither link below worked for me.  I hope you can re-post the links!



Take care,



Joan



Joan Collins

Editor, New York Birders

Long Lake, NY

(315) 244-7127 cell

(518) 624-5528 home

http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/

http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian



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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Roosting Blackbirds



Hi all,

I thought I would love to share these observations I had recently in Montezuma 
Wildlife Refuge. You should be able to watch this from the visitor center watch 
tower or from Route 89 parking area near South spring pool. I would love to 
hear from you if you have been seeing lots of blackbirds in your area 
especially if you are in Wayne, Ontario, Seneca and Cayuga county.



Here is my blog with links to photos and videos



https://wordpress.com/post/naturenotesfromhereandthere.wordpress.com/44



If you are not interested in reading a long write up you can view pictures here.



https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOORxshkJ2d3gEPGwesT6X_cQ31z2P6Plt3Ni92



Hope to hear from you about blackbirds in your area!



Cheers

Meena



Meena Haribal

Ithaca NY 14850

42.429007,-76.47111



http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/

Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts

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[nysbirds-l] Western Meadowlark in Wayne county

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Four of us heard the Wersten Meadowlark sing for about five or six time in 
about 10 min around 2.50 pm today from Olmestead Road to the east near the 
corner of Armitage road. We did not see the bird.


Meena


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Re:[nysbirds-l] Barn Swallow question

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all, 

Barn Swallows are fascinating creatures. Recently, I was on dirt road,  in  a 
rural area of Grand Forks ND, cruising slowly to look for grassland birds. And 
I parked at one wet location to record some birds. All of sudden I found four 
or five  Barn Swallows flying around the car and some would pause flying in 
front of my open passenger window. Initially, I thought they were looking in 
the rear view mirror, but they often looked at me through the window facing me. 
I felt this behavior odd. And a few minutes later one came inside my car and 
sat of my dashboard on the passenger side of the window. I was so transfixed 
and awed at the creature and its beady eyes watching me. It sat there for a few 
seconds. I did not understand what they really wanted. I have a video showing 
the birds flying around my car and one landing on the side of my car near door 
handle and a photograph of one looking inside my car watching me. I can't post 
those here. 

It was a cold morning with temperatures hovering just around 40 F. And my car 
was hot as I was using heater inside my car and also sun was up and heating the 
metal body of the car. One more thing happened in these areas was when I drove 
through wet areas was hoards of gnats would fly around my car and sometimes it 
looked like a thick cloud. On several occasions I have run back into the car 
and shut the windows. So I deduced that behavior of swallows was to get warmth 
and these insects. May be they were telling me to move so I can disturb the 
insects!

Later, at other locations when I was driving on a cold morning with temps in 
low 40s, I would see Barn Swallows following my car back and forth and catching 
insects that my car disturbed. They would come up close to my car and fly away 
at the last moment before hitting the car. There were other swallows like Tree 
and Cliff but they did not do this, they remained far away from the car. On 
these occasions I purposely drove very slowly for the benefit of Barn swallows. 

I also remember several years ago, in Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, along 
the main drive as I was driving the swallows were following my car on a cold 
day. Initially I was thinking that I am going to hit them, but realized that 
they are smarter creatures and knew when to move away from the car. 

So I think Barn Swallows have learnt this behavior to follow cars to find 
insects along the car. 

I would love to hear if anybody else has observed this behavior for Barn 
Swallows.

That cute little creature in my car staring at me made my day for me! Later 
that day I also found Bank Swallows, Cliff Swallows and Tree Swallows in 
hundreds. So I call it a Swallow day of my trip! 

Cheers
Meena 

Meena Haribal 
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Re: Barn Swallow question
From: anneboby 
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 15:41:46 + (UTC)
X-Message-Number: 6

Further to Bob Paxton's comment about Tree Swallows' love affair with feather 
lining of their nests,  I have found these birds very resourceful with their 
feather gathering depending on the nature of their local habitat.  For years I 
have monitored nest boxes in Upstate counties of Schenectady, Saratoga, 
Schoharie and Montgomery.  Depending on location, these swallows gather 
feathers of a wide range of species, as well as in varying quantity.  Rural 
areas are more endowed with local fowl than are suburban areas leading to 
easier gathering.
For instance the nest boxes at the Landis Arboretum  in rural Schoharie Co. 
with roosters crowing in the distance had much larger gatherings of goose, duck 
and chicken feathers in general than did the boxes at West Hill, a suburban 
residential area in the Town of Rotterdam in Sch'dy Co where Great Horned Owl 
feathers made an almost annual appearance.

In some areas the tan body feathers of barnyard geese are very popular, but so 
can be white feathers from domestic ducks.  Less numerous are flank feathers 
from male Mallard, Wood Duck and body feathers of Wild Turkey.
Some of the rarer choices are from Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl (body), 
No. Saw-whet Owl (primaries) and the strangest of all: Common Nighthawk.  One 
nest in Montgomery Co contained 5-6 nighthawk feathers including flight 
feathers (rectrix and wing) suggesting that this swallow had found a dead 
nighthawk and was harvesting feathers from it.  Nighthawks molt away from  the 
northeastern U.S. spring nesting season.
Feathers, flight and body, from local passerines also show up in these nests on 
rare occasion.  But far and away, body feathers of barnyard fowl are the most 
common Tree Swallow nest lining material in these counties.
Bob YunickSchenectady




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[nysbirds-l] Why did you yell at him? Bird must have left becuase of yell

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hello all,

Bob Adamo wrote this and I have highlighted his reactions!



Subject: 1 Snowy, + 1 terrible photographer = 1 stressed bird + 1 call to the 
cops !
 From: robert adamo mailto:radamo4...@gmail.com>>
 Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 22:42:29 -0500
 X-Message-Number: 13

  " I stopped, got out of my car, and yelled to
 him to stop, that what he was doing was against the law. He heard me and
 dismissed me. I then took his license plate #, and called the police. I
 called out to him again, he listened to all I said, and proceeded to move
 closer to the bird, after telling me "there are no signs saying I can't ".
 While I was still on the phone, the snowy took off, heading west. The
 police said they were responding, and armed with the plate # and
 description of the idiot's SUV, they might catch up to him !







I felt I must say something here. If the photographer was approaching very 
cautiously and did not make the owl scared of him then he has not done anything 
wrong except he has approached closer. Sometimes animals can tolerate non-scary 
humans and permit them to go close enough. So it is better to observe 
photographers behavior and the animal's reaction before being officious and 
call police. All you know the bird must have got disturbed by your (Bob 
Adamo's) yelling at him and all the following activities as probably the owl 
perceived it as two encounters approaching him/her.



I have observed birders, including those who call themselves as experts  do all 
sort of things, for example, chasing a tired migratory bird till they have had 
satisfied look. Oh! They seem to have right because they are birders and not 
photographers. So birders have right to do whatever they feel is right even 
though the birds may be stressed for example by continuously playing playbacks 
(Oh boy! how many of those I have seen). I have had amazing experiences when I 
have approached the birds or animals very cautiously and slowly in a 
non-threatening way. They even have kind of responded to me in a positive way.  
So by being closer if you are not threatening the subjects of your interest 
then there is nothing wrong as long as you know when and where to stop.



The knee-jerk reaction of being closer equals threatening birds is a wrong 
notion. So be careful of your own reactions.  And also have patience to observe 
the behavior of the photographers before you decide to take any actions! So 
best thing is if someone is photographing a bird is to leave the location ASAP 
for the photographer to get a good photo as he has approached the bird before 
you have!





Meena

PS: I am not a bird photographer, though occasionally I shoot birds but mostly 
insect photographer where the insects have let me approach them as close as a 
centimeter and still they have not flown away and shown amazing behaviors!



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Ithaca NY 14850
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RE:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l digest: May 28, 2014

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

>>Subject: Ptarmigan notes
>>From: David Klauber 
>>Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 07:41:20 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1

>>It did seem very small, so possibly it starved or died of a disease. Wendy 
>>said it had been frequenting the beach , which I thought odd for a ptarmigan, 
>>especially with good 
>>brush nearby. 

David, 
It was frequenting the beaches because along the beach grew Willow. Others and 
I observed it eating willow buds and leaves. 

I commented to my colleagues that this does prove it is a "Willow Ptarmigan" In 
its native habitat it might be feeding mostly on willows, probably won't feed 
on any brush, that too no native ones must be no no for the bird!

Cheers
Meena 


  
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Barn Swallow question

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all, 

Barn Swallows are fascinating creatures. Recently, I was on dirt road,  in  a 
rural area of Grand Forks ND, cruising slowly to look for grassland birds. And 
I parked at one wet location to record some birds. All of sudden I found four 
or five  Barn Swallows flying around the car and some would pause flying in 
front of my open passenger window. Initially, I thought they were looking in 
the rear view mirror, but they often looked at me through the window facing me. 
I felt this behavior odd. And a few minutes later one came inside my car and 
sat of my dashboard on the passenger side of the window. I was so transfixed 
and awed at the creature and its beady eyes watching me. It sat there for a few 
seconds. I did not understand what they really wanted. I have a video showing 
the birds flying around my car and one landing on the side of my car near door 
handle and a photograph of one looking inside my car watching me. I can't post 
those here. 

It was a cold morning with temperatures hovering just around 40 F. And my car 
was hot as I was using heater inside my car and also sun was up and heating the 
metal body of the car. One more thing happened in these areas was when I drove 
through wet areas was hoards of gnats would fly around my car and sometimes it 
looked like a thick cloud. On several occasions I have run back into the car 
and shut the windows. So I deduced that behavior of swallows was to get warmth 
and these insects. May be they were telling me to move so I can disturb the 
insects!

Later, at other locations when I was driving on a cold morning with temps in 
low 40s, I would see Barn Swallows following my car back and forth and catching 
insects that my car disturbed. They would come up close to my car and fly away 
at the last moment before hitting the car. There were other swallows like Tree 
and Cliff but they did not do this, they remained far away from the car. On 
these occasions I purposely drove very slowly for the benefit of Barn swallows. 

I also remember several years ago, in Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, along 
the main drive as I was driving the swallows were following my car on a cold 
day. Initially I was thinking that I am going to hit them, but realized that 
they are smarter creatures and knew when to move away from the car. 

So I think Barn Swallows have learnt this behavior to follow cars to find 
insects along the car. 

I would love to hear if anybody else has observed this behavior for Barn 
Swallows.

That cute little creature in my car staring at me made my day for me! Later 
that day I also found Bank Swallows, Cliff Swallows and Tree Swallows in 
hundreds. So I call it a Swallow day of my trip! 

Cheers
Meena 

Meena Haribal 
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
Dragonfly book sample pages:
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Subject: Re: Barn Swallow question
From: anneboby 
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 15:41:46 + (UTC)
X-Message-Number: 6

Further to Bob Paxton's comment about Tree Swallows' love affair with feather 
lining of their nests,  I have found these birds very resourceful with their 
feather gathering depending on the nature of their local habitat.  For years I 
have monitored nest boxes in Upstate counties of Schenectady, Saratoga, 
Schoharie and Montgomery.  Depending on location, these swallows gather 
feathers of a wide range of species, as well as in varying quantity.  Rural 
areas are more endowed with local fowl than are suburban areas leading to 
easier gathering.
For instance the nest boxes at the Landis Arboretum  in rural Schoharie Co. 
with roosters crowing in the distance had much larger gatherings of goose, duck 
and chicken feathers in general than did the boxes at West Hill, a suburban 
residential area in the Town of Rotterdam in Sch'dy Co where Great Horned Owl 
feathers made an almost annual appearance.

In some areas the tan body feathers of barnyard geese are very popular, but so 
can be white feathers from domestic ducks.  Less numerous are flank feathers 
from male Mallard, Wood Duck and body feathers of Wild Turkey.
Some of the rarer choices are from Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl (body), 
No. Saw-whet Owl (primaries) and the strangest of all: Common Nighthawk.  One 
nest in Montgomery Co contained 5-6 nighthawk feathers including flight 
feathers (rectrix and wing) suggesting that this swallow had found a dead 
nighthawk and was harvesting feathers from it.  Nighthawks molt away from  the 
northeastern U.S. spring nesting season.
Feathers, flight and body, from local passerines also show up in these nests on 
rare occasion.  But far and away, body feathers of barnyard fowl are the most 
common Tree Swallow nest lining material in these counties.
Bob YunickSchenectady




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