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9 Feb Re:Saw-whet Owl [] 8 Feb saw-whet owl [Marty Schlabach ] 08 Feb Hermit Thrush [Stephanie Greenwood ] 08 Feb Re: Blue Birds & Blow Flies [Alan Mapes ] 08 Feb Re: Blue Birds & Blow Flies [Dave Nutter ] 08 Feb Re: Blue Birds & Blow Flies [Alan Mapes ] 8 Feb Blue Birds & Blow Flies ["Kurt Falvey" ] 8 Feb Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 8 Feb OT: DEC Management Plan meeting for Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn State Forests - 11 Feb [Paul Hurtado ] 08 Feb Re: Re:Evening Grosbeak [Dave Nutter ] 8 Feb Re: pecking order [Tom Vawter ] 8 Feb RE: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 08 Feb Re: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond [Paul Anderson ] 8 Feb RE: pecking order ["Marie P Read" ] 8 Feb RE: pecking order ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 8 Feb Re: pecking order ["Marie P Read" ] 8 Feb pecking order [Barrs ] 7 Feb Some birds noted this week-end [Meena Haribal ] 7 Feb OOB:Carolina Wren ["Bob Garrison" ] 7 Feb Lansing Pine Siskin [Ryan Douglas ] 7 Feb Re: Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm ["Marie P Read" ] 7 Feb Re:Evening Grosbeak [] 07 Feb Re: Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm [Carl Steckler ] 07 Feb Re: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond [Dave Nutter ] 7 Feb Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm [John Cisne ] 6 Feb Eagles at Mud Lock [Kathy Strickland ] 6 Feb Eagles at Mud Lock [Kathy Strickland ] 6 Feb Birding mostly E. side Cayuga Lake; 2/6/10 ["Susan Fast" ] 06 Feb Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond ["John and Fritzie Blizzard" ] 06 Feb Robin and Bluebirds [Regi Teasley ] 6 Feb North Wood/Bomax [Ryan Douglas ] 05 Feb Turkey [Sara Jane Hymes ] 5 Feb OT: bobcats ["Susan Fast" ] 4 Feb RE: Tagged crow spotted ["Kevin J. McGowan" ] 4 Feb Re: Tagged crow spotted [Elaina McCartney ] 04 Feb Re: Tagged crow spotted [Dave Nutter ] 4 Feb Saw-whet ["Susan Fast" ] 4 Feb Tagged crow spotted [M Kardon ] 4 Feb Re:Evening Grosbeak [] 04 Feb Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser [Dave Nutter ] 4 Feb Ravens on Mt. Pleasant [] 3 Feb Cayuga Bird Club meeting and speaker dinner invitation [] 3 Feb Re: Mt. Pleasant Common Ravens [Ray Zimmerman ] 3 Feb Mt. Pleasant Common Ravens ["Marie P Read" ] 3 Feb Yellow-rumped warbler ["Thomas Nix" ] 03 Feb Cortland Sparrowhawk [] 3 Feb Re:Evening Grosbeak [] 2 Feb Howland Island Birds [bob mcguire ] 02 Feb red tails at alumni field nest [Carol Bader ] 01 Feb Northern Goshawk, Short-eared Owls, etc. [Dave Nutter ] 1 Feb Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ] 01 Feb Bald Eagle [Meena Haribal ] 1 Feb Re:Evening Grosbeak [] 1 Feb Redhead raft [Elaina McCartney ] 31 Jan Sunday Birding [Meena Haribal ] 31 Jan Red-shouldered Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Rough-legged Hawk [Dave Nutter ] 31 Jan Weekend birds [Jay McGowan ] 31 Jan rafts of ducks [Laura Stenzler ] 31 Jan Mt. Pleasant Snow Buntings ["Marie P Read" ] 31 Jan Bomax Drive (Field Sparrow), Airport, East Shore Park [Ryan Douglas ] 31 Jan Purple Finches & Great Horned Owl ["Kathy & Dan C." ] 30 Jan Union Springs pond [Kathy Strickland ] 30 Jan Unusual goldeneye (female) - Long Point SP [Tom Johnson ] 30 Jan Carolina Wren [Meena Haribal ] 30 Jan Re:Evening Grosbeak [] 30 Jan Re:(Downy) Woodpecker Drumming [] 30 Jan (Downy) Woodpecker drumming! ["Marie P Read" ] 29 Jan Re: Ithaca gulls 1/29 [Dave Nutter ] 29 Jan Ithaca CBC ["Bob Garrison" ] 29 Jan Ithaca gulls 1/29 [Tom Johnson ] 29 Jan Migratory Stopover Project [Joseph Brin ] 29 Jan Re:Evening Grosbeak [] 29 Jan EVENING GROSBEAK [] 28 Jan Fw: Migratory Stopover Project [Joseph Brin ] 28 Jan accipter [Carol Keeler ] 28 Jan Bradfield peregrine [Ray Zimmerman ] Subject: Re:Saw-whet Owl From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:46:13 GMT It is very possible that it had been "hit" or tumbled by a car. I've seen at least 2 instances of birds being hit and sort of stunned by cars, both involving larger birds (Am. Crow and Ring-billed Gull) where the birds were stunned, but were able to recover after a short while. This can happen with window strikes as well, where a bird is stunned but will fly off after a few minutes. I'd say the Owl was very lucky that you stopped and startled it enough to get it to fly off the road.... Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: saw-whet owl From: Marty Schlabach <mls5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:14:06 -0500 On the way home from the Cayuga Bird Club meeting this evening, we saw a saw-whet owl. It was standing in the middle of Rt. 89, about mid-way between the Pines Restaurant and Cayuga Nature Center, near 1283 Rt. 89. I avoided hitting it, swerving around it, and then turned around and drove back to find it still in the middle of the road. As I pulled up next to it, it stayed there, until I opened the door, when it flew off. I again turned the car around and found it perched in a tree beside the road, where we watched it for about 10 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas why the owl would be in the middle of the road? What a wonderful chance sighting. Marty ====================================== Marty Schlabach MLS5 AT cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 ====================================== -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Hermit Thrush From: Stephanie Greenwood <stgreenwood AT ev.ithaca.ny.us> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:28:37 -0500 Met up with my old friend at 2pm while walking in EcoVillage woodland, West Hill. Stephanie -- Stephanie Greenwood Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 273 1179 607 280 1050 cell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Blue Birds & Blow Flies From: Alan Mapes <aamapes AT nycap.rr.com> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:26:39 -0500 Good point, Dave. This procedure has been around for many years, and I've never seen it suggested that it's not legal, but you may be right. Dave Nutter wrote: > Perhaps disturbing an active nest is technically illegal even if > in this particular circumstance when done properly it is beneficial > to the birds. The laws which a century ago ended the collection of > eggs, nests, feathers, etc., without permits are still in effect. > --Dave Nutter > > On Monday, February 08, 2010, at 01:41PM, "Alan Mapes" wrote: > >> Kurt - Tell me why changing the nest is not good. I've done this for 20+ >> years, and find it increasing the survival of young very nicely. The >> adults will show concern while I remove the 10-12 day-old young from the >> nest, sweep out the box, and replace the nest with dry grass. But the >> parents go right back to feeding the young like nothing happened. I have >> yet to see any down-side to this procedure. >> >> Alan Mapes >> Delmar, NY >> >> Kurt Falvey wrote: >> >>> Over the past few years (since I moved back from Texas) I have been >>> buying a few cedar blue bird houses and every year we have several >>> pairs of blue birds. Unfortunately all too often we find dead baby >>> blue bird卐ven our friends 20 miles away thought about taking their >>> houses down because they are tired of finding dead babies. In most >>> cases blow fly larva were found under the nest. >>> >>> I have read about adding bay leaves under the nest, changing the nest >>> out厀hich you are not supposed to do even though it works and I have >>> tried the wire mesh thing which kind of worked. The problem with the >>> wire mesh idea is you can抰 effectively install it high enough above >>> the bottom of a stand blue bird house. >>> >>> So this winter I have built all new blue bird houses adding about 5 >>> inches to the height but installing the wire mesh where the bottom >>> would normally be. This way the nest is far enough above the floor so >>> if and when the blow flies fall to the bottom they won抰 have anyway >>> to get back to the nest. In addition I removed all the existing blue >>> bird houses and reduced the hole size so blue birds will no longer be >>> able to use them. We put those in the woods for chickadees, wrens, >>> nuthatch, etc. >>> >>> So once and for all I will find out if the wire mesh idea really >>> works. I will keep you posted. >>> >>> *Julie & Kurt* >>> >>> *Broken Road Farms* >>> >>> *www.BrokenRoadFarms.com* >>> >>> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Blue Birds & Blow Flies From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:17:45 -0800 Perhaps disturbing an active nest is technically illegal even if in this particular circumstance when done properly it is beneficial to the birds. The laws which a century ago ended the collection of eggs, nests, feathers, etc., without permits are still in effect. --Dave Nutter On Monday, February 08, 2010, at 01:41PM, "Alan Mapes" wrote: >Kurt - Tell me why changing the nest is not good. I've done this for 20+ >years, and find it increasing the survival of young very nicely. The >adults will show concern while I remove the 10-12 day-old young from the >nest, sweep out the box, and replace the nest with dry grass. But the >parents go right back to feeding the young like nothing happened. I have >yet to see any down-side to this procedure. > >Alan Mapes >Delmar, NY > >Kurt Falvey wrote: >> >> Over the past few years (since I moved back from Texas) I have been >> buying a few cedar blue bird houses and every year we have several >> pairs of blue birds. Unfortunately all too often we find dead baby >> blue bird卐ven our friends 20 miles away thought about taking their >> houses down because they are tired of finding dead babies. In most >> cases blow fly larva were found under the nest. >> >> I have read about adding bay leaves under the nest, changing the nest >> out厀hich you are not supposed to do even though it works and I have >> tried the wire mesh thing which kind of worked. The problem with the >> wire mesh idea is you can抰 effectively install it high enough above >> the bottom of a stand blue bird house. >> >> So this winter I have built all new blue bird houses adding about 5 >> inches to the height but installing the wire mesh where the bottom >> would normally be. This way the nest is far enough above the floor so >> if and when the blow flies fall to the bottom they won抰 have anyway >> to get back to the nest. In addition I removed all the existing blue >> bird houses and reduced the hole size so blue birds will no longer be >> able to use them. We put those in the woods for chickadees, wrens, >> nuthatch, etc. >> >> So once and for all I will find out if the wire mesh idea really >> works. I will keep you posted. >> >> *Julie & Kurt* >> >> *Broken Road Farms* >> >> *www.BrokenRoadFarms.com* >> > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Blue Birds & Blow Flies From: Alan Mapes <aamapes AT nycap.rr.com> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:41:34 -0500 Kurt - Tell me why changing the nest is not good. I've done this for 20+ years, and find it increasing the survival of young very nicely. The adults will show concern while I remove the 10-12 day-old young from the nest, sweep out the box, and replace the nest with dry grass. But the parents go right back to feeding the young like nothing happened. I have yet to see any down-side to this procedure. Alan Mapes Delmar, NY Kurt Falvey wrote: > > Over the past few years (since I moved back from Texas) I have been > buying a few cedar blue bird houses and every year we have several > pairs of blue birds. Unfortunately all too often we find dead baby > blue bird卐ven our friends 20 miles away thought about taking their > houses down because they are tired of finding dead babies. In most > cases blow fly larva were found under the nest. > > I have read about adding bay leaves under the nest, changing the nest > out厀hich you are not supposed to do even though it works and I have > tried the wire mesh thing which kind of worked. The problem with the > wire mesh idea is you can抰 effectively install it high enough above > the bottom of a stand blue bird house. > > So this winter I have built all new blue bird houses adding about 5 > inches to the height but installing the wire mesh where the bottom > would normally be. This way the nest is far enough above the floor so > if and when the blow flies fall to the bottom they won抰 have anyway > to get back to the nest. In addition I removed all the existing blue > bird houses and reduced the hole size so blue birds will no longer be > able to use them. We put those in the woods for chickadees, wrens, > nuthatch, etc. > > So once and for all I will find out if the wire mesh idea really > works. I will keep you posted. > > *Julie & Kurt* > > *Broken Road Farms* > > *www.BrokenRoadFarms.com* > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Blue Birds & Blow Flies From: "Kurt Falvey" <kurt AT brokenroadfarms.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:25:33 -0500 Over the past few years (since I moved back from Texas) I have been buying a few cedar blue bird houses and every year we have several pairs of blue birds. Unfortunately all too often we find dead baby blue bird.even our friends 20 miles away thought about taking their houses down because they are tired of finding dead babies. In most cases blow fly larva were found under the nest. I have read about adding bay leaves under the nest, changing the nest out.which you are not supposed to do even though it works and I have tried the wire mesh thing which kind of worked. The problem with the wire mesh idea is you can't effectively install it high enough above the bottom of a stand blue bird house. So this winter I have built all new blue bird houses adding about 5 inches to the height but installing the wire mesh where the bottom would normally be. This way the nest is far enough above the floor so if and when the blow flies fall to the bottom they won't have anyway to get back to the nest. In addition I removed all the existing blue bird houses and reduced the hole size so blue birds will no longer be able to use them. We put those in the woods for chickadees, wrens, nuthatch, etc. So once and for all I will find out if the wire mesh idea really works. I will keep you posted. Julie & Kurt Broken Road Farms www.BrokenRoadFarms.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Syracuse RBA From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:58:02 -0800 (PST) RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 08, 2010 * NYSY 0802.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): February 01, 2009 - February 08, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:February 08 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #191 -Monday February 01, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25 , 2009 Highlights: ----------- ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK MERLIN GREAT HORNED OWL HAWK OWL (Extralimital) NORTHERN SHRIKE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER SONG SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 2/1: A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen from the Knox-Marcellus lookout on East Road 2/2: 5 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen on Howland Island. Onondaga County ------------ The YELLOW THROATED WARBLER found is Syracuse three weeks ago was not seen this week. The last positive sighting was on January 31. 2/5: 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS were heard hooting at Baltimore Woods Nature Center. 2/6: 26 species of birds were found on Pleasant Valley Road east of Marcellus. Highlights were PILEATED WOODPECKER, SONG SPARROW, and BLUEBIRD. 2/7: A MERLIN was spotted in Baldwinsville on the island below the dam. Oswego County ------------ 2/5: NORTHERN SHRIKES were spotted on Hogs Back road in Hastings and Morey Road in West Monroe. Extralimital ------------ 2/6: The NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Champlain was seen on Prospect Street. Champlain is in Clinton County close to the Canadian border. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: OT: DEC Management Plan meeting for Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn State Forests - 11 Feb From: Paul Hurtado <pauljh AT cam.cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:17:27 -0500 (EST) Hi folks, Some of you might be interested in a meeting planned for this coming Thursday, 11 Feb on the TC3 campus to discuss DEC plans to develop a unit management plan (UMP) for the "Twin Sheds" unit (which include Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn SFs). Seems like a nice opportunity for the birding community to have some input into the process. More details at: http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeski/viewtopic.php?t=449 Good birding, Paul Hurtado -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:30:55 -0800 The female EVENING GROSBEAK was also at the feeder on Monday 08 February shortly after 8am at #10 South Rd, Caroline Center. Thanks, Bill! --Dave Nutter On Sunday, February 07, 2010, at 08:00AM, wrote: >The afore mentioned Evening Grosbeak showed up again this morning at my >feeders. > >Bill >Baker > >--------------------------------------------- >This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. >http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: pecking order From: Tom Vawter <atvawter AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:17:51 -0500 This winter, unlike previous ones, we've been besieged by jays. I've counted, what I think is probably an extended family of 7 or so all fighting for control of the one platform feeder and/or the two cylinders in which I offer sunflower seeds. The jays seem to be top dogs, and it irks me, because I know they're just filling their crops and storing seeds somewhere where they'll forget about later. I have to fill the feeders that much more often. But I do love corvids, and they are fun to watch. I've noticed that they're not at the very top of the dominance hierarchy, however. They move aside quickly when the red-bellied lands on the feeder. Looking at the comparative armament, I don't blame the jays. We have fewer hairies, and they interact less frequently with the jays. The hairies and the downies do seem to prefer the suet to the seeds, whereas the red-bellieds take seeds from both the platform and the cylinders frequently. Tom V On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Marie P Read wrote: > > > Contrary to many bucolic paintings, I have never seen two species > > feeding together. Suet is survival. > > I have seen (and photographed) Downy and Hairy feeding together (in fact > it's a photo I've strived for because it shows the difference between the > two and points out how to tell them apart), but the Downies are definitely > the more timid of the two. > > Marie > > > > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu > > http://www.marieread.com > http://www.agpix.com/mari > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ > > -- > -- A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D. Prof. of Biology & Environmental Science Chair, Biological and Chemical Sciences Herbert E. Ives Professor of Science Wells College Aurora, NY 13026 315.364.3269 tvawter AT wells.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: RE: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:45:16 -0500 That is a female Mallard, all right. Just why it is pale is hard to say. Many individuals of lots of species have this kind of "watered down" pigmentation from various genetic mutations. But, seeing that this is a Mallard, the probability of the genetics coming from a domestic strain is high. I believe this is what is known as "fawn" in the domestic breeds. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 kjm2 AT cornell.edu 607-254-2452 ________________________________________ From: bounce-5233323-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu [bounce-5233323-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Anderson [paul AT grammatech.com] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:14 AM To: CayugaBirds-L AT Cornell.e Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond All: This is a picture of the duck that Dave mentioned that was around Stewart Park. This picture was from November 19th. http://picasaweb.google.com/fishoak/Birds#5405810352034722434 Enjoy! Paul Frritzie (& all), That sounds like a bird I've seen several times at Union Springs, Myers Point and Stewart Park. It looks to me like a leucistic female Mallard. I don't know whether it has some recent domestic heritage or is just a sport. I'm no expert on the subject, but offhand I didn't notice any pattern or color or shape to indicate it's a hybrid. Still, knowing Mallards, a hybrid is always a possibility with an odd duck. Sorry not to have answered the phone. I'm in Canada with the Cayuga Bird Club overnight field trip to Amherst Island. So far we've seen Snowy, Short-eared, Barred, Northern Saw-whet, and Boreal Owls. --Dave Nutter On Saturday, February 06, 2010, at 01:56PM, "John and Fritzie Blizzard" wrote: > Hi folks, John saw, without binox, a light colored duck on the Factory St. pond when he went for mail this morning. We went back down & looked at the bird with the scope. It was rather cream colored all over with some medium tan markings on shoulders & wing tips. I say that rather hesitantly because the bird had it's head tucked under the wing & it was angled away from me so determining where the darker markings were was not particularly easy. I believe from what I could see that the bill was a light color. The duck was in a group of about 10 mallards over under the tree whose limbs hang in the water on the north edge of the pond so I suspect from the shape that it is a mallard altho' I couldn't see any curled feathers, as a male would have had, under the tail. Tried to call Dave Nutter ... (only one whose phone number I had along with me but got no answer) ... to have him post it in case any other birders were up this way. Kathy Strickland was birding around the lake with Lynn from Roch. but I couldn't get any reply from her on her cell phone . Soooo. Maybe someone else will see it. Screechie had put in an appearance between the time John was there & the time we went back down. Such a cutie!! The large rafts of Redheads were spread out down along the lake between Gully Rd & the Aurora Post office. Canadas & Goldeneye were in the rafts. Saw about 6 turkeys just up Poplar Ridge Rd. 1/2 mi. & then another 24 over along the woods east of Dixon Rd.. Nasty day to be out of the car or house. Thermometer in the car registered 14 degrees but the wind chill felt like -14 & snow was blowing north to south across the roads. I'm glad I'm not down in my birthplace in the mountains west of Harrisonburg, VA nor at John's in Westminster, MD. today. The last few yrs. both places have had more snow & colder weather than we've had here. Yep! As I said before, I'll take beautiful NY. Keep warm. Fritzie Blizzard -- Paul Anderson. GrammaTech, Inc. Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x18 mailto:paul AT grammatech.com http://www.grammatech.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond From: Paul Anderson <paul AT grammatech.com> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:14:21 -0500 Subject: RE: pecking order From: "Marie P Read" <mpr5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:45:59 -0500 (EST) I meant the Downies are the more timid of the two woodpeckers in relation to each other, not to the presence of people! My Downies would probably feed out of my hand if I tried! But if a Hairy is on the suet the Downies are very hesitant to come to it. Marie > That's not the relationship at my suet feeder. Downies are the bold ones; > they feed no matter what I do inside and are slow to leave the suet. > I have seen (and photographed) Downy and Hairy feeding together (in fact > it's a photo I've strived for because it shows the difference between the > two and points out how to tell them apart), but the Downies are definitely > the more timid of the two. Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: RE: pecking order From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:01:09 -0500 That's not the relationship at my suet feeder. Downies are the bold ones; they feed no matter what I do inside and are slow to leave the suet. My Hairies and Red-bellies are off lot a shot if they see me inside or if there is any disturbance outside. The Red-breasted Nuthatches, on the other hand, come even if I'm standing beside the feeder. They also occasionally come to the feeder while I'm filling it. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: bounce-5232989-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5232989-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P Read Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:30 AM To: Barrs Cc: cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] pecking order > Contrary to many bucolic paintings, I have never seen two species > feeding together. Suet is survival. I have seen (and photographed) Downy and Hairy feeding together (in fact it's a photo I've strived for because it shows the difference between the two and points out how to tell them apart), but the Downies are definitely the more timid of the two. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: pecking order From: "Marie P Read" <mpr5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:30:23 -0500 (EST) > Contrary to many bucolic paintings, I have never seen two species > feeding together. Suet is survival. I have seen (and photographed) Downy and Hairy feeding together (in fact it's a photo I've strived for because it shows the difference between the two and points out how to tell them apart), but the Downies are definitely the more timid of the two. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: pecking order From: Barrs <creek6 AT mfire.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:13:28 -0500 Daily, downy, hairy, and red bellied woodpeckers feast on our suet. A pileated pair are rare visitors. The pileated woodpeckers definitely dominate the feeder. When one approaches for landing, all else flies. The hairy woodpeckers rule on a daily basis, aggressively forcing red bellies and downies away. While the hairy seems unperturbed by movement in our house, a shadow on any near window will cause the pileated to move to safety. Next in the pecking order would be the red bellies. A hairy will push a red belly off the suet, while a red belly will dominate a downy. If our shadows hit the sliding glass door close to the feeder, a skittish red belly will abandon his/her meal and head for the pine boughs. The smaller downy woodpeckers do not fly at our shadows, but are chased by larger neighbors. The nuthatches are wary, watching from a distance, then walking up the tree with the suet feeder is unoccupied. They are troubled by any movement in our house and depart quickly when a woodpecker lands. With the timid brown creepers, caution rules. They stay low, avoid the crowds, and glean the droppings of suet. Contrary to many bucolic paintings, I have never seen two species feeding together. Suet is survival. And just what does 'eats like a bird' supposed to mean? susan barr brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Some birds noted this week-end From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:27:11 -0500 On the way to Boonville, NY and back, I passed through Lansingville Road and Route 90 (state). On Lansingville Road, in a field just before Davis Road, I saw a few Snow Buntings and Horned Larks . On Route 90, a couple of miles past Indian Fields Road, I saw another flock of about 15 or so Snow buntings and a few Horned Larks. Near Lake Como Road there was a beautiful dark phased Rough-legged Hawk circling. Meena Ithaca NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: OOB:Carolina Wren From: "Bob Garrison" <rgarrison7 AT htva.net> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:19:21 -0500 We've had a Carolina wren feeding on meal worms from our tray feeder and next day, back again, looking into empty feeder. We did add some soon. We've noticed gray squirrels like meal worms also. Bob garrison Spencer, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2672 - Release Date: 02/06/10 14:35:00 Subject: Lansing Pine Siskin From: Ryan Douglas <rnd4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:48:23 -0500 Since I haven't seen many reports this winter...A single PINE SISKIN visited my neighbor's feeder earlier this morning at North Wood Apts. in Lansing. I have not heard it, nor have I seen it again, despite spending the past 90 minutes out on our balcony watching the birds/mammals. Good birding, Ryan -- Ryan Douglas rnd4 AT cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm From: "Marie P Read" <mpr5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:56:48 -0500 (EST) > John Cisne wrote: >> Got a great look at a flock of 70-80 SNOW BUNTINGS as it >> intermittently fed in and wheeled around over the mowed field between >> the pheasant farm and the manure piles Saturday afternoon around 3:00 >> p.m. Hope it sticks around. > Now I know why they weren't at Mt. Pleasant yesterday. > Carl They were at one point! Once they move away from the road they're much harder to spot. And they have a lot of places to roam! On Friday there was a flock of 60 obligingly sitting for a few minutes in a tree, letting me count them. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:00:06 GMT The afore mentioned Evening Grosbeak showed up again this morning at my feeders. Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm From: Carl Steckler <cjs9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:33:01 -0500 John Cisne wrote: > Got a great look at a flock of 70-80 SNOW BUNTINGS as it > intermittently fed in and wheeled around over the mowed field between > the pheasant farm and the manure piles Saturday afternoon around 3:00 > p.m. Hope it sticks around. Now I know why they weren't at Mt. Pleasant yesterday. Carl -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:42:03 -0800 Frritzie (& all), That sounds like a bird I've seen several times at Union Springs, Myers Point and Stewart Park. It looks to me like a leucistic female Mallard. I don't know whether it has some recent domestic heritage or is just a sport. I'm no expert on the subject, but offhand I didn't notice any pattern or color or shape to indicate it's a hybrid. Still, knowing Mallards, a hybrid is always a possibility with an odd duck. Sorry not to have answered the phone. I'm in Canada with the Cayuga Bird Club overnight field trip to Amherst Island. So far we've seen Snowy, Short-eared, Barred, Northern Saw-whet, and Boreal Owls. --Dave Nutter On Saturday, February 06, 2010, at 01:56PM, "John and Fritzie Blizzard" wrote: > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm From: John Cisne <john.cisne AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:13:33 -0500 Got a great look at a flock of 70-80 SNOW BUNTINGS as it intermittently fed in and wheeled around over the mowed field between the pheasant farm and the manure piles Saturday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. Hope it sticks around. -- ===================== John Cisne 27 North Landon Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 200-4110 ===================== http://www.eas.cornell.edu/cals/eas/people/profile.cfm?netId=jlc34 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Eagles at Mud Lock From: Kathy Strickland <carkatstr1ck AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:25:19 -0500 Lynn Bergmeyer and I birded down the east side of Cayuga Lake today. Steve Fast reported much of what we saw. (We missed some of his finds.) We did see two BALD EAGLES in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock. Many TUNDRA SWANS along the ice shelf of the channel between there and Black Bridge. In Union Springs, a single SNOW GOOSE on Mill Pond (Rte 90) among the CANADA GEESE and other waterfowl, and a HOODED MERGANSER as well as the pale duck (see Fritzie Blizzard's post) on Factory Pond (Factory Street). It was interesting that the rafts of REDHEADS on the lake were relatively small yet characteristically dense. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft抯 powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Eagles at Mud Lock From: Kathy Strickland <carkatstr1ck AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:25:58 -0500 Lynn Bergmeyer and I birded down the east side of Cayuga Lake today. Steve Fast reported much of what we saw. (We missed some of his finds.) We did see two BALD EAGLES in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock. Many TUNDRA SWANS along the ice shelf of the channel between there and Black Bridge. In Union Springs, a single SNOW GOOSE on Mill Pond (Rte 90) among the CANADA GEESE and other waterfowl, and a HOODED MERGANSER as well as the pale duck (see Fritzie Blizzard's post) on Factory Pond (Factory Street). It was interesting that the rafts of REDHEADS on the lake were relatively small yet characteristically dense. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Birding mostly E. side Cayuga Lake; 2/6/10 From: "Susan Fast" <sustfast AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:23:44 -0500 Susie & I birded mostly the East side of Cayuga Lake today. First big find was along Midline Rd., just out of Slaterville Springs where there were 7 RAVENS. 6 on the ground in conference (several with throat feathers extended), and one circling low overhead with a single CROW for company. There was a cold KINGFISHER in the marina at Ladoga, and about 100 COOTS to the south, mixed with about 50 CANADA GEESE. The geese were scarfing up loose vegetation that the coots brought up from the bottom. 3 SNOW GEESE and 3 DOMESTIC GEESE were there also. We found the EARED GREBE way out straight off the Wells College boathouse at Aurora. The best view was from the parking lot above-this eliminated most of the heat shimmer. Best field mark is the pointed head above the eye. From Aurora to Fries Cove we saw many relatively small flocks of almost exclusively REDHEADS (200-750 birds). This is in contrast to the huge (10,000 bird) raft(s) that we have encountered over the past several years. Why the difference? Maybe these small groups will coalesce later this month. At Levanna (Ellis Pt.), we found a flock of 12 CANVASBACKS, 1 LESSER SCAUP, and 2 GREATER SCAUP. These were the only ones of these 3 species that we found although we did not study every redhead group. There was also here and small REDHEAD FLOCK accompanied by many CANADA GEESE-the geese feeding as they did with the COOTS at Ladoga. We then decided to eschew the vast, frigid, uninhabited wastes around Montezuma and headed inland and southish, looking for field birds. What we found were vast, frigid, mostly uninhabited agricultural wastelands. We did find a couple RED-TAILED HAWKS, and 12 HORNED LARKS. The only SNOW BURNINGS we found all day were a skittish flock of 40 near the Observatory on Mt. Pleasant, first thing this morning. On Rafferty Rd., I found a fresh OWL PELLET on the road edge, under a tree, that I strongly suspect came from a SHORT-EARED OWL (Microtus fur and a couple bones and teeth). HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: We have not stopped at the Triangle Diner in King Ferry since they reopened under new management. It is GREAT! GO THERE! I would go into exhaustive details, but that would just make me hungry again, which might strain the metabolism. Steve & Susie Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond From: "John and Fritzie Blizzard" <job121830 AT verizon.net> Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:56:21 -0500 Hi folks, John saw, without binox, a light colored duck on the Factory St. pond when he went for mail this morning. We went back down & looked at the bird with the scope. It was rather cream colored all over with some medium tan markings on shoulders & wing tips. I say that rather hesitantly because the bird had it's head tucked under the wing & it was angled away from me so determining where the darker markings were was not particularly easy. I believe from what I could see that the bill was a light color. The duck was in a group of about 10 mallards over under the tree whose limbs hang in the water on the north edge of the pond so I suspect from the shape that it is a mallard altho' I couldn't see any curled feathers, as a male would have had, under the tail. Tried to call Dave Nutter ... (only one whose phone number I had along with me but got no answer) ... to have him post it in case any other birders were up this way. Kathy Strickland was birding around the lake with Lynn from Roch. but I couldn't get any reply from her on her cell phone . Soooo. Maybe someone else will see it. Screechie had put in an appearance between the time John was there & the time we went back down. Such a cutie!! The large rafts of Redheads were spread out down along the lake between Gully Rd & the Aurora Post office. Canadas & Goldeneye were in the rafts. Saw about 6 turkeys just up Poplar Ridge Rd. 1/2 mi. & then another 24 over along the woods east of Dixon Rd.. Nasty day to be out of the car or house. Thermometer in the car registered 14 degrees but the wind chill felt like -14 & snow was blowing north to south across the roads. I'm glad I'm not down in my birthplace in the mountains west of Harrisonburg, VA nor at John's in Westminster, MD. today. The last few yrs. both places have had more snow & colder weather than we've had here. Yep! As I said before, I'll take beautiful NY. Keep warm. Fritzie Blizzard -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Robin and Bluebirds From: Regi Teasley <rltcayuga AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:55:08 -0500 I just now had a Robin at the birdbath for a drink along with a few Bluebirds and Goldfinches. The usual suspects including Juncos and Mourning Doves were active as well. We are regularly visited by the Redbellied woodpecker. Earlier today a Pileated Woodpecker after working the trees behind the house came up to the pergola attached to the house, pecked around and then tried to reach a suet hanger without success. That was a real "show-stopper." What an impressive bird! Regi West Hill in the City -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: North Wood/Bomax From: Ryan Douglas <rnd4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:20:02 -0500 Earlier today I walked down to the Greenway at the end of Coventry Walk (near North Wood Apts.) and found few birds, but I did see/hear the jessed RED-TAILED HAWK jingle as it flew past. This is my first sighting of this bird since Thanksgiving Day late last year at the same spot. In the field immediately west of North Wood Apts. there was a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. I just returned from Bomax Drive where I found one NORTHERN CARDINAL and a fly-by AMERICAN CROW. Good birding, Ryan -- Ryan Douglas rnd4 AT cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Turkey From: Sara Jane Hymes <sjh4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:22:15 -0500 I just returned from a walk up Eastern Heights Rec. Way and as I was coming down the hill a large Tom Turkey flew across the walk way; landed in the woods and rapidly 'jogged' through the woods away from the walkway. This was the first time I've seen a turkey in this area--aside from the domestic turkeys which are fenced in. Perhaps they've been calling to him? Further along, on the East Ithaca Rec Way, half way between Honness Lane and Mitchell St there were 20 Blue Jays just apparently 'hanging out' together in a tree! Neat. -- Sara Jane Hymes -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: OT: bobcats From: "Susan Fast" <sustfast AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:46:19 -0500 I have frequently checked the local bobcat highway (location not given) this winter, and have occasionally found one set of tracks; either moving one way or the other. So I was excited today to see two sets of fresh tracks, both headed the same direction. Like domestic cats, the following cat will often step in the prints of the leading one, but not always. Steve Fast -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: RE: Tagged crow spotted From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:58:51 -0500 Fred, I do! I have information about that bird!!! The tag actually is QS, but my painter at the time always had problems with Qs, so the confusion is understandable. QS, a female, was hatched on 16 April 2007 in a nest just east of Triphammer Road and north of Winston Dr., east of Kendall. We banded her on 14 May when she was 28 days old, about a week before she could fly out of the nest. She weighed 405 grams, which is pretty big for a nestling, but she was smaller than her two nest-mate brothers (which is standard; males tend to be larger). Both of the boys are still alive and both still hanging out near their family. The family was already rather large, with the 2 parents (unbanded), 1 sibling from 2004, 2 from 2006, and 3 from 2006 helping raise the 3 new nestlings. QS stayed at home the next year and until at least April 2009, which is our last record of her being at home. It's possible she found that spot on Elmira Rd. right then and could have bred there last year, but that's pushing the time frame a bit. Two-years old is a little young for a crow to breed, but we do get some, including QS's brother SQ this year, right next to home! Most don't breed until they're 4 or older. Her new spot is almost exactly 4 miles (as the crow flies) SSW of home. We don't know anything about the family she joined, and in fact I have not been able to find her down there when I have looked. It would be very interesting to watch her with her new family and see what the group is like that she joined. Although the most likely scenario is that she found a mate and is the breeding female in that family, it is also possible that she just joined the group as an extra. That happens occasionally, and immigrant females may stay with the family for several years. Some become breeders when the previous female breeder dies (do they know she is going to die?), and others become breeders next door when a vacancy opens up. Thanks for the report. We always appreciate hearing about our tagged crows. We know where most of them hang out, but when they disperse to breed it is frequently people like you who alert us to the fact. All the best, Kevin p.s. Thanks to Dave Nutter for a very good and very kind summary of my work. It's always nice to know that I have altered (I'd say improved) someone's attitude and appreciation of crows. -----Original Message----- From: bounce-5162204-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-5162204-3493952 AT list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of M Kardon Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:43 PM To: cayugabirds-l AT cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Tagged crow spotted While walking at 9:30 this morning on Meadow St., not birding, I saw a crow on the grass in front of Moe's Southwest Grill. It had a 1 by 1 1/2 inch white tag on each wing. The tag on the left wing was labeled "GS". I did not see if there was a label on the other tag. Does anybody have any information about this? Fred Kardon -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Tagged crow spotted From: Elaina McCartney <Elaina.McCartney AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:39:59 -0500 Last April I spotted a crow with a DF tag hanging out at Treman Marina: http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/3469198571/ and Kevin replied that DF was at that time two years old and from a family nesting along Pleasant Grove Rd. Pretty cool. Elaina At 7:07 PM -0800 2/4/10, Dave Nutter wrote: >Fred (& all), >For many years Kevin McGowan has headed up a team studying crows >in the Ithaca area, both American Crows and Fish Crows. They are >individually marked not only with the standard US Fish & Wildlife Service >numbered aluminum leg band, but each also a unique combination of >colored leg bands, and for distant individual identification colored plastic >wing tags, each with a unique two-digit code. The color of the wing tags >is different every year. Since most birds are banded by climbing to treetop >nests when the young are too small to bail out, the color of the wing tags >generally indicates the year the bird was hatched. Kevin also manages to >trap some adult birds, but this is tricky because they are smart and wary. >You can also ask Kevin's son Jay about the project as he has worked on it >as well. Here's a link to a site by Kevin McGowan about his work with crows: >http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/crowinfo.htm >Why am I answering when it's Kevin's turf? I think it is so cool! This is an >excuse to tell how, years ago, I saw 3 crows with light blue wing tags on a >lawn by the (old) airport. I took down their 2-digit codes and >called Kevin. He >told me, "Those crows were nestmates. They have never been seen more than >a quarter mile away from the nest they were hatched in last year, and this >year they are helping their parents raise their new siblings." This opened my >mind to viewing birds, especially crows, not just as anonymous (and in the >case of crows, sometimes annoying) members of a species, but as individual >social creatures with fascinating personal histories. Now whenever I see a >group of half-a-dozen crows together, I think "family." Kevin, I >believe was the >first to demonstrate that American Crows employ such "helpers at the nest." >--Dave Nutter > >On Thursday, February 04, 2010, at 05:43PM, "M Kardon" wrote: >>While walking at 9:30 this morning on Meadow St., not birding, I >>saw a crow on the grass in front of Moe's Southwest Grill. It had >>a 1 by 1 1/2 inch white tag on each wing. The tag on the left wing >>was labeled "GS". I did not see if there was a label on the other >>tag. Does anybody have any information about this? >> >>Fred Kardon >> >>-- >> >>Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> >>ARCHIVES: >>1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Tagged crow spotted From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:07:17 -0800 Fred (& all), For many years Kevin McGowan has headed up a team studying crows in the Ithaca area, both American Crows and Fish Crows. They are individually marked not only with the standard US Fish & Wildlife Service numbered aluminum leg band, but each also a unique combination of colored leg bands, and for distant individual identification colored plastic wing tags, each with a unique two-digit code. The color of the wing tags is different every year. Since most birds are banded by climbing to treetop nests when the young are too small to bail out, the color of the wing tags generally indicates the year the bird was hatched. Kevin also manages to trap some adult birds, but this is tricky because they are smart and wary. You can also ask Kevin's son Jay about the project as he has worked on it as well. Here's a link to a site by Kevin McGowan about his work with crows: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/crowinfo.htm Why am I answering when it's Kevin's turf? I think it is so cool! This is an excuse to tell how, years ago, I saw 3 crows with light blue wing tags on a lawn by the (old) airport. I took down their 2-digit codes and called Kevin. He told me, "Those crows were nestmates. They have never been seen more than a quarter mile away from the nest they were hatched in last year, and this year they are helping their parents raise their new siblings." This opened my mind to viewing birds, especially crows, not just as anonymous (and in the case of crows, sometimes annoying) members of a species, but as individual social creatures with fascinating personal histories. Now whenever I see a group of half-a-dozen crows together, I think "family." Kevin, I believe was the first to demonstrate that American Crows employ such "helpers at the nest." --Dave Nutter On Thursday, February 04, 2010, at 05:43PM, "M Kardon" wrote: >While walking at 9:30 this morning on Meadow St., not birding, I saw a crow on the grass in front of Moe's Southwest Grill. It had a 1 by 1 1/2 inch white tag on each wing. The tag on the left wing was labeled "GS". I did not see if there was a label on the other tag. Does anybody have any information about this? > >Fred Kardon > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Saw-whet From: "Susan Fast" <sustfast AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:12:17 -0500 In Hammond Hill SF this evening, I got 2 separate, long, tooting-responses from a SAW-WHET OWL. It was far off, and I have made the assumption that it was the same owl. The number of night-skiing yahoos and barking dogs is increasing dramatically out there. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Tagged crow spotted From: M Kardon <mk2486 AT pol.net> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:43:24 -0500 (EST) While walking at 9:30 this morning on Meadow St., not birding, I saw a crow on the grass in front of Moe's Southwest Grill. It had a 1 by 1 1/2 inch white tag on each wing. The tag on the left wing was labeled "GS". I did not see if there was a label on the other tag. Does anybody have any information about this? Fred Kardon -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:21:15 GMT Showed up again this AM at about 8:30. Photos from 1/29 and today are available here: http://picasaweb.google.com/WMillerBaker/EveningGrosbeakWinter10# Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:48:36 -0800 This morning (04 Feb 2010) I walked to the Stewart Park ice shelf. I saw only the usual 3 gull species. Ducks included several GADWALL near East Shore Park; one male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER displaying vigorously in a small and more sedate group of 3 male and 1 female COMMON MERGANSERS toward the middle of the south end of the lake; a relatively small flock of REDHEADS north of East Shore Park and another more extensive flock near the west shore. I first heard the hoarse voice, then saw the HYBRID GOOSE among a small group of CANADA GEESE flying overhead. Impressed by the eerie moaning noises from the ice, as well as the number and apparent newness of the cracks, I opted not to try to walk over Fall Creek and Cayuga Inlet directly to Treman Marine Park. In Renwick Sanctuary I found one GREAT HORNED OWL dozing, likely incubating, in the far left side ot the cavity. On Third Street Extension near Andr閑 Petroleum I found a perched PEREGRINE FALCON. It was cooperative enough that I could photograph it, but I think it had moved on by the time I walked back to the Cass Park side of the water, and I think I could not have seen it from my yard anyway. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Ravens on Mt. Pleasant From: CFSchmitt AT aol.com Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:48:04 EST Thanks to Marie's posting, I could easily find the Ravens up on Mt. Pleasant this morning. It was a nice comparison to the nearby crows. I forget how huge they can seem. Wish I could have heard them 'croak', but all were silent. Carol Schmitt -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Cayuga Bird Club meeting and speaker dinner invitation From: clr82 AT juno.com Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:49:30 -0500 The Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to welcome John A-X. Morris as guest speaker at our monthly meeting on Monday, February 8 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. John will discuss local geologic and human history and share gleanings from past and future "Natural Connections" columns (Finger Lakes Trail Newsletter) in his presentation, "Seasons on the Trail: Natural Connections on the Finger Lakes Trail, from Precocious Peepers and Mimicked Monarchs to Squiffy Squirrels and Chattering Chickadees." Along with seasonal photos, his presentation will include interesting, tasteful and tasteless tidbits gleaned from observations, research and folklore. The Club will be hosting John and his wife Carol for dinner at Aladdin's in Collegetown at 5:30 pm prior to the meeting. This is a great opportunity for members to meet John in a casual setting and socialize with other members while enjoying some great food. If you would like to join us for dinner, please rsvp to clr82 AT juno.com by Sunday evening so that reservations can be made. Have a great weekend of birding and hope to see you Monday night, Colleen Richards CBC Corresponding Secretary ____________________________________________________________ Diet Help Cheap Diet Help Tips. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=Hje00x8uxbf0Y6nkNfPGzwAAJ1C1RmBYriwnjtqv26gxJqDOAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYQAAAAAA= -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Mt. Pleasant Common Ravens From: Ray Zimmerman <rz10 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:47:15 -0500 I also saw 2 Ravens near some roadkill near the top of Quarry Rd. just below where it meets Snyder Hill Rd. ... about 2:30pm today. Ray On Feb 3, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Marie P Read wrote: > Two Common Ravens were feeding from a deer carcass next to the road just > east of the observatory on Mt Pleasant Road when I drove by 11:30 this > morning and also on my way back at 1:30. Very cool to see these birds up > close. > > Marie > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu > > http://www.marieread.com > http://www.agpix.com/mari > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Mt. Pleasant Common Ravens From: "Marie P Read" <mpr5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:38:23 -0500 (EST) Two Common Ravens were feeding from a deer carcass next to the road just east of the observatory on Mt Pleasant Road when I drove by 11:30 this morning and also on my way back at 1:30. Very cool to see these birds up close. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Yellow-rumped warbler From: "Thomas Nix" <tomnix AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:40:37 -0500 A single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER visited our beef suet feeder a few miles east of Ithaca this morning for a several minutes around 8:30 am. I haven't seen it since. Tom Nix 49 German Cross Road Ithaca, NY tomnix AT earthlink.net -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Cortland Sparrowhawk From: jpackard AT clarityconnect.com Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:29:04 -0500 The Cortland SPARROW HAWK is still on the wire at the farm, before the Jehovah's Witnesses church, on Rte.222. (I saw him there a couple of weeks ago). Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:57:06 GMT After an absence yesterday the Evening Grosbeak showed up again this morning at about 9:15. This is the 3rd time it has shown up at roughly that time. For those that are interested in trying for this bird please note that I am having work done outside tomorrow AM. Friday AM will be much quieter. Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Howland Island Birds From: bob mcguire <bmcguire AT clarityconnect.com> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:36:32 -0500 I spent the early morning walking around Howland Island, a short loop from the iron bridge and back. Of particular note were 5 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (4 at the beginning of "Warbler Way" and one farther on), 5 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS (what I thought was a rather large number), 60 AMERICAN ROBINS (one flock of 40 and several more groups), NORTHERN FLICKER and PILEATED WOODPECKER. And an juv BALD EAGLE perched over the river. On Cayuga lake, the ice edge (west side) is at Red Jacket Yacht Club. There I found some 210 COMMON GOLDENEYE, a CAROLINA WREN and and a BELTED KINGFISHER. 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: red tails at alumni field nest From: Carol Bader <cb13 AT cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:03:25 -0500 I saw two red tails at the north nest of alumni field this morning AT 7:45. One flew off and landed on the peak of Fernow Hall. The second '"fussed" a bit at the nest then flew off and briefly mounted the first bird on Fernow peak. It then sat next to bird one. Aside from nesting, I have never seen two hawks in such close proximity. They were sitting together as I walked away. A good treat before work! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Northern Goshawk, Short-eared Owls, etc. From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:55:34 -0800 This morning after dropping Brendan and Laurie at their schools (too cold to walk, they said) I had no obligations, so I went birding for the entire rest of the day. What? Me? Compulsive? From East Shore Park I saw GREAT BLACK-BACKED and HERRING GULLS hunkered on the ice. If there were lighter gulls I couldn't distinguish them from the lumps of ice in the shimmer. There were few ducks to be seen, mainly COMMON MERGANSERS. I saw no Peregrine on Bradfield. I found no Northern Shrikes in Tompkins County, so I headed north. I still didn't find any, but I found other stuff. A walk along Salt Rd in Summerhill revealed COMMON RAVEN noises, about a dozen BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES, and one each of RED-TAILED HAWK, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. I found no winter finches at Summerhill or the nearby feeders. As I drove off on Dresser Rd I slid to a stop at the sight of a fairly close, low, and openly perched adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK. Despite not having time to get my binoculars up, I saw the massive body with longer-than-buteo tail, the evenly whitish underside as it sunned itself, the dark cap and white brow, and when it turned and flew, the plain blue-gray back, wings and tail. I wandered west toward Long Point, where from Lake Rd (Ledyard) I saw my first 2010 basin AMERICAN KESTREL on a roadside wire. As I tried to photograph it it flew, but not from me (yet). It dropped to the ditch and caught a small rodent. After subduing it, the Kestrel carried its prey up to the wire, and then over toward posts by the vinyard. Then I finally got some crummy photos. At the entrance to Long Point State Park I found several EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and a NORTHERN FLICKER (more crummy photos to add to my 2010 crummy photo collection). There were lots of CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS and a few AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS lounging on the shore. In the bay to the north were a few COMMON GOLDENEYE. Aurora Bay was surprisingly watery. The Redhead flocks which had recently covered so much were gone today. An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was sunning itself in the Union Springs Factory Street pond box, and there were a handful of REDHEADS, GADWALLS, and MALLARDS below. The Mill Pond had mainly MALLARDS and a few BUFFLEHEADS. I passed my second male AMERICAN KESTREL on a roadside wire on NYS 90 north of Union Springs. From Harris Park in the Village of Cayuga I finally found 3 MUTE SWANS in the polynya beyond the breakwater. In the bay north of the railroad tracks there were scores of TUNDRA SWANS, but I was not confident picking out Trumpeter Swans among them today. There were no swans evident at Mud Lock, nor did I see any Bald Eagles there. I did find an adult BALD EAGLE perched near the nest on Armitage Rd. A dark ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was trying out perches along the edge of the frozen pond below the Knox-Marsellus overlook on East Rd. Two immature BALD EAGLES were perched by the Clyde River near the dam by May's Point. West of the intersection of NYS 89 and Wyers Point Rd I saw my third male AMERICAN KESTREL of the day. Why did it take me a month to find any inside the basin, then suddenly I see so many? Finding myself halfway down the west side of the lake around sunset, I checked out the area in Ovid around the intersection of Center Rd and Co Rd 129, but found no owls. However, at 5:30pm from Rock River Rd I saw 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS. First I saw 2 flying fairly high together, then they settled down and flew lower, and I saw a third in the distance. One of them came very close to the road and made a sudden dive into the weeds where it sat half hidden but turning its head rapidly and frequently. After a few minutes it carried its small-mammal prey to a slightly more open area nearby, and I could watch through my scope as it tore bites. I was surprised, as I thought owls tended to swallow such things whole. I also took some really miserable photos as the light disappeared. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Syracuse RBA From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:57:06 -0800 (PST) RBA * New York * Syracuse * February 01, 2010 * NYSY 0102.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): January 25, 2009 - February 01, 2010 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:February 01 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #190 -Monday February 01, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of January 25 , 2009 Highlights: ----------- NORTHERN GOSHAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ICELAND GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL GLAUCOUS GULL HAWK OWL (Extralimital) COMMON RAVEN YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER SAVANNAH SPARROW FOX SPARROW SONG SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 1/27: A SAVANNAH SPARROW was found with Tree Sparrows in the Mucklands along Rt. 31. Madison County ------------ 1/26: Two ICELAND GULLS and one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were found at the Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road. On the 28th. the 2 ICELAND GULLS were relocated. Onondaga County ------------ 1/27: 6 COMMON RAVENS were seen at the Andrews road feeder canal near Rt.481in Dewitt. 1/28: 1 COMMON RAVEN was found at the Carpenter鈥檚 Brook Fish Hatchery. 1/31 A SONG SPARROW was seen near Simm鈥檚 Store on the Erie Canal near Camillus. On Laird Road on the Erie Canal a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK were found. 1/31: As of Sunday 1/31 the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still being seen at 242 Thurber Ave. in Syracuse. A group of birders tried but missed the bird today (2/1) but it still may be in the area. Oswego County ------------ 1/29: 1 ICELAND GULL was seen in Oswego Harbor and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Lock 3 in Fulton. 1/30: An adult GLAUCOUS GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at Lock 3 in Fulton. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen near Pennelville. 1/31: 1 GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on the ice in Oswego Harbor and another was found upriver at Lock 6. An ICELAND GULL was seen above the falls in Phoenix. Herkimer County ------------ 1/30: A FOX SPARROW is still frequenting a feeder near Ceder Lake. Extralimital ------------- 1/31: A NORTHERN HAWK OWL continues to be seen on Prospect Street in the village of Champlain in Clinton County near the Canadian border. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Bald Eagle From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:56:05 -0500 An adult Bald Eagle just flew south over my office window! A pair of Red-tails seem to be in the vicinity too and seem to be going to Vet tower often. may be they are thinking of making it a home! Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 phone 607 2541258 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:43:09 GMT The previously mentioned Evening Grosbeak showed up at my feeders for a short while again this morning at about 9:30. Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Redhead raft From: Elaina McCartney <Elaina.McCartney AT cornell.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:20:16 -0500 A huge raft of mostly Redheads is assembling near the southwest ice edge north of Hog Hole. Elaina -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Sunday Birding From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:19:46 -0500 Hi all, I had an unsuccessful breakfast trip to get Belgian Waffles in Commons (closed for Sabbath :-() in downtown with my out of town visitors, where I heard my first House Sparrows of the year. It seems strange that it is almost end of January and I had not heard or seen a house sparrow. A little later I took a spin around to see some local birds. At the dump, I found Paul Anderson, and he found an Iceland Gull, which Jay talked about in his post. I just sat enjoyed watching the fight among the gulls and crows inter species games. Crows pecked at the gulls if they found something good. I got a video of a crow, I think it was a Fish Crow, it did some funny behavior, which I have got it on video. Previously at the same spot a gull was trying pry out something but failed to get anything out so left. Then the crow arrived at the spot and tried to do the same. Crow started doing some funny things shaking its head up and down and opening its mouth, it may have been calling but I did not hear anything. Another gull was sitting near by. It looked as if crow was trying to entice the second gull to do the job of getting the stuff out. But gull seemed bored and did not take any notice of crow. It is just fun to watch the squabble among birds. Why some birds get yelled at while others are not. It would be fun to understand the interactions. A few Red-tails were hanging around but none were co-operative enough to pose for a photograph. Then I headed up Stevenson road to see if I could find a shrike, but nothing of interest was seen. I went up Mt Pleasant road up to Baker Hill. On the way I found some birds along the road feeding possibly on the grit. So I stopped to check out and they turned out to be my missing GOLDFINCHES, but I saw only three individuals. There were a couple of Tree Sparrows nearby. On Baker Hill road I found some 30+ Turkeys gobbling on seeds at a feeder. Then I headed to Irish Settlement road via Rt 13 in the hopes of some filed birds. I did not see anything, so I headed down towards Dryden Lake and Purvis Road. On Purvis Road I found a mixed flock of Snow Buntings (about 30 or so) and equal numbers of Horned Larks. I scanned for the Lapland longspurs and did not find any. I waited for birds to come closer, but they never spent long time enough near the road. After spending about an hour there, I headed home via Shcut Road. Here I found another large flock of Turkeys in the field, may be about 100 + individuals. Rest of the route home was birdless. Later in the evening when I was heading towards BTI, at the junction of Pine Tree and Honness lane, there was Coopers Hawk in a tree. As I looked at it, it took flight along downstream of Pine Tree Road. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Red-shouldered Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Rough-legged Hawk From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:20:29 -0800 I went to Sapsucker Woods today. As I got out of my car I saw a shadow crossing the parking lot and looked up in time to see a departing MERLIN. After I gave up trying to refind it for a more satisfying look, I met Ann Mitchell and Linda Clougherty. We saw the RED-SHOULDERED HAWK west of Kip's Barn. On the Wilson Trail from the small bridge which crosses the outlet stream from the main pond Ann & I saw the HERMIT THRUSH moving surrepticiously in the underbrush on the stream bank. We walked trails in the Ithaca partion of Sapsucker Woods where we heard BROWN CREEPER numerous times, but we saw one only briefly. Ann & I drove around Lansing afterward but the only unusual bird we saw was a dark ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK at the airport. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Weekend birds From: Jay McGowan <jwm57 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:04:44 -0500 Hi all, I went up the east side of Cayuga Lake yesterday, and then again today with Tom Johnson leading a small field trip for ornithology. Here are my highlights: Saturday, 30 January 2010 Stevenson Road compost - GLAUCOUS GULL (2nd cycle, somewhat small-bodied but with diagnostic bicolored bill and pure white wings), 1st cycle Iceland Gull Myers Point - American Pipit on the spit; adult Bald Eagle soaring over the Lansing School Center Road x Mahaney Road, King Ferry - ~200 Snow Buntings, 20 Horned Larks, and at least one LAPLAND LONGSPUR (found by Tom on his way up before me) Lake Road, Long Point S.P. - adult Bald Eagle cruising low along the lake shore Union Springs - Eastern Screech-Owl, American Wigeon Mud Lock - 5 TRUMPETER SWANS at the lock, many Tundra Swans on the ice to the south Sunday, 31 January 2010 Myers Point (<8:00) - GLAUCOUS GULL (apparently the same bird from the compost yesterday), 2 Northern Pintail, Belted Kingfisher Long Point S.P. - Snow Goose; raft of Redhead (with Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead), perhaps in the 6-10 thousand range, very densely packed and quite close to shore; the noise of ducks diving was quite impressive on its own, and when the flock became agitated and rapidly changed shape, the effect was striking. Union Springs (Mill and Factory ponds) - 82 GADWALL (this seems like a pretty high count), ~25 American Wigeon, other regular waterfowl I then checked the Stevenson Road compost, where I found an adult ICELAND GULL (presumably the same Tom had a few days ago, very white wingtips with only traces of gray), and the continuing 1st cycle Iceland Gull. After that, I spent the afternoon looking for land birds at Monkey Run, Pinckney/Lower Creek road preserve, Mill Street, Southworth Road, Cornell Lane, Dryden Lake linear path near Chaffee Road, and Beam Hill. Although enjoyable, this effort turned up little of particular note save common birds, including White-throated and American Tree sparrows, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS everywhere (12+ at four locations), three Carolina Wrens, Brown Creeper, American Goldfinch, House Finch, Belted Kingfisher (Willow Crossing), Common Raven (flyover at Monkey Run S), and a male light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on West Lake Road near Dryden Lake. I had high hopes for finding a Wood Duck in Fall Creek in Etna, but only came up with ~100 Mallards, 6 American Black Ducks, 2 Hooded Mergansers, and some Canada Geese. Jay McGowan Beam Hill Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: rafts of ducks From: Laura Stenzler <lms9 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:30:25 -0500 Hi all, My daughter Marjolein and I went looking for the large raft of Redheads and other ducks reported to have been in Aurora bay, but when we arrived around 12:30 today (Sunday), there were only Canada Geese. We headed further north but did not find any large groups of ducks. The ice is pretty solid from Union Springs north, with a few open spots. The Screech Owl was peering out of it's box on Factory Rd. in Union Springs and the large pond contained mainly Canada Geese with a few Redheads, Wigeon, Bufflehead and Mallards. In the village of Cayuga we spotted a small flock of Ring-necked ducks near the bridge by the abandoned factory (just past the town offices). At Mud Lock there were more Canada Geese with 6 Tundra Swans among them. We headed back toward Ithaca and stopped at Long Point park where we finally found a large raft of mainly Redheads, with Canvasback and a few Scaup mixed in. It was a very impressive flock - several thousand at least. They were north of the park. As we watched, an adult Bald Eagle flew over the road, making lazy circles as it headed north, passing right over our car. Our last stop was Ladoga Park, where we found another large raft of mixed species - mostly Redhead but also around two hundred Canvasback and many Scaup (lesser, mostly). The size of that raft was probably 1,000 birds. Also at Ladoga were two Snow Geese, swimming with 4 or 5 domestic geese, as well as Coots and Mallards. All along the way, we noticed many Redtailed Hawks and one Kestrel. We counted 25 Redtailed Hawks at the Pheasant farm on Game Farm Rd. Nice day out! Laura Laura Stenzler lms9 AT cornell.edu Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Mt. Pleasant Snow Buntings From: "Marie P Read" <mpr5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:16:04 -0500 (EST) There was a flock of 40+ Snow Buntings flying around when I took my walk on the hill around 2:30 pm today. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Bomax Drive (Field Sparrow), Airport, East Shore Park From: Ryan Douglas <rnd4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:04:54 -0500 Bomax Drive has seen a marked decline in bird numbers over the past week. Today I turned up one NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, a screaming RED-TAILED HAWK, one AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, a handful of HOUSE SPARROWS and four or five HOUSE FINCHES. However, I also came across one FIELD SPARROW, which made the trip slightly more enjoyable. I tried to look for gulls from East Shore Park earlier this morning, but the heat shimmer was fierce and I could only ID the three common gulls, COMMON MERGANSERS and some shimmery COMMON GOLDENEYE. I saw only AMERICAN CROWS and a NORTHERN CARDINAL around the Ithaca Airport. -- Ryan Douglas rnd4 AT cornell.edu Dept. of Plant Biology 142 Emerson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Purple Finches & Great Horned Owl From: "Kathy & Dan C." <kathyclem AT twcny.rr.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:46:24 -0500 Yesterday I counted 11 male purple finches and 3 females. There may have been more on the back side of the large 15 port feeder. Last night when I went to bed, I could hear a Great Horned Owl hooting nearby. Kathy Clements Danby -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Union Springs pond From: Kathy Strickland <carkatstr1ck AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:46:17 -0500 Another check at the factory pond in Union Springs about 4:30 this evening yielded the large continguency of Canada Geese that has been there for several days as well as a few Mallards and Redheads, and this time I picked out several American Wigeons as well. They may have been there all along but I'd not taken the time to look that closely. Another carload of birders was checking things out when I pulled up, but I don't know who. Maybe they found something I missed. No Screech Owl. ---------Kathy Strickland _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Unusual goldeneye (female) - Long Point SP From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:43:54 -0500 Cayugabirders, I watched an interesting female goldeneye for a while this morning about 1/4 mile south of Long Point State Park on Lake Rd., Ledyard (east side of Cayuga Lake). The bird appears to me to be at least partly Barrow's Goldeneye, though I had some views that I have a hard time reconciling with that ID. So, while I am pretty confident that it is not "just" a yellow-billed Common Goldeneye, I am uncertain that it is a pure Barrow's (ie possibly a female hybrid, which I suspect would be difficult/ impossible to visually diagnose with certainty in this species pair). When I first saw the bird, the pale orange bill (with duskiness around the nares) caught my eye - the bill appeared shorter and shallower than nearby Commons (most of which had the typical black bill with pale nail area). Head shape initially looked quite good for Barrow's, with a steep forehead and rounded look, with a bit of a mane, and the head size appeared relatively smaller than nearby Commons as well. However, as I watched it longer, the bird's head shape did not remain consistently Barrow's-like, and I lost a bit of confidence that it is a pure female Barrow's. In any event, I thought I would share some [mediocre] photos and encourage others to go look for/ at this bird - if I can get back up there this weekend, I'll post any further thoughts/ discussion. There were about 300 goldeneye today with a nice mix of other ducks near Long Point. A huge Redhead (etc) flock was in Aurora Bay very close to shore as well. Goldeneye photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/jaegermaster/NewYork2010 Good luck, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY tbj4 AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Carolina Wren From: Meena Haribal <mmh3 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:57:35 -0500 Yesterday while I was waiting for the bus I heard a cheery chirp of our neighborhood little fellow (Carolina Wren) in spite of temp being in single digit. He entertained me while I was waiting for a short time while waiting for the bus, may be just about two minutes.. Somewhere nearby there was also a House Finch singing. I am also awed by the squirrels who never seem to be tired or bored of cold temperatures. They always seem to be cheerfully hopping around and digging for the cached nuts, except occasionally when they are chasing each other. Also while waiting for the bus, I saw the Red Squirrel from my yard showing an intention of wanting to go across the road and there was continuous traffic, so in my mind, I was begging him not to cross. He stopped for a few seconds at the entrance of the driveway looking this way and that and then also decided it was no safe to cross the road and he crossed the driveway and went into yews. I was relieved that he was safe, but only to find a few seconds later he is crossing the road! But a very smart guy, he had climbed up the electric pole in the yard and was crossing overhead on the electrical wires! I felt stupid that I thought him to be dumb =-O Today morning I have heard Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jays and Crows calling. I feel while I am listening to music, I have been hearing something else singing, may be a Robin, or may it is just my brain that has been tricking me . Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:57:58 GMT While I have been in and out this AM, and could have easily missed it, I have not seen the Evening Grosbeak again today. Yesterday it did show up again in the early afternoon. BIll Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:(Downy) Woodpecker Drumming From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:55:39 GMT There was a Black-capped Chickadee singing his sweet "fee-bee" song this morning from the conifers in my front yard. Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: (Downy) Woodpecker drumming! From: "Marie P Read" <mpr5 AT cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:30:33 -0500 (EST) While outside a few minutes ago photographing, I heard a distant woodpecker, presumably a Downy, drumming. Sign of spring on a very cold day! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail mpr5 AT cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re: Ithaca gulls 1/29 From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave AT mac.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:34:29 -0800 I believe it was as late as 8:20 this morning that I had so-so looks at both a/the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL sleeping but in the open and a/the immature ICELAND GULL settling down to near invisibility behind ice lumps and other gulls at Stewart Park. When did you have them at Stevenson Rd, Tom? --Dave Nutter On Friday, January 29, 2010, at 03:17PM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Ithaca CBC From: "Bob Garrison" <rgarrison7 AT htva.net> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:21:35 -0500 Have the results of the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count for January 1, 2010 been tallied or did I miss the e-mail with the tally? Somehow, I hope to be able to see the results. Bob Garrison Spencer, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2655 - Release Date: 01/29/10 04:08:00 Subject: Ithaca gulls 1/29 From: Tom Johnson <tbj4 AT cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:17:55 -0500 Cayugabirders, This morning, there were two "Kumlien's" Iceland Gulls and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Stevenson Rd. compost piles (which were, not surprisingly, completely frozen in the 7 F temps). One Iceland was the one that the McGowans saw the other day (1st cycle w/ pale eyering, dark body, pale primaries) and the other was a lovely adult with a touch of gray in the primaries and an olive eye, quite similar to (possibly the same as) a bird that I've seen and photographed in each of the last two winters. A Common Raven was soaring over the piles and was eventually escorted back to Mt. Pleasant by an entourage of disgruntled American Crows. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY tbj4 AT 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 AT 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/ -- Subject: Migratory Stopover Project From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:43:44 -0800 (PST) Bird new sites and help advance migratory bird conservation this spring! Audubon New York and The Nature Conservancy are looking for practiced birder volunteers from all around the Lake Ontario basin to help survey sites for the spring 2010 season of the Migratory Stopover Project. The project area runs along the Lake Ontario lakeshore from east of Buffalo to west of Syracuse and southward into the Finger Lakes . Audubon and TNC have been working together on a study to help identify and protect critical stopover habitats in the Lake Ontario basin of New York, as well as to improve our understanding of why birds choose to stop in certain places. You may have seen our posts before. This past spring and fall, the study team and a group of dedicated volunteers surveyed birds at an array of sites during the migrations, piloting the sampling methods and establishing the first set of study sites. Our intrepid volunteers logged over 5000 birds thus far during 172 site visits, and saw 114 species including high numbers of Blackpoll, Black-Throated Blue, and Chestnut-Sided Warblers; Ovenbirds, Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, and Scarlet Tanagers. Volunteers also recorded uncommon species like Olive-Sided Flycatchers. Sampling sites are located throughout the region to test hypotheses about the relative importance of proximity to the lakeshore, landscape context (like how much forest is around a site) and habitat structure in determining migratory bird abundance and diversity. This spring, we need your help to add to that body of knowledge for the existing sampling sites as well as new ones鈥攖his is part of a multi-year, 5 migration season study. Join now to be part of an effort that will help guide conservation, and land and shoreline management for migrating birds. Why we need your help: 路 We are poised to expand the study to a greater number of sampling sites covering a greater geographic range (see attached map), and we need your help! More sites, more sampling, and more coverage will strengthen the dataset and improve our power to yield strongly supported guidance on where and how to protect and manage migratory stopover habitat. 路 We have had a successful first year, but the study has really just begun鈥攚e need your help sustaining the effort through the next year and beyond. 路 Our effort here in Western NY will have impacts beyond our borders, as it is one of the only projects in the Great Lakes region mounting a field-based effort to understand and better predict what stopover habitats are utilized. Lessons learned from this study will be used by related conservation efforts throughout the Great Lakes . 路 Volunteers serve as ambassadors for our organizations by talking to landowners and others about the projects and helping to develop a groundswell of support for our work. Why are we studying this? 路 Recent research indicates that migration is the period of highest mortality for neotropical migratory songbirds, and the conservation of these birds requires protecting a network of stopover sites, particularly in the highly-altered Lake Ontario watershed. 路 Currently, there is only anecdotal information about important stopover sites, and no tool to predict where they occur. 路 There are increasing demands on our shoreline (and elsewhere), and having rigorous and accepted information about how migrating birds use the lakeshore is critical for influencing shoreline management and conservation. How you can help: We are seeking experienced volunteer birders who would be available to monitor specific sites this spring, going out at least 3 times over the course of the 5-6 week migration. We will work with your schedule to find sites and sampling periods that work for you. It doesn鈥檛 matter if you have never participated in a citizen science effort before - training will be provided. Money is available to cover volunteer travel expenses associated with this study. For more information or if you or someone you know might be interested in helping with this important conservation project, please contact Laura McCarthy (lmccarthy AT audubon.org) or 518-869-9731. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Re:Evening Grosbeak From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:04:27 GMT As of 9 AM I have not seen the Evening Grosbeak return. If any one has questions my cell # is 607-275-0540. Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: EVENING GROSBEAK From: bilbaker AT pop.lightlink.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:43:48 GMT I just (8:15 AM) had a single female EVENING GROSBEAK at my porch sunflower seed feeder. The address is 10 South Rd in Caroline Center. This is just barely within the basin limits, but is definitely in. I will be out for much of the morning, but the feeder is visible from the road and the drive way. I have one poor but recognizable pic that I will figure out a place to post later. Bill Baker --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Fw: Migratory Stopover Project From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:52:46 -0800 (PST) ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "McCARTHY, Laura" To: "McCARTHY, Laura" ; Mike Burger ; "goldtailedhermit AT aol.com" ; Joseph Brin ; "mecec AT comcast.net" ; "dougdan AT rochester.rr.com" ; "atg7929 AT rit.edu" ; Jon C. Glase ; "jayghost66 AT yahoo.com" ; "tsriley AT hughes.net" ; "rspahn AT prodigy.net" ; "summers AT frontiernet.net" ; "mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net" ; John Waud Cc: Kristin E. France ; David Klein ; Mary Pappa Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 4:36:16 PM Subject: RE: Migratory Stopover Project Dear All, Thanks to those of you who were able to help by giving input on who else you might be willing to contact and who else I can reach out to for volunteer recruitment. I wonder if any of you is on any of the following bird lists and might be willing to make a posting on our project? CAYUGABIRDS NYSBirds ONEIDABIRDS Bob S. was able to do this for us to the Genesee bird list already, as some of you may have seen, and the response was very positive. Bob, thank you very much for your help! If anyone is a member of one or more of these lists and would be willing to make a post, that would be really helpful! Attached is the short blurb that can be shortened more if needed. Feel free to explain your past involvement if you think that would help spur interest too! If you can do this, please respond all so we don鈥檛 duplicate that same list if possible. Many thanks in advance to anything you can do to send the message on (beyond these lists if you know of others is good too) Most Sincerely, Laura ________________________________ From:McCARTHY, Laura Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:13 PM To: McCARTHY, Laura; Mike Burger; goldtailedhermit AT aol.com; 'Joseph Brin' ; mecec AT comcast.net ; dougdan AT rochester.rr.com ; atg7929 AT rit.edu ; 'Jon C. Glase' ; jayghost66 AT yahoo.com ; tsriley AT hughes.net; rspahn AT prodigy.net ; summers AT frontiernet.net ; mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net ; 'John Waud' Cc: 'Kristin E. France'; ' David Klein '; Mary Pappa Subject: RE: Migratory Stopover Project Importance: High Hi again all, Happy New Year! I wanted to follow up to see if any of you had any insight on our volunteer list (which includes all people who have been considered and notes on whether they were contacted or if they had interest). Your input would be most helpful to me as I move forward with volunteer recruitment this winter for the spring. If you have a moment, please peruse this attached spreadsheet and let me know if you have more information on anyone whose information may be incomplete or if there are people you know very well who you would like to approach. Thank you in advance for this help! Also, below is a draft list of potential locations where we would like to publish an article or blurb about the project and get out the word to more volunteers. Do you have any ideas that are not already listed here? In addition, are you part of one of these lists and would you be willing to post it there for us? Since I am not a member of the bird lists, I am hoping one or more of you might be interested in posting to those you are a member of. Please let me know if you can by 鈥渞eplying all鈥� to this email so that I can keep track and others can see what has been covered. I have attached the short version and a longer version with a photo of the Newsletter article/call for volunteers that I am hoping can be posted to these lists soon, published in newsletters throughout the winter, and perhaps posted on websites too. Many thanks for all you can do to help us get the word out to your networks! NYSOA 鈥� best contact for getting something out to members or in newsletter? Eaton Bird Club 鈥� Does anyone have a contact? Audubon New York Newswire 鈥� Laura Audubon New York Facebook Page - Laura Montezuma visitors List serve - Frank Friends of Montezuma Newsletter - Frank Cornell Lab of Ornithology 鈥� Mike Burger BuffaloOrnithological Society 鈥� Does anyone have a contact? RBA 鈥� Laura contacted Jay Greenburg about newsletter, Kristin contacted Amy Kahn about listserve/website GeneseeValleyAudubon 鈥� June Onondaga Audubon 鈥� Tom (already sent to Julie, editor) Buffalo Audubon 鈥� newsletter blurb sent to Paul Fehringer Lists: Would any of you be interested in posting our update (attached) to lists they are on? Please let me know, and if we are missed any other potential lists: CAYUGABIRDS-L Genesee Valley Birds NYSBirds-L: ONEIDABIRDS: Most Sincerely, Laura ________________________________ From:McCARTHY, Laura Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:39 PM To: McCARTHY, Laura; 'Mike Burger' ; 'goldtailedhermit AT aol.com'; 'Joseph Brin' ; ' mecec AT comcast.net '; ' dougdan AT rochester.rr.com '; ' atg7929 AT rit.edu '; 'Jon C. Glase' ; ' jayghost66 AT yahoo.com '; 'tsriley AT hughes.net' ; ' rspahn AT prodigy.net '; ' summers AT frontiernet.net ' ; ' mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net '; 'John Waud' Cc: 'Kristin E. France'; ' David Klein '; ' Mary Pappa ' Subject: RE: Migratory Stopover Project Importance: High Oops, of course, the attached list would be most helpful! Here that is, and thanks to those who replied letting me know I forgot it! Happy Holidays, and thanks again for all you do! Laura ________________________________ From:McCARTHY, Laura Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:14 PM To: ' Mike Burger ' ; goldtailedhermit AT aol.com ; ' Joseph Brin ' ; mecec AT comcast.net ; dougdan AT rochester.rr.com ; atg7929 AT rit.edu ; ' Jon C. Glase ' ; jayghost66 AT yahoo.com ; tsriley AT hughes.net ; rspahn AT prodigy.net ; summers AT frontiernet.net ; mjtetlow AT frontiernet.net ; ' John Waud ' Cc: 'Kristin E. France'; ' David Klein '; Mary Pappa Subject: Migratory Stopover Project Dear All (participants in Fall 09 Migratory Stopover Project), Happy Holidays! In a discussion about volunteer recruitment during the appreciation/recap event at the MAC, Kristin mentioned that several of you were interested in seeing the list of folks we had tried to contact to see if there were others you might be able to help with, or if there were people on our list that you knew personally. I compiled my lists of volunteers (including you all) from the Fall, the spring, as well as the other people who contacted me or were suggested to me by others during both recruitment time periods. Attached is that list with labeled headings for these sections. There is a column of notes where I included information on where I got the name, or if contact was made. Some of these people are not interested, but I鈥檝e left them on here to ensure I do not contact them again accidently. Can you help? I would appreciate any new names that are not included on this list 鈥� as well as any contact information for where I am missing it. Also, are there people on here that you know well and would like to contact yourself? Please let me know. We can talk more about this in early January when the Holidays are over, but I wanted to send this out to you as soon as possible. This list is only going to you, our small volunteer group and the study leaders from the fall period, and I will not be sharing this list beyond that. Please do not share this list beyond our group in case people would rather their contact information not be shared more broadly. If you have a lot of changes to make on this sheet, please track or highlight any changes you make (or people you will take the lead on contacting) and send your updated document back to me. Also, if you have 鈥渘ew notes鈥�, feel free to fill in that column with anything I should know. If you just have a few other ideas, you can email those to me 鈥� whatever works better for you! As always, your help is much appreciated as we look forward to developing the spring season! Most sincerely, Happy New Year, Laura Laura McCarthy Audubon New York 518-869-9731 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: accipter From: Carol Keeler <carolk441 AT adelphia.net> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:29:13 -0500 It has been a busy day at the feeders with all the snow squalls about. I've had 2 pairs of cardinals, about 5 chickadees, a pair of tufted titimice, 4 American tree sparrows, tons of house sparrows, a starling, 6 house finches, a pair of mourning doves, downy, hairy and red-bellied woodpeckers, and several goldfinches. This bird activity finally also brought in the sharpshin hawk to try its hand at catching a dinner. Only the chickadees and titmice were there when it arrived. They kept right on feeding with the hawk watching them. They went to the bushes farthest away from it though. Sharpie dove after a bird, but came up empty taloned. I have a picture of it on my website if you care to check it out. It yawned and looked totally bored. It was there about 15 minutes. http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/image/121473742 I've been waiting for quite a while for one to land in my crabapple, though I have seen both the Cooper's and Sharpie around the yard all winter, none has been out front. Carol Keeler -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ -- Subject: Bradfield peregrine From: Ray Zimmerman <rz10 AT cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:26:22 -0500 As I got off the bus by Bradfield at about 8:15 this morning, I looked up and saw the Peregrine circling. It circled a number of times and then landed briefly on the SW corner and began vocalizing. Then it flew again and circled a few more times before landing on the SE corner where it was I left a few minutes later. Ray -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l AT 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/ --